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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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06MANAGUA1678SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON/DAVIS
[...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton/Davis to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for free, fair and transparent election process, and witn [...]
2006-07-31 22:22:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1780ORTEGA IN CUBA, REAFFIRMING SOLIDARITY AND
[...] (C) FSLN Presidential candidate Daniel Ortega traveled to Cuba last week to express his "concern and solidarity" for Fidel Castro and "reaffirm cooperative efforts" with the Government of Cuba. Though it appears that Ortega did not actually meet with Castro (reftel),he used the opportunity [...]
2006-08-15 22:27:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1953FSLN GOVERNMENT PLAN, PART I
[...] SUMMARY: The Sandinista Front for National Liberation's (FSLN) government plan for the upcoming election promises a world of social programs and "quick fixes" to real problems while ignoring past statements and actions. FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega expanded the plan and made his [...]
2006-09-06 17:00:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2065UPDATED SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for a free, fair and transparent election process, and visiting [...]
2006-09-19 23:54:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2180ALN PLANNING FOR A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Drawing on Emboffs' recent meetings with various members of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),this cable provides a comprehensive view of where the party stands five weeks before election day. Although most local polls continue to show Eduardo Montealegre as the second-stro [...]
2006-10-03 17:43:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2192PRIVATE SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT ORTEGA WIN, BUT STILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nicaraguan private sector is in general agreement that an Ortega presidency would have a negative impact on the economy, but its attitude toward the election and supporting the various candidates varies. Individual businesspersons appear unwilling to risk investing significan [...]
2006-10-04 15:33:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA223NICARAGUA'S OAS AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD
[...] (SBU) The OAS election observation team and efforts to combat election fraud may fail unless certain steps are taken, according to Nicaraguan Ambassador to the OAS Jose Luis Velasquez. Velasquez, and senior MFA advisor Ariel Granera, during a 26 January meeting with the Ambassador, DCM and P [...]
2006-01-30 22:51:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2450NICARAGUA: ORTEGA SIGNS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEDGE
[...] (U) Summary. On November 1, FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega became the fourth presidential candidate to sign the Nicaraguan Chamber of CommerceQs pledge, entitled "Ten Basic Points on Governance and Economic Development." Chamber President Jose Adan Aguerri signed on behalf of the Ch [...]
2006-11-03 19:17:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD NU
06MANAGUA2505NICARAGUA: BOLANOS GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO BEING
[...] (SBU) DCM Peter Brennan delivered reftel demarches on November 8 to Nicaraguan FM Nelson Caldera regarding the annual Cuban Embargo Resolution and the proposed Australian Human Rights Amendment. Amenable to receiving talking points on these issues, Caldera gave assurances that the Nicaraguan r [...]
2006-11-13 20:58:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALNU PHUM PREL KTIA UN
06MANAGUA2521ORTEGA RETURNS, BUT WHAT NEXT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In winning back the Presidency of Nicaragua, 16 years after his disastrous dictatorship, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may have temporarily obtained the redemption he has so long desired, but the challenges he faces are steep. Elected with only [...]
2006-11-14 23:14:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2611ELECTION OUTCOME -- THE WAY FORWARD
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY: Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) President-elect Daniel Ortega realizes that our recognition of his minority government is critical to the continuation of our assistance programs, much-needed foreign investment, and to some degree, the policies of the internationa [...]
2006-12-01 16:02:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2741DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN INTERMEDIARY
[...] (C) Summary: During Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos' recent meeting with DCM and polcouns, he confirmed his appointment as Foreign Minister and requested to meet with State Department officials in Washington before President-elect Daniel Or [...]
2006-12-21 16:12:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON ENGR MARR PTER NU
06MANAGUA32RAMIRO CONTRERAS ESCOBAR: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) The following comments are submitted in response to A EB/IFC/OIA request for additional details to supplement previously submitted Reftel C. 2. (SBU) Composition of Magnum Company: Corporacion Nucleos Urbanos Magnum, S.A. ("Magnum") ownership is divided equally among Barreto's fa [...]
2006-01-06 16:49:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIDE CVIS ECON EINV NU
06MANAGUA578NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MADRIZ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic, and civil society leaders in the department of Madriz suggest that the department's Liberal roots remain strong, and that the FSLN can be beaten there, despite the fact that it currently controls most municipalities and enjoys considerable sup [...]
2006-03-14 22:52:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA674MONTEALEGRE: REAL TEST BEGINS AFTER PLC SELECTS
[...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Montealegre is reassured by the latest IRI/Borge poll suggesting that he is the candidate most able to beat Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega in the November elections. Montealegre believes the next poll, to be conducted following the Liberal Constitutional Party's [...]
2006-03-24 21:17:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETKDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA841VENEZUELA NOW USING FERTILIZER TO GROW SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In only the latest example of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) efforts to bolster the Sandinista Front Party (FSLN) in Nicaragua's 2006 national elections, 11,260 metric tons of urea have been sent for distribution by a Sandinista Cooperative to the rural poor as part of an [...]
2006-04-17 21:26:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE CU EPET
06MANAGUA851NICARAGUA AND SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Nicaragua (GON) remains responsive to U.S. efforts in favor of a democratic transition in Cuba and maintains frank communication with the Embassy on Cuba-related policies and issues. Nicaraguan-Cuban trade and mutual investment are statistically insignificant. [...]
2006-04-18 21:09:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU VE NU
06MANAMA1641BAHRAIN: IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM FOR NAM SUMMIT
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 10 to MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa concerning discussion of the Iranian nuclear program at the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Havana. Shaikh Abdul Aziz reaffirmed that Iran' [...]
2006-09-10 11:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IAEA UNSC BA IR REGION
06MANAMA1718BAHRAIN: RESPONSE TO CUBA AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-27 11:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BA ROW HUMRIT
06MANAMA1904BAHRAIN: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AND AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief November 8 delivered demarches concerning the UNGA Cuba Embargo Resolution (Ref B) and the Australian amendment to the Embargo Resolution (Ref A) to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. With regard to the Cuba Embargo Resolution, Shaikho sai [...]
2006-11-08 11:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA BA UN CU ROW
06MANILA1920CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF
[...] (U) The GRP has diplomatic relations with Cuba. According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director for Central America Ariel Penaranda, after a two-year gap, the newly appointed Philippine Ambassador to Cuba arrived in Havana in April 2006. The Cubans currently maintain an Ambassador and a [...]
2006-05-04 08:56:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ETTC CU RP
06MANILA3784NAM SUMMIT: PHILIPPINES TO PUSH GUATEMALAN UN
[...] (C) Charge discussed reftel points September 5 with Foreign Secretary Romulo. Romulo immediately volunteered to lobby for Guatemala and to coordinate with the Guatemalan delegation to build support for Guatemala's Security Council bid during the September 11-16 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Sum [...]
2006-09-08 09:10:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PHUM CU RP
06MANILA4024PRESIDENT ARROYO DISCUSSES NAM SUMMIT IMPRESSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. During an informal conversation with the Ambassador on September 21, President Arroyo shared her impressions of her recent trip to Europe and Cuba and about the outcome of the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Havana. President Arroyo was "astonished" at the run-down [...]
2006-09-22 07:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PHUM CU RP
06MANILA4096RESPONDING TO CUBA AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) Drawing on reftel points, Acting Political Counselor urged Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for UN and International Organization Affairs Aladin Villacorte to instruct the Philippine delegation in Geneva not to allow the Cuban mandate to be discussed outside the general re [...]
2006-09-26 10:01:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM RP
06MANILA4589UNGA DEMARCHES
[...] (SBU) In a meeting on November 6 with Acting Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for United Nations and Other SIPDIS International Organizations Julius D. Torres, Pol/C presented reftels' demarches on country specific human rights resolutions at the UNGA Third Committee and on the Cuba [...]
2006-11-06 07:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA KTIA CU RP
06MAPUTO126MOZAMBIQUE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 14:53:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB MZ PGOV
06MAPUTO130MOZAMBIQUE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-26 16:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB MZ PGOV
06MAPUTO1502Mozambique: Demarche Opposing Cuba Resolution
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-20 05:02:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV ECON UNGA MZ
06MAPUTO428UNHCR IMPATIENT WITH MOZAMBIQUE'S REFUGEE PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-12 13:27:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREF PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD MZ
06MASERU503LESOTHO CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst a rush of enthusiastic patriotism and against the backdrop of a new national flag, Lesotho celebrated the 40th anniversary of its independence during three days of celebrations that culminated on October 4. The ceremonies were attended by a number of foreign dignitaries- [...]
2006-10-10 15:47:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PNAT LT
06MEXICO1113SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report is Poloff Scott C. Higgins. He may be reached by telephone at (52)(55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52)(55) 5080-2247. Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working with [...]
2006-03-02 13:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06MEXICO1311ACT II: AMLO KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN'S SECOND STAGE
[...] (U) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),presidential candidate for the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD),held a campaign event on 02/26 that filled Mexico City's central plaza (Zocalo) with approximately 70,000 to 120,000 supporters. The event marked the end of a successful first stage of th [...]
2006-03-09 22:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1456THE FOX ADMINISTRATION'S FINAL BI-NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fox Administration officials see this fifth and final BNC of their term as a chance to highlight bilateral achievements, institutionalize successful mechanisms, and prepare for the heads of state meeting in Cancun. President Fox, who recently announced imminent extraditions o [...]
2006-03-17 18:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ELAB CVIS EAID MX
06MEXICO1461AMLO READY TO MAKE FOREIGN POLICY STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 20:49:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO1884MADRAZO'S ECONOMIC POLICIES: TWO VIEWS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, two factions of the PRI's economic brain trust offered competing economic visions of the GOM's likely economic policy should PRI candidate Roberto Madrazo win the presidency. Jorge Chavez Presa, Madrazo's chief economic advisor, described Madrazo's pla [...]
2006-04-10 17:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV MX
06MEXICO2279MEXICO: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW OF TITLE III OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. Mexico continues to have difficult relations with Cuba despite the return of diplomatic envoys in July 2004. Seasoned diplomat Jose Ignacio Pina Rojas replaced Roberta Lajous as Mexico's a [...]
2006-04-27 20:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU ETRD ETTC PREL MX
06MEXICO3423TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CONFERENCE IN MEXICO LAYS
[...] (SBU) Summary: With support from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),Mexico's National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sponsored a comprehensive conference on trafficking in persons (TIP) in Tapachula, Chiapas, June 14-15. [...]
2006-06-21 19:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO505APOCALYPSE NOT: AMLO ASSURES AMBASSADOR HE WILL
[...] (C) On 01/23, presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) of the leftist-Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) sat down with the Ambassador to discuss his proposals on a number of key issues of interest to the United States. Accompanied by his foreign policy advisor, Dr. Jose Maria [...]
2006-01-31 14:22:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV PINR
06MEXICO5233DEMARCHES ON NAM SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) On September 8 and September 13, respectively, poloff passed ref A and ref B talking points to First Secretary Samuel Berkstein, of the Secretariat of Foreign SIPDIS Relations' (SRE) Directorate of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. Berkstein noted that Mexico was an observer, r [...]
2006-09-14 16:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC UNGA KDEM AA PGOV
06MEXICO5566DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON UPCOMING SESSION OF HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-28 22:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO6219DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CUBA AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-01 18:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDCU EU PREL PHUM MX
06MEXICO6481PRESIDENT FOX'S POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND
[...] (SBU) This is the fourth in a series of four cables assessing President Fox's legacy. In the political area, Fox's greatest achievements were overseeing Mexico's first true political opening, which included a strengthening of the separation of powers and respect for limits on the president's [...]
2006-11-15 17:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MX
06MEXICO6820MEXICO: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] (U) Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. The Mexican International Development Bank has begun the process of recovering debt from Cuba. Mexico's exports to Cuba have decreased slightly in 2006 while imports increased over 250 percent. Relation [...]
2006-12-07 22:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU ETRD ETTC PREL MX
06MEXICO7055AMBASSADOR MAISTO CALLS ON SRE OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: During a brief visit to Mexico City December 13-14, USOAS Ambassador John Maisto met separately with outgoing SRE Undersecretary for Latin America Jorge Chen Charpentier and his successor, Geronimo Gutierrez Fernandez. Chen offered a readout of the recent South American summit in [...]
2006-12-22 19:15:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OAS MX VE CI BR BL CU NI
06MEXICO765MEXICANS REACT NEGATIVELY TO EXPULSION OF CUBAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 3 the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel in Mexico City (next door to the U.S. Embassy) expelled a 16-member Cuban delegation that was participating in an energy conference with the U.S.-Cuba Trade Association. The expulsion came after OFAC advised the Sheraton's parent c [...]
2006-02-10 21:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MX CU
06MEXICO806CANDIDATES PLAY TO AUDIENCES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
[...] (SBU) On the campaign trail the week of February 6, the three main presidential candidates, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),Felipe Calderon, and Roberto Madrazo, concerned about losing potential votes in a close race have avoided detailed explanations of their economic proposals and focuse [...]
2006-02-14 18:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO956CONTEMPLATING A MADRAZO FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: If elected, we believe Roberto Madrazo would seek to conduct a foreign policy that falls somewhere between the U.S.-centered policy advocated by the Fox administration and the "non-aligned" policy traditionally maintained by presidents from the Revolutionary Institutional Party [...]
2006-02-22 15:49:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO999AMLO'S PUTATIVE FOREIGN MINISTER TAKES A CRASH COURSE ON THE U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-23 22:01:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
06MINSK1013EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 18,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Chinese Defense Minister Meets with Lukashenko in Minsk (para. 2) - Lukashenko Arrives in Havana for NAM Summit (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY --------- [...]
2006-09-18 08:36:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1159EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 31,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Wins European Parliament's Sakharov Award (para. 2) - Skrebets Will Be Released in November (para. 3) - Activist Arrested Near Presidential Administration ( [...]
2006-10-31 10:15:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1184LUKASHENKO AND RUSSIA: A TALE OF UNREQUITED LOVE?
[...] (C) Lukashenko and Putin likely will achieve little during a possible November 10 meeting in Moscow. Both countries continue to play hardball with one another in energy negotiations, which are expected to drag on until the end of the year. Belarus will eventually have to settle for increased [...]
2006-11-09 12:39:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1234LUKASHENKO'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: A METHOD TO THE
[...] (C) Belarus' rocky relationship with Russia has forced the isolated country to pursue a different course in its foreign policy. The GOB has ratcheted up its efforts to strengthen ties with countries like Iran, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, and China over the past year. Belarus is attempting to div [...]
2006-12-01 14:03:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON CH VE AJ IR BO
06MINSK1255BELARUS: LIBETDACT
[...] Summary: The GO is building economic ties with Cuba, strongly spports the Cuban government, and has no interest n promoting democracy, the protection of human rigts or free market reform. End summary. Belarsian-Cuban Investment, Trade and Exchanges ------------------------------------------ [...]
2006-12-07 12:48:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC PREL BO CU
06MINSK1317EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 29, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT ---------------------------------- - Russian Bank Acquires Belvneshekonombank (para. 2) ELECTIONS --------- - Lebedko Denied Permission to Meet With Voters (p [...]
2006-12-29 13:25:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK148Suspicious Belarusian Trade
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent years, Minsk has actively sought to increase trade and relations with pariah states as a counterbalance to Western pressures to democratize and as evidence that Lukashenko's rule is accepted abroad. Despite these efforts, trade with these Outposts of Tyranny and State [...]
2006-02-13 10:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK173STATE MEDIA VILIFIES AMERICA, OFTEN
[...] (C) Summary: In recent months Belarusian state media has become increasingly venomous in its daily attacks against the U.S. and the West. Common themes include charges of espionage, of Western attempts to destabilize the country, and of attempts to overthrow the government in a forced "color" [...]
2006-02-16 14:45:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BO
06MINSK222DAS KRAMER V. MFA, ROUND II
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS Kramer met on February 23 with MFA America's Desk head Maksim Ryzhenkov. The MFA at the last minute cancelled a higher-level meeting because Kramer refused to allow the GOB to control his schedule. The meeting itself was cordial, despite the repeated accusations [...]
2006-03-02 12:39:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK25Latest Polling: Milinkevich Creeps Ahead in Polls, But Not
[...] Summary: The results of IISEPS' latest polling shows that Lukashenko retains high ratings, around 53 percent. Opposition support remains low, even for the 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Although Milinkevich's approval ratings did climb several points to 6.6 percent, a growin [...]
2006-01-12 12:48:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK456Belarus to Export Sugar to Cuba
[...] Belarusian Prime Minister Sergey Sidorsky led a delegation of GOB officials and state-owned businesses to Cuba April 20 to 23. In addition to the usual exhortations of fraternal socialist comradeship, in a deal only possible between two command economies Belarus agreed to import 100,000 tons of [...]
2006-04-27 09:57:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL USTR EAGR CU BO
06MINSK462EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 28, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Lebedko Fined $30 for Swearing On April 25, Minsk Sovetsky district judge Oksana Relyavo found United Civic Party chairman Anatoly Lebedko guilty of petty hooliganis [...]
2006-04-28 11:32:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK501NOVAK POST-ELECTION RESULTS MIRROR THOSE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 14:16:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK543LUKASHENKO PRAISES SOVIET UNION, CRITICIZES WEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his May 9 Victory Day speech, Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko lauded the Soviet Union's might and asserted Belarusians would effectively repel today's "foreign interference" just as they did in WWII. Lukashenko looked healthier than he did following his April 8 inau [...]
2006-05-23 12:13:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK558BELARUS TO BAN U.S., CANADIAN OVERFLIGHTS
[...] (U) Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko during his May 23 presidential address to the National Assembly ordered his government to take "adequate" measures against the U.S. and Canada for denying PM Sergey Sidorsky's plane from refueling in their territories en route to and on the return fr [...]
2006-05-26 12:25:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PBTS PREL PGOV BO
06MINSK648Sudan and Belarus Sign Military Pact, Minsk Stays Silent
[...] (U) On June 16, on-line Sudanese newspaper the Sudan Tribune announced that Sudanese Defense Minister General Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein signed a military cooperation protocol with his Belarusian counterpart Leonid Maltsev on June 15 in Minsk. The article claimed Hussein was in Belarus June 13 [...]
2006-06-19 10:06:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETRD UNSC SU BO
06MINSK694EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 7, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------- Civil Society ------------- 2. On July 6, the trial of former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin began in Moskovsky District Court in Minsk. Kozulin supporters, journalists, and representatives i [...]
2006-07-10 05:15:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ETRD
06MINSK740EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - July 17, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------- Political Parties ----------------- 2. Pro-Lukashenko Communists Proclaim Merger with Opposition Communists On July 15, the leadership of the pro-Lukashenko Communist Party of Belarus (CPB) de [...]
2006-07-18 03:48:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG BO
06MINSK794PRESSURES ON LUKASHENKO: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C) Summary: Although Lukashenko secured a third term in office through rigged March presidential elections, the regime is grappling with unprecedented political and economic pressure from the East and the West, and to a limited extent, from within. Belarusians interpret Gazprom's plans to q [...]
2006-07-31 13:09:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK981LUKASHENKO RECEIVES IRANIAN FM, ANNOUNCES VISIT TO TEHRAN
[...] (SBU) President Aleksandr Lukashenko on September 7 urged Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to use his two-day visit to Minsk to dramatically bolster bilateral economic cooperation and accepted the Iranian president's invitation to visit Tehran. In a separate meeting with Belarusian [...]
2006-09-12 11:20:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD BO
06MONTEVIDEO1068LACKLUSTER XVI IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT IN MONTEVIDEO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The XVI Ibero-American Summit took place in Montevideo on 3-5 November without major logistical or security incidents. Leaders from 22 Latin American and European countries focused on "Migration and Development," though we detected few concrete accomplishments in these areas. [...]
2006-11-06 19:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC SOCI XM SP PO UY
06MONTEVIDEO1083URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 18:55:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU UY
06MONTEVIDEO1084DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO URUGUAY ON AUSTRALIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 18:55:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU UY
06MONTEVIDEO1097HOW MERCOSUR HAS CHANGED
[...] (C) Summary and Introduction: This telegram contains a healthy dose of subjective analysis designed to stimulate constructive debate on an issue of regional importance. The Embassy is keenly interested in Mercosur, not only because its headquarters are located here, but also because we have [...]
2006-11-16 13:31:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL AORC SOCI UY
06MONTEVIDEO1155SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT - URUGUAY
[...] (C) Upon taking office on March 1, 2005, the left-of-center Frente Amplio government immediately renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, which had been previously suspended by the Batlle administration. This move appears to have been a gesture by President Vazquez to the more radical elements [...]
2006-12-05 15:45:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU UY
06MONTEVIDEO230THE VAZQUEZ ADMINISTRATION AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK
[...] (C) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) Government completed its first year in power on March 1 with more achievements than setbacks. In typical fashion, little fanfare marked the day as President Vazquez had sent his state-of-the-union report to Congress a week earlier. It is clear that his adr [...]
2006-03-07 19:06:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD SOCI ELAB PINR UY
06MONTEVIDEO254MERCOSUR - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT? URUGUAY'S QUANDARY
[...] (C) Summary: The GOU's perception of Mercosur has undergone an extraordinary change over the past year, going from wide-eyed enthusiasm to deep disillusion to even questioning the wisdom of full membership. After initial declarations prioritizing the ""deepening of Mercosur"", the GOU experi [...]
2006-03-14 11:47:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV PINR AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO259 VAZQUEZ'S DEALS IN CARACAS: A GOOD FIRESALE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14-15, President Vazquez visited Venezuela as part of a six-day Latin American tour. Out of eleven bilateral agreements signed on a variety of issues, two stand out, with the remainder of a mostly cultural or technical nature. The GOU managed to dump on the GOV unprofitabl [...]
2006-03-16 20:51:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV VZ UY
06MONTEVIDEO298URUGUAY: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TOPICS (C-AL6-00402)
[...] (C/NF) This telegram responds to Washington analysts' request for information, per ref A. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Though a small country, Uruguay is important to U.S. national interests as an example of long-standing democracy in a region that has largely lurched to the populist left. Policy makers we [...]
2006-03-28 15:04:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR ETRD UY
06MONTEVIDEO358SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT - URUGUAY
[...] (C) Upon taking office on March 1, 2005, the left-of-center Frente Amplio Government immediately renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, which had been previously suspended by the Batlle administration. This move appeared to have been a gesture by President Vazquez to the more radical element [...]
2006-04-18 19:32:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU UY
06MONTEVIDEO459OAS AMBASSADOR JOHN MAISTO'S MAY 18 VISIT TO
[...] (C) U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) Ambassador John F. Maisto visited Montevideo on May 18 to discuss Summit of the Americas follow-up, the June OAS General Assembly, and U.S./Uruguayan bilateral relations. He met with President Vazquez, lunched with [...]
2006-05-24 14:06:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL OAS UNSC UY
06MONTEVIDEO468URUGUAY UNENTHUSIASTIC ON RESETTLEMENT OF CUBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 17:27:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREF SMIG CU UY
06MONTEVIDEO555SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING TRADE TALKS IN WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: Following the successful Vazquez/POTUS encounter in the Oval Office on May 4, trade talks between GOU negotiators and USTR have been scheduled to take place at a meeting in Washington during the last week of June. The GOU is now much more focused on discussing a Free Trade Agreemen [...]
2006-06-16 15:32:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO567MERCOSUR: THE ARGENTINE PRO TEMP PRESIDENCY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Argentina's pro temp presidency of Mercosur is seen in Uruguay as a resounding failure that weakened the trading bloc's institutions. The conflict over the paper pulp mills overshadowed the entire presidency, as the dispute spun out of control and Argentina blocked the GOU's att [...]
2006-06-21 20:52:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL PINR AORC UY
06MONTEVIDEO570CHINESE AND KOREAN AMBASSADORS' PERSPECTIVES ON
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met separately with Ambassadors from the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and South Korea to discuss regional perspectives in the wake of Assistant Secretary Shannon's trip to Asia on April 8-15. Chinese SIPDIS Ambassador Wang Xioyuan said he had been briefed on A/S Shann [...]
2006-06-22 19:26:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PINR OTRA CH JA KS UY
06MONTREAL572AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ICAO'S TCB DEPUTY DIRECTOR ON
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request (para 9): The Deputy Director of ICAO's Technical Cooperation Bureau (TCB) Bachar Hakim, visited the Ambassador on May 17, 2006 to inform him of TCB's recommendations to Syrian Arab Airlines on the replacement of ten aging Boeing aircraft, which are currently [...]
2006-05-18 19:18:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD ECON PREL ICAO CA SY UNDP
06MOSCOW1025MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL ON REGULARIZING TIES, UN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting, A/S Lowenkron and Vladimir Parshikov, Director of the MFA Department of Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, agreed to more frequent consultations. Lowenkron laid out the USG position on the UN Human Rights Council, and Parshikov responded that the [...]
2006-02-01 14:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM RS
06MOSCOW10620RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ANATOLIY CHUBAYS
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 19 meeting with the Ambassador, UES CEO Chubays was very upbeat about UES reform and the liberalization of electricity prices. He confidently predicted that strategic investors and IPOs in London and Moscow would raise the investment UES needs to meet its five y [...]
2006-09-22 08:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALAF ECON ENRG IAEA KNNP PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11315RUSSIA-GEORGIA: NO LET-UP
[...] (S) Russian officials continue to reject relaxation of economic sanctions. About 150 Georgians have been deported. Police document checks have intensified. Georgians here on work permits are seeking other citizenship. However, official actions in Moscow hit ethnic Georgian Russian citizens [...]
2006-10-09 10:54:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL MARR ETRD UNSC GG RS
06MOSCOW12441RUSSIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN GEORGIA
[...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told us November 13 that Georgia shows no willingness to meet Russia's "simple" demands for normalizing relations. He downplayed the effects of the sacking of former DefMin Okruashvili. He fretted that an "alternative election" in South Osseti [...]
2006-11-14 15:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PBTS UNSC OSCE GG RS
06MUSCAT1328DEMARCHE ON NAM SUMMIT: OMAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref E demarche on September 4 to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi regarding the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Cuba, in addition to discussing the upcoming Arab League Ministerial and other topics with the Minister (refs A-C). Alawi [...]
2006-09-06 13:52:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL UNGA MU
06MUSCAT1564CUBA EMBARGO AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 13:47:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UN MU
06MUSCAT1572AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION: OMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 13:14:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU
06NASSAU1096BAHAMAS STRENGTHENS DIPLOMATIC TIES TO CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bahamas opened an embassy in Cuba July 17. This expansion of diplomatic ties appears driven by a pragmatic goal of addressing chronic Cuban migration issues. However, as a result of embarrassing incidents involving Cuban migrants, The Bahamas' vote for Cuba on the United Na [...]
2006-07-19 20:57:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL CU BF
06NASSAU1239BAHAMAS UNGA REPRESENTATION AND RELATED QUESTIONS
[...] (U) This is in response to reftel request. The Bahamas will be represented at UNGA by Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell, Bahamas Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr. Paulette Bethel, and a junior officer to be determined. Prime Minister Christie will not attend. ---- [...]
2006-08-15 21:13:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UN BF
06NASSAU1302BAHAMAS FOCUSED ON SEPTEMBER NAM MEETING
[...] (C) Per Department's request, Poloff spoke with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Marilyn Zonicle regarding The Bahamas participation in the Non-Aligned Movement's (NAM) September 14 meeting in Havana. Ms. Zonicle confirmed that Foreign Minister Mitchell would attend, possibly with th [...]
2006-08-24 21:31:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR BF
06NASSAU1313FOREIGN MINISTER MITCHELL RAISES CONCERNS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Mitchell meet with the Ambassador August 28 to express his concern about an Op-Ed that called for closer cooperation between the U.S. and Bahamas in the UN that had appeared in the Nassau Guardian earlier this month. Mitchell told the Ambassador he felt that th [...]
2006-08-28 23:18:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UN BF
06NASSAU1566MEDIA REPORTS ON CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Local media sources have reported the presence of at least five Cuban intelligence officers in The Bahamas. The operatives, allegedly working undercover in Bahamian retail establishments and with Havantur, are reportedly gathering intelligence regarding Cuban-Americans in Th [...]
2006-10-17 13:22:00Embassy NassauSECRETPINR PREL CU BF
06NASSAU1609BAHAMAS UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT OAS DECLARATION ON US
[...] On October 23, Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Permanent Secretary Marilyn Zonicle. Following discussion of U.S. concerns, Zonicle acknowledged similar Bahamian sensitivity to border control issues in light of Bahamian challenges with Haitian and [...]
2006-10-23 20:22:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER SMIG MX XM OAS BF
06NASSAU1611PRIME MINISTER CHRISTIE CALLS FOR DELAY IN WHTI
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Perry Christie called on Caribbean countries to form a united front in seeking to postpone implementation of the passport requirement until the land and sea requirement is implemented in 2009. Addressing the 29th Caribbean Tourism Conference in Freeport, Christie [...]
2006-10-23 21:41:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCPAS PREL ECON BF
06NASSAU1704DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-14 14:31:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU
06NASSAU1706CUBAN PROPAGANDA AND THE BAHAMIAN FRIENDS OF THE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Bahamian Friends of the Cuban Five -- a small group of leftist Bahamians with pro-Cuban sympathies -- has recently organized pro-Castro rallies and supported anti-U.S. propaganda in The Bahamas. The group, which is aided by the Cuban embassy in Nassau, has described Cuba [...]
2006-11-14 18:09:00Embassy NassauSECRETPREL PINR CU BF
06NASSAU1799BAHAMAS REVIEW OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The Bahamas has a cordial relationship with Cuba, generally supports Cuba in international fora, and engages in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cuban [...]
2006-12-06 17:27:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALETTC ETRD PREL CU BF
06NASSAU243U.S. JOURNALISTS' ALTERCATION AT DETENTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Miami-based reporter from Univision suffered injuries to the head after an altercation February 7 with guards at the Immigration Detention Center in Nassau. The incident sparked protests at the Bahamian Consulate in Miami and has prompted several Cuban exile groups to call for [...]
2006-02-10 20:01:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CU BF KPAO
06NASSAU277SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant Anti-American demonstrations? - No B. Have there been Anti-American demonstrations in the country within the last 12 months? - No C. Have these demonstrations [...]
2006-02-17 13:53:00Embassy NassauSECRETASEC AMGT PTER
06NASSAU325GOVERNOR BUSH'S VISIT STRENGTHENS TIES BETWEEN
[...] SUMMARY: During a productive February 20 visit to The Bahamas, Florida Governor Jeb Bush met with Prime Minister Christie and members of his Cabinet, launched a cooperative educational program between Florida and The Bahamas, visited a primary school and addressed the Chamber of Commerce and [...]
2006-02-24 16:49:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EPET PHUM SMIG CU BF
06NASSAU350FAVORABLE WEATHER BRINGS SECOND HAITIAN MIGRATION
[...] (U) The Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) and Bahamian immigration officials intercepted 568 Haitian migrants in eight separate February interdictions. All but 39 were discovered in the Bahamas' Exuma Islands in the Central Bahamas, several days journey from Haiti and well north of the Wind [...]
2006-03-01 16:07:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PREF PREL HA BF
06NASSAU357PARLIAMENT DEBATES CUBAN DETAINEES: PM SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition Leader Hubert Ingraham in a bruising March 1 parliamentary session questioned the government's handling of two Cuban dentists held at the Carmichael Road Detention Center for the past 10 months (reftel). The ensuing debate on the issue divided strictly on party lines [...]
2006-03-01 23:15:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIG PREF PHUM CU BF
06NASSAU442SCENESETTER FOR NASSAU CARICOM MINISTERIAL:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's March 21-22 meeting in Nassau with CARICOM foreign ministers offers an opportunity to frame a positive, forward-looking agenda for our relations with the Caribbean. With the Haitian elections behind us, the ministerial will allow us to reinvigorate our cooperation [...]
2006-03-14 21:10:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALBF ECON ETRD OTRA PGOV PREL SNAR XL
06NASSAU61PM PREDICTS PLP ELECTION WIN, LAMENTS AIRPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minster Perry Christie in a January 5 meeting with the Ambassador confidently predicted that his Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) would win the elections he must call no later than May 2007 unless the Government makes some big mistakes between now and then. Christie also com [...]
2006-01-12 15:41:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR BF
06NASSAU657HAITIAN ROUND-UP YIELDS MAINLY LEGAL RESIDENTS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Bahamian immigration and police officials carried out a series of early-morning raids April 7, detaining 455 presumed illegal Haitians from three locations in the Family Islands. Once the detainees were processed for possible repatriation, however, 244 were found to have valid [...]
2006-04-18 15:32:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SMIG BF
06NASSAU674UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: BAHAMAS CALLS FOR
[...] DCM delivered the Secretary's letter outlining the U.S. pledge to support only countries with credible human rights records for the new UN Human Rights Council to Marilyn Zonicle, MFA Acting Permanent Secretary, on April 19, for delivery to Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell. 2. Zonicle empha [...]
2006-04-19 22:12:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA BF
06NASSAU678BAHAMAS REVIEW OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The Bahamas has a cordial relationship with Cuba, generally supports Cuba in international fora, and engages in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cuban [...]
2006-04-21 15:22:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALETTC ETRD PREL CU BF
06NASSAU862FM MITCHELL AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell asked to meet with the Ambassador May 24 to coordinate management of mounting public concerns about sonar testing at the Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center (AUTEC). During the meeting Mitchell also sought to defend The Bahamas' vote for [...]
2006-06-01 19:59:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR KUNR CU BF
06NDJAMENA1124CHAD WILL NOT ATTEND NAM SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) CHAD'S AMERICA/EUROPE DESK OFFICER ADOUM MAHAMAT YAHYA AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) INFORMED PAO AND POLOFF THAT CHAD WILL NOT ATTEND THE NON-ALLIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM) SUMMIT IN HAVANA, CUBA, SEPTEMBER 11-16. THE DESK OFFICER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS NOT A POLITICAL DECISION B [...]
2006-09-09 15:03:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CD ASEC
06NDJAMENA591DARFUR REBEL LEADER COMFORTABLY HOUSED IN CHAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim received the Ambassador April 22 at his temporary quarters in Ndjamena (home belonging to President Deby's half-brother) and expressed unhappiness at the negotiations in Abuja and, in particular, the close relationship between the Americans a [...]
2006-04-23 17:34:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CD SU
06NEWDELHI2151BHUTAN HINTS AT QUID PRO QUO FOR VENEZUELA UNSC
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche asking Bhutan to support Guatemala's candidacy to represent GRULAC in the 2007-2008 UNSC and detailed our concerns about Venezuela. Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering responded that he would forward the message to Thimphu. 2. (C) Tshering noted that the Ro [...]
2006-03-30 10:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNSC PREF GT VE IN
06NEWDELHI2226INDIA RE-STATES ITS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MANTRA
[...] (C) Summary: MEA's UN Joint Secretary Manjiv Puri was sanguine about the as-yet unaddressed flaws in the new Human Rights Council, arguing that the need to stand for election in the General Assembly would bar the worst human rights violators from the Council. India and the US have different approac [...]
2006-03-31 12:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KUNR KDEM UN IN
06NEWDELHI223NO IMMEDIATE MORALES VISIT PLANS, BUT LEFT WOULD
[...] (C) Summary: D/PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel talking points on January 10 to Director (Latin America Countries) Anwar Haleem, who commented that he knew of no immediate plans for the Bolivian President-elect to visit India. We note that Indian Left parties would welcome a Morales visi [...]
2006-01-10 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN BO
06NEWDELHI2983INDIA'S STATE ELECTIONS: A REFERENDUM ON CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: The usual religious and caste issues have been all but absent in the April/May electoral contests in four states and one Union Territory, raising the prospect that the vote will be viewed as a referendum on UPA economic and foreign policies. The Communists hope to move the elect [...]
2006-05-02 09:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3873ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHIC NOTES ON PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS
[...] (C) Summary: This message contains biographic reporting on two Pakistani diplomats currently serving to New Delhi -- a key posting for any Pakistani Foreign Service officer. The first, Counselor (Political) Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi, will be of interest because of his meteoric rise through t [...]
2006-06-05 10:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IN PK
06NEWDELHI3882NAM DECLARATION ON IRAN: MEA SAYS GOI POSITION ON
[...] (C) Summary: DCM delivered Ref A demarche on June 5, stressing USG concern that India agreed to such a one-sided and weak NAM statement regarding Iranian nuclear activity, and noting that sending mixed messages to Iran at this critical juncture is not productive. Minister of State for Exter [...]
2006-06-05 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK IN IR AF
06NEWDELHI4588INDIA WALKED A FINE LINE ON IRAN AT THE SCO SUMMIT
[...] (C) Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora told the Ambassador June 28 that he had informal conversations with Iranian President Ahmedinejad 3-4 times at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, and while Ahmedinejad had been reserved due to India's IAEA votes against I [...]
2006-06-29 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI4937DEMARCHE ON COMPACT WITH CUBA DELIVERED
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche on free Cuba, including talking points and the Compact with the Cuban people to MEA DepSec Santosh Jha (Americas) on July 13. Jha had no substantive comment. PYATT [...]
2006-07-13 11:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL CU PA
06NEWDELHI4968DEMARCHE ON COMPACT WITH CUBA DELIVERED
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche on free Cuba, including talking points and the Compact with the Cuban people to MEA DepSec Santosh Jha (Americas) on July 13. Jha had no substantive comment. PYATT [...]
2006-07-14 10:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL CU PA
06NEWDELHI5558A/S BOUCHER PUSHES INDIA ON NAM, UN
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 7 meeting with Indian MEA Joint Secretary (JS) Americas Dr. S. Jaishankar, A/S Boucher: SIPDIS -- urged India to use its influence in the upcoming Havana Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit as a positive force to curb attempts at unhelpful resolutions, such as supp [...]
2006-08-08 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN IN
06NEWDELHI6256CUBAN AMBASSADOR CLAIMS IRAN'S NUCLEAR ISSUES WILL
[...] (SBU) Cuban Ambassador to India, H.E. Juan Carretero, told a Delhi think tank discussion group that Iran's right to continue its nuclear program will not be discussed at the NAM Summit, as "NAM does not entertain individual countries' issues except for the question of Palestine and Israel's r [...]
2006-09-07 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI6298INDIA'S ROLE IN NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India may attempt to transform its role to that of a "bridge power" between the developed North and the impoverished South during the upcoming NAM Summit in Havana. In the context of considerable public and internal GOI debate about the utility of NAM and India's proper place in t [...]
2006-09-08 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR ECON ECIN IN
06NEWDELHI6511INDIAN PUBLIC RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-19 05:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6711DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) PolOff delivered demarche (reftel) to MEA United Nations Economics and Social Deputy Secretary T. Armstrong Changsan on Sep. 26. Changsan had no substantive response. Post notes that the GOI normally refers UN Human Rights Council matters to its UN mission in New York. MULFORD [...]
2006-09-27 09:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IN
06NEWDELHI7636DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche requesting that the GOI oppose the annual Cuba Embargo Resolution at the UNGA to MEA Under Secretary Manish (UN Political) on Nov 7. He said that the GOI had taken note of our points, but was not prepared to offer a formal reply at this time. MULFORD [...]
2006-11-07 10:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU IN
06NEWDELHI7692DEMARCHE TO INDIA ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (U) PolOff delivered (reftel a) demarche requesting that the GOI support the Australian amendment to the annual Cuba Embargo Resolution at the UNGA to MEA Deputy Secretary Manish (UN Political) on Nov 8. He said that he would pass the information to his superiors at the MEA, but offered no su [...]
2006-11-08 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU IN
06NICOSIA1157DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Savvas Vladimirou in the MFA's Divison of the Americas and Oceania. Valdimirou said that the EU (through the EU Committee on Latin America, COLAT) had developed a document similar to the report of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba [...]
2006-07-17 09:19:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDCU PGOV PHUM PREL CY
06NICOSIA1161DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) On July 14, poloff delivered reftel message to Savvas Vladimirou in the MFA's Divison of the Americas and Oceania. Valdimirou said that the EU (through the EU Committee on Latin America, COLAT) had developed a document similar to the report of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba a [...]
2006-07-17 11:18:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDCU PGOV PHUM PREL CY
06NICOSIA673CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW
[...] (C) Officials of the Central Bank of Cyprus report that they are unaware of any Cypriot investments in Cuba and that the stock of Cuban FDI in Cyprus is around CYP 130,000 (or approximately USD 280,000). There were no investment flows to or from Cuba in 2003 and 2004. Although, statistics for [...]
2006-05-08 15:25:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CY
06NICOSIA901DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APPROACHING THE EU IN
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel message on June 9 to relevant action officers at the MFA. On the Balkans, Elena Rafti said that Cyprus shared the EU position that Podgorica and Belgrade must be encouraged to work together in order to implement the outcome of the May 21 referendum. On B [...]
2006-06-13 12:02:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL
06NICOSIA924CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel verbal message to Saavas Vladimirou in the MFA's Division of the Americas and Oceania. Vladimirou, who handles Latin American issues and regularly attends meetings of the EU Committee on Latin America (COLAT) in Brussels, said he was aware of the Venezuelan anti-NG [...]
2006-06-19 07:34:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV PHUM VE EAID CY
06OSLO101A/S FRIED´S VISIT: NORWAY AN ENERGY SECURITY PLAYER
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and continued our "High North Dialogue" with Deputy Foreign Minister Kjetil Skogrand during his January 26-27 visit to Oslo to participate in an E-PINE Political Directors meeting (reported septel). Stoere enthusiastically presented the [...]
2006-01-31 15:11:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL NO ENGR
06OSLO1359ENGAGING NORWAY ON PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 31, the DCM and Pol/Econ officers met with Tore Hattrem, Director General of the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section and other members of his team. The meeting began and intensified a dialogue on Norwegian peace efforts in several global hot spots: Sri Lanka, P [...]
2006-11-03 15:59:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF EAID CE SU CO HA RP SO NO
06OSLO1496NORWAY: MANAGING THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. On December 6, MFA State Secretary Liv Monica Stubholt, who recently took on the US portfolio, met with the Ambassador for a tour d'horizon. Both agreed that key ways to deepen the already strong relationship included increasing educational exchanges, finding joint projects rega [...]
2006-12-11 16:27:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALENRG NO PGOV PINR PREL
06OSLO493NORWAY'S CUBA POLICIES: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: Norway's young center-left government is engaged in a controversial balancing act on Cuba, publicly supporting Cuban dissidents while also seeking a broader dialogue with Cuba. With the exception of an impending oil drilling contract, Norwegian business interests in Cuba are sc [...]
2006-04-19 16:25:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC CU NO
06OSLO77NORWAY GOES SOFT ON CUBA
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Stoere has announced a significant change to Norway's Cuba policy. Norway will no longer invite Cuban dissidents to its annual Constitution Day (May 17) event held at the Norwegian Embassy in Havana. This reversal was prompted by Norway's desire to re-gain dire [...]
2006-01-24 14:04:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL NO
06OSLO873DEMARCHE DELIVERED-COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 04:51:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL NO CU
06OSLO95POST-PALESTINIAN ELECTION: NORWAY SEEKING TO ENGAGE
[...] (C) Meeting in Oslo, Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere told A/S Dan Fried on January 27 that he plans to speak with Abbas later today and tell him that he is sending his number two, Deputy Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen, to visit with him next week (date unspecified). Stoere wanted to make su [...]
2006-01-27 14:22:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL IS NO
06OTTAWA1245CANADA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Ottawa recommends that implementation of Title III of the Libertad Act continue to be suspended for Canada on grounds of national interest and prospects for further cooperation on transition to democracy in Cuba. While Canada has a long history of economic engagement wit [...]
2006-04-26 23:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL CA
06OTTAWA1323U/S DOBRIANSKY AND CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON
[...] (U) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman Connaughton visited Ottawa April 24/25 at the direction of the President and at the request of the Canadian Government to discuss a number of significant environmen [...]
2006-05-03 17:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG TBIO CA
06OTTAWA194CANADA'S NEW GOVERNMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Unless the polls are badly mistaken, Canada's Conservatives will win today's election and Stephen Harper will be asked by the Governor General to form a minority government. The election of a new government, after thirteen years of Liberal rule, presents opportunities for advancing [...]
2006-01-23 15:42:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL CA
06OTTAWA2420THE PROSPEROUS CANADA-CUBA ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada,s economic relationship with Cuba began in the late 19th century, long before the U.S. embargo. Today, Canada-Cuba economic ties continue to be strong. The annual two-way trade between the countries is around $1 billion USD. About 22 percent of Cuban exports (mostly n [...]
2006-08-12 12:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAGR CU CA
06OTTAWA3536CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (U) Post answers to reftel questions are based on information obtained from Daniel Daley and Louise Branch, the Director and Deputy Director, respectively, of the Caribbean, Central America and Andean Region Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) as well as reporting [...]
2006-12-05 21:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU CA
06PANAMA1029PRD FORCES TORRIJOS TO GIVE GROUND
[...] (C) President Torrijos's attention -- to the exclusion of virtually all else -- is consumed by political maneuvering within his party, the PRD, and the approaching must-win Canal expansion referendum (probably in October 2006). Torrijos has tried to sell Canal expansion as a non-political "mat [...]
2006-05-31 22:45:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ETRD KPAO PM VE CU
06PANAMA1044PANAMA CABINET RESHUFFLE LEAVES TORRIJOS WEAKER
[...] (C) The April 28 cabinet changes (Reftel A) exposed and intensified a rift dividing President Torrijos's inner circle from the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) rank and file. Although Torrijos and Consejo (Intelligence Chief) Leonel Solis succeeded in removing Minister of Government and J [...]
2006-06-02 18:26:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA1092GOP TURNS TO CHAVEZ TO BOOST CANAL REFERENDUM
[...] (SBU) The GOP has invited Venezuelan President Chavez to attend the June 22 Congreso Anfictionico in Panama in an attempt to sway leftist voters, trade unions, and students before the upcoming Canal expansion referendum, Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador in a June 1 mee [...]
2006-06-07 00:04:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EWWT PM
06PANAMA1099PANAMA: MFA VICE MINISTER "DOUBTFUL" ON CUBAN AND
[...] (SBU) Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points to MFA Deputy Ricardo Duran. Duran told Pol Counselor he was doubtful that Panama would accept migrants from Guantanamo but he would check with MFA for a final answer. Comment: Duran's answer is a diplomatic "no." In recent years, Panama h [...]
2006-06-07 20:46:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF CU ES GT NU PA PM SMIG UY
06PANAMA1116EMBASSY PANAMA SHARPENS ITS FOCUS ON SECURITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Country team met off-site to assess the status of U.S./Panama bilateral relations, review our priorities and ensure the correct alignment of USG activities and resources. Participants reached consensus that USG interests were best served by focusing on three strategic areas: secu [...]
2006-06-09 16:41:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALKSPR EAID AMGT PINS KTAO
06PANAMA1231HHS VISIT BOOSTS REGIONAL FOCUS ON AVIAN FLU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt's June 7-10 visit to Panama boosted the efforts of Central American health ministers to prepare for a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) or another type of pandemic. Through a series of official meetings and publ [...]
2006-06-22 19:49:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU SENV PM
06PANAMA1580GOP PITCHES REGIONAL HEALTH SCHOOL AS WAY TO BOOST
[...] (C) The GOP hopes for strong U.S. support to establish a "School of Health for the Americas" in Panama. With students and faculty drawn from throughout the hemisphere, the school is aimed at improving healthcare delivery, particularly to poor communities. In so doing, the GOP believes it could a [...]
2006-08-11 22:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALTBIO EAID PGOV PM
06PANAMA1629SCENESETTER FOR FINCEN DIRECTOR WERNER VISIT
[...] (U) This message is confidential. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides support for our Mission's anti-money laundering programs. Your dialogue with key anti-money laund [...]
2006-08-18 21:07:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PTER SNAR PINR KCOR KCRM PM
06PANAMA1726TORRIJOS APPEALS TO PUBLIC FOR CANAL EXPANSION
[...] (U) President Torrijos urged the Panamanian people to take advantage of the "unique and possibly irrepeatable" opportunity of the October 22 Canal expansion referendum in his September 1 "state of the nation"- like address. Torrijos called on Panamanians to vote according to what was best for [...]
2006-09-07 17:01:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PM
06PANAMA1825PANAMA NONCOMMITTAL ON NAM DEMARCHE ISSUES
[...] (U) Panama continues to support Guatemala's candidacy for the UN Security Council, MFA Deputy Director for External Politics Vladimir Franco told POLOFFS September 8. Franco was less enthusiastic about USG views on terrorism, democracy in Cuba, and the Middle East (see reftel A). He doubted [...]
2006-09-18 18:36:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA184(C) PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS: LACK OF U.S.
[...] (S) During a January 30 meeting with Ambassador and DOD DASD Roger Pardo-Mauer, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos Espino shared his frustration with what he perceives as a leadership void created by a lack of a coherent U.S. strategic vision for the region. In his view, the increasingly r [...]
2006-02-01 12:24:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPGOV PREL ETRD PM
06PANAMA2018SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY FORE
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to share our transformational diplomacy agenda and to help advance U.S. interests. Your dialogue with our Mission and key govern [...]
2006-10-13 22:42:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALAMGT OVIP PGOV PREL ECON PM
06PANAMA2102STAFFDEL MEACHAM AND TOON MEET WITH MOGJ GOLCHER
[...] (SBU) "The United States is Panama's strategic partner of choice on security issues, but Panama needs additional resources to strengthen its security infrastructure," Minister of Government and Justice Olga Golcher told STAFFDEL Meacham and Toon on October 18. Golcher lauded the bilateral re [...]
2006-10-26 15:07:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA2106TROUBLED ADOLESCENCE FOR PANAMA'S RESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU). Panama's residential tourism industry is struggling to maintain its momentum in the face of rising prices, increased construction costs and potential excess supply. According to Paul McBride, CEO of Panamanian real estate marketing company Prima Panama, the selling price of the averag [...]
2006-10-26 15:45:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN BTIO CASC MRS
06PANAMA2189PANAMA WILL CONSIDER CUBA RESOLUTION AND AMENDMENT
[...] (SBU) Panama is not familiar with the Australian amendment to the Cuba embargo resolution but will consider the U.S. viewpoint, MFA Sub-Director for Exterior Politics Vladimir Franco told Poloff November 8. He agreed to transmit the U.S. message and talking points (reftels A and B) to the Pa [...]
2006-11-08 15:30:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA PM
06PANAMA2268FM BACKTRACKS ON TORRIJOS PUERTO RICO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) After several attempts to wiggle out of a bad position, FM Samuel Lewis Navarro admitted to the Ambassador November 21 the GOP had "screwed up" when attempting to draw a distinction between President Torrijos's role as President of Panama and as Secretary General of the PRD (the ruling party) [...]
2006-11-22 20:36:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA2269ORTEGA WANTS TO SEND POSITIVE MESSAGE TO U.S.,
[...] (C) Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega told Panamanian President Torrijos November 21 that he wants good relations with the United States. His visit to Panama sends a signal that Nicaragua can be a positive player in the region, FM Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador the same day. Panam [...]
2006-11-22 20:43:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA2357PANAMA/CUBA RELATIONSHIP: TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (U) Post answers to reftel questions are based on information obtained by the GoP's Comptroller General's offices, the GoP Ministry of Foreign Relations, the administrative offices of the Colon Free Zone, various industry and third country publications and conversations with various Panamanian [...]
2006-12-07 21:44:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PM CU
06PANAMA2442FM LEWIS ON TORRIJOS TRAVEL, PARTY FUTURE, COURT
[...] (C) President Torrijos plans to visit the United States in February and may seek an appointment with President Bush, Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador December 27. The most likely day for the meeting request with President Bush is February 26, the same day Torrijos is schedu [...]
2006-12-28 19:12:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA360 PANAMA - 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The resolution of a number of investment dispute cases in recent years opened the way for the April 2004 start of bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama. 2. Traditionally, Panama has maintained a rather liberal regime for foreign investment [...]
2006-02-24 20:39:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PM
06PANAMA534VP/FORMIN LEWIS FINDS CASTRO "HEALTHY" AND
[...] (C) Panamanian First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) told Ambassador on March 23 that he met for the first time with Fidel Castro in Cuba over the March 18-19 weekend. He said Castro appeared to be in good health, as he turned what SLN expected to be a 15-minute "p [...]
2006-03-24 18:00:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ENRG ETRD PM CU
06PANAMA824PANAMA: PRESIDENT TORRIJOS SHAKES UP CABINET
[...] (SBU) President Martin Torrijos announced three major changes in his cabinet during a nationwide radio and TV address this afternoon. The much anticipated changes come twenty months into the Torrijos presidency and were the subject of widespread rumors for several weeks. In the Ministry of [...]
2006-04-28 22:45:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PM PREL
06PANAMA897PANAMA SNAPSHOT FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) This message is intended as a scenesetter for A/S Shannon and former President Bush's May 11 meeting with President Torrijos. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Embassy's relations with the Torrijos government (GOP) are warm and bilateral cooperation on security and anti-narcotics matters r [...]
2006-05-10 23:00:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD PM CU VE CH
06PANAMA913HEALTH MINISTER ON REGIONAL FORUM, AVIAN FLU, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Health Minister Camilo Alleyne anticipates HHS Secretary Leavitt's participation at a regional forum of health ministers the GOP plans to host in early June, with a focus on pandemic flu issues. He is willing to attend the June 6-7 IPAPI meeting in Vienna. Alleyne believes that [...]
2006-05-11 22:39:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU SENV PM
06PANAMA919PANAMA: REHABILITATING THE DICTATORSHIP
[...] (C) A joke making the rounds in Panama is that the only ex-Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) officer who hasn't found a job in the Torrijos government is Manuel Noriega. The late-April elevation of former Dignity Battalions chief Benjamin Colamarco to the cabinet as Minister of Public Works is [...]
2006-05-12 21:40:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PM VE CU
06PARAMARIBO343INCREASED VENEZUELAN ACTIVISM IN SURINAME HAS
[...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's profile in Suriname is on the rise thanks to economic initiatives such as PetroCaribe, a joint Cuban-Venezuelan health care assistance program, and a steady public relations campaign by its Embassy over the past year. Despite this heightened engagement, Venezuela's act [...]
2006-06-09 18:55:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON ENRG KCRM MARR SOCI SCUL VE
06PARIS104MFA, PRESIDENCY ADDRESS UPCOMING MORALES VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 5 discussion of ref A demarche, an MFA official indicated that President Chirac would urge Bolivian president-elect Morales January 7 to govern responsibly and inclusively. Chirac will counsel prudence in moving forward with stated plans to nationalize the natural g [...]
2006-01-06 18:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR BO CO
06PARIS1388FRENCH DOWNPLAY SUMATE CONCERNS, OFFER NOTHING NEW
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard told us March 4 it would be improper for France to try to interfere in the Venezuelan government's case against Sumate, although it would maintain "vigilance," and encourage similar EU vigilance, in following the court proceeding [...]
2006-03-06 12:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL FR VE MARR
06PARIS1568PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the March 7 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed on an approach for dealing with Angola's arrears to the Club, consistent with US objectives. The Secretariat will call on Angola to resume payments to Paris Club creditors in excess of scheduled debt service, such that arrears are redu [...]
2006-03-13 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS1611MEDIA REACTION REPORT - International Justice -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-14 10:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2007 UNESCO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communication and Information (C and I) Sector of UNESCO held two program council meetings last week - the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Council and the Information for All Programme (IFAP) Council. IPDC members elected a new chair [...]
2006-03-29 06:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2138 UNESCO: CUBAN REPRESENTATIVE ATTACKS U.S. IN
[...] Summary: Cuba's permanent representative to UNESCO took the opportunity to attack the U.S. today in a UNESCO committee charged with monitoring human rights cases. Ambassador Oliver responded with a short formal statement denouncing the Cuban intervention. End summary. 2. UNESCO's Commit [...]
2006-03-31 17:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNESCO
06PARIS2267MFA OUTLINES FRENCH POSITIONS IN LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait provided visiting EUR/WE Director Kathy Allegrone with a candid assessment of French positions on Latin American issues April 5, touching on Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, and Haiti. Parfait acknowledged the close relationship Hugo Chavez sha [...]
2006-04-06 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR VE BO CU HA
06PARIS2358FRENCH MFA URGES CLOSE CONSULTATION ON HUMAN
[...] Summary: (C) IO DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen on April 7 regretted that the Human Rights Council (HRC) would be a less credible institution without USG participation. However, she admitted that she herself had urged the MFA not to seek an HRC seat in 2006, but to wait until 2007 [...]
2006-04-11 07:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKUNR PREL PHUM UNGA FR
06PARIS2699FRANCE: INPUT FOR LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary and comment: France maintains a variety of investments in Cuba and is Cuba's 12th ranked supplier, down from fifth in 2001. France does not have a modern bilateral trade agreement with Cuba, and exchanges between the two countries are limited. France adheres to EU positions on C [...]
2006-04-25 11:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL FR CU
06PARIS2786 USUNESCO-- IPDC Donors Group Meeting
[...] Summary: A fund raising kick-off meeting of donor states for the International Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC) program was held at UNESCO on April 24 to announce pledges already made by member states and to encourage new pledges for the IPDC "Special Account" fund. The go [...]
2006-04-27 15:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS3114MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia Versus the U.S. -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 12:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS329 UNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING
[...] AS INSTRUCTED REF A, POST INFORMED BOTH UNESCO SECRETARIAT AND ICSU DEPUTY DIRECTOR THAT UNESCO FUNDS SIPDIS PROVIDED TO THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE (ICSU) CAN NOT/NOT BE EXONERATED FROM RESTRICTIONS REGARDING THE USE OF USG FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES IN LIBYA, IRAN, CUBA, BUR [...]
2006-01-18 15:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD UNESCO KSI
06PARIS332FRANCE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2006-01-18 17:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
06PARIS341 UNESCO: AMBASSADOR USES JANUARY 16 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by N. Cooper Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, reasons 1.4.(D) 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador Louise V. Oliver's January 16 meeting with UNESCO DG MATSUURA focused on USG program priorities including literacy (and the Honorary Ambassador role of the First Lady) and [...]
2006-01-19 09:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC SCUL SOCI UNESCO KSA
06PARIS3922FRANCE ON JUNE 12 GAERC - RECOGNITION OF MONTENEGRO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy will announce at the June 12-13 GAERC that France recognizes Montenegro, according to MFA CFSP deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff. He listed as the most important topics at the GAERC preparation of the June 20-21 U.S.-EU summit, Montenegro, Cuba, Iran, I [...]
2006-06-09 16:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ CU KPAL FR
06PARIS3939WEDGEWOOD DEMARCHE PROMPTS MFA REQUEST TO BACK
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered diplomatic note June 5 to MFA IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Berman seeking support for Professor Wedgewood's reelection to the Human Rights Committee and followed up June 6 with IO Human Rights DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper, who in turn sought U.S. backing for the reele [...]
2006-06-12 10:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA US FR
06PARIS3940MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Guantanamo Suicides Middle East -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 11:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4218AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2006 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE)
[...] (C) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, June 12-15, 2006 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 48 presentations by 13 AG member states, and 2 presentations were pr [...]
2006-06-20 08:43:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4296 (U) UNESCO PRIZES
[...] (U) This is a guidance request, see para. 11. 2. (C) Summary. The awarding of prizes at UNESCO continues to be done on an ad hoc basis and often with little advance notice. This week's inclusion of Cuba in the announcement of UNESCO's literacy prizes is but one more example of how easily [...]
2006-06-21 16:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCU VE UNESCO
06PARIS4390 UNESCO LITERACY PRIZES - BACKGROUND ON PRICES AND
[...] (U) The 2006 UNESCO Literacy Prize Winners were announced yesterday, 21 June 2006. The winners are: Cuba, Morocco, Pakistan, Rajastan (India),and Turkey. The prizes are expected to be presented on 8 September 2006, International Literacy Day. 2. (U) The UNESCO International Reading Asso [...]
2006-06-26 14:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4407 EXECUTIVE BOARD EARLY PREVIEW
[...] Summary: Executive Board Secretary Parsuramen met with Ambassador Oliver to review preparations for the 175th Executive Board. Deadline for new agenda items for the 175th Executive Board is 22 July. End summary. 2. Ambassador Oliver met on Thursday, 22 June, with the Secretary of the [...]
2006-06-26 16:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CU CH UNESCO
06PARIS4955UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH INDIAN
[...] (U) July 13, 2006; 10:30AM - 2:45PM; Paris, FRANCE 2. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Nicolas Burns Anja Manuel, P Staff Political Officer Greg D'Elia, U.S. Embassy, Paris Political Officer Leslie Ordeman, U.S. Embassy, Paris (notetaker) India: Foreign Minister Saran S. Jaishankar, H [...]
2006-07-20 16:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL BM NP CE IR IZ VE GT CU FR
06PARIS5216MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanese Crisis - Iran and
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-02 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5248MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli- Lebanese Crisis -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 10:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5276 U.S. DELEGATION REPORT: 30TH SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE
[...] Summary: The World Heritage Committee, the 21-nation governing body of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, held its 30th Session in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 8-16, 2006. The Committee added eighteen cultural and natural sites to the prestigious World Heritage List and also decided to rem [...]
2006-08-03 16:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO LH
06PARIS5289MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel - Hezbollah Combat
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 12:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5360MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon Cuba
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 11:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6118 (U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE IV
[...] (C) Summary: The Israeli ambassador met again with Ambassador Oliver on September 12 to exchange information about resolutions for the upcoming Executive Board on Lebanon, Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. The Israeli indicated that any anti-Israeli language in the Lebanon resolution co [...]
2006-09-12 16:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO SCUL AL IS
06PARIS6153FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC LUNCH, UNGA
[...] (SBU) FM Douste-Blazy cabinet advisor Francois-Xavier Carrel-Billiard told us September 13 that FM Douste-Blazy at this time planned to attend the September 22 informal transatlantic lunch hosted by the Secretary, and would also attend the U.S.-EU ministerial meeting following. New Political [...]
2006-09-13 15:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL OPDC FR UNO UNGA
06PARIS6165 USUNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD ITEM - EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
[...] See action request at paragraph 10. 2. In reftel report of the April 2006 (174th ) UNESCO Executive Board (EB) session, Mission reported (in para 30) on the possible need to review and revise the EB rules of procedure in the light of a novel European Union (EU) practice involving ambassadori [...]
2006-09-14 09:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD UNESCO EUN PREL
06PARIS6436FRANCE AGREES WITH U.S. ON CUBA/HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-26 15:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CU FR UNHRC
06PARIS6511FRENCH MFA PLEADS FOR USG TO SEEK HRC SEAT
[...] (C) MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini welcomed reftel demarche with affirmations of broad agreement between French and U.S. positions on the Human Rights Council (HRC) during a 9/27 meeting with poloff (ref A). Giacomini concurred on the necessity of maintaining country-specific mandate a [...]
2006-09-28 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC PINR CU FR
06PARIS6537FRANCE/GUINEA: HOW WILL THE SUCCESSION PLAY OUT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The succession question in Guinea remains a focus of French concerns, according to MFA desk officer Damien Syed. President Conte, in ill health, has not done much to prepare for it, and the GOF is concerned that the military, led by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colone [...]
2006-10-02 07:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID GV FR
06PARIS6786FRANCE: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH
[...] (C) Summary: In October 6 meetings with WHA Venezuela Coordinator Deborah McCarthy, French MFA officials reiterated French opposition to a Venezuelan seat on the UN Security Council but judged it remained a distinct possibility. DAS-equivalent Michel Pinard argued that overall the Chavez Admin [...]
2006-10-13 16:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL CO CU BL VE PGOV SNAR UNSC SP FR
06PARIS680IRAN/IAEA: FRANCE REMAINS FIRM ON REFERRAL OF IRAN
[...] (C) On Feb 2, post delivered reftel demarche to Nicolas Roche, deputy to Francois Richier in the MFA's Strategic affairs and Disarmament office, as well as to the Political Director's special assistant. Embassy Polmiloff conveyed U.S. rejection of a proposed Egyptian amendment to the resolut [...]
2006-02-02 11:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL AORC EUN IR FR
06PARIS7094 UNESCO -- EDUCATION ISSUES AT THE 175TH EXECUTIVE BOARD
[...] (SBU) EDUCATION SECTOR REFORMS In September, the First Lady hosted her highly successful Literacy Conference in New York City, attended by the President and UNESCO's Director General Matsuura. Despite the goodwill generated by the conference and interventions by most members of the Executive [...]
2006-10-27 16:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL KPAO
06PARIS7109FRANCE: WHA DAS MADISON DISCUSSES CUBA
[...] (C) Summary: In October 18-19 meetings with WHA DAS Kirsten Madison, MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA affairs Parfait agreed that Cuba was likely entering a period of transition and needed international support in evolving toward democratic governance, while cautioning against interference in Cuban [...]
2006-10-30 13:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV CU FR NU VE EAID ETTC PHUM PREL
06PARIS7339UNESCO - Literacy Prizes
[...] Summary. On Friday, November 3, 2006, UNESCO awarded the 2006 Literacy prizes to literacy programs in Pakistan, Turkey, Cuba, India, and Morocco. A program in China received an Honorable Mention. Pakistan received the International Reading Association Literacy Prize. IRA is a U.S. associatio [...]
2006-11-09 16:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL
06PARIS7478DEMARCHE TO RESETTLE PROTECTED MIGRANTS FROM
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points November 14 to MFA Office Director-equivalent for Asylum and Immigration Pierre Brethes, MFA Desk officer-equivalent for the United States Sameh Safty, and MFA Desk officer-equivalent for Cuba Othman El Kashtoul, urging the French government to consider re [...]
2006-11-21 13:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREF FR SMIG SZ
06PARIS7491PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) At the November 15 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors decided on an initial response to Argentine Finance Secretary MacLaughlin's letter to the Club expressing the GOA's desire to restart a dialogue and normalize relations as soon as possible. Creditors agreed that Paris Club Chairman Mu [...]
2006-11-21 15:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7705 EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN FRANCE AND DOC ASSISTANT
[...] (C) Summary. On November 30, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a GOF interagency group to discuss a wide variety of export control issues and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China Licensing Pol [...]
2006-12-07 14:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC EINV FR
06PARIS7729 MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHAVEZ RE-ELECTED, CASTRO FADES; FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) The Chavez re-election and Raoul Castro's "gesture" towards Washington illustrated French views on Latin America's relationship with the U.S. during the first part of the week, while a fierce domestic debate raged about Socialist presidential candidate Royal's controversial trip to the Mi [...]
2006-12-08 16:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7887DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FRANCE DECLINES REQUEST TO
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered answers to follow-up questions from reftel A. on Cuban and Haitian protected migrants (see also reftels B. and C.) on December 8 to Pierre Brethes, MFA officer in the Office of Asylum and Immigration. Brethes responded that illegal immigration to France from its oversea [...]
2006-12-21 17:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR PREF CU HA SOCI
06PARIS850 UNESCO: MARTI PRIZE
[...] (C) As a result of Mission inquiries, additional information has been obtained about the chicanery behind the awarding of the Marti prize to Hugo Chavez. It has become clear that it was deliberately orchestrated slap at the United States by individuals in the UNESCO secretariat working in cah [...]
2006-02-09 17:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCU VE UNESCO
06PHNOMPENH744CAMBODIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTE
[...] (SBU) Cambodia is in the midst of making determinations regarding its support for candidates from all geographic blocs for the new Human Rights Council, according to Sun Suon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations. Pol/Econ Chief made demarche points in [...]
2006-04-21 11:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AORC PREL PHUM CB
06PORTAUPRINCE1365JULY 20 REPATRIATION OF 139 HAITIAN AND 2 CUBAN
[...] According to lead UN Police Maritime advisor, Officer Pat Evans, Haitian Coast Guard Detachment Cap-Haitien intercepted a 40 foot Haitian sailing sloop with 141 persons on board near Point Picholet on July 20 at 0315. The vessel was escorted back to Maritime Operations Center/Coast Guard Stat [...]
2006-07-27 18:41:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPINR SMIG HA
06PORTAUPRINCE14HAITI'S CENTRAL PLATEAU POOR AND ISOLATED
[...] Summary: Hinche is the capital of the Centre department and only 50 miles north of Port-au-Prince, but mountains and bad roads conspire to keep it extremely isolated. Since early 2004 when the former Haitian Army (ex-FAd'H) used it as a staging ground, there has been little violence in Hinche. [...]
2006-01-04 14:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA ECON EAGR EAID
06PORTAUPRINCE1597PREVAL COMING TO DC/PENSIVE WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with President Preval on August 24 to review the bilateral agenda on the eve of her departure for leave and Washington consultations. Preval plans to visit Washington on September 18-19 in advance of the UN General Assembly meeting: he told the Ambassador dur [...]
2006-08-25 18:24:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD ECON UNSC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1960U.S. OIL INDUSTRY RESPONSE TO GOH PETROCARIBE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-13 15:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1973PREVAL EMPHASIZES DRUG TRAFFICKING, SECURITY AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-16 16:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2289PREVAL II: THE HONEYMOON'S OVER
[...] (C) Summary. There is increasing talk among Haitians these days about malaise and government inertia. President Preval, now seven months into his term, i seen as isolated and distracted. Reports of dissntion within his inner circle, a poor legislativ record to date, and a failed disarmament po [...]
2006-11-30 19:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2323PREVAL TRAVELING TO CUBA FOR FURTHER MEDICAL TESTS
[...] (C) President Preval will depart for Cuba on the afternoon of December 6 for further medical tests, according to Disarmament Commission President Alix Fils-Aime and President Preval's executive assistant in the palace. Fils-Aime on December 6 told Polcouns during a meeting on other topics [...]
2006-12-06 19:58:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA CU
06PORTAUPRINCE2373GOH TO ANNOUNCE NEW CARICOM OFFICE
[...] Summary: President Rene Preval appointed a new advisory council on external relations consisting of financial specialists Marie Michelle Rey, Charles Clarmant, and Preval's financial advisor (and presumed fiancee) Elizabeth Delatour. He created the advisory council in September to review rel [...]
2006-12-14 17:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2385PREVAL TELLS MINUSTAH TO TARGET THE GANGS
[...] (C) President Preval on December 15 directed SRSG Mulet to have MINUSTAH forces conduct targeted operations against known leaders in Cite Soleil and other Port-au-Prince slums, according to MINUSTAH political staff. Senior MINUSTAH civilian staff present at a birthday party for Mulet's chief [...]
2006-12-15 17:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA BR
06PORTAUPRINCE2413PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (U) President Preval's admission that he is undergoing treatment for recurring prostrate cancer (reftel) has refocused Haitian's attention on the constitutional provisions for succession to the presidency, only three yea [...]
2006-12-20 18:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2427PREVAL: MINUSTAH MUST ACT NOW
[...] (C) Summary. I met with President Preval on the evening of December 21 to discuss the current security environment, the political machinations underway in Parliament and the Primature, and Haiti's continuing dispute with China. Preval also shared with me frank details of his health (reported [...]
2006-12-21 17:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ECON EAID HA UN
06PORTAUPRINCE559PREVAL IN WASHINGTON: SEEKING STATUS
[...] (C) President elect Rene Garcia Preval's goal for his visit to the White House and State Department is to send an unequivocal message to Haitians at home and observers abroad that the USG is fully committed to supporting his government. He believes that a meeting with President Bush (and the [...]
2006-03-26 16:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE692PREVAL ANNOUNCES HAITI TO JOIN PETROCARIBE
[...] President-elect Preval announced to the press April 18 that Haiti will soon join Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's energy initiative, PetroCaribe. Preval made the announcement after returning from a five-day trip to Cuba, where he discussed the subject of Petrocaribe with the Venezuelan Amb [...]
2006-04-19 17:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE718HAITI ELECTIONS: ALL SET FOR SECOND ROUND
[...] (C) Summary. The Director General of Haiti's CEP, Jacques Bernard, and MINUSTAH elections chief Gerardo LeChevallier expressed confidence on April 18 that elections preparations were in place and that the second round would proceed smoothly on Friday, April 21. MINUSTAH military leaders als [...]
2006-04-21 12:29:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE807HAITI: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW
[...] Despite their close geographical proximity, there is little or no Haitian direct investment in Cuba. 2. Haiti has no bilateral trade agreements with Cuba. 3. Haiti hosts approximately 500 Cuban doctors who provide medical services to the country. During an April 12-14, 2006 visit by [...]
2006-05-05 18:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE846PETROCARIBE OIL MAY FLOW THROUGH EDH
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. Michel Guerrier, Director of National, Haiti's only domestic oil company, told Econoff May 11 that a ship with 100,000 barrels of PetroCaribe oil has embarked for Haiti and is due to arrive on or before May 15. Ho [...]
2006-05-12 19:06:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EFIN EINV EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE851PRESIDENT PREVAL PREPARES A CAUTIOUS START
[...] (C) Summary. President-elect Rene Preval has articulated the broad outlines of an economic and political development plan for Haiti, but has not put himself in a position to launch a detailed set of programs or legislative agenda in his first days in office. USG interlocutors will likely have [...]
2006-05-12 19:56:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE867PREVAL'S CHIEF FOREIGN POLICY FORECASTS PRAGMATISM
[...] (C) Summary: Fritz Longchamp, Rene Garcia Preval's foreign policy advisor provided a circumspect review of the major foreign policy issues facing the new administration to Emboffs May 8. Longchamp claimed that the Preval team had yet to focus on external relations and develop a foreign pol [...]
2006-05-15 20:03:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
06PORTLOUIS598MAURITIAN PRIME MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: Mauritian Prime Minister told Charge October 6 that he has no particular problem with U.S. foreign policy, despite comments to the contrary broadcast on Mauritian radio. Ramgoolam emphasized that he has tried hard to maintain consistent principles in foreign affairs and denounced [...]
2006-10-06 13:42:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER VE GT MP
06PORTMORESBY361PNG UNDERSTANDS BUT CAN'T COMMIT ON VENEZUELA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-01 04:02:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PP
06PORTMORESBY368VANUATU REMAINS SUPPORTIVE ON UNSC SEAT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-06 01:24:00Embassy Port MoresbyCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC NH
06PORTOFSPAIN1431TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW
[...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host countr [...]
2006-12-18 18:22:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1432TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW
[...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host countr [...]
2006-12-18 18:22:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU TD
06PORTOFSPAIN501TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
[...] (c) Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) and Cuba enjoy cordial relations, and are co-members of the Association of Caribbean States. There are no substantial T&T investments in Cuba, and post is aware of no/no examples of trafficking in confiscated property or other assets. 2. (c) In the six months si [...]
2006-04-26 15:18:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL TD CU
06PORTOFSPAIN618PRELIMINARY REPORT ON CARIBBEAN MUSLIM FORUM
[...] (C) Political officer met with Imtiaz Ali, organizer of the Caribbean Muslim Forum (CMF),on May 15. Ali mentioned that initial planning was for this year's CMF to be held Easter weekend, to establish a pattern following the 2005 CMF, but that due to difficulties with organizing it for April [...]
2006-05-19 15:14:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPINR KISL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN767CARIBBEAN MUSLIM FORUM IN T&T
[...] (U) The 2006 Caribbean Muslim Forum took place at the Trinidad campus of the University of the West Indies on June 18-19. Pol intern attended forum. Approximately 40-50 people attended, most from Trinidad but with a handful from throughout the region. The crowd was made up of about 2/3 East [...]
2006-06-22 18:56:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPINR PTER KISL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN920 SCENESETTER FOR DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO T&T
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Secretary Chertoff, my team and I look forward to welcoming you to Trinidad and Tobago. T&T is a major political and economic player in the region, and your visit will help underscore the importance we plac [...]
2006-08-03 18:18:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER OVIP ASEC CARICOM TD
06PRAGUE1033CZECHS ARE CONSIDERING REQUEST TO RESETTLE CUBAN
[...] (C) Summary. The Czech MFA is considering reftel request to resettle Cuban political migrants in the Czech Republic. The Ministry of Interior would prefer to wait until 2008, when a proposed change in resettlement policy would facilitate such resettlement, but will defer to the decision of the [...]
2006-08-25 16:37:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREF SMIG CU EZ
06PRAGUE1121CZECHS HAVE NON-PARTICIPATING OBSERVER AT NAM
[...] (SBU) Czech MFA Cuba Desk Officer Jarmila Povejsilova told Poloff on September 12 that, contrary to previous indications, the Czechs have decided to have an observer attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Havana. The observer will be the new Charge d'Affaires of the Czech Mission in H [...]
2006-09-13 13:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CU EZ
06PRAGUE1187CZECHS: NO SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR CUBA IN UNHRC
[...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Czech MFA Deputy Director of the Human Rights Department Martin Boucek on September 26 to discuss Cuba's efforts to eliminate the UNHRC's mandate on Cuba. Boucek said the Czechs share U.S. concerns, and think the UNHRC's handling of human rights abuses in Cuba and Belar [...]
2006-09-26 14:28:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CU EZ
06PRAGUE1190UPDATE: CZECHS STILL CONSIDERING CUBAN MIGRANT
[...] (SBU) Poloff met on September 19 with Czech Ministry of Interior Director of the Department for Asylum and Migration Policies Tomas Haisman, and Head of the Unit for Policy, International Relations and Information on Countries of Origin Pavla Fridrichova, to continue the discussion on possible [...]
2006-09-26 15:10:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF SMIG CU EZ
06PRAGUE121CZECH MFA SPEAKS ON LATEST CUBA CLASH: CZECH NGO
[...] (C) Summary and comment. A recent incident involving two Czech NGO workers, who were arrested in Cuba by secret police and detained for 11 hours without access to the Czech Embassy, has further cooled the already chilly relations between the Czech and Cuban governments. The Czech MFA demanded [...]
2006-02-07 12:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM CA CU EZ
06PRAGUE1217CZECHS ON THE SECOND SESSION OF THE UNHRC
[...] (C) Polec Counselor and Poloff met with MFA Human Rights Department Director Veronika Stromsikova on September 29 to discuss priorities for the second session of the UNHRC, and to deliver Reftel talking points. Stromsikova had just returned from UNHRC meetings in Geneva and offered her assessm [...]
2006-10-03 14:43:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM UN EZ
06PRAGUE1252CZECHS ON UNGA AND CUBA RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Polec Counselor and Poloff met October 6 with Czech MFA UN Department Director Jan Kara to discuss Czech impressions of UNGA to date, and specifically Ref A proposal on the Cuba embargo resolution (note that Ref B was received subsequent to our meeting. Several issues in Ref B were cover [...]
2006-10-09 11:11:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALUNGA PREL PHUM EUN CU UN EZ
06PRAGUE1302CZECHS WILL RESETTLE UP TO 10 CUBAN MIGRANTS
[...] (SBU) The Czechs have confirmed they will accept up to ten Cuban migrants this year. Ministry of Interior Head of the Unit for Policy, International Relations and Information on Countries of Origin Pavla Fridrichova said that if all goes well, the Czechs will consider accepting similar numbers [...]
2006-10-19 06:21:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF SMIG CU EZ
06PRAGUE1308CZECH RESPONSE TO UNGA ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: The Czechs generally support USG priorities for UNGA. They support tough sanctions on Iran and North Korea. They continue to support Guatemala for the UNSC seat, although they believe that there is now little that countries outside of Latin America can do to influence the outcom [...]
2006-10-20 11:34:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA EZ
06PRAGUE1318CZECHS VIEWS ON AMENDMENT TO CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic will support a proposed amendment to the UN resolution on the Cuba embargo that would highlight Cuban human rights abuses. They continue to question the wisdom of the move, and are certain that procedural concerns will prevent many countries who are sympathet [...]
2006-10-20 16:23:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA CU EZ
06PRAGUE1340AMBASSADOR GRABER'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's October 23 introductory call, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (ODS) expressed his satisfaction with bilateral cooperation in the fields of security and democracy promotion, his concern about energy security in Europe, and his hope that the Ambassador w [...]
2006-10-26 14:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1349PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN CLOSED SOCIETIES: LESSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Czechs are well-known for their spirited and effective promotion of democracy and human rights in closed societies, such as Belarus, Cuba, Burma, Iraq, and elsewhere. This cable highlights examples of Czech public diplomacy efforts in these countries. The goal of these Czech [...]
2006-10-30 11:31:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EZ
06PRAGUE1373CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's November 3 courtesy call on Czech Foreign Minister Alexandr (Sasha) Vondra, the primary topics were visa waiver and missile defense. FM Vondra expressed skepticism for the visa roadmap, but agreed to co-host the next Bilateral Consular Working Group (BCWG) [...]
2006-11-06 08:57:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CVIS EZ
06PRAGUE1386CZECHS WILL SUPPORT AMENDMENT TO CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (C) Czech MFA UN Director Jan Kara confirmed that the Czech Republic would support the amendment to the UN Cuba Embargo resolution highlighting Cuban human rights abuses that Australia intends to sponsor. Kara told Acting DCM during a conversation late on November 7 that he welcomed the news t [...]
2006-11-08 13:28:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU EZ
06PRAGUE1406CZECHS ON NOVEMBER 13-14 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the November 13 GAERC the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East (Iran, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon),Russia, and the Balkans. Czech policy closely mirrors U.S. policy in these regions/countries. Specifically, the Czechs support: (1) a strong UNSC resolution with sancti [...]
2006-11-09 15:48:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN YI SR BK CG IS LE
06PRAGUE1407CZECHS ON UNGA COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Czechs support the U.S. position on the five UNGA Third Committee country resolutions, but are considering negotiating on some of the Belarus-sponsored retaliatory resolutions. End summary. 2. (C) Acting DCM discussed UNGA Third Committee country resolutions and retaliato [...]
2006-11-13 05:59:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN EZ
06PRAGUE143CUBA STRIKES BACK: CZECH NGO DENIED ECOSOC
[...] (C) Summary. Czech NGO People in Need (PIN) was recently denied ECOSOC consultative status because of strong Cuban opposition. According to a PIN representative, the denial will have no impact on PIN democracy promotion activities in Cuba or elsewhere. End summary. 2. (SBU) Poloff met Ivana [...]
2006-02-10 16:49:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL UN CU EZ
06PRAGUE1450SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO PRAGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Czechs marked the 17th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in November. As you will see during your visit, the country has embraced a pro-transatlantic foreign policy, with the Czech government and NGOs playing a significant role in efforts to promote democratic transformation in [...]
2006-11-29 15:23:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EZ
06PRAGUE1488CZECH REPUBLIC REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The USG applauds the Czech Republic for its strong support of democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. The Czechs do not recognize the transfer of power to Raul Castro, and continue to advocate for a tougher EU common position on the Castro regime that emphasizes [...]
2006-12-07 09:01:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD ETTC PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1524CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. VIEWS ON SECURITY, DEMOCRACY,
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky traveled to Prague December 5-6 to address security issues at the Global Futures Forum. In addition, Dobriansky met with Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar to thank the Czechs for their cooperation with the United [...]
2006-12-18 08:54:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM HR EZ
06PRAGUE184CZECHS VIEWS ON EVOLVING EU CUBA POLICY
[...] (C) A/DCM met February 17 with Jakub Skalnik, Czech MFA Director for the Americas, to discuss a range of issues, including Cuba policy. Skalnik, a self-professed hardliner on Cuba, said he hoped the Czechs would join with Poland, Slovakia, and possibly the Germans and the Dutch, in making the [...]
2006-02-17 15:55:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EUN CU EZ
06PRAGUE295CZECHS EXPRESS CONCERN FOR FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN
[...] Summary ---------- (C) On March 16, WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met with representatives of Czech NGO People in Need (PIN),parliamentarians, MFA officials, and private citizens actively engaged in democracy promotion in Cuba. The Czechs expressed their commitment to Cuba and Latin America gene [...]
2006-03-22 14:54:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM CU VE XM EZ
06PRAGUE388CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA - MORE
[...] (C) Summary. On April 13, the Castro regime announced it would not renew the visa of Czech diplomat Stanislav Kazecky, effectively expelling him. The Czechs believe another Czech diplomat may be expelled next week. The Cuban Charge d'Affaires in Prague said the GOC expelled Kazecky because his [...]
2006-04-17 13:17:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE389CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA - MORE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 06:09:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE390CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA - MORE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-18 06:10:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE395CZECHS EXPEL CUBAN DIPLOMAT, DO NOT EXPECT FURTHER
[...] (C) Petr Kavan, Czech MFA Desk Officer for the Department of Americas, confirmed on April 18 that the Czech government has expelled Cuban Diplomat Manuel Angel Baltar Charnicharo, First Secretary of the Cuban mission in Prague. The decision not to renew Charnicharo's visa, which will expire on [...]
2006-04-18 12:04:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM CU EZ
06PRAGUE445CZECH COUNTRY REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Czech Republic has been applauded by the USG for its strong support of democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. The Czechs are actively seeking a tougher EU common position on the Castro regime, in contrast to the policy sought by Spain of increased engagemen [...]
2006-04-28 08:50:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL EZ
06PRAGUE473SCENESETTER FOR MAY 10 U.S.-CZECH POL-MIL TALKS
[...] (SBU) The objective of the May 10 Political-Military talks is to strengthen and nurture the Czech Republic's already-strong transatlantic instincts, and achieve forward momentum on key areas of mutual concern. While the entire range of topics for discussion will advance this agenda, the talks [...]
2006-05-04 17:28:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNMARR NATO PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE498CZECHS EXPAND DEMOCRACY PROMOTION EFFORTS IN
[...] (C) Summary. Promoting democracy and human rights in Belarus remains a top foreign policy priority for the Czech government. Following the fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus in March 2006, the Czech Parliament voted to increase funding to support democracy promotion in Belarus from $ [...]
2006-05-10 15:46:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM BO EZ
06PRAGUE504CZECHS SAY CUBA CONFERENCE A SUCCESS
[...] (C) Summary. The Czech MFA, in cooperation with Czech NGOs, recently hosted a Conference on Cuba in Prague to search for common ground with other EU member states active in Cuba, and share the best practice of European NGOs working there. The Conference participants included MFA representative [...]
2006-05-11 14:17:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE505SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FM SVOBODA'S MAY 16 MEETING
[...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, This is your first bilateral meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda. I have found him to be a strong and committed supporter of transatlantic relations. Under Svoboda's leadership, the Czechs have become trailblazers in supporting democracy and promoting hu [...]
2006-05-11 14:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEZ OVIP PGOV PREL
06PRAGUE506CZECHS SUPPORT CUBA DEMOCRACY FUND; SEARCH FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Gretchen Birkle, DRL/FO Senior Coordinator for Global Democracy Strategies, and Paul Bonicelli, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, met with Czech MFA officials and Czech NGO representatives April 10. They discus [...]
2006-05-11 14:54:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM CU EZ
06PRAGUE508CZECHS ON MAY 15 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the May 15 GAERC, Czechs expect the focus will be on the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa. On Serbia, the Czechs agree with the EU decision to suspend accession talks for failure to comply fully with ICTY. They urge Montenegro to use the Czech-Slovak "Velvet Divorce" as a m [...]
2006-05-12 08:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU LI
06PRAGUE509CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA: CAUTIONARY TALE?
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff met April 28 with Stanislav Kazecky, the Czech diplomat recently expelled from Cuba (ref A). Kazecky observed that the human rights situation in Cuba appears to be worsening, and shared tips on effective "public diplomacy" in a closed society. End summary. 2. (C) Kazecky [...]
2006-05-12 12:28:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE58CZECHS EMBRACE TRANSFORMATION DIPLOMACY AND
[...] (U) Summary and comment. Democracy promotion is at the heart of Czech foreign policy. Because GOCR efforts complement U.S. transformational diplomacy efforts, the Czechs are natural partners for cooperation in countries such as Cuba, Belarus, and Iraq. January 25-27, 2006, Gabriela Dlouha, Dir [...]
2006-01-23 06:50:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EZ
06PRAGUE635CZECHS ON JUNE 12 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the June 12 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on Cuba, the Middle East, and the Balkans. On Cuba, the GAERC conclusions are expected to contain strong language on Cuba (already negotiated by the Czechs and the Spanish) denouncing the human rights conditions in Cuba and o [...]
2006-06-09 14:56:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL EZ
06PRAGUE66CZECH DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: CUBA
[...] (U) Summary and comment. This is the second in a series of cables highlighting Czech democracy promotion efforts (ref A),and provides details about the critical assistance provided by the Czechs in Cuba. A peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba remains a top foreign policy priority for the [...]
2006-01-24 12:55:00Embassy PragueSECRETPREL KDEM CU EZ
06PRAGUE665CZECHS AGREE PROCEDURAL ISSUES SHOULD BE FOCUS OF
[...] (C) Summary. The Czech MFA Director of Human Rights said the Czechs plan to make procedural reform the focus of their one-year term on the Council, and further agree that the focus of the first UNHRC session should be procedural issues. However, they are open to discussing specific country issu [...]
2006-06-15 16:40:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EZ
06PRAGUE692CZECHS SUPPORT EU CRITICISM OF VENEZUELAN NGO LAW,
[...] (C) Poloff met with Petr Janousek, Czech MFA Desk Officer of the Americas Department, June 19 to discuss Venezuela's draft NGO law. Janousek said a delegation of EU Ambassadors in Caracas met in early June with Saul Ortega, President of the Permanent Commission for External Policies in the Ven [...]
2006-06-21 12:56:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV VE EAID EZ
06PRAGUE737CZECH REPUBLIC: IMPLICATIONS OF NEW GOVERNMENT FOR
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The center-right coalition that will take office perhaps as early as next week, pending resolution of Lower House leadership negotiations, will be generally positive for U.S. interests in the Czech Republic. Although the date of a vote of confidence in the Topolanek [...]
2006-06-28 15:52:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE85CZECH DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: BURMA AND NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) Summary. This is the fourth in a series of cables highlighting Czech democracy promotion efforts. The Czechs plan to launch new Czech democracy promotion projects in Burma and North Korea in 2006. These projects are motivated by the GOCR's interest in helping these countries peacefully ove [...]
2006-01-26 16:36:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM BM KN EZ
06PRAGUE894CZECHS DO NOT RECOGNIZE RAUL CASTRO AS A
[...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Director of the Americas Department Jakub Skalnik on August 2 to discuss Czech views on Fidel Castro's temporary transfer of power to Raul Castro. Skalnik said the Czechs share the U.S. view that only a democratically elected leader would be the legitimate success [...]
2006-08-03 09:03:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL VT XM XS CU EU JA EZ
06PRAGUE925CZECH REPUBLIC: GOVERNMENT WITH TWO BIG PARTIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Two months after winning the June 2-3 general elections and unsuccessfully trying to form a new government with a three-party right-of-center coalition that holds exactly half of the seats in Parliament, the Civic Democrats (ODS) have finally declared the coalition dead [...]
2006-08-09 10:29:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS EZ
06PRAGUE97CZECH DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: IRAQ
[...] (U) Summary and comment. This cable, the fifth in a series highlighting Czech transformational diplomacy, describes Czech democracy promotion projects in Iraq. These projects are motivated by the Czech interest in rebuilding Iraq, and promoting democracy and regional stability throughout the M [...]
2006-01-27 17:57:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM IZ EZ
06PRETORIA1657 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH April 21 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-04-21 13:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA3182SOUTH AFRICA EXPANDING COOPERATION IN BOLIVIA
[...] (C) Summary. South Africa plans to expand its cooperation with Bolivia, particularly in the mining and energy sectors, according to DFA Director Swanepoel. Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad led a high-level delegation to Bolivia July 17-20 to discuss a South African-Bolivian bilateral c [...]
2006-08-02 15:02:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL BO SF
06PRETORIA3202SOUTH AFRICA: SEMINAR ON THE FOREIGN POLICY OF HUGO CHAVEZ
[...] (U) Summary. The University of South Africa (Unisa) and the Embassy of Venezuela sponsored a July 28 presentation by Jos Briceo Ruiz of the Universidad de los Andes on the foreign policy of Hugo Chavez as it pertains to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The main points brought up in [...]
2006-08-04 12:08:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON USTR SF VE
06PRETORIA3342(C) SOUTH AFRICA UNLIKELY TO PUSH FOR DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ANC-led South African Government remains intensely loyal to the Castro regime and is unlikely to support calls for a democratic transition in Cuba, according to DFA Director Pieter Swanepoel (strictly protect). The tone and tenor of the South African-Cuban relationship will [...]
2006-08-15 15:14:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CU SF
06PRETORIA4710MORALES HOPES TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA IN EARLY 2007
[...] (C) Bolivian President Morales is seeking to travel to South Africa in early 2007 for the first meeting of the South African-Bolivian Joint Consultative Mechanism (JCM),according to Annelize Schroeder, DFA Deputy Director for the Andes and Cuba. Schroeder said that Bolivia hopes to open an e [...]
2006-11-14 15:25:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL BO SF
06QUITO1106IRAN: GOE DISTRACTED BY ITS OWN HRC CANDIDACY
[...] (C) PolChief delivered RefTel points on May 3 to MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs, Mauricio Montalvo, conveying U.S. and international concerns over Iran's bid for a seat on the Human Rights Council (HRC). Montalvo said no decision had been taken on the issue but said he did not believe that [...]
2006-05-04 16:59:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL EC
06QUITO1578ECUADOR: ASIAN DIPLOMATS EAGER FOR DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: Our recent outreach to diplomatic counterparts from China, Japan and Korea found them highly aware of USG coordination efforts (described RefTel),and eager to engage in dialogue about the political and economic situation in Ecuador and the region. In deference to USG concerns [...]
2006-06-27 21:11:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON LA CH JA KS EC
06QUITO1588INDIGENOUS HEARTLAND DIVIDED ON ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The indigenous heartland provinces of Chimborazo and Cotopaxi are predominantly indigenous strongholds of the Pachakutik Movement. Despite Pachakutik's dominance, the indigenous movement is fractured internally over whether to run its own candidate or support Rafael Correa, an [...]
2006-06-28 16:19:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1590FM CARRION URGES USG SIGNAL ON ATPDEA RENEWAL
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian FM Francisco Carrion told the Ambassador on June 27 that he hoped the USG would positively signal support for extension of ATPDEA benefits to support regional economic stability and "keep Bolivia in the fold." He was far from certain that an oil refining deal would be [...]
2006-06-28 19:08:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2223AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ROLDOS AND VITERI
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met recently with the top two presidential candidates, according to current polls. Both alleged that dark horse candidate Rafael Correa was receiving support from Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, and Viteri lamented that Correa could reach the second round runoff el [...]
2006-09-06 21:21:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD ECON PREL EC
06QUITO2252GOE MIXED ON NAM AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: PolChief and PolOff met with MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on September 7 to deliver RefTel talking points. Puma has attended NAM summits in the past and will also accompany President Palacio to Havana. Puma maintained the GOE is still undecided on [...]
2006-09-08 15:43:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU EC
06QUITO2309ELECTION UPDATE: CORREA MOVES INTO SECOND PLACE
[...] (C) Summary: Radical populist candidate Rafael Correa surged ahead of Social Christian candidate Cynthia Viteri in recent polls, moving into second place after front-runner Leon Roldos. With first round presidential elections just a month away on October 15, undecided voters have declined to [...]
2006-09-15 20:17:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PGOV PREL MARR EC
06QUITO2409ECUADORIAN AMAZON LEANS TOWARD CORREA; RESENTS CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Amazon provinces of Orellana and Napo have largely indigenous populations and represent just over 1 percent of the national electorate - yet contribute approximately 60% of the national budget in the form of oil production. During a recent visit by Emboffs, officials in bot [...]
2006-09-29 20:23:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2434Ecuador's Presidential Spokesman Resigns and Criticizes
[...] (SBU) The Palacio administration remains rife with internal divisions and instability, most recently reflected in the resignation of the Presidential spokesman. Enrique Proano, Secretary of Communication and spokesman for Ecuadorian president Alfredo Palacio, resigned on Sept. 25, 2006, and pu [...]
2006-10-03 21:20:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV EC
06QUITO2457ELECTIONS: DEBATE SHARPENS ECUADOR'S CHOICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the staid format of a televised CNN debate on October 5, the exchange sharpened contrasts among the top four contenders. Alvaro Noboa, regarded as a fairly poor debater, exceeded expectations by taking the offensive against Correa, while Leon Roldos and Cynthia Viteri [...]
2006-10-06 22:25:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2699FM CARRION'S POLICY BLUEPRINT: VANITY PROJECT OR
[...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion on October 23 released the country's foreign policy whitepaper, the National Foreign Policy Plan 2006-2020 ("PLANEX"). An avowed attempt to focus the nation's foreign policy amidst constant domestic political turmoil, the PLANEX exer [...]
2006-11-07 22:24:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2718ELECTION: CHAVEZ ENTERS FRAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Hugo Chavez' criticism of presidential candidate Alvaro Noboa has caused a predictable nationalist reaction in Ecuador, rejecting outside interference in domestic affairs. The intervention will likely cost Chavez friend Rafael Correa, who continues to languish 15-20 [...]
2006-11-08 21:15:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM EC
06QUITO2734ECUADOR: ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS DEMARCHES
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarches on anti-Israel bias in resolutions dealing with Lebanon and resolutions extending the mandate of three anti-Israel entities to MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on October 31. Puma said Ecuador had always supported the entities [...]
2006-11-09 21:01:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL EC LE IS PHUM PTER
06QUITO2736ECUADOR: CUBA EMBARGO UN RESOLUTION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 21:19:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA UN EC CU PHUM PREL
06QUITO2894ELECTION: CAMPAIGN CLOSES, CLOUDS AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary: The early campaign days of free computers, colorful flags, dancing and humorous jibes are over. Ecuador now must decide between two populist candidates that have both gone negative. Ecuadorian voters also must digest Correa's allegations of fraud and the prospect of a closely c [...]
2006-11-24 21:04:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EC
06QUITO978REGIONAL IAEA CONFERENCE ENCOURAGES NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolOffs on April 3-4 represented the USG at the first Pan-American IAEA Meeting on Strengthening Implementation of International Instruments for Enhanced Nuclear and Radiological Security. During the two-day conference, IAEA organizers explained international efforts to counte [...]
2006-04-21 00:12:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PTER KTIA IAEA CARICOM EC
06RABAT1569TRANSFER OF TWO MOROCCAN NATIONALS FROM GUANTANAMO
[...] (S) Ambassador contacted Taieb Fassi Fihri, Minister Delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on August 18 to determine the status of his request regarding the Moroccan prisoners Mohamed Al Ahmed Rachidi (ISN 5590) and Muhammed Ben Moujan (ISN 160) being transferred to Morocco betwe [...]
2006-08-18 16:34:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPINS PREL PTER MO
06RABAT1617MOROCCO: CANCELLATION OF FLIGHT TRANSPORTING TWO
[...] (C) On August 29, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism officer Karim Halim, formally notifying the GOM of the cancellation of the proposed flight that would have included two Moroccan national NLECs from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Morocco and several othe [...]
2006-08-30 15:48:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINR MO
06RABAT1649DEMARCHE FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT
[...] (C) On September 6, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming NAM summit to Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOM is in full agreement with the US on Guatemala's election to the UN Security Council, acco [...]
2006-09-06 16:00:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU MO
06RABAT1678URGING MOROCCO TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE WESTERN
[...] (S) On September 8, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on the Western Sahara to Taieb Fassi Fihri, Minister-Delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff accompanied Ambassador as note taker. Fassi Fihri indicated that he had already spoken with Moroccan Ambassador Mekouar fo [...]
2006-09-08 17:16:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV WI AG PBTS MO
06RABAT1925UNGA ISSUES
[...] (C) On October 13, Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the issues raised in reftel A and to emphasize the US' denial of Venezuela's election to the Security Council, reftels A and B. [...]
2006-10-13 15:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM UNGA MO
06RABAT2076DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, poloff delivered talking points to Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging Morocco to support the Australian amendment to the Cuba em [...]
2006-11-08 14:17:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA MO
06RABAT2087MOROCCAN APPROACH ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Due to limitations of availability, Polcounselor raised ref A demarche with MFA IO/UN Director (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita early November 9, highlighting the importance of a strong stand on human rights against these major violators. Bourita thanked us for the information received in [...]
2006-11-09 15:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO
06RABAT787MOROCCO: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY OF IRAN
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 27 with MFA Director for International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita and urged Morocco to oppose the candidacy of Iran and other serious human rights abusers during the May 9 vote for the UN Human Rights Council. Bourita said that Iran [...]
2006-04-27 11:05:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL MO
06REYKJAVIK264 ICELAND SHARES U.S. OUTLOOK ON POST-CASTRO CUBA
[...] On July 19, post delivered reftel points to Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Minister Counsellor Nikulas Hannigan. Hannigan said that although GOI has disagreed with U.S. economic sanctions, it does share common goals with the U.S. for a future democratic Cuba in a post-Castro environmen [...]
2006-07-20 09:10:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIEDCU PHUM PREL PGOV EI
06REYKJAVIK331ICELAND/NAM SUMMIT: ICELAND ATTENDING HAVANA NAM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Iceland is attending the NAM Summit in Havana primarily to campaign for a 2009-2010 UN Security Council seat, and claims no interest in NAM membership or increased engagement with the Government of Cuba. The GOI did not receive a landing clearance request in connection with Be [...]
2006-09-13 17:12:00Embassy ReykjavikSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM UNSC CU IR BO IC
06RIYADH6926UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- SAG SAYS SAME OLD, SAME
[...] (C) Summary. Government of Saudi Arabia (SAG) MFA Human Rights POC Torki Al-Madi told Acting Political Counselor and PolOff during an August 16 courtesy call that the UN Human Rights Council is not an improvement on its predecessor, the UN Human Rights Commission, especially since the U.S. i [...]
2006-08-30 11:12:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM PREL SA
06RIYADH8788FOLLOW-UP ON DEMARCHES
[...] (C) On November 6, Deputy Political Counselor (DPC) delivered reftels (A, B, C, D) demarches and talking points to Saudi MFA, International Organization Affairs, UNGA Issues, Mr. Talal Berri. The issues raised were: the UNGA Third Committee (Iran, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Burma, and North Kore [...]
2006-11-07 13:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL MOPS PINR PTER USUN
06RIYADH8840DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES MEETING WITH SAUDI MFA, MOJ,
[...] (C) Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles met on September 12-13 with the Majlis Al-Shoura (MAS) and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Justice (MoJ). These meetings were follow-up to the July 25 - 27, 2006, meeting of [...]
2006-11-14 05:34:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM OTRA PINR SA
06ROME1222ITALY SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) April 11 PolMinCouns informed Giacomo Sanfelice, Deputy Director General for Political Multilateral Affairs, of Reftel A letter from Secretary Rice to FM Fini and explained the U.S. position on supporting candidate countries in the first UN Human Rights Council (HRC) elections. Poloff fol [...]
2006-04-24 17:17:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKUNR OPDC PREL PHUM IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS
06ROME1325ITALY WILL NOT VOTE FOR IRAN ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-04 13:08:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM UNHCR PREL IT
06ROME1450GOI LEADERS SAY ITALY WILL REMAIN STAUNCH ALLY
[...] (C) Summary. PDAS Kurt Volker met May 8-9 with a cross-section of political and MFA representatives and stressed to elected GOI leaders the importance of continued cooperation on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Balkans and other global issues. He said that Italy would remain an important ally b [...]
2006-05-12 14:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IAEA IT IZ IR SR
06ROME1519ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD TITLE III SUSPENSION
[...] (C) Summary. There have been few developments in Italy's relationship with Cuba in the past six months. Italy supported the EU's condemnation of recent acts of repudiation and subsequent demarches to the GOC, including protesting the harassment of dissident Martha Beatriz Roque. Italy did no [...]
2006-05-18 12:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL IT CU ETRD
06ROME2593ITALY AT NAM SUMMIT
[...] (C) Italy's observer to the NAM Summit in Havana, Sebastiano Cardi, a minister in the MFA Directorate General for Political Affairs, will be in Cuba for several days, beginning September 12. In light of the Italian presence at the meeting, Poloff spoke with Alessandro Busacca, a minister in t [...]
2006-09-14 12:19:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU CU IT
06ROME263 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] Summary. Italy continues to court foreign investors by actively seeking to implement the 2003 legal reforms designed to lift the Italian economy out of its malaise. In 2003 Italy successfully reformed its civil code and made important modifications to its Unified Rules on Financial Intermed [...]
2006-01-30 08:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV IT OPIC USTR
06ROME2780ITALIANS NEUTRAL ON SUPPORTING AMENDMENT TO CUBA
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Leonardo Bencini, Director of the UN office of the Italian MFA, on October 3. Bencini noted that the EU regularly supports the Cuba Embargo resolution and would likely do so again. Bencini said that Italy's position on support for an amendment would be for [...]
2006-10-03 15:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEUN UNGA PREL PHUM UN IT
06ROME2990ITALY: ON CUBA, DAS MADISON ENCOURAGES ITALY TO
[...] (C) Summary. WHA DAS Madison met with Italian officials October 23 to discuss the Cuba transition. Madison shared U.S. views and plans in light of the changing situation in Cuba. Stressing the fact that only the Cuban people could bring about change, she requested Italian help to open polit [...]
2006-10-30 13:24:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM UNSC CU VZ GT IT
06ROME3032ITALY: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC AND CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Human Rights Office Director Laura Carpini November 6 to deliver Ref A demarche requesting Italian support on UNGA country specific human rights resolutions for Belarus and Uzbekistan. Carpini reported that Italy had decided November 3 to co-sponsor the U.S.-sponsore [...]
2006-11-06 16:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UNGA UN CU IT
06ROME3051ITALY VOTING WITH THE EU ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE,
[...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered Ref A and B points on the UN Third Committee country resolutions, No Action motions, and retaliatory resolutions November 8 to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini. Poloff also delivered Ref C points on the Australian amendment to the Cuba embargo r [...]
2006-11-09 12:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL XG UNHRC UNGA CU IT
06ROME3298ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Summary. There have been few developments in Italy's relationship with Cuba in the past six months. The Italian Embassy in Havana continued to meet regularly with opposition leaders as part of efforts to engage in intensified dialogue with civil society. Italy did not participate in exch [...]
2006-12-14 17:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL IT
06ROME427ITALY RECEPTIVE TO A/S SHANNON'S MESSAGE ON LATIN
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Thomas Shannon February 3 outlined U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere for Italian MFA Director General for the Americas Claudio Bisogniero and encouraged Italy to be our partner in engaging with Latin America during this delicate time for the region. Bisogniero was very r [...]
2006-02-13 10:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XM HA CU CA IT
06SANJOSE1SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON IN COSTA RICA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes CODEL Burton on its January 10 ) 12 visit to Costa Rica. The delegation's visit comes at a time when the main issue in the bilateral relationship is the United States-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). The debate [...]
2006-01-03 14:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ETRD CS
06SANJOSE129COSTA RICA WILL CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED
[...] Per Reftel A, and taking advantage of remarks by visiting CODEL Burton, who expressed appreciation for Costa Rica's willingness to resettle 20 protected Cuban migrants in December of 2004, DCM on January 11 asked Minister of Public Security Rogelio Ramos for assistance with resettling another [...]
2006-01-19 16:21:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL SMIG CS
06SANJOSE156COSTA RICA DEMARCHED ON UN REFORM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Langdale and visiting A/DAS David Lindwall delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Tovar on January 17. Tovar was receptive to all of our points, but seemed most inclined to cooperate on reforms to the Human Rights Commission. End Summary. UNHRC ----- 2. (C [...]
2006-01-24 13:55:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR PHUM ADCO CS
06SANJOSE1747COSTA RICA ON CASTRO SUCCESSION
[...] (C) Ambassador discussed reftel talking points with Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Stagno on August 4, 2006. Stagno indicated that he would discuss the situation with Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon when they were in Bogota, Colombia, on August 7 f [...]
2006-08-09 22:36:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CU CR
06SANJOSE1841COSTA RICA DEFENDS EMBASSY MOVE TO TEL AVIV
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a public ceremony marking his administration,s 100 days in office, President Oscar Arias explained that his government,s decision to move its embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv was not a slap to Israel, but was consistent with Costa Rica,s "respect" for UN resolutions and inte [...]
2006-08-18 23:13:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS XK CS
06SANJOSE1955COSTA RICA ON CUBAN TRANSITION: WE,LL DO IT OUR WAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 28, Ambassador and DCM called on FM Bruno Stagno to discuss how to further bilateral and regional cooperation in support of a democratic transition in Cuba. Stagno was receptive to the suggestion that Arias and the GOCR use Costa Rica,s "moral stature" to advocate chan [...]
2006-09-01 17:24:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU CI CS
06SANJOSE2543COSTA RICA NOT LIKELY TO OPPOSE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (SBU) Late afternoon of November 7, Polcouns discussed reftel talking points regarding the Cuba embargo resolution and the proposed Australian human rights amendment with Antonio Alarcon, chief of staff for Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Stagno. Post also delivered talking points to the Mi [...]
2006-11-09 16:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL PHUM UN CS
06SANJOSE2614COSTA RICAN RESPONSES TO UN-RELATED DEMARCHES
[...] (U) On November 14, PolCouns and Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials to discuss pending Third Committee country-specific human rights resolutions, the upcoming International Law Commission election, and the recent Costa Rican UNGA votes concerning Cuba. In attendance were D [...]
2006-11-17 19:54:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYILC PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC CS
06SANJOSE2685SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT ARIAS VISIT
[...] (C) President Arias and his administration are making progress on the ambitious agenda outlined in his inaugural address. In October, long-planned, union-led national anti-CAFTA protests fizzled, a costly dockworkers, strike in a major port was resolved, and the legislature set a date certain [...]
2006-11-28 23:14:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON CS
06SANJOSE2702PRESIDENT ARIAS ON HIS VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 29, the Ambassador met with President Arias to discuss the latter,s upcoming visit to Washington. The Ambassador noted Arias,s position as a leader with regional stature, and suggested President Bush would be interested in Arias,s views on developments in Nicaragua [...]
2006-12-01 21:41:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON CS US
06SANJOSE2734COSTA RICA: SUSPENSION OF TTLE III OF THE
[...] Since returning to the presidency i May 2006, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has een one of the region's leading critics of the Cstro government and a strong advocate for democrtic change and human rights reforms in Cuba. Costa Rica shows absolutely no signs that it would consider re-estab [...]
2006-12-07 23:49:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETC PREL CS
06SANJOSE2737COSTA RICA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE
[...] Since returning to the presidency in May 2006, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has been one of the region's leading critics of the Castro government and a strong advocate for democratic change and human rights reforms in Cuba. Costa Rica shows absolutely no signs that it would consider re- [...]
2006-12-08 15:45:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ETTC PREL CS
06SANJOSE2779 CAFTA RATIFICATION BILL FINALLY CLEARS COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The bill to ratify CAFTA-DR was approved by the legislative assembly's Committee on International Relations by a 6-3 vote on December 12, ending over a year of hearings and debate. Although the results were anticipated, the atmosphere during the vote was tense, with a small grou [...]
2006-12-19 22:28:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECIN PGOV CS
06SANJOSE280NEW LAW STRENGTHENS COSTA RICAN IMMIGRATION
[...] (SBU) On October 27, 2005 the Legislative Assembly approved a draft law that criminalizes alien smuggling; increases fines on airlines carrying passengers without correct documentation; and fines individuals who aid, abet, harbor, transport, and/or employ illegal migrants. After nearly four y [...]
2006-02-06 21:14:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KFRD CS
06SANJOSE2834 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: MARINE RESOURCES VICE MINISTER FLAGS
[...] SUMMARY. While meeting with the Dominican Vice Minister for Coastal and Marine Resources Idalia Acevedo on November 17, NOAA officer Nancy Daves and REO discussed fisheries-related CAFTA-DR environmental capacity-building projects, fisheries law reform, and the illegal trade in hawksbill turt [...]
2006-12-29 23:42:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS PGOV DR
06SANJOSE481COSTA RICA 2005 TIP REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 14:45:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CS
06SANJOSE488COSTA RICA: GUATEMALAN CAMPAIGN LOOKS WEAK FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Costa Rica will support Guatemala's efforts to win the rotational Latin seat on the UNSC. The Foreign Minister and Director of Foreign Policy told us separately that Guatemala needs to campaign more aggressively, particularly in the Caribbean, and offered to assist. These offici [...]
2006-03-03 20:53:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL CS PGOC UNSC
06SANJOSE571COSTA RICA MEDIA REACTION TO 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] As anticipated, most local news organizations reported on this week's release of the annual Human Rights Report (HRR). Several news dailies published brief synopses of the reports for all Central American countries, and several noted the HRR's overall positive tone. Accounts of the report ge [...]
2006-03-10 20:24:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM CS
06SANJOSE592KEVIN CASAS, SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT-ELECT
[...] (U) Summary: Kevin Casas, chosen by Oscar Arias to be his second vice presidential running mate, will come into the third highest political position in the country on May 8 with scant political credentials. Only 37 years old, Casas is an academic and researcher who has never held office. Int [...]
2006-03-14 20:28:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV CS
06SANJOSE656"COSTA RICA, INC.": ANTI-CAFTA-DR FILM MIXES
[...] Summary: A slick new film appearing periodically on Costa Rican public television uses a mixture of emotionally laden images, misquotes, and insinuations (probably falling just short of libel) to attack the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). While object [...]
2006-03-24 17:08:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD SOCI CS
06SANSALVADOR1080TOPICS REGARDING PRESIDENT ELIAS ANTONIO SACA (EL SALVADOR)
[...] (S/NF) This cable is a response to the questions posed in reftel. 2. (C) How does Saca react to disappointments? Can he deal with them internally, or does he lash out at others? How does Saca rationalize his own failures or those of his subordinates? Does he tolerate mistakes? Saca [...]
2006-04-25 19:49:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRET//NOFORNPINR ES
06SANSALVADOR198EL SALVADOR FRAUD SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER FY06
[...] Political Structure: El Salvador is a constitutional democracy with three branches of national government; a unicameral legislature, a judiciary, and an executive branch headed by a president. El Salvador has a multi-party political system, although in reality two parties, the right leaning [...]
2006-01-26 12:47:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES
06SANSALVADOR2508EL SALVADOR: FMLN "PRESIDENCIABLES" FOR 2009
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With two and a half years to go until the 2009 presidential election, speculation is emerging with regard to who will be the candidate of the opposition Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). Orthodox-hardliner leader Schafik Handal was beaten soundly in 2004 by ARENA [...]
2006-10-16 21:32:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PINR PREL
06SANSALVADOR2655EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON CUBA AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 18:49:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CU ES
06SANSALVADOR413SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA
[...] (C) President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca will meet with the President February 24, shortly before El Salvador's March 12 national congressional and mayoral elections. Saca hopes the meeting with the President will further aid his party's chances in the elections, and help him soundly defeat the [...]
2006-02-17 17:20:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES PGOV PREL OVIP ETRD MARR MASS KMCA
06SANSALVADOR447FMLN INVOLVES CUBA AND VENEZUELA IN SALVADORAN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: President Saca and other high-ranking GOES officials have recently raised concerns with Ambassador and other Embassy contacts that Cuba and Venezuela are helping the FMLN in the March 12 national elections for deputies and mayors. There are now clear indications tha [...]
2006-02-22 20:06:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER VE CU ES ELECTIONS
06SANSALVADOR487EL SALVADOR: SCENESETTER FOR VISITS OF U/S KAREN
[...] (SBU) Embassy San Salvador welcomes and looks forward to your visit to El Salvador March 17 to 18. You are arriving in country following President Saca's very successful visit with the President on February 24. The announcements during the visit that CAFTA-DR would enter into force for El S [...]
2006-02-27 18:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR521EL SALVADOR ELECTIONS: LA PAZ AND CUSCATLAN
[...] SUMMARY: Poloff visited the cities of Zacatecoluca and Olocuilta in the La Paz Department on February 22. Two days later, Poloff visited the cities of Cojutepeque and Santa Cruz Michapa in the neighboring Cuscatlan department. Zacatecoluca and Cojutepeque are the capitals of their respectiv [...]
2006-03-02 21:22:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CU ES SOCI
06SANTIAGO1042PRESIDENT BACHELET TOUTS CHILE'S TIES WITH EUROPE
[...] (C) Summary: President Bachelet traveled to Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Austria May 8-14 on her first official visit to Europe as president. During a state visit in Spain, Bachelet and Spanish President Zapatero signed a "strategic alliance agreement." After visiting Chilean PKO troops in [...]
2006-05-17 21:48:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VZ CI
06SANTIAGO105MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 13:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
06SANTIAGO1057MEDIA REACTION - AMBASSADOR JOHN MAISTO, U.S.
[...] Summary: PA arranged an on-the-record roundtable for U.S. representative to the OAS, Ambassador John Maisto, withmajor local dailies. All May 18 dailies ran coverage of the event, during whichAmbassador Maisto explained U.S. foreign policy for the region. End Summary. Headlines and excerpts [...]
2006-05-18 19:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI
06SANTIAGO1091MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA GOVERNANCE, RELATIONS WITH THE
[...] On May 20, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 116,807) ran an editorial entitled, "Chavez and the U.S. Weapons Embargo." Quote: "Caracas and Washington remain locked in a verbal dispute.... Chavez' provocative style irritates the White House.... In a year in [...]
2006-05-23 13:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE
06SANTIAGO11SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL
[...] Summary: You arrive in Santiago three days before the presidential run-off election on January 15. This election pits the top two vote-getters from the December 11 first round election: center-left Concertacion coalition's Michelle Bachelet and the center-right National Renewal Party's Sebast [...]
2006-01-03 17:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1196MEDIA REACTION - UNITED NATIONS AND CHILEAN VOTE
[...] On May 30, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an editorial entitled, "Chile and its Vote in the (U.N.) Security Council." Quote: "The decision is complex for the (Chilean) Executive for two reasons; first, because preventing Venezuela from becoming a Council memb [...]
2006-05-31 20:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI VE
06SANTIAGO1573MEDIA REACTION - MERCOSUR SUMMIT
[...] On July 21, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried a column by correspondent Alvaro Vargas Llosa entitled, "Chile's Three Fronts in Cordoba." Quotes: "The Mercosur summit began yesterday offering Chile three elements of tension: Evo Morales, Nestor Kirchner, and Hugo [...]
2006-07-21 19:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI AR BL VE
06SANTIAGO1654MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] On August 2, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an editorial "The Awaited and Complex Cuban Transition." Quote: "It is in everyone's interest...for the transition in Cuba to be as non-traumatic as possible.... The United States and the international community sh [...]
2006-08-02 19:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1675BACHELET'S IDEA OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION: IS IT
[...] Summary: Beginning in her campaign last fall, President Michelle Bachelet made clear she would focus on domestic issues and improving Chile's relations within the region. Historical border disputes, the threat of domestic instability in Bolivia and Peru, economic uncertainty in Argentina, and [...]
2006-08-04 20:16:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL CI
06SANTIAGO1684MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] On August 7, business and financial daily "Diario Financiero" (circ 20,000) carried a column by international commentator Libardo Buitrago entitled, "Fidel: Succession or Transition." Quote: "Fidel's announcement last week is the key to what could be the island's political future.... By del [...]
2006-08-07 18:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1731MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 18:04:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1732MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 18:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV VE CI
06SANTIAGO1843MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] On August 27, private TV channel Chilevision international pundit Raul Sohr commented about U.S. policy towards Cuba, drawing on a recent DVC at Embassy Santiago with A/S Shannon. Sohr stated: 2. "The United States is carrying out a very complicated policy towards Cuba. On one hand, the hi [...]
2006-08-29 13:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO1936MEDIA REACTION - CUBA: CASTRO TRANSITION
[...] On September 10, government-owned, editorially independent "La Nacion" (circ., 4,200) carried a column by defense journalist Raul Sohr, entitled, "Cuba and Venezuela, a U.S. Target." Quote: 2. "The United States believes that nothing will ever be the same in Cuba again.... Washington beli [...]
2006-09-11 19:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO272CHILE REAFFIRMS WILLINGNESS TO RESETTLE CUBAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Chile reaffirmed its willingness to resettle up to 28 protected Cuban migrants currently at Guantanamo in a meeting today with visiting PRM Officer and Consul General, and will provide the migrants appropriate residence and work permits. The Chileans expect to be ready to interview [...]
2006-02-07 18:59:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALSMIG PREF PREL CI CU GUANTANAMO
06SANTIAGO315CHILE: A/S DESUTTER HOLDS VERIFICATION VIDEO
[...] Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter spoke with 22 Chilean academics about regional threats and U.S. efforts to strengthen effective arms control regimes at an Embassy-hosted digital video conference on January 23. A/S DeSu [...]
2006-02-13 20:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ETTC MARR PARM PINR PREL PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO401SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? Yes. A small community of Arab-Muslim descent could demonstrate against U.S. interests. Members of this community have participated in de [...]
2006-02-27 20:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC PTER
06SANTIAGO425CHILE: A/S DESUTTER HOLDS VERIFICATION VIDEO
[...] Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter spoke with 22 Chilean academics about regional threats and U.S. efforts to strengthen effective arms control regimes at an Embassy-hosted digital video conference on January 23. A/S DeSu [...]
2006-03-01 18:31:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ETTC MARR PARM PINR PREL PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO446SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHILE
[...] (C) Summary: You arrive in Santiago on the eve of the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, Michelle Bachelet. Since her run-off election on January 15, President-elect Bachelet has named a gender-equal and technically sound cabinet. It is a cabinet not subject to the cont [...]
2006-03-03 17:30:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD CI
06SANTIAGO574MEDIA REACTION - CUBA AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] On March 19, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 310,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Repression in Cuba." Quote: 2. "Three years into the biggest wave of repression against dissidents, the situation has worsened for the opponents of the Cuban Communist regim [...]
2006-03-20 20:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KPAO KMDR PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO577AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY,
[...] (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren told the Ambassador on March 20 that Chile had not taken a position on Venezuela's UNSC candidacy. Van Klaveren said the Bachelet administration was interested in pursuing a long-term SOFA with the U.S. and other countries. He observe [...]
2006-03-20 22:27:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS CI HA
06SANTIAGO630SCENESETTER FOR CNO AND C3F VISITS TO CHILE
[...] (C) Summary: Your arrivals in Santiago follow shortly on the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, former Defense Minister Michelle Bachelet. In foreign policy, Bachelet has declared a focus on strengthening ties with neighbors, while maintaining important relations with th [...]
2006-03-27 11:14:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD MARR MASS OVIP PGOV PREL CI
06SANTIAGO664 MEDIA REACTION - HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 19:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI
06SANTIAGO861AMBASSADOR AND CHILEAN SENATORS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador exchanged views on Venezuela, Article 98 and ICC ratification with Chilean senators on April 19. The senators lauded recent Codel visits to Chile and pressed for regular meetings between U.S. and Chilean legislatures. Socialist Party Senator Gazmuri expressed conc [...]
2006-04-24 21:30:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC CI VZ
06SANTIAGO876NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW REGARDING
[...] (C) Post provides the following information in response to Ref. A request. Responses are keyed to the specific questions identified in Ref. A, paragraph 5. Ref. B is Post's response to previous requests. Nature of Investments --------------------- 2. (U) The most significant private-se [...]
2006-04-26 20:16:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU CI
06SANTIAGO908CHILE: BOLIVIA GAS NATIONALIZATON PROMPTS
[...] (C) Summary. Chile's government has reacted cautiously in public to Evo Morales' move to nationalize Bolivia's natural gas. Chile's media has reported unemotionally on the events in Bolivia, but editorials have expressed concern about regional effects. In private, Chilean officials are worri [...]
2006-05-03 18:44:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL CI BL BR CU VE
06SANTIAGO909MEDIA REACTION - BOLIVIA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-03 19:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI BL
06SANTIAGO957SCENESETTER FOR AETC/CC VISIT TO CHILE (U)
[...] (C) Summary: Your arrivals in Santiago follow shortly on the historic inauguration of Chile's first female president, former Defense Minister Michelle Bachelet. In foreign policy, Bachelet has declared a focus on strengthening ties with neighbors, while maintaining important relations with th [...]
2006-05-08 20:18:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD OVIP PGOV MARR CI PREL
06SANTODOMINGO1350DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: EXTRADITION TREATY ASSAILED BY
[...] Over the last two weeks, sensationalist tabloid "El Nacional" has attacked the United States for purported violations of the 1910 U.S.-Dominican Extradition Treaty. According to sources cited by "El Nacional," U.S. extradition requests for individuals whose alleged crimes are punishable by se [...]
2006-04-21 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN SNAR KCRM DR
06SANTODOMINGO1468U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES AT OAS JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 24 and 25, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales attended the 6th Regular Meeting of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA-VI),held in Santo Domingo. A hour-long conversation with President Leonel Fernandez provided suggestions for improv [...]
2006-05-04 11:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS OAS DR TD VE
06SANTODOMINGO1566DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NSC-DIRECTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican President Fernandez is continuing his low-profile approach to Cuban issues. Interaction is limited to educational, sports, and technical exchanges, visits to Cuba by Dominican tourists, and residence in Cuba by a few church-affiliated social workers. There are approxi [...]
2006-05-12 15:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU ETTC DR ETRD PREL
06SANTODOMINGO1751SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
[...] (C) Summary. President Leonel Fernandez and his party have just triumphed in mid-term elections in this pro-United-States, lower-middle income developing country in the Caribbean. Democracy is both young and fragile. Fernandez wants to use his mandate to build a modern state, and he has cal [...]
2006-05-30 20:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL ETRD OAS DR
06SANTODOMINGO2127DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE ORTEGA DE LEON EXTRADITED
[...] On June 22, 2006, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agents returned Jose Ramon Ortega de Leon (aka Chico) to Westchester, NY for trial before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where he is the subject of superseding indictment number S7 04 CR 1353 (K [...]
2006-06-28 14:33:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
06SANTODOMINGO2720DOMINICAN MFA OFFICIAL COMMENTS THAT "COMPACT WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. In response to shared points regarding the "Compact with the Cuban People," Embassy received a four page written response by Ambassador Danilo P. Clime, Director of the Caribbean Affairs Section of the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Clime asserts in his response that, g [...]
2006-08-24 12:56:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL CU DR
06SANTODOMINGO2726DOMINICAN POLITICS III #1: ROUTINE AND GENERALLY
[...] This is the first cable in our series on the third year of the administration of Dominican President Leonel Fernandez. Dominican President Makes Routine and Generally Positive Cabinet Changes (C) Summary: Dominican President Leonel Fernandez made a small number of adjustments in his ca [...]
2006-08-24 13:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR PGOV PREL PINR MARR
06SANTODOMINGO3139POTUS SCENESETTER: VISIT OF DOMINICAN PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Embassy Santo Domingo provides following background for the tentatively scheduled October 25 call on the President by President of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernandez. Background ------------ 2. (SBU) The Dominican Republic has become the most reliable supporter of democracy [...]
2006-10-03 20:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNDR PGOV PREL
06SANTODOMINGO3413DOMINICAN POLITICS III #9: MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO, PRD HEIR APPARENT
[...] This is the third cable in our series on Dominican politics in the third years of the administration of President Leonel Fernandez. Political Series III #9: Miguel Vargas Maldonado, PRD Heir Apparent (SBU) On October 30 the Ambassador received Miguel Vargas Maldonado, the beefy, self con [...]
2006-11-01 16:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNDR PGOV PREL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO
06SANTODOMINGO3655SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO THE DOMINICAN
[...] (SBU) The United States Mission in the Dominican Republic warmly welcomes your planned December 8-10 visit to Santo Domingo. Space permitting, Ambassador Hans Hertell will greet you in Washington, DC on the day of your departure, and travel with you via milair to Santo Domingo. We have arrange [...]
2006-12-06 11:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EPET PHUM PREF PREL ETRAD ECON DR
06SANTODOMINGO3679DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - CUBA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION
[...] (C) Summary. In response to para 6 Ref A, Embassy finds there has been no marked change in the Dominican Republic's situation with regard to Cuba since our last two reports (Ref B and C). The Dominican Republic has very few investments in Cuba. No bilateral trade agreement exists between th [...]
2006-12-08 11:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC PREL DR
06SANTODOMINGO919DOMINICAN PRESIDENT LEONEL FERNANDEZ'S INVITATION
[...] (C) I consider that the invitation to a Central American/Caribbean summit on May 31 hosted by President Leonel Fernandez offers the President the opportunity of a high profile event that will strongly support regional democracy and free trade, just before the General Assembly of the Organizat [...]
2006-03-14 15:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETDR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
06SAOPAULO1005SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA: AFGHANISTAN, NATO ROLE,
[...] "Relapse In Afghanistan" Leading national circulation daily liberal Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (9/18): "Compared with Iraq, Afghanistan is a kind of garden of delights. The US intervention was successful. The hated Taliban regime was deposed and replaced by a government that acquired le [...]
2006-09-18 18:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1037WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ REGIONAL AND
[...] "Oil Threatens Chvez" Center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (9/25) editorialized: "President Hugo Chvez does not use the richness provided by its nation's oil reserves to prepare Venezuela's infrastructure for the day oil will be over, but to finance a flogging campaign against the US and to wea [...]
2006-09-27 10:16:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1234MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: SOUTH AMERICA-AFRICA
[...] "In Bad Company" Liberal, largest circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (12/3): "Third world leaning is an aspect that the Lula administration's foreign policy explores ad nauseam. It is part of the rational with which the administration feeds ideological groups as a way to symbo [...]
2006-12-04 12:30:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO1286MEDIA REACTION: CUBA; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-22 11:17:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO229HOPES AND FEARS: BUSINESS COMMUNITY VIEWS OF BRAZIL'S
[...] Summary: An informal survey of business leaders from Sao Paulo shows support for Finance Minister Antonio Palocci's macroeconomic policies and a general sense of relief that Lula's presidency has not destroyed the economy as originally feared. Although Lula is no longer seen as a threat to th [...]
2006-03-03 12:29:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PINR ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO466Media reaction: Bolivia; Sao Paulo
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-03 18:56:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO545MEDIA REACTION: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL; WESTERN
[...] "Provincial Machiavellis" International affairs analyst Demetrio Magnoli commented in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (5/18): "The good news is that Brazil was the nation that received more votes among those who will represent Latin America in the recently created UN Human Rights Council. The bad [...]
2006-05-18 14:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO556MEDIA REACTION: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-19 18:18:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO800MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE; GLOBAL
[...] "Peacekeeping Force" Liberal, largest circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (7/25) opined: "The proposal of an international force made up mainly of European troops to be sent to the South of Lebanon is praiseworthy.... That seems to be the best way both for an immediate ceasefire and to ensur [...]
2006-07-25 12:13:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO847MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA, CASTRO'S HEALTH;
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 11:20:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO849MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA; SAO PAULO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 10:50:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO859MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST: ISRAEL/HIZBULLAH COMBAT; WESTERN
[...] "Conflict Without An Arbiter" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (8/5) editorialized: "Bush supports Israeli policy so strongly that the US can no longer act as an arbiter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.... Of course this is not a one-way relationship. Israel [...]
2006-08-07 11:16:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO892MEDIA REACTION: GWOT: AIRLINE TERROR PLOT; WESTERN
[...] "The Right Way To Fight Terror" The lead editorial in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (8/12) maintained: "Almost five years from the unprecedented September 11 attacks, only a few things in the world today are as clear as the futility and the boomerang effect of the war the US under the Bus [...]
2006-08-15 12:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO893MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST: ISRAEL/HIZBULLAH COMBAT;
[...] "No One Won" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (8/15) editorialized: "Following a month of fighting and more than a thousand deaths, a ceasefire has finally been established between the Israeli Army and Lebanese militia Hizbullah. Both were defeated.... The Israel [...]
2006-08-15 12:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SAOPAULO912MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 11:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
06SEOUL1298A/S SHANNON'S KOREAN CONSULTATIONS ON LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) Visiting WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon on April 12 reviewed with ROKG officials U.S. objectives for enlisting strategic partners, like Seoul and Tokyo, to play a key role in promoting democracy, free markets, and economic prosperity in Latin America. ROKG officials welcomed consultation [...]
2006-04-20 01:59:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON KS
06SEOUL1373LIBERTAD ACT: ROK HAS MINIMAL RELATIONS WITH CUBA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-25 07:16:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ETTC CU KS
06SEOUL2505PHARMACEUTICALS AND KORUS-FTA: TURNING THE TABLES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With public release of the draft implementing regulations for its Drug Expenditure Rationalization Plan (DERP) scheduled for July 26, the ROKG has slowly but steadily backed away from all the key commitments it made to us on treatment of pharmaceuticals in the FTA, and has now w [...]
2006-07-25 09:03:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALETRD KS
06SEOUL2586DPRK CANCELS ARIRANG FESTIVAL
[...] (C) One of Northeast Asia's largest synchronized gymnastics and flashcard extravaganzas has been postponed until next spring. While the DPRK's stated reason for the postponement of the "Arirang Festival" was flooding following unusually heavy monsoon rains, some suspect the true motivation w [...]
2006-08-01 07:10:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL KS KN
06SEOUL2746MOFAT OFFICIALS DISCUSS VENEZUELA, CUBA
[...] (C) On August 11, the outgoing MOFAT Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Lim Ki-mo, provided A/POL with an update on ROK views toward Venezuela and Cuba. Seoul was considering allowing a visit by Venezuelan President Chavez, although there were no immediate proposals for a trip. Se [...]
2006-08-14 06:43:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON KS
06SEOUL3308ROK SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON CUBA AT HRC
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-26 08:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL
06SEOUL3437INR A/S FORT,S MEETING WITH MOFAT DEPUTY MINISTER
[...] (C) Over dinner on September 26, Amb. Park In-kook, Deputy Minister of Policy Planning and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),agreed with visiting INR Assistant Secretary (A/S) Randall Fort that Japan remained preoccupied with the DPRK abduction is [...]
2006-10-10 08:00:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN KS
06SEOUL3882ROK TO ANNOUNCE POSITION ON PSI NOVEMBER 13, 2006
[...] (S) On Saturday, November 11, Deputy Foreign Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations, Park In-kook, met with the Charge and POL-MIL Chief to preview the following ROK announcement -- planned for release at 15:00 (Seoul Time) on November 13 -- on South Korea's participation [...]
2006-11-11 04:40:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL MNUC KNNP CH KN KS JA
06SEOUL3922SCENESETTER FOR U.S.- ROK MINISTERIAL AT APEC
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your November 18 meeting with South Korean National Security Advisor and Foreign Minister-designate Song Min-soon comes as the Republic of Korea (ROK) has entered a period of significant transition. In the foreign policy arena, change began with the October 9 DPRK nuclear [...]
2006-11-14 05:42:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS
06SKOPJE1057MACEDONIA WILL FOLLOW EU POSITION ON CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-04 12:10:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU MK
06SOFIA1267BULGARIA ATTENDING NAM SUMMIT FOR POLITICAL REASONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 14:56:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM UNGA CU BU
06SOFIA1425BULGARIA SUPPORTS AMENDING EMBARGO RESOLUTION,
[...] (C) Panteley Spassov of the MFA's UN and Global Issues Department agreed that the Cuban Embargo Resolution at UNGA should be balanced with a statement on Cuba's human rights record. He said the GOB will seriously consider our proposed language for the amendment but doubted our text would pas [...]
2006-10-06 12:26:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALEUN INRO PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU BU
06SOFIA1531BULGARIA TO FOLLOW EU ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 14:09:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA BU
06SOFIA1541CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION: BULGARIA STILL TO FOLLOW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 14:04:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA BU
06SOFIA817BULGARIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER'S IMPRESSIONS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 14:12:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CU BU
06SOFIA83BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 08:08:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDBU EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
06SOFIA89BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-23 10:13:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
06STATE135733PAROLE PROCESSING FOR CUBAN MEDICAL PERSONNEL
[...] The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that effective immediately it will consider Significant Public Benefit Parole (SPBP) requests from Cuban medical personnel who are currently conscripted to work or study in third countries under the direction of the Cuban Government and t [...]
2006-08-17 22:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CU SMIG
06STATE194431TRANSFER OF DETAINEES FROM
[...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 2. 2. (S) Action Request. Post should deliver the note in paragraph 3 and draw from the points in paragraph 4 to convey to the GOK that the USG intends to include the three detainees approved for transfer (refs B and C) in the next Det [...]
2006-12-01 23:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PTER PHUM PINS KZ
06STATE25359NON-PAPER ON REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE SOCIETY
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs four and five. 2. (S) The Department is concerned about reports in other channels that link several foreign branches of the Kuwaiti NGO, Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) to terrorist organizations. The Department requests that [...]
2006-02-16 03:47:00Secretary of StateSECRETKTFN PGOV PTER KU
06STOCKHOLM1424SWEDEN: ATTENDANCE AT NAM SUMMIT IN HAVANA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-08 09:30:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PTER UNGA CU SW
06STOCKHOLM1632SWEDEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT IS NAMED, MAKES POLICY
[...] (c) Fredrick Reinfeldt, who was formally elected Prime Minister by the Swedish parliament on October 5, named his cabinet and gave the new government's statement of policy on October 6. Ministers from Reinfeldt's Moderate Party will lead about half the ministries, including many of the key o [...]
2006-10-06 14:41:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SW
06STOCKHOLM180SWEDEN: CONFERENCE ON DEMOCRATIC CHANGE IN CUBA
[...] (sbu) Polcouns attended the February 6-7 Conference "Democratic Change in Cuba: Who are the Actors," which gathered about 100 representatives of NGOs, embassies, and political parties (we have requested an electronic version of the list of participants, and will forward) from around Europe. [...]
2006-02-08 09:50:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CU SW
06STOCKHOLM224SWEDEN: FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES IN AN ELECTION
[...] (u) Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds outlined 2/15 GoS priorities during the annual plenary foreign policy session of parliament, sparking pointed exchanges with the opposition as each side sought to lay down pre-election markers. Sweden's relationship to NATO and the U.S. were prominently fe [...]
2006-02-17 16:19:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SW
06TAIPEI2823MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL: LIBYA
[...] (U) This cable is an action request. See para 9. 2. (S) Summary: On August 15, AIT delivered to the Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) ref A comments on five export license applications as well as the general information on overdue responses contained in the August 14 Bremmer-Young e-m [...]
2006-08-16 22:15:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETMTCRE PARM TW ECCT
06TALLINN1055ESTONIA PROCESSING GUANTANAMO MIGRANTS
[...] (U) On November 3 Poloff delivered reftel points to Mai Hion, MFA Director for Human Rights, on whether the GOE can resettle Haitian and Cuban migrants currently in Guantanamo to Estonia. On November 16, Hion informed us that the request was sent to the Estonian Migration Board for considera [...]
2006-11-22 11:46:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREF SMIG BU CU LG LH EN
06TALLINN576ESTONIA: EMBASSY'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE RACIAL
[...] (U) Summary: Discussion in Estonia about tolerance and integration has focused mainly on the cultural and linguistic divide between the Estonian and Russian communities. Looking forward, the GOE intends to broaden its Integration Action Plan to include initiatives designed to address integrat [...]
2006-06-16 14:26:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI EN
06TALLINN578ESTONIA: EMBASSY'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE RACIAL
[...] (U) Summary: Discussion in Estonia about tolerance and integration has focused mainly on the cultural and linguistic divide between the Estonian and Russian communities. Looking forward, the GOE intends to broaden its Integration Action Plan to include initiatives designed to address integrat [...]
2006-06-16 14:53:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI EN
06TALLINN649DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE COMMISSION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-14 06:13:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL CU EN
06TALLINN912ESTONIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-06 11:32:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDEUN UNGA PREL PHUM UN
06TASHKENT500A SURPRISING RECIPE: PLOV WITH CUBAN RICE
[...] (C) The Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) refuses to confirm reports that a Cuban delegation, headed by Deputy FM Eumelio Caballero, visited Tashkent March 13 to establish diplomatic relations with Uzbekistan. The delegation's visit was reported by Cuba-based Prensa Latina, the National [...]
2006-03-15 11:11:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TEGUCIGALPA1102HONDURAN INDUSTRIALISTS ASK GOV FOR DIRECT
[...] (C) Summary: The Honduran Industrialists Association (ANDI) has written a letter to the Government of Venezuela seeking a direct PetroCaribe arrangement, modeled after deals recently struck with mayors in El Salvador and Nicaragua (ref B). PetroCaribe is a government-to-government program, so [...]
2006-06-15 20:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL PINR VE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1104HONDURAS: FIRST OFFICIAL BOLIVARIAN CIRCLE MEETS
[...] (U) According to press reports, on June 14 Honduras hosted its first official Bolivarian circle (a grass-roots mobilization effort originally created to support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's "Bolivarian Revolution.") Television coverage of the event appeared to show 30-50 people in atte [...]
2006-06-15 21:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET ENRG PINR VE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA139HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENQL
[...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. There were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities on November 27, 2005; Congress will b [...]
2006-01-24 01:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2352HONDURAN BANKING SECTOR CONSOLIDATING AS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: The purchase by General Electric of Honduran Banco Mercantil (BAMER) marks the fifth such acquisition to affect Honduras this year, but the first aimed specifically at Honduras. Consolidation of the sector at the hands of more experienced foreign banks (including Citibank, HSBC [...]
2006-12-21 19:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN ECON PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA333SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (reftel A). --------------------------------- POLITICAL VIOLENCE --------------------------------- Â [...]
2006-02-22 23:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC KSAC PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA48MEDIA REACTION ON BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT, JANUARY
[...] On 01/09 the Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" carried an op-ed by Ruben Dario Paz, Social Sciences Professor, titled "Evo Morales, the Andean." "If there is a country that has suffered greatly, it is Bolivia, a wealthy country with abundant resources, but with extreme poverty." [...]
2006-01-09 22:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PREL PGOV SNAR ECON HO
06TEGUCIGALPA526ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST 45 DAYS - PRO-U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately 45 days. While Zelaya is clearly a friend of the USG, as Post predicted his personality, administration, and policy decisions are making working with him a challenge. On the plus si [...]
2006-03-16 20:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD MOPS SMIG PINR KCRM HO
06TEGUCIGALPA743HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DAS WHA MADISON, VISIT TO
[...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. On November 27, 2005, there were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities; a new (and ov [...]
2006-04-21 17:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON ECIN MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS
06TEGUCIGALPA853WHA DAS MADISON MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: WHA DAS Kirsten Madison visited Honduras April 26-28 and met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, key members of his cabinet, congress, and the business community. Key themes of the visit included cooperation on regional security problems such as narcotrafficking, Ho [...]
2006-05-09 22:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA972HONDURAN PRESIDENT SIGNALS PETROCARIBE DEAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a private lunch, President Zelaya signaled to Ambassador that a PetroCaribe deal was likely, reiterated the many areas that GOH worked closely with the USG, and asked for "reciprocity" of support from the USG for the GOH in its time of need. Zelaya stressed that any such deal [...]
2006-05-30 12:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PGOV PREL PINR HO
06TELAVIV1376ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations 3. Trial of Former Liberian President Charles Taylor ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that today, President Moshe Katsav invited Acting PM Ehud Olmert today to form a gover [...]
2006-04-06 12:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1700ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Israel's 58th Independence Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on events related to the Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars, and Israel's 58th Independence Day, which will be celebra [...]
2006-05-02 12:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1887ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Israel and the US are beginning discussions of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's convergence plan this week. The newspaper wrote that the working assumption a [...]
2006-05-15 11:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3196IRAN DOMINATES OLMERT'S DISCUSSION WITH CODELS
[...] (C) In an August 10 meeting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told CODELs Miller and Royce that the Israeli fight against Hizballah in Lebanon was part of a larger war against Iran and Syria. Olmert attributed Hizballah's battlefield strength to direct Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) leadership [...]
2006-08-14 12:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS
06TELAVIV4534ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media bannered the killing of a Muslim Israeli woman married to a Jewish man and the serious wounding of two men -- one of them a bodyguard for Defense Minister Amir Per [...]
2006-11-16 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR
06TELAVIV960ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Sudan: Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Acting PM Ehud Olmert was quoted as saying Wednesday in an interview with The Jerusalem Post that Israel's permanent borders will be set within the ne [...]
2006-03-09 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06THEHAGUE1167CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The U.S. achieved its primary goal at EC-45: discussion of the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline was serious and somber. Delegations were clearly disappointed that it did not appear likely the U.S. would complete destruction by 2012, but there was virtually n [...]
2006-05-23 14:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1262006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE NETHERLANDS
[...] The following transmits the draft 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with Chapter VI in the FY 2006 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has been forwarded by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA to the attention of J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Pa [...]
2006-01-19 14:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB NL OPIC USTR
06THEHAGUE1308NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (U) Poloff and intern delivered reftel demarche June 7 and 8, to policy officers of the MFA Political Affairs and European Integration Departments. Substantive responses follow. Balkans ------- 2. (C) The GONL expects Serbia/Montenegro to dominate discussion of the Balkans, particularl [...]
2006-06-09 13:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN KPAL UN BO CU IR IZ MW SR YI NL
06THEHAGUE1567NETHERLANDS/CUBA: PROVIDING BACKGROUND AND
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 14 to Gertie Mulder, Head of the MFA's South America Division. Mulder promised to share the document, which contained information previously requested by senior officials at the Ministry. 2. Post will share the information with NGOs active in the Cuba [...]
2006-07-17 12:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM PGOV PREL CU NL
06THEHAGUE1987CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The first budget consultations after the summer break were held on September 5. The first intervention was made by the Malaysian delegate who provided delegations with the "NAM" position on the budget. This included: concerns about the low level of funding for ICA, concerns about the re [...]
2006-09-12 11:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2119NETHERLANDS/HRC: RESPONSE TO CUBA AT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche 25 September to Joris Geeven, policy officer at MFA human rights division, and Peter van der Vliet, Head of the Political and Legal Affairs, UN and IFIs Department. Geeven thanked us for the information. He said the GONL had expected the Cubans to renew t [...]
2006-09-27 15:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2177NETHERLANDS/CUBA: SEEKING EU SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-04 13:25:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN PREL UNGA UN NL
06THEHAGUE2186CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Although there have been relatively few indications of renewed interest in the U.S. draft decision, several recent conversations are worth noting. First, Ambassador Petri of Germany has, in his role as WEOG Vice Chair of the CW Cluster, told Ambassador Javits that he has recently been ap [...]
2006-10-06 09:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2264NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE ON CCW REVCON DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: While the GONL sees the value in pursuing an "opt in" annex for an anti-vehicle mine (AVM) protocol at the upcoming Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) Review Conference, the Dutch have historically opposed optional clauses. MFA Head of Arms Control and Export Policy Matthij [...]
2006-10-18 14:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMCAP PARM PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2282NETHERLANDS/SCENESETTER: FOREIGN MINISTER BOT'S
[...] (C) Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot's upcoming visit to Washington DC comes just one month before national elections. It therefore provides an excellent opportunity to move some difficult issues forward in a way that helps ensure that the next Dutch government, whatever its configuration, co [...]
2006-10-20 11:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PHUM NL
06THEHAGUE2385NETHERLANDS/CUBA: EU CONSENSUS POSITION ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 10:49:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA UN CU NL
06THEHAGUE2431NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH POSITIONS AHEAD OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: The Dutch expect the GAERC to focus largely on Turkey and enlargement, with limited discussion on a range of other issues. They do not expect the Turks to fulfill their Ankara protocol commitments, but seem unlikely to press for wholesale suspension of negotiations. The Dutch exp [...]
2006-11-09 21:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL MARR PGOV PHUM EUN UN BK CG CU IR
06THEHAGUE2445CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE
[...] (U) It was not possible to reach agreement at EC-47 on the U.S. request for an extension of the 100% destruction deadline, as details could not be ironed out regarding visit to the U.S. and Russia in connection with both extension requests. There also was no agreement on the 2007 OPCW budget [...]
2006-11-15 09:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2566NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch investments in Cuba are minimal, and post is aware of no bilateral trade agreements between the Cuban and Dutch governments. Post is aware of no exchange programs. The GONL is a leading EU advocate for human rights, and both the government and Dutch NGOs are active in prom [...]
2006-12-07 12:04:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC CU NL
06THEHAGUE2602CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 100% destruction deadline to April 29, 2012. It also approved the Russian 100% destruction deadline request to 2012 and an accompanying decision regarding site visits that concerns the U.S. and Russia. Iran dragged the pro [...]
2006-12-13 15:36:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2627CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) On the margins of the 11th Conference of States Parties, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Christopher Padilla met with Horst Reeps (Director, Verification),Ichiro Akiyama (Inspectorate),and Bill Kane (Industry Verification) regarding a number of industry implementation issues. 2. (U) A [...]
2006-12-18 13:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE528SCENESETTER FOR WHA PDAS SHAPIRO'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a time when GONL concern about Venezuela is growing. You could use this opportunity to press the Dutch to actively campaign against Venezuela's UNSC bid, and to help ensure a stronger EU response toward Venezuelan human rights and weapons procurement activities [...]
2006-03-10 16:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR VE NT NL
06THEHAGUE612CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The 44th Executive Council session of March 14-17 resulted in modest movement on some issues of importance to the U.S. Most critical was what did not happen: there was no protracted discussion of the fact that the U.S. did not provide its extension request for the 100% destruction deadli [...]
2006-03-22 06:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE642NETHERLANDS: CONCERN SIMMERS OVER VENEZUELAN
[...] (C) Summary: WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met March 15 with Dutch MFA, Interior, MOD and military intelligence officials. The Dutch message was consistent. The GONL is deeply concerned about developments in Venezuela - its neighbor - but does not currently see a direct military threat to the Net [...]
2006-03-24 13:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV BL CU CO NT VE NL
06THEHAGUE865CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) chaired a April 10 informal consultation on the Implementation Support Branch's Article VII-related program. Magda Bauta (TS/Cuba) made a detailed presentation (faxed back to ISN/CB) of her branch's program, primarily pointing out where she lacked fu [...]
2006-04-19 11:21:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE928NETHERLANDS/UN: DEMARCHE ON MANAGEMENT REFORM TO
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 27 to MFA Policy Officer Alain Ancion, who handles the UN Management Reform Portfolio at the MFA UN and IFIs Department. 2. (C) Ancion said the Netherlands will definitely vote against the resolution. He added that the Dutch and at least 11 other [...]
2006-04-27 13:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALUN UNGA KUNR AORC NL
06THEHAGUE960NETHERLANDS/CUBA: NSC DRECTED COUNTRY BY COUNTRY
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch investments in Cuba are minimal, and post is aware of no bilateral trade agreements between the Cuban and Dutch governments. Post is aware of no exchange programs. The GONL is a leading advocate for human rights, and both the government and Dutch NGOs are active in promoti [...]
2006-04-28 14:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC CU NL
06TOKYO1469JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/22/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 00:44:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1894WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON: YOUR VISIT TO
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo welcomes your coming visit. You will arrive in Japan at a time when our relationship is as good or better than it has ever been; the government is eager to expand its special relationship with the United States. Japan and the U.S. share many commonalities in our relations w [...]
2006-04-07 12:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALOTRA PREL ETRD ECON LA XK JA
06TOKYO1959WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan's top priority in Latin America is to revitalize its economic relationship, MOFA Latin American Affairs DG Sakaba told WHA A/S Shannon April 10. Sakaba said policy mistakes by Latin American governments over the past 10-15 years have lead to widening income gaps, a broad d [...]
2006-04-11 23:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON XR CH LA XK JA
06TOKYO1960WHA A/S SHANNON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS WITH MOFA
[...] (C) Summary: Over a April 10 working lunch, MOFA Latin American DG Sakaba told visiting WHA A/S Thomas Shannon that Japan will not interfere in the extradition process between Chile and Peru on former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori. Japan is interested in exploring possible ways to pa [...]
2006-04-11 23:06:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON TW XR CH KS LA JA XK
06TOKYO2275CUBA: JAPAN RESPONDS TO LIBERTAD ACT QUESTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-26 08:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL JA
06TOKYO2550JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/11/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 00:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3676JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-03 01:30:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3711 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/03/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-04 22:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3921 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 08:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3925INFORMATION ON "COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 12:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM CU JA
06TOKYO4433JAPAN CONTEMPLATING RESPONSE TO CASTRO'S ILLNESS
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Acting Political Minister-Counselor drew from reftel talking points to discuss Fidel Castro's illness and political transition in Cuba with MOFA's Mexico and Central America Division Principal Deputy Director Daisuke Na [...]
2006-08-07 09:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CU JA
06TOKYO4772MEDIA REACTION Q CUBA-US RELATIONS - TOKYO
[...] "After Castro: Cuba Should Improve Relations with US" The liberal Asahi editorialized (8/21): "It has been three weeks since Cuban President Fidel Castro, who has ruled the country for nearly half a century, fell ill. It is time for the world to think about Cuba after he is gone.... The Cuban [...]
2006-08-21 05:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5146MEDIA REACTION Q GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR - TOKYO
[...] Most Friday evening papers gave prominent front- and inside-page play to reports from Washington concerning President Bush's speech Wednesday at the White House, in which he acknowledged for the first time that the CIA has interrogated dozens of terrorist suspects at secret overseas locations. [...]
2006-09-08 06:51:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO5567JAPAN OPPOSES CUBAN POSITION AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-26 10:17:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU JA
06TOKYO6159JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-23 08:30:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALUNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER JA
06TOKYO6301 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-31 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6358 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 07:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6434JAPAN WILL RECONSIDER ITS STANCE ON CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 09:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA CU JA
06TOKYO6465 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/09/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6889CUBA: JAPAN RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT QUESTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-07 07:03:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL JA CU
06TOKYO876 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/17/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-17 08:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06UNVIEVIENNA500IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL ON IRAN TO
[...] (SBU) At the June BOG, mission, per reftel, accomplished its objectives of underscoring the absence of confidence in the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program, stressing Iran's need to halt enrichment-related activities, and re-dividing the NAM. Iran was dealt with under agenda item 8 (g) [...]
2006-06-16 09:29:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA511IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL ON IRAN TO
[...] (SBU) Further to Reftel, this message provides detailed information on the June 15 IAEA Board of Governors debate on Iran. During that discussion, 33 countries delivered statements, with a preponderance calling on Iran to cooperate with the IAEA to resolve the outstanding issues identified in [...]
2006-06-23 13:39:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06UNVIEVIENNA626 SUBJECT: POSSIBLE IRAN SCENARIOS LEADING UP TO
[...] (C) There are three possible Iranian responses to both the EU3 "package" and UNSCR 1696: accept the package and comply with the resolution (highly unlikely),reject the package and the resolution outright (unlikely),or express a willingness to negotiate the package "without preconditions", i.e [...]
2006-08-21 15:12:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR KNNP
06USUNNEWYORK1040COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY - WHERE ARE THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Discussion of the Secretary General's counter-terrorism strategy (ref A) continued May 15-18 in General Assembly informal consultations. Delegations were divided among those who urged the Assembly to craft a strategy from the elements on which all could agree and those who s [...]
2006-05-23 13:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1067UN REFORM: G-77 URGES POSTPONEMENT OF ECOSOC
[...] (U) The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) convened an opening round of informal consultations on a review of its mandates on May 23 pursuant to the Secretary-General's report (A/60/733) and General Assembly guidelines for UN mandate review. Haiti's Permrep Leo Merores, who is ECOSOC Vic [...]
2006-05-24 15:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR
06USUNNEWYORK1070UN COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT'S 14TH
[...] (U) Summary: Building on reforms advanced since the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the May 1-12 fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) successfully focused on practical approaches to increase access to modern energy services. An interagency U.S. [...]
2006-05-25 14:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ENRG EAID TRGY ECON UN
06USUNNEWYORK1073EGYPT AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT REFLECTED
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The prevailing atmosphere at the UN is one of increasing polarization between the UN's top donors (chiefly the U.S., Japan, Europe and CANZ) and the G-77. This sharpening divide manifests itself in debates across the full spectrum of reform issues: administrative, bu [...]
2006-05-25 21:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM ECON AORC KUNR EG
06USUNNEWYORK1077UN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU/NOFORN) Summary. The UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its 228th meeting on May 17, 2006. USUN Minister Counselor for Host Country Affairs represented the United States. In keeping with past practice, the New York City Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps [...]
2006-05-26 16:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOFDP UN
06USUNNEWYORK1083CHANGE IN POE RESTRICTIONS FOR CUBANS AT THE UN
[...] This is a request for guidance -- see paragraph 3. 2. Reftel lists designated ports of entry for Cuban nationals with G-1 visas as "Entry at: New York, N.Y., Washington, D.C. (Dulles only),Miami and Houston." Beginning in January 2006, however, SAO clearance reports (applicable to indivi [...]
2006-05-26 21:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS OFDP CU UN
06USUNNEWYORK1137UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/ Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council for the fifth time on their committees' a [...]
2006-06-05 15:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC ETTC PGOV PTER
06USUNNEWYORK1154PAKISTAN AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: This cable, which focuses on Pakistan's opposition to U.S. positions and interests at the UN, is the second in a series. Like Egypt -- the first UN member state reviewed by USUN (reftel) -- Pakistan is one of a handful of countries (including India, Brazil, and South Afri [...]
2006-06-06 21:54:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM ECON AORC KUNR UNGA UNSC PK
06USUNNEWYORK1224DEVELOPMENT RESOLUTION NEGOTIATIONS SHIFT INTO NEW
[...] (u) The current phase of negotiations on the development resolution in follow-up to the World Summit Outcome ended at midnight Thursday (6/16-17) without an agreed text. Facilitator Paul Lolo of Nigeria will no longer be available and responsibility for further progress will revert back to th [...]
2006-06-16 19:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1241GA MANDATE REVIEW DISCUSSIONS
[...] Summary: General Assembly mandate review discussions continued in light of the Co-Chairs proposal to focus remaining discussion, at least initially, on those mandates that are older than five years and have not been renewed. Co-Chair Rock opened the meeting by addressing the Co-Chairs letter, [...]
2006-06-20 20:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1254INDIA AND THE U.S.: BILATERAL TIES NOT REFLECTED
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. India's positions on key issues of importance to the U.S. in New York do not appear to have kept pace with the increasingly strong bilateral ties developing in New Delhi and Washington. India is perceived as one of a handful of countries (which includes Egypt, Pakistan, B [...]
2006-06-21 22:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON AORC KUNR UNSC IN
06USUNNEWYORK1297UNGA: JUNE 28-30 INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON THE UN
[...] Summary: General Assembly members gathered for informal consultations on the draft UN Global Counter-Terrorism strategy from June 28-30. Many had detailed line-in, line-out comments while reserving the right to provide additional comments separately to the co-chairs of the discussion. The [...]
2006-07-03 18:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PTER
06USUNNEWYORK1315CPC ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
[...] SUMMARY: USUN Management Reform (M/R) officer represented the U.S. Delegation at a June 21st organizational meeting of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) to discuss preparations for the 46th CPC session, scheduled for August 14 - September 8, 2006. Jamaica was elected by acclima [...]
2006-07-05 21:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AMGT AORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1318GA REVITALIZATION DEBATE TO CONTINUE; NO AGREEMENT
[...] (U) Summary. The working group on GA revitalization continues to debate the co-Chairs' proposed report and recommendations, including language related to the selection process of the Secretary-General. The most recent group meeting, on June 29, revealed divergent positions on a number of issu [...]
2006-07-05 23:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC UN
06USUNNEWYORK1323WRAP-UP OF UN CHARTER COMMITTEE MEETING APRIL
[...] SUMMARY: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee") held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters from April 3 to 13, 2006. The Charter Committee adopted a Japanese working paper regarding the Commit [...]
2006-07-06 21:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1351UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN: GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES
[...] SUMMARY: After several months of discussion, the General Assembly approved Strategy IV (phased approach) for the Capital Master Plan, and also converted into an appropriation the existing commitment authority of $77 million. The resolution (currently found in A/C.5/60/L.66) provides the CMP o [...]
2006-07-12 20:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1374UN BUDGET: GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-17 20:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1816UNGA ADOPTS COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY
[...] (U) Summary. Implementing the mandate contained in the Summit Outcome Document (para 82),the General Assembly adopted September 8 a resolution entitled, "The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy." The draft was presented by the General Assembly President and adopted without a vo [...]
2006-09-14 15:32:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1882UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] The Chairs of the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),1267 or Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee, and 1540 Committee on nonproliferation briefed the Council in a public meeting on September 28, 2006. The three Chairs described their committees' accomplishments over the [...]
2006-09-29 21:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ETTC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER
06USUNNEWYORK1939PROCESSING OF G VISAS AND MEETING U.S. HOST
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. The USG's time frame for responding to SAO clearance requests for G visa applicants appears to some governments and UN lawyers to conflict with USG obligations as host country to the UN not to impede travel of individuals coming to the UN on official business [...]
2006-10-11 19:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOFDP CVIS UN
06USUNNEWYORK2156AUSTRALIAN AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION AGAINST CUBA
[...] (C) Summary: Australia's push to amend the 61st General Assembly (GA) Resolution on "The Necessity of Ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial Embargo Imposed by the United States of America Against Cuba" failed due to a no-action motion raised by Cuba with a 127-50-5 vote. The GA adopt [...]
2006-11-15 01:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNGA ETRD PGOV PREL EUN CU
06USUNNEWYORK2166UN FINANCES: IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF
[...] SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 9 AND 15TH , THE FIFTH COMMITTEE (ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY) RESUMED CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION ON IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. CONTROLLER WARREN SACH HAD PREVIOUSLY (REFTEL) EMPHASIZED THE FOLLOWING THREE POINTS IN HIS STATEMENT PERTAINI [...]
2006-11-17 15:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA KUNR
06USUNNEWYORK2172VOTE RESULTS OF UN,S THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY: On November 16, Member States voted on 17 resolutions in the UN's Third Committee (Human Rights). The resolutions that passed over objections of the USG received a plurality of support from non-aligned nations. A resolution sponsored by Egypt on the Right of the Palestinian People t [...]
2006-11-21 15:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI PTER SMIG SCUL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2260UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 61ST GA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 17:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
06USUNNEWYORK2298UNGA 6TH COMMITTEE DEBATES NEW TOPIC -- THE RULE
[...] (U) Summary. On November 16, the Sixth (Legal) Committee adopted without a vote the draft resolution on the "Rule of law at the national and international levels" (A/C.6/61/L.18) (as verbally amended). The U.S. joined consensus (REFS A, B). The resolution places the rule of law item on the [...]
2006-12-27 23:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2299HAITI: CHINESE UN MISSION WARNS TIME MAY HAVE RUN
[...] (C) Summary. Delivering ref A points to PRC UN Mission PolMinCouns Li Junhua on December 22, USUN PolMinCouns and Poloff (notetaker) emphasized that ensuring stability in Haiti remains a vital interest of the USG and therefore urged China to support the renewal of the mandate of the UN Stabil [...]
2006-12-28 20:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KPKO HA CH TW
06USUNNEWYORK375UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a public meeting on 21 February 2006, the Chairmen of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council [...]
2006-02-27 23:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ETTC PREL PGOV
06USUNNEWYORK422HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: MOVING TOWARDS A VOTE ON
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 3, the Swiss and Liechtenstein PermReps reiterated to Ambassador Wolff that re-opening of the text of the draft Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution to accommodate core U.S. requirements is not a realistic option. They remain eager to identify whether there is [...]
2006-03-04 00:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM KUNR UNGA PREL UNHRC
06USUNNEWYORK432AD HOC COMMITTEE CONTINUES STALEMATE ON
[...] (U) Summary. The Ad Hoc Committee (AHC),established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996, met at UN Headquarters February 27-March 3, 2006 to continue negotiations on the CCIT. Deep-seated differences over key text between member States of the Organization of the Isla [...]
2006-03-07 18:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK443ELIASSON SIGNALS INTENT TO ADOPT HRC RESOLUTION ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. GA President Eliasson's Chef de Cabinet Wide told Ambassador Wolff March 8 that Eliasson is taking the first steps to prepare for the adoption of the Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution this Friday (March 10). Wide said the Fifth Committee will meet March 9 to approve the HRC [...]
2006-03-09 02:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM KUNR UNGA PREL
06USUNNEWYORK468ELIASSON AND OTHERS CONSIDER HRC TEXT FINAL;
[...] (C) Summary: We continue to encounter strong opposition to making any changes in the text of the draft Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution. Key PermReps are urging the U.S. to seek satisfaction outside the text, even if they acknowledge that core U.S. positions are not likely achievable th [...]
2006-03-13 13:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKUNR PHUM PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK519DUPLICATIVE DIALOGUES AMONG CIVILIZATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. This is an Action Request, per para 6. The UN Mission of the Philippines is attempting to formalize follow-up to a conference on "interfaith dialogue," which their Foreign Minister chaired in New York in June 2005. Creation of a proposed follow-up group is ill-defined, duplicates [...]
2006-03-16 18:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM SCUL PREL KISL RP
06USUNNEWYORK521UN BUDGET: FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES FUNDING FOR
[...] The Fifth Committee adopted a decision on March 15 to approve additional financial resources of $4.3 million for the Human Rights Council created by draft resolution A/60/L.48. The decision was adopted without a vote after Ambassador Wolff delivered the U.S. explanation of position (ref) hig [...]
2006-03-16 19:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA PHUM PREL
06USUNNEWYORK538HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: As reported reftel, the UN General Assembly adopted the resolution on establishment of the Human Rights Council (HRC) by a vote of 170-4(U.S.) with 3 abstentions. Reftel reported on the presentation of the resolution text and Explanations of Vote (EOVs) delivered in [...]
2006-03-20 14:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KUNR PREL UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK645UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON HAITI: ALL SMILES AND MANY
[...] Summary. During an open debate on Haiti in the United Nations Security Council on March 27, UN Secretary-General Annan and representatives from 30 countries -- including Foreign Ministers or Vice-Ministers from Greece, Guyana, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Peru, Chile, and Br [...]
2006-03-30 23:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC HA
06USUNNEWYORK832HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: UN SECRETARIAT BRIEFS ON
[...] SUMMARY. The GA Secretariat and Office of Legal Affairs provided a briefing April 19 on plans and preparations for the May 9 election of members of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Secretariat reiterated that the HRC elections will provide for each candidate to be voted directly and indi [...]
2006-04-21 23:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK892SYG SELECTION: GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNS ABOUT THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The General Assembly (GA) met April 19, under the auspices of one of the working groups created by the September 2005 Summit Document, to discuss "the role of the GA in the selection of the Secretary-General." Delegations in New York, particularly India, lamenting the "demise" o [...]
2006-04-28 23:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA UNSC KUNR
06USUNNEWYORK946HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: FIRST MEMBERS ELECTED
[...] SUMMARY: In May 9 elections, the General Assembly elected the 47 members of the newly-created UN Human Rights Council. While most seats were filled in only one round of balloting, three rounds were required to fill the six contested seats allocated to the Eastern European Group. Iran's cand [...]
2006-05-11 14:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA UNHRC KUNR
06USUNNEWYORK977GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMENTS ON SYG'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In informal consultations of the General Assembly (closed to press and public) May 11 and 12, 36 delegations commented on the Secretary-General's recently released counterterrorism strategy. (UN Doc A/60/825 "Uniting against terrorism: recommendations for a global counter-terro [...]
2006-05-15 15:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK993UN REFORM: U/S BURNS SEES GA PRESIDENT ELIASSON
[...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns called on GA President Eliasson during a break in the HRC voting on Tuesday, May 9. Eliasson was clearly energized by the results of the voting and expressed his hope that the U.S. would be "encouraged" by the process. Both agreed that the proof of positive change woul [...]
2006-05-16 14:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KUNR AORC UNGA UN IR
06VATICAN156HOLY SEE: USCIRF'S BISHOP RAMIREZ DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Visiting Bishop Ramirez of the USCIRF discussed religious freedom and human rights around the globe with Holy See foreign minister Lajolo and the desk officer for that issue. Saudi Arabia and North Korea are the top concerns for the Holy See with regard to religious freedom, with China and [...]
2006-07-31 16:01:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF VT
06VATICAN166HOLY SEE: MEETING WITH CARDINAL DIAS
[...] (U) Charge d'affaires paid an introductory call on Cardinal Ivan Dias, who heads the Holy See's Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (also known as Propaganda Fide) on August 9. Dias, 70, was appointed Prefect in May of this year, following nine years as Archbishop of Mumbai (ref a). [...]
2006-08-09 14:57:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL VT
06VATICAN168HOLY SEE VIEWS ON CUBA TRANSITION
[...] (C) Summary. Charge d'affaires discussed Cuba with Holy See Acting FM on August 10, pressing USG views. The Holy See does not plan to make any public statements at this time. Post nevertheless encourages Department contact with senior Holy See officials on this issue. End summary. 2. (C [...]
2006-08-10 18:16:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
06VATICAN213HOLY SEE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON NICARAGUA,
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador delivered a strong message to the Holy See concerning the unhelpful activities of Nicaraguan Cardinal Obando, and also pressed on Cuba. Vatican deputy foreign minister listened carefully and promised to see what could be done regarding Obando, but remained noncommittal [...]
2006-10-11 08:53:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
06VATICAN216VATICAN: SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] (U) Below please find background information to serve as a scene setter for the upcoming CODEL SMITH. ------------ The Holy See ------------ 2. (SBU) The Holy See is the composite of the authority, jurisdiction, and sovereignty vested in the Pope and his advisors to direct the Roman Cat [...]
2006-10-12 12:44:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP VT SOCI PHUM
06VATICAN223HOLY SEE: DAS MADISON MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM ON CUBA,
[...] (C) Summary. End summary. 2. (U) WHA DAS Kirsten Madison, accompanied by DCM, called on Monsignor Pietro Parolin on October 23 to discuss Cuba and Nicaragua. Parolin is the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (equivalent to deputy foreign minister). ------- Cuba ------ [...]
2006-10-23 16:13:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL VT
06VATICAN225HOLY SEE: DAS MADISON MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM ON CUBA,
[...] (C) Summary. WHA DAS Madison discussed Cuba and Nicaragua in an October 23 conversation with Holy See Deputy FM Parolin. Madison described the USG view of Cuba as it undergoes significant change in the wake of Fidel Castro's illness, our belief that Cuba's future is for Cubans to decide, and o [...]
2006-10-24 08:20:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VT
06VATICAN240HOLY SEE: MARTINO DISCUSSES NICARAGUA, SECURITY WALL WITH
[...] (C) Cardinal Renato Martino (please strictly protect here) told the Ambassador November 16 that the Holy See had attempted to get Cardinal Obando y Bravo out of Nicaragua in the run-up to the recent elections, but that Obando y Bravo had not acted on the Vatican's "invitation" for him to come [...]
2006-11-21 14:32:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI NU CU MX VT
06VATICAN244HOLY SEE: VENEZUELAN PRIEST DESCRIBES UNDEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) Summary. According to a prominent Venezuelan cleric in Rome, Hugo Chavez is a threat to Latin America who has severely damaged the rule of law in Venezuela and manipulates both the electoral process and international election observers. The Catholic Church in Venezuela is well aware of th [...]
2006-11-27 16:32:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL VE VT
06VATICAN262CUBA: NUN COMMENTS ON FIDEL'S HEALTH
[...] (C) Summary. A prominent abbess in Rome described her recent visit to Havana and commented on the state of Castro's health in a December 12 meeting with Ambassador; she also suggested some possible contacts for the USG. The abbess has been controversial in the past. End summary. 2. (C) Am [...]
2006-12-15 16:10:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL CU VT
06VATICAN55VATICAN MFA AND MARTINO: DIFFERENT TAKES ON CUBA
[...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Cuba Thevenin made it clear in a recent conversation with us that the Vatican MFA (Secretariat of State) did not share Cardinal Martino's views on religious freedom in Cuba (ref a). He outlined the many ways in which the Church's activities were curbed, from [...]
2006-03-30 12:42:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF SOCI PHUM CU VT
06VIENNA1419EU-LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT: SLOW PROGRESS TOWARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the May 11-12 EU-LAC (Latin America/Caribbean) Summit, the two regions sought strategies for closer cooperation. A striking lack of unity among LAC countries hampered the effort. The meeting produced a "Declaration of Vienna" enumerating common goals, among them the continu [...]
2006-05-15 15:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECIN ETRD PGOV PHUM CU BL VE EUN AU
06VIENNA2322AUSTRIA'S EU PRESIDENCY: MANAGING THE GAME
[...] (C) Summary: The Austrians approached the EU presidency like a solid backup quarterback takes the field: they had modest expectations, they strove for technical competence, and they set realistic goals. Their biggest successes -- winning agreement on a financial perspective, getting agreem [...]
2006-08-03 11:30:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EUN AU
06VIENNA2687DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON NAM SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on September 8 to Andreas Melan, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Latin America Director. Melan confirmed that Austria will attend the September 11-16 NAM meeting in Havana in the character of "guests." The chief Austrian representative will be Peter [...]
2006-09-08 13:29:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNFA PTER PHUM CU AU
06VIENNA2774AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 18, 2006
[...] The Bawag scandal added yet another layer of intrigue when it was revealed that former OeVP boss Josef Taus visited former Bawag boss Helmut Elsner shortly before he was arrested at his estate in France. The opposition is demanding more details about the nature of the visit; Taus says his meeti [...]
2006-09-18 11:54:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2829DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND
[...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on the Human Rights Council (HRC) September 22 to Engelbert Theuermann, the assistant secretary-level director of the Austrian MFA's human rights bureau. We also passed him copies of the U.S. proposals on Universial Periodic Peer Review and Mandate Revie [...]
2006-09-22 14:43:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UN AU
06VIENNA3155AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: NOVEMBER 2006 CONVENTION ON
[...] (C) EconPolOff presented reftel points on October 17 to Dorothea Auer, Head of MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Department, and Monika Froemler, Auer's advisor on the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). Regarding the upcoming Review Conference (RevCon) for the CCW, Auer said that con [...]
2006-10-27 08:39:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMCAP PARM PREL AU
06VIENNA3246DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 6 to Engelbert Theuermann, the A/S-level head of the Austrian MFA's Human Rights Division. 2. (C) Theuermann confirmed that the EU approach "will not fundamentally change" -- EU members would vote in favor of the resolution, but to delive [...]
2006-11-07 09:56:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU AU
06VIENNA3264AUSTRIA ON NOVEMBER 13-14 EU FOREING MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points on November 7 to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian MFA's European Correspondent. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Western Balkans: Kosovo will be a lunch topic, and Serbia will be a topic during the regular meeting, Riecken said. [...]
2006-11-08 09:19:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EUN AU
06VIENNA3272DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (A) immediate action demarche to Andreas Melan, the Austrian MFA's Latin America head, on November 8 at 1130 local. 2. (C) Melan was in the process of coordinating the Austrian position with the MFA's human rights and international organizations bureaus. He not [...]
2006-11-08 12:06:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU AU
06VIENNA3297WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE IN VIENNA
[...] Delegates from 306 national trade union organizations representing 168 million workers in 154 countries met Nov. 1-3 in Vienna to found the International Trade Union Confederation. "The Confederation exists to unite and mobilize the democratic and independent forces of world trade unionism i [...]
2006-11-09 14:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD EAID PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ILO
06VIENNA3335AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 15, 2006
[...] The KPOe and Hans-Peter Martin's List are reportedly considering contesting the October 1 elections because the BZOe ran under different names in Carinthia province and at the national level. Should the Austrian Constitutional Court rule that the BZOe lose its representation in Parliament, the [...]
2006-11-15 14:43:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA4622006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location beca [...]
2006-02-15 14:59:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
06VIENTIANE306NEW CENTRAL COMMITTEE LINEUP
[...] LTG Choummaly Sayasone (3) Present position: Lao State Vice President (since 2001),Party Secretary General Previous position: -- Deputy Prime Minister -- Minister of National Defense -- Vice Minister of National Defense Age: 69 Date of birth: June 3, 1936 Place of birth: Attapeu Province [...]
2006-03-31 08:29:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR LA
06VILNIUS1114LITHUANIA CONSIDERING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para four. 2. (C) MFA Americas Director Jonas Paslauskas told us December 13 that the GOL was mulling the establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba. He cited two reasons for the review of its current policy. First, he noted an increasing volume [...]
2006-12-15 15:13:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH CU
06VILNIUS522GAERC: GOL TO RAISE EURO, ENLARGEMENT
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Tomas Gulbinas, Head of the MFA's Common Foreign Policy and Security Division, June 6. Gulbinas told us that the June 12 GAERC would concentrate less on external affairs and more on "future of Europe" questions. Lithuania plans to intervene, he said, to enc [...]
2006-06-06 13:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALUN KPAL PREL LH
06VILNIUS891RUMORS CONTINUE TO SWIRL ABOUT THE FATE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors about the fate of Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery continue to circulate. Most of them appear false. A front-page article in Lithuania's largest newspaper proclaiming that MN was "sliding again into Moscow's hands" was a near-total fabrication, according to o [...]
2006-09-26 14:55:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL KZ VE LH
06WARSAW1580CASTRO SUCCESSION: POLAND SUGGESTS A "FRESH START"
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOP has not yet developed a policy on Castro succession, but Henryk Szlajfer, the senior MFA official dealing with Cuba, suggested that the best approach would be to "set aside" the existing record on Cuba and make a fresh start at reaching a trans-Atlantic consensus with the [...]
2006-08-03 09:47:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM CU PL EU
06WARSAW176U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC DIALOGUE III: EU FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Septel reports on security and defense issues discussed by EUR A/S Dan Fried and ASD/ISP Peter Flory at the Third U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue (SD) January 25 in Warsaw and provides a list of the principal U.S. and Polish participants. This cable covers the SD sessions on East [...]
2006-02-03 15:03:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL UP BO RU
06WARSAW2222REQUEST TO POLAND TO SPONSOR AMENDMENT TO CUBA
[...] (C) DCM met October 19 with MFA Under Secretary Witold Waszczykowski to request that Poland sponsor an amendment to the annual Cuba Embargo Resolution at the UN General Assembly. (Note: PolCouns had raised the issue with UN Acting Director Miroslaw Luczka October 13. End Note.) Waszczykows [...]
2006-10-18 13:34:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA PL
06WARSAW2370POLAND WILL FOLLOW EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA
[...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche November to Mariusz Lewicki of the MFA UN Department. After consulting widely within the MFA and contacting the Polish Mission in New York, Lewicki responded late in the evening that the GOP had decided the "highest priority was to maintain the [...]
2006-11-09 15:48:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA CU PL
06WARSAW2475POLAND: RESPONSE FOR LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) Post provides the following in response to reftel questions. 2. (C) According to Jan Przegalinski, Cuba Specialist at the Ministry of Economy, Poland has no investments in Cuba. However, there is a small amount of trade. Poland expoQs approximately USD 14 million worth of goods to C [...]
2006-11-29 15:10:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON CU ETRD ETTC PREL PL
06WARSAW760CUBA: POLAND LIBERTAD ACT RESPONSE
[...] (U) As far as post is aware, there is no Polish investment in Cuba, and trade in goods is very small. In 2005 Poland exported $14.1 million in merchandise to and imported $6.5 million from Cuba. There are no government-sponsored exchange programs between Poland and Cuba. 2. (C) Successive [...]
2006-04-25 11:31:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL
06WELLINGTON539 COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A FREE CUBA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-13 00:17:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CU NZ
06WELLINGTON864 NEW ZEALAND - DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 00:01:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU NZ
06WELLINGTON886 NEW ZEALAND - 2nd DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 02:35:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU NZ
06YEREVAN1587DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING CUBA EMBARGO
[...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Valery Mkrtumyan, head of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Mkrtumyan said that Armenia has voted in favor of the Cuba Embargo Resolution in the past, and like [...]
2006-11-08 14:16:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU AM
06YEREVAN959DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan July 17. Mkrtumyan said Armenia stands behind the USG in its efforts. "Our voting pattern has changed drastically in favor of the U.S. on this issue," he sai [...]
2006-07-18 12:32:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU PGOV PHUM PREL AM
06ZAGREB1017CROATIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DEFENDS NAM SUMMIT
[...] (C) Ambassador Bradtke reiterated strong U.S. disappointment with President Mesic's planned attendance at the Havana NAM Summit in an August 28 meeting with presidential advisor Jakic. The Ambassador also expressed concerns with Mesic's recent public claim that the U.S. had not objected to th [...]
2006-08-28 21:02:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NAM HR CU HUMAN RIGHTS
06ZAGREB1035AMBASSADOR AND CROATIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador urged President Mesic to consider a gesture in support of democratic change in Cuba during his September visit to Havana for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit. Mesic emphasized his purpose was a visit to the NAM meeting, not to Cuba itself. He will make gener [...]
2006-08-31 06:54:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NAMSA HR CU HUMAN RIGHTS
06ZAGREB1072AMBASSADOR UNDERSCORES NAM POINTS WITH
[...] (C) Following up on his meeting last week with President Mesic (reftel),the Ambassador met September 7 with Mesic Foreign Policy Advisor Loncar to discuss U.S. concerns over the President's attendance at the Non-Aligned Summit in Havana. The Ambassador told Loncar that reaction in Washington [...]
2006-09-08 09:48:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM HR CU
06ZAGREB1350DELIVERED OPPOSING CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-08 14:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UN CU HR
06ZAGREB388(C) EMBASSY ZAGREB FORESTALLS MESIC VISIT TO CUBA
[...] (C) Presidential advisor Budimir Loncar raised with the Ambassador March 14 the possibility of an April visit by President Mesic to Cuba. Croatian companies apparently hope to get new contracts servicing and replacing technical equipment sold to Cuba during the days of Yugoslavia, and the Pr [...]
2006-03-23 09:41:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL HR CU
06ZAGREB45CROATIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] SUMMARY: Only in recent years has Croatia begun to emerge as an attractive destination for investment. Croatia lagged behind many of the other countries of Central and Eastern Europe in attracting foreign investment following the fall of the Berlin Wall, partly as a result of the conflicts [...]
2006-01-13 12:53:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC
06ZAGREB753(C) CROATIAN PRESIDENT LIKELY TO ATTEND
[...] (C) Croatian President Stjepan Mesic is likely to attend the September summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Havana as an "observer," Presidential Advisor Budimir Loncar (protect) told the Ambassador June 16. Loncar noted that there was an internal struggle among the President's advisors [...]
2006-06-20 11:49:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL NAM HR CU
06ZAGREB990CHARGE EXPRESSES DISMAY AT CROATIAN PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Charge called August 21 on Josko Klisovic, new chief of cabinet to FM Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, to express dismay with President Mesic's planned trip to Cuba for the Non-Aligned Movement Summit (reftel) as well as the President's characterization in the press August 18 that the U [...]
2006-08-22 11:49:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL NAM UNSC HR CU
07ABUDHABI1335THIRD LATIN AMERICAN EMBASSY TO OPEN IN ABU DHABI
[...] (SBU) Charge was recently introduced by diplomatic colleagues to a new Charge representing Venezuela in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). MFA tells us that the Venezuelan mission is still being set up and that the current Charge (Asdrubal Pulido Leon) would likely be replaced by (or assume the [...]
2007-08-09 13:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL VE AE
07ABUDHABI1812DEMARCHE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Econchief delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Affairs Director Yacoub Al-Hosani on October 28, the first day Al-Hosani was available to meet. Econchief highlighted the human rights situation in Cuba and urged the UAE to vote against or abstain on the UNGA resolution. Al-Hosan [...]
2007-10-31 10:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PHUM AE
07ABUDHABI1954UAE REVIEW OF LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (SBU) The UAE maintains diplomatic relations with Cuba, but neither country has an embassy present in the other country. The Cuban Embassy in Cairo handles diplomatic communications and -- according to the UAE MFA -- the UAE Ambassador in Brazil is accredited to Cuba. 2. (C) Embassy respon [...]
2007-11-30 13:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU AE
07ABUDHABI839ACTION REQUEST: CUBA:COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE III
[...] (C) UAE maintains diplomatic relations with Cuba. The Cuban Embassy in Cairo is accredited to the UAE, and the UAE Embassy in Cairo handles diplomatic communications. According to the UAE MFA's senior Americas, Desk Officer Rowda Al-Otaiba, the Deputy Director of the Department of Middle East [...]
2007-05-21 13:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL
07ABUJA1257HRC: NIGERIA CONCURS IN THEORY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-15 13:31:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC NI
07ACCRA1483SCENE SETTER FOR THE AGOA FORUM-JULY 18-19, 2007
[...] (U) Summary: On March 6, Ghana celebrated its fiftieth anniversary as sub-Saharan Africa's first independent country. Ghana has emerged from a turbulent history into a period of stability, democracy and sustained economic growth. Ghana and the United States have enjoyed strong, positive ties [...]
2007-07-06 17:26:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR AMGT GH
07ACCRA2292CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 17:18:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU GH
07ACCRA464REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR RICARDO ECUA-MBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Accra hereby refers Ricardo Ecua-Mba to the U.S. Resettlement Program, together with his son, both of whom took refuge in Ghana in 2000. Ecua-Mba is the former Vice Minister of Education and Assistant Director General of the military cabinet of Equatorial Guinea. In 19 [...]
2007-02-27 16:00:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREF GH EK
07ACCRA474GHANA AT 50: U.S.-GHANA RELATIONS
[...] (U) Summary: This is the fifth in a series of scene setter cables focusing on Ghana at 50. Despite periods of friction in our relations, Ghana and the U.S. have had strong, positive ties for the past decade and are now at an all-time high. Ghana is a reliable, democratic partner for the U.S [...]
2007-02-28 17:59:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAID ECON ETRD GH PGOV PHUM PREL
07ACCRA478GHANA AT 50: ENDURING LEGACY OF AFRICAN
[...] (U) Summary: This is the sixth in a series of cables looking at Ghana at 50 and the second in a series focused on Ghana's external relations. Ghana,s legacy of continent-wide leadership began with its first president Kwame Nkrumah. Nkrumah's legacy includes a commitment to multilateral or [...]
2007-03-01 15:37:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON GH PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07ACCRA483GHANA AT 50: A WORLD VIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the seventh and final in a series of scene setter cables looking at Ghana at 50 and the third looking at Ghana's external relations. Throughout its history Ghana has been independent and vocal on the international stage. It has preferred multilateral solutions, espe [...]
2007-03-01 18:05:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBR CH ECON GH IN PGOV PHUM PREL RS
07ADDISABABA2606ADDIS ABABA RESPONSE - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS ----------------------- A. Yes, there is a sizable Muslim population throughout Ethiopia as well as ethnic Somalis. Generally, there is very little if any anti-American sentiment among the majority of the population in Ethiopia. Only small segments of the general pop [...]
2007-08-22 05:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA3198ETHIOPIA: UNMEE OFFICIAL SPECULATES THAT ETHIOPIA
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. On October 23 PolOffs and visiting Desk Officer met with United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Addis Ababa Office Joseph Stephanides who expressed his private views on the border issue. Stephanides said he believes that Ethiopia would use Article 60 [...]
2007-10-30 10:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07AITTAIPEI1294MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN SEVERING DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH COSTA
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage June 8 on Taiwan's cutting diplomatic ties with Costa Rica after the latter decided to establish relations with China; on former President Lee Teng-hui's visit to Japan's Yasukuni Shrine Thursday; on the cooperation between [...]
2007-06-08 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI1972MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, IRAQ
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage August 28 on President Chen Shui-bian's visit to Central America; on the DPP's final draft version of its "Normal Country Resolution" Monday; and on the possible development of casino tourism in Taiwan. The pro-independenc [...]
2007-08-28 22:41:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI767MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ROK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage April 5-6 on the military helicopter crash Tuesday afternoon, on the Executive Yuan's plan to lift the ban on gambling on horse and car racing in central and southern Taiwan, and on the year-end legislators' elections and 2 [...]
2007-04-06 08:47:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AMMAN4380DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON CUBA EMBARGO:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 12:16:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD PHUM UNGA UN CU JO
07AMMAN4463JORDANIAN NATIONALS FROM GTMO TRANSFERRED TO GOJ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-04 14:47:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PHUM PTER KAWC JO
07ANKARA1399ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 05:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2699ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 15:48:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA529ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-08 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA77 TURKEY: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Openness To Foreign Investment The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),are [...]
2007-01-17 09:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC KTDB USTR TU
07ASHGABAT1162DEMARCHE ON THE CUBA'S RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 10:34:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA ETRD TX
07ASMARA379 SOMALIS IN ASMARA ISSUE COMMUNIQU
[...] On April 17, Poloff received a copy via email of a joint communiqu issued by Hussein Aideed, Somali TFG Deputy Prime Minister, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed of the Council of Islamic Courts and Sharif Hassen Sheikh Adan, the exiled Somali Parliament Speaker. Poloff confirmed with Aideed that the [...]
2007-04-17 08:42:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR SO ER
07ASMARA746PURPORTED GSE RESPONSE TO STATE SPONSOR OF
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: RSO met with Source who provided third-hand information on Eritrean views towards being designated a State Sponsor of Terrorism by the USG. Source said that a contact in the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) claims the GSE fully antici [...]
2007-09-19 12:38:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNASEC PREL PGOV PINR ER
07ASTANA2958KAZAKHSTAN WILL SUPPORT CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 03:31:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD UNGA PHUM UN KZ
07ASUNCION1057PUBLIC VIEWS DUARTE ADMINISTRATION MOST CORRUPT IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Transparency International/Paraguay's (TP) 2007 corruption survey indicated that the public considers the Duarte administration the most corrupt since 1997. The survey published a variety of corruption indicators revealing that Paraguayans' primary concerns are corruption, unemp [...]
2007-12-21 10:10:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON PA
07ASUNCION18PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE DECEMBER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Paraguayan Engineering Know How -- Threshold Program, First Ever Inter-Institutional Agreement -- Cuban National Arrives Safely in Miami -- First Class Graduation -- Paraguay Attracting Investment PARAGUAYAN ENGINEERING KNOW HOW 2. (U) An Anatov 124-100, the largest [...]
2007-01-11 22:00:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV EAIR KCRM KMCA CU PA
07ASUNCION184PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR THE MCC
[...] (U) In support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID),Post is requesting human rights vetting, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, of the personnel listed below that will be participating in the MCC Threshold Country Program. Post has no credible information of human righ [...]
2007-03-08 14:14:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV AID PA
07ASUNCION241PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE MARCH 10 -
[...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Colorado Internal Battle Boils Over -- Supreme Court Justices Violate Ethics -- FARC linked to Cubas Case -- SENAD Burns 256 Kilos of Cocaine -- Treasury Notes Auctioned -- Soto Gets Fourth Star COLORADO INTERNAL BATTLE BOILS OVER 2. (C) Juan Facetti, Senior Advisor [...]
2007-03-23 18:59:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON PA
07ASUNCION256PARAGUAYAN PRIEST LUGO'S CONVERSION TO POLITICS A
[...] (C) Catholic priest Fernando Lugo exploded onto the Paraguayan national political stage as a potential candidate for Paraguay's presidency in March 2006 as the keynote speaker at an anti-government demonstration. However, Lugo is hardly a novice to politics judging from his family's involve [...]
2007-03-29 20:57:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV KDEM KCRM PA
07ASUNCION285PARAGUAY SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) Admiral Staviridis, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests focused on strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal organizations, and combating terrorist financing. You com [...]
2007-04-04 21:40:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
07ASUNCION338PARAGUAY SCENESETTER FOR WHA A/S THOMAS SHANNON
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shannon, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to strengthen our relationship with Paraguay and promote U.S. interests focused on strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal or [...]
2007-04-23 21:09:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM SNAR PA
07ASUNCION396COM CONFERENCE: A SOUTHERN CONE PERSPECTIVE ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During May 8-9 Southern Cone / Brazil COM Conference in Rio de Janiero, the five Southern Cone Ambassadors discussed aggressive plans of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to create a unified Bolivarian movement throughout Latin America, particularly focusing on activities within their respe [...]
2007-05-17 13:28:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM ECON AR BO BR CH PA UY VE
07ASUNCION511PARAGUAY: VENEZUELA FOREIGN AID ACTIVITIES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: This telegram responds to reftel request for information. Venezuelan assistance to Paraguay has been pledged, but is not yet realized. Much of the planned aid to Paraguay is in the form of oil and gas projects and a commitment to small and medium business development. Other [...]
2007-06-19 17:27:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPINR VE PA
07ASUNCION689SCENE-SETTER FOR LT. GEN. SEIP'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Lt. Gen. Seip August 21-22. Your visit provides an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal organizations, and combating terrorist f [...]
2007-08-20 20:02:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
07ASUNCION714MANAGING EXPECTATIONS OF NEW SEPRELAD DIRECTOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reviews of Dr. Angel Gabriel GONZALEZ Caceres, Paraguay's new director of the Secretariat for the Prevention of Money Laundering (SEPRELAD),are quite mixed. A former Central Bank president (2003-2005),Gonzalez also served two terms as Banking Superintendent (1998-99 and 1999-200 [...]
2007-08-27 13:07:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON PA
07ASUNCION940MEETING LINO OVIEDO
[...] (C) In the Embassy's first official meeting with Lino Oviedo since 1999, Pol/Econ Chief informed the coup-plotter turned presidential candidate the United States views Paraguay's April 2008 elections an internal matter, and that the USG will work with anyone who is both elected and governs dem [...]
2007-11-08 22:13:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL SNAR PA
07ASUNCION98PARAGUAYAN FIREWORKS OVER CHAVEZ MEDDLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The heavy-handed response by Venezuelan President Chavez at the Mercosur Summit in Brazil against Paraguayan Vice President Castiglioni's criticism opened the hornets' nest in Paraguay. President Duarte claimed he challenged Chavez for attacking his VP and for interfering in Para [...]
2007-02-08 21:26:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPGOV PREL PA VE
07ASUNCION989CODEL REID: PRESIDENT DUARTE CALLS FOR US ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At turns charming and caustic, Paraguayan President Duarte held forth before CODEL Reid November 26. In an hour-plus meeting, Duarte expounded on free trade, anti-American sentiment, Chavez,s check-book populism, and the threats to democratic governance if elected leaders do not [...]
2007-12-03 16:52:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR ECON PGOV OVIP PA
07ATHENS1075GREECE: CUBA COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE III
[...] (C) According to Expert Minister Counselor Vassilios Konstantineas at the MFA Department for Latin America and the Caribbean, the GoG did not keep a list of Greek investors in Cuba or of Cuban investors in Greece. 2. (C) Konstantineas confirmed to Embassy on May 18 that Greece and Cuba had [...]
2007-05-23 14:48:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC GR PREL
07ATHENS1225GREECE ON UPCOMING EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
[...] (C) D/Polcouns delivered reftel demarche on the June 18-19 GAERC to MFA A11 European Cooperation correspondent Penny Douti. Douti observed that the main issue for the GAERC was expected to be institutional reform and, in particular, the way forward in light of the constitutional treaty defeats [...]
2007-06-14 13:47:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL SOCI
07ATHENS1385GREECE: RESPONSE TO CUBA AND INTERNET FREEDOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 14:34:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEINT PREL ECON TINT CU GR
07ATHENS2133GREECE STICKS TO EU LINE ON CUBA
[...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref a and b points on, respectively, human rights actionQ embargo resolution toRallis, deputy directorate for International OQatzourou, European corre0 Directorate for the Ehd Security, and Chricounsellor of the MFA A8 Latin America Directorate. On the UN embargo r [...]
2007-10-30 12:05:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPHUM CU UNGA GR PREL
07ATHENS793GREECE: GAERC DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] (C) On April 19-20, DepPolCouns delivered ref a and b points to MFA A11 Directorate for European Cooperation Correspondent Penny Douti and C1 Directorate for EU External Relations First Secretary Ioannis Vikelidis. 2. (C) Their substantive comments on issues included the following: -- S [...]
2007-04-20 10:28:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL KPAL IS IR GR
07BAKU1331FM MAMMADYAROV REVIEWS CASPIAN DELIMITATION, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 2 meeting, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that he was optimistic that a delimitation deal with Turkmenistan was possible. Mammadyarov suggested that the U.S. assist Azerbaijan by helping to draft a joint declaration outlining the median line as t [...]
2007-11-06 11:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL ENRG MARR IR TX AJ
07BAKU38PRESIDENT ALIYEV, A/S LOWENKRON AGREE TO ESTABLISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron on December 18 that the US and Azerbaijan need a "permanent dialogue, every two months," in which we can address openly and frankly issues related to Azerbaijan's democratic developmen [...]
2007-01-09 12:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ETRD ECON IR RU AJ
07BAKU69AZERBAIJAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON UNSCR 1737
[...] (C) Summary: In response to ref A demarche on UNSCR 1737, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told then-Charge that "we are of course not going to reject the resolution." However, echoing comments we hear increasingly from colleagues throughout the GOAJ, Azimov said Azerbaijan feels threaten [...]
2007-01-16 14:01:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP PGOV PREL IR AJ
07BAMAKO1264DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 08:56:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU ML
07BAMAKO1363VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE TO MALI,
[...] Summary: The Deputy Secretary's November 14-15 visit to Mali as head of the U.S. delegation to the Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial reaffirmed our strong bilateral ties and sent a clear message of support for Mali's CD Presidency. During the CD Meeting, the Deputy met with represen [...]
2007-11-28 11:03:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN321BRUNEI LIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Florence Chong, Assistant Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT) on October 25. Chong responded that Brunei was opposed to sanctions in principle and had supported the Cuba resolution last year. DCM p [...]
2007-10-26 07:24:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA ETRD PHUM BX
07BANGKOK1752AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ASEAN INTER-PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) Members of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) met with Ambassador Boyce to exchange views on Burma. Indonesian parliamentarian Djoko Susilo noted the Indonesian legislature was pressing its Foreign Ministry to take a stronger line on Burma, and he welcomed the U.S. Emba [...]
2007-03-23 09:44:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNSC KDEM BM TH
07BANJUL250THE GAMBIA: FURTHER STRAINS IN TIES WITH SENEGAL
[...] (C) In May 15 conversation with Ambassador, knowledgeable journalistic source spoke of growing strains in Senegalese/Gambian ties, saying a senior Gambian official, the National Intelligence Agency's head, had recently expressed concern to him privately that the GOS might close Senegal's borde [...]
2007-05-15 13:23:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GA SG
07BANJUL251THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO VENEZUELA AND CUBA
[...] (C) Gambian President Jammeh came away from his recent trip to Venezuela with a grant of $30 million and an unknown amount of oil-related assistance, according to our source. We are told that Jammeh, in his aid pitch to Venezuelan leader Chavez, claimed that the U.S. had "abandoned" him -- cit [...]
2007-05-15 18:09:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA EPET GA VE CU
07BEIJING2360APRIL 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key Points at the April 10 MFA Press Conference by MFA Spokesman Qin Gang were: -- The MFA would not comment on the likelihood of the DPRK's meeting the April 13 deadline, nor would they give details on A/S Hill's visit to Beijing or a possible meeting with VFM Wu. -- Asked if China was [...]
2007-04-10 10:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC KPAL PK VM
07BEIJING2543APRIL 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, PM
[...] Key points at the April 17 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Liu Jianchao were: -- The Banco Delta Asia issue is close to being resolved but the DPRK still "needs confirmation" before moving ahead with the implementation of the initial actions. -- The MFA has noted reports of acti [...]
2007-04-17 10:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV MNUC ASEAN KS KN SU CU JA MN SN
07BEIJING3761JUNE 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIANANMEN ANNIVERSARY,
[...] Key points at the June 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- When asked about the anniversary of Tiananmen the spokesperson noted China's progress over the past 20 years and slammed comments by American officials as "groundless attacks on China's internal affairs." -- China believes a United Sta [...]
2007-06-05 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM GE BM KS CH
07BEIJING6839CHINA MFA ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 04:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU CH
07BEIRUT777LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER REVIEWS WTO MEETINGS
[...] (C) Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad expressed frustration that, in his view, U.S. trade negotiators asked more of Lebanon than they have asked of other recent WTO members. He argued that any message of strong American political support to the besieged GOL is not trickling dow [...]
2007-06-01 11:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL LE
07BELGRADE1529ANTI-CUBAN EMBARGO RESOLUTION PASSES SERBIA'S PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) The Serbian Parliament overwhelmingly approved a declaration condemning sanctions against Cuba, in principle. The text of the declaration reflects the vigorous debate between the democratic and radical MPs that resulted in only one explicit mention of the United States. While Serbia has v [...]
2007-11-08 20:59:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN CU SR
07BELMOPAN435BELMOPAN: DIRECTOR, BELIZE IMMIGRATION MEETS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 21, 2007, Gareth Murillo, Director of Immigration, met with RSO Belmopan to share information re a suspected corrupt Immigration Officer assisting a Cuban with a counterfeit Guatemalan passport and U.S. visa, and the political pressure to issue visas to Chinese (and the flo [...]
2007-06-28 17:46:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS BH
07BELMOPAN594CUBA'S MEDICAL DIPLOMACY IN BELIZE
[...] Summary. Since 1999, Cuba has been sending doctors, nurses, and medical technicians to work free of charge in Belize. Ninety-two Belizean students currently study medicine in Havana on Cuban government scholarships. More than 1,500 patients have traveled from Belize to Cuba for free surgery. [...]
2007-10-04 22:30:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PROP EAID SCUL SOCI BH
07BERLIN1951DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA: GERMANY'S
[...] (U) Response to reftel demarche is provided in BERLIN 1935. Points from reftel (a) were delivered in conjunction with reftel (b). TIMKEN JR [...]
2007-10-25 14:59:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA CU GM
07BERLIN1957GERMAN DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 09:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETRD PHUM
07BERLIN219EXPORT CONTROL BILATERAL TALKS BETWEEN GERMANY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Christopher Padilla met a range of German export control officials and industry representatives December 1, 2006, to discuss export control issues. Assistant Secretary Padilla and his German interlocutors discussed 1) the U [...]
2007-02-02 17:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC EINV GM
07BOGOTA101SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL PACE, CJCS
[...] (C) Post welcomes the January 18-20 visit of General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Colombia. With U.S. assistance, Colombia is fighting a war on four fronts -- FARC, ELN, paramilitaries, and drug traffickers -- with a mix of political, military, and police measures. A [...]
2007-01-05 20:51:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR PHUM CO
07BOGOTA1558PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO ON PARAMILITARIES, ELN
[...] (C) Summary: Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said he is talking to the former paramilitary leaders in Itagui prison to encourage them not to disrupt the Justice and Peace Law process. President Uribe is concerned by his security forces, failure to capture Vicente Castano and other re [...]
2007-03-08 16:40:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA1809REPRESENTATIVE MCGOVERN MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE
[...] (SBU) In a March 2nd meeting with Representative James McGovern, President Uribe reviewed progress in the investigation into the high-profile killing of a victims representative in January. Uribe highlighted the importance of a transparent Justice and Peace Law Process, explaining it was cruc [...]
2007-03-20 19:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ELAM PTER PREL CO
07BOGOTA1925NEW CRIMINAL GROUPS REMAIN DECENTRALIZED, BUT GOC
[...] (C) The size and scope of the new criminal groups remained relatively constant in recent months, with some 22 groups comprising about 3,000 people. The groups remain largely decentralized, and former AUC leaders in Itagui maximum security prison--with the exception of Macaco and Don Berna-- [...]
2007-03-23 21:36:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM PGOV PHUM CO
07BOGOTA2283PRESSURE INCREASES ON ELN TO REACH PEACE DEAL WITH
[...] (C) The GOC, Catholic Church, guarantors, and international community are pressing the ELN to agree to a ceasefire and release its kidnap victims when the next round of talks resumes in Cuba on April 12. Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said publicly on April 8 the ELN's failure to re [...]
2007-04-09 18:35:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM KCRM CO
07BOGOTA2835FOREIGN MINISTER ARAUJO MEETING WITH WHA PDAS
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo told WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro the GOC considered the bilateral Free Trade Agreement to be the "economic arm of Plan Colombia," whose ratification was key for Colombia to continue its success in fighting terrorism, reducing violence, and addressing social p [...]
2007-04-27 20:19:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PHUM PTER CO
07BOGOTA2929SCENESETTER CHECKLIST FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY
[...] (C) Your visit follows President Uribe's May 2-4 visit to Washington. Uribe fears unsubstantiated claims in the Colombian Congress that he and his family are tied to the paramilitaries are undermining prospects in the U.S. Congress for continued high aid levels and ratification of the bilate [...]
2007-05-02 12:49:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR MARR PTER ECON ETRD KCRM
07BOGOTA3622COLOMBIA AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY BY
[...] (C) Colombia has a minimal trading relationship with Cuba. Total Colombian exports to Cuba in 2006 dropped by 23.7 percent to approximately USD 49 million. Cuba's total exports to Colombia decreased by 26.2 percent to USD 4 million. Under its ALADI commitments, Colombia grants preferential [...]
2007-05-18 21:13:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CO
07BOGOTA4171FRANCE OR CUBA POSSIBLE DESTINATIONS FOR GRANDA,
[...] Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo met with released FARC terrorist and informal "foreign minister" Rodrigo Granda June 7. The press reports the two discussed Granda's relocation, with France and Cuba mentioned as the most likely candidates. French DCM Alain Fort told polcouns June 7 F [...]
2007-06-08 17:27:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA418COLOMBIA SEEKING THE LEAD ON REGIONAL
[...] (U) After sharp reductions in kidnapping and homicide rates in Colombia, the GoC is seeking to position itself as a leader in counterterrorism (CT) efforts in the region. Colombia signed a bi-national agreement with Paraguay to provide training and technical assistance in crime scene and kidna [...]
2007-01-19 20:05:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ASEC CO MX PA
07BOGOTA4324FARC OFFICIAL RODRIGO GRANDA LIKELY TO END UP IN
[...] (C) Summary: Catholic priest Dario Echeverri said the GOC's release of unofficial FARC "Foreign Minister" Rodrigo Granda will not lead to any advances on a humanitarian exchange in the short-term, but could be helpful in the long-term. He said the GOC is working to arrange Granda's travel to [...]
2007-06-15 18:13:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER CO
07BOGOTA509GOC AND ELN WORK ON CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT; SENIOR
[...] (C) GOC and ELN representatives meet in Venezuela on January 24 to discuss a ceasefire agreement. Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told us in December the GOC would insist the ELN implement a ceasefire in February and would link political space for the ELN to release of its kidnap vic [...]
2007-01-24 20:10:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL PHUM CO
07BOGOTA6028GOC SHOWS SOME FLEXIBILITY ON CEASEFIRE TERMS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: President Uribe showed some flexibility on possible ceasefire terms with the ELN, but said the group should sign a "base agreement" (acuerdo base) establishing a roadmap for the peace process at the next GOC-ELN talks set for August 20-24 in Havana. The GOC feels a sense of urgen [...]
2007-08-17 16:04:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM CO
07BOGOTA6200VISIT OF HDAC COMMITTEE, AUGUST 27-31, 2007
[...] (SBU) Colombia's congress passed President Uribe,s top legislative priorities in its latest session, and its members look forward to developing institutional ties with the U.S. Congress. Security has markedly improved with successful military efforts to re-take areas controlled by the Revolut [...]
2007-08-23 20:46:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM ECON ETRD OVIP OTRA PGOV PREL CO
07BOGOTA6520CHAVEZ OFFERS TO HOST NINTH ROUND OF ELN PEACE
[...] (C) Summary. At an August 31 summit with President Uribe in Bogota, Venezuelan President Chavez offered to host a new round of GOC-ELN peace talks in Caracas. Uribe quickly agreed to Chavez' offer, believing it is better to have Chavez inside the tent rather than outside causing problems. G [...]
2007-09-07 14:46:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA6881GOC REITERATES RULES OF THE GAME FOR CHAVEZ AND
[...] (S) Summary. Peace Commissioner Restrepo said he and President Uribe repeatedly told Venezuelan President Chavez the GOC will not consider a demilitarized zone as part of a deal for a "humanitarian exchange" with the FARC. The FARC does not want to meet with Chavez in Venezuela (preferring [...]
2007-09-19 22:47:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF FR CO
07BOGOTA6894ELN "CONFUSED" AS PARTIES PREPARE FOR TALKS IN
[...] (C) Summary. Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the last round of ELN talks in Havana (August 20-24) made it clear the Cubans would not press the ELN to make a deal, leading the GOC to accept the ELN's long-standing request to shift the talks to Caracas. The GOC thinks President Chavez wants [...]
2007-09-20 23:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF VZ CO
07BOGOTA6899SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL MCCAFFREY
[...] (SBU) President Uribe's "democratic security" policy has hit the FARC and ELN hard over the past five years, with security improving across the country. Colombians are free to travel highways and confidence has skyrocketed, translating into record economic growth. The paramilitary peace proc [...]
2007-09-21 18:28:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR PTER CO
07BOGOTA8518ELN-GOC PEACE PROCESS REMAINS STALLED
[...] (C) The GOC is trying to revive FARC-ELN peace talks, but a December meeting appears doubtful. Numerous contacts told us ELN leaders remain divided over whether to pursue peace talks with the GOC, and are looking to close ranks with the FARC. Former ELN member Leon Valencia told us senior ELN [...]
2007-12-13 22:40:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF CU VZ CO
07BOGOTA8618FARC ANNOUNCES PENDING RELEASE OF THREE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC welcomed the December 18 announcement by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that it would release three hostages - Clara Rojas, her son Emmanuel, and former Congresswomen Consuelo Gonzales de Perdomo - to Venezuelan President Chavez or "whomever he designat [...]
2007-12-19 22:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM CU FR VZ CO
07BOGOTA8657GOC ACCEPTS CHAVEZ PROPOSAL FOR "OPERATION
[...] (C) On December 26, the GOC accepted a proposal from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to send an international commission with representatives from France, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolvia, Argentina, and Cuba to Colombia to recover three FARC-held hostages. The commission would travel to a [...]
2007-12-26 21:32:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF VE CO
07BOGOTA8694VENEZUELAN / ICRC HOSTAGE RECOVERY MISSION SET FOR
[...] The Colombian Government announced on December 28 that it had authorized a VeQuelan-led, international delegation -- operating in conjunction with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) -- to recover three FARC-held hostages between 1700 EST December 27 and 1700 EST December 30 i [...]
2007-12-28 21:32:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PTER PHUM CASC VZ CO
07BRASILIA1185SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 96
[...] The following is the ninety-sixth 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 expres [...]
2007-06-22 19:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA128BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel, accompanied by PolCouns, met on 12 January with President Lula's Foreign Affairs Advisor, Marco Aurelio Garcia, for a tour d'horizon of regional and bilateral issues as Lula starts his second mandate. Garcia is one of Lula's closest advisors and has frequently [...]
2007-01-25 10:33:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA132RUSSIA DOWNPLAYS MILITARY SALES IN BRAZIL BUT
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with his Russian counterpart, Ambassador Vladimir L. Tyurdenev, on January 12, 2007 at the Russian Embassy. Tyurdenev spoke candidly about bilateral relations, trade, Russian hopes to furnish equipment and exprtise to the potential regional gas pipeline proect, [...]
2007-01-25 13:37:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG BR RU
07BRASILIA1581SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S REUBEN JEFFERY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a June setback to the Doha Round discussions, in which talks between the U.S., the EU, Brazil, and India stalled over disagreements concerning tariff cuts for goods and services and over agricultural subsidies. The Brazilian delegation, led by F [...]
2007-08-16 16:04:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ETRD OTRA OVIP PGOV PREL BR
07BRASILIA1715DEPUTIES PROPOSE TRIP TO CUBA TO INVESTIGATE
[...] (C) Summary. A delegation of Brazilian federal deputies could travel to Havana soon to learn more about the Cuban boxers who were returned to Cuba during the PanAm games after apparently trying to defect and then undergoing a change of heart. The deputies would try to see the boxers to det [...]
2007-09-11 15:50:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL SCUL BR CU
07BRASILIA1897SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF NEC DIRECTOR AL HUBBARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of an August visit to Brazil by State Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III. During his visit, the Under Secretary's discussions with GOB officials included biofuels and infrastructure (REFTELS A, B,C). A [...]
2007-10-04 10:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SENV BR
07BRASILIA1990Ambassador Sobel Visits Chamber of Deputies Foreign
[...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with members of the Chamber of Deputies Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee on October 2 for a wide-ranging discussion that included the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum, Burma, Cuba, Darfur, Iran, Haiti, tourism, and other topics. Members expressed intere [...]
2007-10-16 18:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON BR
07BRASILIA206INSIGHT INTO BRAZILIAN FM AMORIM FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. Dutch Foreign Minister Bot met with Brazilian Foreign Minister Amorim recently during his visit to Brazil. Ambassador Sobel was briefed by the Dutch Mission and gained insights particularly into Brazil's ideas on a UN Security Council seat, views on Syria from his recent meeting wi [...]
2007-02-06 14:24:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA2159BRAZIL: CUBAN BOXERS SAGA LIKELY TO END WITH A
[...] Summary: (C) Federal Deputies will probably unceremoniously drop their investigation into the departure of two Cuban boxers who apparently tried to defect at the Pan Am Games but later were repatriated to Cuba. Unable to gain traction on the issue outside of Congress, and stymied by the Cuban [...]
2007-11-21 17:49:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BR CU
07BRASILIA2171BIOFUELS IN BRAZIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel request, and pursuant to request for extension to Oct. 19 response date, Post submits the following information regarding the development and adoption of bio-based chemical products and liquid biofuels in Brazil, including research and reports available, [...]
2007-11-23 10:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PREL EINV ECON PGOV OTRA BR
07BRASILIA2206BRAZIL:INVESTMENT AND SERVICES DIRECTOR COSTA
[...] (U) Ronaldo Costa Filho, division head for Services and Investment, discussed bilateral and intra-Mercosul investment negotiations, as well as WTO services negotiations in a recent meeting with EconCouns. CAMEX (External Trade Chamber) has recently approved a new BIT parameters proposal intende [...]
2007-11-30 10:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON EFIN PREL BR
07BRASILIA2242SCENESETTER FOR THE ECONOMIC DIALOGUE VISIT OF WHA A/S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit for the economic dialogue will expand and develop economic cooperation themes discussed during the Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben SIPDIS Jeffery's August visit (REFTELS A, B, C). We hope to use the dialogue to focus on areas wh [...]
2007-12-07 21:16:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL SENV BR
07BRASILIA2263UNCTAD SEEKS MORE ACTIVE ROLE WITH BIOFUELS: CONFERENCE ON
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND IS NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. UNCTAD, together with the Government of Brazil (GoB),held a conference on biofuels in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 4-5 as a pre-event to the twelfth session of the United Nations [...]
2007-12-12 14:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY UN UNCTAD KGHG ECON SENV ENRG KSCA BR
07BRASILIA271BRAZILIAN DELEGATION TO TRAVEL TO CUBA SEEKING CLOSER
[...] The Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology announced February 12, that a delegation lead by Erney Camargo, President of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq),would travel to Cuba February 19-21, hoping to identify new opportunities for S&T cooperation. [...]
2007-02-15 11:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY TRGY BR
07BRASILIA430BRAZIL: U/S BURNS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns and WHA A/S Shannon, in Brasilia for strategic dialogue talks with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (MRE),joined with Ambassador, PolCounselor and S/P officer William McIlhenny to meet on February 7 with Marco Aurelio Garcia, President Lula da Silva's international affai [...]
2007-03-13 11:53:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA431BRAZIL: U/S BURNS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns and WHA A/S Shannon, in Brasilia for strategic dialogue talks with the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (MRE),joined with Ambassador, PolCounselor and S/P officer William McIlhenny to meet on February 7 with Marco Aurelio Garcia, President Lula da Silva's international affai [...]
2007-03-13 12:34:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA510SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 91
[...] The following is the ninety-first 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 expres [...]
2007-03-26 19:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRASILIA64FRANCE MAKES BRAZIL NUMBER ONE IN LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) French Ambassador to Brazil Antoine Pouillieute met with Ambassador Sobel on January 9, 2007 for a surprisingly frank and substantive conversation. Key themes from the meeting are reported below. BRAZIL -- THE NEW FRENCH PRIORITY 2. (C) Pouillieute noted that his government has a co [...]
2007-01-12 17:07:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
07BRASILIA918 CVRD EXECUTIVES LAMENT INCREASING CHINESE INFLUENCE OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a May 18 office call on the Ambassador, CVRD executives expressed their concern about increasing Chinese influence over both natural resources and the distribution/transportation infrastructure needed to export these resources to distant markets. In the future, they war [...]
2007-05-23 10:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND EINV BR CH
07BRASILIA956BRAZIL - SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) Brazil has a close relationship with Cuba and the GoB does not publicly criticize the Castro regime's human rights policies. During the last six months, President Lula and Cuban President Fidel Castro have sparred publicly over Brazil's ethanol policy. Castro echoed Venezuelan President C [...]
2007-05-25 19:43:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ECON ETRD BR CU
07BRATISLAVA140SLOVAK MPS VISIT CUBAN DISSIDENTS, BRING MONEY AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Two opposition MPs traveled to Cuba recently to meet with dissidents and bring them money and medicine. They, along with Pontis Foundation, the NGO that organized the trip, hope to raise awareness of human and civil rights abuses in Cuba and to increase support for Cuban dissident [...]
2007-03-09 16:10:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM CU LO
07BRATISLAVA211CUBAN DISSIDENTS CONNECT LIVE WITH SLOVAKS IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Cuban youth dissidents and former Slovak dissidents and student leaders from the 1989 Velvet Revolution connected live via webcast on April 3 to share experiences. On the same day that Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos concluded his visit to Cuba (ref A),Embassy Bratislava hos [...]
2007-04-05 15:35:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KDEM KPAO CU LO
07BRATISLAVA224SLOVAKIA AGREES TO RESETTLE CUBAN MIGRANTS FROM
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Minister of Interior Robert Kalinak informed Ambassador on April 13 that the GOS is willing to resettle two Cuban families, up to a total of eight individuals, from the protected population at Guantanamo. The GOS requests that Director General McKinley of [...]
2007-04-16 15:55:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PREF CU LO
07BRATISLAVA263PM FICO DISCUSSES SUDAN, KOSOVO, ENERGY AND MD
[...] (C) Summary. During a May 3 breakfast, PM Robert Fico assured Slovakia will vote with the EU on Kosovo in the UNSC; reiterated his personal opposition to U.S. Missile Defense plans and advocated more dialogue with Russia and within the EU; reacted favorably to the possibility of sending militar [...]
2007-05-03 14:35:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR SU RU LO
07BRATISLAVA294CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR MCCARRY FINDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 4, Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry met with the Slovak MFA State Secretary and Political Director, Members of Parliament, NGO representatives, and former dissidents in Bratislava. McCarry informed his interlocutors of the increased repression and summary trials s [...]
2007-05-17 15:29:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM KPAO CU LO
07BRATISLAVA31FM KUBIS ON AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, CUBA, VENEZUELA
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered message in ref A to Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on January 17. Kubis told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Robert Fico still planned to travel to Kandahar, Afghanistan on January 25. Kubis would then travel to the January 26 Informal NATO Ministerial. Although Kubis [...]
2007-01-18 06:31:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL CU VE KO AF LO
07BRATISLAVA368FM KUBIS ON KOSOVO, MD AND ISAF
[...] (C) Summary/introduction: In a frank, productive 60-minute conversation June 20, FM Jan Kubis told the Ambassador: - Slovakia must have a UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) in order to recognize Kosovo, but allowed that a mission under the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) might [...]
2007-06-20 13:29:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS YI KO RU UNSC PHUM LO
07BRATISLAVA38SLOVAK TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN, PM FICO,S OVERSEAS
[...] (C) PM Fico,s Chief of Protocol Marek Estok (please protect) told DCM January 19 that Fico has made his decision about whether to move Slovak engineering troops from Kabul to Kandahar, although Estok demurred from saying what that decision is. Fico travels to Kandahar January 25, but it is no [...]
2007-01-19 15:15:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF LO
07BRATISLAVA57SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 26, 2007
[...] (C) Over dinner with the Ambassador and their wives on January 23, Foreign Minister Jan Kubis acknowledged that Prime Minister Robert Fico will likely continue to infuriate international partners as he did, for example, with his attendance at the Cuban national day reception on January 11 and [...]
2007-01-26 16:41:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PINR LO
07BRATISLAVA595SLOVAK MFA EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE WITH CUBA OVER
[...] (C) On October 29, Ambassador Roman Buzek, Director General for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called in the Cuban Ambassador to Slovakia to express displeasure with the Cuban government's actions in detaining and deporting Slovak election observer Peter Novotny on Octob [...]
2007-11-02 16:11:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CU LO
07BRATISLAVA600SLOVAKIA INTERESTED IN DECEMBER 10 US-EU CUBA EVENT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Zdenek Rozhold, MFA Director for Latin American Affairs and Miriam Joklova, MFA Deputy Director of the Human Rights Department. Each viewed the U.S. proposal as a constructive model for U.S.-EU action that could be more effective than forcing a vote [...]
2007-11-05 16:43:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALUNGA PHUM CU LO
07BRATISLAVA61PM FICO'S JANUARY 29 LUNCH WITH THE AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary. PM Robert Fico hosted the Ambassador for a two-hour lunch in his office on January 29. Fico denied that he is moving Slovakia's foreign policy further from the U.S. and agreed to consider or pass along many of the Ambassador's suggestions on energy security and other domestic issue [...]
2007-01-31 15:49:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF SR LY VE LO
07BRATISLAVA634SLOVAKIA: STICKING WITH THE EU ON VENEZUELA
[...] (C) Summary. Slovakia will follow the EU line on Venezuela, but will not speak out on a national basis against President Chavez's attempts to expand his powers and restrict those of media, civil society and elected officials. MFA officials indicated that the GOS would be willing to support a m [...]
2007-12-01 16:48:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPHUM LO VE EUN
07BRIDGETOWN123CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) In response to reftels, it is Embassy Bridgetown's assessment that the Eastern Caribbean countries would be highly unlikely to accept migrants or to operate camps to detain migrants. All seven of the Eastern Caribbean islands, and especially the northernmost three--Antigua and Barbuda, Do [...]
2007-02-01 21:11:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV XL
07BRIDGETOWN125GRENADA'S SCRAMBLE FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Among local media predictions for the new year is one of increased People's Republic of China (PRC) efforts to gain influence on the United States' back doorstep, in the Caribbean, and specifically within CARICOM. Several local commentators have called for Grenada and CARICOM to [...]
2007-02-01 21:16:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PINR PHUM CASC GJ CH CU VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN1341US-OWNED MEDICAL SCHOOL IN ST. VINCENT TO SHUT DOWN
[...] (U) Summary: After months of speculation, and negotiations with the GOSVG, St. George's University (SGU),which operates the Kingstown Medical College in St. Vincent, announced that it will cease operations by January 2008. While the medical school had originally announced that it was only sca [...]
2007-10-18 15:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM KPAO ELAB AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1377ST. VINCENT PM USES INDEPENDENCE DAY TO "PASS OUT
[...] (SBU) During Ambassador Ourisman's October 26-28 visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to celebrate that nation's Independence Day, the Ambassador attended Independence Day activities and spoke to Prime Minister Gonsalves on issues ranging from Cuba to foreign investment in the Grenadi [...]
2007-10-31 15:01:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALCVIS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL XL EINV
07BRIDGETOWN1387ST. VINCENT: SPLINTERS OF AN OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: In several meetings with leaders of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) opposition New Democratic Party (NDP),and in consultations with the party's sympathizers as well as Unity Labor Party (ULP) and former-ULP members, Embassy Bridgetown learned of growing discontent with [...]
2007-11-01 21:26:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALCVIS EAID ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM PGOV PINR PREL
07BRIDGETOWN1442DOMINICA: SKERRIT SUPPORTS DOLLAR DIPLOMACY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit thanked China, Venezuela, and Cuba in his Independence Day speech, citing specific assistance these countries have recently provided. Other thanks also went to the European Union, which has also provided substantial assistance. This speech is an [...]
2007-11-20 17:54:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN1472BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Barbados and Cuba enjoy a close relationship. As head of CARICOM this year, Barbados has publicly declared CARICOM's commitment to deepening their relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as sports, health, education, agricultur [...]
2007-12-03 21:02:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1475ST. VINCENT REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 12:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR CU XL PGOV
07BRIDGETOWN1480ST. KITTS REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 19:34:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU XL
07BRIDGETOWN1481DOMINICA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 19:34:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN1482THE UNDERBELLY OF SUCCESS: ST. KITTS' KID CRISIS
[...] (U) Summary: Recent newspaper stories in St. Kitts and Nevis have highlighted the plight of child abuse in that country. The operator of a government-subsidized Children's Home has complained of threats against the home's female occupants and a recent incident in which a Cuban diplomat is all [...]
2007-12-04 19:35:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL KWMN
07BRIDGETOWN1494ST. LUCIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 15:17:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1501ANTIGUA-BARBUDA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE
[...] (C) Antigua and Barbuda enjoys a close relationship with Cuba. The Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) has publicly declared CARICOM's commitment to deepening their relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in health, education, transportation, and scien [...]
2007-12-07 17:25:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1548ONE-SIDED VICTORY?: ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ADOPTS
[...] (U) Summary: In early December 2007 the St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis Parliament approved major changes to the country's election laws, the first changes since 1984. Reforms in the current law include the introduction of a national voter identification card and new regulations allowing [...]
2007-12-18 21:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL VE CU
07BRIDGETOWN1561PETROCARIBE #34: EC LEADERS FLOCK TO PETROCARIBE
[...] (U) Summary: Eastern Caribbean Heads of State departed for the Fourth Petrocaribe Summit on Friday, December 21st in Cienfuegos, Cuba. The summit comes among praises from leaders in St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who have benefited from the Petrocaribe program. The pa [...]
2007-12-21 19:27:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL CU
07BRIDGETOWN228PETROCARIBE #32: CHAVEZ VISIT UNEVENTFUL
[...] (C) Summary: On February 16-17, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The visit was light on substance and heavy on atmospherics, as he reiterated past Petrocaribe-related promises and resorted to his usual vitriolic anti-American talking points. [...]
2007-02-21 19:39:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR VE DO ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN299AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST.
[...] (C) Summary: On February 25-27, 2007, Ambassador Ourisman visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines to present her credentials. Meetings with the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Opposition Leader focused on Venezuelan assistance, Article 98, narcotics trafficking and Cricket World Cup. T [...]
2007-03-08 21:04:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT EAIR SNAR
07BRIDGETOWN353PETROCARIBE #33: CHAVEZ TIES WORRY ST. VINCENT
[...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with St. Vincent and the Grenadines' (SVG) private sector representatives reveal widespread anxiety over the Vincentian government's growing ties with Venezuela, especially the close relationship between Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and Venezuelan P [...]
2007-03-21 18:51:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL
07BRIDGETOWN397U.S. DISENGAGEMENT IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Bridgetown would like to offer the following assessment of the possible consequences of further cuts in U.S. assistance to the Eastern Caribbean. The economic realities--or more aptly--vulnerabilities of these microstates are such that further reductions in U.S. presen [...]
2007-04-04 16:18:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BB CU VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN405SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL,S VISIT TO THE EASTERN
[...] I look forward to welcoming Chairman Engel and his delegation to the Eastern Caribbean on April 13-16. In anticipation of our meetings with Grenada's Prime Minister Mitchell and Vincentian Prime Minister Gonsalves, I would like to offer the following background on the region and key U.S. pol [...]
2007-04-05 20:52:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP ECON PREL PGOV PBTS PINR VC GJ XL
07BRIDGETOWN449CARICOM SUMMIT RESPONSES
[...] Per reftel instructions, Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche on the 19-21 June US-CARICOM Ministerial/Summit on April 5. Follow-up calls were placed on April 13. 2. Eastern Caribbean Responses: Antigua and Barbuda confirmed receipt of the demarche; GOAB is still looking into it a [...]
2007-04-16 13:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KSUM XL
07BRIDGETOWN452SVG PM GONSALVES TO CUBA FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Likely as a guest of the state, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves will travel to Cuba April 13 for medical treatment, rest, and relaxation following a car accident in St. Vincent which resulted in his hospitalization on April 9. He is planning to be gone at least two weeks. END S [...]
2007-04-16 13:10:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CU VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN488ST. LUCIA - TAIWAN BACK IN, CHINA TO BOW OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of St. Lucia formally announced during its April 24 budget debate that it will re-establish full diplomatic relations with Taiwan. In exchange, Taiwan has agreed to develop agricultural diversification, ecotourism, information technology, and learning centers thro [...]
2007-04-25 22:05:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD OFDP CH TW ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN573(C) GRENADA PM MITCHELL ON CHAVEZ'S BAD LIST?
[...] (C) Summary: In a somewhat tense mid-April meeting with Charge, Grenada's Keith Mitchell shared his fears that strongly leftist Caribbean leaders, led by St. Vincent's Ralph Gonsalves, had persuaded Hugo Chavez that the pro-American Grenada government should not receive further Venezuelan as [...]
2007-05-09 21:41:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID AC DO GJ IS VC VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN589ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT CRISIS POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's May 10 meeting with St. Lucia's Comptroller of Customs and the Acting Commissioner of Police was a cry for help from PM Compton and his few remaining loyalists. While PM Compton is reportedly recovering in New York from a stroke, his chances of hanging on to power may be [...]
2007-05-14 13:44:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN641CRICKET WORLD CUP MAY DELIVER LONG TERM SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: While the Cricket World Cup (CWC) has been an economic disappointment for the region (ref A),it has generated changes and reforms in the CARICOM security infrastructure that may yield lasting benefits for the region. The United States contributed to the region's CWC preparatio [...]
2007-05-21 12:37:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ASEC EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL CASC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN644ST. LUCIAN CABINET COUP FAILED, BUT NEW PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia's Prime Minister Sir John Compton reportedly returned from New York on May 19. His weakened state probably means that St. Lucia's unsettled political situation will continue. The government has made no official announcements since his return, but it is likely that Acti [...]
2007-05-22 20:21:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN654BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Embassy Bridgetown recommends a waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for Barbados. Barbados and Cuba enjoy a good relationship. Both countries recently committed to deepening their relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number [...]
2007-05-23 19:47:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN737E. CARIBBEAN AND VENEZUELAN FOREIGN AID: RHETORIC
[...] (C) Summary: Five Eastern Caribbean countries have signed Petrocaribe agreements. St. Lucia nullified its agreement with Venezuela under the new Compton administration in 2006. Barbados also turned down the Petrocaribe offer, but it is still a beneficiary of other Venezuelan assistance. Hugo [...]
2007-06-07 19:30:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL PGOV XL
07BRIDGETOWN739MEETING WITH ST. VINCENT FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 1, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sir Louis Straker, paid a courtesy call on DCM Mary Ellen T. Gilroy. Key points of their discussion included the upcoming Caribbean Conference, LIAT's perceived monopolistic posture, Petroc [...]
2007-06-07 20:22:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR EPET EINV EWWT CU VE VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN740OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS LOUDER FOR ST. VINCENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: On Friday, June 8, opposition party leader, Arnhim Eustace, will lead another protest demonstration in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). This time, Eustace has managed to gain public support from several members of St. Vincent's private sector. However, Eustace's goals for t [...]
2007-06-07 20:26:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN760DAS DUDDY AND ST. VINCENT PM GONSALVES DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Patrick Duddy met with St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves on June 11 in preparation for the Conference on the Caribbean to be held in Washington later this month. Specifically, DAS Duddy and PM Gonsalves focused on the Confe [...]
2007-06-13 13:11:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EINV ECON AORC OVIP KSUM PINR
07BRIDGETOWN774AMOR ETERNO: CUBA'S RELATIONS WITH THE EASTERN
[...] (C) Cuban Foreign Minister, Felipe Perez Roque, received praise for his country from Caribbean governments last week at the Organization for Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Summit in Grenada on May 25, and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Cuba Summit, held in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on [...]
2007-06-14 11:53:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN85INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007
[...] Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC),strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. The Government offers special [...]
2007-01-25 15:11:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB XL
07BRIDGETOWN906ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT CRISIS POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's May 10 meeting with St. Lucia's Comptroller of Customs and the Acting Commissioner of Police was a cry for help from PM Compton and his few remaining loyalists. While PM Compton is reportedly recovering in New York from a stroke, his chances of hanging on to power may be [...]
2007-07-16 19:19:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN943CARICOM CHAIR GIVES FREE PASS TO CUBA, AGAIN
[...] (U) In a joint press conference with Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper on July 19, Barbados Prime Minister and CARICOM Chair, Owen Arthur, told journalists that CARICOM has never approved and will never support unilateral sanctions against Cuba. While Barbados support for Cuba is not unus [...]
2007-07-23 20:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN952CANADA PM STEPHEN HARPER ADDRESSES BARBADOS
[...] (SBU) On July 19, Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, addressed a standing room only audience of approximately 200 senior officials, diplomats and top business representatives in Barbados. Harper unveiled Canada's plan to play a bigger role in the hemisphere and create "a new partnership [...]
2007-07-27 15:11:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDBB ETRD ETTC PGOV PINR PREL XL
07BRUSSELS1401BELGIUM'S SUPPORT CONTINUED PRESSURE ON CUBA,
[...] (C) On April 23, polcouns and poloff discussed reftel with Ambassador VanDessel, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Belgian MFA. Jean-Luc Bodson, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Foreign Minister, was present also. Ambassador VanDessel noted he was looking forward to his planned [...]
2007-04-26 13:11:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL CU BE
07BRUSSELS2609IO DAS SINGH AND AMB REES EU CONSULTATIONS
[...] (U) During a two day visit to Brussels, Deputy Assistant Secretary Manisha Singh and Amb. Grover Joseph Rees met with SIPDIS officials from the European Commission, the Council Secretariat, the Presidency, the European Parliament and SIPDIS international NGO's to discuss human rights iss [...]
2007-08-16 12:04:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EUN
07BRUSSELS3247BELGIUM:DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT THE
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Michel Versailles and Benedicte Frankinet, Director of the MFA's Office of UN Affairs. Versailles said Belgium's past voting patterns had favored Cuba's resolution. While they were still reviewing the resolution, they saw no elements at this point to c [...]
2007-10-26 14:36:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU PREL BE
07BRUSSELS3269DEMARCHING EU STATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION ON
[...] (SBU) PolOff and A/Political Minister Counselor presented talking points from reftel to Claudia Gintersdorfer from the Human Rights Unit at the Council, Davide Zaru from the Human Rights Unit of the External Relations Directorate (RELEX) at the European Commission, and Nicolas Pascual de la Par [...]
2007-10-31 14:58:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN
07BRUSSELS825IO DAS LAGON ROUND-TABLE AT BELGIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 roundtable with Belgian Foreign Ministry counterparts working on United Nations issues, IO Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Rights Mark Lagon pointed to precedent-setting steps taken by new UNSYG Ban toward reform and stated that the U.S. was giving Ban the b [...]
2007-03-13 09:21:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UN PHUM PREF UNSC UNHRC BE
07BUCHAREST778DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HRC 5TH SESSION
[...] (C) D/Pol chief delivered ref a demarche on July 3 to MFA Director for OSCE and Human Rights Affairs Brandusa Predescu. Predescu noted that the EU members were working from a common position to obtain the compromises necessary to keep the HRC process moving forward. She hoped the U.S. would [...]
2007-07-05 15:19:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EUN UNHRC RO
07BUDAPEST1051THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS: ORBAN ON ENERGY SECURITY,
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10 for action request. 2. (C) An energetic and upbeat Viktor Orban met with Ambassador Foley June 27 to discuss energy security, the transatlantic relationship, and Cuba (domestic political issues septel). ENERGY SECURITY: SUPPORTING THE [...]
2007-06-27 14:06:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PGOV HU
07BUDAPEST1078CUBA CONFERENCE DRAWS SUPPORT ACROSS PARTY LINES
[...] (SBU) The Cuba Conference planned by the GoH and hosted by the International Center on Democratic Transition (ICDT) June 26 - 29 received favorable press coverage and strong statements of support across Hungary's political spectrum. 2. (SBU) In addition to the formal schedule, which highl [...]
2007-07-03 07:07:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM HU
07BUDAPEST1096SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S VISIT
[...] (U) Embassy Budapest warmly welcomes the visit of A/S Fried to Hungary. SUMMER OF NO LOVE LOST 2. (SBU) Your trip comes at the beginning of the summer "cucumber season," and an exhausted Gyurcsany government is taking a much-needed (if not particularly well-deserved) break after a year [...]
2007-07-06 11:18:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST1157HUNGARIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER FIRE
[...] (U) Just over a year since the second Gyurcsany administration took office, parties, think tanks and the media are evaluating the performance of the government during a turbulent year that many say has changed the dynamics of politics more than any other since the system change. Although the [...]
2007-07-17 12:47:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HU
07BUDAPEST1158NOT NO ... BUT NOT NOW: EMBASSY VIEWS RE REQUESTED
[...] (S) Septel reports on the formal requests from GoH officials for meetings between POTUS and PM Gyurcsany and between Secretary Rice and Foreign Minister Goncz, which we understand have also been raised directly by the Hungarian Embassy in Washington. 2. (S) Post is mindful of the extraord [...]
2007-07-17 12:48:00Embassy BudapestSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM OVIP HU
07BUDAPEST1164A/S FRIED'S DISCUSSIONS ON BILATERAL RELATIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with MFA State Secretaries Laszlo Varkonyi and Ivan Udvardi, Assistant SIPDIS Secretary Fried commended GoH activism on Cuba and called for SIPDIS similar leadership on issues including Russia and energy security. Varkonyi formally requested a meeting f [...]
2007-07-18 09:38:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST1341FROM SIMONYI TO SOMOGYI: CHANGES AT THE HUNGARIAN
[...] (U) In a brief meeting with Ambassador Foley August 15, Hungarian Ambassador-designate Ferenc Somogyi outlined his priorities for his upcoming tour. Visa Waiver: A Milestone ) Not a Finish Line 2. (C) Welcoming recent progress on the Visa Waiver front, Somogyi accentuated the positive w [...]
2007-08-16 09:55:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ENRG ECON
07BUDAPEST1376SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL SIRES TO
[...] Embassy Budapest warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Sires to Hungary. 2. You will arrive as the body politic prepares for Parliament's return to formal session in mid-September. Most observers predict a busy ) and possibly hot ) fall, with continued friction between the Gyurcsany governme [...]
2007-08-27 14:43:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM
07BUDAPEST1468WAKE ME WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS: PARLIAMENT RETURNS
[...] (C) Summary: The running debate over the Magyar Garda has generated more heat than light as Parliament prepares to return to session September 10 (ref a). This issue remains a potential flashpoint, but members on both sides of the aisle are pledging cooperation on key issues even as they expe [...]
2007-09-09 08:04:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON ENRG HU
07BUDAPEST1487AN ISLAND OF CONSENSUS: CODEL SIRES FINDS STRONG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior officials across Hungary's political spectrum pledged strong support for efforts to "bring democracy to Cuba and to bring Cuba to democracy" in meetings with Codel Sires August 29 ) 30. Members of the delegation encouraged Hungary to take an active role within the EU an [...]
2007-09-11 14:20:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST1570U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas desk officer Andras Szorenyi and to Levente Szekely in the Ministry's Department for Policy Planning and Analysis September 20. 2. (U) Both emphasized the Foreign Minister's personal commitment to the Community of Democracies. Both under [...]
2007-09-21 14:54:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV
07BUDAPEST177SCENE-SETTER FOR WHA P/DAS SHAPIRO'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Your visit coincides with the first parliamentary session of the year, which will likely bring renewed friction between the center-left coalition government of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany and the opposition, led by former PM Viktor Orban. The running battle over the government's refo [...]
2007-02-09 07:19:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HU
07BUDAPEST1819HUNGARY SUPPORTS CONTINUED EU HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 14:57:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALUNGA PHUM HU
07BUDAPEST1871HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN
[...] (C) MFA Latin-America desk officer, Szilard Teleki, discussed reftel demarche with PolOff on 16 November. Teleki stated that the MFA has no official position on the current political situation in Venezuela. Teleki recognized the concerns raised in the demarche, but commented that Chavez is [...]
2007-11-21 13:28:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HU
07BUDAPEST1877TRIANGULATION UNDER FIRE: A STEP BACK TOWARD THE
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10 for action request. 2. (C) A number of recent steps indicate continued efforts by the GoH to chart a course between Washington and Moscow. These latest steps include moves back toward the East in what will likely be a continuing series of [...]
2007-11-21 15:54:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RU HU
07BUDAPEST1879TRIANGULATION UNDER FIRE: A STEP BACK TOWARD THE
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10 for action request. 2. (C) A number of recent steps indicate continued efforts by the GoH to chart a course between Washington and Moscow. These latest steps include moves back toward the East in what will likely be a continuing series of [...]
2007-11-23 08:46:00Embassy BudapestSECRETPREL PGOV ENRG RU HU
07BUDAPEST1956ANOTHER FINE MESS: LOOKING BACK ON 2007; FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: Parliament's December recess will bring to a close a fractious fall and a frustrating year. 2007 has seenmore motion than forward movement. The embattled Gyurcsany government has been able to take the initiative only episodically, but the opposition has been unable to force them [...]
2007-12-14 14:14:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON HU
07BUDAPEST415SCENESETTER FOR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST
[...] (C) Domestic politics continue to dominate Hungary's public discourse. Parliament is back in session, and the parties are evaluating the impact of the March 15 demonstrations on what all regard as a critical year. Recently elected as President of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP),Prime Mi [...]
2007-03-21 06:30:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST504READOUT OF DAS PEKALA'S BUDAPEST CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Pekala used his March 25-27 visit to Budapest to underscore to GOH decision-makers, advisors and opinion leaders our commitment to a continued strong relationship with Hungary based on shared principles and values. He also provided an interview [...]
2007-04-02 11:53:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS KDEM ENRG HU
07BUDAPEST509SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY'S VISIT TO BUDAPEST
[...] (U) Embassy Budapest looks forward to your visit and provides the following information in preparation for your arrival. 2. (C) Domestic politics continue to dominate Hungary's public discourse. Parliament is back in session to open what all regard as a critical year, and the parties are [...]
2007-04-03 08:03:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM HU
07BUDAPEST517HUNGARY: RESETTLEMENT OF TWO ADDITIONAL GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) Embassy Budapest assesses the likelihood of a favorable response to reftel request to be highly remote. 2. (C) The GoH has discussed the resettlement of several dozen Cuban refugees from Guantanamo at the highest levels and is reportedly giving the proposal favorable consideration. M [...]
2007-04-04 14:29:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PREL PHUM
07BUDAPEST667CUBAN EMBASSY INFORMALLY PROTESTS MCCARRY VISIT
[...] (C) According to MFA U.S. Desk officer Andras Bacsi-Nagy, a Cuban Embassy official approached an MFA official at a reception on 26 April to protest Hungary's policies on Cuba as well as MFA meetings with Cuban Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry. In a meeting with poloff on 27 April, Bacsi- [...]
2007-04-30 13:19:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM HU
07BUDAPEST70MFA ON CUBA, AFGHANISTAN, AND RUSSIAN OIL CUT-OFF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Foley met with MFA State Secretary Varkonyi January 11 to review the state of play on SIPDIS key issues following her return from the EUR Chiefs of Mission Conference. Varkonyi outlined GoH initiatives to promote a democratic transition in Cuba, including the addit [...]
2007-01-17 15:34:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM ECON
07BUDAPEST71MFA ON CUBA, AFGHANISTAN, AND RUSSIAN OIL CUT-OFF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Foley met with MFA State Secretary Varkonyi January 11 to review the state of play on SIPDIS key issues following her return from the EUR Chiefs of Mission Conference. Varkonyi outlined GoH initiatives to promote a democratic transition in Cuba, including the addit [...]
2007-01-17 15:35:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM ECON
07BUDAPEST754HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON CUBA TRANSITION
[...] (U) Senior officials across Hungary's political spectrum expressed gratitude for USG engagement and strong support for our efforts to "create space" for a democratic transition in Cuba in meetings with Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry May 6 - 7. 2. (C) Throughout his meetings, Mc [...]
2007-05-14 07:12:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM HU
07BUENOSAIRES1000ARGENTINA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (U) Embassy Buenos Aires keys the responses below to reftel A questions. 2. (SBU) NATURE OF INVESTMENTS THAT ARGENTINA BUSINESSES HAVE IN CUBA. The GOA imposes no requirement to register foreign direct investment and the Embassy has been unable to uncover any major investment by Argentine [...]
2007-05-22 09:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC PHUM AR CU
07BUENOSAIRES1051MEDIA REACTION; US-LED GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM; US VIEWS ON
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories focus on the US-led Global War on Terrorism; a US experts' views on the outcome of upcoming Argentine presidential elections; the relationship between the media and governments in Latin America; and comments on the US State Department's Consula [...]
2007-05-29 18:52:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES106MEDIA REACTION KIRCHNER-LULA'S ROLE IN MODERATING CHAVEZ;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include Argentine President Kirchner and Brazilian President Lula da Silva's role in moderating Chavez in favor of Mercosur's interests; fears of China re-launching its space arms race; the two highest-ranking Democratic leaders of Congress criticizing the W [...]
2007-01-22 19:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1071MEDIA REACTION; BUSH-PUTIN SUMMIT; US-SPAIN DISAGREEMENT
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include President Bush hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin in July amid tensions over US plans to build a missile shield in Europe; US Secretary Condoleezza Rice's trip to Spain, which is aimed at underscoring disagreements with the Za [...]
2007-05-31 15:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1151GOA SUPPORTS PRESERVING ALL MANDATES AND BROAD
[...] (C) On June 11, Poloff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Human Rights Gabriela Quinteros and Third Secretary Alexis Am. Quinteros stated that the GOA, in principle, supports the continuation of all country-specific and thematic mandates at the UN Human [...]
2007-06-12 18:50:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC UNAUS AR
07BUENOSAIRES1200MEDIA REACTION; US IMMIGRATION REFORM; US FOREIGN RELATIONS
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international topics today include the US immigration reform; and the US House Foreign Relations Committee discussion about the status of the US-South American relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Immigration on the arena" Daily-of-record "La Nacion [...]
2007-06-20 20:19:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1216MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE ANTI-TERRORIST LEGISLATION;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories cover the questioning of Argentina's antiterrorist legislation based on some gaps which could lead to human rights abuses; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's reasons for pushing Nicaragua into Mercosur; and the view of Latin Amer [...]
2007-06-22 15:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1232MEDIA REACTION; MIDDLE EAST; HUGO CHAVEZ; LATIN AMERICA IN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces cover the US and Israel's strategy on the Middle East; the decline of Venezuelan Hugo Chavez's popularity in opinion surveys; and the inclusion of Latin America in the US election campaign. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Middl [...]
2007-06-25 15:21:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1257MEDIA REACTION; ANTI-US FEELING IN ARGENTINA; US-LATIN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT - "Argentina, one of the countries that most reject the US" Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for daily-of-record "La Nacion," comments (06/28) "The fact that George W. Bush is rejected in Argentina is little surprising, although the broad dimension of said [...]
2007-06-28 14:46:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1278Repsol-YPF Plans Minority Sale to Local Argentine
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to press and local sources, Spanish oil and gas giant Repsol-YPF is negotiating to sell a 45% stake in its Argentine subsidiary YPF. Plans call for 25% of Repsol- YPF's shares to be bought by Argentine businessman/banker Enrique Eskenazi, who has ties to President Kirc [...]
2007-07-02 12:42:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD ENRG AR VZ SP
07BUENOSAIRES1319MEDIA REACTION; RICE-BUSH ON U.S.-LATAM RELATIONS; BUENOS
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key stories carry Secretary Rice's declarations on U.S. relations with the hemisphere, in the framework of the White House Conference of the Americas, in which she highlights the ties with Brazil and Chile as 'extraordinarily good' while those with Argentina are 'different [...]
2007-07-10 16:08:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1462MEDIA REACTION; US POLICY ON CUBA; NEW TECHNOLOGIES;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories cover current and future US policy on Cuba; and the agreement reached by US Senator Nicholas Negroponte and Intel corporation to work together on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - " [...]
2007-07-30 09:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1608MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN-ARGENTINE TIES; 08/15/07
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories are related to the current status of the Argentine-Venezuelan relationship in the aftermath of the suitcase-scandal and its impact on Cristina Kirchner's chances to win the Argentine presidency. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - [...]
2007-08-16 15:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1647MEDIA REACTION; BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO MORALES AND
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today focus on Bolivian President Evo Morales' attempt to amend his country's Constitution in search of indefinite re-election, along the lines of Venezuelan President Hugo Chvez's "model;" a Zogby International opinion poll revealing that Lati [...]
2007-08-22 19:24:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1701MEDIA REACTION; ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALEZ'S RESIGNATION;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the implications of Attorney General Alberto Gonzles' resignation; and the alleged Fidel Castro death watch on the Internet. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The White House's last line of defense" Hugo Alconada Mon, Washin [...]
2007-08-28 22:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1705MEDIA REACTION; ANTONINI WILSON; EVO MORALES; 08/29/07
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today are related to the FBI finding Antonini Wilson in Miami; the relationships among Argentina, Venezuela and the US; and internal Bolivian politics. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The FBI finds Wilson in Miami and now expects an ar [...]
2007-08-29 16:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES171ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy in Buenos Aires and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Argentina February 8-9. While not always seeing eye to eye with the USG, the Kirchner administration continues to be an important partner on a wide range of security issues, from non-proliferation and militar [...]
2007-01-30 21:28:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER AR
07BUENOSAIRES1736AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL AUDITOR GENERAL AND UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
[...] Summary: The President of the National Auditing Office (AGN),Ambassador Leandro Despouy, recently discussed the AGN's broad government oversight role and his responsibilities as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. He described his impressions of the state of h [...]
2007-08-31 16:04:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON PHUM PREL SENV KCOR KPAO AR EAID
07BUENOSAIRES1777ARGENTINA'S PRESUMPTIVE NEXT PRESIDENT: OPEN TO A
[...] (C) Cristina Kirchner appears headed to be Argentina,s next President. While she will not likely break significantly from the policies of her husband, it looks like she will be much more interested in international affairs and more attentive to relations with other countries, including the Un [...]
2007-09-06 19:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AR
07BUENOSAIRES1875MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINA IN HAITI; IRAQ; US INTEREST RATE;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Argentina's participation in the international peace keeping mission in Haiti; the US policy on Iran; and the US Federal Reserve's decision to lower US interest rates. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Why should we stay in Ha [...]
2007-09-20 12:01:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1933MEDIA REACTION; UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND IRAN;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the political implications of Argentine President Nstor Kirchner's address to the UNGA, in which he urged the UN to persuade Iran to cooperate with a judicial probe into the 1994 bombing of the AMIA in Buenos Aires; and similarities b [...]
2007-09-27 10:31:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1972AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MEETING WITH UNHCR REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Cristian Koch-Castro, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative for Southern Latin America, called on the Ambassador to discuss UNHCR's activities in Argentina and the region. Koch-Castro explained that UNHCR has made it a priority to strengthen the cap [...]
2007-10-03 13:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREF AR BR CI UY BL PE
07BUENOSAIRES1980ARGENTINE PUNDITS: RESTORING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE KEY
[...] (C) Summary. A group of top political and economic analysts maintain that the main challenges facing Argentina's next administration are restoring confidence in public institutions; reining in inflation and labor demands for higher wages; and improving juridical certainty to attract greater [...]
2007-10-04 12:02:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KLAB KCOR AR
07BUENOSAIRES2035MEDIA REACTION; ARMENIAN GENOCIDE; US-LATIN AMERICAN TIES;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include implications of a US House committee vote to condemn the mass killings of Armenians in Turkey in World War I as an act of genocide; prospects for the US-Latin American relationship; and similarities between the military regimes [...]
2007-10-11 20:38:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2045MEDIA REACTION; ANKARA-WASHINGTON TIES; PRESS FREEDOM IN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today are related to the US-Turkish relationship in view of a possible attack from Turkey against Kurdish rebels in Northern Iraq, thereby destabilizing even further the situation in the country; Ankara's denial of the Armenian genocide being equ [...]
2007-10-12 19:11:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2098MEDIA REACTION; BUSH SPEECH ON CUBA; 10/25/07
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories focus on US President Bush's speech on Cuba. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Bush creates a world fund for the Cuban transition" Ana Barsn, leading "Clarn's" Washington-based correspondent, writes (10/25) "In an address to t [...]
2007-10-25 13:47:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2124ARGENTINA WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF U.N. RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 20:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHRC AR
07BUENOSAIRES2131MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE FOREIGN POLICY; PLAN MEXICO;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend major international stories are related to the foreign policy of the future Argentine government; Plan Mexico; and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's threat to intervene militarily in Bolivia in the event someone attempts to "oust" Bolivian President Evo Morales. [...]
2007-10-29 14:42:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2170MEDIA REACTION; US POLICY ON CUBA; VENEZUELA; IMF AND
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the Bush administration's policy on Cuba; Venezuelan President Chavez's concentration of power; IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn's remarks about Argentina; and implications of Pakistani leader Musharraf's emergency rule. [...]
2007-11-05 13:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2222AMIA: MFA READOUT FROM MARRAKECH AND NEXT STEPS
[...] (S) Summary: GOA is very pleased with the results of the November 7 Interpol General Assembly vote in Marrakech and credits its success to its close coordination with, and the efforts of, the USG. The GOA has seen no "diffusion" notice from Iran regarding the GOI's stated intention to seek in [...]
2007-11-15 21:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPTER PREL AR IR
07BUENOSAIRES2223PULP MILL DISPUTE: GUARDEDLY HOPEFUL THAT
[...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. Concerns over the pulp mill dispute have calmed down in Buenos Aires, despite the sharp words and protests generated last weekend when Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez gave the order to commence operations November 9 at the pulp mill in Fray Bentos, western Urug [...]
2007-11-16 13:53:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV SENV UNGA AORC FI UY AR
07BUENOSAIRES2229ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SANCHEZ
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina November 20-21. Your visit occurs during a period of heightened political interest following the October 28 election victory of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her November 14 announcement of her [...]
2007-11-16 20:12:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR AR
07BUENOSAIRES2237MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN-CUBAN CONFEDERATION; BRAZIL'S
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers carry opinion pieces on an idea to create a Venezuelan-Cuban Confederation as a result of an amendment to the current Venezuelan constitution; Brazil's support for Venezuela's entry into Mercosur; implications of DAS John Negroponte's trip to Pakistan; and th [...]
2007-11-20 07:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES224MEDIA REACTION; UPCOMING TRIP OF U/S NICHOLAS BURNS TO
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major newspapers report on US Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's upcoming trip to Buenos Aires. Other international leading stories include the report from London-based International Institute for Strategic Studie [...]
2007-02-06 09:11:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES2284MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM; BOLIVIA; ARGENTINE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the outcome of the Venezuelan referendum; the chaos in Bolivia; and the Cristina Kirchner's administration future foreign policy. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "A Myth" Paula Lugones, international columnist of leading "Cla [...]
2007-12-04 08:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2286(C) ARGENTINA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III
[...] (U) Embassy Buenos Aires keys the responses below to reftel A questions. 2. (SBU) NATURE OF INVESTMENTS THAT ARGENTINA BUSINESSES HAVE IN CUBA. The GOA imposes no requirement to register foreign direct investment and the Embassy has been unable to uncover any major investment by Argentine n [...]
2007-12-04 11:55:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETTC PREL ETRD CU AR
07BUENOSAIRES292MEDIA REACTION; AFTERMATH OF THE BURNS-SHANNON VISIT,
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Several dailies carry U/S Burns and A/S Shannon's post-trip declarations praising their visit to the region, and noting 'very positive' relations with Argentina. Clarin also points out the USG offer for Argentina to join the 'Global Initiative against Nuclear Terrorism'. Al [...]
2007-02-14 21:02:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES381MEDIA REACTION; STATUS OF BILATERAL RELATIONS FOLLOWING KEY
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Daily-of-record "La Nacion" comments positively on the present status of U.S.-Argentina relations following the visits of AG Gonzales, U/S Burns and A/S Shannon, despite differences on Cuba and Venezuela, and praises Ambassador Wayne for his key contribution to strengthenin [...]
2007-02-28 12:55:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES402U/S BURNS AND FM TAIANA DISCUSS REGIONAL STABILITY
[...] (C) U.S. Participants: Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicolas Burns Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon Ambassador Early Anthony Wayne DCM Mike Matera William McIlhenny, Member, Policy Planning Council (S/P) Heide Bronke, P Special Assistant D [...]
2007-03-01 21:11:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON AR CU HA VZ BZ
07BUENOSAIRES406U/S BURNS AND A/S SHANNON FEBRUARY 9 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns and Assistant Secretary Shannon, accompanied by Ambassador, met February 9 SIPDIS with Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez. During a brief drop-by, President Kirchner welcomed U/S Burns and A/S Shannon and thanked them for their visit. Fernandez ex [...]
2007-03-02 16:22:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EINV ETRD BL CU AR
07BUENOSAIRES411ARGENTINA: FEBRUARY 9 BURNS/SHANNON MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 21:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PTER AA ASEC ETRD IAEA CU HA
07BUENOSAIRES429MEDIA REACTION; CHAVEZ IN ARGENTINA, MIDDLE EAST, 03/05/07;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with Bush's up-coming trip to the region aimed at reinforcing a 'positive agenda' - amid Argentina's preparation of Chavez' mass public rally against President Bush's visit to Uruguay -, and the repercussions of U.S. announcement of a summit in Iraq, which inclu [...]
2007-03-07 10:53:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES439MEDIA REACTION; HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, U.S. FARMING
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The press report on the Human Rights Report, focusing mainly on the U.S. mention of GOA pressures on Argentina's press. Stories also note the report says Argentina has "generally" respected human rights. 2. OPINION PIECES "U.S. Denounces GOA Pressures on Argentine Pre [...]
2007-03-07 20:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES492MEDIA REACTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; ECUADOR; 03/14/07; BUENOS
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include leading "Clarin's" interview with Tex Harris, former US political counselor under the Carter administration, who attended a seminar on human rights in Buenos Aires; and the political crisis in Ecuador. 2. OPINION PIEC [...]
2007-03-15 09:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES6SADDAM HUSSEIN'S DEATH; LATIN AMERICA; DEATH OF PINOCHET;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the implications of Saddam Hussein's execution; the governments of Evo Morales and Hugo Chavez and their influence on violence in Latin America; the aftermath of Pinochet's death; and Bolivian President Evo Morales imposing a visa on US citizens who wan [...]
2007-01-04 11:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES64US POLICY ON IRAQ; VENEZUELA; 01/11/07; BUENOS AIRES
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include US President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq; the implications of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's announced nationalization of telecommunications and utility corporations; and the Argentine Government's reaction to Chavez's ann [...]
2007-01-12 20:34:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES660MEDIA REACTION; THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION; US EMBARGO ON
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories focus on an alleged decline in neo-conservatives' clout on the Bush administration; a reported reduction in popular support for the US embargo imposed on Cuba; a debate in Latin America about the bio-fuels option; and the status of the US-Argen [...]
2007-04-10 08:55:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES67ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND
[...] OSAC CRIME SAFETY REPORT: I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY: Traffic accidents are still the primary threat to life and limb in Argentina, especially in Buenos Aires. Pedestrians should be vigilant when crossing streets and remember to look both directions, even if the street is designated on [...]
2007-01-16 20:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
07BUENOSAIRES689MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; IRAQ; CUBA; 04/11/07; BUENOS AIRES
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT International stories today include the alleged Iranian energy crisis that could justify its nuclear program; the upcoming FM ministerial on the Iraq issue, which will take place in Egypt; and the US embargo on Cuba, which is questioned not only in Cuba but also in the US, [...]
2007-04-12 09:03:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES804ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DAIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19, Ambassador Wayne met with the President and several board members of the Delegation of Israeli and Argentine Associations (DAIA),the political representative of the Argentine Jewish community with a specific focus on preserving human rights, eradicating anti-Semi [...]
2007-04-25 13:02:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AR VZ
07BUENOSAIRES83FARM SUBSIDIES; LATIN AMERICAN POLITICAL SCENARIO; CHAVEZ;
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international opinion pieces include farm subsidies in wealthy countries; the political "patchwork" in Latin America; the economic and political implications of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez' announced changes; the reasons for clashes in Bolivia; and expectations [...]
2007-01-18 16:59:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES837MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION; TIES
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories cover the closure of RCTV in Venezuela; reinvigorated ties between Argentina and Brazil; the upcoming US-Argentine naval exercises; and Argentine First Lady Cristina Kirchner's trip to Washington. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Chave [...]
2007-04-30 16:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES910MEDIA REACTION; SARKOZY AND 1968; PEACE IN ULSTER; ILLEGAL
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy's views on the cultural and social heritage of 1968; a new Democratic Party's draft bill on illegal immigration; and a Catholic-Protestant coalition taking power in Northern Ireland. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDIT [...]
2007-05-10 18:25:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES912MEDIA REACTION; SARKOZY AND 1968; PEACE IN ULSTER; ILLEGAL
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy's views on the cultural and social heritage of 1968; a new Democratic Party's draft bill on illegal immigration; and a Catholic-Protestant coalition taking power in Northern Ireland. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDIT [...]
2007-05-10 18:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES928C-TN7-00406: ARGENTINE POSITIONS ON SAMPLE SHARING
[...] (U) Emboff met on May 10, 2007 with Argentine Ministry of Health official Dr. Hugo Fernandez to clarify Argentina's positions on Reftel questions. Argentina has to date been an eager partner on the full spectrum of pandemic preparedness cooperation. Dr. Fernandez was unable to address many of [...]
2007-05-11 19:25:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPINR KFLU AR
07BUJUMBURA752BURUNDI BELIEVES ABSTENTION TO CUBA UN RESOLUTION
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Adolphe Nayaho on October 25. Nayaho told poloff that he will communicate USG talking points to the Foreign Minister and then transmit the outcome of that meeting to Burun [...]
2007-10-26 06:25:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU
07CANBERRA1662AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN
[...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche points to John Owens, Assistant Secretary for Canada and Latin America, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on November 20. Owens was joined by John M.L.Woods, Director for the Canada and Latin America Section, and Philip C.W.Lowday, Executive Officer. [...]
2007-11-20 07:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM AS VE
07CARACAS1003VULNERABILITIES OF THE VENEZUELAN ECONOMY
[...] Summary: (C) Although Venezuela has a strong external position, we continue to maintain that the economy is very vulnerable in the next 12-30 months due to increasing economic distortions (caused by increasing statist/retrograde economic policies) that will eventually lead to an economic/finan [...]
2007-05-22 15:15:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN
07CARACAS102CONOCOPHILLIPS' CUBAN CONCERNS
[...] (U) Action Requested: Please see Paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Petroleum Attache (Petatt) met with ConocoPhillips (CP) executives at their request to discuss a recent visit by a Cuban delegation to the Petrozuata strategic association. CP is concerned that PDVSA will try to use Petrozuata [...]
2007-01-17 21:01:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ETTC ECON CU VE
07CARACAS1073PODEMOS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTY: TOO MUCH CHAVEZ
[...] (C) Summary. National Assembly (NA) Deputy Ricardo Gutierrez told PolCouns May 29 that his pro-Chavez party Podemos is interested in reopening a dialogue with Embassy officials. Gutierrez predicted that Podemos will weather President Chavez' condemnation for not joining the Venezuelan presid [...]
2007-06-01 14:30:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL VE
07CARACAS1089CHAVEZ TO DECREE CUBAN-STYLE NATIONAL POLICE LAW
[...] (C) Summary: President Chavez announced May 22 that he would soon decree a National Police Law that, among other things, would call for a new community police force. The announcement comes just as the National Assembly was finishing work on a final draft of the law, and further highlights th [...]
2007-06-05 14:06:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM VE
07CARACAS1192BRV DISPUTES 2007 TIER 3 TIP REPORT RANKING
[...] (SBU) In meetings with USG officials and in the press, BRV officials reacted angrily to the Department's designation of Venezuela as a Tier 3 country in the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report released June 12. -- During a June 13 meeting between Vice President of the National Assembly [...]
2007-06-15 20:27:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV VE
07CARACAS1218S/C MCCARTHY'S MEETINGS WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND
[...] (C) Summary: In separate events, Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy met June 13 with National Assembly (NA) First Vice President Desiree Santos Amaral, NA Foreign Relations Committee President Saul Ortega, Vice Foreign Minister for North American and Multilateral Affairs Jorge [...]
2007-06-19 14:25:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS1314CHEVRON, EXXON, AND CNPC COMMENT ON RECENT EVENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron claims the final deal to migrate the Hamaca strategic association to a joint venture was a good one from its perspective. The project's area was not reduced and Chevron personnel will occupy key posts in the new joint venture. In addition, all investment decisions require [...]
2007-07-02 11:58:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
07CARACAS134 ECONOMIC RAMIFICATIONS OF CHAVEZ' ENABLING LAW:
[...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly unanimously passed preliminary approval of the Ley Habilitante ("Enabling Law") during a special emergency session on January 18. When fully approved, probably on January 24, the Enabling Law will permit Chavez to control the economic pulse of the country. [...]
2007-01-22 21:24:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV VE
07CARACAS1352BRV MARKS INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH "PATRIOTISM,
[...] (C) Summary. The BRV commemorated the 196th anniversary of Venezuela's Independence Day on July 5 with a civil-military parade and an extraordinary session at the National Assembly (NA). During the parade, members of the pro-government communal councils marched alongside members of the Boliv [...]
2007-07-06 20:48:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS1434OIL TRADING: SKELETONS IN PDVSA'S CLOSET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior PDVSA executive who was forced into retirement in March 2007 stated PDVSA exports 38 million barrels of oil per month excluding crude from the former Faja strategic associations. President Chavez ordered PDVSA to stop exporting to the United States before the November el [...]
2007-07-18 15:58:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
07CARACAS148CHAVEZ CONFRONTS CATHOLIC CHURCH; EPISCOPAL
[...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan Catholic Church leaders have become increasingly vocal defenders of democratic freedoms since President Chavez' re-election on December 3, 2006. In recent statements to the media and via formal Episcopal Conference communiques, they have repeatedly expressed concerns [...]
2007-01-23 16:47:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM VE
07CARACAS149CHAVEZ' NEW CABINET: BIOS ON ECONOMIC MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Hugo Chavez swore in new cabinet ministers on January 8 for six key economic portfolios: the Ministry of Finance (Reftel A),a newly-formed Ministry of Telecommunications, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the [...]
2007-01-23 19:38:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV VE
07CARACAS1635CHAVEZ PROPOSES "SOCIALIST" CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
[...] (C) Summary. After numerous delays (reftels),President Chavez finally proposed significant "socialist" changes to the 1999 Constitution in a lengthy August 15 speech at the National Assembly. As expected, Chavez framed his controversial proposals as giving more power to the people. He also [...]
2007-08-16 20:54:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS1671CHAVEZ' NEW PARTY PLAGUED BY ORGANIZATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The organization of aspiring members of President Chavez' United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) into neighborhood "battalions" has been plagued by confusion and poor attendance. Scant grassroots party activity to date raises serious doubts that the PSUV has almost six millio [...]
2007-08-22 17:19:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE
07CARACAS1680CHAVEZ REACHES OUT TO COLOMBIA; BUT BORDER SPAT
[...] (C) Summary. Despite President Chavez's historically rocky relationship with Colombia, he has made an effort of late to reach out to the Uribe government, particularly through his offer to be a key mediator in the negotiations for a humanitarian exchange with the FARC. The importance of comm [...]
2007-08-23 19:31:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR ETRD VE
07CARACAS174VENEZUELA -- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-26 12:12:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN KTDB STR OPIC VE
07CARACAS184CHAVEZ'S NEW CABINET: A LOOK AT SOME NEW MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Chavez swore in a new cabinet of hard-line loyalists on January 8. His picks include a number of his party's, the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR),National Assembly (NA) deputies who gave up their seats to assume the ministry positions. The ideological and political te [...]
2007-01-26 20:55:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL VE
07CARACAS1846WHA/AND DIRECTOR'S VISIT: CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
[...] (C) Summary. A wide range of Embassy contacts discussed Chavez' proposed constitutional changes September 12-14 with the Ambassador and visiting WHA/AND Director Chacon. There is widespread consensus among analysts, pro-Chavez and opposition politicians, and third country diplomats that Chav [...]
2007-09-18 17:38:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VE
07CARACAS186CUBA COMES TO TOWN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Hugo Chavez received Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage on January 24 with fanfare but without pubic announcement prior to Lage's arrival. Lage's presentation of a letter purportedly written by Fidel Castro to Chavez gave Chavez the opportunity to publicly trumpet Cast [...]
2007-01-26 22:19:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS1879ONCE AGAIN CHAVEZ TAKES HUGE ENTOURAGE TO UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 21:16:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA OVIP KSEP ITRA VE
07CARACAS1948SERVICE COMPANIES FACE USG IRANIAN AND CUBAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Baker Hughes (BH) has three contracts with PDVSA in various stages of execution that they believe appear to violate USG Iranian and Cuban sanctions legislation. According to BH, other U.S. service companies have similar contracts that raise the same issues. BH will meet with PDVS [...]
2007-10-02 16:17:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL KFPC ETTC CU IR VE
07CARACAS20VENEZUELA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] The following is post's update on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) for the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's cooperation in international efforts against terrorism remained negligible. President Hugo Chavez continued to criticize U.S. counter [...]
2007-01-04 17:18:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC VE
07CARACAS2010VENEZUELA AND CUBA -- CONFEDERATION?
[...] (C) Summary - President Chavez visited Cuba October 13-14, reportedly spending four hours with Fidel Castro. Chavez hosted his weekly Alo Presidente television program, in honor of Che Guevara, from Santa Clara, Cuba. The program included a video tape of his meeting with Castro as well as an [...]
2007-10-15 21:54:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM SCUL VE
07CARACAS2034VENEZUELAN DAILY ALLEGES BRV PLAN FOR SUPPORT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Venezuela daily "El Universal" recently published an article claiming that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has, as part of its Plan for Socio-Economic Development 2007-2013, the stated goal of promoting "alternative groups" in Mexico and Central America. The report ap [...]
2007-10-18 15:56:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS218CONOCOPHILLIPS MEETS WITH ENERGY VICE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips (CP) executives met with Energy (MEP) Vice Minister Bernard Mommer on January 31 to discuss the shipment of Cuban oil to the Petrozuata upgrader and the migration of the Petrozuata and Hamaca strategic associations to PDVSA controlled joint ventures. Mommer stated [...]
2007-02-01 15:45:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
07CARACAS2229VENEZUELA: VISIT OF G/TIP'S BARBARA FLECK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Barbara Fleck, Reports Officer for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),and Emboffs met with Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) officials and NGOs October 19-23 to discuss the government's anti-trafficking efforts. MFA officials agreed to facilitate [...]
2007-11-26 14:39:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN VE
07CARACAS2268VENEZUELA: TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C) In response to REF A tasking, Post sees no evidence that the BRV has undertaken policies or actions to advance democracy, human rights, or fundamental freedoms in Cuba over the past year. On the contrary, President Hugo Chavez is Fidel Castro's closest ally and has repeatedly and publicly [...]
2007-11-30 20:30:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC CU VE
07CARACAS2294CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: WINNERS AND LOSERS
[...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan democracy is the big winner after voters rejected President Chavez' proposed anti-democratic changes to the 1999 Constitution on December 2. There are still few real checks on Chavez' power, but Chavez will be unable to legally impose much of his desired elements of a [...]
2007-12-07 14:54:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM VE
07CARACAS235CHAVEZ'S SELF-CORONATION; GOES AFTER ELECTRICITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez promulgated the omnibus Enabling Law February 1, an instrument that gives him effectively unlimited power to rule by decree in eleven vaguely-defined areas for the next eighteen months. He then engaged in a rambling four-hour follow-on press conference in whic [...]
2007-02-02 21:54:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KDEM VE
07CARACAS2371AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH BARUTA MAYOR HENRIQUE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-19 11:26:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS2381FOOD VULNERABILITIES: BRV POLICY RESPONSES CRACK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Thanks to growing demand, inflation, strict price controls and other retrograde BRV economic policies, rolling shortages of basic food staples persist. To try to cope the BRV has rolled out massive open-air markets known as MegaMercals (frequented primarily by poor Venezuelans),[...]
2007-12-20 19:58:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR VE
07CARACAS2398CHAVEZ'S PLAN AND URIBE'S BURDEN TO RECOVER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Hugo Chavez outlined a plan designed to secure the release of three hostages of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) in a December 26 press conference. The plan calls for the participation of international observers from Venezuela and six other countries [...]
2007-12-27 15:15:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER CO VE
07CARACAS2404BRV HARASSMENT OF POLITICAL OPPONENTS
[...] (C) Summary. Despite the Christmas release of retired Army General Francisco Uson from a military prison, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) continues to use the judicial system to intimidate its high profile opponents. The BRV recently initiated hearings against ex-judge Monica Ferna [...]
2007-12-27 21:14:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV VE
07CARACAS243VENEZUELA: JUSTICE COWED
[...] (C) During the opening of the Supreme Court's 2007 judicial year, Chief Justice Omar Mora laid the legal foundation for President Chavez' "socialist" agenda, and called on the entire judicial system to support Chavez' vision. Most of the initiatives Mora announced to transform the court syst [...]
2007-02-05 21:14:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS354SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JACKSON LEE
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes the visit of Congresswoman Jackson Lee, the first congressional visitor to come to Caracas since the April 23-24, 2006 visit of Representatives Delahunt and Meeks. Since winning re-election on December 3, President Hugo Chavez has launched the "socialist" phase of the " [...]
2007-02-16 21:06:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV VE
07CARACAS359SHELL'S OIL SECTOR OUTLOOK: WAIT AND SEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Shell has been monitoring the strategic association migration negotiations closely and will base future investment decisions on their outcomes. It believes the strategic association partners' decision not to engage the BRV and offer opening negotiating positions was a grave erro [...]
2007-02-16 21:29:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
07CARACAS361VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ PICKS NEW CHIEF JUSTICE
[...] (C) On February 7, Chavez' hand-picked candidate, Luisa Estella Morales, was elected Chief Justice of the Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ). Morales, who also sits on the President's constitutional reform committee, retained the presidency of the TSJ Constitutional Chamber and, as [...]
2007-02-20 02:02:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS VE
07CARACAS444LIKELY CHAVEZ RANTS IN ARGENTINA AND BOLIVIA
[...] (S) Summary. President Chavez announced February 28 that he will visit Argentina and Bolivia starting on March 9-10, the same time that the President is visiting Brazil, Uruguay, and Colombia. Chavez is publicly criticizing the President's upcoming visit to Latin America and is helping organi [...]
2007-03-02 18:41:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPREL ETRD VE AR
07CARACAS470FOOD SECURITY IN THE BRV: MERCAL'S WOES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Mercal, the BRV's subsidized food distribution network, is plagued with corruption, inefficiency, and mismanagement. Shortages in basic staples have developed in large part because Mercal has fallen 2-3 months behind in imports. Once the poster child of the BRV's mis [...]
2007-03-05 18:22:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON PGOV VE
07CARACAS472STATOIL: VERY ANNOYED VIKINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Statoil, the three key issues in the strategic association migrations are compensation, governance, and taxes. Statoil believes it has six months to negotiate the terms of the migration. Financing arrangements will not be a serious issue. Senior BRV energy official [...]
2007-03-05 20:41:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
07CARACAS502VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES THE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) The National Assembly criticized the President's upcoming trip to Latin America by unanimously adopting a resolution on March 6 that declares the President "persona non-grata" in Latin America and rejects any attempts by him to thwart regional integration and counter Venezuela. Senior Ve [...]
2007-03-08 15:01:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS512PDVSA AND MPPEP ANNOUNCE 2006 RESULTS: BEWARE THE
[...] (SBU) Minister for People's Power of Energy and Petroleum (MPPEP) and PDVSA President Rafael Ramirez presented a consolidated financial report on their 2006 results on March 4. The end of year report details PDSVA's activities this past year, including much of its social participation. Accor [...]
2007-03-08 21:07:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET EINV VE
07CARACAS52CHAVEZ NAMES A "YES" CABINET/PREVIEWS HIS
[...] (C) Summary. President Chavez used the televised January 8 swearing-in ceremony for his new cabinet to preview his plans to steer his government toward "socialist" reforms, including expropriations of privatized industries and the revision of Venezuela's commercial code. He also harshly crit [...]
2007-01-09 21:02:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR VE
07CARACAS526CUBAN OIL CONCERNS RESURFACE
[...] (U) Action Requested. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A senior PDVSA official indicated that the Petrozuata upgrader, which is operated by ConocoPhillips, would be required to process non-Venezuelan crude in the near future. It is not clear where the crude would come from, but [...]
2007-03-09 16:06:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
07CARACAS567PRO-CHAVEZ PARTIES PUT BRAKES ON FORMATION OF A
[...] (C) Summary. President Chavez' efforts to impose the formation of a United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on pro-Chavez parties has sparked significant, public divisions among his supporters. The main Chavista party, the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR),is on board with the PSUV, but three [...]
2007-03-15 15:42:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM VE
07CARACAS574CHAVEZ SHADOWS POTUS TOUR, PROMISING AID AND LATIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During Chavez' March 9-13 "shadow tour" of President Bush's Latin American trip, he continued to aggressively push forward his own brand of dollar diplomacy and the "Bolivarian alternative" of regional financing and integration to counter USG initiatives in the region. Chavez [...]
2007-03-16 12:52:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EINT VE
07CARACAS597CHAVEZ' ETHANOL HYPOCRISY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Subsequent to the ethanol cooperation agreement President Bush signed with Brazil on March 9, Chavez has labeled ethanol as "immoral," accusing the United States of turning "food into fuel." The BRV's reaction is indicative of its hypocrisy. It has actively pursued a domestic [...]
2007-03-20 21:01:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV ENRG PREL VE CU
07CARACAS616CHAVEZ BLASTS PRO-CHAVEZ PARTIES FOR NOT DISSOLVING
[...] (C) Summary. During a March 18 television broadcast, President Chavez strongly criticized and questioned the political loyalty of three prominent pro-Chavez parties, Podemos, Patria Para Todos, and the Communist Party. He urged them to either dissolve and merge into his proposed United Soci [...]
2007-03-22 21:09:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM VE
07CARACAS71CHAVEZ'S WAY AHEAD: WORDS TO DEEDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY In the wake of President Chavez's January 10 swearing-in, Post offers the following preliminary assessment of how Chavez intends to unfold his "socialist" project in coming months. Chavez has been foreshadowing most of these moves, and we take him at his word. Untethered by vo [...]
2007-01-12 11:39:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM VE
07CARACAS718EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE
[...] (SBU) The BRV is spending more money than ever before on the back of historically high oil prices. Despite these high oil prices, PDVSA appears to have cash flow problems stemming from its role as the BRV's cash cow. Official production figures exceed most analyst estimates, and PDVSA's abili [...]
2007-04-11 16:01:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EPET EINV ENRG VE
07CARACAS763CAPRILES BACK IN COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition mayor of Baruta municipality Henrique Capriles Radonski appeared in appeals court April 16, following the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) decision to appeal a lower court's ruling to acquit him December 15. The prosecution argued Capriles failed to impede the [...]
2007-04-17 20:33:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS766CHAVEZ PRESSES RADICAL AGENDA DURING FIFTH
[...] (C) Summary. President Chavez exploited the April 11-13 commemorations of the fifth anniversary of the short-lived April 2002 coup to convey some of his most extreme political positions to date, and to buttress "Bolivarian" myths. Specifically, the Venezuelan president ruled out any meaningfu [...]
2007-04-18 12:46:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS781THE FIRST SOUTH AMERICAN ENERGY SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez described the First South American Energy Summit (Summit),which was held on Margarita Island on April 17, as a "perfect summit." Chavez ducked a fight with Brazil over ethanol and used the event to showcase his vision of South American integration -- effectively [...]
2007-04-18 23:09:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
07CARACAS789VENEZUELA CONDEMNS POSADA CARRILES' RELEASE ON BAIL
[...] (C) Summary. President Chavez, Foreign Minister Maduro, and the National Assembly have all condemned a U.S. federal judge's decision to order Luis Posada Carriles' release on bail. They have also reiterated the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV's) demands that Posada Carriles be extrad [...]
2007-04-20 21:14:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER VE
07CARACAS820CHAVEZ' SINGLE PARTY: BY UNITING, HE DIVIDES
[...] (C) Summary. President Chavez is aggressively forging ahead with his proposal to forge a single pro-government party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Swearing in over 16,000 red-shirted party promoters on April 19, Chavez announced that a party inscription drive to attract ove [...]
2007-04-26 15:27:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM VE
07CARACAS869IMF AND WORLD BANK: SO LONG AND THANKS FOR THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 30, President Chavez announced that Venezuela would withdraw from the IMF and World Bank. The announcement, which followed action taken in March by Venezuela to pay off the last of its IMF and World Bank debt and continued negotiations regarding a Bank of the South, tr [...]
2007-05-03 22:23:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEFIN VE
07CARACAS906THE THIRD MOTOR OF CHAVEZ' REVOLUTION:
[...] (C) Summary. President Hugo Chavez and his brother Adan Chavez, are leading ambitious Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) efforts to transform the country's educational system from top to bottom. The proposed reforms and a public education "Morality and Enlightenment" campaign are designe [...]
2007-05-04 20:16:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB SOCI VE
07CARACAS920AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER VP RANGEL - MAY 4
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met former Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel May 4 and probed as to how the USG could best initiate a pragmatic, bilateral dialogue with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). Rangel said President Chavez wants dialogue, but U.S. criticism of BRV policies un [...]
2007-05-08 15:12:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VE
07CARACAS967UPDATE ON THE FAJA STRATEGIC ASSOCIATION MIGRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: International oil companies (IOCs) believe PDVSA's assumption of operational control on May 1 went relatively smoothly. IOCs stated production numbers are holding stable, but the companies believe PDVSA will begin having problems operating the upgraders by the end of the year. A [...]
2007-05-15 13:12:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV ECON ELAB VE
07CHENNAI54CODEL SPECTER IN SOUTH INDIA: COMMUNISTS, COMPUTERS AND
[...] (U) Summary: During a December 17-22 visit to the south Indian states of Kerala and Karnataka, Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) viewed first-hand India's high-tech and business boom, met with judicial officials and journalists, and experienced traditional culture and politics, the latter [...]
2007-01-22 11:09:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON SCUL IN
07CONAKRY370GUINEA'S NEW GOVERNMENT MEETS INITIAL DEMANDS
[...] (C) On March 28, Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate addressed the nation with a clear message thanking all Guineans for their patience and cooperation in the creation of a "government of broad consensus". The Prime Minister listed eight priorities for his government with the consolidation of nat [...]
2007-03-29 14:20:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PINS EAID GV
07COPENHAGEN419CUBA TRANSITION COORDINATOR'S CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) U.S. Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry reviewed for Danish officials and media U.S. priorities for supporting democracy in Cuba during his April 23 visit to Copenhagen, underscoring the importance of complementary approaches from the European Union. McCarry emphasized that the Cuba [...]
2007-05-01 13:56:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ECON CU EUN DA
07COPENHAGEN988DANES WELCOME PROPOSALS ON CUBA, UNMOVED ON EMBARGO
[...] (C) Danish MFA Deputy Head of Department for Asia and Latin America (DAS-equivalent) Lars Bredal reaffirmed October 26 Denmark's commitment to a firm EU policy in support of human rights and democracy in Cuba, and indicated that the Danish government welcomes U.S. interest in joint action with [...]
2007-10-26 10:41:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ECON EUN CU DA
07COTONOU836BENIN: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT THE UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 08:08:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PHUM UN CU BN
07DAKAR1039SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIRALS STUFFLEBEEM AND
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for legislative elections on June 3, 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in promoting peace and [...]
2007-05-14 12:10:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP MARR PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA SG
07DAKAR1323SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR FIRST LADY (FLOTUS)
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, President Abdoulaye Wade has just changed Prime Ministers and reshuffled his cabinet. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States [...]
2007-06-21 08:05:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA SG
07DAKAR276GUINEA BISSAU: GOVERNMENT IS THE ONLY BUSINESS
[...] (C) As AF/W desk officer Dorsey Lockhart, PolOff, and PAO met with Bissau-Guinean government, NGO, human rights, and business leaders, January 24-26, they heard "government is the only business in Bissau." Some might have added that narcotics is fast catching on (Reftel). On January 27, the [...]
2007-02-02 14:41:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON SNAR PU
07DAKAR696SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDING
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for President Abdoulaye Wade's second inauguration on April 3, 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United Sta [...]
2007-03-27 14:12:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP ELAB PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA SG
07DAMASCUS1180SYRIA-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT,
[...] (C) Per ref A, the most recent official information available from the Syrian Central Bureau of Statistics states that in 2006, Cuban imports to Syria totaled USD 27,000 and Syrian exports to Cuba reached USD 1.2 million. These totals represent over a tenfold increase in Syrian exports to Cuba [...]
2007-12-13 16:26:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU SY
07DAMASCUS325 The Arab Summit, Syria/US, Syria/Israel Syria/Cuba,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on Mar. 30 featured the final communique and decisions issued by the Arab summit held in Riyadh on Mar. 28-29. Papers also featured two other statements, one issued by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Mar. 31 praising the results of the Arab Summit, and another by EU Fo [...]
2007-04-02 09:09:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS338Syria/US, UNRWA, Syria/Cuba, Syria/Lebanon Syria/Iraq,
[...] Summary: The Syrian press on Apr. 2 reported President Asad's meeting on Apr. 1 with members of the US House of Representatives, Frank Wolf, Joe Pitts and Robert Aderholt. Discussion at the meeting dealt with Iraq and the region in general. The delegation also met with FM Mouallem on Apr. [...]
2007-04-09 10:33:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO OPRC SY KMDR
07DAMASCUS431Syria/Cuba, Syria/Libya, Syria/US, Syria/France, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 9 reported Information Minister Mohsen Bilal's meeting on May 8 with Cuban MP Kenia Serrano, during which Bilal stressed Syria's concern to achieve stability and security in the Middle East through a just and comprehensive peace based on UN resolutions. Talks al [...]
2007-05-09 13:37:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS483SYRIA-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT, MAY 2007
[...] (C) In response to reftel: Actual trade during 2005 (the most recent official data available from the SARG) totaled USD 106,978 in Syrian exports to Cuba and USD 160,834 in Syrian imports from Cuba. The Director of International Relations at the Syrian Ministry of Economy and Trade told EconF [...]
2007-05-21 13:32:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU SY
07DAMASCUS557 Syria/Spain, Syria/Pakistan, Syria/Cuba, Golan, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 7 reported that FM Mouallem will leave for Spain today at the invitation of Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos. Mouallem will convey an oral message from President Asad to King Juan Carlos I and will hold talks with Moratinos regarding bilateral relations and th [...]
2007-06-07 11:35:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DARESSALAAM1454DEMARCHE DELIVERED - CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Noel Kaganda, Office of UN Affairs in the Multilateral and Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Kaganda expressed familiarity with the U.S. position on the Cuba embargo resolution and referenced President [...]
2007-10-31 14:19:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU TZ
07DILI327PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING MEETS TIMOR-LESTE'S LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In his September 19 visit to Timor-Leste, USPACOM Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating extended an offer to provide training and assistance appropriate to the country's security needs. PACOM, he said, would work with Timor's leaders to identify which programs and forms of train [...]
2007-09-25 09:32:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TT
07DILI352TIMOR-LESTE WILL VOTE FOR RESOLUTION CONDEMNING CUBA
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met October 26 with Foreign Minister Zacarias Albano da Costa to urge that Timor-Leste vote against Cuba's UNGA resolution condemning the U.S. embargo (reftel A). Citing the President's recent speech (reftel B),we said that the Castro regime is continuing its longstanding prac [...]
2007-10-26 09:46:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL PHUM ETRD CU TT
07DILI362PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA DESCENDS ON OPPOSITION TERRITORY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. On a November 6 - 8 trip, President Jose Ramos Horta traveled into FRETILIN territory to defend the Alliance for a Parliamentary Majority (AMP) government, promote his anti-poverty program, and counter the opposition FRETILIN party's criticisms of against his government. He pra [...]
2007-11-14 10:31:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPINR CVIS PREF ASEC TT
07DUBAI88U/S BURNS SPEAKS ON GULF SECURITY AT DUBAI THINK TANK
[...] Summary. Under Secretary Nicholas Burns spoke to an audience of roughly 100 local officials, academics, and journalists at the independent Dubai-based think tank, the Gulf Research Center (GRC) January 23, after which he took questions from the audience. Burns discussed how the US views the c [...]
2007-02-06 13:12:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPRC MARR AE IR IS LE
07DUBLIN826IRELAND LIKELY TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF CONDEMNATION OF
[...] (SBU) POLOFFS DELIVERED REFTEL ON OCTOBER 26, 2007 URGING A VOTE AGAINST THE CUBAN UNGA RESOLUTION ON THE U.S. EMBARGO TO GAVAN O'LEARY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT, IRISH DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA). O'LEARY RESPONDED THAT IRELAND'S DEFAULT POSITION FOR THIS ISSUE WOULD BE HO [...]
2007-10-30 17:09:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEI ETRD PHUM UNGA
07DUBLIN827IRELAND LIKELY TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF CONDEMNATION OF
[...] (SBU) POLOFFS DELIVERED REFTEL ON OCTOBER 26, 2007 URGING A VOTE AGAINST THE CUBAN UNGA RESOLUTION ON THE U.S. EMBARGO TO GAVAN O'LEARY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS UNIT, IRISH DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA). O'LEARY RESPONDED THAT IRELAND'S DEFAULT POSITION FOR THIS ISSUE WOULD BE HO [...]
2007-10-30 17:09:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEI ETRD PHUM UNGA
07DUBLIN828IRISH VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION ON CUBA
[...] (SBU) Poloffs met with the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Human Rights Gavan O'Leary on September 26 to encourage Ireland to promote democratic transition in Cuba. O'Leary noted the suggestions and promised to discuss the points with his Human Rights and Americas Desk [...]
2007-10-31 13:37:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PHUM EI
07DUBLIN916TOUR D'HORIZON WITH IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Ambassador Foley met with Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern on December 19 to discuss a wide range of issues. In recent days, Ahern has tamped down the public reaction to a report of the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) on extraordinary renditions. Ahern indicated that the 3500-stron [...]
2007-12-20 15:46:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECIN PBTS EAIR ECON PKFK EUN
07FRANKFURT782LEADING GERMAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGO SEEKING USG
[...] (U) This is an action cable (action request in paragraph 9). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Conservative German human rights NGO "International Society for Human Rights" (IGFM/ISHR) would like to partner informally with the USG and U.S. organizations on Iran, North Korea, and persecuted Christians. The [...]
2007-02-16 13:57:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PREL GM IR KN CU CH
07GENEVA1992DAS SINGH AND AMBASSADOR REES' GENEVA MEETINGS -
[...] (C) Summary: On an August 6-8 visit to Geneva, IO Deputy Assistant Secretary Singh and Special Representative for Social Issues Rees highlighted deep U.S. disappointment with the UN Human Rights Council and explored increasing the use of alternative fora, such as the UNGA Third Committee and t [...]
2007-08-22 15:12:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC KUNR PREF UNHCR
07GENEVA2373HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SIXTH SESSION:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council held the first part of its sixth regular session on September 10-28. It largely completed the institution-building process that had occupied much of its first year of existence, laying the groundwork for mechanisms such as universal periodic review (UPR) [...]
2007-10-11 15:39:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
07GENEVA551RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP
[...] The inter-governmental Right to Development (RTD) Working Group completed its Feb. 26-March 2 session with an unusual compromise "consensus" agreement on the chair's conclusions and recommendations that left it up to various states to decide whether or not the report opened the door for a new [...]
2007-03-07 14:57:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC
07GEORGETOWN319Cuban Doctors Fearful in Guyana
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 17:55:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM CVIS PREL SMIG CU GY
07GEORGETOWN324Cuban Doctors Fearful in Guyana
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has interviewed six applicants for significant public benefit parole (SPBP) under the Cuban Medical Personnel program. Five came to Guyana as conscripted members of the Cuban medical brigade. As they await a decision on their applications, some of these doctors fear that [...]
2007-03-30 20:56:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM CVIS PREL SMIG CU GY
07GEORGETOWN455MAKING THE USNS COMFORT A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guyana's capital and populated coastal areas benefit from one of the more impressive primary health care delivery systems in the low-income world. On the other hand, Guyana's hinterland areas are in great need of the primary health care services the USNS Comfort's ashore team co [...]
2007-05-11 13:12:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID MASS MOPS PREL TBIO XK XL GY
07GEORGETOWN502DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (U) DCM delivered demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Director General Elisabeth Harper on May 18. Ambassador Harper noted that Guyana has long been sensitized to the fight against terrorism as Guyana was itself victim of two terrorist attacks: the 1976 bombing [...]
2007-05-18 18:12:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PARM RU GY
07GEORGETOWN511Foreign Medical Assistance in Guyana
[...] Embassy Georgetown is committed to working with the Department, the Pentagon, and Southcom to carry through successfully the President's mandate that the USNS Comfort's visit will aid "people who might not otherwise get the basic health care they need to realize a better tomorrow." The Guyanes [...]
2007-05-22 17:40:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MASS MOPS PREL SOCI TBIO KPAO GY
07GEORGETOWN607GOVERNMENT THREATENED BY ANOTHER DRUG SCANDAL;
[...] (C) The GoG is threatened with yet another narco-trafficking scandal. An anonymous letter to the Commissioner of Police threatens to release audio and video surveillance recordings that link government and PPP figures to cocaine trafficking unless the Commissioner removes a corrupt senior pol [...]
2007-06-19 16:36:00Embassy GeorgetownSECRETSNAR PGOV PREL MARR PINR KCRM KCOR GY
07GRENADA156SCENESETTER CABLE FOR WHA/CAR DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO GRENADA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Grenada warmly welcomes November 12-13, 2007 visit to St. George's of WHA/CAR Director Velia de Pirro. Director De Pirro is visiting Grenada at a time when the United States is seen by Grenadians as losing its dominance in the Caribbean and China is filling the voi [...]
2007-11-06 21:21:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ASEC EAID GJ
07GRENADA157GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 03,
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR Text: A. Cuba's Ambassador In Grenada Attacks Embargo Unchallenged The Cuban ambassador to Grenada, Margarita Delgado [...]
2007-11-07 15:58:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EPET EINV PGOV GJ CU VE
07GUATEMALA1859ELECTORAL OUTCOMES: WIN, LOSE, AND DRAW
[...] (C) As the dust settles from Guatemala's September 9 national elections, clear winners and losers have emerged. For others, the outcome was ambiguous. The greatest success was that of the process itself, which was less violent and better organized than anticipated. Center-left Alvaro Colom [...]
2007-09-14 13:08:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CVPR ASEC KDEM GT
07GUATEMALA1975GUATEMALA ESTABLISHES DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) On October 1, Vice Foreign Minister Luis Fernando Andrade confirmed to Pol/Econ Couns that the Government of Guatemala had established diplomatic relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Sept. 26, 2007, on the margins of the UN General Assembly. The formal agreement wa [...]
2007-10-01 20:46:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KN GT
07GUATEMALA2156DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 17:00:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU GT
07GUATEMALA2252SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLEMAN
[...] Your November 23 - 24 visit will afford you a chance to view adoptions processes and practices in Guatemala. You will also have the opportunity to review our efforts to promote economic development, poverty alleviation, democracy, and rule of law, following the 1996 signing of the Peace Ac [...]
2007-11-19 19:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CONS PREL GT
07HANOI1062CPV GENERAL SECRETARY STOKES FRATERNAL TIES HALF A WORLD
[...] (SBU) Vietnam's State-run press has characterized Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) General Secretary Nong Duc Manh's official visits to Venezuela and Cuba from May 30 to June 1 and June 1 to June 3, respectively, as "successes" that have enhanced Vietnam's "solidarity, friendship and traditiona [...]
2007-06-06 10:18:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ETRD EPET ETTC VM CU VE
07HANOI1624MFA OFFICIALS STICK TO NAM, UNSC BUSINESS DURING TRIP TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to an MFA official who was part of a three-person GVN delegation to the recent NAM meeting on human rights held in Tehran, the Vietnamese delegation focused on the NAM event. On the margins, the delegation also lobbied with other attendees on behalf of Vietnam's UN Secu [...]
2007-09-11 17:14:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC IR VM
07HANOI1839DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 08:27:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU VM
07HANOI370VIETNAM TOURISM BOOMS, BUT "HIDDEN CHARM" UNDER THREAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's tourism industry is set to boom in the coming years, with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials expecting the number of foreign tourists to rise roughly 15 percent annually from 3.6 million in 2006 to 6 million by 2010. Despite the positive trend, tourist industry exec [...]
2007-02-28 04:27:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ECON EINV ETRD VM
07HAVANA1001FIRST ROUND OF CUBAN ELECTIONS: "IT'S THE PROCESS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first round of elections in Cuba covering only municipalities proceeded uneventfully as expected on October 21. A leading dissident, Guillermo Farinas, was detained in Villa Clara when he attempted to vote (to vote NO in his case). Two election observers, one Czech and [...]
2007-10-22 17:02:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07HAVANA1005CUBA DETAINS SOME DIPLOMATIC POUCHES
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: For the second time in a month, the Cuban government detained unclassified pouches destined for USINT Havana. Cuban officials claimed that the contents of these rejected pouches may violate the Vienna Convention by including items for personal rather than offi [...]
2007-10-25 11:24:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALAMGT ATRN CU
07HAVANA1011TSA DELEGATION VISIT TO CUBA: 7-22 OCTOBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) visited Cuba from 7 to 22 October to assess the security of Cuban airports where U.S. (OFAC-licensed) charter flights operate: i.e., Havana, Cienfuegos, Camaguey, Santiago de Cuba, and Holguin. Interchanges with [...]
2007-10-26 07:59:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALASEC EAIR ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1018 CUBAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS STAGE MASSIVE PROTESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several hundred students at the University de Oriente in Santiago de Cuba participated in a protest the past several weeks. Initially a small group of students had surrounded the car of the dean to express their outrage in the wake of the rape of a female student about the lac [...]
2007-10-26 16:35:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1019PRESIDENT'S SPEECH STRIKES CHORDS IN CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's October 24 speech on Cuba clearly struck several nerves on the island. Among the dissident community, especially those who attended a live screening of the speech at USINT, the speech and the appearance of close friends and relatives of Cuban political prisoners [...]
2007-10-26 16:37:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL
07HAVANA1029USINT DISCUSSES POTUS SPEECH WITH LOCAL DIP CORPS
[...] (C) Following up on the President's October 24 speech, USINT hosted meetings with ambassadors or their representatives from 46 embassies in Havana on October 29 and 30 to provide copies of the full text of the speech, highlight the most important points, and answer questions regarding the pr [...]
2007-10-31 18:13:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1036U.S. CHARTER AIRLINES IN CUBA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a follow-up to HAVANA 01011, regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This cable addresses specifically the operations of OFAC-licensed U.S. charters in Cuba. Based on information gathered during the trip, we [...]
2007-11-02 15:31:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL ASEC EAIR CU
07HAVANA1037CRACKDOWN ON YOUTH IN CENTRAL HAVANA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent journalist Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leyva informed several news outlets that between 60 to 70 youths were detained in Central Havana for wearing bracelets with the word "Cambio" ("Change") on them. Leyva has given staff at USINT several contradictory versions of how man [...]
2007-11-02 18:18:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1038WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On Wednesday, October 24, Cuban state television broadcast a 14-minute excerpt of President Bush,s speech on Cuba only hours after he had delivered it. The next day,s issue of state-owned newspaper Granma devoted its entire second page to excerpts of the President,s speech, inclu [...]
2007-11-02 18:18:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1044DAMAS DE BLANCO MEMBER DETAINED FOR CHANGE BRACELET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 4 November a policeman took Bertha Soler, a leading activist in Damas de Blanco, an organization of the wives of Cuban political prisoners, to a police station in Central Havana after she refused to remove a bracelet with the word Cambio (Change) on it. After Bertha asserted [...]
2007-11-05 21:53:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1052CUBAN NATIONALISM AND THE BOLIVARIAN IDEAL
[...] (C) Statements made by FM Perez Roque in a CNN interview at the UN last week that Cuba is "prepared to give up its sovereignty and flag" to become part of a greater Latin America seem to be arousing still further a dormant nationalism among ordinary Cubans. The first hints that Cubans are gr [...]
2007-11-07 15:35:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PREL
07HAVANA1056INDEPENDENT ACADEMICS LABEL CUBA'S EDUCATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 3 November 72 independent academics from all parts of Cuba attended a conference organized by Roberto de Miranda in his home in central Havana. They discussed all aspects of the state education system. The teachers and professors concluded that despite the government's com [...]
2007-11-08 22:01:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1057CUBA: IMPRESSIONS OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OUTSIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third and final cable of a series regarding the 10/7-22 visit by a delegation from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Specifically, this cable conveys general impressions about economic conditions outside Havana from USINT's Econoff, who, by way of th [...]
2007-11-08 22:47:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA106ANATOMY OF AN INJUSTICE: CUBA'S RENE GOMEZ MANZANO
[...] (C) Summary: Cuban political detainee Rene Gomez Manzano, who has spent more than 18 months in prison without charge, is a poster child for legal-system injustice. An attorney disbarred in 1995 for advocating legal reforms, Gomez was nursing a cold at home on July 22, 2005 when five political [...]
2007-01-31 20:10:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA1068LETTER FROM PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM WINNER
[...] (C) BELOW IS AN INFORMAL TRANSLATION OF A HANDWRITTEN NOTE FROM DR. OSCAR ELIAS BISCET, THANKING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR AWARDING HIM THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. THE NOTE, ROLLED UP LIKE A SMALL STRAW AND TUCKED INSIDE A SANITARY NAPKIN, WAS SNEAKED OU [...]
2007-11-14 21:32:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPINR PHUM CU
07HAVANA107025TH HAVANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The 25th Havana International Trade Fair (FIHAV-07) was held November 5-10 in Havana. This cable contrasts changes and new developments since last year. U.S. sales to Cuba have stagnated since last year and have dim prospects of improving. The Spanish government's policy of e [...]
2007-11-16 13:44:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1076URGING THE SWISS TO PRESSURE THE CUBANS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Swiss Ambassador to Havana Bertrand Louis on November 15th met with Teresita Vicente, head of the Cuban Ministry of Exterior Relations (Minrex) Europe division, to request that USINT COM be received to discuss the current unclas [...]
2007-11-16 20:32:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU
07HAVANA1077HAVANA POUCH STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Cuba (GOC) continues to reject bags from USINT unclassified diplomatic pouch deliveries, though a pattern of objectionable items is not discernable. USINT will implement a strategy with U.S. Despatch Agency Miami to identify types of materials being rejected. [...]
2007-11-16 21:13:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU
07HAVANA1081DISSIDENT LEADER RECOMMENDS GRAVELY ILL ACTIVIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading opposition leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") fell seriously ill on 17 November. He is currently hospitalized. Noted dissident Martha Beatriz Roque stated that she fears that Antunez may die in a Cuban hospital and recommends that the US make an offer of treatme [...]
2007-11-19 22:10:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1087ILL DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ MAY SEEK MEDICAL CARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") checked himself out of the hospital in Placetas (Villa Clara). He then traveled to Havana and several prominent dissidents asked GOC state security on 20 November for a commitment to provide quality medica [...]
2007-11-21 21:07:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1089BRAZIL'S NEW ENGAGEMENT WITH CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several recent developments point to Brazil's interest in building stronger bilateral ties with Cuba. The Brazilian government will increase export credits for its companies and will push for an audience with Fidel Castro during President Lula's upcoming visit. Petrobras has a [...]
2007-11-23 16:57:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1094CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ RECEIVING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") on 22 November entered the intensive care unit of Hospital Nacional in Havana. Opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR) believes that he is receiving quality care and a thorough battery of medical tests [...]
2007-11-23 23:13:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1096CUBA: COM MEETING WITH POLISH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) USINT COM and POL officer met with Polish Ambassador Marzenna Adamczyk on 23 November to discuss the recent visit of a Polish delegation to inspect a new embassy facility and the efforts of Poland to engage Cuba,s civil society. Adamczyk reported that the delegation, which was led by the [...]
2007-11-27 13:52:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
07HAVANA1098SPAIN/CUBA: DISTINCTIVE POLICY CAN LEAD TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO HAVANA ALONSO ZALDIVAR TOLD US 21 NOVEMBER THE NEXT ROUND OF THE BILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH CUBA WOULD PROBABLY NOT OCCUR UNTIL EARLY 2008, WHICH HE ATTRIBUTED TO "SCHEDULING PROBLEMS." ALONSO EXPRESSED PLEASURE AT THE DROP IN POLITICAL PRISONERS O [...]
2007-11-27 20:46:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SP CU
07HAVANA1102CUBAN DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ WANTS MEDICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to Reftel, dissident figure Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") left the Hospital in Havana because he did not want to undergo the exploratory surgery recommended by the doctors. Cuban medical staff did a large number of tests but the results were inconclusive as to id [...]
2007-11-28 21:40:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1111CUBA: FIDEL CASTRO'S HEALTH, CRITICS OF HUGO
[...] (C) POL officer met with Spanish Embassy Political Counselor on 26 November for an informal discussion re the status of on-island affairs. Spanish POL Counselor noted that he was again hearing vague rumors from his own embassy and the Spanish business community regarding Fidel Castro,s deter [...]
2007-11-30 14:05:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CU
07HAVANA1113PASTORS FOR PEACE SERVE AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENTS THREATS FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER
[...] (C) On November 23, 2007 at the first ever meeting of USINT's American citizen wardens (SEPTEL to follow),a fifth year medical student at Havana's Latin American Medical School reported that he and the other students receiving scholarships from Pastors for Peace were warned against contact with US [...]
2007-11-30 17:07:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETCASC CU KDEM PHUM SCUL
07HAVANA1115DISSIDENTS WANT TO CONSTRUCT HOMES FOR POOR CUBANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Todos Unidos, an umbrella organization of several dissident organizations, is entering a totally new field of activity by developing a project to renovate the homes of poor Cubans. They plan to start with 12 homes in the Arroyo Naranjo neighborhood of Havana. USINT believes t [...]
2007-11-30 18:57:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1121CUBANS REACT TO VENEZUELAN VOTE WITH MIXTURE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban dissidents are overjoyed with the defeat of Chavez's proposed constitutional changes. They see this as the end of a messianic campaign of Chavez to be leader of an anti-US bloque. Many also feel that the referendum is a powerful lesson in democracy for the Cuban people. [...]
2007-12-05 14:09:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1134POLICE BEAT DISSIDENTS IN CHURCH IN SANTIAGO DE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuban police on 4 December entered the church of St. Teresita in Santiago de Cuba and beat with clubs and used pepper spray on about 25 dissidents who along with other parishioners were awaiting the beginning of mass. The dissidents had held a peaceful march to the church to pr [...]
2007-12-06 21:34:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1136POLICE ASSAULT DISSIDENT LEADER ANTUNEZ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 6 December opposition leader Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") while he planned for a peaceful march of activists in Placetas noticed that police vehicles were surrounding the area. He went to the corner in front of his home where he had planned to meet the 10 other part [...]
2007-12-07 17:27:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1145CUBA TO SIGN UN ACCORDS AS DEMONSTRATIONS MARK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Human Rights Day in Cuba saw a wide variety of activity. The Damas de Blanco held two well attended marches on Sunday and Monday to mark the Day. Although state security forces monitored these activities closely, the authorities avoided any significant confrontation. In contr [...]
2007-12-12 13:26:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1153PROPOSED GOC TAX ON HARD CURRENCY EARNINGS:
[...] (U) Beginning in early January, 2008, the GOC will tax previously undeclared salaries paid to Cubans employed by foreign companies. These employees officially work for the GOC entity CUBALSE, which receives payment for them from the foreign companies and passes a minimal amount on to the empl [...]
2007-12-13 22:11:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU ECON EFIN PGOV PINR
07HAVANA1157SWISS PRESS CUBANS ON USINT TREATMENT, AND DRAW A
[...] (C) SWISS AMBASSADOR LOUIS BRIEFED USINT LATE MORNING 14 DECEMBER, JUST AFTER HIS MEETING WITH CUBAN MINREX DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA JOSEFINA VIDAL. DRAWING ON INSTRUCTIONS HE HAD RECEIVED LAST WEEK FROM BERN, AT HIS 12/14 MEETING AT MINREX, LOUIS PRESENTED VIDAL A SHORT DIP NOTE ASKING MINR [...]
2007-12-14 23:31:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU US
07HAVANA1170IS FIDEL DONE?
[...] (C) International press reports have zeroed in on the last two sentences of a letter from Fidel Castro to the evening talk show Mesa Redonda (Round Table) that dealt mostly with the Bali conference on global warming as an indication that he has announced his intention to "give up power" in C [...]
2007-12-18 22:03:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PINR PINS PREL
07HAVANA1171DAUGHTER OF INDEPENDENT LIBRARIAN HELD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 12 December, independent librarian Nereyda Rodriguez Rivero reported that she had not heard from her 19 year old daughter Yuricel Perez Rodriguez since 7 December. She said that a state security agent who had infiltrated her organization revealed that Yuricel had been picke [...]
2007-12-18 22:24:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA1186REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF SECTION 565 PROHIBITION
[...] USINT Havana requests a waiver of Section 565 of Title V, Part C of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal years 1994 and 1995 (PL 103-236) (22 USC 2679c) as it applies to contracts that expend funds appropriated to the Department of State, and that would go to persons who comply with [...]
2007-12-27 21:24:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AFIN AMGT ASUP ECON KBCT PHUM
07HAVANA1188COM CONVERSATION WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) On December 27, COM lunched with Frederic Dore, the new French Ambassador to Havana, as part of our regular contact with the French embassy, but also in anticipation of France taking the EU lead in Cuba for the next year. Slovenia, the next leader of the EU Troika has no representation in [...]
2007-12-28 21:10:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU EU PGOV PINR PINS PREL
07HAVANA1190CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP DEC. 14-28
[...] (C) ACTIVISTS DISTRIBUTE HUNDREDS OF COPIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION: On 21 December on a major thoroughfare in central Havana noted dissidents Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") and Felix Antonio Bonne Carcasses distributed over 400 copies of the UN Universa [...]
2007-12-28 22:10:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07HAVANA120CUBA: 2006 MADRUGA PROTEST EXAMINED
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: USINT has reviewed a videotape filmed by a resident of the Havana provincial town of Madruga, which shows a spontaneous neighborhood protest against police seeking to evict a well-respected citizen from his home and extort from him all his valuable property. The even [...]
2007-02-06 14:46:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV CU
07HAVANA136CUBAN GOVT RELEASES DETAINEE RENE GOMEZ MANZANO
[...] (C) In a surprise move, the Cuban Government released prominent dissident Rene Gomez Manzano on February 8, after holding him without charge (reftel) following a 2005 protest. Gomez left Nieves Morejon prison in Sancti Spiritus province at 11 am and was driven to his Havana home, arriving arou [...]
2007-02-08 20:05:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA143INTELLECTUALS' DEBATE CONTINUES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-09 19:53:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO CU
07HAVANA181CUBA'S INDEPENDENT LIBRARIANS GATHER, DESPITE
[...] (C) Summary: Despite an aggressive sabotage campaign by Cuban State Security, dozens of dissidents affiliated with Martha Beatriz Roque's organization held a one-day meeting in Havana on February 23 to mark the end of a six-month "Congress" of independent librarians. Around 50 activists took p [...]
2007-02-26 18:46:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA198CASTRO CALLS IN TO CHAVEZ' RADIO SHOW
[...] (U) Summary: Media Tuesday evening February 27 aired a tape of Fidel Castro's call to Hugo Chavez during the latter's on-air radio show called "Alo Presidente." We believe the half-hour conversation was genuine, and did not appear edited. Castro and Chavez commented on Tuesday's stock-marke [...]
2007-03-01 19:57:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON VE CU
07HAVANA210CUBAN OPPOSITION TO REGIME: THE (ART) SHOW MUST GO
[...] (C) Summary: Using detentions, mob actions and other methods, the Cuban Government blocked at least 27 pro-democracy and human rights activists from attending a USINT-facilitated opposition art show on March 2, but at least 70 others managed to participate. State Security focused on youth acti [...]
2007-03-05 19:45:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA22POLITICAL PRISONERS DESCRIBE ANGUISH IN CAMAGUEY
[...] (C) Summary: In a letter smuggled out of Cuba's infamous Kilo 7 prison in Camaguey, 16 political prisoners have denounced "barbaric" conditions, including violent and humiliating repression, a shortage of food, medical neglect and a visitation system "designed to destroy family ties." The lett [...]
2007-01-08 20:47:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA228WOMEN IN CUBAN OPPOSITION EXPRESS DEFIANCE, HOPE
[...] (C) Summary: Women in the Cuban opposition expressed defiance to the regime and hope for the future in a meeting with COM Parmly on March 7, the eve of International Women's Day. Twenty-two women discussed the emergence of the "Ladies in White" as a powerful force within the opposition, as wel [...]
2007-03-08 16:47:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KWMN KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA23LADIES IN WHITE TO CINDY SHEEHAN: VISIT A CUBAN
[...] (U) Summary: Cuba's "Ladies in White," relatives of political prisoners, have written to visiting American anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and urged her to stop by a Cuban prison during her time on the island. Sheehan and other activists arrived in Havana on January 6 with plans to march to t [...]
2007-01-09 11:15:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA239RENE GOMEZ MANZANO: PRO-DEMOCRACY GROUPS
[...] (C) Summary: Recently released political detainee Rene Gomez Manzano of the Assembly to Promote Civil Society (APSC) told COM Parmly and Emboff on March 6 that relations between Cuban pro-democracy groups are better than they have been in years. Gomez noted that all key opposition groups are u [...]
2007-03-12 18:59:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU KDEM PHUM SOCI
07HAVANA248FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF CUBAN CRACKDOWN DRAWS NEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Cuban opposition groups are planning relatively few events to mark the March 18-20 anniversary of the 2003 "Black Spring" crackdown, in which the GOC arrested, quickly tried and sentenced 75 peaceful pro-democracy activists to lengthy prison terms. (Fifty-nine of the 75 remain in [...]
2007-03-14 18:22:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA252XXXXXXXXXXXXNEED A MILLION CUBANS IN THE STREETS
[...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX told COM and Pol-Econ Counselor March 14 that she was withdrawing from her day-to-day running of the APCS for health reasons and also to focus on the bigger picture. XXXXXXXXXXXX objective for the next few months is to plan for how to mobilize a million Cubans to take to the s [...]
2007-03-15 19:36:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CU
07HAVANA258CUBA: HOW BELIEVABLE IS A FIDEL CASTRO COMEBACK?
[...] (C) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX passed us a document March 14 that describes Fidel Castro's declining health, as analyzed by a respected, XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX. The document concludes by saying that Castro has a terminal condition, and will suffer an inevitable deterioration of his faculties until [...]
2007-03-16 18:28:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CU
07HAVANA265PAYA: CUBAN REGIME NERVOUS ABOUT POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Cuban human rights leader Oswaldo Paya says that although the Cuban Government is projecting an air of confidence, thanks to Venezuelan largesse and expanding business with China, the regime is desperate about the domestic political situation and showing great insecurity. During a [...]
2007-03-19 11:03:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
07HAVANA271EMOTIONAL MARCH 18 FOR DAMAS DE BLANCO
[...] (C) Summary: Cuba's Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White),spouses/relatives of political prisoners, commemorated the fourth anniversary of the 2003 crackdown with their trademark appearance at Santa Rita Church and march down Havana's 5th Avenue, followed by an emotional video-conference with form [...]
2007-03-19 19:32:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALSOCI PHUM KPAO CU
07HAVANA272CUBAN REGIME BLOCKS "LADIES" FROM APPROACHING KEY
[...] (C) Summary: Deploying 16 vehicles and dozens of officials, Cuban State Security prevented 20 "Ladies in White" from approaching Revolution Plaza at around 8:30 pm on March 18, the fourth anniversary of the start of the 2003 crackdown. The incident marked the first time in recent memory that [...]
2007-03-19 19:41:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM SOCI CU
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