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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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09KATHMANDU842SCENESETTER: DASD SCHER VISIT TO NEPAL
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. The last high-level visit to Nepal was A/S Blake's visit in June, and your visit will convey the message that the USG is committed to supporting Nepal's peace process and transition to a full-fledged democracy. Arriving only a week af [...]
2009-09-11 19:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MARR NP
09KATHMANDU864NEPAL: JUDICIAL POLITICS, POLITICIZED JUDICIARY
[...] (C) Summary: Key judicial leaders in Nepal are deeply concerned about Maoist-supported constitutional proposals on the judiciary, which would empower parliament to appoint and remove judges, and interpret the constitution. The Supreme Court Chief Justice and others are actively lobbying the C [...]
2009-09-18 08:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU906NEPAL: CONTROVERSIAL ARMY GENERAL COULD BE PROMOTED
[...] (C) Summary: Based on media reports that Nepal Army (NA) Major General Toran Singh, who is alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses, was soon to be promoted to Lieutenant General, the Defense Attache met with two cabinet ministers and the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) to voice U.S. conc [...]
2009-10-02 12:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR PREL PINR NP
09KATHMANDU966MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN RUNOFF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 11:05:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KHARTOUM1019Civilian Protection Against LRA Attacks in Southern Sudan
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Reftel, PolOff met with Minister of Interior Gier Cuang Aluong, SPLA Chief of Staff Major General James Hoth and UNMIS officials to assess the SPLA, UNMIS and Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) response capacity to Lord's Republican Army (LRA) attacks in Western [...]
2009-09-03 11:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS MOPS UG SU
09KHARTOUM1022SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETING WITH GOSS VICE
[...] (c) Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration met Government of South Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar on August 20. Machar spoke at length about the political dynamic between the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and its partner in the Government of National Unity (GONU),the Nation [...]
2009-09-04 09:34:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PREL AU SU
09KHARTOUM1051SUDANESE OPPOSITION VOWS TO DEFEAT BASHIR IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Members of Sudan's opposition parties told staff members from the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee (Staffdel Doran) that they have formed an alliance to oust Sudanese President Omar al Bashir in the 2010 elections. The Umma Party, Popular Congress Party (PCP),Communist [...]
2009-09-14 14:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1072SOUTHERN SUDANESE FINANCE MINISTER COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Finance and Economic Planning David Deng Athorbei on September 22 to discuss the return of USD seven million in cash from a Citibank courier flight. Deng committed to the return of the money "in a very short time" [...]
2009-09-23 12:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN KDEM PGOV PREL UN
09KHARTOUM1102UNAMID CLOSER TO FULL DEPLOYMENT, BUT STILL FACING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 13 visit to the El Fasher headquarters of the United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),UNAMID leadership told Special Envoy (SE) Gration that they are working vigorously to shift the mission's focus from deployment to employment. The force is now [...]
2009-09-29 09:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO AU SU
09KHARTOUM1240GOSS VP MACHAR GIVEN MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?
[...] (C) Summary: Over two days of meetings, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) told the United States Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration that it was interested in negotiating a broad "package deal" with its Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) partner the National Congres [...]
2009-11-04 06:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM1241U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH DR. GHAZI
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 2 meeting, U.S Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration discussed with influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin a brief list of possible resolutions to outstanding points of contention between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan Pe [...]
2009-11-04 06:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KAWC MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM1319Energy Ministry Official Says Sudan's Oil to Run Out by
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 9, Hamad Elneel Abdulgadir, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) complained to Poloff that the Ministry's efforts in training Southern Sudanese for oil industry jobs had been a failure, one reason that the National Petroleum Commission [...]
2009-11-23 08:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SU
09KHARTOUM138SPLM SG AMUM PAINTS A BLEAK PICTURE OF THE NCP'S
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary General of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) told CDA Fernandez that NCP will likely behave normally after the announcement of an ICC indictment of Government of National Unity (GNU) President Al-Bashir. But he expects the National Congress Party (NCP) to q [...]
2009-02-03 15:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO AU SU
09KHARTOUM1435USCIRF DELEGATION'S DECEMBER 5-10 VISIT TO KHARTOUM
[...] (SBU) Summary: During their visit to Khartoum, December 5-10, a delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with civil society, non-governmental organizations (NGO),United Nations in Sudan (UNMIS) representatives, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission [...]
2009-12-21 06:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1445NATIONAL ASSEMBLY UNILATERALLY PASSES NCP BACKED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 20, the National Assembly passed the National Security Law in a National Congress Party (NCP) "mechanical majority" vote without the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's (SPLM) or opposition party support. The SPLM and other opposition parties strongly objected to the [...]
2009-12-23 11:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO
09KHARTOUM1476NEC PROCEDURES CONCERN ELECTIONS ADVISORS AND
[...] (C) Summary. Following the end of voter registration on December 7, the voter roll exhibition and challenge period were "check-the-box" exercises in which few voters were aware of the process, according to election advisors here. In the view of the latter, the National Election Commission (NEC) [...]
2009-12-31 10:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM166WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) has been given a headquarters and some funding, but no mandate or support from GOS officials to implement its recommendations, Chairman of the SPI Drafting Committee Professor Atayeb Hajj Attia told CDA Fernandez in a meeting on February 5. Whi [...]
2009-02-05 15:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM189AVOIDING MYOPIA ON DARFUR
[...] (C) The solutions to Darfur are well known and the UN and international community need look no further than the many initiatives and proposals that Sudanese themselves have produced over the last five years, Umma Reform and Renewal party leader and former regime insider Mubarak al Fadil al Mah [...]
2009-02-10 13:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM198REGIME IS CORNERED, SAYS NCP FUR INTELLECTUAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Miscalculations in dealing with the SPLM, Darfur rebels and Northern opposition parties have left the NCP severely weakened and unable to take decisive action, Fur intellectual and NCP member Dr. Faroug Ahmed Adam told CDA Fernandez and poloff in a meeting on February 10. The iro [...]
2009-02-12 11:41:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU
09KHARTOUM234NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION STILL AIMS FOR ELECTIONS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-22 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM252NEW MINISTER ATTEMPTS TO CURB SPLA CORRUPTION
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 8 2. (C) SUMMARY: SPLA Affairs Minister Nhial Deng Nhial is attempting to move against commanders he suspects of corruption within the SPLA's senior echelons less than one month into his ministerial tenure. The Minister's political cover for the i [...]
2009-02-24 12:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS EFIN MOPS MARR KDEM KCOR SU
09KHARTOUM264SPLM LEADERSHIP IN THE NUBA MOUNTAINS IN FLUX
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a decisive and long-overdue move, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Council of Southern Kordofan voted to oust Deputy Governor Daniel Kodi from his position of SPLM State Chairman. The vote of no-confidence in Kodi as the SPLM's lead-man in the Nuba Mountains is [...]
2009-02-25 13:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM365BASHIR CONTINUES TIRADE AGAINST THE WEST AND PROMISES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a fiery speech March 16, President Bashir announced that all international aid organizations would be forced to leave Sudan within a year. For now, moderate NCP officials appear to be backing the President, and we have heard a surprising number of moderate NCP official say th [...]
2009-03-16 15:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM382ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR BASHIR IS A GAME-CHANGER FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant for Government of National Unity (GNU) President Al-Bashir will certainly have a bearing on the process of democratic transformation in Sudan, and the national elections in particular. As a result, the USG needs to be prepared politically [...]
2009-03-18 13:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM393NEC OFFICIAL SUPPORTS STAGGERED ELECTIONS, SHUNS A
[...] Summary: One of the nine National Electoral Commission (NEC) members, Mukhtar Assam, stated that the NEC would very soon inform the GNU that full-scale elections by the CPA-intended elections date of July are not technically feasible. Assam said that elections in November-December 2009 or Jan [...]
2009-03-20 10:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM414UN DUCKS TOUGH QUESTIONS ON SUDANESE ELECTIONS
[...] Summary: During the first Electoral Assistance Group (EAG) meeting after the ICC's March 4 arrest warrant for Government of National Unity (GNU) President Al-Bashir, the UN spoke at length about meager and unimpressive electoral preparations made by the National Electoral Commission (NEC),but [...]
2009-03-23 13:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM523A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR THE SPLM NUBA AS ABDEL AZIZ AL-HELOU
[...] (U) On April 14, Nuba mountains native and respected SPLM national figure Abdel Aziz Al-Helou was sworn in by the President of the Government of National Unity (GNU) as the Deputy Governor for Southern Kordofan State (SKS). Abdel Aziz's appointment to this position comes after the SPLM Nuba ex [...]
2009-04-15 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM532KHARTOUM AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE AFTER ACTION REOPRT AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: When Authorized Departure was announced on March 10, 2009,the post had previously prepared for personnel and logistical issues associated with a large-scale evacuation of Mission personnel. However, the Embassy had less than one day's notice that the Department had decided to [...]
2009-04-21 03:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC AEMR KFLO CASC SU
09KHARTOUM592UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDS CENSUS ROLL-OUT, FRUSTRATION
[...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Finance Minister Kuol Mawien, a member of the Population Census Council (PCC) and a key GoSS advisor on the census, counseled GoSS President and Government of National Unity (GNU) First Vice President Salva Kiir to completely reject the 2008 ce [...]
2009-05-05 14:09:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KPKO SOCI KDEM AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM7MORE ON POSSIBLE REPLACEMENTS FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The SPLM continues to believe that a succession scenario is likely, and it contends that the NCP regime is actively considering several candidates to replace President Bashir. However, many observers in Khartoum doubt that President Bashir will ever agree to step down as a resul [...]
2009-01-04 15:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM713CODEL ISKASON MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Bob Corker (R-TN) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, accompanied by CDA a.i. Asquino and emboffs, met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahudin at the Ministry of Federal Rule in Khartoum on May 25. Later that afternoon, they met wit [...]
2009-06-01 10:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM726NCP OFFERS ELECTION STRATEGIES AND STRESSES POST-REFERENDUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2, CDA Whitehead made introductory calls on Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah Eddin as well as NCP strategists Yahya Babiker and Sayed Al-Khateeb. The NCP praised the Obama Administration's "new approach" to U.S.-Sudanese relations, provided some insight into NCP election [...]
2009-06-04 12:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM785SUDANESE ELECTIONS DATE TO SLIDE TO APRIL 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM802PARTING THOUGHTS ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN DARFUR FROM THE
[...] (SBU) On his last day on the job after five years with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan, two of those years as the OCHA/Sudan Chief, Mike McDonagh (protect) provided USAID officers with a candid tour d'horizon of the humanitarian situation in Darfur. [...]
2009-07-01 08:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM837SUDAN: CDA MEETS WITH SLA/MM REBEL FACTION LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: CDA Whitehead, the DCM and POLOFF met with Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA/MM) faction leader, Mini Minnawi and senior advisor Ali Traio at Minnawi's Khartoum residence on July 9. Minnawi began the meeting by saying that while the current situation in Darfur remains quiet, he w [...]
2009-07-14 05:53:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM914PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BONA MALWAL DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Whitehead met with Presidential Adviser Bona Malwal on July 29 at the latter,s request. A former minister in the late 1970s under Nimeiri and a long-time antagonist of the late John Garang, Malwal continues to pursue politics in the South while maintaining stron [...]
2009-08-07 09:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPINS PHUM PGOV UN AU SU
09KIGALI118RWANDA ON JUDGE PAINTER CANDIDACY FOR UN POST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 15:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR UNGA RW
09KIGALI174TREASURY DAS MCDONALD VISITS RWANDA
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: U.S. Department of Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for International Affairs and Technical Assistance Policy visited Kigali March 15-16. He heard mixed reviews on Rwanda's economy and business climate from government officials, commercial bankers, inter [...]
2009-03-21 09:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD ECON PGOV EINV RW
09KIGALI207RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]
2009-04-13 07:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI208RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]
2009-04-13 07:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI237SUPPORTING DARFUR CANDIDACY OF RWANDAN GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Rwandan government (GOR) has nominated Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba to be the Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNAMID) in Darfur, replacing current Commander, Nigerian General Martin Agwai. Nyamvumba is currently the J4 (Logistics Ch [...]
2009-04-24 09:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI279SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE: RWANDA UN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: I am delighted you will participate in the UN Security Council's May 17-18 visit to Rwanda. The Mission staff and I look forward to assisting you during your visit. Your participation underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda and our support [...]
2009-05-08 06:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MOPS PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI289NKUNDA LOSES ROUND TWO; JUSTICE MINISTERS MEET ON
[...] (C) On April 17, a Rwandan Intermediate court in Gisenyi denied an application for release of detained renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda. Ruling on procedural grounds similar to those of an earlier Kigali court (Ref A),the court held that it lacked the "competence" to hear the matte [...]
2009-05-08 13:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
09KIGALI31GERMANY, RWANDA AGREE TO RESTORE NORMAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) On January 19 the Rwandan and German governments jointly announced they would appoint new ambassadors: the two governments agreed to "post to each other's capitals new heads of their respective missions in the near future." Rwanda had withdrawn its ambassador and requested the departure [...]
2009-01-21 09:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI325RWANDAN AMBASSADORS NAMED FOR DRC AND OTHER POSTS
[...] (SBU) On May 6, the Rwandan cabinet announced the nomination of several new ambassadors, including most prominently Amandin Rugira as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Following are biographic notes and Mission comments on the various nominations. 2. (SBU) Amandin [...]
2009-05-27 09:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI346RWANDA SUPPORTIVE OF MYERS ICSC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 10:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL UNGA RW
09KIGALI672KAGAME LOOKS SET TO WIN 2010 VOTE; NEW PARTIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwanda is set to hold presidential elections in August 2010. President Paul Kagame is likely to run and win a second seven-year term, and his party dominates the national political landscape. Despite this, several small new political parties and figures have emerged in recent [...]
2009-10-15 16:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EAID KJUS RW
09KIGALI690UNGA DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarches on October 26 to Rwandan MFA's Director General of Europe, Americas and International Organization Affairs Mr. Ben Rutsinga. Regarding Ref A items, Rutsinga said that in 2007 and earlier Rwanda abstained from voting on "no-action motions," but changed it [...]
2009-10-26 16:32:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA UN RW
09KIGALI694ELECTORAL COMMISSION UNVEILS PLANS FOR 2010 VOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwandan election officials briefed the donor community October 15 on preparations for Rwanda's next presidential elections, set for August 9, 2010. Outstanding funding needs are modest at $1.2m, and the electoral process will feature a twenty-day campaign period. Parliament is [...]
2009-10-27 16:43:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID RW
09KIGALI719OPPOSITION FIGURE NTAGANDA TO CHALLENGE KAGAME AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 25, members of the fledgling Parti Social-Imberakuri (PS-Imberakuri) party voted overwhelmingly to nominate party founder Bertrand Ntaganda, an ethnic Hutu lawyer, to be their candidate for Rwanda's 2010 presidential elections. Ntaganda was a founding member of the P [...]
2009-11-04 06:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI857SENATE PRESIDENT OPPOSES ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting with Ambassador, Senate president Vincent Biruta said he was opposed to anti-homosexual language in the current draft penal code, and he did not expect such language to pass. Biruta said his party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD),would soon decide [...]
2009-12-15 14:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS RW
09KIGALI862GETTING TO KNOW SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The president of the Rwandan Socialist Party, an intellectual and Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) veteran whose family was killed during Rwanda's political violence of the late 1950s, is strongly pro-American and critical of China. He leads a small party which is aligned with the [...]
2009-12-17 12:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI874RPF FLEXES ITS MUSCLES DURING CONGRESS, CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, approximately 2500 Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) members from across Rwanda held a party congress in Kigali to hear remarks by Rwandan president Paul Kagame and other senior figures and to elect individuals to fill party leadership slots. RPF rank and file n]F 6v [...]
2009-12-22 06:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RW
09KINGSTON1000Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Maritime Interdiction Training Course with the starting date of 25 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed c [...]
2009-11-25 15:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON1022Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) - DISAM INTL-PURCHASER (IT) course with starting date of 02 Dec 09, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2009-11-27 15:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1060Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Crime Scene Investigators Course with the starting date of 5 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidat [...]
2009-12-08 17:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON1062Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) -International Officer Captain Career course with starting date of 22 Dec 09, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory info [...]
2009-12-08 17:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1072Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) -Maneuver SLC Course with starting date of 05 JAN 10, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name [...]
2009-12-09 18:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1074Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) -Criminal Investigation DIV Special Agent Course with starting date of 04 JAN 10, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory [...]
2009-12-09 19:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1088Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Maritime Interdiction Training Course with the starting date of 25 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed c [...]
2009-12-10 20:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON1098Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Naval Staff College Course with the starting date of 06 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]
2009-12-14 19:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1160Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Patrol Craft Officer Course with the starting date of 08 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]
2009-12-22 15:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1162Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Patrol Craft Hull Maintenance Course with the starting date of 15 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed ca [...]
2009-12-22 15:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1164Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Combat Engineering Officer Course with the starting date of 26 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candi [...]
2009-12-22 15:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON131URGENT REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) and Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the IDEC pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed cand [...]
2009-02-20 14:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON14CORRECTED - REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in an Army-provided Infantry Training, February 20, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of propos [...]
2009-01-09 14:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON140REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Fire Protection Apprentice Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...]
2009-02-24 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON141REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Air Traffic Control Apprentice Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candida [...]
2009-02-24 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON142REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Advanced Engineering Aid Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-02-24 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON143REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Officer Candidate School Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-02-24 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON144JAMAICA ANNOUNCES CANDIDATURE FOR RE-ELECTION TO
[...] Post has received the following diplomatic note, dated 4 February 2009, from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of diplomatic note 50/140/19) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its compliments to the/ [...]
2009-02-24 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA PBTS EFIS AORC IMO JM XL
09KINGSTON146JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 18:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA
09KINGSTON149REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Builder Class 1 Advance Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-02-26 12:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON150REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Information Technology Specialist Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed cand [...]
2009-02-26 12:29:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON151REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Military Police Investigator Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate [...]
2009-02-26 12:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON156JAMAICA: APPELLATE COURT RULING DISPELS PROSPECT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 20:47:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ASEC SOCI KCOR CARICOM IBRD
09KINGSTON187REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR VIP
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the VIP Security Training Course, being offered by DS/ATA, April 27 - May 15, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogato [...]
2009-03-12 14:45:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON208JAMAICA: (C) DESPITE RUMORS TO THE CONTRARY, THERE
[...] (C) Summary: When asked by the NAS Director on March 13 if the rumors of his departure were true, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, current Commissioner of Police just laughed. While nothing is beyond the realm of possibility, Lewin's response seems to confirm the learned opinions of the current Pe [...]
2009-03-19 19:33:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL JM
09KINGSTON22REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Aircraft Flight Equipment (Sys) Apprentice Course, Sheppard AFB, TX, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2009-01-12 17:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON221JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S RULING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 20:28:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR KCOR CARICOM IBRD
09KINGSTON223JAMAICA: BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS WEAKENED STATE OF
[...] (SBU) On March 18, Charge James Heg hosted a group of Jamaican business leaders at a lunch to discuss the state of the local economy. The discussions also covered the political dynamics following the decision by the Jamaican Supreme Court on the dual citizenship case. The business leaders wer [...]
2009-03-23 20:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TRYS ENRG SOCI EFIN EINV EAIR IADB IBRD
09KINGSTON224REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BASIC
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in Basic and Advance I2 Training Courses, being offered April 1-6 and April 7-9, respectively, held here at the U.S. Embassy Kingston, pursuant to the Leahy Act [...]
2009-03-24 19:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON226REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the MILITARY INTEL OFFICER BASIC COURSE, INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL, FT. HUACHUCA, ARIZONA, APRIL 29, 2009 . pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post ha [...]
2009-03-24 19:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON227REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Boatswains Mate A Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Nam [...]
2009-03-24 19:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON228REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Small Arms/Towed Artillary Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...]
2009-03-24 19:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON23REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Electronics Technician Course, US Coast Guard Training Center, Petaluma, CA, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informat [...]
2009-01-12 17:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON230REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Criminal Invest Division Special Agent Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed [...]
2009-03-24 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON231REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Officer Candidate School Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-03-24 20:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON232JAMAICA: RULING LABOUR PARTY (JLP) CANDIDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 11:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR KCOR CARICOM IBRD
09KINGSTON255REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR 2009
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the 2009 International Fugitive Investigators Conference, being held May 5-7, 2009 in Toronto, Canada, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. P [...]
2009-04-02 18:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON268JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 11:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON277REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the International Sea Cargo Interdiction Training 2, being held April 27-May 8, 2009 here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Po [...]
2009-04-08 14:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON28REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Jungla Commando Course, being offered by the Colombian Military, Colombia, January 26 through May 29, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance [...]
2009-01-12 20:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON298JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 19:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON301JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 19:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON306FEW OPTIONS FOR CASH STRAPPED JAMAICA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the Bruce Golding-led administration reaches the 18 month mark; the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) faces difficult decisions on the eve of its second budget presentation. Still suffering the effects of the global economic meltdown and frozen credit markets, the GOJ has been for [...]
2009-04-22 20:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON31REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Jungla Commando Course, being offered by the Columbian Military, January 26 through May 29, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post [...]
2009-01-14 14:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON318REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the INT Maritime Law Enforcement Officer Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed c [...]
2009-04-27 18:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON319REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Electronics ADV Digital OJT Tech Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candi [...]
2009-04-27 19:37:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON321REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Combat Engineer Officer Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-04-27 20:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON328REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Auto Organizational Maintenance Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]
2009-04-30 16:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON329REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Auto Organizational Maintenance Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]
2009-04-30 17:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON330REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Damage Controlman/OJT Tech Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...]
2009-04-30 17:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON331REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Dental BNCOC Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Name: [...]
2009-04-30 17:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON332REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Machinery Tech ADV/Refrigerator Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]
2009-04-30 17:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON429REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the INT.Officer Captain Career Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...]
2009-05-27 18:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON431REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the US Sergeant Major Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Nam [...]
2009-05-27 19:08:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON436JAMAICA: PARTIES NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR JUNE 16
[...] (U) Summary: On May 29, Jamaica's two major political parties announced their candidates to contest the June 16 by-election in the North East St. Catherine constituency. The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) selected its incumbent Member of Parliament (MP),Desmond Gregory Mair, who earlier th [...]
2009-05-29 20:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON452JAMAICA: GOVERNING PARTY TO CHALLENGE PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (U) Summary: In reaction to protracted legal challenges against the qualifications of four of his ruling Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Members of Parliament (MP),Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding indicated on May 29 that he would consider mounting similar efforts against "several" sitting MPs f [...]
2009-06-08 14:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON453REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE JCF
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Training of the Trainers Course, being held mid June 2009 here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory in [...]
2009-06-08 14:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON457JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDATE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche in support of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to Ms. Norma Taylor Roberts, Director of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]
2009-06-09 19:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KINGSTON458JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UPCOMING ELECTION OF NEW
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to determine whether Jamaica will present a candidate or support another country's candidate for Director General (DG) of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at its biennial meeting in October in Montego Bay, Jamaica. D [...]
2009-06-09 19:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABUD AGR AORC EAGR ECON ETRD FAO FAS IICA OAS PGOV
09KINGSTON482REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s) [...]
2009-06-17 15:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON483REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Captains Career Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Name: [...]
2009-06-17 15:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON490JAMAICA: JLP WINS BIG IN NORTH EAST ST. CATHERINE BY
[...] (U) Gregory Mair, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP),won handily a court-ordered by-election over the opposition People's National Party's (PNP) candidate, Granville Valentine on June 15. Mair almost tripled his margin of victory in the 2007 general election and p [...]
2009-06-18 19:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON493REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE JCF
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID COMET Gang Investigation Training, being held in July here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory [...]
2009-06-19 15:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON504JAMAICA: FSN WAGES STAGNATE AMIDST HIGH INFLATION; ACTION
[...] (SBU) Jamaica has a long history of price instability influenced largely by currency depreciation. Prices rose on average by 13.4 percent annually during the past six years. Although inflation has moderated to below 2 percent for the first four months of 2009, it is expected to increase for t [...]
2009-06-26 12:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN AMGT APER XL JM
09KINGSTON512REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE JCF
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Gang Investigation Training July, 2009 here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. N [...]
2009-06-29 17:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON526REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FBI
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the JCF to participate in the Police Role in Combating Terrorism held here in Jamaica, July 27-31, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of prop [...]
2009-07-07 19:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON528JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF
[...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated June 30, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/101/41) "Ref. No: 50/101/41 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of J [...]
2009-07-08 15:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDACABQ AORC PHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON539REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JDF) to participate in the Community-based Policing training pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]
2009-07-14 17:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON543REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Jungla Commando Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-07-15 21:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON545REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for ANG, Pre-Ranger/Ranger training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of propo [...]
2009-07-16 14:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON549REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Counter-Terrorism Mobile Training Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed cand [...]
2009-07-17 14:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON550REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]
2009-07-17 14:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON559REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Gang Investigation Methods Workshop to be held here in Jamaica August 19-20, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derog [...]
2009-07-22 17:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON566REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]
2009-07-24 19:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON601JAMAICA: RUMBLINGS OF KEY PERSONNEL CHANGES IN
[...] (C) The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP)-led government is undergoing a second major reshuffle of portfolios for the year. Key Minister of Finance advisors Don Wehby and Dennis Chung have returned to the private sector. Chris Zacca, President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ),[...]
2009-08-13 13:22:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV SOCI IADB
09KINGSTON606JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE UNESCO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 15:31:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALUNESCO JM XL
09KINGSTON611JAMAICA: SUPREME COURT ORDERS THIRD BY-ELECTION IN CONTINUING
[...] (U) On August 12, Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Hibbert: -- ruled that Michael Stern of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP),the Member of Parliament (MP) representing North West Clarendon parish, had been improperly nominated for the September 2007 general election because he had then held dual [...]
2009-08-17 13:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI PREL CASC CPAS JM XL
09KINGSTON626JAMAICA ENERGY MINISTRY: PLANNING AND CHANGING, AGAIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marcia Forbes, the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Energy, resigned on August 20 after serving only four months. She became PS when Minister James Robertson took over the portfolio in April from then-Minister Clive Mullings (reftel A). The PS position has yet to be [...]
2009-08-24 18:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ENV ECON ETRD EIND EMIN PINR IADB IBRD
09KINGSTON629REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR USAID TRAINING - COMMUNITY POLICING WORKSHIP SEPTEMBER 1, 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 19:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON643REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following cadidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET),pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed [...]
2009-08-27 16:20:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON644REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of [...]
2009-08-27 16:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON645REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for USAID-funded community-based police training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s) [...]
2009-08-27 19:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON646REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for USAID-funded community-based police training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s) [...]
2009-08-27 19:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON647REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID-funded community-based policing workshop, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of p [...]
2009-08-27 20:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON649REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in USAID-funded Non-geographical Community Policing Workshop pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Nam [...]
2009-08-28 17:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON651REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USMS-funded Defensive Tactics Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed can [...]
2009-08-28 18:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON653REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID-funded community-based policing workshop for non-geographic officers, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory i [...]
2009-08-28 21:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON654CORRECTION - REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID-funded community-based policing workshop for non-geographic officers, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory i [...]
2009-08-28 21:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON656REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-31 17:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON667JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. CONSENT OF NOMINATED
[...] Post received the following Diplomatict Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 24, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 324/801/65) Ref. No.: 324/801/65 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaic [...]
2009-09-02 19:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON669JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF
[...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 27, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/141/3) "Ref. No. 50/141/3 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica p [...]
2009-09-02 19:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SOCI PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON679UPDATED - REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 14:14:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON681REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USG-funded Critical Incident Course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed can [...]
2009-09-09 18:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON682JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT OF NOMINATED
[...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated August 31, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/140/81) "Ref. No. 50/140/81: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign T [...]
2009-09-09 20:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEIND PHUM PGOV PREL WTO JM XL
09KINGSTON695JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY
[...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...]
2009-09-17 20:59:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC PINR SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON699JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY
[...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...]
2009-09-18 18:26:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON700UPDATED: Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following three (3) candidates of the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF)who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed ca [...]
2009-09-17 19:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON701JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS re HIGH-PROFILE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 22:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON746JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff presented a diplomatic note and delivered demarche requesting the support of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) for the U.S. candidacy in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council election at the 26th IMO Assembly, to be held in London, November 23-December 4, [...]
2009-09-25 19:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL PREL
09KINGSTON79REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Light Infantry Training Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]
2009-01-28 16:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON80REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Basic Officer Leaders/INT Student Prep Course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed c [...]
2009-01-28 16:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON826Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following eight (8) candidates who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Name: [...]
2009-10-13 19:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM ASEC
09KINGSTON830Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Name: [...]
2009-10-13 20:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON838Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidate: Name: [...]
2009-10-14 14:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON844Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for USAID-funded community-based police training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of pr [...]
2009-10-15 15:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON852Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Name: [...]
2009-10-15 19:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON890JAMAICA: LETTER TO U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION re
[...] Under cover of the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s diplomatic note 50/140/19 dated 16 October 2009, Post has received the attached letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and signed by the GoJ's Minister of Transport and Works L. Michael Henry, with the request that it be [...]
2009-10-23 18:38:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA EWWT PBTS EFIS AORC PTER IMO JM XL
09KINGSTON902JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR
[...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered demarche requesting the support of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) for the candidacy of Dr. Victor Villalobos for Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) meeting in [...]
2009-10-27 19:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABUD EAGR AORC ECON ETRD FAO FAS IICA OAS PGOV PREL
09KINGSTON906Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending a
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the British High Commission and the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for a NAS/USMS sponsored surveillance course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2009-10-28 20:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON958Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the British High Commission and the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for International Military Education and Training (IMET) with starting dates of 30 Nov 09 and 02 Dec 09, pursuant to the Leahy Act and F [...]
2009-11-17 12:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON97JAMAICA: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 13:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON SENV EFIN EINV ETRD TRYS IADB IBRD PGOV
09KINGSTON998JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO
[...] (U) Per reftel, EmbOff presented demarche and diplomatic note to solicit support for U.S. candidacy for WHO executive board. Demarche and dipnote were delivered to Ms. Shae-Alicia Lewis and Mr. Rohan Clarke of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Minis [...]
2009-11-24 20:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO JM XL
09KINSHASA1025EQUATEUR ELECTIONS: THE END OF THE OPPOSITION?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The interim governor, Jean-Claude Baende, won a special gubernatorial election in Equateur Province. Baende is an independent with close ties to President Kabila's AMP. As the AMP now controls all 11 provinces, it is well-situated to crush a feckless opposition in (unlikely) 2 [...]
2009-11-19 13:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINS CG
09KINSHASA1034FOLLOW-UP TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (SBU) Subsequent to vetting request cable: 000974, Post has received derogatory information from MONUC, regarding two candidates: Colonel Willy Bonane and Mulimbi Lufungula. As a result, post revokes its earlier recommendation regarding eligibility for training of these two candidates. They ar [...]
2009-11-25 12:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1050 U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While local audiences in Kisangani are supportive of U.S. military training of the FARDC battalion, they have expressed concerns about the motivations of the U.S. effort, manner in which candidates are being vetted, and the nature of follow-on activities to sustain the battalio [...]
2009-12-02 06:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1071PROMINENT PPRD PARLIAMENTARIAN ON KIMIA II, SGBV,
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with polcouns, Jean Mbuyu Luyongola, a prominent PPRD parliamentarian, stressed that sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) was a societal problem in the DRC. Ill-disciplined FARDC and police aggravated SGBV, as did the culture of impunity. Creating n effe [...]
2009-12-09 15:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN MOPS KPKO KDEM CG
09KINSHASA1073U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT THE PUBLIC IN KISANGANI
[...] (SBU) Summary: While local audiences in Kisangani are supportive of U.S. military training of the FARDC battalion, they have expressed concerns about the motivations of the U.S. effort, manner in which candidates are being vetted, and the nature of follow-on activities to sustain the battali [...]
2009-12-10 08:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1077REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to attend U.S.-sponsored training in the DRC. Post found no derogatory information on any of the candidates. 2. Names of proposed candidates are as fol [...]
2009-12-11 13:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1078REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following two candidates selected to attend a total of six months training at the Defense Language Institute and Institute of International Legal Studies in the United States. Post found [...]
2009-12-11 13:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1079CAMPAIGN FOR 2011 ELECTIONS KICKS OFF AS KABILA
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 State of the Nation address, President Kabila implicitly launched his campaign for the 2011 local and presidential elections, focusing his points primarily on domestic political issues. Kabila predicted GDP growth of 5.4% in 2010, and he lauded the progress ma [...]
2009-12-14 06:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN SENV KDEM EINV CG
09KINSHASA1086 EMBASSY'S MARK TWAIN LITERARY PRIZE HELPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: PAS Kinshasa conceived, organized and sponsored the monthly Mark Twain Literary Prize from June to December 2009. Due to the event's enormous popular success, Ambassador has announced that the contest will be extended for another six-month period. More than 150 short works o [...]
2009-12-15 14:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL PHUM PINR SCUL SOCI CG
09KINSHASA1089 CONGOLESE MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The media environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is unusually problematic and complicated, even by African standards. This is the first in a series of reports on the DRC press and mass media designed to help USG readers better understand the constraints and c [...]
2009-12-16 07:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1090 CONGOLESE MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The media environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is unusually problematic and complicated, even by African standards. This is the first in a series of reports on the DRC press and mass media designed to help USG readers better understand the constraints and c [...]
2009-12-16 08:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1096EMBASSY KINSHASA TEAM VISITS BAS CONGO TO DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Embassy Kinshasa team comprised of two political officers, a representative of the office of the defense attache, and a USAID/OFDA representative visited the province of Bas-Congo on November 3-4 to look at the humanitarian situation. Angola has expelled approximately 140,00 [...]
2009-12-16 13:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID PREF PGOV KWMN PREL AG CG
09KINSHASA1107REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored training to begin January 21, 2010 in the DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on any of these candida [...]
2009-12-17 17:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1108 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored training to begin January 2010 in the DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on any of these candidate [...]
2009-12-18 07:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1132REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored training to begin December 11, 2009 in the DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on any of these candidat [...]
2009-12-23 13:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1143 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidate selected to participate in the ACSS Next Generation of African Leaders Seminar to be held in Washington D.C. from January 25-February 26, 2010. 2. (U) Post h [...]
2009-12-24 11:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1153 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in the January 14, 2010 DIILS Training Course held in Kananga, DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on the following candi [...]
2009-12-28 16:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1160 AMBASSADOR LAUNCHES "ESPOIR" PROGRAM TO
[...] Summary: On December 10 Ambassador Garvelink, together with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Gender Issues, launched USAID's "ESPOIR" project as the main event of the UN's 16 Days of Activism to Combat Violence Against Women. Linked to Secretary Clintn's announcement to provide $17 mil [...]
2009-12-29 14:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA163DRC: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The key challenges facing the GDRC's non-military security apparatus is the corruption, limited capacity, and lack of resources prevalent in all Congolese security and governmental services, rendering them ineffective at best and predatory on the population at worst. They are, [...]
2009-02-19 11:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC CG
09KINSHASA178 DEMARCHED DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 25 to Banza Ngoy, Head of the International Organizations Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ngoy said the GDRC is inclined to support the USG candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal. He added that he would, however, need to consult with t [...]
2009-02-26 06:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KINSHASA250REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.
[...] (C) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates who have been selected to participate in a U.S. sponsored training for a Rapid Reaction Force course to begin May 2009 in the DRC. Post has no derogatory infor [...]
2009-03-18 16:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALASEC MARR MASS PREL CG
09KINSHASA30EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 12
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC military officials re [...]
2009-01-12 10:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA308 PREPARATIONS FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS MOVE FORWARD TENTATIVELY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Independent Election Commission (CEI) has announced that the GDRC will commit $31.3 million for the 2009 elections, an important step in leveraging crucial support from donors. Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito underscored the GDRC's commitment in a March 24 letter to UN [...]
2009-04-01 13:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA328TUTSI POLITICIAN RUBERWA CONCERNED THAT FAILURE TO
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 2 meeting with Ambassador, Chairman of the Congolese Rally for Democracy Party (RCD) Azarias Ruberwa warned that failure by Parliament to enact an Amnesty Law could easily encourage CNDP elements to reject integration and take up arms again. Ruberwa claimed that [...]
2009-04-06 12:34:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA342DATE SET FOR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BUREAU ELECTION
[...] (U) The National Assembly has set April 17 as the date for elections of a new Executive Directorate ("Bureau" in French). The elections, to be managed by an ad hoc working group under the supervision of the outgoing Executive Directorate, will determine a successor to National Assembly Presid [...]
2009-04-08 17:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA357DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) On April 9 Charge d'Affaires delivered demarche as requested reftel to Upio Kakura Wapol, Minister of Human Rights. Wapol's reaction to our request was clearly favorable, noting that the Democratic Republic of the Congo welcomed the return of U.S. participation in international human righ [...]
2009-04-10 10:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA389BOSHAB ELECTED PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (SBU) Evariste Boshab, majority candidate for National Assembly President, easily beat opposition leader Francois Mwamba in the April 17 election to replace the National Assembly Executive Directorate ("Bureau Executif" in French). Boshab, Secretary General of the presidential party PPRD ("Pa [...]
2009-04-21 07:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA45DRC: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel, following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2009. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 65 million) and generally open trading [...]
2009-01-15 12:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR CG
09KINSHASA451AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent conversation with ambassador, South Kivu Governor Louis Muherhwa said he had stressed to senior GDRC officials the need to coordinate upcoming Kimia II military operations with the provincial government. Muherhwa noted that, although integration had generally be [...]
2009-05-07 18:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF CG
09KINSHASA453KABILA'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF LAMENTS PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on April 30 with Kikaya Bin Karubi, former Private Secretary to President Kabila and current ambassador-designate to the United Kingdom, for a wide-ranging and candid discussion. Topics discussed included Freeport McMoRan's status, the background and aftermath of [...]
2009-05-08 09:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV CG
09KINSHASA578DRC: MBUSA NYAMWISI -- YESTERDAY'S MAN?
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting with TDY poloff, Minister of Decentralization and Territorial Development Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi expressed bitterness and resignation about developments in the DRC. An ethnic Nande, who in October was demoted from Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mbusa strongly c [...]
2009-06-19 09:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS PREF RW CG
09KINSHASA596DR CONGO: KAMBASU NGEVE -- CNDP'S LEADING NANDE
[...] (C) Serge Kambasu Ngeve is the secretary general of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) political wing, which has abandoned ethnic Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda and is now negotiating for a place in the Kinshasa government. Kambasu, an ethnic Nande formerly affilia [...]
2009-06-23 16:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL CG
09KINSHASA652EQUATEUR: "A REAL DIFFERENT CONGOLESE PROVINCE"
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Equateur Province, polcouns met with Acting Governor Jean-Claude Baende, provincial government officials, parliamentarians, and MONUC officials, all of whom outlined the political struggle between supporters of impeached Governor Jose Makila and Acting G [...]
2009-07-07 14:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KWMN SENV PINR CG
09KINSHASA762 DEMARCHED DELIVERED TO GDRC ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points August 13 to Banza Ngoy Katumbwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Ngoy expressed understanding and appreciation for our promotion of the UNESCO Director-General candidates from Austria, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Lithuania, and Tanzania. [...]
2009-08-18 14:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNESCO CG
09KINSHASA768PPRD PARLIAMENTARIAN GIVES CANDID VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: PPRD parliamentarian and former DRC Great Lakes Envoy Jean Mbuyu Luyongola told Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns that dismissing Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito might push PALU into the opposition. Kabila will easily win the 2011 elections, in Mbuyu's opinion, unless some kind of [...]
2009-08-20 14:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA769REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored training to begin August 31, 2009 in the DRC. Post has no derogatory information on any of these candidates. 2. ( [...]
2009-08-20 14:51:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA780DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING AMCIT NOMINATION
[...] We met in June with Banza Ngoy Katumwe, head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate, delivering ref B points supporting the candidacy of Lucretia Myers for election to the International Civil Service Commission. We subsequently presented Ngoy a French language translation of My [...]
2009-08-25 07:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CG
09KINSHASA782REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored training to begin August 31, 2009 in the DRC. Post has no derogatory information on any of these candidates. 2. ( [...]
2009-08-25 09:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA813REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored training to begin September 14, 2009 in the DRC. Post has no derogatory information on any of these candidates. 2 [...]
2009-09-03 08:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA826DRC TAKES ON SADC CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: As expected, Zimbabwe and Madagascar were front and center at the September 7-8 SADC Summit. On Zimbabwe, the SADC leaders called for a lifting of all sanctions against the country, with some arguing that full implementation of the global political agreement should not be a pre [...]
2009-09-10 13:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD CG
09KINSHASA879EQUATEUR PROVINCIAL CRISIS COMES TO A HEAD
[...] (U) On September 21, the Supreme Court of Justice upheld the January 2009 impeachment of and removal from office of Equateur Governor Jose Makila by the Equateur Provincial Assembly. The high court also called on the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) to organize an election for a new go [...]
2009-09-25 14:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA986DRC WILL SUPPORT AMCIT NOMINATION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 16:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CG
09KINSHASA997CONTESTED TRIBAL CHIEF SUCCESSION LEADS TO ETHNIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The killings last week of 47 policemen in Equateur Province stemmed from an intra-tribal argument between competing clans' candidates for tribal chieftain. Since then, some 16,000 refugees who fear continued ethnic violence or reprisals by the national police have fled into Congo- [...]
2009-11-05 16:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL CG
09KOLKATA105BHARAT BALLOT 2009: UPA DISCORD AND ANTI-INCUMBENCY FAVOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since the mineral-rich tribal state of Jharkhand was carved out of the eastern Indian state of Bihar in 2000, it has been plagued by a string of poorly performing governments and political instability. Discord within the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and underlying anti-inc [...]
2009-04-22 07:14:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EMIN IN
09KOLKATA130GORKHAS SUPPORT BJP TO FURTHER GORKHALAND STATEHOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in the West Bengal Darjeeling constituency elected the state's only Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful candidate to parliament as part of their ongoing movement for the creation of a new "Gorkhaland" state within the Indian Union. The political organization Gorkha [...]
2009-05-19 11:35:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC IN
09KOLKATA189ORISSA'S BJD PARTY PROMOTES STATE INTERESTS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: CG travelled to Orissa in June to congratulate Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Biju Janata Dal's (BJD)'s best electoral performance since the party was formed in 1997. The impressive performance of the regional party in the 2009 parliamentary and state elections validated the p [...]
2009-07-10 06:50:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON IN
09KOLKATA19A POLITICAL CRISIS IN JHARKHAND AS PRELUDE TO THE NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 19, the Government of India's (GoI) Cabinet recommended President's rule and the suspension of the state assembly in the eastern state of Jharkhand after state legislators could not agree on a consensus candidate for Chief Minister. A state-level political battle for [...]
2009-01-23 11:13:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IN
09KOLKATA215GORKHAS PURSUE POLITICAL STRATEGY TO FURTHER STATEHOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the past two years, the new political party Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) has increased its efforts to carve out a new Indian state - Gorkhaland - from the existing state of West Bengal. Like other political parties in West Bengal, GJMM uses force and intimidation but it i [...]
2009-08-03 11:20:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA328JHARKHAND STATE ELECTIONS EXPECTED TO YIELD YET ANOTHER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Five-phase state assembly elections began in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on November 25 and will conclude on December 18. Results will be announced on December 23. Jharkhand has been without an elected government since January as no party had been able to form a gove [...]
2009-12-11 10:15:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA75BHARAT BALLOT 09: A CRACK IN THE LEFT FRONT'S WEST BENGAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. As the fourth most-populous state in the Indian Union, the seat of one of India's four great metropolises and the bastion of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),West Bengal politics has always had national significance. More important than the national electoral iss [...]
2009-03-19 12:37:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR IN
09KOLKATA78BHARAT BALLOT 09: A CRACK IN THE LEFT FRONT'S WEST BENGAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. As the fourth most-populous state in the Indian Union, the seat of one of India's four great metropolises and the bastion of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),West Bengal politics has always had national significance. More important than the national electoral iss [...]
2009-03-20 13:06:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR IN
09KOLKATA79WOMEN IN INDIA: MAMATA BANERJEE - WEST BENGAL FIGHTER AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Firebrand communist-baiter Mamata Banerjee leads West Bengal's principal opposition party, the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) that has aligned with Congress to challenge the Left Front's 32-year rule in the state. An astute politician - six term parliamentarian - with an e [...]
2009-03-20 13:39:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN IN
09KOLONIA138ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION SUBMITS ITS REPORT ON MARCH
[...] (U) Summary: DRL Senior Advisor Chris Camponovo and Gerard Finin from the East West Center recently traveled to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to present the Final Report of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership's (APDP) March election observation mission to a range of Chuuk state a [...]
2009-11-05 02:31:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID FM
09KOLONIA140POHNPEI STATE CONCLUDES ITS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
[...] (U) Summary. Pohnpei State concluded its Second Constitutional Convention after ninety days of deliberations. Delegates considered fourteen proposed amendments to the state's twenty-five-year old constitution and approved ten. Voters must approve the proposals in a subsequent referendum in ord [...]
2009-11-06 05:43:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA28US FUNDED ELECTION OBSERVERS GENERALLY POSITIVE ON NATIONAL
[...] (U) The East-West Center (EWC),through the Department's Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP),provided an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to the March 3, 2009 national elections for some Congressional seats in the Federated States of Micronesia. Observers concentrated their efforts i [...]
2009-03-06 06:27:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PHUM FM
09KOLONIA38ELECTION DISPUTES IN CHUUK DELAY ANTICIPATED RUNOFF
[...] (U) Summary: FSM national and Chuuk State elections took place on March 3, but state candidates still dispute the results. On March 26, the Chuuk State Supreme Court decided to hold a revote for voters in Honolulu on April 1 and hold the gubernatorial runoff election between the top two vote [...]
2009-03-27 07:25:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI PHUM FM
09KOLONIA39CHINESE AMBASSADOR CRITICAL OF FSM GOVERNMENT CAPACITY AND
[...] (C) In a wide ranging discussion with U.S. Embassy officers on March 21, People's Republic of China Ambassador Liu Fei was critical of the FSM's capacity at both the state and national levels. She then complained about the lack of an industrious attitude at the individual level. Although Chi [...]
2009-03-30 04:36:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PINR FM CH
09KOLONIA53FSM PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. HELP TO REFORM COMPACT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-19 23:30:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID FM
09KUALALUMPUR1014FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT SHOWS MANY FACES OF ISLAM IN MALAYSIA
[...] (SBU) Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith visited Malaysia to begin engagement with civil society and establish contacts with government officials, politicians, teachers, students, and NGOs on December 13-14. SRMC Pandith explained her recent appointment as the Spe [...]
2009-12-24 02:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KDEM MY KPAO
09KUALALUMPUR12GAZA REACTION: MALAYSIAN PM TAKES CREDIT FOR
[...] (SBU) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Foreign Minister Rais Yatim are touting Malaysia's role in persuading UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to call the UN General Assembly (UNGA) into an emergency session. Motivated by Malaysia's perception that United Nations Security Council ( [...]
2009-01-08 23:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR143DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 04:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KUALALUMPUR160NAJIB ON TRACK TO BECOME PM AS POLITICAL
[...] (C) Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak appears on track to take over as Prime Minister by early April against a backdrop of continued political turbulence. With ruling UMNO party elections less than four weeks away, both the King and outgoing PM Abdullah himself publicly reconfir [...]
2009-03-04 11:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR194ONE YEAR LATER, ANWAR IN DOLDRUMS, SODOMY TRIAL
[...] (C) Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on March 8 presided over a very modest event marking the one-year anniversary of the March 2008 election that ushered in significant opposition gains. Anwar's national address failed to stir the crowd or attract senior leaders from other parties in his Peop [...]
2009-03-16 09:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR195MALAYSIA UNVEILS USD 16 BILLION ECONOMIC STIMULUS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Facing rapidly slowing growth and a probable recession in 2009, Malaysia announced its second fiscal stimulus package on March 10. The larger than expected stimulus package includes additional spending, guarantees, equity investments and tax incentives amounting to a [...]
2009-03-16 23:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR203PM'S ALLY BARRED FROM CONTESTING IN RULING PARTY
[...] (SBU) In a highly controversial decision, the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party on March 17 found Ali Rustam, an ally of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, guilty of "money politics" and barred Rustam from contesting for Deputy President in the party's late March election. [...]
2009-03-19 10:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR229NAJIB CLOSING MALAYSIA'S DEMOCRATIC SPACE?
[...] (C) Malaysia's Home Ministry on March 23 banned two opposition party newspapers for a period of three months, a decision that came one day before the general assembly and elections for the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party. The GOM suspended the newspapers for violating [...]
2009-03-27 10:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR231RULING PARTY CONFIRMS NAJIB, ELECTS NEW LEADERS
[...] (C) Malaysia's Najib era has begun. The country's ruling party, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO),confirmed Najib Razak as party president on March 26 and elected new senior officials during its party elections and general assembly, which conclude March 28. Key Najib ally Muhy [...]
2009-03-27 12:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR259BY-ELECTION RESULTS -- HONEYMOON DAMPENER FOR NAJIB
[...] (C) The opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) won two out of three by-elections held on April 7, handing a set back to the new administration of Prime Minister Najib Razak and his ruling National Front (BN) coalition. The key contest saw recently ousted Perak Chief Minister Mohammad Nizar o [...]
2009-04-08 10:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR293UNHRC DEMARCHE: MALAYSIA WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT,
[...] (C) The Embassy conveyed reftel diplomatic note on April 15 formally announcing the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and seeking Malaysia's support. Polcouns spoke with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary (Multilateral Political Affairs) Ganeson Sivagurunathan on April 15. [...]
2009-04-20 08:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN MY
09KUALALUMPUR296UNHRC CANDIDACY: MALAYSIA PROPOSES RECIPROCAL
[...] (SBU) The Embassy received on April 21 a diplomatic note from the Malaysian Foreign Ministry dated April 20, no. CU 213/09, in response to our previous request for Malaysia's support for the U.S candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftels). The operative text of the note follows: "Th [...]
2009-04-21 09:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN MY
09KUALALUMPUR350AMBASSADOR RAISES IAEA WITH FM, MALAYSIA
[...] (C) Ambassador Keith utilized his May 11 call on Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman to urge Malaysia's support for Japan's candidate in the IAEA Director General election (other points discussed septel). The Foreign Minister noted that Malaysia had considered and then decided against nomi [...]
2009-05-11 10:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KNNP IAEA MY
09KUALALUMPUR351FOREIGN MINISTER ANIFAH AND AMBASSADOR ENDORSE
[...] (C) Malaysia's new Foreign Minister Anifah Aman endorsed strengthened relations with the U.S. during the Ambassador's May 11 introductory call, which precedes Anifah's travel to Washington and May 14 meeting with Secretary Clinton. The Minister called for increased and institutionalized offic [...]
2009-05-11 10:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON SENV KNNP IR PK AF MY
09KUALALUMPUR4UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION A LITMUS TEST
[...] (SBU) In a local political contest that will be closely watched in the capital, the Malaysian constituency of Kuala Terengganu will hold a by-election on January 17 to determine the successor for the late Member of Parliament (MP) Razali Ismail. The ruling United Malays National Organization [...]
2009-01-06 05:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR417AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ISLAMIC PARTY LEADERS IN
[...] (C) The Ambassador met with senior Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) politicians Mustafa Ali and Wan Abdul Rahim during a May 19-21 visit to the northeast states of Terengganu and Kelantan (see reftel). Both veteran PAS leaders stated candidly that PAS, the only religion-based party in Malaysia [...]
2009-05-28 09:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR42BY-ELECTION SETBACK FOR UMNO, BOOST FOR OPPOSITION
[...] (C) The ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party suffered its latest setback when it lost a January 17 parliamentary by-election in Terengganu state to the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),supported by its opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) partners, in a contest billed as [...]
2009-01-22 10:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR464DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 06:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA MY
09KUALALUMPUR471ISLAMIST PARTY SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON ITS FUTURE
[...] (SBU) The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),the Islamist opposition party, held its annual convention and biannual elections June 5- 7. Elections featured an unprecedented contest between two factions, those supporting leadership by Islamic scholars (ulamas) and those favoring more pragmatic p [...]
2009-06-11 10:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
09KUALALUMPUR483MALAYSIANS DOWNPLAY MARITIME TENSIONS WITH
[...] (S) Malaysia continues to downplay tensions with Indonesia stemming from naval incidents in late May in the disputed Ambalat maritime area off of Borneo. After an initial period of silence from Malaysian officials and minimal coverage in the Malaysian press, Defense Minister Zahid went on the [...]
2009-06-15 09:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS ID MY
09KUALALUMPUR484CHARGE REVIEWS MULTILATERAL PRIORITIES WITH MFA
[...] (C) Foreign Ministry Acting Secretary General Zainol Abidin and the Charge held a broad-ranging discussion of multilateral political and security issues on June 9. Zainol noted Prime Minister Najib's directive to build stronger, more substantive ties with Washington. The Charge pressed Zain [...]
2009-06-16 03:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG MARR KNNP IAEA ASEAN IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR588SURPRISINGLY CLOSE BY-ELECTION AND POPULARITY POLL
[...] (C) A near victory in a by-election in the heart of opposition territory along with an apparent surge in Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's popularity have provided a boost for the PM and his ruling Barisan National (BN) coalition. Speculation that Najib might seek an early snap election appears [...]
2009-07-16 09:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR632TIP: GOM INTENSIFIES PUBLIC EDUCATION ON TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, press coverage of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues in government-influenced print media has intensified in terms of quality and quantity, another indication of the GOM's determination to be seen as proactively confronting the issue. The shift in the GOM's ap [...]
2009-08-03 10:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR664DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 00:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNESCO MY
09KUALALUMPUR734OPPOSITION WINS ANOTHER BY-ELECTION, NOW 7 OF 8
[...] (U) Voters handed the opposition People's Alliance (PR) coalition another victory on August 25 by electing an Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) candidate into a recently vacated State Assemblyman's seat in the state of Penang. Mohd Salleh Man defeated his United Malays National Organization (UMN [...]
2009-09-02 08:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR827BN WINS BAGAN PINANG BY-ELECTION AS EXPECTED
[...] (SBU) In a closely watched by-election, Malaysian voters in the Bagan Pinang constituency elected United Malays National Organization's (UMNO) Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad as their new State Assemblyman. Mohd Isa defeated his Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) opponent, Zulkefly Mohamad Omar, by a lan [...]
2009-10-15 07:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR841MALAYSIA SEEKS UNHRC MEMBERSHIP; REQUESTS USG
[...] (U) The Government of Malaysia has announced its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council for the 2010-2013 term (see text of diplomatic note and GOM paper below) and is seeking USG support. Department guidance requested. 2. (U) Begin Text of October 20 GOM Diplomatic note: The Ministry [...]
2009-10-23 07:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR870DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIA WILL SUPPORT U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 04:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC AORC APER MY
09KUALALUMPUR880 Malaysia: Minister Yakcop Bullish on FDI Growth Prospects
[...] (SBU) Malaysian Minister at Large and economic adviser to the Prime Minister (former Minister of Finance II) Nor Mohamed Yakcop spoke privately and candidly October 21 to AMCHAM members on the Najib Administration's plans to attract new foreign direct investment (FDI). Yakcop said the governme [...]
2009-10-30 08:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV MY
09KUALALUMPUR929MALAYSIA ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche via dipnote to Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with info copy to Ministry of Transportation (MOT) on November 18. 2. (U) Ministry of Transportation Deputy Under Secretary Mohd Saiful Ridwan told EconOff that Malaysia would carefully consider t [...]
2009-11-18 07:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHSA ECON IMO AORC UK MY
09KUALALUMPUR949MALAYSIA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
[...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed post via dipnote (Ref A) regarding Malaysia's intention to seek re-election to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) under category "C" for the 2010 to 2011 term. The election will be held during the 26th Regular Session [...]
2009-11-25 03:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHSA ECON IMO AORC UK MY
09KUWAIT1012UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS: THE FUTURE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM KWMN PREL KISL KU
09KUWAIT1013KUWAITI FEMALE MP FIGHTS FOR RETURN TO COEDUCATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN KISL KU
09KUWAIT1014COURT WEIGHS REMOVING FEMALE MPS FOR NOT WEARING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 13:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1015CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: WOMEN CAN OBTAIN PASSPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1019KUWAIT PLEDGES VOTE FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Embassy on October 21 via dipnote 12/29540 that, "based on the close relations binding our two friendly countries," it would vote for U.S. nominee Lucretia Myers in the upcoming election for the UN International Civil Service Commission (Ref A). [...]
2009-10-26 09:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT1092ANGRY WORDS AND CRITICISM OF RULING FAMILY MARK
[...] (C) Summary: Partisan differences characterized parliament's November 17 session, which swirled around ongoing plans to interpellate the PM and several other Cabinet ministers. Important legislative items were deferred while MPs wrangled over attempts by public prosecutors to lift immunity o [...]
2009-11-18 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT1125WHEN WILL KUWAIT HAVE ITS FIRST FEMALE JUDGE?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 10:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN KMPI PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1182GCC CLOSING COMMUNIQUE STAKES OUT LITTLE NEW GROUND
[...] (C) GCC leaders quietly filed out of town December 16 at the conclusion of a two-day GCC Summit that made no major breakthroughs. In the absence of consensus on pressing political issues -- policy towards Iran, Palestinian reconciliation, etc., -- the communiqu hewed closely to tried and tru [...]
2009-12-16 14:18:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ECON IR IZ IS KU
09KUWAIT1204SATELLITE TV ATTACK ON KUWAIT,S TRIBALS PROMPTS BACKLASH
[...] (C) In an apparent attempt to exploit the GoK's recent spate of widely-perceived victories over parliamentary Islamists and tribalists (refs A, B),former parliamentary candidate and liberal urbanite Mohammed Al-Juwaihel launched on December 18 a scathing media attack against Kuwaitis of tri [...]
2009-12-22 14:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PGOV KU
09KUWAIT1214KUWAITI PARLIAMENT PASSES PRIVATE SECTOR LABOR LAW
[...] (U) Updating an antiquated 1964 law, the Kuwaiti National Assembly unanimously approved on December 23 the second -- and final reading -- of its Private Sector Labor Law. The law will come into effect by Amiri decree either by his signature or on the lapsing of a 30-day deadline for his sig [...]
2009-12-28 11:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KTIP KU
09KUWAIT1216SATELLITE STATION OWNER DETAINED FOR SLANDERING
[...] (U) A media brouhaha over remarks that former National Assembly candidate and owner of the Al-Sour statellite channel Mohammed Al-Juwaihel delivered on the air on December 18 (reported refs A and B) which were viewed as disparaging to Kuwaiti tribesmen -- and certain prominent tribalist MPs -- [...]
2009-12-29 09:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT143SARKOZY'S VISIT TO KUWAIT: FRENCH REACH EXCEEDS
[...] (S) Summary: French President Sarkozy capped a four and a half hour visit to Kuwait February 11 with wildly optimistic statements to the press that France would provide Kuwait with modern fighter aircraft (i.e. the thus-far poorly selling Rafales),marine frigates and unspecified defense sys [...]
2009-02-18 16:04:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS KU IR IZ
09KUWAIT156SEEKING KUWAITI SUPPORT FOR JUDGE PAINTER IN UN
[...] POLCOUNS on February 23 delivered reftel demarche and biographic materials encouraging Kuwait to support U.S. nominee Mark Painter for UN Appeals Tribunal to Dr. Jehad Mohammad Al-Hai, Counselor in the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In response, Al-Hai said he would imme [...]
2009-02-23 15:30:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA KU
09KUWAIT183KUWAIT PLEDGES VOTE FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Embassy on March 2 that it would vote for U.S. nominee Mark Painter in the March 2 election for the UN Appeals Tribunal (Ref A). 2. MFA's decision was made in response to Ref B demarche, delivered by POLCOUNS on February 23. ****************** [...]
2009-03-03 10:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL APER KJUS UNGA KU
09KUWAIT244TRIBALISM AS A MOBILIZING FACTOR IN KUWAITI
[...] (C) While impossible to appreciate fully within the narrow boundaries of a single Gulf state, tribalism -- a phenomenon that links many contemporary Kuwaitis to an age-old tradition of honor and mutual support in the face of external challenge -- is a central factor in Kuwait's socio-political [...]
2009-03-15 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SCUL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT308SYNERGY CONFERENCE LAUNCHES KUWAITI ELECTION SEASON
[...] (C) A March 23-25 National Synergy Conference, hosted by Tanami, Kuwait's first women's political association, effectively launched Kuwait's two month electoral season, which will culminate with a May 16 vote for a new Parliament. The conference provided the venue for an open and free-rangi [...]
2009-03-26 16:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KWMN KU
09KUWAIT323COMMS/ELECTRICITY/WATER MINISTER ON POWER
[...] (C) Summary: Minister for Communications, Electricity and Water, Nabil Khalaf Saeed Bin Salama, provided frank insight to Ambassador March 31 in a wide-ranging discussion. Topics covered include: --The Amir mandated the Minister with ensuring 24/7 power in Kuwait this summer, yet within day [...]
2009-04-02 14:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV SENV ECON PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT324ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH: WOMEN VIE IN KUWAIT'S
[...] (C) Summary. Kuwaiti women stand a fair chance of winning their first seat in parliament during the upcoming May 16 election. A female candidate fell only 886 votes short of winning a seat in 2008, an outcome that showed a marked improvement over women's results in 2006. Coordination, traini [...]
2009-04-02 14:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA KU
09KUWAIT34OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR NEW KUWAITI CABINET
[...] (C) Kuwait's Amir swore in the latest iteration of his Cabinet on January 12 in a move that did little to reconcile the rift between his government and the obstreperous National Assembly. The new cabinet includes only two new names. FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah will serve as acting Oil M [...]
2009-01-14 03:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU
09KUWAIT372AMIR LAYS DOWN THE LAW AS CAMPAIGN BEGINS
[...] (C) Campaigning is officially underway for Kuwait's National Assembly election, scheduled for May 16. The country's relatively open democratic environment continues to allow for lively political events, but this campaign season the Amir and his interim government have signaled that they int [...]
2009-04-16 07:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KU
09KUWAIT377SPEAKER AL-KHORAFI BLEAK ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Former Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Jassem Al-Khorafi informed Ambassador privately (and later announced publicly) his intention to run in the May 16 parliamentary elections. He predicted that the ongoing strife between the legislative and executive branches would continue an [...]
2009-04-16 16:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR IZ KU
09KUWAIT385KUWAITI WOMEN VIE FOR PARLIAMENTARY SEATS: MOST
[...] (C) Summary. On May 16, some thirty Kuwaiti women will vie to become the first female elected to parliament (ref A). While Kuwait's female candidates come from varied professional, social and religious backgrounds, almost all of them are politically liberal and support close relations with t [...]
2009-04-20 08:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ELAB KWMN KU
09KUWAIT435CANDIDATES' ARRESTS RECEIVE MIXED REVIEWS IN MEDIA
[...] (U) Key Points: -- The GOK makes multiple arrests of parliamentary candidates evoking debates on freedom of expression. -- Arrested MPs exploit their arrests to garner public support. -- Media reports reflect split opinions: some chastise the perceived overbearing hand of the governmen [...]
2009-04-30 14:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KU
09KUWAIT462KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ DESCRIBES SLOW
[...] (C) During a May 4 call by POLCOUNS and Econoff on Ambassador Ali Al-Mou'min, Kuwait's Ambassador to Iraq, Al-Mou'min said that he has made progress in getting his mission up and running, but remains frustrated at the difficulty in getting his Iraqi counterparts to come to grips with the main [...]
2009-05-07 14:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IZ
09KUWAIT463ISLAMISTS SEEK TO UNDERMINE FEMALE PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES
[...] (C) As the May 16 parliamentary elections loom, conservative elements in Kuwait have begun taking "potshots" against front running female candidates. These tactics include issuing fatwas against voting for women and using interpretations of Islam to demonize those candidates who choose not [...]
2009-05-07 15:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO PHUM PREL KU KWMN
09KUWAIT490KUWAITI ELECTION ISSUES ENTER THE BLOG-O-SPHERE - FINAL
[...] Summary and Comment. This report is the third and last cable addressing the vibrant participation from the Kuwaiti blog-o-sphere in the hubbub surrounding parliamentary elections, scheduled for Saturday, May 16, 2009. Additional meetings with bloggers and regular monitoring of their blogs re [...]
2009-05-15 15:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM SOCI KU
09KUWAIT497KUWAIT ANGLE ON REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR
[...] (C) Embassy read with interest ref A discussion of a new diplomatic strategy aimed at securing Iraq's future political stability through an enhanced process of regional integration, including stronger bilateral ties between Iraq and key states. Kuwait's decision to send an Ambassador to Baghd [...]
2009-05-17 14:40:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT499KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS -- PLUS FOUR
[...] Summary and Comment. Initial results of Kuwait's May 16 parliamentary elections were announced in the early hours of Sunday, May 17. Due to the timing, Kuwait's print media on May 17 contained limited to no reporting on the vote tallies. Local dailies, however, distributed the latest news v [...]
2009-05-18 02:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM SOCI KU
09KUWAIT500CORRECTED COPY: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: PARLIAMENTARY
[...] Summary and Comment. Initial results of Kuwait's May 16 parliamentary elections were announced in the early hours of Sunday, May 17. Due to the timing, Kuwait's print media on May 17 contained limited to no reporting on the vote tallies. Local dailies, however, distributed the latest news v [...]
2009-05-18 05:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM SOCI KU
09KUWAIT504KUWAITI WOMEN SHATTER PARLIAMENTARY GLASS CEILING
[...] (C) Frustrated by three years of political gridlock largely attributable to rancorous Sunni Islamists and perhaps hoping to avoid another parliamentary dissolution, Kuwait voters on May 16 elected a new National Assembly they hope will have better chances than the last two of working coopera [...]
2009-05-18 14:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT505BIO DATA ON 2009 KUWAITI PARLIAMENT
[...] The following is a list of MPs elected on May 16 to the Kuwaiti National Assembly. Information on each MP includes: sect, political leanings and/or associations, tribal affiliation, number of votes received, previous parliament participation, date of birth, and education as applicable. Fi [...]
2009-05-18 14:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KDEM KWMN KU
09KUWAIT518U.S. PROGRAMS PROPEL KUWAITI WOMEN TO GREEN CHAIRS
[...] (C) Summary. In Kuwait's May 16 election, four U.S. educated women -- Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi, Dr. Rola Dashti, and Dr. Salwa Al-Jassar -- became the first women to win seats in Kuwait's fifty-member parliament. Embassy believes their electoral chances were significantly [...]
2009-05-21 15:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ELAB KWMN KMPI KPAO OEXC OIIP
09KUWAIT550AMIR PLEADS FOR NATIONAL UNITY AS HE INTRODUCES
[...] (C) Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah on May 30 swore in sixteen new and returning ministers, introducing them to recently elected parliamentarians at the National Assembly's convening on May 31. This latest iteration of the government represents the 27th cabinet since Kuwai [...]
2009-06-01 15:16:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU
09KUWAIT575SEEKING KUWAITI SUPPORT FOR MYERS IN UN CIVIL
[...] PolOff on June 8 delivered reftel demarche and biographic materials encouraging Kuwait to support U.S. nominee Lucretia Myers for UN International Civil Service Commission to Abdulmohsen Al-Refai, diplomatic attach in the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...]
2009-06-08 11:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KU
09KUWAIT589FAILURE TO LAUNCH: INFIGHTING BOGS DOWN THE
[...] (C) Infighting and attacks on ministers dominated the newly elected National Assembly's first working session, suggesting that the gridlock that has characterized Kuwait since 2006 likely will continue. Major issues such as the Amiri-decreed economic stimulus bill were not substantively addres [...]
2009-06-11 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT604ASSEMBLY AGAIN FOCUSES ON RULING FAMILY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-21 12:25:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT623INTERIOR MINISTER PRESENTS HIMSELF WELL IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 13:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT631SCENESETTER FOR AA/S FELTMAN VISIT TO KUWAIT
[...] (C) Dear AA/S Feltman, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your arrival comes at an interesting moment, with a newly elected National Assembly already testing the government's resolve through the "grilling" of a senior Al Sabah minister. Your visit will provide an excellent [...]
2009-06-25 13:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV IZ IR KU
09KUWAIT644SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Madame Secretary: My staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. While we understand that your schedule has been centered around a U.S. Coast Guard event, we have also requested a meeting for you with the Amir, Shaykh Sabah Ahmed Al Sabah, or his designated representative. When [...]
2009-06-29 10:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KU
09KUWAIT659INTERIOR MINISTER SURVIVES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
[...] (C) In what amounts to a stinging rebuke to tribalist opposition members of parliament, Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah survived a vote of no confidence July 1 by a convincing 30 to 16 votes, with two abstentions and one absence. The vote came in response to a motion filed b [...]
2009-07-01 14:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT797DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK TO SUPPORT HOSNI FOR
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel points on the September 17 UNESCO Director-General elections, Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Counselor Jasem Al-Najem told PolOff on August 11 that Kuwait plans to vote for Egyptian candidate Farouk Hosni. 2. (C) Al-Najem added that the A [...]
2009-08-13 08:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO KU
09KUWAIT890KUWAIT UNLIKELY CANDIDATE FOR HRC
[...] (C) Political Counselor on September 7 raised reftel points with Jassem Al-Najem, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department, noting the importance to our common interests of having an effective Human Rights Council and the unfortunate signal that Iran's presence on the HRC woul [...]
2009-09-07 14:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT925GROWING SOCIAL AND SECTARIAN DIVISIONS SPARK
[...] (S) As Kuwait emerges from the Ramadan quiet season and prepares for the October re-convening of the National Assembly (Parliament),Kuwaitis are expressing widespread dissatisfaction over the quality of the country's leadership, malaise over social tensions and frustration with a perceived d [...]
2009-09-17 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PINR PGOV KU
09KUWAIT982THE KUWAIT BANKING SECTOR: 2009 PRIMER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's banking sector, the third largest in the GCC after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, comprises 18 financial institutions, including market leaders National Bank of Kuwait (NBK),and Kuwait Finance House (KFH),the second largest Islamic bank in the world. With [...]
2009-10-14 10:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON KU
09KYIV1023FAILURE OF COALITION TALKS HURTS TYMOSHENKO
[...] (C) Opposition leader Yanukovych's June 7 withdrawal from talks on forming a "national unity" coalition with Prime Minister Tymoshenko's BYuT faction left Tymoshenko vulnerable as her supporters learn details of concessions that she made in the negotiations. Tymoshenko's denials that she had b [...]
2009-06-12 15:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1091GERMAN, POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS' ROCKY VISIT
[...] (C) The German and Polish Foreign Ministers visited Kyiv on June 17 to push political cooperation in dealing with the economic crisis and the need for stability in gas transit to Europe. President Yushchenko unexpectedly put off the meeting with the FMs, sending them (unwillingly) sightseeing [...]
2009-06-29 17:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP GM PL
09KYIV1171REGIONS RADA BLOCKADE LEAVES ISSUES HANGING
[...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions continued to physically block parliament, paralyzing the Rada and keeping it from adjourning on July 10 for the summer recess. Despite a budget crisis, Regions is demanding a significant increase in pensions and wages designed to bolster its standing with vote [...]
2009-07-10 14:43:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1310ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS STIR CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) Election law amendments passed in late July at a special Rada session have drawn criticism from both the President's office and the NGO community. Changes to the law limit the scope and timing of court appeals, make it easier to exclude NGO election observers and increase the financial r [...]
2009-08-07 17:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1345 UKRAINE MINFIN ON BANK RECAPITALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Ministry of Finance confirmed to us that recently nationalized UkrHaz and Rodovid banks, the 17th and 20th largest in Ukraine respectively, would soon receive new management and supervisory boards. The period of temporary administration would be extended at a third G [...]
2009-08-13 14:45:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV1433UKRAINE - RUSSIA: RELATIVE CALM PREVAILS
[...] (C) Ukrainian President Yushchenko's calm response to complaints conveyed in an August 10 letter from Russian President Medvedev (ref) has been met by general approval in Ukraine. Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko's eventual response was also measured in tone, and echoed Yushchenko in strongl [...]
2009-08-20 15:16:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP RU
09KYIV1438UKRAINE: OVERTURN OF PRESIDENTIAL VETOS MARKED BY
[...] (C) During the course of the August 21 extraordinary Rada session, characterized by initial squabbling, Party of Regions (PoR) and Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) factions were able to find compromises that suited each other's political needs. Both Ministry of Finance and IMF officials have priv [...]
2009-08-25 14:44:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1556"OUR UKRAINE" LEADER GIVES INSIGHT INTO
[...] (C) During a meeting with Charge, "Our Ukraine" leader Roman Bezsmertniy discussed the January 2010 presidential election and the amended law that will govern it, President Yushchenko's plans, and the future of the party. Most surprising was his assertion that Yushchenko would drop out of the [...]
2009-09-11 15:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1607 Impact of Crisis: Ukrainians Suffering, But Not Rioting
[...] (U) Summary. Real GDP contraction -- estimated to be 12%-15% for 2009 as a whole -- accumulating wage arrears, and a growing shadow economy have set Ukraine back in its economic development to the level of 2003, according to former Finance Minister Victor Pynzenyk. Despite increased hardship [...]
2009-09-18 12:21:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN
09KYIV1727YATSENYUK: LOSING MOMENTUM IN PRESIDENTIAL BID
[...] (C) Summary. Presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who saw a surge in popular support in the spring, now appears to be losing ground in the pre-election environment in Ukraine. Latest public opinion polls move him squarely to third place from the statistical tie he held for second place [...]
2009-10-05 15:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1728ASD VERSHBOW IN KYIV: UKRAINIANS CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, led the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) in Kyiv September 28-29. In a series of bilateral meetings and engagements with media and academic [...]
2009-10-05 16:14:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR UP
09KYIV1753POROSHENKO CONFIRMED AS NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) The Rada approved President Yushchenko's nominee, Petro Poroshenko, as Ukraine's new Foreign Minister on October 9. The position has been vacant since March when the Rada ousted former FM Oryzhko over his vocal opposition to Prime Minister Tymoshenko's policies. Poroshenko, a wealthy bu [...]
2009-10-09 17:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1777EXTORTION, BRIBES, AND THREATS: A KYIV BANKER'S
[...] (C) Summary. Second-tier oligarchs and members of the Ukrainian parliament are extorting from the country's banks and threatening bankers, said a representative of Austrian-owned Raiffeisen Aval. The powerful borrowers act with impunity, having paid off the court system to evade their debt [...]
2009-10-15 17:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1784CHERKASY: WOULD-BE SWING OBLAST LEANS TOWARD
[...] (C) Cherkasy, an oblast located in the center of Ukraine, has yet to be fully drawn into the presidential campaign. However, local experts speculate that Cherkasy voters will support Prime Minister Tymoshenko -- as they have in the past two Rada elections. Local observers express concerns that [...]
2009-10-16 16:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1818UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF
[...] (C) With the start of the Ukrainian Presidential campaign, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Tymoshenko are clearly in the lead to enter the second round. Arseniy Yatsenyuk remains the lone second-tier candidate in the race, although his slumping poll numbers, down more [...]
2009-10-19 17:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS UP
09KYIV1845INDUSTRIAL DNIPROPETROVSK: TYMOSHENKO'S HOME
[...] (C) Dnipropetrovsk, PM Tymoshenko's home region and a major contributor to the national economy, has traditionally favored Yanukoyvch and his Party of Regions (PoR). Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT) is actively working for votes in the region, but interlocutors assess she will fail to overcome PoR's d [...]
2009-10-23 16:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1873YANUKOVYCH EMPHASIZES SOCIAL SPENDING, TIES WITH
[...] (C) Opposition leader Yanukovych was nominated as the Party of Regions presidential candidate in Kyiv on October 22 at a made-for-television party congress. The congress, broadcast live in Eastern Ukraine, featured a key policy speech by Yanukovych, and three additional speakers--including o [...]
2009-10-26 15:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1878IMF AT ANOTHER UKRAINE IMPASSE
[...] (C) Summary. Negotiations between the IMF and Ukrainian authorities appear to have stalled over a bloated budget and the uncertain fate of a new social spending law which, if signed by the President, would represent a "red line" for the Fund. According to the IMF's Kyiv-based resident repre [...]
2009-10-27 15:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1894UKRAINE-EU SUMMIT OUTLOOK: NOT WHAT YUSHCHENKO
[...] (C) The December 4 Ukraine EU-Summit will not deliver what President Yushchenko had long hoped it would: an Association Agreement. This is a surprise to no one, except possibly Yushchenko himself. Significant issues between Ukraine and the EU remain unresolved including a membership perspecti [...]
2009-10-30 16:07:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP EU
09KYIV1900UKRAINE: DEATH TOLL AND PANIC RISING WHILE POLITICIANS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ukrainian government appealed for international help on November 1 as the official death toll from flu and respiratory infections reached 60, with at least 13 of those deaths caused by the A-H1N1 virus. The government is implementing unprecedented measures to combat the out [...]
2009-11-02 15:00:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
09KYIV1910GOU BROKE, NATIONAL BANK KEY TO UPCOMING GAS
[...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian government coffers are all but empty and Naftohaz is unlikely to be able to meet upcoming gas payment obligations without support from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). Analysts forecast that the government needs to find $2.5 - $3.75 billion to cover expenses for the [...]
2009-11-04 14:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ECON PREL UP
09KYIV2056UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO AND YANUKOVYCH FIND COMMON
[...] (C) During an hour-long speech November 23 to kick off his re-election campaign, President Viktor Yushchenko outlined his vision of a Ukraine that would be "free, fair and strong" with him at the helm for another five years. He appealed to western-minded Ukrainians by promising EU membership, [...]
2009-11-25 12:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2061REQUESTING ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel message to MFA A/S-equivalent Ihor Hrushko November 25, noting favorably the decision earlier in the week by the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to triple the size of Ukraine's deployment to Afghanistan from ten to thirty personnel. Charge re [...]
2009-11-25 13:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF UP
09KYIV2069RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The status of the Russian language in linguistically divided Ukraine has thus far featured less in the current Presidential election campaign than it did in 2004. The Regions party (PoR),which calls for Russian to become a second state language, has chosen instead to concentr [...]
2009-11-30 13:44:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL RS UP
09KYIV2115FALL OF YATSENYUK LETS TYMOSHENKO FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Political observers, rival campaigns and internal advisers of Front of Change head Arseniy Yatsenyuk agree he has no hope of progressing to the second round of the January/February 2010 presidential election. Once considered by many disenchanted voters as the new western-leaning reform-mi [...]
2009-12-09 08:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP RS
09KYIV2116EARLY RADA ELECTION TO FOLLOW PRESIDENTIAL VOTE?
[...] (C) President Yushchenko and leading presidential candidates are calling for early parliamentary elections to quickly follow the January 17 Presidential contest. Opposition leader and presidential front-runner Yanukovych believes that early Rada elections could swing control of parliament to h [...]
2009-12-09 10:30:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2124YANUKOVYCH ACOLYTES PREACH ECONOMIC ORTHODOXY
[...] (C) Summary. Viktor Yanukovych's top economic advisors are counseling liberal market reforms, despite the Party of Regions' pre-election populist appeals. Shadow Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov and shadow Minister of Economy Iryna Akimova separately told embassy officers that Yanukovych as [...]
2009-12-10 14:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2127CHERNIVTSI AND THE 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS:
[...] (C) The presidential race in Chernivtsi Oblast, as in Ukraine as a whole, is boiling down to a contest between PM Yuliya Tymoshenko and front-runner Viktor Yanokovych of the Party of Regions (PoR). Despite the oblast's traditional "orange" orientation, the main concerns of voters -- the stat [...]
2009-12-10 14:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP RO
09KYIV2135UKRAINE FOREIGN MINISTER'S CASE FOR IMF LOAN
[...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko described meetings with IMF deputy managing director Lipsky as "not constructive" and relations more generally with the IMF as "very bad". Poroshenko told the Ambassador on December 13 that he had weighed in with the Constitutional Court to [...]
2009-12-15 12:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2138TYMOSHENKO'S UPHILL BATTLE
[...] (C) PM Yuliya Tymoshenko continues to lag behind Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych in opinion polls for the January/February Presidential election -- and the gap, ten points or more, may be widening. President Yushchenko's daily attacks on Tymoshenko are hurting her with her base in [...]
2009-12-15 18:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2140DPM NEMYRIA'S CASE FOR UKRAINE IMF TRANCHE
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria made a strong pitch to the Ambassador for the disbursement of a fourth IMF loan tranche to Ukraine. He talked of unreasonable IMF demands for the passage of a 2010 budget, explained why the central bank could not monetize for budget and gas payments [...]
2009-12-16 13:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2165UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO RUNS ON POPULIST ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the presumed heir of the Orange Revolution's reform banner, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has not made a liberal economic platform a part of her current campaign for Ukraine's presidency. Instead, her platform promises a strong role for the state, both in the social secto [...]
2009-12-17 15:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2172UKRAINE: NO END IN SIGHT TO LAND SALE MORATORIUM
[...] (U) Summary. Agricultural land in Ukraine cannot be traded legally for farming or development due to a moratorium on agricultural land sales. However, major market investors have used loopholes to bypass the moratorium and convert usable arable land for housing and commercial development. W [...]
2009-12-21 07:32:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR UP
09KYIV2175YANUKOVYCH READY FOR RESET WITH RUSSIA, EU
[...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions head and presidential front-runner Yanukovych told the Ambassador that he welcomed international observation of the January 17 election. International observers will help ensure presidential candidates adhere to the law and prevent falsification. Yanukovych warn [...]
2009-12-21 13:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2189YATSENYUK URGES AMBASSADOR TO FINALIZE
[...] (C) During his introductory call with Ambassador Tefft, presidential candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk told us his campaign is broke and he has been pushed out of the media by the major candidates. He claimed that fraud in the form of vote-buying could account for 5-7% of the votes in the upcoming [...]
2009-12-24 08:30:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV229UKRAINE ASKS A GUARDED IMF TO SUPPORT A BUDGET
[...] (C) The IMF told the Ambassador on February 1 that the GOU says it cannot run a balanced budget this year. It has asked the IMF for flexibility on this key conditionality of the $16.4 billion loan package, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, head of the IMF mission performing the first formal review of the l [...]
2009-02-02 16:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD ECON PREL XH UP
09KYIV305PARTY OF REGIONS' INTERNAL DIVISIONS
[...] (C) Party of Regions -- Ukraine's main opposition party -- is internally divided among competing political and business groups controlled by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, former Finance Minister Azarov and oligarchs Rinat Akhmetov, Dmytro Firtash, and Andriy Kluyev. The Firtash gr [...]
2009-02-13 13:14:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV338UKRAINE: TIGIPKO'S READY, BUT STILL NO DECISION ON
[...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko (a.k.a. Serhiy Tyhipko, see note on name transliteration in paragraph 6) told Econoff on February 19 that he is still being considered for a high-level position in Yulia Tymoshenko's government, though the situation remains fluid and no decisions on ministerial po [...]
2009-02-19 15:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV39UKRAINE'S MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE EMPHASIZES
[...] (SBU) The head of external relations for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) emphasized its apolitical stance in a meeting with Emboff. He acknowledged that the church's pro-Yanukovych position in the 2004 presidential elections was a mistake and emphasized its indep [...]
2009-01-09 16:19:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UP
09KYIV437YATSENYUK EYES THE PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) In a March 5 meeting, Former Rada Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed confidence in his chances in the upcoming presidential election, which he predicted would "get ugly." He claimed his nascent political project, "Front for Change," had attracted significant support and would serve as the [...]
2009-03-10 15:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR UP
09KYIV54RADA COALITION: AS STABLE AS IT WANTS TO BE
[...] (C) As the Rada winds down its session with a final plenary week that started on January 13, the coalition appears to be stable, with PM Tymoshenko in control. Rada Speaker Lytvyn may harbor presidential ambitions, but he is unlikely to scuttle the coalition in pursuit of the presidency. Pro [...]
2009-01-13 17:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV571DEFENSE MINISTER SEES NATO ACCESSION AS "MARATHON,
[...] (C) Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov, meeting with the Ambassador in Sevastopol March 27, declared that the GOU now regards NATO accession as a "marathon not a sprint." Recognizing that a membership invitation "will not take place in the near future," the GOU will devote itself to bringing Uk [...]
2009-03-30 14:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO UP
09KYIV590TERNOPIL OBLAST ELECTION A BLOW TO TYMOSHENKO
[...] (C) In a March 15 election in the western Ukrainian region of Ternopil, Oleg Tyahnybok's nationalist "Svoboda" party soundly defeated PM Tymoshenko's BYuT and a fractured Our Ukraine (OU) party. BYuT and OU had together controlled 102 of 120 council seats -- following the election they contro [...]
2009-04-02 15:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
09KYIV605STRAINS WITH ROMANIA "SURPRISE" UKRAINE
[...] (C) Ukrainian officials express surprise at recent strains in Ukrainian-Romanian relations. They blame Romania for making "unacceptable" last-minute demands on a trans-border travel agreement that resulted in the abrupt cancellation of a visit by President Basescu in February. They also voic [...]
2009-04-07 13:36:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP RO
09KYIV691THIRD KLYCHKO-CHERNOVETSKYI BOUT?
[...] (C) World champion boxer Vitaliy Klychko, who lost two bids for mayor of Kyiv in 2006 and 2008, hit current mayor Chernovetskyi hard for alleged corruption in a recent meeting with us. Although Klychko was vague about another run for mayor, he said that his political bloc would continue to c [...]
2009-04-21 18:42:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV692SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Your April 26-28 visit to Kyiv comes in the midst of Ukraine's unfolding economic and financial crisis. The IMF has recently concluded its mission review, recommending disbursement of a second loan tranche that had been delayed for two months. The agreement with the IMF is a major acc [...]
2009-04-22 13:22:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV ECON PREL UP
09KYIV858CHERNOMYRDIN TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (C) The Ambassador met on May 19 with Russian Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin. Discussion focused on domestic Ukrainian politics, with Chernomyrdin regretting the "lost years" brought about by the conflict between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko. He expressed irritation at the EU and Y [...]
2009-05-21 09:40:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV941ODESA: CITY WITH A RUSSIAN PAST SEARCHING FOR A
[...] (C) Odesa, with a population of over a million, is an important commercial and cultural center for Ukraine. The city, known for its sea port and ethnically diverse population, is still strongly influenced by historic and cultural ties to Russia. In recent meetings, interlocutors described a [...]
2009-06-02 12:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV988PRESIDENT AND PM CALL IN DIP CORPS; DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko on June 5 called in selected HOMs to argue their respective positions on a potential broad coalition between BYuT and opposition Party of Regions (Regions). Yushchenko characterized the potential BYuT-Regions marriage and their planned [...]
2009-06-05 15:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL UP
09LAGOS112NIGERIA: AFENIFERE LEADER CLAIMS INCREASED
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 27 meeting with Chief Supo Shonibare, Lagos State Chairman of the Yoruba socio-political organization Afenifere, Shonibare explained that Afenifere is playing an increased role as the principal socio-political vehicle to promote social democratic values in the South- [...]
2009-03-11 12:44:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV NI
09LAGOS14NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBER
[...] (U) Summary: Acting Consul General met on December 23 with Tony Uranta (protect throughout),a member of the Niger Delta Technical Committee and campaign manager for the 2007 presidential campaign of Patrick Utomi, Dean of the Lagos Business School. According to Uranta, the Technical Committe [...]
2009-01-12 06:08:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS144NIGERIA: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS GOVERNOR ALAO-AKALA'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Federal Appeals Court has upheld the April 14, 2007 election of Oyo State Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala (People's Democratic Party),and dismissed an appeal filed by All Nigerian Peoples Party Governorship (ANPP) candidate Abiola Ajimobi. The ruling has put an end to weeks of [...]
2009-03-20 12:22:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS163NIGERIA: Ekiti Gubernatorial Election Rerun Set for April
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ekiti State gubernatorial election, ordered rerun by the Appeals Court on February 17, will be held on April 25. Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to organize a transparent election, and issued election guidelines it claims will eliminate [...]
2009-04-01 08:11:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS171NIGERIA: APPEALS COURT REJECTS ELECTION TRIBUNAL VERDICT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Federal Appeals Court has ordered a new hearing into allegations by Action Congress (AC) candidate Rauf Aregbesola that vote rigging and ballot tampering led to the April 14, 2007 election of Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The c [...]
2009-04-03 08:12:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS188NIGERIA: LAGOS FINANCIAL ELITES CRITICIZE CBN MONETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the financial crisis and economic downturn deepen in Nigeria, EconOff met Bismarck Rewane, CEO of Financial Derivatives Company and member of the President Economic Steering Committee, on April 1 and Doyin Salami, Professor at the Lagos Business School and member of the Presid [...]
2009-04-17 07:17:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS191NIGERIA: LEADING NIGER DELTA ACTIVIST BRIEFS
[...] (C) Summary: Patrick Utomi, Director of the Center for Applied Economics at the Lagos Business School (LBS) and 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADP),and originally from Delta State, told Ambassador, while she was in Lagos on March 23, that he is working, as Chair o [...]
2009-04-17 12:10:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS193NIGERIA: EKITI STATE ELECTION RERUN: POTENTIAL FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In March 2 meetings in Ekiti State, political party representatives, journalists and civil society leaders told Poloff that the upcoming rerun election for governor has little to do with real issues, but displays the typical power politics of the People,s Democratic Party (PDP) i [...]
2009-04-17 12:12:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV NI
09LAGOS197NIGERIA: NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN GOVERNOR AMAECHI AND
[...] (C) Summary: Despite several attempts to reconcile their differences, Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and his erstwhile political godfather, former Governor Peter Odili still harbor mutual animosity. Odili believes that recent recommendations by a truth and reconciliation commission esta [...]
2009-04-21 07:56:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS211NIGERIA: EKITI STATE RERUNS: VOTERS WILLING TO
[...] (C) Summary: Throughout the South West area, civil society organizations, political parties and political leaders of every stripe are focused on Ekiti State as it prepares for the April 25 gubernatorial rerun elections in 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The potential for violence (see reft [...]
2009-04-27 10:11:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV NI
09LAGOS213NIGERIA: EKITI ELECTION UPDATE: POLITICS AND
[...] (C) Summary: The April 25 Ekiti gubernatorial by-election in 64 wards of 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs) between Dr. Kayode Fayemi (AC - Action Congress) and the incumbent Segun Oni (PDP - Peoples' Democratic Party),was marred by violence, voter intimidation by party members, general confus [...]
2009-04-29 07:11:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV NI
09LAGOS215NIGERIA: EKITI RETURNS TO NORMALCY AS AC PREPARES
[...] (C) Summary: On May 6, following the May 5 announcement of the victory of Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Segun Oni in the contested Ekiti State gubernatorial rerun election, Ado-Ekiti broke out into violent demonstrations, as protesters clashed with police. The Action Congress (AC) [...]
2009-05-11 07:20:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS227NIGERIA: EDO STATE EMPOWERING THE ELECTORATE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On April 28, officials of the new Action Congress (AC) administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole in Edo State outlined to PolOff and PolSpec the initiatives of the new government to reduce costs and fraud while increasing revenue and efficiency. Officials welcomed the dramatic [...]
2009-05-14 15:16:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR ECON NI
09LAGOS279NIGERIA: ONDO STATE GOV CONFRONTS OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Olusegun Mimiko's (Labour Party - LP) four months in office have been a mixed bag of accomplishments and political intrigues. His supporters claimed he has in four months accomplished more than his predecessor achieved in two years. Opponents argue that his government [...]
2009-07-06 15:33:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS306NIGERIA: ASKING THE ROBBER TO INVESTIGATE HIS CRIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6 PolCouns and PolOff met with Lagos based civic activists to discuss progress towards democratization and electoral reform. The activists likened expecting electoral reform from the present government of Nigeria to asking the robber to investigate his crime. They adde [...]
2009-07-17 14:34:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KDEM NI
09LAGOS309NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS AT EKITI
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, the Ambassador participated in a roundtable on Democracy and Electoral Reform in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, hosted by the New Initiative for Social Development (NISD) and attended by three other civil society organization (CSO) partners. The roundtable was in part held i [...]
2009-07-20 15:05:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS315NIGERIA: IMO STATE GOVERNOR TO SWITCH TO PDP ON JULY 25
[...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of speculation and denial, Imo State Governor Ikedi Ohakim of the Progressive Peoples' Alliance (PPA) has now finalized his plan to switch to the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP). PPA leaders have threatened to drag him to the Supreme Court if he leaves the party. H [...]
2009-07-24 06:46:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS357NIGERIAN FLIGHTS TO THE USA: TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF?
[...] (C) Summary: Visiting FAA representatives report that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Agency (NCAA) is close to meeting all eight requirements for Category 1 status for Nigerian carriers to fly to the United States and that it could gain that status as soon as mid-2010. End Summary. Status of [...]
2009-09-08 17:19:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS388NIGERIA AFTER THE CENTRAL BANK AUDITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At September 29 Bank Directors Association (BDAN) of Nigeria forum bank directors received advice from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi and former Chairman of Diamond Bank Pascal Dozie on how to form and run a proper board of directors. Sanusi's remarks were deliver [...]
2009-10-16 07:11:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOC NI
09LAGOS390DEMARCHE ON IMO ELECTIONS DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) The Mission formally requested Government of Nigeria support for USG reelection as a category "A" member of the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) via September 24 Embassy Abuja diplomatic note, per reftel. ConGen Lagos P/E Chief shared this note with Director Gen [...]
2009-10-16 15:34:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ECON PREL NI
09LAGOS4NIGERIA: CITIZENS ADVOCACY GROUP FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On December 18 Pol-Econ Chief and PolOffs met in Lagos with Olawale Okunniyi spokesman of PRONACO (Pro National Conference),a coalition of Nigerian organizations seeking to ensure that Constitutional Reform takes into account the wishes of the Nigerian people. Okunniyi pointed ou [...]
2009-01-07 06:11:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER NI
09LAGOS449UBA OUT BUT PDP PROBLEMS PLAGUE ANAMBRA RUN-UP
[...] (C) A November 13 court dismissal of a suit by self-styled "governor-in-waiting" Andy Uba has seemingly cleared the path for the February 6, 2010, election to occur as planned. Incumbent Governor Peter Obi of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) faces challenges from the 26 other partie [...]
2009-11-25 15:16:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NI
09LAGOS450U.S.-UK PRE-ELECTION ASSESSMENT IN ANAMBRA
[...] (C) The electoral campaign is on in earnest in Anambra State in advance of the key February 6, 2010, gubernatorial election. Serious structural and electoral process problems exist in Anambra, notably the ability (or inability) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduc [...]
2009-11-25 16:05:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC ECON SOCI NI
09LAGOS462SOUTHERN REACTIONS TO YAR'ADUA'S AILING HEALTH
[...] (S) Lagos has remained outwardly calm over the recent Eid-el-Kabir holiday weekend, and during the week of November 30 over reports of President Yar'Adua's ailing health. The main southern Nigerian preoccupation, if there is one apparent now, is speculation and concern over the staying power [...]
2009-12-04 07:00:00Consulate LagosSECRETPGOV PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS472SOLUDO'S ANAMBRA BRAVADO CONTINUES
[...] (C) A Federal Appeals Court ruled December 1 that People's Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Charles Soludo should suspend his campaign in Anambra State and "stop parading" himself as a candidate pending a final judicial outcome. The court also ordered the Independent Nigerian El [...]
2009-12-08 10:39:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS482CHANGING CHARACTER OF KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA
[...] (C) Kidnapping in Nigeria is increasing in frequency, expanding in scope and changing in character. This seriously under-reported crime may be occurring as frequently as 40 times a week, and targets are increasingly ordinary Nigerians. Incidents are no longer geographically concentrated in [...]
2009-12-18 13:34:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC NI
09LAGOS484SUPREME COURT REINSTATES SOLUDO
[...] (SBU) After several legal setbacks, People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Charles Soludo received Supreme Court approval December 17 to participate in the February 6, 2010, gubernatorial election in Anambra State. The PDP is therefore very much back in the fray, and the potential for el [...]
2009-12-18 15:05:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI
09LAGOS493AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OBASANJO
[...] (C) Ambassador met with former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Hill top residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Dec. 23. The discussion focused on several topics including recent developments in the Congo, U.S. support for Nigeria and upcoming elections in Nigeria. The unexpect [...]
2009-12-31 15:35:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI
09LAGOS63NIGERIA: SURGEON, ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST TAKES
[...] (C) Summary: Edet Ikpi, Commissioner of Health in Cross River State, who is a practicing surgeon and former head of the Zero Corruption Coalition, told PolOff on January 13 that he has embarked on a campaign to introduce transparency, accountability and service delivery in his department. As a [...]
2009-02-09 11:42:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SNAR NI
09LAGOS77NIGERIA: ELECTION TRIBUNALS UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: The Appeals Court in Kwara State, on February 17 overturned the decision of the electoral tribunal affirming the election of Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni (PDP) and ordered new elections in 10 of the state's 16 local government areas. (Comment: After 21 months in power, it is lik [...]
2009-02-24 14:33:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09LAGOS84NIGERIA: PROFESSOR ASKS USG SUPPORT ON AMNESTY,
[...] (C) Summary: Pol-Econ Chief met with President of the Lagos Business School and 2007 Presidential candidate Patrick Utomi at his request on February 6. The militant "boys in the creeks" want to come in, Utomi said, and but do not trust the politicians who they believe will profit from any plan [...]
2009-02-25 14:59:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAHORE11PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER THREATENS "OPEN WAR" IF NAWAZ IS DISQUALIFIED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 15:45:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PTER
09LAHORE230UPDATE ON OCTOBER 15 ATTACKS ON LAHORE SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. On October 15, 2009, extremists killed eighteen police personnel and injured over 100 in three simultaneous attacks on security installations in Lahore. The extremists had learned from previous attacks, enhancing their weapons and disguising themselves as police. Attackers app [...]
2009-12-10 06:08:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE35PUNJAB GOVERNOR TAKES OVER WHILE PROTESTS CONTINUE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 04:20:00Consulate LahoreSECRETMOPS PGOV PK PTER
09LAHORE38THE NUMBERS GAME IN THE PUNJAB
[...] (C) Summary: The key to power in the Punjab lies with the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and its leaders the Chaudhrys of Gujrat. The Chaudhry cousins told the Principal Officer on February 28 that they were being assiduously courted by both the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Mus [...]
2009-03-03 13:13:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK
09LAHORE41(S) SHAHBAZ SHARIF OPEN TO NEGOTIATIONS WITH PRESIDENT ZARDARI
[...] (S) Summary: In a March 6 meeting with Principal Officer, Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif laid out a number of preconditions for a quick negotiated settlement to the current political impasse with President Asif Zardari including that (1) the agreement included [...]
2009-03-06 19:08:00Consulate LahoreSECRETPGOV PTER KDEM PK
09LAHORE50GOVERNOR RESISTS COMPROMISE IN PUNJAB
[...] (C) Summary: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told Principal Officer (PO) March 14 that the best solution to stabilize the provincial government continues to rely on a tie-up between the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) with a PPP Chief Minister at the helm. He d [...]
2009-03-14 12:06:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK
09LAHORE9THE BATTLE TO CONTROL THE PUNJAB
[...] (S) Summary: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) coalition in the country's most-populous Punjab province is looking increasingly weak. Both parties are openly courting the opposition Pakistan Muslim League (PML) in an effort to solidify control over the [...]
2009-01-22 07:16:00Consulate LahoreSECRETPGOV KDEM PK
09LAPAZ11CRY FRAUD: PRE-DENOUNCING REFERENDUM RESULTS
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition Podemos Party launched its first wave of voter fraud accusations January 5, focusing on sudden large increases in the electorate and increased support for the government in key regions. Former National Electoral Court (CNE) President Salvador Romero told us the attacks [...]
2009-01-06 13:13:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM VN BL
09LAPAZ115BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM PASSES, WHAT NEXT?
[...] (C) Summary: In a generally peaceful day of voting marked by scattered accusations of fraud, Bolivians voted in a national referendum January 25 to approve a new constitution. Although official vote tallies will not be available until February, initial surveys place the national referendum r [...]
2009-01-27 15:54:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM PREL PINR BL
09LAPAZ1166BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: ELECTRIC INERTIA
[...] (C) The Government of Bolivia (GOB) began negotiations in late July with the country's electric generation and distribution companies to reportedly nationalize the sector by the end of the year. As negotiations move forward, the GOB will find it is acquiring a sector that received no invest [...]
2009-08-11 21:10:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ1285BATTLE LINES DRAWN FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the passage of the September 7 filing deadline, eight parties have registered to contest the December 6 elections for Bolivia's presidency and Plurinational Assembly (Congress). Three parties are set to split the bulk of the opposition vote, greatly strengthening Presiden [...]
2009-09-09 21:51:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM INR PHUM BL
09LAPAZ131EU ISSUES MIXED REPORT ON BOLIVIAN REFERENDUM
[...] Summary: The European Union Electoral Observation Mission (EU EOM) published on January 27 its Preliminary Statement regarding the January 25 constitutional referendum. Although the report says the referendum was credibly completed and the "electorate could in general freely exercise their ri [...]
2009-01-29 11:11:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ1320BOLIVIAN ELECTION PLANNING (C-AL9-01770)
[...] (C) Summary: Per reftel A request, Embassy reports that Bolivian election planning is advancing on all fronts. The registration process for the new biometric electoral roll, managed by the Bolivian National Electoral Court (CNE) is proceeding on schedule and without major obstacles. The CNE [...]
2009-09-17 14:55:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1321PANDO SETTLEMENTS UPDATE: C-AL9-01687
[...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Poloff traveled to Bolivia's Pando department on September 11-12 to discuss GOB resettlement programs with local sources. The GOB maintains the settlements are necessary to reinforce its border with Brazil and "re-establish sovereignty" in the region, while cr [...]
2009-09-17 15:18:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1327NEW VIDEO CASTS DOUBT ON PANDO "MASSACRE"
[...] (C) Summary: On the one-year anniversary of the September 11, 2008 clash in Pando department that left 11 dead, local opposition groups released new video evidence that casts doubt on the GOB's version of events. Poloff traveled to the site of the conflict on September 11 and 12 to interview a [...]
2009-09-18 16:16:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1359BOLIVIAN OPPOSITION MOSTLY RESIGNED TO MORALES
[...] (C) Summary: Meetings September 23-24 with leading Bolivian opposition figures in Santa Cruz underscored their subdued mood two months ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections. Almost all believe that President Morales will be easily re-elected to a second term and that his MAS party [...]
2009-09-30 13:27:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SNAR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1425POLLS: MAS TO SWEEP, MAY WIN TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY
[...] (C) Summary: Three recently-published polls -- including an unreleased, privately-commissioned poll by Stanley Greenberg's firm -- confirm President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are well positioned to sweep the December 6 elections. Morales is favored to wi [...]
2009-10-07 19:44:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1551SANTA CRUZ GOVERNOR REMAINS IN OPPOSITION, WILL RUN AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Santa Cruz Prefect (Governor) and leading opposition figure Ruben Costas told us November 6 that he will run again for prefect in April under the banner of his recently-established "Verde" party. Costas described public security in Santa Cruz as worsening, prompting the national [...]
2009-11-18 14:25:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1553CAMPAIGN UPDATE: MAS GAINS MOMENTUM IN COCHABAMBA
[...] (C) Summary: The ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party of President Evo Morales is likely to do well in the December 6 elections in Cochabamba Department, a highland area southeast of La Paz that includes the coca-growing Chapare region. This reflects its strength in rural areas, an al [...]
2009-11-18 14:42:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1577BOLIVIA: ELECTION MONITORS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings on November 24 and 25 with representatives from the OAS, European Union, and Carter Center electoral observation missions, all told us they were prepared for the December 6 elections and identified potential pitfalls, including the practice of "public voting," inapprop [...]
2009-12-01 17:32:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1585BOLIVIA: FINAL PRE-ELECTION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: With days remaining before the December 6 presidential and legislative elections, polls report President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have widened their lead, with an outside chance at reaching an overall two-thirds majority in the Plurinational Ass [...]
2009-12-02 20:12:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1587BOLIVIA: WHAT LIES AHEAD IN A SECOND MORALES TERM
[...] (C) Summary: With a sweeping victory increasingly likely for Bolivian President Evo Morales and his MAS party in December 6 elections, the political focus in Bolivia has already shifted to how Morales will approach his next five years in office. Morales's outreach to opposition voters and (re [...]
2009-12-03 20:03:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON BL
09LAPAZ1589MORALES, MAS WIN RESOUNDING ELECTION VICTORY
[...] Summary: President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) won a resounding victory in national elections on December 6. Parallel vote counts show Morales won re-election with approximately 63 percent of the vote and that the MAS won at least 24 of 36 Senate seats. L [...]
2009-12-07 19:29:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1605GOB TO JAIL OPPOSITION LEADER REYES VILLA?
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Manfred Reyes Villa confirmed to local press December 16 that he is in hiding from GOB authorities but said he had not fled the country. Reyes Villa labeled himself a victim of political persecution and said President Morales sou [...]
2009-12-18 17:03:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1609DECEMBER ELECTIONS SHOW MAS GAINING IN OPPOSITION DEPARTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition remains strong in Beni, but the ruling Movemiento al Socialismo (MAS) party made considerable inroads in the December elections. The increase reflected the MAS' substantial investment in its Beni campaign, its increased appeal to poorer voters, and a weak oppositi [...]
2009-12-23 13:05:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ220BOLIVIA: NEW CONSTITUTION, NEW CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: Leveraging his now certified victory in the January 25 constitutional referendum, President Evo Morales held a massive "party" February 7 to promulgate the constitution and herald the arrival of the new "community socialist" revolution. The next day, Morales announced the result [...]
2009-02-10 16:08:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ247VICE MINISTER FIRED FOR U.S. IV VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister for Basic Services Gustavo Morales was fired last month for participating in a USG-sponsored International Visitor program. VM Morales said his former boss Minister of Water Rene Orellana and Minister of Government Juan Ramon Quintana approached President Evo Morale [...]
2009-02-12 21:26:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR OEXC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ271A/DCM VISIT TO SANTA CRUZ
[...] (U) During a February 12-13 visit to Santa Cruz, Acting DCM: --escorted two youth from the Yungas region of La Paz, who won scholarships from the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),to the Tahuichi soccer academy; --announced English scholarships for 50 disadvantaged high school students to study [...]
2009-02-19 14:56:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON KPAO EAID SNAR BL
09LAPAZ305EVO NAMES EMBOFF AS CIA; TARGETS "TRAITORS"
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: Bolivian President Evo Morales named EmbOff Francisco "Frank" Martinez as a "Mexican infiltrator" while sharing his vision of a vast CIA network that permeates all sectors of Bolivian government and social groups February 26. Morales' message was clear: Martinez is a CIA [...]
2009-02-26 23:21:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR PROP EMIN EPET EINV
09LAPAZ319BOLIVIA NONCOMMITTAL TO PAINTER NOMINATION FOR UN
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yuri Arce, U.S. desk officer, and Estella Mendoza, Chief of American Affairs, February 27. Arce agreed Judge Painter was a qualified candidate, but would offer no pledge of support or hint of who Bolivia will support. URS [...]
2009-03-02 11:53:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09LAPAZ374MAS MOB TAKE HOUSE, BEAT FAMILY OF FORMER VP
[...] (C) Summary: Apparently induced by agitators, protesters from one Lake Titicaca region ransacked the house and attacked the family of former Vice-President and current presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas on March 7. Although the government has launched an investigation, officials inclu [...]
2009-03-09 21:17:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ382EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW PROGRAM 2009 BOLIVIA
[...] The La Paz Prefecture (state government) in Bolivia has been dramatically impacted by the effects of climate change. The La Paz prefect (governor) is anxious to investigate the causes of these problems, work towards finding solutions, and integrate best practices into his water projects. In th [...]
2009-03-11 18:53:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER
09LAPAZ407BOLIVIA: CIA ACCUSATIONS SPREADING
[...] (C) Summary: Accusations of CIA involvement in Bolivian "internal affairs" have proliferated since the announcement of Embassy officer Francisco "Frank" Martinez's expulsion March 9. President Morales' top advisors, Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana and Government Minister Alfredo Rada, [...]
2009-03-13 21:24:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ436BOLIVIA: WHO CAN CHALLENGE MORALES? (PT 1)
[...] (C) Summary: Although presidential elections will not occur until December 6, at least ten members of the opposition are being mentioned as potential candidates. This is the first in a series of cables that will review the possibilities for each. Part One will focus on the three leading can [...]
2009-03-20 20:23:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL ECON
09LAPAZ469MAS TRAMPLES CONSTITUTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales, his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, and affiliated social groups continue to use authoritarian measures to implement a so-called "democratic revolution," including the initiation of legal proceedings against Supreme Court President Eddy Ferna [...]
2009-03-26 16:27:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ496MAS TRIES TO STACK THE DECK FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The new Bolivian constitution requires Congressional passage by April 7 of a "transitional regime" to establish the rules for the December 6 election of the president, vice president, and members of the new "Plurinational Assembly." Under threat of a 10,000-person siege by socia [...]
2009-03-31 17:55:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ501SANTA CRUZ LEADERS ALARMED BY EROSION OF
[...] (C) Summary: During several recent trips by embassy officials to Santa Cruz, leaders and common citizens alike have expressed concern over the growing anti-democratic tendencies of the Morales government. Issues such as the continued imprisonment of Pando Prefect Leopoldo Fernandez, the self [...]
2009-03-31 21:23:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM PHUM SNAR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ557STARVING DEMOCRACY: ELECTORAL LAW IMPASSE
[...] (C) Summary: As of 2:00pm April 9, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has been unable to break a legislative deadlock with the opposition over passage of the constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which will govern all aspects of upco [...]
2009-04-09 20:41:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ578OPPOSITION GAINS WITH ELECTORAL LAW PASSAGE
[...] (C) Summary: At approximately 4:00am on April 14, the Morales administration reached formal agreement with the opposition and passed the Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which establishes the rules for the December 6 national elections. The ETL directs the National Electoral Court to construc [...]
2009-04-14 22:11:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ586BOLIVIA: ENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP OF THE
[...] (U) Econoff spoke with both General Director of Multilateral Affairs in the Foreign Ministry Cecilia Chacon and General Director on Climate Change Issues Jaime Villanueva on April 15. Chacon will attend the Summit of the Americas (SOA) as the Multilateral Representative. Villanueva has previou [...]
2009-04-15 22:21:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALKSUM ECON ENRG SENV BL KGHG
09LAPAZ594BOLIVIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) As per reftel B, PolOff on April 9 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza regarding USG candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. On April 15, Post delivered via diplomatic note the points listed in Reftel A. 2. (C) During the April 9 meeting, Mendoza lame [...]
2009-04-17 13:45:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ6FEARS OF CLOSING CONGRESS FOR EARLY ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition Alternate Senator Rafael Loayza (Podemos, La Paz) told PolOff he anticipated Bolivian President Evo Morales would shut down Congress sometime before mid-summer. Loayza argued that Morales will use the "inevitable" approval of a constitutional referendum January 25 to j [...]
2009-01-05 19:19:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ62BOLIVIA: EVO WARNS HE WILL RULE BY DECREE
[...] (U) At the January 11 conference of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, President Evo Morales called on his followers to perpetuate MAS power "forever." Morales assured his listeners that he was confident the new constitution would pass in the January 25 referendum, allowing for [...]
2009-01-13 21:40:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ658FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER VISITS BOLIVIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Former President Jimmy Carter, his wife, and members of the Carter Center in Atlanta visited Bolivia April 30-May 3. The former President met (in chronological order) with the Embassy Country Team, Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas, Presiden [...]
2009-05-05 22:44:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL VE EC
09LAPAZ698BOLIVIA: POLITICAL VIEWS FROM TARIJA STATE
[...] (C) Summary: A/DCM and PolOffs met with Tarija Department (state) leaders during a May 7-8 outreach trip (reftel a). Prefect (governor) Mario Cossio told us the GOB's investigation into an alleged terror cell was a "show." He said he would be the next prefect to be arrested largely because th [...]
2009-05-13 20:28:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ743CHARGE MEETING WITH FORMER VP CARDENAS
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation on May 15, Charge d'Affaires met with former Vice President and leading opposition presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas and discussed Cardenas' campaign prospects, recent attacks against political opponents by ruling Movement Toward Socialism [...]
2009-05-22 15:49:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ845BOLIVIA LUKE WARM ON ICSC CANDIDATE
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points to Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez June 4. Fernandez was noncommittal, but was responsive to reftel point that U.S. Caniddate Lucretia Myers was the only candidate from the Americas. URS [...]
2009-06-09 19:27:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUST KUNR PREL UNGA BL
09LAPAZ96BOLIVIA'S REFERENDUM: MARGIN OF VICTORY MATTERS
[...] (C) Summary: With the January 25 constitutional referendum rapidly approaching, all signs point to victory for President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Although the opposition has made inroads into the MAS lead, most national polls point to between 54 and 60 p [...]
2009-01-23 13:26:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LEIPZIG15RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS WIN MINOR GAINS IN EASTERN GERMANY'S
[...] (U) The right-wing extremist "National Democratic Party of Germany" (NPD) achieved minor gains in the June 7 communal elections in the eastern states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia, had an increase in support in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V) from .08 to 3.2 percent of the vote statewid [...]
2009-07-02 08:32:00Consulate LeipzigUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV GM
09LEIPZIG26SPD POSITIONED AS KINGMAKER IN THURINGIA COALITION DILEMMA
[...] (SBU) The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) suffered a severe blow in the Thuringia state elections August 30, losing its absolute majority. This has been interpreted as a setback on the national level as well, since the CDU came up short of being able to form a coalition with its preferred par [...]
2009-08-31 16:04:00Consulate LeipzigUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV GM
09LEIPZIG28THURINGIA ELECTION AFTERMATH: CALLS FOR A GRAND COALITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Having lost its absolute majority in the August 30 state elections, Thuringia's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) may resort to pushing Minister-President Dieter Althaus aside to increase its chances of forming a coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SPD). A CDU-SPD coali [...]
2009-09-02 14:11:00Consulate LeipzigUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV GM
09LIBREVILLE15INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
[...] Per reftel, following is the Investment Climate Statement for Sao Tome and Principe. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. While the Government of Sao Tome and Principe (GoSTP) has a positive attitude toward foreign investment, cu [...]
2009-01-13 11:00:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC USTR KTDB EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV TP
09LIBREVILLE195GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO, SERIOUSLY ILL, "SUSPENDS"
[...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, who we believe was hospitalized on May 4, was discharged on the night of May 6-7 but remains gravely ill, according to well-informed medical sources. Informed speculation is that the president may be suffering from some form of cancer, compl [...]
2009-05-07 13:34:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV GB ASEC
09LIBREVILLE210GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO SAID TO BE RECEIVING
[...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, who is seriously ill, is said to be receiving medical treatment in Europe. His precise location is unknown, although he appears to have traveled first to Spain, and may be receiving treatment there. His prognosis is uncertain. Unease is gr [...]
2009-05-14 15:31:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM GB SP
09LIBREVILLE220GABON AFTER PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO
[...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Africa's longest-serving head of state, is gravely ill. Following is Embassy Libreville's analysis of the prospects for succession and stability in Gabon, and the likely impact on U.S. interests. End Summary. ------------------------------ [...]
2009-05-20 10:42:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR GB FR
09LIBREVILLE270PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO DEAD AT 1430 LOCAL
[...] (U) Gabonese officials have confirmed that President Omar Bongo Ondimba passed away on June 8 at 1430 Gabonese time. The Government of Gabon has announced a 30-day period of mourning. There are no details on the funeral yet. The Gabonese military is on alert, the international airport is clo [...]
2009-06-08 17:37:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL GB SP FR
09LIBREVILLE281GABON: U.S. INTERESTS IN THE POST-BONGO ERA
[...] (C) About a dozen African heads of state, French President Sarkozy, AU Chair Jean Ping and other luminaries are expected in Libreville for Gabonese President Omar Bongo's June 16 state funeral. Drawing on our excellent condolence message, any U.S. delegation should honor Bongo's memory and f [...]
2009-06-12 11:53:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE295GABON: GOVERNMENT DISMISSED, REAPPOINTED, AND
[...] (C) On June 19 Interim President Rose Francine Rogombe accepted the constitutionally-mandated resignation of Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong and the demission of the Cabinet of Ministers. Ndong was appointed hours later to head a transitional government that looks much like its predecessor. [...]
2009-06-22 16:29:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREF GB
09LIBREVILLE302GABON: INTERIM PRESIDENT OPENS DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] (U) Interim President Rose Rogombe announced June 20 that she would launch a dialogue and consultations with Gabon,s political and civic actors to reach consensus concerning the election of Gabon,s next President. Her consultations began three days later with the leadership of the ruling Democ [...]
2009-06-25 16:30:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE318GABON: NO DATE YET FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT
[...] (C) Preparations for Gabon's presidential election are underway, including the revision of electoral lists and determining the number of local electoral commissions. However, an election date has not yet been determined and there is broad agreement across the political spectrum that more time [...]
2009-07-06 12:58:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE321GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STEP FORWARD
[...] (U) Gabon,s election is shaping up to be the country,s first truly comprehensive election since independence. The ruling Democratic Party of Gabon (PDG) announced last week a July 4 deadline for submission of names of presidential candidates from the party's membership. In total, there are t [...]
2009-07-07 16:10:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE323GABON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BY SEPTEMBER 6
[...] (C) The Constitutional Court ruled on July 8 after declaring the existence of a "force majeure," that the upcoming presidential election must occur no later than September 6 The ruling Democratic Party of Gabon has missed its self-imposed July 8 date to announce its candidate from among ten [...]
2009-07-09 13:45:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE344GABON: VOTER REGISTRATION CLOSED, MINISTER OF
[...] (C) Voter registration for Gabon's upcoming presidential election ended on July 22 after being extended an extra day due to higher-than-expected demand. Long lines and early closings of registration offices have fueled complaints by citizens and political opponents to the ruling party. Casami [...]
2009-07-23 16:14:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE349GABON: WHO'S WHO OF THE FRONT-RUNNING
[...] (C) With the race for the Gabonese presidency underway, there are a number of presidential hopefuls who will remain important throughout the election cycle. The full roster of candidates, 23 in all, contains only a handful of legitimate contenders to succeed Omar Bongo. This cable identifies [...]
2009-07-29 12:34:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE368GABON: ELECTION MISCELLANY
[...] (C) As Gabon enters into an unprecedented period in its history, Gabonese politics also struggles to define the norms for the first truly unpredictable political landscape in 41 years. New election tactics like the use of short messaging services (SMS) and billboards are prompting local debate [...]
2009-08-06 15:31:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE386GABON: ELECTION OBSERVATION UPDATE
[...] (C) The African Union (AU) pre-election evaluation delegation led by Dr. Albert Tevoedjre, Mediator of Benin, visited Libreville the week of August 10. The delegation included former ministerial-level and election commission officials from Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritius. Sent by AU Peace [...]
2009-08-14 13:34:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE387GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN FULL SWING: ALI
[...] (C) Gabon,s two week presidential campaign period officially started August 15 with launch rallies held by most, if not all, 23 candidates in Libreville. Also on the eve of the campaign Bongo stepped down as Defense Minister. Quickly establishing himself as the spending forerunner, ruling PDG [...]
2009-08-19 15:57:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE388GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN FULL SWING; ALI
[...] (C) Gabon's two week presidential campaign period officially started August 15 with launch rallies held by most, if not all, 23 candidates in Libreville. Also on the eve of the campaign Bongo stepped down as Defense Minister. Quickly establishing himself as the spending forerunner, ruling PDG [...]
2009-08-19 16:07:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE389GABON: ELECTION MISCELLANY II
[...] (C) The jockeying for position and desire for votes by the candidates of the Gabonese presidency has steadily risen in intensity. Bruno Ben Moubamba, an independent candidate, is in the sixth day of a hunger strike to protest irregularities regarding the Constitutional Court and electoral list [...]
2009-08-21 13:55:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE395GABON: IS THE VOTERS LIST INFLATED?
[...] (C) Independent candidate Bruno Ben Moubamba was hospitalized briefly on August 22 in the 7th day of his hunger strike (reftel). He returned to his spot at the entrance of the National Assembly after being treated and is now drinking juices. Prior to the start of the hunger strike Moubamba [...]
2009-08-25 13:14:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE397GABON: JEAN PING SENDS AN AU WISEMAN TO
[...] (C) In addition to sending an election observer team to Gabon, African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commission President Jean Ping also dispatched a high-level envoy to facilitate a smooth transition to the new President. Former Senegalese Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse called on the Ambas [...]
2009-08-28 12:47:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE398GABON: SECURITY ISSUES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Libreville is calm and will likely remain so in the leadup to the August 30 presidential election. For the first time in 41 years the Gabonese will not have Omar Bongo as the shoo-in candidate. Since the rules that applied under Omar Bongo's presidency are now in flux, security and peacef [...]
2009-08-28 15:02:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE399GABON: A PARTING SHOT BEFORE THE ELECTION
[...] (C) Two days before Gabonese go to the polls, twenty-three candidates are still officially in the race for the presidency. Despite press reports of discussions between eleven opposition and independent candidates to support Andre Mba Obame, no alliances have formed to strengthen support for o [...]
2009-08-28 20:08:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE40GABON: GLIMPSES OF RULING PARTY TENSION IN SENATE
[...] (U) The ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) won an unsurprising and overwhelming victory in the January 18 senatorial election, despite ongoing internal party strife. Winning 75 of the 102 senate seats, many of the PDG candidates ran uncontested. Gabonese senators are chosen by a college o [...]
2009-01-30 14:09:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE405GABON: ALI DECLARED WINNER, LIBREVILLE LOCKED
[...] (C) The Gabonese Electoral Commission declared Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba, the ruling party candidate, the winner of the presidential election on September 3. Gabonese security forces dispersed a crowd of an estimated 2000 supporters of various opposition leaders who had gathered in a downtown ar [...]
2009-09-03 15:09:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE412GABON: THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: DOUBTS ABOUT
[...] (C) Gabon,s presidential election process continues to move forward. On September 4, Ali Bongo Ondimba was announced as the winner of the August 30 presidential election (Reftel). Opposition requests for an independent vote count were rejected. Losing candidates have 15 days (until Septembe [...]
2009-09-11 10:08:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE416GABON: PRESIDENT-ELECT BONGO'S WHISTLE STOP REGIONAL TOUR
[...] (U) Gabon's President-elect Ali Bongo Ondimba has spent the last several days visiting heads of state in the Central Africa region. On September 11, Bongo met with Cameroonian President Paul Biya in Yaounde and President Denis Sassou Nguessou in Congo-Brazzaville. On September 12, he was receiv [...]
2009-09-15 11:32:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM AO CD CF CG CM EK GB
09LIBREVILLE421GABON: OPPOSITION IN DISSARAY FOLLOWING THE
[...] (C) The Gabonese opposition has been unable to present a meaningful challenge to the results of the August 30 election despite lingering questions about the legitimacy of the vote count. With 18 candidates on election day, the opposition's failure to coordinate split the vote, giving Ali Bongo [...]
2009-09-18 10:31:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV
09LIBREVILLE430GABON: OPPOSITION ORGANIZES TO PRESENT THEIR CASE
[...] (C) A 19-member delegation representing Gabon's political opposition presented their case against the election of Ali Bongo Ondimba to the Ambassador on September 25. The opposition is using its newly-found united front with foreign embassies and international missions to underscore their arg [...]
2009-09-25 15:18:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE431GABON: PROBLEMS ARISING OVER PRESIDENTIAL RECOUNT
[...] (U) Summary: Gabon's Constitutional Court announced its plans to review the government's vote tallies and other challenges to President-elect Ali Bongo Ondimba's victory, but opposition concerns with the court's methodology could delay the process. The opposition wants the court to compare th [...]
2009-09-29 15:09:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM GB
09LIBREVILLE460GABON: ALI BONGO INSTALLATION, IMPLICATIONS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ali Bongo Ondimba, the son of former President Omar Bongo who ruled Gabon for 41 years, will be formally inaugurated as the country's fourth president on October 16. The Constitutional Court's validation of the August 30 election results on October 11 and Bongo's installation end [...]
2009-10-15 15:18:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB EK
09LIBREVILLE471GABON: ALI BONGO TRAVELS REGIONALLY, DEALS WITH LOCAL
[...] SUMMARY. President Ali Bongo Ondimba wasted no time after his inauguration to travel regionally in an effort to establish his credentials outside of Gabon. President Bongo travelled to the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo where he met with s [...]
2009-10-26 13:28:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE487GABON: SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IMO "IN
[...] On November 3, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Monkala told poloff that "in principle" Gabon would have no problem supporting the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization. Monkala said that he could not give a definitive answer, but that the U.S.'s long h [...]
2009-11-05 10:11:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA GB
09LIBREVILLE510 GABON: SEVERAL INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS ARE SUSPENDED FOR
[...] (U). Summary: After several months of a more open press environment during Gabon's political transition, the National Council for Communication (CNC) suspended six independent newspapers from one to three months for "violations of the principles of professional ethics." Several of the suspend [...]
2009-11-18 14:12:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR KPAO PINS SOCI GB TP
09LIBREVILLE61GABON: ASSESSMENT OF THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW
[...] (U) Per reftel, please find the requested information to help further define law enforcement and judicial training needs for Gabon. 2. (C) All responses are keyed to questions from paragraph 2 in reftel: -- Controlling the flow of illegal immigrants (including trafficking victims) and go [...]
2009-02-20 06:09:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC GB
09LILONGWE110MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE: TWO MONTHS TO GO
[...] (C) Summary: The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has delayed its long-awaited ruling on former President's Muluzi's candidacy until after the dissolution of Parliament on March 20. The MEC's recent discovery that over $2.8 million that had not been properly accounted has dented its credibil [...]
2009-03-02 15:28:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AU MI
09LILONGWE113CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST MALAWI'S FORMER PRESIDENT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Former President and current United Democratic Front (UDF) Presidential candidate Bakili Muluzi was arrested Feb. 25 on corruption charges. Immediately released on bail, Muluzi awaits a date for a High Court hearing on the case. Investigations began into Muluzi's alleged cor [...]
2009-03-04 15:06:00Embassy LilongweSECRETPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE122AMBASSADOR TALKS ELECTIONS, U.S. COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador had a lengthy one-on-one meeting with President Mutharika on Monday, March 2nd. The cordial and wide-ranging discussion covered expanded U.S. assistance for economic development, particularly agriculture; Malawi,s Millennium Challenge Corporation compact status; USG [...]
2009-03-06 08:14:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPKO MI
09LILONGWE150MALAWI: AU PRACTICES PRE-ELECTION "PREEMPTIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Joachim Chissano of Mozambique returned to Lilongwe March 5 to facilitate an African Union (AU) sponsored dialogue between President Mutharika, former President Muluzi, and opposition leader John Tembo. The talks brought together Mutharika and Muluzi for the fi [...]
2009-03-17 15:44:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AU MI
09LILONGWE155MALAWI: WEB REPORT CLAIMS MUTHARIKA SERIOUSLY ILL
[...] (SBU) On March 22 Nyasa Times, a notoriously anti-government web site linked to former President Bakili Muluzi, claimed that President Mutharika had become seriously ill and fallen into a coma. The web report claimed that Mutharika's cancellation of two campaign rallies, March 22 in Blantyre [...]
2009-03-23 13:13:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE156MALAWI: ELECTORAL COMMISSION REJECTS MULUZI
[...] (C) Summary: The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) announced March 20 that it had rejected the nomination of former President Bakili Muluzi as the United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate on the grounds that he had already served the maximum two consecutive terms allowed under the [...]
2009-03-23 13:24:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE157MALAWI ELECTION UPDATE: IS MEC STILL INDEPENDENT?
[...] (C) Summary: The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC),while still reeling from an audit that discovered an unaccounted $2.8 million USD (reftel),appears on track logistically and operationally for a May 19 election date. However, legal challenges over former President Muluzi's denied nomination [...]
2009-03-23 15:27:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE175MALAWI: NORTHERN REGION NO LOCK FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Malawi's Northern Region looks to be a key swing district in May 2009 elections, where its 14% share of the national electorate could be a major factor. Key issues for Northerners are economic development, representation in the national government and an end to discriminatory poli [...]
2009-04-01 12:43:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE183MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE - MULUZI READY TO WAVE THE
[...] (C) Summary: According to Muluzi confidante Harry Thomson and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General Chris Daza, former President Bakili Muluzi is prepared to withdraw his nomination for President and support MCP candidate John Tembo if the Constitutional Court upholds the MEC ruling on [...]
2009-04-03 14:13:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE198MALAWI: UDF AND MCP ANNOUNCE ALLIANCE, BUT MULUZI
[...] (U) Summary: Malawi's two leading opposition parties, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) announced their long-anticipated electoral alliance April 8. MCP leader and presidential candidate John Tembo appeared with his counterpart, former president Bakili Mulu [...]
2009-04-09 16:21:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE219MALAWI: MULUZI BACKS TEMBO FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former president Bakili Muluzi finally endorsed Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate John Tembo for president in a joint rally in Blantyre on April 18. In addition to kicking off the United Democratic Front (UDF) - MCP coalition, the rally answered several key questions about [...]
2009-04-20 16:40:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE220MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE - RUSHING TO ADDRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The inspection of Malawi's new voter roll revealed numerous problems, including 50,000 missing registrants and over 300,000 people with data errors. To quell political party complaints and add the missing voters, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has hired 550 temporary sta [...]
2009-04-21 12:10:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE228MALAWI ELECTIONS - EXPECT A TIGHT RACE
[...] (C) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader John Tembo are the clear front-runners in a pack of seven presidential candidates. Despite Mutharika's real macroeconomic success and populist programs such as the fertilizer subsidy, incumbency in Malawi has not [...]
2009-04-29 10:24:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE241MALAWI ELECTIONS: WHAT'S AT STAKE?
[...] (C) Summary: A presidential victory by either President Mutharika or MCP leader John Tembo in Malawi's May 19 presidential race would pose its own challenges and opportunities. A Mutharika victory would favor the continuity of key U.S. development initiatives including an MCC Compact, the new [...]
2009-05-08 09:25:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE257MALAWI ELECTION OBSERVATION PLANS
[...] (SBU) Election observation for Malawi's May 19 presidential and parliamentary elections will be robust. The U.S. Mission will deploy 17 observation teams and will be joined by British High Commission, Canadian High Commission, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ),and Iceland International Deve [...]
2009-05-13 14:00:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE266MALAWI ELECTIONS - GOM AND OPPOSITION PREPARE TO
[...] (C) Summary: In the final two weeks before Malawi's elections, President Mutharika again denounced donors, claiming UN technical advisors at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) were favoring the opposition. Meanwhile, several state organizations engaged in clearly partisan behavior to favor [...]
2009-05-18 10:07:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE269MALAWI ELECTORATE TURNS IN HIGH NUMBERS FOR WELL
[...] Record numbers of voters turned out for presidential and parliamentary elections today. Voting was well organized, with no reports of intimidation or violence. Counting is just underway and appears initially to be proceeding without major problems, though there are sporadic reports of inadeq [...]
2009-05-19 18:26:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE273STILL TOO EARLY TO CALL MALAWI'S ELECTION
[...] It is still too early to declare the winner of Malawi's 19 May presidential election. As of 5pm on 20 May, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) had officially endorsed results from only 58 of 3,897 polling stations or 1.5 percent, with President Mutharika in the lead. UNDP colleagues told [...]
2009-05-20 15:53:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE277MALAWI ELECTIONS: MUTHARIKA DECLARED WINNER AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) formally declared President Bingu wa Mutharika the victor in the country's presidential election in the early morning of May 22. Mutharika was inaugurated for a second term later the same day in the presence of regional dignitaries including [...]
2009-05-22 14:21:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE283MALAWI'S TRANSFORMATIONAL ELECTION SHIFTS
[...] (C) Summary: Malawi's May 19th election transformed the country's political landscape. President Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) became the first candidate and party to capture the majority of the votes in all three regions of Malawi (ref A). The decisiveness of the victo [...]
2009-05-28 13:04:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE285MALAWI - DPP DOMINATES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),riding the coattails of President Mutharika, won an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly in May 19 elections. The DPP won 113 out of 192 seats and will likely reach a two-thirds majority as independents join the government. The [...]
2009-05-29 06:34:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE29MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE - DELAYS AND DISPUTES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The latest extension in Malawi's voter registration process will delay completion of the exercise to January 28, pushing the deadline for Presidential and Parliamentary nominations into early February. With no decision yet on Muluzi's candidacy, potential delays from legal cha [...]
2009-01-21 14:34:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE315 IRISH FM TO PROPOSE USAID-IRISH AID COLLABORATION ON FOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Vincent O'Neil, Director of IrishAid in Malawi, told the USAID Director that Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin will soon meet with Secretary of State Clinton regarding joint efforts to increase the level of attention to agriculture and food security issues. O'Neil said F [...]
2009-06-05 10:52:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID EI MI
09LILONGWE358ELECTION DEFEATS FRACTURE THE MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: The poor performance of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the recent general elections led Ishmael Chafukira, the party's spokesman, to call for the immediate resignation of the party's leader and presidential candidate, John Tembo. In return, Tembo fired Chafukira and has branded [...]
2009-06-24 12:33:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV MI
09LILONGWE385MALAWI POLITICAL PARTIES LAG IN DEMOCRATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's recent elections were hailed by both international and domestic observers as credible and peaceful. Voters broke from historic regional voting patterns to give a landslide victory to President Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Malawian political parties, [...]
2009-07-09 12:39:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE44MALAWI: PRIMARIES DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD
[...] (C) Summary: Malawi's recently concluded primary season was marred by procedural problems and disputed outcomes. None of the three major parties had transparent or consistent rules for conducting primaries, and none were immune from vote-buying and outright imposition of candidates. In the No [...]
2009-01-29 11:45:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE484MALAWI: GOM PUTS THE BRAKES ON PREPARATIONS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-28 14:27:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV MI
09LILONGWE540MALAWI: PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA SLATED FOR AU CHAIRMAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the communique from its September 7-8 summit, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) endorsed Malawi's candidacy for chairman of the African Union (AU) (reftel). Barring unforeseen events, Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika is set be elected chairman of the AU As [...]
2009-09-30 15:13:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU MI
09LILONGWE572MALAWI: AMCIT NOMINATION TO UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 13:10:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR MI PREL UNGA
09LILONGWE622MALAWI TO SUPPORT U.S. IMO CANDIDACY
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Malawi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on Sept. 24, delivering both the diplomatic note and the aide memoire. Mr. Chiunguzeni did not offer any substantive response other than to indicate that IMO issues are handled [...]
2009-11-18 15:14:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA MI
09LILONGWE626MALAWI: OPPOSITION LEADER VOTE HIGHLIGHTS SPLIT IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unorthodox move, Malawi's DPP dominated parliament amended its standing orders to allow the entire membership of the house, including both opposition and government members, to vote in the election of the leader of the opposition. This change set-up an election between MCP [...]
2009-11-20 12:26:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE70MALAWI: EIGHT NOMINEES COME FORWARD FOR PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Eight candidates presented nomination papers to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and are officially running for President in the upcoming May elections. In addition to the "big three" - President Bingu wa Mutharika, former President and United Democratic Front (UDF) leade [...]
2009-02-09 13:53:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE707MALAWI HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) The following is a compilation of recent highlights in Malawi. MULUZI RETIRES - JUMBE TO LEAD UDF ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Former Malawian President and United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Bakili Muluzu has announced his retirement from politics. Famous for defea [...]
2009-12-24 09:20:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV AU MI
09LILONGWE80MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Malawian media continued to report on the government's opposition to a civil society-led parallel vote tally (PVT) in front-page story Feb. 14 entitled "Bingu Grills U.S. Envoy; Bodde Maintains Tally Center OK." The article briefly described the recent, contentious meeting betwee [...]
2009-02-17 13:50:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MI
09LIMA1059CUZCO PROVINCE: TARGET FOR EVO MORALES?
[...] (C) Summary: There is evidence that Canchis, a protest-prone area in Cuzco region, may be a focus of Bolivian activities in Peru. Canchis is a rich target with a history of rebellion going back over two centuries and a highly politicized and ideological population. The GOP has alleged Boliv [...]
2009-07-22 21:45:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA1200GOP REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] The Foreign Ministry has presented the Embassy with diplomatic note 22-6-GG/71 announcing Peru's candidacy for the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for the period 2011-2014, and requesting USG support for Peru's candidacy. We have emailed scanned copies of the diplomatic note, its ac [...]
2009-08-19 17:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PE
09LIMA1551DISCREDITED CONGRESS COMPLICATES POLITICAL PANORAMA
[...] (C) Summary: Peru's democratic consolidation faces a number of obstacles, not least of which is a legislative branch perceived as lacking in credibility. Exacerbating this problem, the unicameral Congress has recently been beset by a series of scandals related to the unethical behavior and qu [...]
2009-10-20 15:58:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM SNAR KCRM ETRD PE
09LIMA1561HUMALA: HEDGING BETS IN RUN UP TO ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Ollanta Humala -- who nearly won the 2006 presidential elections on a populist platform -- heads a Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) pursuing an ambiguous dual-track political path. According to insiders, the party continues to have "one foot inside and the other [...]
2009-10-21 20:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER SNAR PE
09LIMA1569PERU RESPONSE: U.S. CANDIDACY TO INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 21:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA PREL UK PE
09LIMA1653BREWING SPY SCANDAL FURTHER TENSES PERU-CHILE RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: The arrest of a Peruvian Air Force (FAP) noncommissioned officer for alleged spying and passing classified defense information to Chile has brought relations between the two neighbors to a new low point. It also complicates President Garcia's peace initiative aimed at reducin [...]
2009-11-17 20:50:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MOPS PARM PE
09LIMA1661PERU: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Please find below Embassy Lima's responses to questions posed in reftel. 2. (SBU) Q: Does the United States currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Please report on all established or ad hoc dialogues of a pol-mil nature, regardless of the terminol [...]
2009-11-20 16:58:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PE MOPS
09LIMA1689Potential Peruvian OIOS Candidate
[...] (C) Genaro Matute is known to the Embassy from his time as Peru's Comptroller General (CG - rough equivalent of a government-wide Inspector General) from October 2001 to October 2008, who served during two successive administrations (Toledo and Garcia). He is seen as having done a credible j [...]
2009-12-03 21:15:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC UN PREL AMGT PE
09LIMA1740Peru Environment Minister Lists Priority Concerns and Hopes
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 2, Post's ESTH bilateral and regional teams met Environment Minister Antonio Brack, to formally introduce the new ESTH Officer for Peru and the ESTH Hub Officer for South America, as well as to discuss priority environmental issues for Peru and the Region. We engaged [...]
2009-11-14 01:43:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID EMIN ETRD SENV PE
09LIMA1834Peru Will Consider United States Candidacy for WHO Executive
[...] (U) ECONOFF delivered reftel talking points requesting support for US membership on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials on November 24. MFA officials included Ana PE????A Doig, Director of Social Policy, Maria MERINO de Hart, Dir [...]
2009-11-25 20:31:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO PE
09LIMA1836Peru Environment Minister Lists Priority Concerns and Hopes
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 2, Post's ESTH bilateral and regional teams met Environment Minister Antonio Brack, to formally introduce the new ESTH Officer for Peru and the ESTH Hub Officer for South America, as well as to discuss priority environmental issues for Peru and the Region. We engaged [...]
2009-11-25 20:57:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID EMIN ETRD SENV PE
09LIMA246NEW INTERIOR MINISTER: APRA CONGRESSWOMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yehude Simon announced the resignation of Interior Minister Remegio Hernani Meloni February 19, ostensibly for "personal reasons." APRA Congresswoman Mercedes Cabanillas was sworn in as the new Interior Minister on the same day. The resignation of Hernani, who nev [...]
2009-02-24 18:42:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KCRM PE
09LIMA360PERU-CHILE RELATIONS: ANOTHER ROUGH PATCH
[...] (C) Summary: In early March, the Garcia government issued an executive decree that expanded the existing economic accord between Peru and Chile into a formal free-trade agreement, sparking an outcry from local opposition parties and, subsequently, a strong Chilean counter-response. According t [...]
2009-03-13 21:03:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ETRD PE
09LIMA589VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER REQUESTS ASYLUM IN
[...] (C) Summary: Former Venezuelan presidential candidate and Mayor of Maracaibo Manuel Rosales has solicited political asylum in Peru. Claiming Rosales was the object of a political witchhunt in Venezuela, APRA Congressman Javier Valle Riestra in an April 21 press conference urged the Government [...]
2009-04-22 22:11:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL VE PE
09LIMA628ROSALES' ASYLUM: VENEZUELA RECALLS ITS AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: In response to the Garcia administration's granting of political asylum to former Venezuelan presidential candidate and Maracaibo Mayor Manuel Rosales (ref B),the Venezuelan Ambassador was recalled to Caracas for consultations. While the GOP sought to soften the diplomatic blow [...]
2009-04-30 22:09:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM VE PE
09LIMA637AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OLLANTA HUMALA
[...] (C) Summary: I met one-... id: 205404 date: 5/4/2009 16:16 refid: 09LIMA637 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0006 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0637/01 1241616 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 041616Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0500 INFO RUEH [...]
2009-05-04 16:16:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA639SHINING PATH IN THE VRAE: GOALS, METHODS, AND NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Although most observers describe the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso or SL) faction operating in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE) as little more than narcotraffickers, several analysts argue convincingly that the faction maintains political goals more akin to those of a ter [...]
2009-05-04 16:29:00Embassy LimaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC PE
09LIMA697NEWSPAPER ALLEGES HUMALA LINKS TO VENEZUELAN CASH
[...] (... id: 207110 date: 5/14/2009 21:04 refid: 09LIMA697 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0697/01 1342104 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 142104Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0565 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION [...]
2009-05-14 21:04:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER VE PE
09LIMA793AMAZON PROTESTS: NOT SO HIDDEN POLITICAL AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: Amazon community groups have invoked the supposed unconstitutionality of nine legislative decrees as the reason for protests that have gone on for almost two months now. These nine decrees are technical laws that seek to facilitate investment and promote development in one of Pe [...]
2009-06-05 19:20:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ECON ETRD PE
09LIMA794BOLIVIAN MEDDLING IN PERU
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales has launched a new round of rhetorical attacks on the Government of Peru with a call for indigenous peoples to rebel against their governments. GOP officials and other observers are concerned Morales' rhetoric is part of a broader effort to meddle i [...]
2009-06-05 19:50:00Embassy LimaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL PTER BL PE
09LIMA821PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF LUCRETIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 21:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PE
09LIMA847SCENESETTER FOR DASD FRANK MORA
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Lima welcomes Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Frank Mora to Peru and to the June 18-19 Peru-US Defense Bilateral Working Group (BWG). Peru is a close U.S. partner in a complicated South American region. Our bilateral relationship is anchored in a shared vision of op [...]
2009-06-15 16:49:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS MOPS SOCI PTER SNAR PE
09LIMA899THE PRO-SYSTEM VIEW: PERU ON RIGHT COURSE BUT
[...] (C) Summary: Pro-system political figures believe Peru is an example of how democratic government coupled with an open, market-based economy can promote development, reduce poverty and lay the groundwork for long-term progress. Many see the 2011 general elections as a defining moment, likely [...]
2009-06-23 19:25:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV PINR PE
09LIMA924"EVO MORALES IS OUR PRESIDENT": THE ANTI-SYSTEM
[...] (C) Summary: Its economic success of recent years notwithstanding, Peru remains fertile terrain for anti-system radicals, with persistent endemic poverty and social inequality, the absence of the state from large swaths of national territory, and clumsy, sometimes jarring public action when t [...]
2009-06-26 22:13:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI SNAR BL PE
09LISBON117PORTUGAL ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT AMCIT JUDICIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 16:42:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KAWC KJUS KUNR PO
09LISBON138EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 PORTUGAL
[...] Embassy Lisbon requests Science Fellows for 2009/2010 to expand the Embassy's contacts with Portuguese counterparts and develop relationships and collaboration with research institutions. While all applications are welcome, Post is particularly seeking specialists in renewable energy sources, [...]
2009-03-06 16:26:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER PGOV
09LISBON218PORTUGAL WELCOMES U.S. CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 16:20:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PO
09LISBON226PORTUGUESE ON S-FM MEETING, ISAF, AFRICA, AND
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Portuguese MFA Political Director and his advisers met with Ambassador Stephenson April 21 to discuss a range of issues in advance of the Portugal-U.S. Bilateral Commission meeting scheduled for May 4. The Portuguese are pleased to have confirmation for FM Amado's meeting with [...]
2009-04-22 14:09:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS CVIS XA ZK AF PO
09LISBON254PORTUGAL-US BILATERAL COMMISSION; PROGRESS ON ISAF
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission met in Lisbon on May 4 as part of its regular semi-annual meeting schedule and reviewed the state of the bilateral relationship. Portuguese MFA PolDir Brito said the GOP continues to study options to make good on the Prime Minister's promis [...]
2009-05-13 15:03:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV OVIP PO
09LISBON271PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 08:55:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PO
09LISBON289PORTUGUESE ELECTIONS: DOES ANYONE WANT TO WIN?
[...] (C/NF) Summary. This is a primer on each of Portugal's major parties and what is driving them for the election season, plus specific expectations for the June 7 European elections. Portugal has three elections this year; the June 7 elections for the European Parliament, plus legislative and municip [...]
2009-06-02 10:02:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PO
09LISBON310PORTUGAL: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 14:36:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL PO
09LISBON330S/GC AMBASSADOR FRIED DISCUSSES GUANTANAMO IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Daniel Fried met on June 19 with Portuguese MFA Political Director Nuno Brito to discuss Portugal's willingness to accept detainees from Guantanamo detention center. Portugal will accept "up to three" detainees, Brito said, to be selected from among four individuals w [...]
2009-06-25 07:24:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PO
09LISBON444PORTUGAL ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION
[...] (U) Poleconoff delivered reftel points on August 12 to Frederico Nascimento of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Political Organizations. Nascimento thanked us for our input and said Portugal's preferred candidate will be decided in early September. 2. (C [...]
2009-08-13 14:28:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALUNESCO PREL PO
09LISBON510PORTUGUESE ELECTIONS -- SOCIALISTS AHEAD, STILL
[...] (U) Summary: With the September 27 parliamentary elections just days away, the Socialists (PS) led by Prime Minister Jose Socrates have a three-point lead over the Social Democrats (PSD) led by Manuela Ferreira Leite. However, a significant portion of the electorate -- 24 percent of those int [...]
2009-09-23 15:40:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SCUL SOCI PO
09LISBON516SOCIALISTS WIN PORTUGUESE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
[...] Summary: On September 27, the ruling Socialist Party won a plurality of the seats in the Portuguese Parliament with 37 percent of the vote. The Social Democratic Party, led by former Finance Minister Manuela Ferreira Leite, came in second with 29 percent of the vote. The Socialists lost 25 [...]
2009-09-28 11:33:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SCUL SOCI PO
09LISBON528 PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - OCT 7
[...] Between September 21 and September 27 Portugal diagnosed 1,530 new cases with flu symptoms. The majority of the cases (83 percent) were in continental Portugal, 16 percent in the Azores, and 1 percent in Madeira. Twenty-one patients, including six in intensive care, remain hospitalized. To da [...]
2009-10-08 07:36:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO
09LISBON532PORTUGUESE ELECTION RESULTS PORTEND UNCERTAINTY
[...] (C) Summary: The Socialists resumed power in the September 27 Portuguese elections but lost their absolute majority in Parliament, losing 24 seats to the far-left Left Bloc and the conservative Popular Party (CDS/PP). With the loss of their majority, the Socialists must now either form a coa [...]
2009-10-08 13:08:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SCUL SOCI PO
09LISBON537PORTUGAL TO HOLD LOCAL ELECTIONS ON OCTOBER 11
[...] (U) Summary: Portugal will hold local elections October 11 in all 308 municipalities, with the most significant races in Lisbon and Porto. The race in Lisbon will be closely contested, with incumbent Socialist (PS) mayor Antonio Costa likely to be re-elected over Social Democratic (PSD) rival [...]
2009-10-09 15:09:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SCUL SOCI PO
09LISBON546PORTUGAL ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-20 12:33:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA PGOV PO
09LISBON566PORTUGAL TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poleconoff delivered reftel points on October 23 to Goncalo Silvestre of the Portuguese Ministy of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Political Organizations. Post received on November 2 a note verbale from the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming that Portug [...]
2009-11-03 10:05:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PGOV UNGA PO
09LJUBLJANA106SLOVENIA SUPPORTS US HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] Smiljana Knez, Minister Plenipotentiary in the MFA's International Organizations division, told emboff on April 15 that Slovenia would support the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) (reftel). Knez noted that the U.S. would be in a better position to influence the 2010 review [...]
2009-04-16 09:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SI
09LJUBLJANA109IAEA DG RACE: SLOVENIA NOMINATES PETRIC
[...] (SBU) The MFA held a briefing for Ljubljana's diplomatic corps on April 17 to present Dr. Ernest Petric as Slovenia's candidate for IAEA Director General. Andrej Benedejcic, Director-General of Policy Planning and Multilateral Political Relations, said that Slovenia believed that Petric "coul [...]
2009-04-17 12:50:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KNNP IAEA SI
09LJUBLJANA157SLOVENIA: EP ELECTIONS A REFERENDUM ON COALITION
[...] (C) While the governing center-left coalition has been focused on the twin challenges of the economic crisis and the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute (ref A),the center-right opposition has surged to the lead in polls ahead of Slovenia's June 7 European Parliament (EP) elections. The oppositi [...]
2009-06-03 14:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN SI
09LJUBLJANA16DAS GARBER CEMENTS TIES WITH NEW SLOVENIAN
[...] (C) During a visit to Ljubljana on January 14, visiting EUR DAS Judy Garber assured Slovenian officials that the USG would continue to pursue a strong transatlantic partnership. She noted that the U.S. had coordinated closely with its G-20 partners to respond to the global financial crisis and [...]
2009-01-20 09:09:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV ECON ENRG SI
09LJUBLJANA161SLOVENIA: "EVERYONE IS A WINNER" IN EP ELECTION
[...] (U) Slovenia's June 7 elections for seven seats in the European Parliament (EP) provided no surpises, as the unofficial results on June 8 mirrored the final pre-election polling numbers. The Slovene Democratic Party (SDS),the main opposition party, and Prime Minister Pahor's Social Democrats [...]
2009-06-08 14:01:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN PINR SI
09LJUBLJANA347MFA NOTES ACHIEVEMENTS, NEXT STEPS ON ARBITRATION
[...] (C) Summary. Senior officials at Slovenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs are pleased with the November 4th signing of the arbitration agreement to resolve the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute. At a November 5 briefing, Director-General for European Affairs and Bilateral Relations Iztok Mirosic [...]
2009-11-06 17:45:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA365SLOVENIA WILL SUPPORT US IMO CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 12:07:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IMO PHSA SIUK AADP SI
09LJUBLJANA37SLOVENIA PRESENTS CANDIDATURE FOR MEMBERSHIP OF
[...] (U) Embassy received a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 5. Text follows: 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America in Ljubljana and has the honour t [...]
2009-02-13 16:25:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PGOV UN EAID SOCI SI
09LJUBLJANA39AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR VALENTIN INZKO PROMOTES OHR
[...] (U) CDA met today with Austria's Ambassador to Slovenia, Valentin Inzko, at Inzko's request. Inzko presented a CV for forwarding to Washington in connection with his candidacy for the Office of High Representative (OHR),Sarajevo. The CV will be scanned and forwarded to EUR/CE and EUR/SCE. [...]
2009-02-13 17:28:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN BK AU SI
09LJUBLJANA41SLOVENIA EXPECTS WESTERN BALKANS TO DOMINATE
[...] (C) ADCM delivered ref's points regarding the February 23-24 GAERC to EU Correspondent Darja Gruban on February 19. Gruban said she expected the restricted Foreign Ministers' lunch discussion on the Western Balkans would be long. In addition to the FMs discussing Afghanistan, the Political Di [...]
2009-02-20 15:49:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV AFDB SU SI
09LJUBLJANA8SLOVENIA PREPARES "PARACHUTE" CANDIDATE IN CASE OF
[...] (C) Ambassador Ernest Petric, an experienced diplomat and former member of the IAEA board of governors, called on Ambassador Ghafari on January 9 to inform him that Slovenia would nominate him as a candidate for IAEA Director General if the first two rounds of voting ended with a deadlock betw [...]
2009-01-09 15:42:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL IAEA PINR KNNP SI
09LOME111TOGO: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Kodjo Menan, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 9. Menan listened carefully and said Togo would be happy to support a U.S. candidate. He requested a diplomatic note with particulars to pass on the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [...]
2009-04-09 14:26:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL TO
09LOME117 TOGO: ACOTA TEAM VISITS POST
[...] SUMMARY: From March 10-14, 2009, an evaluation team from the Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) program visited Lome to asses Togo's qualifications and readiness as a Peace Support Operations (PSO) Troop Contributing Country (TCC) to become a partner in the ACOTA peac [...]
2009-04-14 09:46:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LOME14TOGO: PRESIDENT FAURE COMMITTED TO FIGHT AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary. President Faure requested a meeting with Ambassador Hawkins to discuss the growing drug trade in Togo, specifically a drug trade organization (DTO) recently apprehended in Lome. He candidly and knowledgeably discussed particulars of that case, the need for increased cooperation be [...]
2009-01-14 17:18:00Embassy LomeCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PGOV PREL TO
09LOME163 TOGO: CONSULAR FRAUD SUMMARY
[...] SUMMARY: The following is an update of Togo's Consular Fraud Summary for the period of October 2008 to March 2009. END SUMMARY. 2. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Foreign countries continue to show interest in helping Togo emerge from its prolonged economic crisis. Massive flooding in July and August 20 [...]
2009-05-13 17:16:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM CASC TO
09LOME422 TOGO: THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION FINALLY ON THE ROAD TO THE
[...] SUMMARY. After a very slow start, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has finally begun the task of organizing the presidential election scheduled for February 28, 2010. There were many roadblocks to overcome at the beginning, from determining who would be on the CENI to cho [...]
2009-11-09 15:51:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TO
09LOME432TOGO: DOES THE RPT WANT TO PLAY BALL?
[...] SUMMARY. On Nov. 16, Poloff met with the chief of staff of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Yawo Kpamatchou, to discuss his recent trip to the U.S. for UNGA and the ruling party's, Rally of the Togolese People (RPT),role in the 2010 presidential elections. Kpamatchou expressed great interest in [...]
2009-11-17 13:32:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TO
09LOME444TOGO: ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS - OPPOSITION BOYCOTT -
[...] On Friday, November 12, Gilchrist Olympio, leader of the major opposition party, the UFC, visited the CMR to reiterate his concerns that the Government and ruling party (RPT) were conniving to steal the election from him. He requested assistance from the USG to provide each of the 6,000 voting [...]
2009-11-20 12:08:00Embassy LomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TO
09LONDON1064UK POLITICAL SNAPSHOT: A “RESILIENT” GORDON BROWN
[...] (C/NF) Key points: -- Westminster seethed with rumors over the May 2-4 holiday weekend that one or more members of Gordon Brown's cabinet were preparing to unseat him as Prime Minister/Labour Party leader following a disastrous two-week period (Ref A). By the evening of May 4, however, all of the p [...]
2009-05-06 10:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL UK
09LONDON1104HMG HAS NOT DECIDED WHOM TO SUPPORT FOR IAEA
[...] (S/NF) Summary. HMG has not decided whom to support for Director General (DG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),Simon Manley, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Director, Defense and Strategic Threats, told the Political Minister Counselor May 11. The issue of whom [...]
2009-05-11 13:24:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA PREL UK AR IR
09LONDON1203UK WINDOW ON IRAN: NGO ARGUES MORE SABERI-LIKE
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to Department (NEA/IR) request that Iran Watcher posts, echoing IRPO Dubai's widely read "Window on Iran" round-ups, provide as feasible occasional front channel summaries of day-to-day Iran-related interactions appropriate for reporting in summary form to a wide Wash [...]
2009-05-21 12:47:00Embassy LondonSECRETIR JA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON UK
09LONDON1230SOUTH AFRICA: IAEA CANDIDATE MINTY OFFERS VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Discussing what South Africa had learned from its rotation on the United States Security Council (UNSC),South Africa Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRC) Special Representative on Disarmament and NEPAD Ambassador Abdul Minty -- also Africa's candidate for the IAEA [...]
2009-05-22 15:48:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UNSC PARM TRGY SF ZU UK
09LONDON1256KOSOVO CHARGE EXPECTS TO BE NAMED AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (C) Kosovo Charge Muhamet Hamiti informed Political Minister Counselor that he will travel to Pristina the week of May 31 to complete the "bureaucratic" procedures for his appointment as Ambassador to the Court of St. James, with accreditation to New Zealand (per reftel, the GONZ has agreed [...]
2009-05-27 15:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALODIP PREF KVPR NZ KV UK
09LONDON1344UPDATE ON STATUS OF HMG PROPOSAL FOR MARINE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG remains committed at the most senior levels to establishing a marine reserve in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT),which includes the island of Diego Garcia, a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officer told Poloff June 3. UK officials have made little progress [...]
2009-06-05 11:18:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS SENV UK IO MP EFIS EWWT PGOV PREL
09LONDON1423IRAN ELECTION: XXXXXXXXXXXX CLAIMS MOJTABA IS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX and former XXXXXXXXXXXX claims that Mojtaba Khamenei, acting in concert with IRGC Jafari and other officials in the Supreme Leader's office, has been a major force behind vote manipulation, and current measures to repress pro-Moussavi demonstrations in the street, accor [...]
2009-06-16 15:55:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNIR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON UK
09LONDON1429UK PLANS TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] (C/NF) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Officials Terry Carrington and John Hoskyns told ESTHOff on June 12 the UK plans to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),but has not yet announced this intention publicly. Carrington elab [...]
2009-06-17 13:51:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG KGHG SENV UK
09LONDON1442IRAN: XXXXXXXXXXXX SAYS ELECTION PRECLUDED BY "POLITICAL COUP," URGES USG FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR PROTESTORS
[...] (S) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX on June 16 told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) and a small group of diplomats that "a majority" of leaders within the government of Iran and the IRGC want the United States, while continuing to avoid interference in Iran, to continue and even strengthen its public messages [...]
2009-06-18 17:50:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL PTER PINS IR UK
09LONDON1472VIEWS ON EMERGING EUROPEAN ECONOMIES FROM UK
[...] (U) Summary: Economists at major UK-based global banks are keeping a close watch on Eastern European economies. Though generally less pessimistic than several months ago, following significant IMF and European Commission support packages to the region and the beginning of recovery in Western [...]
2009-06-22 11:12:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN UK
09LONDON2027LABOUR PARTY PREPS FOR CONFERENCE, HONES ELECTIONS
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Labour Party's key electoral message, which it will unveil at its September party conference, is "all about the economy," Patrick Loughran, Special Advisor to influential Labour heavyweight Lord Peter Mandelson, told Poloff August 28. It will have three themes: the economic me [...]
2009-09-01 11:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON PINR UK
09LONDON2117GREAT LAKES: UK WELCOMES SE WOLPE'S APPOINTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: UK Government officials, including FCO Africa Director Adam Wood, East Africa and Great Lakes Department deputy head Graham Zebedee, Great Lakes team leader Nne-Nne Iwuji-Eme, and DFID Senior Political Analyst Nick Bates, welcomed SE Wolpe's appointment and the USG's reinvigorated coo [...]
2009-09-11 08:32:00Embassy LondonSECRETPINR PREL ZF UG CG RW BY ZU UK
09LONDON2120UK WELCOMES US UNHRC PRIORITIES
[...] (C/NF) Summary: HMG welcomes U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council and is in broad agreement with its priorities. It sees difficulties in convincing some EU states to go along with the freedom of expression resolution; if amendments are not possible, political pressure will be neede [...]
2009-09-11 13:54:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN UNHRC UK
09LONDON2198U/S TAUSCHER’S MEETINGS WITH FS MILIBAND AND OTHER
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Under Secretary Tauscher held meetings in London on September 2-4 on the margins of the P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disarmament with Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Simon McDonald, Head of the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet [...]
2009-09-22 14:13:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPARM KNNP PREL CH EG FR IN IR IZ JA KN PK
09LONDON2291DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UK ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO
[...] ESTH Counselor made reftel demarche and sent diplomatic note and aide-memoire to the UK's Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Simon Cockburn and to Stephen Taylor at the Foreign Commonwealth Office's (FCO) International Organization office on September 24, [...]
2009-10-06 07:56:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT IMO PHSA UK
09LONDON2307LABOUR PARTY OUTLINES ECONOMIC STRATEGY IN RUN-UP TO NEXT
[...] (U) Summary: The Labour Party's last conference before the general election saw ministers attempt to draw a dividing line between Labour and Conservative economic policy. Chancellor Darling acknowledged spending cuts and tax rises would be necessary to return public finances to a sustainable [...]
2009-10-07 13:46:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
09LONDON2509TORIES ABANDON EU REFERENDUM, BUT CRY "NEVER AGAIN"
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Conservative leader David Cameron abandoned his party's plans for a UK referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty as the treaty becomes law on December 1. In a November 4 speech, Cameron lamented that the country, under Labour governments, was denied the chance for a referen [...]
2009-11-05 18:05:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EU UK
09LONDON2567AMBASSADOR MCELDOWNEY'S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN
[...] (C/NF) Summary and Introduction. During her November 9-11 visit to London, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Nancy McEldowney discussed a range of issues in bilateral meetings with UK officials. Julian Miller, Deputy Head of the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet [...]
2009-11-16 15:51:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS SOCI ECON PK AF OSCE NATO EU
09LONDON2623BARONESS CATHERINE ASHTON UNEXPECTED CHOICE FOR EU
[...] (U) This is an Embassy London and U.S. Mission to the European Union joint cable. 2. (SBU) Summary. Baroness Catherine Margaret Ashton was nominated as the first EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on November 19. She is a British Labour politician who is also cur [...]
2009-11-20 17:17:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ETRD EUN UK
09LONDON2626UK, WITH EU PARTNERS, TO CONDEMN SYRIA AT IAEA
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The UK is in full agreement with reftel points concerning Syria and will, with EU Partners, issue a statement condemning Syria for its lack of cooperation with the IAEA at the Board of Governors (BOG) meeting on November 26-27. While the UK has on previous reports lobbied non-EU st [...]
2009-11-23 17:13:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM IAEA KNNP SY IR UK
09LONDON2702WELSH LABOUR ELECTS NEW LEADER
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Carwyn Jones won an unexpectedly strong victory in the Welsh leadership election and will take over as First Minister for Wales on December 9. Jones will have to live up to the example set by outgoing First Minister Rhodri Morgan, who has held the post for all but a few months [...]
2009-12-03 16:57:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UK
09LONDON2769ECOWAS: CHAMBAS' DEC 7 VISIT TO LONDON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 17:11:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MASS PGOV PINR EAID NI NG GV GA XY UK
09LONDON2816PM BROWN OUTLINES PLANS FOR JANUARY 28 LONDON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE REF: LONDON 2774 (NOTAL)
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In December 14 remarks to the House of Commons, Prime Minister Brown outlined HMG's plans for the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan. A key Conference goal is to "set out an outline program for the transfer of lead responsibility from Coalition to Afghan forces." The Confer [...]
2009-12-15 14:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL SOCI MARR MOPS AF PK UK SNAR NATO
09LONDON2820DARFUR/SUDAN: LONDON-BASED JEM LEADER ON DOHA, RELATIONS WITH THE SOUTH, AND ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-15 16:55:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MCAP PHUM PINR PGOV SU CD UK
09LONDON2831CONSERVATIVES' SHADOW MINISTER FOR EUROPE - "WE WILL BE CONSTRUCTIVELY ENGAGED" REF: LONDON 2509
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 12:12:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PGOV EU UK
09LONDON348THE BRITISH ASK, IS OUR SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP STILL
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Secretary Clinton's public praise for the U.S.-UK special relationship following her February 3 meeting with Foreign Secretary Miliband, coming on the heels of the President's January 26 phone call with Prime Minister Brown, has gone a long way to calm what has been a stronger than [...]
2009-02-09 15:08:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MCAP EUN PINS UK
09LONDON403BOSNIA: UK NOMINATES SIR EMYR JONES PARRY AS HEAD
[...] (C) Former UK Perm Rep to NATO and the UN, Sir Emyr Jones Parry (bio para 4),has been nominated by the UK to be the next High Representative for Bosnia, replacing Miroslav Lajcak, who is leaving to become Slovakia's Foreign Minister. FCO Bosnia desk officer Matthew Andrew Harvey said that [...]
2009-02-13 17:42:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS BK UK
09LONDON444"LIFTING THE NUCLEAR SHADOW:" HMG WANTS TO
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In the lead up to the April-May 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon),HMG will seek to cooperate closely with the U.S. at both the policy and experts level and will welcome United States leadership to reinvigorate the NPT (ref A). HMG seeks a reenergized and reinforced global [...]
2009-02-19 16:25:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IR UK
09LONDON535UK TO FOLLOW P-5 AGREEMENT ON FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE
[...] (SBU) Mark Rush, Internal Policy Officer in the International Organizations Department of the FCO told Post that HMG expects to follow the P-5 agreement and support the USG's candidate and also expects the USG to support its two candidates - Goolam Hoosnan Kader Meeran for the UN Dispute Trib [...]
2009-02-27 15:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ACABQ AORC APER KUNR UNGA
09LONDON566IRAN: KHAMENEI SAID TO CONSIDER RAHIM SAFAVI AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Expatriate broadcaster Ali Reza Nourizadeh sees Ahmedinejad as the current front-runner, but claimed to London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that Rahim Safavi is under consideration by the Supreme Leader as his own preferred candidate in Iran's June elections; Nourizadeh cited an uns [...]
2009-03-03 19:52:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PROP PTER IR UK
09LONDON801HMG "DELIGHTED" USG WILL SEEK UNHRC SEAT
[...] (U) Carmel Power, Deputy Head of the Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office declared that HMG is "delighted" that the USG has decided to seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). As a consequence of the P-5 agreement, if for [...]
2009-04-01 17:17:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UK
09LONDON811TURKISH PM ERDOGAN ON ECONOMY AND POLITICS
[...] (SBU) Turkish PM Erdogan spoke at a Chatham House event April 3, in which he commented on the accomplishments of the London Economic Summit, Turkey's economic progress, and his party's recent election "success." In response to questions from the audience, he was vague on Turkey's relations wi [...]
2009-04-03 16:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS EU NATO TY DA FR RS IZ IS AJ JA
09LONDON923IRAN ELECTIONS; DISARRAY IN BOTH CONSERVATIVE AND REFORMIST CAMPS; MOUSSAVI TOO UNKNOWN FOR MANY; XXXXXXXXXXXX LIKELY TO EMERGE; IRANIAN ANALYSTS URGE OUTREACH, DISAGREE OVER CHANNELS
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Iranian analysts in Iran and the UK see no clear trends or emerging patterns in the campaigns of candidates for President in the run up to Iran's June elections; London Iran Watcher (Poloff) contacts do agree broadly on the importance of direct engagement with Iranian Government, b [...]
2009-04-20 16:45:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM IR UK
09LONDON952SUDAN/DARFUR: LONDON-BASED OPPOSITION LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two prominent Darfuris in exile in the UK, one Fur and one Zaghawa, see the situation in Darfur as increasingly fractured and the path to peace littered with hazards and potential spoilers. Mohamed Dousa, a Zaghawa leader in the Sudanese Constitutional Party, said his constituen [...]
2009-04-24 12:53:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID KPKO PHUM SU UK
09LONDON956UK POLITICAL SNAPSHOT: GLOOMY BUDGET AND A NEW
[...] (C/NF) Key points: -- Poll numbers for PM Gordon Brown and his Labour Party have dropped following the April 22 budget presentation, with an April 24 poll showing the opposition Conservative Party with an 18 point lead over Labour. If an election were held now, according to these poll numbers, the [...]
2009-04-24 16:40:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL UK
09LONDON970KURDISH LEADER DISCUSSES RECENT TURKISH ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 11:43:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PTER FR IZ IR SP TU UK
09LUANDA11ANGOLA HAS NO CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (U) This cable is in response to Department requests for information on in-country developments regarding civil nuclear energy in reftel. 2. (U) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Angola has no existing civil nuclear industry, but GRA officials have stated a desire to pursue nuclear energy for power gene [...]
2009-01-08 15:54:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDAO BEXP BTIO EMIN ENIV ENRG PGOV PREL
09LUANDA193PAPAL VISIT RAISED TOUGH ISSUES; DOS SANTOS
[...] (C) Summary: In his March 20-23 visit to Angola, Pope Benedict XVI addressed national reconciliation, poverty alleviation, transparency and anti-corruption in public events with as many as two million participants. The official reaction to this message was strikingly responsive, with Presiden [...]
2009-03-26 14:54:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KIRF AO VT
09LUANDA257ELECTIONS IN 2009 UNLIKELY
[...] (C) Summary. Staffdel Marsh's conversations with parliamentary, ruling party, and opposition figures suggest presidential elections in 2009 are highly unlikely. Constitutional reform, which President dos Santos has said must precede these elections, is progressing slowly, with even the most o [...]
2009-04-16 15:15:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AO
09LUANDA48ANGOLA'S CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY BUILDS CAPACITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-22 06:26:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALAO EAIR ECON ENIV PREL
09LUANDA524IN MUDDLE-SPEAK, DOS SANTOS OPTS PUBLICLY FOR
[...] (C) During an August 20, 2009 press conference with visiting South African President Jacob Zuma (Ref A),Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos declared that "we advocate an (presidential) election by universal direct suffrage in which the president is the head of a list, with the support o [...]
2009-08-26 13:28:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALAO PGOV PREL
09LUANDA751DESPITE TALK OF RENOVATION, MPLA CONGRESS YIELDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling MPLA had characterized its Sixth Party Congress as a time of change and continuity. However, by the time the Congress closed on December 10, continuity clearly had won out. There were no changes whatsoever in senior party leadership, the Congress simply rubber stamped [...]
2009-12-14 10:46:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV AO
09LUANDA781GOVERANCE NOTE: ANGOLA'S VICE MINISTERS
[...] (C) Angolan cabinet ministers are seconded by a small group of vice ministers, usually two or three, and these senior officials are frequently our counterparts in Embassy dealings with GRA ministries. In a wide-ranging discussion with DCM, Vice Minister of Interior Jose Bamoquina Zau offered [...]
2009-12-22 10:40:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AO
09LUSAKA103 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2009 ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY -- Inflation Declines Slightly -- Zambian Government (GRZ) Shuts Down Chinese Coal Mine -- Luanshya Copper Mines Investors Suspend Zambia Operations -- Zambia-China Economic Sub-Zone Launched in Lusaka -- Competition in Banking Sector Intensifies -- Patriotic Front Expels "Rebel" [...]
2009-02-17 14:28:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EMIN ENRG EINV ECON PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA246GRZ TURNING THE SCREWS ON ZAMBIAN AIRWAYS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 14:10:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAIR ZA
09LUSAKA332009 BUSINESS FACILITATION INCENTIVE FUND PROPOSAL
[...] This cable is a response to the reftel solicitation for Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF) proposals. Embassy Lusaka requests financial support for three business promotion and commercial outreach activities. Points of contact for all projects are: Pam Tremont, Pol/Econ Chief [...]
2009-01-20 05:18:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ZA
09LUSAKA342009 BUSINESS FACILITATION INCENTIVE FUND PROPOSAL
[...] This cable is a response to the reftel solicitation for Business Facilitation and Incentive Fund (BFIF) proposals. Embassy Lusaka requests financial support for three business promotion and commercial outreach activities. Points of contact for all projects are: Pam Tremont, Pol/Econ Chief [...]
2009-01-20 05:18:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ZA
09LUSAKA471 PARTIES GEAR UP EARLY FOR 2011 ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an unusual move, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) endorsed President Rupiah Banda as its 2011 presidential nominee on June 14. The endorsement is out of sync with previous candidate selection procedures, which typica [...]
2009-07-02 08:44:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ZA
09LUSAKA481DEFENSE MINISTER TAKES OFFENSE AND RESIGNS FROM
[...] (C) Summary. On July 7, Zambian Minister of Defense George Mpombo publicly announced his resignation from his cabinet position. The Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) parliamentarian also announced that he would step down from his position as energy chair on the MMD's National Executi [...]
2009-07-08 13:32:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZA
09LUSAKA579WJEI PROGRAM: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
[...] Summary: Zambia's Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI) is a collaborative effort involving USAID, USDOJ, and the Government of Zambia (GRZ) to address gender-based violence (GBV). Initiated in February 2008, the WJEI program in Zambia is approaching the midpoint in its implementa [...]
2009-08-19 08:32:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV KCRM ZA KWMN
09LUSAKA649MORE ON ZAMBIAN PREPARATIONS FOR UNGA, UN HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary. The Zambian Government (GRZ) is inclined to call for measures to address human rights problems in Burma, North Korea, and Sudan at the next session of the UN Human Rights Council. A senior Foreign Ministry official voiced some displeasure with Zambia's tendency to engage in bloc [...]
2009-09-22 08:44:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN UNHRC UNESCO KV CU BM ZA
09LUSAKA654GOVERNMENT INTENT ON SINKING ITS FLAGSHIP
[...] (C) Summary. According to press comments by Zambian Vice President and Justice Minister George Kunda, the Zambian Government (GRZ) will not appeal the recent acquittal of former President Frederick Chiluba (Ref A),whom the GRZ had been prosecuting for the embezzlement of USD 500,000. He ma [...]
2009-09-28 14:02:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALKCOR PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA667AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO ZAMBIA'S NORTHERN PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) Ambassador received an outpouring of local appreciation for the USG's efforts to support provincial sanitation, health, and poverty reduction projects during his September 21-24 visit to Northern Province. He noted that USG assistance there is serving as a catalyst to improve local hea [...]
2009-09-29 11:21:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID ZA
09LUSAKA73ZAMBIAN AIRWAYS' FAILURE A "GOVERNMENT TAKEDOWN"
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Zambian Airways claims the Zambian Government destroyed creditor and consumer confidence in it and drove it into bankruptcy because of vendettas against the airline's primary stakeholders. Although its business practices are questionable, at the very least, Zambian [...]
2009-02-03 09:02:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA730ZAMBIAN BY-ELECTION MARRED BY VIOLENCE AND FRAUD
[...] (C) The October 15 Kasama Central Member of Parliament by-election in Zambia's Northern Province was marred by Electoral Code of Conduct violations, violence, and rampant fraud. Although opposition Patriotic Front (PF) candidate Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba won in the heavily PF district by a wide [...]
2009-10-19 15:02:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PHUM ZA
09LUSAKA868ZAMBIAN VOTERS ASK FOR "CHANGE" -- RULING MMD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND)-Patriotic Front (PF) Pact took a ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) parliament seat on November 19 when its candidate, UPND's Watson Lumba, defeated Albert Chifita in the Solwezi Central Member of Parliament [...]
2009-11-23 10:40:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZA
09LUXEMBOURG137JUNE 7 ELECTIONS: LUXEMBOURG'S LEADING POLITICIANS
[...] Opinion polls show that Luxembourg's coalition government will be retained in the June 7 national elections (ref a). The dominant member of the coalition is the Christian Social People's Party (CSV),led by veteran political powerhouse and current Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. The junio [...]
2009-05-27 11:54:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR ECON PREL LU
09LUXEMBOURG196LUXEMBOURG SCENE SETTER: FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn travels to the U.S. following ratification of a new coalition government on July 20. Luxembourg is a staunch ally of the United States and recently pledged four million Euro per year to support the Afghan National Army. Post began negotiations with [...]
2009-07-28 12:56:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON LU
09LUXEMBOURG288LUXEMBOURG: SEPTEMBER ISSUE - "DISPATCHES FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Luxembourg presents the September "Dispatches from the Duchy" to capture highlights from the local press, diplomatic and international community, and news not otherwise reported during the month. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn joined Charge d'affaires for [...]
2009-10-06 14:52:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PINR PGOV EU LU
09LUXEMBOURG302LUXEMBOURG: ALBRIGHT-JUNCKER COURTESY CALL
[...] (C) Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker for a brief courtesy call on the margins of the October 15-17 NATO Strategic Concept Conference held in Luxembourg. Juncker committed to maintaining his government's current level of financial and m [...]
2009-10-22 10:34:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALKDRG PGOV PREL MARR LU
09LUXEMBOURG313LUXEMBOURG: DISPATCHES FROM THE DUCHY-OCTOBER 2009
[...] (U) Embassy Luxembourg is pleased to present the October 2009 edition of "Dispatches from the Duchy" to capture highlights from the local press, diplomatic and international communities, and news not otherwise reported during the month. Prepared by (acting) POL/ECON Chief Adam Center. This m [...]
2009-11-03 13:27:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ELAB PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM LU
09MADRID1003SPAIN: ANTI-MAFIA PROSECUTORS WELCOME USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid POLOFF and POL/GSO Officer from the Barcelona CG on September 29 met Gerardo Cavero, Barcelona's chief prosecutor on counter-narcotics and organized crime, and Fernando Bermejo, the city's prosecutor for anti-mafia, anti-corruption and money laundering issues. They also [...]
2009-10-15 06:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS
09MADRID1009TFHO1: A/S SHANNON AND SENIOR DIRECTOR RESTREPO
[...] (C) Summary: WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and NSC Senior Director Dan Restrepo outlined U.S. concerns over the situation in Honduras for MFA Secretary of State (Under Secretary equivalent) for Latin America Juan Pablo de Laiglesia during an October 10 meeting in Valencia. Shannon noted [...]
2009-10-16 06:13:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM HO SP
09MADRID1014DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S.CANDIDACY FOR IMO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 14:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK SP
09MADRID103064TH UNGA CANDIDATE INFORMATION: JOINT INSPECTION
[...] (U) Spain requests USG support for Spanish candidate Jose Capel Ferrer to the UN Joint Inspection Unit. The Office of the UN and Multilateral Organizations within the Spanish MFA provided the following information in support of Spain's candidate. Capel Ferrer has an advanced degree in civil [...]
2009-10-21 09:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC UNGA
09MADRID1050FAVORABLE REPLY TO BLUE LANTERN 050191953
[...] SUMMARY: Post has made inquiries and conducted site visit requested reftel and recommends speedy action to approve export license application number 050191953 for the export of night vision devices to Spain for the use of the Spanish Army. Long-time habitual Ministry of Defense supplier Sum [...]
2009-10-28 12:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SP
09MADRID1065SPAIN: UNITED NATIONS ICSC ELECTION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 08:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUSUN PREL SP UNGA AORC APER KAWC
09MADRID1072SPAIN: ETA LOSES MORE KEY LEADERS, EXTENSIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Spanish and French security forces have re-doubled their efforts against the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorist group, following the high-profile, deadly and destructive attacks that ETA executed during July 29-30 to mark its 50th anniversary (Ref A). Join [...]
2009-11-02 17:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPINR PINS PREL PTER SP
09MADRID1144MISSION SPAIN ON "THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT
[...] SUMMARY: In response to taskings set out in reftel, Post's Muslim Engagement Working Group canvassed a wide range of contacts to solicit qualified nominees for the Entrepreneurship Summit. In addition, the Public Affairs Section (PAS) has widely publicized the event. The Working Group has m [...]
2009-12-01 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIAD PREL SOCI XF XI ZR ZP CN PU MV SO SP
09MADRID1149MISSION SPAIN NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL
[...] In response to taskings set out in reftel, Post's Muslim Engagement Working Group canvassed a wide range of contacts to solicit qualified nominees for the Entrepreneurship Summit. The Working Group was enlarged to include representatives of PAS, ECON, POL, the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service ( [...]
2009-12-01 15:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIAD PREL SOCI XF XI ZR ZP CN PU MV SO SP
09MADRID1166DASD TOWNSEND OPTIMISTIC AFTER HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend concluded two days of discussions November 18 by telling his counterpart, Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta, he was optimistic after what he called a "meeting of the minds." Dur [...]
2009-12-09 12:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO SP
09MADRID1196SPAIN: MFA SHARES VIEWS ON RUN-UP TO NPT REVCON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a candid bilateral meeting on preparations for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference (RevCon),Spanish MFA non-proliferation officials appeared well disposed to cooperate with the USG regarding the RevCon and explicitly asked how Spain, as rotating EU Pr [...]
2009-12-18 11:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA
09MADRID139SPAIN: BASQUE REGIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR MARCH 1
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Autonomous Community of the Basque Country's March 1 election will be closely-contested and will determine whether the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) continues its nearly 30 years in office or the candidate from the Basque Socialist Party (PSE, the Basque wing of Spanish Pre [...]
2009-02-11 10:00:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SP
09MADRID185SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the February 23-24 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso February 20. In addition to the topics below, Benitez-Donoso said that there will be statements made regarding Iraq's democratic elections and the current situa [...]
2009-02-20 17:43:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP EU
09MADRID213SPAIN WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT IN DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish MFA Human Rights Office Director Juan Duarte Cuadrado February 24 to discuss reftel demarche and learned that Spain shares U.S. concerns regarding the draft document, particularly regarding racism issues and attempts to use defamation of religion arguments to limit [...]
2009-02-27 09:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC SP
09MADRID214SPAIN'S MARCH 1 GALICIAN ELECTION - WILL THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. March 1, voters in the autonomous community of Galicia head to the polls in regional elections (regional elections will be held the same day in the Basque Country). The candidates for regional president are the Partido Popular's (PP) Alberto Nunez Feijo, the Partido Socialist [...]
2009-02-27 10:01:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SP
09MADRID319DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMCIT CANDIDATE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 16:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY WMO SP
09MADRID335SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG, APRIL 10-13, 2009
[...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit to Spain. U.S.-Spanish relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including the fight against terrorism, the bilateral military relationship, our association in NATO, and rapidly expanding economic ties. The Spaniards you meet wil [...]
2009-03-30 16:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SP
09MADRID370SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARTINEZ, APRIL 14-16, 2009
[...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit to Spain. When you arrive, the country will be emerging from the Semana Santa holidays as well as a major cabinet reorganization. This April 7 cabinet shuffle was prompted in part by criticism of the GOS' inability to solve the economic crisis, w [...]
2009-04-07 16:27:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SP OREP MOPS ECON
09MADRID392SPAIN: ATTORNEY GENERAL RECOMMENDS COURT NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 16, Candido Conde Pumpido, Spain's Attorney General (AG),publicly stated that prosecutors will "undoubtedly" not support a criminal complaint, filed by a Spanish NGO with the National Court, to investigate six former USG officials, including former AG Alberto Gonzalez, for cr [...]
2009-04-17 06:07:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL CASC CJAN PTER PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI
09MADRID404SPAIN WELCOMES U.S. HRC CANDIDACY AND EXPLAINS
[...] (C) April 3 Poloff informed Spanish MFA's Director of the Office of Human Rights Juan Duarte and Subdirector General for the UN Marcelino Cabanas of the U.S. intention to seek election to the UNHRC in 2009, requesting Spain's vote in favor of the United States in the May election. Post subseq [...]
2009-04-21 08:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM SP PREL
09MADRID517SPAIN'S MULTI-PRONGED EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A who's who of senior GOS officials on May 21-22 outlined Madrid's multi-faceted approach to combating security challenges - particularly terrorism and organized crime - during a private seminar organized by the Mexican Embassy and the Ibero-American General Secretari [...]
2009-05-29 16:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KHLS KSPR SNAR
09MADRID553SPAIN'S RULING SOCIALIST PARTY SUFFERS SETBACK IN
[...] SUMMARY. In the June 7 European Parliament elections, the opposition Partido Popular gained an edge over President Zapatero's ruling Socialist Party (23-21 seats). With 46 percent participation, Spain compares favorably with other European Union countries in terms of voter turn-out. While [...]
2009-06-09 16:20:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SP
09MADRID575SPAIN: UNITED NATIONS ICSC ELECTION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 07:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUSUN PREL SP
09MADRID583IRENA - SPAIN SUPPORTS UAE BID FOR HQ, SEEKING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 07:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO SP
09MADRID614SCENESETTER FOR DHS. SEC. NAPOLITANO'S JULY 1
[...] (C//NF) Madam Secretary, Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit, which comes on the heels of your June 24 meeting with Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba in Washington (Ref A). While one of the highlights of his trip was signing the bilateral accord on Preventing and Combating [...]
2009-06-26 14:56:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS PTER PINR KHLS KCIP KCRM SP PGOV
09MADRID749SPANISH VIEWS ON JULY 27-28 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the July GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia July 24. Nuno said that the Foreign Ministers will focus on Somalia, Georgia, Iran and Iceland's application. "Any Other Business" items will include discussion o [...]
2009-07-24 14:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SP EU
09MADRID821SPAIN: UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 11:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNESCO SP
09MADRID902SPAIN'S ARMS CONTROL AND NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Zapatero publicly has pledged that the Obama Administration can count on the "full support" of Spain on arms control and non-proliferation policy. Spain is strongly committed to these goals and is active in multiple fora on these issues. During Spain's EU Presidency in [...]
2009-09-08 05:57:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MADRID970CONSULTATIVE PROCESS FOR MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT - MADRID
[...] SUMMARY: Following the President's Cairo speech to Muslims around the world, U.S. Mission Spain continues to engage Muslims as part of our outreach to Spain's growing and increasingly diverse immigrant and minority communities. Our objective is to create a vision of mutual respect, advanceme [...]
2009-09-29 05:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD SP
09MALABO27EQUATORIAL GUINEA RAW, PAPER 4: THE BUSINESS OF CORRUPTION
[...] (U) Triggered by changes underway in Washington D.C., upcoming personnel rotations in Embassy Malabo and animated by the recent attack on the capital, this is the fourth in a series of cables intended to update our perspective on Equatorial Guinea, and to provide a ground-level view of one of t [...]
2009-03-12 10:40:00Embassy MalaboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV EPET ENRG KCOR PINR
09MANAGUA103NICARAGUA: RAAN ELECTIONS AS PREDICTED - FSLN WINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 19 the Supreme Election Council (CSE) declared the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party victor in four of the seven municipalities in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) - Bonanza, Rosita, Waspam and regional capital Puerto Cabezas. As expected, [...]
2009-01-23 21:35:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV NU
09MANAGUA1041NICARAGUANS RESPOND TO COURT RULING ON RE-ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: After the Supreme Court's (CSJ) ruling allowing Presdient Daniel Ortega's re-election, civil society across the board has stated clearly its opposition to the decision. They have labeled the decision as illegal and a major step backward for Nicaragua's democracy. While NGOs con [...]
2009-10-22 21:23:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1045ORTEGA'S JUDICIAL COUP: POLITICAL OPPOSITION UNITES AGAINST COURT'S RULING
[...] (C) Summary: On October 21, and in response to the Supreme Court's (CSJ) decision to allow President Daniel Ortega's re-election, opposition parties met and issued a communiquC) denouncing the illegal court ruling and establishing joint commissions to combat the "consolidation of Ortega's dict [...]
2009-10-23 22:31:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM NU
09MANAGUA1091Nicaragua's November 21 Dueling Marches, Some Violence
[...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, November 21, civil society together with opposition parties will march on the streets of Managua to protest the 2008 municipal election fraud and the re-election of President Daniel Ortega. On the same day (and on nearby streets) the governing Sandinista National Libe [...]
2009-11-20 14:19:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1103Nicaraguans Successfully March Against Ortega
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) tactics to suppress marcher turnout, on November 21 civil society and the opposition successfully gathered approximately 25,000 participants to protest President Daniel Ortega's authoritarian manner of governance. [...]
2009-11-24 22:41:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PROP NU
09MANAGUA1137OPPOSITION UNITY TALKS CONTINUE - ARNOLDO ALEMAN REMAINS KEY
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 3 meeting, a group of prominent Nicaraguan business and political leaders reported to the Ambassador on their efforts to promote opposition unity. The group, several of whom had traveled to Washington the week before for a talk at the Inter American Dialogue and fo [...]
2009-12-11 16:14:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1378NICARAGUA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 22:35:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO NU
09MANAGUA163SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO NICARAGUA BY CODEL
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Managua, I want to warmly welcome you to Nicaragua. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore our continuing commitment to the Nicaragua people and willingness to engage with the Nicaraguan government on areas of mutual concern, while emphasizing our growing concer [...]
2009-02-12 00:15:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR NU
09MANAGUA203GON/FSLN: ON ELECTIONS, IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Nearly four months after the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) claimed "victory" in the November 2008 municipal elections, there has been no indication that the Nicaraguan government intends to address the credible allegations of fraud or complaints regarding t [...]
2009-02-25 15:39:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA276NICARAGUA'S OTHER SANDINISTAS: THE MRS' POSITION
[...] (C) Summary: In hindsight after the November 2008 municipal elections, Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) President Enrique Saenz believes his party made the correct choice in supporting candidates opposed to the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN). MRS participation in the electio [...]
2009-03-13 22:54:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA323CODEL ENGEL VISITS NICARAGUA
[...] (C) On February 18-20, Rep. Elliot Engel, Chair of the House Western Hemisphere Sub-Committee visited Nicaragua for meetings with the Nicaraguan government, opposition and civil society leaders, and to visit USAID assistance projects. Engel was accompanied by Representatives Jean Schmidt, Virg [...]
2009-03-26 17:59:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA328NICARAGUA: DELIVERED U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 20:52:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL OAS IAHRC XM
09MANAGUA359NICARAGUAN FISCAL PROCESS TRANSPARENT, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref A, Embassy Managua reports that Nicaragua is in compliance with Section 7088 (c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriation Act (SFOAA). The Nicaraguan budget is publicly available on the Ministry of Finance,s website, and is rev [...]
2009-04-03 16:56:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL NU
09MANAGUA434NICARAGUA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 00:48:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL NU
09MANAGUA501NICARAGUA: AMBASSADOR TRIP TO RAAN OVERSHADOWED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21 and 22 Ambassador Callahan traveled for the first time to Puerto Cabezas in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN). During his two-day trip, he met with opposition, religious and indigenous leaders, held a press conference, and inaugurated a USAID-funded [...]
2009-05-19 16:58:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM OTRA NU
09MANAGUA554CIVIL SOCIETY CALLS FOR ELECTORAL REFORM,
[...] (C) Summary: Nearly seven months after Nicaragua's fraudulent municipal elections, civil society continues to call on the Government of Nicaragua (GON) to address the fraud and restore people's confidence in the country's electoral system. On May 28, over 100 civil society associations held [...]
2009-06-03 22:10:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA562NICARAGUA TELECOM SECTOR: MARKET OPEN, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The head of Nicaragua's telecommunications regulator, TELCOR (Instituto Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones y Correos),announced in April 2009 that it would begin consultations to reform Nicaragua's telecom legislation, known as Law 200. As currently drafted, Law 200 fails to [...]
2009-06-05 19:50:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON EINV ETRD TINT NU
09MANAGUA79BROOKLYN RIVERA SHOT - ALMOST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27 an angry Miskito Indian shot at Yatama party leader and North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) National Assembly Deputy Brooklyn Rivera during a campaign visit to Kuamwatla. While Rivera's life was spared, the incident reveals the evaporating support he has among [...]
2009-01-16 21:32:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA794FSLN CONTINUES ACTS OF VIOLENCE TO INTIMIDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As has become customary with non-governmental organizations' sponsored public events, on August 8 FSLN mobs attacked members of civil society who attempted to assemble peacefully. Over 500 members of the Coordinadora Civil (CC, a network of left-of-center civil society organiza [...]
2009-08-12 17:25:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM NU
09MANAGUA802ORTEGA ANNOUNCES FSLN-LED GROUPS RESPONSIBLE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On August 6, and in the presence of the 109 FSLN mayors, President Daniel Ortega launched the "Great National Consultation on Municipal Budgets." This program calls on all Nicaraguans to participate in the party's Citizen Power Council (CPC) system to develop (and even "decide") [...]
2009-08-13 18:05:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAID NU
09MANAGUA831NICARAGUAN FOREIGN MINISTER: U.S. BEHIND
[...] (C) Summary. On August 5, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos to discuss the ongoing Honduras crisis, Nicaragua's efforts to secure international lending, and bilateral relations. Santos acknowledged that Nicaragua's financial situation had worsened severely, threatening key s [...]
2009-08-21 21:48:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EFIN NU
09MANAGUA837NICARAGUAN OPPOSITION UNITY EFFORTS: A PROMISING
[...] (C) Summary. For the first time in nearly a year, serious efforts are underway to foster opposition unity ahead of Nicaragua's 2011 national elections. The goal of these efforts is to encourage the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC),led by ex-President Arnoldo Aleman, and the Independent Lib [...]
2009-08-25 21:31:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA84NICARAGUA: ON THE EVE OF RAAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) January 18 municipal elections, contacts described conditions as tense. The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party ran an aggressive, well-funded campaign, while other parties, such as the Liberal Constitutiona [...]
2009-01-21 14:04:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA859NICARAGUA'S REGIONAL ELECTIONS - THE MORE THINGS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 30, Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) established the election calendar for the Atlantic coast's regional elections, which will take place March 7, 2010. The corrupt CSE magistrates who manipulated the system and were complicit in the massive fraud in the Novem [...]
2009-08-31 21:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA935NICARAGUA: REGIONAL ELECTION ALIANCES FORMED, FSLN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 17, Nicaragua's Supreme Election Council (CSE) published the list of authorized political alliances for the March 7, 2010 Regional Elections in the Atlantic Coast. There will be four main political alliances and three Christian/Evangelical parties will run independen [...]
2009-09-28 18:53:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAMA213BAHRAIN SUPPORTIVE OF UN HRC CANDIDACY
[...] (C) A/DCM met with MFA International Organizations Director Fouad Darwish on April 9 to discuss the USG's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). Darwish was pleased to hear the news and said that he would brief the FM later that afternoon with a recommendation that the GOB vote f [...]
2009-04-09 12:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BA
09MANAMA337BAHRAIN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 14:14:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA BA
09MANAMA342SHIA WIFAQ PARTY BEGINS TO FOCUS ON 2010
[...] (C) Summary: The Shia Wifaq party is beginning to organize itself for the Fall 2010 parliamentary elections. One leading Wifaqi says the party will aim to win just one additional seat in the lower, elected, house. This would leave Wifaq in the minority, suggesting a quiet understanding with [...]
2009-06-08 13:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BA
09MANAMA438BAHRAIN'S SHIA OPPOSITION: MANAGING SECTARIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 14:28:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA521FOLLOW-UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The President's June 4 speech in Cairo elicited a favorable reaction from most Bahrainis, who are anticipating increased engagement based on the initiatives outlined in the President's remarks. In response to ref A, Post recommends that existing programs - such as academic and [...]
2009-08-31 11:48:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OEXC SOCI SCUL BA
09MANAMA600BAHRAINI LIKELY TO BE NEXT GCC SECGEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bahraini official Mohammed Al Mutawa appears to be the consensus candidate among Gulf Cooperation Council governments to be the next GCC Secretary General. He will be the first Bahraini to head the organization. End summary. 2.(SBU) Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman visited [...]
2009-10-13 13:25:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR BA
09MANAMA609WAFA': A NEW SHIA REJECTIONIST MOVEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 08:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA610LULWA AWADHI: CONTROVERSIAL WOMEN'S ACTIVIST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 09:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWMN KDEM PINR BA
09MANAMA660GRADING BAHRAIN'S PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 13:54:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM BA
09MANILA1013PHILIPPINES WILL SUPPORT JAPANESE CANDIDATE AMANO
[...] (C) Post discussed reftel points with Director Leah Ruiz of the Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to urge the Philippines to vote for Ambassador Yukiya Amano of Japan for Director General of the International Atomic Ener [...]
2009-05-11 06:50:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA PREL RP
09MANILA1060 Health Department Patent Remedies to Cut Drug Prices
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Department of Health is close to ordering pharmaceutical companies to stop marketing their products with discount cards, seeking to require companies instead to sell to all customers at the lowest price already available. The pending order may stem from frustrat [...]
2009-05-18 02:54:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON RP
09MANILA1107SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Gates, we appreciate your engagement with Philippine officials at Shangri-La and your visit to the Philippines. The Philippines has undergone many positive changes since the last visit of a U.S. Secretary of Defense in September 2000; many as a result of sustained U.S. [...]
2009-05-22 07:53:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMARR MPOS PINS PREL RP
09MANILA1197HOUSE PASSES RESOLUTION PUSHING FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unexpected move four days before its summer recess, President Arroyo's supporters in the House of Representatives pushed through a resolution calling for Congress to convene a constituent assembly to propose amendments to the Constitution. The move triggered strong objectio [...]
2009-06-04 10:35:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV RP
09MANILA1207POLITICAL MANEUVERS SHIFT ELECTION LANDSCAPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With time dwindling to line up funding and party support, presidential hopefuls increased efforts to break away from the pack, or undermine their rivals. The hasty merger of parties loyal to President Arroyo and former President Ramos appeared to bolster Malacanang Palace's king [...]
2009-06-05 07:53:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RP
09MANILA1262RALLY AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL REVISIONS DRAWS ONLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Political opponents of President Arroyo who believe her supporters seek to amend the Constitution to keep her in office staged a modest demonstration in Manila's business district June 10. While the rally paled in significance and size to the People Power demonstrations that ous [...]
2009-06-11 09:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RP
09MANILA1318PHILIPPINES SEEKS BETTER FOOTING FOR REENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine government continues to commit publicly to a resumption of peace negotiations with separatist Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines, but its overtures have not elicited a clear response from the rebel group. The government views peace as "tough, but not imposs [...]
2009-06-22 08:59:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1397AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSS NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging July 1 breakfast meeting, the Ambassador asked that Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo press ASEAN to enlist Burmese cooperation on North Korean ship inspections, and Secretary Romulo requested a meeting with Secretary Clinton to discuss greater U.S.-A [...]
2009-07-01 10:27:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1414IN POOR HEALTH, FORMER PRESIDENT CORY AQUINO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino is in serious medical condition after a 15-month battle against cancer. Prospects for her recovery are dim. Family members rushed Aquino to Makati Medical Center nine days ago after she lost her appetite for food, and she has not eaten [...]
2009-07-02 07:47:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV RP
09MANILA1440SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CIA DIRECTOR LEON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Welcome to the Philippines, Director Panetta! Your visit to Manila will underscore the special ties we share with the Philippines, a strong regional ally in the fight against terrorism. The administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is strongly pro-U.S., and committed [...]
2009-07-08 07:35:00Embassy ManilaSECRETOVIP PGOV PINR PREL RP
09MANILA1563 PHILIPPINES-JAPAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA, the first Philippine bilateral free trade agreement) became effective in December 2008 (reftel),its impact has been more on the movement of people than goods, and significant barriers to investment in the Philip [...]
2009-07-24 06:10:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA1586 THE BEST DEFENSE: IN FINAL ADDRESS TO THE NATION, ARROYO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In her ninth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) July 27, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo confidently touted a seemingly endless list of economic achievements: the country's resilience in the face of the global financial crisis; its successful welfare, social, and infr [...]
2009-07-28 10:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS PINR SOCI PTER ECON KPAO ASEC RP
09MANILA1645PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO RESUME TALKS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As referred to briefly in President Arroyo's July 27 State of the Nation Address (reftel A),long-defunct negotiations with the communist-affiliated National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) coalition will likely be resumed in Oslo, Norway during the second week of Aug [...]
2009-08-04 09:30:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1653SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL TIMOTHY KEATING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Keating, we look forward to welcoming you back to Manila for the 2009 Mutual Defense Board/Security Engagement Board (MDB/SEB). The robust U.S.-Philippines bilateral relationship has recently withstood court challenges to the Visiting Forces Agreement, but remains very [...]
2009-08-06 04:02:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMARR MPOS PINS PREL RP
09MANILA1717SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator and Mrs. Nelson, welcome to the Philippines! The relationship between the United States and the Philippines continue to remain strong. U.S. interests in this major non-NATO ally center on strengthening democracy, fostering economic growth, fighting terrorism, and providi [...]
2009-08-13 09:10:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS OVIP PINR PINS PREL RP
09MANILA1781SENATOR NELSON AND PGMA LAUD SECURITY COOPERATION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 19 meeting at Malacanang Palace, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Senator Bill Nelson lauded the close intelligence and military cooperation that has enabled major successes against violent extremists in the southern Philippines. President Arroyo pledged to cont [...]
2009-08-20 10:24:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL RP
09MANILA1803DEMARCHE DELIVERED - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (ICSC)
[...] Emboff relayed reftel A demarche points to Director Leah Ruiz of DFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) on August 21, and urged the Philippines to support U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers for the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). Per reftel B, Post [...]
2009-08-25 09:43:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC PREL UNGA RP KJUS KUNR
09MANILA1835SCENESETTER FOR TRANSCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DUNCAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General McNabb, welcome to the Philippines! The relationship between the United States and the Philippines continues to remain strong. U.S. interests in this Major Non-NATO Ally center on strengthening democracy, fostering economic growth, fighting terrorism, and providing s [...]
2009-08-28 06:55:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS OVIP PINR PINS PREL RP
09MANILA1843CONTENTIOUS VFA HEARING REVIVES CRITICISM OF U.S.
[...] (C) Critics of the U.S.-Philippine Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) turned out in force for an August 27 oversight hearing chaired by one of the Philippines most strident and thorny politicians, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago. The hearing came in response to a New York Times article that sta [...]
2009-08-28 09:51:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS RP
09MANILA1845DEFENSE SECRETARY DISCUSSES VFA, WASHINGTON VISIT
[...] (C) In a one-on-one breakfast August 28, Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro told the Ambassador that Senator Miriam Santiago was exploiting recent media attention to the U.S.-Philippine Visiting Forces Agreement in an effort to win left-wing backing for her Senate run. Teodoro voic [...]
2009-08-28 11:12:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RP
09MANILA1856MOMENTUM FOR AQUINO PRESIDENTIAL BID GROWS AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a surprise development, Senator Manuel "Mar" Roxas on September 1 dropped his aggressive bid to seek the presidency in 2010, instead throwing his support to fellow Liberal Party Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino. Roxas ended his candidacy amid widespread emotion and nostalgia tr [...]
2009-09-02 08:42:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM RP
09MANILA1901SENATOR AQUINO DECLARES PRESIDENTIAL BID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Appearing more confident and self-assured after a week of introspection, Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino announced September 9 his intention to run as the Liberal Party candidate for president in the May 2010 election. Aquino, son of late President Corazon Aquino and assassinate [...]
2009-09-09 10:23:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM RP
09MANILA1943FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO ON U.S.-ASEAN SUMMIT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private September 14 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo pushed for the next U.S.-ASEAN Summit to be held in the United States, and said that a prominent Filipino Senate critic would soon raise the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) [...]
2009-09-14 11:38:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UNGA MARR KNNP LY KN IR RP
09MANILA1967SENATOR BLASTS EX-PRESIDENT ESTRADA FOR ILLEGAL
[...] (C) In a widely anticipated speech on the Senate floor on September 14, Senator Panfilo Lacson publicly alleged that former President Joseph Estrada profited from various illegal acts during Estrada's presidency. Lacson also hinted that Estrada might bear culpability in a contracted double mur [...]
2009-09-15 10:35:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KCRM KJUS RP
09MANILA1988RULING COALITION SELECTS SECDEF TEODORO AS 2010
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The outlines of the Philippine presidential race came more clearly into focus September 16 as President Arroyo's ruling coalition settled on Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro as its standard bearer for the May 2010 election. After weeks of uncertainty that caused Teo [...]
2009-09-17 09:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM RP
09MANILA2089PRESIDENTIAL AIDE DISCUSSES FLOOD RESPONSE, JOLO
[...] (C) Presidential Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita described to the Ambassador the dedication of President Arroyo and Defense Secretary Teodoro to flood relief efforts. Over a one-on-one breakfast on October 1, Ermita said the GRP was investigating the explosion responsible for two American [...]
2009-10-01 07:48:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PINS EAID ELAB MOPS RP
09MANILA2110PEACE ADVISER OUTLINES STATUS OF PEACE TALKS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Peace Process Adviser Secretary Avelino Razon discussed with the Ambassador October 1 the state of progress in the Philippine government's three main peace processes with separatist and insurgent groups. Talks with the southern Philippines' Muslim separatist group Moro Islamic Li [...]
2009-10-05 08:36:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PTER PINS ASEC RP
09MANILA2111DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BRIEFING ON P5+1 TALKS WITH
[...] (U) Post discussed reftel points with DFA Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) Director Leah Ruiz regarding the October 1 P5 1 talks with Iran. Post emphasized that the discussions were a constructive beginning; that they must now be followed by positive action [...]
2009-10-05 08:53:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PHUM PREL UN IR RP
09MANILA2145 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION, SUPPORT FOR U.S.
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),Office of United Nations and International Organizations, Director Leah Ruiz on September 25, 2009. Ruiz's assistant later informed us that they are waiting for further instructions and will send a formal response [...]
2009-10-09 08:51:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IMO EWWT PHSA RP
09MANILA2176 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION, SUPPORT FOR U.S.
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs, Office of United Nations and International Organizations on September 25, 2009. On October 14, we received a diplomatic note from the Department of Foreign Affairs stating that the Philippines will support the U.S. candi [...]
2009-10-16 04:32:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IMO EWWT PHSA RP
09MANILA218PHILIPPINE DEFENSE SECRETARY BELIEVES TIME IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with senior Philippine defense officials January 29, the Ambassador emphasized that the United States and the Philippines have scored a number of successes on the security cooperation and counterterrorism fronts over the last several years, and that [...]
2009-02-03 00:32:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
09MANILA2182SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY VILSACK'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) Welcome to the Philippines. Following closely after two natural disasters that have affected millions of lives and damaged agricultural production, your visit holds special significance for the Embassy as well as for the Filipino people and government. Your visit will attract significa [...]
2009-10-16 08:19:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL RP
09MANILA2199POLITICAL CONCERNS IN ILOCOS NORTE
[...] (C) Ilocos Norte, the birthplace of former President Ferdinand Marcos, is one of the Philippines' northernmost provinces, home to over 500,000 residents. The Marcos family remains influential there; Ferdinand Marcos Jr. holds one of the province's two seats in the House of Representatives, and [...]
2009-10-19 09:44:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON RP CH
09MANILA2218FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL RUN
[...] (C) Former President Joseph Estrada announced on October 21 his intention to run for President in 2010, with Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay as his running mate. Estrada, forced out of the presidential palace by a 2001 uprising, remains popular with a meaningfully large segment of the electorate d [...]
2009-10-22 08:48:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PINS KJUS KCRM RP
09MANILA2232DEFENSE SECRETARY ON DISASTER RELIEF, ARMED
[...] (C) Summary: In a private October 22 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, Philippine Defense Secretary and ruling party presidential candidate Gilberto Teodoro praised U.S. disaster relief assistance, requested reconstruction funds, and described the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as [...]
2009-10-23 09:26:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MARR RP
09MANILA2253GOVERNMENT, MINDANAO REBELS PREPARE FOR MORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At an October 26 meeting, Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Rafael Seguis reconfirmed the agenda for upcoming informal talks in Kuala Lumpur with a southern Philippines rebel group and asked the DCM for an outline of her October 16 visit to the rebels' headquarters near [...]
2009-10-27 04:09:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS RP
09MANILA2290SENATOR VILLAR GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private breakfast with the Ambassador October 28, a relaxed and confident Senator Manuel "Manny" Villar said he would focus his presidential campaign message on the need for an accomplished, pragmatic leader in Malacanang, and criticized his opponents as inexperienced, behol [...]
2009-11-03 07:55:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RP
09MANILA2323SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SPEIER
[...] (SBU) Welcome to the Philippines. Following on major U.S. disaster relief assistance in the wake of storms that have affected millions of lives, your visit holds special significance for the Embassy as well as for the Filipino people and government. Many Filipinos will study the content of y [...]
2009-11-05 09:05:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EAID PREL RP
09MANILA2324YOUR VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINES
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: Welcome to Manila; Filipinos are thrilled to have you visit. The Philippines is a vibrant and youthful nation, replete with young, outward-looking people concerned about global issues, and eager to apply the values that American democracy enshrines to change their own soci [...]
2009-11-05 09:15:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID SCUL KDEM RP
09MANILA2393AMBASSADOR AND NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER DISCUSS
[...] (C) Newly appointed Presidential Peace Process Adviser Annabelle Abaya told the Ambassador November 5 she hoped to further the Philippine government's peace negotiations with a variety of insurgent groups in the eight months remaining in President Arroyo's term of office. The GRP would continu [...]
2009-11-16 09:30:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS EAID RP
09MANILA2400 SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL FILNER
[...] Chairman Filner, welcome again to the Philippines. Your visit comes during an exciting time in the Philippines, as the official campaign for the May 2010 nationwide elections kicks off at the end of November. The United States and the Philippines have a longstanding and deep relationship bas [...]
2009-11-17 23:30:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OREP OVIP VA RP
09MANILA2408DEFENSE SECRETARY RESIGNS, REPLACED BY NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 16, Secretary of National Defense Teodoro resigned in order to focus on his campaign for President. Norberto "Bert" Gonzalez will serve as Acting Secretary until the presidential transition in June 2010, and is likely to continue to serve concurrently in his current [...]
2009-11-18 08:36:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR RP
09MANILA2428ELECTION UPDATE: KEY TICKETS TAKE SHAPE, AQUINO
[...] (C) With a November 30 filing deadline for candidates approaching, the Philippine election race has shifted into higher gear. Presidential contenders Manuel Villar and Gilberto Teodoro announced their vice presidential running mates, as Senator Benigno Aquino III retained a commanding lead in [...]
2009-11-20 08:25:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM RP
09MANILA2465AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOVERNMENT ON MASSACRE
[...] (C) As the death toll in the brutal Maguindanao clan massacre rose to at least 46 -- including 13 journalists -- the Ambassador underscored to Philippine Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno grave USG concern over the barbaric attack and urged a rapid, thorough and credible investigation, as well a [...]
2009-11-25 09:19:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS ASEC RP
09MANILA2469MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE: INFLUENTIAL MAYOR AND
[...] (C) Moving with unwonted speed after the brutal November 23 massacre in Maguindanao Province that left at least 57 persons dead -- including 28 from media organizations -- the Philippine government took into custody a key member of a powerful Muslim clan and said it would charge him with multi [...]
2009-11-27 07:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KUS ASEC RP
09MANILA2490100 PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS, BUT ONLY FOUR REAL
[...] (C) After a final flurry of filings December 1, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) closed out its election registration period by announcing it had received 98 applications from presidential candidates. Of course the number of credible presidential aspirants amounts to a mere handful of ca [...]
2009-12-02 08:16:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS RP
09MANILA2502PRESIDENT IMPOSES MARTIAL LAW IN MAGUINDANAO TO
[...] (C) For only the third time since Philippine independence, President Arroyo imposed martial law December 5 in parts of Maguindanao province, site of a bloody election-related massacre that left 57 dead (ref D). The move followed discoveries of major arms caches held by the Ampatuan clan, wide [...]
2009-12-07 09:27:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM KDEM KJUS MOPS ASEC CVIS CASC
09MANILA2527AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MARTIAL LAW, MILF, MCC WITH
[...] (C) Presidential Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita told the Ambassador December 10 that he expected the congress would not override President Arroyo on the imposition of martial law in parts of Maguindanao province. He reassured the Ambassador the government was respecting human rights while [...]
2009-12-10 09:12:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS KJUS KDEM RP
09MANILA2613AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, MASSACRE, AND
[...] (C) In a December 21 farewell call on Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno, the Ambassador stressed U.S. neutrality in upcoming Philippine elections, interest in accountability for the recent massacre in Maguindanao province, and appreciation for Philippine cooperation in law e [...]
2009-12-23 02:54:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KCRM EAID ASEC RP
09MANILA562AMBASSADOR ENGAGES COMMUNITIES ON PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador completed a March 2-3 trip across Central Mindanao to listen first-hand to communities dealing with security and development issues on a day-to-day basis. The trip began in General Santos City, with stops throughout South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Maguindanao provin [...]
2009-03-13 08:33:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP USAID
09MANILA611ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT ENHANCES U.S.-PHILIPPINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his four-day visit to the Philippines March 11-14, Commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Robert Willard, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilbert Teodoro and Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Alexander Yano and [...]
2009-03-18 10:06:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PINS PREL RP
09MANILA630RED CROSS HEAD VOICES CONCERN OVER HOSTAGES
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met March 20 with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Delegation Jean-Daniel Tauxe to discuss the tense situation surrounding the three ICRC hostages kidnapped January 15 by the Abu Sayyaf Group on Jolo island (ref B). Tauxe assured the Ambass [...]
2009-03-20 09:34:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MCAP PREL PTER RP MASS
09MANILA631EMBASSY PRESSES MARINE CASE AT HIGHEST LEVELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The public about-face by the accuser in the rape case against Marine Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith has created a public furor. The sworn affidavit by Smith's accuser, Suzette Nicolas, raising doubts whether any rape took place in November 2005, has caused the Philippine public [...]
2009-03-20 09:41:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
09MANILA646FOREIGN SECRETARY ON HUMAN RIGHTS, PEACE PROCESS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a broadranging discussion March 24, the Ambassador urged Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto Romulo to ensure the safety of two high-profile murder suspects if they are extradited from the U.S., and reiterated the need for continued improvement in Philippine human [...]
2009-03-24 09:15:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL BEXP VA RP
09MANILA754AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES PHILIPPINE SURVIVORS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador offered keynote remarks at an April 7 ceremony honoring surviving Filipino veterans of Bataan and Corregidor. The event, held at the Philippine Shrine of Honor atop Mount Samat in Bataan, was attended by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, high-ranking Phil [...]
2009-04-08 09:13:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER RP
09MANILA833FOREIGN SECRETARY ON ASEAN, BURMA, AND UPCOMING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a candid and free-ranging April 17 private discussion over breakfast with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed disappointment that recent ASEAN meetings in Thailand had to be canceled due to antigovernment protests, and he underscored Presiden [...]
2009-04-20 08:23:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL RP BM
09MANILA857UNHRC ELECTION - DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Post delivered Diplomatic Note number 0572, formally announcing the United States' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),and a copy of the United States' "Human Rights Commitments and Pledges" to Assistant Director Leila Lorasantos of the Office of United Nations and Internationa [...]
2009-04-22 09:01:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL RP
09MANILA877SCENESETTER FOR DOT ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to the Philippines! The United States and the Philippines have a deep and abiding relationship resulting from the country's half century as a U.S. territory and commonwealth. Many features of the Philippine government are modeled on that of the U.S., and close ties e [...]
2009-04-24 07:12:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL RP
09MANILA903FOREIGN SECRETARY CONCURS WITH RAPID SMITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following intense media pressure following the Philippine Court of Appeals' April 23 acquittal of Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith, press interest has begun to subside. The public focus remains whether the U.S. and Philippine governments followed proper procedures in transferring [...]
2009-04-27 08:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
09MANILA920FOREIGN SECRETARY ON PEACE PROCESS, ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] (C) During an April 27 private breakfast with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo underscored President Arroyo's strong interest in meeting President Obama to discuss ongoing environmental programs like the Coral Triangle Initiative, strengthening ASEAN, supporting change in Burma [...]
2009-04-29 08:08:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SENV RP
09MANILA924CANDIDATES BEGIN JOCKEYING FOR 2010 PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With a general election slated for May 2010, self-declared candidates across the country have begun vigorously campaigning for almost 18,000 local, provincial, regional, and national positions at stake, including successors to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Vice President N [...]
2009-04-29 08:59:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RP
09MAPUTO1007MOST OPPOSITION CANDIDATES DISQUALIFIED FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 7, the National Electoral Commission (CNE),citing registration irregularities, announced the disqualification of Daviz Simango's Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) from 9 of 13 constituencies in the October 28 legislative elections. MDM will challenge this d [...]
2009-09-09 15:24:00Embassy MaputoSECRETPGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO1009RISING CONCERN ABOUT DISQUALIFICATION OF OPPOSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 10 televised meeting with National Electoral Commission (CNE) President Leopoldo da Costa, representatives from 18 diplomatic missions raised grave concerns over reftel decisions to exclude a number of opposition parties from the October 28 legislative elections. [...]
2009-09-10 17:44:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO1012DIPLOMATIC CORPS RAISES ELECTIONS CONCERNS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 11 meeting with President Guebuza, the Charge and 16 members of the diplomatic community raised their concerns about recent disqualifications of several opposition parties from the legislative election on October 28 (Ref A and B). Guebuza appeared attentive and [...]
2009-09-11 15:24:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO1013PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S INNER CIRCLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first of a three-part series on leadership in Mozambique. Power politics in Mozambique are opaque as politicians are compelled to balance personal fortunes, family obligations, and regional and ethnic considerations in the decision making process. Mozambique's power [...]
2009-09-14 07:59:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO1023MOZAMBIQUE LEADERSHIP - RISING STARS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third in a three part series on Mozambican leadership. Future leaders of Mozambique are impossible to predict as several factors are in flux and could alter the course of elections in 2014. A change is FRELIMO structure is possible, which could open the way for the [...]
2009-09-16 07:33:00Embassy MaputoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO1026CIVIL SOCIETY CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 15, Carlos Simango, close advisor of President Guebuza, met with the Charge to hear the depth of the diplomatic community's concerns over the September 6 decision by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) to disqualify large numbers of parliamentary candidates. O [...]
2009-09-16 15:58:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1033DONORS' RESOLVE HARDENS IN ELECTIONS CONFLICT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of a periodic formal political dialogue between the leadership of the 'G-19' international donor countries and the GRM, twenty-one chiefs of mission from Europe and North America convened on September 16 to review growing worries about the legitimacy of October 28 gene [...]
2009-09-17 16:07:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1042CHISSANO ON MADAGASCAR: "SITTING ON A VOLCANO"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Mozambican President and SADC Special Negotiator for Madagascar Joachim Chissano briefed the Charge on September 18 on his mediation efforts. Of immediate concern, he highlighted Andry Rajoelina's plans to participate in UNGA, calling for the USG to support a SADC (or p [...]
2009-09-18 12:39:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNGA MA MZ
09MAPUTO1066CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL UPHOLDS EXCLUSION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a unanimous decision released late on September 28, Mozambique's Constitutional Council (CC) upheld a National Electoral Commission (CNE) determination to exclude many opposition legislative candidates from the October 28 elections. The CC decision came despite evidence of [...]
2009-09-29 13:36:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO1070EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GRM declared its intent to adhere to the principles of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in 2008, ultimately joining EITI in May of this year. The GRM has made little progress in implementation however and claims lack of funds, putting compliance into [...]
2009-09-30 10:57:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EMIN EPET ETRD PREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO1076OOPPOSITION ACCUSES GRM OF ELECTIONS MALFEASANCE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a September 30 press conference, representatives of opposition party Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) presented compelling arguments in support of their accusation that the GRM was actively malfeasant in denying the party's efforts to participate in legislative elec [...]
2009-10-01 16:22:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO1137CHARGE PRESSES FM ON ELECTIONS TRANSPARENCY ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 13, the Charge met with Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi to discuss ongoing donor community concerns about transparency in the October 28 Mozambican election and the resulting slippage in Mozambique's international reputation. Baloi noted his recent meetings with USG [...]
2009-10-20 15:00:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1144CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 15 key members of Mozambican civil society joined visiting AF/S Deputy Director Susie Pratt for a dinner hosted by the Charge to discuss the country's elections and shrinking political space. While acknowledging that much has been accomplished since the 1994 president [...]
2009-10-21 15:51:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1152AT DEMOCRATIC CROSSROADS, MOZAMBIQUE CHOOSES WRONG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Guebuza's ruling FRELIMO party is widely expected to emerge victorious following the October 28 general elections, not only benefiting from superior funding and organization, but also the politically-motivated shenanigans taken by the Electoral Commission to exclude sco [...]
2009-10-26 10:58:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1159MDM LEADER DAVIZ SIMANGO'S CONCERNS ENTERING THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge spoke by phone on October 26 with Democratic Movement for Mozambique presidential candidate Daviz Simango. When asked about his concerns approaching election day, Simango feared MDM election monitors would not receive the vote tallies from the polling station president [...]
2009-10-27 13:31:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1162LEADING JOURNALIST ISSUES HARSH OP-ED ON RULING
[...] On October 23, journalist Machado da Graca wrote the following editorial in the independent newspaper Savana. He is a well-respected Mozambican of Portuguese descent who often uses satire to comment on political and social themes. In this article, he summarizes the doubts and concerns of man [...]
2009-10-27 14:25:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO MZ
09MAPUTO1164RENAMO LEADER ALFONSO DHLAKAMA'S CONCERNS ENTERING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge spoke October 27 by phone with Renamo Presidential Candidate Alfonso Dhlakama. Queried about his concerns entering election day, Dhlakama noted the importance of the political party representatives who provide the onsite monitoring of the voting sites. He relayed that [...]
2009-10-27 15:00:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1165MOZAMBIQUE ELECTIONS: EUROPEANS EXPRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EU Heads of Mission (HOMs) met recently with Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi to convey concerns about the lack of transparency in the preparations for the October 28 presidential, legislative, and provincial elections. Baloi repeated the now well-rehearsed Government of Mozambiqu [...]
2009-10-27 15:38:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID MZ
09MAPUTO1167RULING FRELIMO PARTY CRUSHES OPPOSITION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling FRELIMO party appears to have overwhelmed the opposition in general elections held on October 28. Current president and FRELIMO candidate Armando Guebuza could get above 75pct of the presidential vote, and FRELIMO should walk away with a super-majority (more than two [...]
2009-10-29 14:15:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1168WHO IS OBSERVING THIS ELECTIONS PROCESS?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign and domestic groups are observing the process that led up to the October 28 general elections and now the process afterwards. Key foreign observer groups include the European Union and an effort led by the U.S. Embassy with the coordination of the United Nations Developm [...]
2009-10-29 14:20:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1170LEGAL ANALYSES OF DECISIONS LEADING TO OPPOSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Both the Electoral Observatory (OE--a coalition of religious and civil organizations in Mozambique) and the Swiss Embassy in Maputo have produced carefully reasoned, in-depth, and sharply critical analyses of the National Electoral Commission (CNE) decision to exclude new oppositi [...]
2009-10-29 14:48:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO124SCENESETTER FOR REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM P. LOEFFER:
[...] (SBU) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Mozambique, widely considered to be an exemplary post-conflict democratic success story in Africa. Following the 2008 visits of Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer, Ambassador Yates and Major General Altshuler from A [...]
2009-02-04 12:48:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OTRA OVIP ECON ETRD EINV KPKO EAID
09MAPUTO1282CRUSHING FRELIMO VICTORY CONFIRMED BY ELECTORAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 11 Mozambique,s National Electoral Commission (CNE) announced the results of elections held on October 28. As accurately predicted by a parallel vote tabulation conducted on election day the ruling party and President Armando Guebuza won an overwhelming mandate,as [...]
2009-11-12 18:02:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALMZ PGOV PREL
09MAPUTO1301MOZAMBIQUE'S DAVIZ SIMANGO: READY FOR THE LONG HAUL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Defeated Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) presidential candidate Daviz Simango told the Charge on November 16 This election the most fraudulent in Mozambique,s history., He described tactics used by the ruling FRELIMO party to manipulate electoral results. Radiating vigo [...]
2009-11-17 15:30:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1315MOZAMBIQUE OPPOSITION THREATS NOT CREDIBLE
[...] (C) RENAMO opposition leader and defeated presidential candidate Afonso Dhlakama has denounced as fraudulent the recent overwhelming victory by FRELIMO,s Armando Guebuza, often in an inflammatory fashion. But few take his comments seriously. Dhlakama was first quoted as saying that RENAMO [...]
2009-11-22 13:07:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO1346EUROPEANS AND CANADIANS CONSIDER RESPONSE TO
[...] (C)SUMMARY: A lack of transparency in the October 28 elections and other governance concerns have some donors considering a reduction in the $465 million of direct budget support provided to the GRM. Working together in the G-19 Donor Group (including the United States as an associate membe [...]
2009-12-04 15:06:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID MZ
09MAPUTO1406MEDIA ANALYSIS OF ELECTION RESULTS: BAD OUTWEIGHS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of GRM's Constitutional Court validation on December 28 of the results of the October national elections, media outlets have analyzed the campaign season, suggesting that the "good" aspects of the elections were outweighed by the "bad" and "ugly." On one hand, the [...]
2009-12-30 13:39:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI MZ
09MAPUTO321PRESIDENCY MINISTER ON ZIMBABWE, PKOS, ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one February 26 meeting with Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana, the Charge pressed the GRM to remain engaged in Zimbabwe's political challenges and to move quickly to participate in peacekeeping operations (PKOs). Sumbana reiterated Mozambique's support in b [...]
2009-02-27 12:10:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ ZI
09MAPUTO341MOZAMBIQUE FSN NOMINATIONS FOR THE
[...] Summary: Embassy Maputo submits the following FSN nomination to be considered for the Environment, Science, Technology, and Health course (PE 221) to be Offered April 27 Q May 8, 2009 at the NFATC campus in Arlington. End summary. 2. a. Elizabeth Filipe b. May, 10, 1967 c. Portuguese [...]
2009-03-06 10:27:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AFSI KSCA AFSN TSPL ECON MZ
09MAPUTO408DHLAKAMA; A POLITICAL OBITUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RENAMO leader Afonso Dhlakama responded to RENAMO's poor showing in the November 19 municipal elections by secluding himself, even from senior party members. When he returned to the spotlight, his erratic behavior embarrassed himself and his party. RENAMO, and Dhlakama in part [...]
2009-03-25 10:11:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO490OPPOSITION LEADER DAVIZ SIMANGO: A STRATEGIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 12, Charge and P/E Chief met with leader of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) Daviz Simango to discuss his recent trip to Portugal, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, as well as his future plans in this election year. As Simango develops his politi [...]
2009-04-17 09:34:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO521FAMOUS AUTHOR PROVIDES A SNAPSHOT OF ENVIROMENTAL
[...] (SBU) This cable represents the third in a series of innovative collaboration in environment/science reporting between Embassies Maputo and Pretoria. Embassy Pretoria ESTH Officer and Maputo Economic/Commercial officer visited environment and science projects in Niassa, Sofala and Cabo Delgad [...]
2009-04-27 10:36:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EINV MZ
09MAPUTO528GENDER EQUALITY, AN ELUSIVE GOAL
[...] SUMMARY: Women are specifically recognized as equal to men under the Mozambican constitution, but equality has proved an elusive goal. Legal structures are in place to assure equal treatment but lack of knowledge of rights and financial resources, lack of access to the courts, limited educat [...]
2009-04-28 08:42:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI PHUM SCUL MZ
09MAPUTO608OPPOSITION LEADER SIMANGO READIES PRESIDENTIAL BID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Daviz Simango, leader of new opposition party Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM),is readying a public announcement to run for president in October 28 national elections. In a meeting with the Charge, he described the mechanics of how MDM is organizing its campaign, and di [...]
2009-05-28 13:05:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO609OPPOSITION LEADER SIMANGO READIES PRESIDENTIAL BID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Daviz Simango, leader of new opposition party Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM),is readying a public announcement to run for president in October 28 national elections. In a meeting with the Charge, he described the mechanics of how MDM is organizing its campaign, and di [...]
2009-05-28 13:06:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO652009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MOZAMBIQUE
[...] Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investors to Mozambique and should be a potential investor,s primary contact with the government. CPI is particularly interested in increasing investment in the central and nor [...]
2009-01-22 14:25:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MZ
09MAPUTO778HOW COULD FRELIMO LOSE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] (S//NF) Post believes long-time ruling party FRELIMO is poised to do well in the October 28 presidential and parliamentary elections. Nevertheless, the emergence of a significant new opposition political party and growing popular discontent in Mozambique have caused some to think the unthink [...]
2009-07-13 16:15:00Embassy MaputoSECRET//NOFORNKDEM PGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO802SENIOR FRELIMO OFFICIAL ON THE PARTY'S FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met on July 10 with Dr. Xarzada Ora, a senior FRELIMO leader, and the party's Secretary of the Central Committee for External Relations. She explained FRELIMO's history, party structure, and some of the party's strategy for the future, describing a dominant party that co [...]
2009-07-20 11:49:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO806ZIMBABWEANS IN MANICA CANNOT AFFORD TO GO HOME
[...] (C) Summary: Extending along much of Zimbabwe's eastern border, Manica Province has been the recipient of a wave of Zimbabwean refugees, as well as a higher-than-average incidence of cholera over the past year. Currently, refugees are fewer and the effects of the cholera outbreak earlier this [...]
2009-07-21 09:26:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM SMIG ZI MZ
09MAPUTO874CHARGE MARKS 25 YERAS OF USG AID; MEETS MANICA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge's recent trip to Manica Province, located along the border with Zimbabwe, was the second in a series of visits planned to all of Mozambique's provinces to highlight USG funding successes. In a two-day visit, the Charge reviewed health and orphanage facilities supp [...]
2009-08-04 08:01:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KISL MZ
09MAPUTO916FORMER FM SIMAO DISCUSSES MADAGASCAR TALKS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Former Chissano-era Foreign Minister Leonardo Simao provided detailed feedback to the Charge on August 13 on the Madagascar Peace and Reconciliation discussions leading to the August 9 agreement in Maputo between the Malagasy "Big Four." Simao described the negotiations as diffi [...]
2009-08-14 10:13:00Embassy MaputoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MZ MA
09MAPUTO962OPPOSITION MDM PARTY LEADERS DISCUSS ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs met recently with Ismael Mussa and Joao Carlos Colaco, both Members of Parliament and opposition Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) sympathizers. Mussa resigned from RENAMO in late May, but technically serves in Parliament as an independent because formally switching [...]
2009-08-28 07:15:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO970COURT DISQUALIFIES SIX PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 20 PolOff met with the leaders of two of the six political parties disqualified from participating in the October 28 presidential election under a decision by Mozambique's Constitutional Council (CC),a Supreme Court-equivalent. Its decision, not subject to appeal, di [...]
2009-09-01 08:00:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
09MASERU11HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LDF SENIOR OFFICER
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to attend the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies' 2009 Senior Executive Seminar, SES 09-1, from 21-28 Jan 2009. The nominee is the Deputy Commander a [...]
2009-01-12 14:55:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU112ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: RUMORS SWIRL ABOUT ASSAILAINTS'
[...] (U) Following the April 22 assassination attempt on Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili (refs A & B),rumors have been swirling wildly about who might have been behind the attack. Among those mentioned as possible masterminds are the Lesotho Liberation Army, political opposition leader Tom Tha [...]
2009-04-24 11:39:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC LT
09MASERU121LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS SENIOR LEADERS
[...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the three (3) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The nominees are from Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) and the Ministry of Defense and National Security. a) Name: Pa [...]
2009-04-28 15:39:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU153LESOTHO: RELATIONS DETERIORATE BETWEEN THE LAW SOCIETY AND
[...] The Law Society of Lesotho (equivalent to the American Bar Association),convened a press conference on April 17, 2009, to announce the establishment of a "commission of inquiry on the root causes of the current unsatisfactory state of the administration of justice in Lesotho". The decision b [...]
2009-05-18 10:30:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM LT
09MASERU230HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS HEALTH AND SECURITY IN AFRICA
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in subject course. One candidate is a senior Lesotho Defense Force officer (LDF) and the other a civilian official from the Ministry of Defense and [...]
2009-07-10 10:52:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU240INDEPENDENT ELECTION COMMISSION ANTICIPATES HURDLES,
[...] SUMMARY: In their July 14 meeting, Charge d' Affaires (CDA) and Limakatso Mokhothu, Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),discussed challenges facing Lesotho as it prepares for the 2010 local government elections. Other topics of discussion focused on the Masire report [...]
2009-07-16 10:14:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LT
09MASERU270HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the five (5) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in Financial Investigation Techniques course. The candidates are officials from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses (DCEO) and the [...]
2009-08-06 11:08:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU273HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GEORGE C. MARSHALL CENTRE : PROGRAM
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidate is a senior officer in the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF). a) Name: Tente Peete Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Date of [...]
2009-08-07 09:37:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU274HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the five (5) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in subject course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). The course will be held by the US Treasury Office of T [...]
2009-08-10 06:26:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU276HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DIILS COURSE 'LEGAL ASPECTS OF
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in subject course. The candidate is a senior officer in the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF). a) Name: Thabang MATHAJANE Rank: Major Date of birth [...]
2009-08-10 15:15:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU28LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET STUDENT
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to attend the Program in Advanced Security Studies (PASS) at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany. The candidate is a member of [...]
2009-02-10 19:28:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU289HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS COURSE SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the five (5) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in subject course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS),Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) and National Security Service (NS [...]
2009-08-21 11:27:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU29LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET STUDENT
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to attend an MS-Platoon Leader Officer Basic course at the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The candidate is a member of the Leso [...]
2009-02-10 19:28:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU315LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the six (6) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in subject course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses [...]
2009-09-04 09:49:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU324LESOTHO: GRIEVANCES AIRED AT LAW SOCIETY OF LESOTHO
[...] The Law Society of Lesotho, which is the equivalent of the Bar Association in the U.S., hosted a symposium to discuss and provide analysis on the controversial Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP) vs. Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and others ("MFP vs. IEC") case on August 27, 2009. Particip [...]
2009-09-09 14:25:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LT
09MASERU364LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DVOT DELEGATION BY LESOTHO
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the four (4) senior members of the Lesotho Defense Force officer (LDF) who will undertake a Distinguished Visitor Orientation Tour (DVOT),using IMET funds, from October 18 through 25, 2009. a) Name: Th [...]
2009-10-13 10:17:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU385U.S. CAN EXPECT LESOTHO'S NORMAL SUPPORT
[...] Public Diplomacy, Economic, and Political Officer (PDEP) met with the Director of Europe and Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, October 26, to discuss reftels. Concerning ref A, we are advised that Lesotho "should be able to support our candidate." This is consistent with [...]
2009-10-27 15:08:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA
09MASERU388MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER VOICES CONCERN ABOUT LAND BILL
[...] On Wednesday, October 28, Ambassador Rob Nolan met with the main opposition party leader, Tom Thabane, at the Embassy. The meeting's primary purpose was to clarify Thabane's opinion on the U.S. stance concerning the controversial Land Bill (ref A). According to Thabane, the ruling party has be [...]
2009-11-03 09:05:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LT
09MASERU403LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DEFENSE INSTITUTE OF
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in the afore-mentioned conference hosted by the Defense Institute of Medical Operations (DIMO). The candidates are from the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) [...]
2009-11-13 13:15:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU433LESOTHO HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GEORGE C. MARSHALL CENTRE :
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the Senior Executive Seminar (SES) at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany . The candidate is a senior offic [...]
2009-12-17 07:56:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
09MASERU45LESOTHO: MISSION "KNOWS THE WAY WE USUALLY VOTE"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 11:47:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PGOV UNGA LT
09MASERU76LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - PERSONNEL
[...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both nominees are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Tebello TS'EPHE Gender: Male Da [...]
2009-03-31 14:37:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
09MASERU78LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW
[...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the eight (8) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. All nominees are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: `Malebohang Anna MOJAKHOMO Gend [...]
2009-04-02 08:07:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
09MBABANE107SWAZI PS ON USG IN UNHRC; KOSOVO; MADAGASCAR;
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 27, DCM Morrison discussed several pending demarches with Clifford Mamba, Principal Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. PS Mamba was positive about support for the U.S.'s candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, promised to consu [...]
2009-04-28 06:43:00Embassy MbabaneSECRETAU EFIN IO MA PGOV PREL WZ SADC ZI KV
09MBABANE141SWAZILAND ARMS PURCHASE ATTEMPTED
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In December 2008, the GKOS sought to purchase approximately 60 million USD worth of military equipment, including helicopters, vehicles, weapons, and ammunition from a British weapons manufacturer. The British government denied the request over end-use concerns. In documents requesting [...]
2009-06-11 15:27:00Embassy MbabaneSECRETKDEM PGOV PINR PREL WZ PINS MASS ETTC XF
09MBABANE149SWAZI FM REQUESTS COMMITMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Swazi Foreign Minister Lutfo Dlamini stated that the current Swazi position on Madagascar was "basically" in accord with the urgent demarche (reftel B),but that for progress to be made toward the holding of elections, two initial issues must be resolved: (a) Funding for elections [...]
2009-06-19 09:16:00Embassy MbabaneCONFIDENTIALIO MA PGOV PK WZ
09MBABANE273SWAZILAND 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] Country Background Summary: Swaziland is a small, land-locked country with one of the most limited economies in southern Africa. Its predominately young and rural population is beset by many challenges; foremost among them are widespread poverty and unemployment, along with one of the highest [...]
2009-10-13 04:30:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM WZ
09MBABANE274King Appoints Political Party Leader to Senior Advisory
[...] SUMMARY: On September 21, Obed Dlamini, most senior member of the executive committee of the legally unrecognized Ngwane National Liberatory Congress (NNLC) "opposition" political party, took his seat on the Swaziland National Council (Liqoqo),the king's advisory council and one of the most p [...]
2009-10-13 14:28:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM WZ
09MBABANE292LEAHY VETTING: BASIC INFANTRY COURSE-MASEKO, MNDZEBELE
[...] Please request vetting for the following candidate to attend the Infantry Basic Officer Leader course at Fort Benning, Georgia from November 23, 2009 to March 16, 2010. CANDIDATE: Name: Zizwe Bongani MASEKO(Black/Male) Place of Birth: Manzini, Swaziland Date of Birth: February [...]
2009-10-29 08:26:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM PHUM SNAR PTER WZ
09MBABANE296LEAHY VETTING: HIV POLICY DEVELOPMENT COURSE-KUNENE,
[...] Please request vetting for the following candidates to attend the HIV Planning and Policy Development course in San Antonio, Texas, from December 6 to December 11, 2009. CANDIDATE: Name: Shayilanga Cornelius KUNENE(Black/Male) Place of Birth: Piggs Peak, Swaziland Date of Birth: [...]
2009-11-02 12:49:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM PHUM SNAR PTER WZ
09MBABANE331SWAZILAND: SADC'S IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Clifford Mamba told the Ambassador on December 10 that he doubts the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will take further action on Zimbabwe following the expiration of the Maputo communique's 30-day deadline for making progress on t [...]
2009-12-10 10:15:00Embassy MbabaneCONFIDENTIALPREL SADC PINR ZI WZ
09MELBOURNE116AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY TO TRIAL PRIMARY SYSTEM
[...] (SBU) Both of Australia's major political parties are tinkering with their candidate selection processes in an attempt to reverse a trend of declining grass roots participation. The ruling Australian Labor Party (ALP) will test trial a primary system in the November 2010 Victoria elections an [...]
2009-10-29 04:46:00Consulate MelbourneCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR AS
09MELBOURNE56MELBOURNE BASED AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ON
[...] (C) Abdul Khaliq Fazal, former Afghan Minister for Public Works (2001-2004) and declared presidential candidate in the August election, shared his initial policy platform with Consul General on April 27. If elected, Fazal says he will strengthen political parties and introduce a Prime Minister [...]
2009-04-28 05:14:00Consulate MelbourneCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF AS
09MELBOURNE68MELBOURNE BASED AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
[...] (C) Abdul Khaliq Fazal, former Afghan Minister for Public Works (2001-2004),confirmed to post that he has withdrawn his candidacy for President of Afghanistan due to President Karzai's "dominant" position in the upcoming polls. End Summary. Candidate Withdraws ------------------- 2. ( [...]
2009-06-10 22:14:00Consulate MelbourneCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF AS
09MELBOURNE95RIGHT OF CENTER UNIONS DOMINATE IN VICTORIA
[...] (C/NF) Unionized workers represent almost twenty percent of the Australian workforce, yet hold disproportionate political influence in federal and Victorian politics. Victorian right-of-center unions maintain a powerful sway over federal and state Ministers by engaging in backroom diplomacy, f [...]
2009-08-12 03:56:00Consulate MelbourneCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PREL PGOV AS
09MEXICO1083MX 2009-143, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Course, Merida, Mexico, April 29, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-04-15 21:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1202PRI PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC FOR PARTY'S FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary. CDA met with PRI President Beatriz Paredes for an April 24 breakfast. Discussion ranged from President Obama's recent visit to the PRI's prospects in the July legislative elections. Overall, Paredes was optimistic about the party's chances in the upcoming votes, as well as the 2 [...]
2009-04-29 19:53:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1209 SITREP 6 - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- April 29 GOM estimates of confirmed H1N1 cases rose to 99, with eight cases resulting in death. Additionally, Secretary of Health Cordova announced that non-critical federal government offices will close from May 1 thru May 5. Essential government services will [...]
2009-04-30 17:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1226SITREP 7 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico
[...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- April 30 GOM estimates of confirmed H1N1 cases and deaths rose to 260 cases, including 12 deaths. On April 30, the Embassy issued an updated warden statement and announced that Mission operations will be closed on May 4, 2009. This closure complies with the GOM's [...]
2009-05-01 19:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1227 SITREP 7 - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- April 30 GOM estimates of confirmed H1N1 cases and deaths rose to 260 cases, including 12 deaths. On April 30, the Embassy issued an updated warden statement and announced that Mission operations will be closed on May 4, 2009. This closure complies with the GOM' [...]
2009-05-01 19:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1228 SITREP 7 - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO CITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: --------------- April 30 GOM estimates of confirmed H1N1 cases and deaths rose to 260 cases, including 12 deaths. On April 30, the Embassy issued an updated warden statement and announced that Mission operations will be closed on May 4, 2009. This closure complies with the GOM' [...]
2009-05-01 19:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1235SITREP 10 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico
[...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- On the morning of May 3, Secretary of Health Cordova announced that the GOM had confirmed 506 cases of H1N1 and 19 fatalities. He stressed that Mexico had not ignored warnings from the World Health Organization (WHO) of a possible outbreak, but had responded in a [...]
2009-05-03 22:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1247PRI SLOW TO FIRE UP CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) Summary. Popular support for the PRI has declined in recent weeks, and long-time PRI operative Carlos Flores Rico says the party's apparent losses in part result from a lack of electoral leadership from the PRI's federal level authorities and tardiness in developing its election campaign [...]
2009-05-06 22:17:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1250SITREP 13 - H1N1 Outbreak in Mexico
[...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- The GOM announced that the number of confirmed H1N1 cases now stands at 1,112 including 42 fatalities. Most of the fatalities were registered in April as Mexico continues to clear a backlog of samples. Restaurants in Mexico City and throughout other parts of the c [...]
2009-05-07 02:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KFLU KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1266MX #2009-181, NAS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Corrections Officer Course, in Xalapa, Mexico, May 18, 2009. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before May 15, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violat [...]
2009-05-07 22:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1276H1N1 INFECTS MEXICAN POLITICS
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the Government of Mexico (GOM) generally got high marks for its response to the H1N1 flu outbreak, communication at times was lacking between federal and state health authorities, and in Mexico City the three main parties representing federal, state and local efforts ofte [...]
2009-05-11 13:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KFLU TBIO PINR PGOV PREL MX
09MEXICO1277SITREP 15 (FINAL) - H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK IN MEXICO
[...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- Health Secretary Cordova announced in a May 8 press conference that the number of confirmed cases now stands at 1319 including 45 fatalities. 2. (U) FEDERAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS -------------------------------------------- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Mexic [...]
2009-05-11 13:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS CASC KSCA TBIO MX
09MEXICO1286MEXICO ON IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION
[...] (C) Poloff conferred with Blanca Mendez Oblea, Deputy Director of Candidacies at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),May 11 to convey USG Preference for Ambassador Yukiya Amano of Japan in the second round of voting for the IAEA Director General position (reftel). Although Suarez said the Govermne [...]
2009-05-11 23:07:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA PREL MX
09MEXICO1394MX 2009-193, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Port Security MTT, Veracruz, June 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2009-05-21 14:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1397MX 2009-193, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Port Security MTT, Veracruz, June 11, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2009-05-21 14:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1461MIDTERM ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: PRD REMAINS DIVIDED
[...] (C) Summary: Factionalism, disorganization, and controversy continue to plague the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) well after campaigning for the July mid-term elections kicked off in early May. The leadership of Party President Jesus Ortega has not effectively galvanized the PRD, and th [...]
2009-05-29 15:26:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1579MX 2009-233, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Basic Drug ID, Guanajuato, Mexico, June 19, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2009-06-05 20:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO1591Mexico Economic Weekly - June 5
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]
2009-06-08 13:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1630PAN NARROWS GAP BUT STILL TRAILS PRI
[...] (U) Summary. Mexico's governing National Action Party (PAN) has long trailed the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in polls tracking voters' preferences for the upcoming July 5 mid-term elections. More recently, though, polls have shown PAN narrowing the gap to 3-4 points with PAN's o [...]
2009-06-10 20:30:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR MX
09MEXICO1634CONSENSUS ELUDES MEXICANS ON ABORTION
[...] Unclassified - Entire text. 2. Summary: A little more than two years after Mexico City moved to liberalize abortion within the Federal District, the decision remains controversial. The public is split on the issue of whether a woman should be able to seek an abortion during the first [...]
2009-06-11 14:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09MEXICO1667MEXICO: LEGISLATIVE AND GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. As the July 5 legislative, state, and local elections near, the PRI continues to maintain a consistent lead over its closest rival, the PAN. The parties' official campaigns have been lackluster as they have they have sought to evade the stricter electoral code by using more unde [...]
2009-06-12 21:31:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1670MEXICO ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC ELECTION
[...] Poloff conferred with Blanca Mendez Oblea, Deputy Director of Candidacies at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),June 12 to convey USG preference for Ms. Lucretia F. Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (reftel). Post also sent a diplomatic note with the Curriculum Vit [...]
2009-06-12 22:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MX
09MEXICO1683MEXICO,S NEW ELECTORAL REGIME PROVING DIFFICULT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the run up to the first national elections since electoral reforms were passed in 2007, it is clear that the electoral regime crafted by ongress is butting up against Mexico,s political reality. Criticism of the law's inconsistencies abound, and the only question is whether [...]
2009-06-15 19:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1758MIDTERM ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: SOME UPS AND DOWNS FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Patchy alliances may be the key factor to keeping afloat at least three of the five small parties, disadvantaged by the 2007 electoral reform, after the upcoming midterm elections July 5 in Mexico. The Green Party (PVEM) polls the highest, capturing attention by advocating a r [...]
2009-06-18 22:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1821MEXICO'S CANDIDACY TO HOST CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 02765 dated June 1, 2009, addressed to the Embassy, advised us that Mexico is seeking election to be the host of the 16th UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (COP-16) and the 6th Conference by Parties to the Kyoto Protoco [...]
2009-06-24 20:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN MX
09MEXICO1857MEXICO'S CANDIDACY TO THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 03010 dated June 10, 2009, addressed to the Embassy, advised us that Mexico is seeking election to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) for Ambassador Jorge Montano after Dr. Maria Elena Medina Mora resigned her post at the I [...]
2009-06-26 20:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN MX
09MEXICO1862Mexico Economic Weekly - June 26
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]
2009-06-29 16:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO1895FINAL COUNTDOWN TO MEXICO'S JULY 5 LEGISLATIVE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. With the official campaign period ending on July 1, the parties made a final push this weekend in an attempt to provide candidates with a last minute boost just a week before the vote. PAN and PRI leaders have been aggressively courting voters with some success, while the PRD [...]
2009-07-01 13:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1921MEXICO - NOMINATION OF 2009 LABOR DIPLOMACY AWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 16:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB AMGT APER PHUM
09MEXICO1947TROUBLED PRD ENTERS FINAL STRETCH IN MID-TERM
[...] (C) Summary: A campaign that started with a whimper is ending with groans as the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) winds up its elections activities before July 5 polling. In Michoacan, accusations that the government is using ongoing law enforcement operations to political advantage seem [...]
2009-07-02 21:21:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1961EARLY RESULTS OF THE MEXICAN MIDTERM ELECTIONS:
[...] (C) Summary. Early results of the July 5 midterm legislative and local elections indicate that the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was the big winner and will supersede the ruling National Action Party (PAN) as the largest party in the 500 seat Chamber of Deputies. The final results [...]
2009-07-06 22:51:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1988U.S. ARMY THINK TANK REPORT MAKES THE FRONT PAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) Report titled "Mexico's Narco-Insurgency and U.S. Counter Drug Policy" made the front page of El Universal's July 5 Sunday edition. Although, the SSI report was published in May 2009, El Universal led with a headline suggesting that the U.S. [...]
2009-07-08 13:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2070MEXICO'S PRD LOOKING FOR UNITY, DIRECTION IN WAKE
[...] (C) Summary: The Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is trying to recover from serious losses in the July 5 midterm elections. Winning only 12 percent of the national vote, the party lost a high percentage of Federal Deputies and some traditional strongholds, including Guerrero and parts of [...]
2009-07-16 13:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2071MUCH FINGER POINTING OVER PAN'S LOSS
[...] (U) Summary. The governing National Action Party (PAN) suffered an unexpectedly tough loss in Mexico's July 5 mid-term elections, losing not only its plurality in the House of Deputies to its rival, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI),but also two key governorships it had previously [...]
2009-07-16 13:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR ECON MX
09MEXICO212MEXICO'S PRI JOCKEYS FOR JULY VOTE WITH AN EYE
[...] (C) Summary. The Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) is confident six months out from the vote that it stands to make significant gains in July's federal legislative and gubernatorial elections, even as PRI luminaries approach the electoral contest with an eye toward the next presidential [...]
2009-01-26 22:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2126PRI CONCOCTING POST-ELECTION STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary. Following its midterm elections victory, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI),is planning an agenda that increasingly looks focused on the budget and addressing the country's economic problems. The party will also pursue political reform efforts geared at limiting presiden [...]
2009-07-21 00:56:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2234POOR PERFORMANCE OF PT MEANS LUCIA MORETT FACES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Wanted by Colombia and Ecuador for her connections to the FARC, Lucia Morett, a Mexican student from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM),did not win a plurinominal seat for the Chamber of Deputies and therefore will not have immunity to protect her from extrad [...]
2009-07-29 20:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO2240INITIAL TAKE ON CALDERON'S POLITICAL POSITIONING
[...] (C) Summary. Since the July legislative elections, the Mexican media has painted a consistent picture of the results, touting them as a clear repudiation of Calderon's national security and economic policies. The media predicts that the PRI will be emboldened to reshape the national agenda, [...]
2009-07-29 23:10:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2340MEXICO'S PRI LOOKING TO REFORM STATE, LIMIT
[...] (C) Summary. The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) wants to shift the balance of power in Mexico's political system, with the goal of strengthening Congress vis-a-vis the Presidency and further empowering the states. The party can count on some support from the Revolutionary Democratic [...]
2009-08-07 00:08:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2440SECRETARY KESSEL AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BILATERAL ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretary Georgina Kessel told Ambassador Pascual August 13 that Mexico is eager to continue working with the US on carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency, standards, a bilateral market for renewable energy, and gas flaring. Kessel emphasized the need for an acti [...]
2009-08-17 22:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2445TRANSBOUNDARY RESERVOIRS - A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretary Georgina Kessel told Ambassador Pascual August 13 that the Mexican proposal to negotiate a bilateral treaty on trans-boundary reservoirs provides a window of opportunity for the US and Mexico to engage constructively on the sensitive topic of oil production. N [...]
2009-08-17 23:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2460PAN ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT IN WAKE OF PARTY DIVISION
[...] Summary: On August 8, the National Action Party's (PAN's) Central Committee (CEN) elected Cesar Nava as its new party president. Nava, President Calderon's hand-picked candidate, replaces German Martinez who resigned in the aftermath of the PAN's stinging defeat in the July mid-term elections [...]
2009-08-19 21:02:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2473SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ZETAS AND U.S.
[...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: Since 1996, U.S. Embassy Mexico City has maintained an electronic database of all Mexican military trained with U.S. funds. These records show that the USG has trained nearly of 5,000 Mexican military personnel, including members of Mexico's Special Forces (GAFEs). Several promi [...]
2009-08-21 03:19:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM PINR SNAR MX
09MEXICO2483CALDERON PLAYS TO DOMESTIC AUDIENCES IN SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: President Calderon visited Colombia, Uruguay, and Brazil August 12-August 17 to advance economic and political interests. The Mexican press published flashy headlines from Calderon's stops in Colombia and Brazil -- one speaking to an ongoing bilateral program on security and an [...]
2009-08-21 18:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALBR CO ECIN ECON EINT EPET MX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO2537MEXICO FACES BUDGET CHALLENGE; TAX HIKES,
[...] (U) The Calderon administration faces a formidable challenge in preparing its 2010 budget. GDP contracted 10.3% in the second quarter of this year, the fourth consecutive quarter of decline. Weak tax collection, the recession, and low oil production, prices, and exports has created a 2.7% of [...]
2009-08-26 23:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO2545PRI,S CONGRESSIONAL SELECTION PROCESS REVEALS
[...] (C) Summary. On August 25, the PRI selected Francisco Rojas to be coordinator of the party's Chamber of Deputies bloc. Backroom negotiations and factional bickering characterized the selection process, leading to cracks in what has otherwise been a fairly united public party facade. Rojas is [...]
2009-08-28 13:24:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2556MEXICO'S ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY BE ON HIS WAY OUT
[...] (C) Attorney General (PGR) Eduardo Medina Mora, oft-rumored to be up for replacement, appears to be on his way out of PGR. Marisela Morales Ibanez, head of the PGR's anti-organized crime unit, SIEDO, told a DOJ, ATF, and ICE delegation that the GOM will announce the change the week of August [...]
2009-08-28 16:17:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2570MEXICO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY TO THE
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 003797 dated July 24, 2009, announced its decision to propose Mr. Jorge Duhalt as a candidate to the United Nations Joint Inspection Unit for 2013-2017 term in elections to be held during the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations in [...]
2009-08-28 21:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MX
09MEXICO2637MEXICO: BUDGET, ECONOMIC ISSUES LIKELY TO DOMINATE
[...] (C) Summary. The Mexican legislative session opened on September 1 with new players and a dramatically changed political landscape, following the July midterm elections. With the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) now the largest party in the lower house -- the PRI has 237 sea [...]
2009-09-04 13:13:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2642MEXICO SUPPORTS USG CANDIDATE FOR UNITED NATIONS
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 004370 dated August 20, 2009, announced its decision to support USG candidate Lucretia F. Meyers to the United Nations International Civil Service Commission for the 2010-2013 term. Mexico also reiterates its request that the USG support [...]
2009-09-04 19:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MX
09MEXICO2701MEXICO: CALDERON MEETS PRI RESISTANCE ON
[...] (c) Summary: Following up his bold state of the Union message ref A),President Calderon announced several expected Cabinet changes, eliminated a number of government secretariats, and recommended a series of economic measures that presaged an imminent tough battle on the budget (septel). Whi [...]
2009-09-15 13:21:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON EINT EPET MX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO2759MEXICO: NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL -- THE GOOD, THE BAD
[...] (C) Summary: President Calderon's decision to replace Mexican Attorney General Medina Mora could have far-reaching consequences: on prospects for judicial reform; on the GOM's ability to manage human rights' criticism; and on our efforts to move forward on an expanded Merida agenda. Calderon [...]
2009-09-21 22:41:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR
09MEXICO2778A LOOK AT MEXICO STATE, POTEMKIN VILLAGE STYLE
[...] (C) Summary. Poloffs traveled to Toluca, the capital of Mexico State (Estado de Mexico - Edomex) and headquarters for popular Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) Governor Enrique Pena Nieto, on September 10-11 for what turned out to be two highly-orchestrated days of meetings with state o [...]
2009-09-24 21:31:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2786MEXICO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY TO THE
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 004630 dated September 3, 2009, announced its decision to propose Ernesto Herrera as a candidate to the United Nations International Civil Service Commission for the 2014-2017 term in elections to be held during the 68th General Assembly o [...]
2009-09-25 14:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN MX
09MEXICO2787MEXICO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY TO THE
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 004455 dated August 26, 2009, announced its decision to seek reelection to the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program for the 2012-2015 term in elections to be held during the 66th UN General Assembly in 2011. Mexico [...]
2009-09-25 14:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN MX
09MEXICO2788MEXICO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY TO THE
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 004667 dated September 3, 2009, announced its decision to propose Amb. Jorge Montano to the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board in elections to be held by the UN Economic and Social Council in 2009. Mexico seeks U.S. sup [...]
2009-09-25 14:49:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN MX
09MEXICO2792SENATE CONFIRMS ATTORNEY GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary. The Senate confirmed new Attorney General Arturo Chavez Chavez on September 24 after what clearly were backroom negotiations between the Calderon government and the PRI. The ratification process has been a win-win for the PRI, and in particular Senate leader Manlio Fabio Beltrones [...]
2009-09-25 22:19:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO30ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN MEXICO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the global financial crisis has weakened MexicoQs economy, most analysts do not fear a repeat of the 1995 peso collapse. Financial conditions in Mexico Q most notably the absence of a large foreign debt Q have improved measurably over the financial situation existing [...]
2009-01-07 19:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO30102010 GOM BUDGET: OPPOSITION REJECTS AND BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Facing an October 20 deadline to approve the GOM's 2010 proposed revenue bill, PRI leaders, governors, and lawmakers met on October 12 to coordinate a consensus on the budget. According to local press reports, PRI lawmakers revealed that they will reject the GOM's 2% anti-pover [...]
2009-10-19 18:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV PINR SENV
09MEXICO3011MEXICO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY TO THE
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 004835 dated September 14, 2009, announced its decision to propose Dr. Victor Manuel Villalobos Arambula for Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (AICA) for the 2010-2014 term in elections to be [...]
2009-10-19 19:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN MX
09MEXICO3090MEXICAN VIEWS ON CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 21 tour d'horizon of the climate change negotiations from the Mexican perspective, Mexican Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, Special Negotiator for Climate Change at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) called the US-Mexico climate change relationship 'frank, [...]
2009-10-27 22:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG KGHG SENV MX
09MEXICO3091MEXICO CITY FRAUD SUMMARY FOR MARCH - AUGUST 2009
[...] SUMMARY: Mexico City's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) was substantially reorganized this reporting period. In August the new Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) assumed responsibility for coordinating fraud prevention programs throughout Mexico, and the deputy FPM took primary responsibility for man [...]
2009-10-27 22:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MX
09MEXICO3107SME CRISIS EXPOSES WEAKNESSES IN MEXICO'S UNIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Apparently around 150,000 people marched in the streets of Mexico City Thursday, October 15 in a show of solidarity with the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME),the union of the now defunct electrical provider, Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC). According to media polls and [...]
2009-10-28 23:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PREL PGOV MX
09MEXICO3121MEXICO: DF MAYOR'S GREEN TIPS AND CRIME BLUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor of Mexico City, underscored for the Ambassador on October 23 his top priorities for the city: security, public transportation, waste-control, climate change, solar energy and other renewables, and health care. Ebrard highlighted the city's efforts to inc [...]
2009-10-30 17:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO3160IMO DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MEXICO
[...] (U) Coast Guard Attache and Econoff delivered reftel demarche in support of the U.S. candidacy for Category A reelection to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council on 29 October. Captain Marco Antonio Vinaza, director general of the Mexican Merchant Marine, and Captain Luis Muriel [...]
2009-11-05 20:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK MX
09MEXICO3172MEXICAN SENATE CHOOSES FRONT-RUNNER TO HEAD HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Mexican Senate's confirmation, on November 5, of Raul Plasencia Villanueva as the new President of Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) is a welcome leadership change that could herald a more activist and transparent era for an important state-sponsored advocate [...]
2009-11-09 14:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO3173VERACRUZ: ALL EYES ON 2010 ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff traveled to Veracruz State in early October to meet with state officials, opposition politicians, and civil society representatives to discuss local conditions in the run-up to state governor and local congressional elections next year. The major parties are already in ful [...]
2009-11-09 17:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3174OAXACA: STATE ELECTORAL POLITICS WITH NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Poloffs traveled to Oaxaca State October 14-16 to meet with a variety of local political leaders, government officials, and civil society representatives. Local elections in Oaxaca next year have caught the attention of national party leadership, with more at stake than the gov [...]
2009-11-09 18:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO33ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN MEXICO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the global financial crisis has weakened MexicoQs economy, most analysts do not fear a repeat of the 1995 peso collapse. Financial conditions in Mexico Q most notably the absence of a large foreign debt Q have improved measurably over the financial situation existing [...]
2009-01-07 19:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV MX
09MEXICO3357GOM PROPOSES TRADE ON IMO ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Post sent a dipnote and aide-memoire October 14 requesting GOM support for USG candidacy in Category "A" of the International Maritime Council election. Before sending the dipnote, Poloff also spoke regarding this candidacy with Dulce Maria Valle, SRE Deputy General of Specialized Inter [...]
2009-11-25 20:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMX AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK PREL
09MEXICO3382 CONGRESS APPROVES 2010 SPENDING LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 17, the Mexican Congress approved the 2010 budget, voting 437-25 to pass the spending bill, which includes MX$3.18 trillion (US$244 billion) in outlays. The budget for 2010 implies a deficit of 0.75% of GDP excluding debt from state oil monopoly Pemex, but with Pe [...]
2009-12-01 20:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3450SUPREME COURT DECLARES OAXACA GOVERNOR VIOLATED
[...] Summary: After two years of review, the Mexican Supreme Court announced on Oct. 14 that serious human rights abuses occurred in the state of Oaxaca after a 2006 teacher's strike led to violent unrest. The Court specifically held Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz and a number of top state security off [...]
2009-12-08 17:03:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3486 BANK GOVERNOR APPOINTMENT SPARKS CABINET RESHUFFLE
[...] Summary. (U) On December 9, President Calderon nominated Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens as the country's new central bank governor (Banxico). Carstens, whose nomination still needs to be ratified by the Senate, will replace Guillermo Ortiz who finishes his second six-year term at the end [...]
2009-12-11 13:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3557CALDERON'S REFORM PROPOSALS: THE POTENTIAL AND THE
[...] (C) Summary. President Calderon has taken few concrete steps over the last several months on the ambitious ten-point reform agenda he laid down in September. He has walked back on most of his proposals, except for a bold initiative on political reform that would establish new rule for the poli [...]
2009-12-16 03:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3596MEXICO: PRESIDENT CALDERONQS BOLD
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Calderon's proposal for amending the Mexican Constitution with a far-reaching political initiative would have far reaching consequences for implementing badly needed reform. In addition to allowing for direct reelection of Senators, Deputies and local officials, the pr [...]
2009-12-21 22:33:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR MASS ECON ETRD MX
09MEXICO3648SENATE APPROVES TWO NEW MINISTERS FOR MEXICO'S EVOLVING
[...] Summary: On December 1, the Senate approved two new Supreme Court ministers with little public debate or review of their qualifications. Luis Maria Aguilar Morales and Arturo Zaldivar Lelo de Larrea assume their prestigious positions at a crucial time in the court's development. Over recent [...]
2009-12-28 22:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO3659AGUASCALIENTES TACKLES SECURITY AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff traveled to Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes to assess the political, economic, and security situation in the state by talking with a number of legislators, officials from the state government, members of the state human rights commission, prominent business people and le [...]
2009-12-30 14:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO442POLLS SHOW PRI GAIN AS CANDIDATE SELECTION MOVES
[...] (C) Summary. Recent polling suggests that the PRI's campaign tactics, combined with rather public internal PAN squabbles, may be gaining traction with voters, giving the party a boost as it seeks to build popular momentum in the run-up to the July elections. The PRI's candidate selection proc [...]
2009-02-18 17:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO443MEXICO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY TO THE
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 000439 dated January 30, 2009, announced its decision to offer Mr. Jose de Jesus Orozco Henriquez as a candidate to the Interamerican Commission of Human Rights for 2010-2013 in elections to be held during the 39th General Assembly of the [...]
2009-02-18 17:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MX
09MEXICO467MEXICO FACES GRIM EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK FOR 2009
[...] Summary: Although the year is just two months old, government officials, leading private sector figures and academics are predicting a grim employment outlook for Mexico in 2009. According to the GOMQ,s National Statistics Institute (INEGI),by the end of 2008 official unemployment rate for [...]
2009-02-20 20:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX
09MEXICO48MEXICO ON POSSIBLE IRAN PRESIDENCY OF UNDP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 23:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF IR UN EAID MX
09MEXICO530UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 23:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09MEXICO582Mexico Economic Weekly - February 27
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]
2009-02-27 19:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO603DISAFFECTED FACTION OF MEXICO'S CONVERGENCIA PARTY
[...] (C) Summary: A group within the small Convergencia Party decided March 1 to break ranks and affiliate themselves with the larger leftist Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD). The agreement between the Citizen Renovation Group (RECI) faction of Convergencia and the PRD was characterized as an [...]
2009-03-02 23:11:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO604IMPACT OF A PRI CONGRESSIONAL MAJORITY: THE MATH,
[...] (C) Summary. The PRI appears to be on the ascendant, and talk in local press and political circles suggests that more observers are willing to discuss the prospect of a PRI majority in the Chamber of Deputies after July's legislative elections. The vote is still more than four months away, an [...]
2009-03-03 13:27:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO605SUPREME COURT FINALLY DELIVERS ITS REPORT ON SAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Almost three years after the May 2006 police crackdown on local protesters in San Salvador Atenco which produced widespread human rights allegations, Mexico's Supreme Court finally delivered the results of an investigation it undertook in late 2006. While the report refrains [...]
2009-03-03 13:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS MX
09MEXICO635TRANSBOUNDARY RESERVOIRS -- WHAT IS MOTIVATING
[...] (SBU) Summary: For political, economic and strategic reasons, Mexico is ratcheting up efforts to engage the USG on a possible treaty governing transboundary reservoirs. We expect that this topic will be raised by the GOM to senior levels of the administration in an effort to create momentum. [...]
2009-03-03 22:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET PGOV MX
09MEXICO656PRD PRESIDENT TELL CHARGE PARTY RECUPERATING; AMLO
[...] (C) Summary: Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) President Jesus Ortega told CDA and PolMinCouns that 2006 presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) had essentially left the party, throwing his lot in with the Convergencia and Workers' parties. While some in the PRD remain [...]
2009-03-05 21:46:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO741MEXICO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACIES TO
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note dated February 20, 2009, addressed to the Embassy, has advised us that Mexico is seeking election to the following subsidiary organs of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in the elections schedu [...]
2009-03-12 22:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL USUN UNESCO MX
09MEXICO771Mexico Economic Weekly - March 13
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. 2 [...]
2009-03-13 23:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO803SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MEXICO,
[...] (SBU) Mission Mexico warmly welcomes you to Mexico City and Monterrey. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces, has the vision and political will to address them strategically and wants to work closely with us to meet common goals that are fundamental to h [...]
2009-03-19 13:26:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO812MEXICO'S CANDIDACY TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 1070 dated March 3, 2009, addressed to the Embassy, advised us that Mexico advised us that Mexico has presented Carlos Ruiz Massieu as a candidate to the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for the period 2011-2013 for el [...]
2009-03-19 23:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN MX
09MEXICO813MEXICO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY TO THE
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 1137 dated March 6, 2009, addressed to the Embassy, advised us that Mexico is seeking election to the Commission on Sustainable Development for the period 2011-2014 in the elections scheduled to take place during the 2010 session of the [...]
2009-03-19 23:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN MX
09MEXICO822U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 20:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO823U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 20:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO827U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 21:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO828NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT -
[...] The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Suzanne Archuleta. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or ArchuletaMS@state.gov). Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizati [...]
2009-03-20 22:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
09MEXICO838SOCIAL SECURITY WORKERS, UNION CONTEMPLATES
[...] SUMMARY: Mexico,s the National Union of Social Security Workers (SNTSS) is contemplating changing its labor affiliation and has already moved to chance its political party connections. The SNTSS is a member of the National Workers Union (UNT),Mexico,s second largest labor federation. The [...]
2009-03-23 18:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PHUM PGOV SOCI PINR MX
09MEXICO861MX 2009-112, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Meth and Clandestine Labs., Guanajuato, Mexico, April 9, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2009-03-24 17:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO873MEXICO'S FEDERAL POLICE MERGER MAY BE DEAD
[...] (C) Summary. President Calderon has reportedly dropped plans to reorganize the country's federal police forces by merging the some 4,700 members of the PGR's Federal Investigative Agency (AFI) with the Secretariat for Public Security's (SSP) Federal Preventative Police (PFP). President Caldero [...]
2009-03-25 13:29:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO935MEXICO'S PRI LOSES SUPPORT AS PAN STEPS UP ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary. Recent polling has showed a sharp drop in support of the PRI in the July electoral contests. The PRI's apparent slump comes in the midst of what has been an increasingly heated negative campaign by the PAN leadership to tie the party to narcotrafficking and damage its credentials [...]
2009-03-31 19:12:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO990MEXICO'S PRD PLAGUED AGAIN BY INTERNAL DISPUTES IN
[...] (C) Summary: Mexico's Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) plunged into internal discord once again, this time over the selection of candidates over the past two weeks for upcoming midterm elections. Both internal elections in select areas of the country and selections by the National Executive [...]
2009-04-06 12:48:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO999MEXICO'S PRI APPROVES PLURINOMINAL CANDIDATE LIST
[...] (C) Summary. Mexico's political parties are completing selection processes for candidates in the July legislative contest, with the PRI the first to release its candidate list for the proportional representational slots. The PRI has stacked its plurinominal list with party luminaries or their [...]
2009-04-06 21:44:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MILAN173ITALY'S LEGA NORD EYES BIG REGIONAL PRIZES
[...] (C) Summary: With the Northern League's (LN) successful showing in recent local elections, attention is now turning to bigger prizes: regional governorships coming vacant in March 2010. With Veneto apparently in the bag, party leaders are now looking for at least one other scalp -- either Lom [...]
2009-08-13 09:04:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR IT
09MILAN176WHO WILL RIDE THE NEXT WAVE OF LEGA NORD
[...] (C) As mentioned in reftel, the 67 year-old founder of the Northern League (LN) political party, Umberto Bossi, remains in poor health due to a stroke he suffered in 2004. Though Bossi continues an active and provocative political life, constantly in the media and public eye, judging by appea [...]
2009-08-19 09:18:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IT
09MILAN20PADUA: DEMOCRATIC PARTY SUPPORT FADING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Democratic Party (PD) in Northern Italy hopes to offset likely losses in the June EU parliamentary elections with some significant wins in the accompanying local elections where the individual popularity of candidates matters more. Key to this strategy would be the reelec [...]
2009-01-28 15:26:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV IT
09MILAN56PDL STALWARTS TALK POLITICS ALLA MILANESE
[...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Milan/Embassy Rome cable. 2. (C) Summary: Blunt assessments of local, national, and foreign policy issues emerged from a lunch the Consul General hosted for senior Milan-based national and EU political figures. In Milan, the imbroglio over the EXPO is e [...]
2009-03-09 10:17:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IT
09MILAN95KEEPING BERLUSCONI CLOSE: NORTHERN LEAGUE STRATEGY
[...] (C) Northern League (LN) insiders Roberto Calderoli, Minister for Legislative Simplification, and Giancarlo Giorgetti, President of the Finance Committee in the Chamber of Deputies described their strategy to make LN the hegemonic political party in Northern Italy over the next few years. Key [...]
2009-04-28 15:41:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON IT
09MINSK136BELARUS: SERIOUS DISCORD WITHIN UNITED DEMOCRATIC FORCES
[...] (SBU) The leader of a major opposition party has ignited controversy through an April 17 interview with Belarus' state-owned newspaper. In the interview, Belarusian Social-Democratic Party Gramada (BSDP-G) chair Levkovich generously complimented President Lukashenka and condemned fellow demo [...]
2009-04-29 12:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK137BELARUS: REGIME VIEWS ON POSITIVE POLITICAL CHANGES, OTHER
[...] (SBU) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Valentin Rybakov met with Charge April 29 at the request of Presidential Administration head Vladimir Makey (Rybakov confirmed that rumors that Makey was still recovering from an illness). Charge inquired about statements made by Lukashenka in his an [...]
2009-04-29 17:06:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM CASC ETRD BO
09MINSK217BELARUS: CODEL CARDIN SECURES AMCIT'S RELEASE, ADVANCES
[...] (SBU) A CODEL led by Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Cardin visited Belarus June 30, the most senior USG delegation since the 1994 visit of President Clinton. The CODEL met with President Lukashenka -- who pardoned AMCIT Emanuel Zeltser in response to the CODEL's request -- for over two [...]
2009-07-03 22:46:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV PINR BO
09MINSK297BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - United Democratic Forces Finalized Procedures for Nominating Democratic Presidential Candidate (para. 2) - Supreme Court Upheld Registration Denial to the Party of Fre [...]
2009-09-04 18:04:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK317BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
[...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Use a Heavy Hand in Dispersing Opposition Demonstrations, Big or Small (para. 2) - GOB May No Longer Classify Unregistered NGOs and Political Part [...]
2009-09-16 15:47:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK357IN BELARUS THE JUDICIARY IS JUST ONE MORE TOOL OF CONTROL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee's (BHC) most prominent human rights leaders, Harry Pogonyailo and Oleg Gulak, told Post that the Belarusian judicial system remains under the control of the Presidential Administration (PA) and the Justice Ministry (MOJ). According to t [...]
2009-10-21 08:01:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM BO
09MINSK360BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2009
[...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elections --------- - "Honest" Presidential Elections to be Held in Early 2011, so Says the CEC (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Parties Denied Registration, Evicted (para. [...]
2009-10-26 18:50:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK382BELARUS:TWO CLEAR OPPOSITION CAMPS NOW EXIST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 18:52:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL BO
09MINSK385BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 17:39:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK413BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 18, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration, Members Harassed and Discredited (para. 2) - State TV Criticizes Opposition Activists over Abduction Allegations (para. [...]
2009-12-18 17:10:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK415BELARUS ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS: AN EXAMPLE OF NON-INCLUSIVE
[...] Summary. The GOB is in the final stages of amending Belarus' electoral law in anticipation of local elections next April and presidential polls in 2011. While Lukashenka and other regime officials have publicly addressed proposed changes to the code, the amendment process has lacked transpar [...]
2009-12-23 12:25:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM BO
09MINSK72BELARUS: NEW POLITICAL PARTY OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIL
[...] (SBU) The Belarusian Christian Democracy Party (BCDP) held its founding congress in the "Palace of Culture" of the Minsk Tractor Factory February 28. While strongly conservative -- and somewhat confrontational -- in its philosophical outlook, the BCDP is seen by civil society as an important [...]
2009-03-02 16:43:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MINSK73BELARUS: NEW POLITICAL PARTY OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIL
[...] (SBU) The Belarusian Christian Democracy Party (BCDP) held its founding congress in the "Palace of Culture" of the Minsk Tractor Factory February 28. While strongly conservative -- and somewhat confrontational -- in its philosophical outlook, the BCDP is seen by civil society as an important [...]
2009-03-03 08:23:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR BO
09MONROVIA102LIBERIA: GENERAL AUDITING COMMISSION REAFFIRMS
[...] (U) Summary: During an introductory call by the Ambassador, Auditor General (AG) John Morlu II praised President Sirleaf's commitment to anti-corruption and reaffirmed his support for her efforts to improve transparency and accountability in government in the face of frequent resistance. Morl [...]
2009-02-02 17:02:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON PINR LI
09MONROVIA125LIBERIA: PRESIDENT SIRLEAF TESTIFIES AT TRC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After postponing several times, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf testified behind closed doors to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on February 12. Her testimony was subsequently broadcast on local radio stations. Sirleaf admitted being an early sympathizer of Charle [...]
2009-02-13 12:49:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL LI
09MONROVIA160WHO WILL SUCCEED ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF?
[...] (C) Summary: The next presidential elections in Liberia are almost three years away, and we sense that in many ways Liberian politicians are already gearing up for them. Potential candidates are building constituencies, keeping themselves in the press, and otherwise talking themselves up. Ho [...]
2009-02-26 14:03:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LI
09MONROVIA169LIBERIA: UNITY PARTY SETBACK IN BY-ELECTION FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a severe setback for President Sirleaf's Unity Party, its candidate, Liberia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Conmany Wesseh, lost a senatorial by-election run-off in River Gee County to Nathaniel Williams (Liberia Destiny Party),a River Gee Senator during the [...]
2009-03-03 18:56:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID CASC LI
09MONROVIA186LIBERIA: AMBASSADOR TOURS RECOVERING LIBERIA PETROLEUM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) Managing Director Harry Greaves outlined an ambitious strategic development plan during the Ambassador's tour of LPRC facilities on February 23. The state-owned petroleum import and storage monopoly has undergone impressive financial and [...]
2009-03-10 11:59:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EWWT ECON EINV PGOV LI
09MONROVIA209LIBERIA: NATIONAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION REVOKES LICENSES OF
[...] (U) Summary: The National Elections Commission (NEC) has revoked the licenses of ten political parties for violating the constitution and election laws of Liberia. The revocation came after persistent warnings that the parties were not in compliance with the law. Twenty registered parties rem [...]
2009-03-20 11:13:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EAID LI
09MONROVIA218LIBERIA: 1200 DELEGATES ATTEND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Sirleaf and President of Finland Tarja Halonen convened the successful "International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security" March 7-8 at the Samuel K. Doe Stadium in Monrovia. The resulting "Monrovia Declaration" cal [...]
2009-03-24 15:08:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAO LI
09MONROVIA532REACTION TO THE TRC REPORT -- A CALMER TONE
[...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the TRC report was released public opinion still does not appear to be fully informed of the content of the report. Debate centers around the most publicized aspects of the report, the banning of President Sirleaf from future public office and discussion of who was [...]
2009-07-21 14:58:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR EAID ASEC LI
09MONROVIA540UNSC LIBERIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE: INFO REPSONSE
[...] In response to our request, the MFA provided the following information on Martin George: Name: Martin O. N. George Date of Birth: August 3, 1947 Place of Birth: Buchanan, Grand Bassa County Passport No.: Not available Parents: Rev. Coker A. J. George, Sr. (Deceased) Mrs. Etta Russel [...]
2009-07-24 10:52:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC LI
09MONROVIA547LIBERIA: SECURITY SITUATION STABLE; NO TARGETING OF
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. 2. SUMMARY. Embassy requests that DRL transmit this information to Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The security situation in Liberia continues to improve and post has received no reports that individuals are being attacked or harmed f [...]
2009-07-29 15:27:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KCRM KDEM LI
09MONROVIA565LIBERIA: CAN LEDFC SALVAGE ITS FLOUNDERING BUSINESS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Short on cash and wracked by non-performing loans, the Liberian Enterprise Development Finance Company (LEDFC) will exhaust its operating capital and be forced to close by February 2010 if it cannot raise $1 million in additional funds. Questioning LEDFC's long-term viability, t [...]
2009-08-04 17:11:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV LI
09MONROVIA567LIBERIA: RULING PARTY EXECUTIVES HOLD EXTRAORDINARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over 100 executive members of the ruling Unity Party (U.P.),including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, attended a one-day extraordinary party conference on July 11. Party executives agreed to hold a national convention in October 2009 where all leadership positions will be con [...]
2009-08-05 16:57:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM LI
09MONROVIA612LOCKHEED MARTIN INKS MANAGEMENT DEAL FOR LIBERIA'S AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lockheed Martin has signed a limited-liability six-month contract with the Ministry of Transport to manage Roberts International Airport (RIA),enhance safety and security procedures, and develop ancillary revenue streams. While the existing agreement promises limited profits fo [...]
2009-08-25 13:49:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR LI
09MONROVIA69LIBERIA: CDC CONVENTION FAILS TO HEAL RIFT IN PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC),the largest opposition party in Liberia, has been fractured into two since April 2008 (reftel),with one faction supporting 2005 presidential candidate George Weah and the other against, arguing that the uneducated soccer star left Liberia [...]
2009-01-21 08:32:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID LI
09MONROVIA691FINAL, EDITED TRC REPORT TO BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Chairman Jerome Verdier confirmed to us on September 17 that the TRC's final, edited report's release date, expected on September 1, has been pushed to at least mid-October, when 200 copies of the report will be available for government o [...]
2009-09-28 08:33:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS EAID LI
09MONROVIA731LIBERIA'S RESPONSE TO IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Econoff met with Bureau of Maritime Affairs Commissioner Binyah Kesselly October 6 to deliver reftel demarche informing GOL of USG intention to seek re-election to category "A" membership on the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). 2. (SBU) GOL thanked USG for th [...]
2009-10-06 17:36:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EWWT PHSA UK LI
09MONROVIA763LEGISLATURE SENDS ELECTORAL REFORM AMENDMENTS TO EXECUTIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Legislature has passed a constitutional amendment law that sets in motion reforms needed before the 2011 elections. The "Electoral Reform Law" was drafted with input from the law reform commission and civil society. It seeks to amend sections of the Liberian consti [...]
2009-10-16 13:24:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA776 MONTSERRADO SENATE BY-ELECTION A PRECURSOR TO 2011 VOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Elections Commission (NEC) will conduct a by-election on November 10 to elect a replacement for Montserrado Senator Hannah Brent who died on August 3. The official campaign period is October 14-18. Ten candidates have been approved and one disqualified. The by-el [...]
2009-10-21 08:53:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA786FLAWED TIMBER CONCESSIONS PASS LEGISLATURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Legislature ratified four new Forest Management Contracts (FMCs) in a closed-door session September 23, despite civil society objections and a ruling from the Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC) overturning the concessions on technical grounds. Polit [...]
2009-10-26 08:28:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR LI
09MONROVIA799LIBERIA'S RESPONSE TO IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE
[...] Following is the text of a dipnote dated October 5 and received at U.S. Embassy Monrovia on October 27, 2009 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responding to our note of October 5 on the U.S. candidacy for the IMO. The note repeats Bureau of Maritime Affairs (BMA) Chairman Kessely's respons [...]
2009-10-28 15:13:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA UK LI
09MONROVIA833LIBERIA - SENATE BY-ELECTION RESULTS IN RUN-OFF
[...] SUMMARY. Voter turnout was low in the November 10 Montserrado Senate by-election, with just 20 percent of voters participating. None of the ten candidates took an absolute majority of votes, so the two leading candidates, Geraldine Doe-Sheriff of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and [...]
2009-11-17 16:15:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA841LIBERIA - LARGEST PARTIES PREPARE FOR RUN-OFF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador called on Montserrado County Senate run-off candidates in separate November 18 meetings where she encouraged the Congress for Democratic Change's (CDC) Geraldine Doe Sheriff and Unity Party's (UP) to prevent the inciting of voters in the final November 24 round of the [...]
2009-11-20 12:42:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM LI
09MONROVIA863LIBERIA: JOHN MORLU'S CANDIDACY FOR HEAD OF UN OFFICE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Inspector General John Morlu is passionately committed to public financial management, and has transformed a moribund General Auditing Commission (GAC) into an independent and vocal mechanism for fighting corruption in Liberia. While Morlu's reputation for integrity is unimpeachab [...]
2009-12-01 17:47:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALAORC UN PREL AMGT LI
09MONROVIA877LIBERIA: OPPOSITION WINS SENATE BY-ELECTION RUN-OFF
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) convincingly won the Montserrado County senatorial by-election in a second crucial test for the National Elections Commission (NEC). The ruling Unity Party (UP) lost the election despite heavy financial backing and support from f [...]
2009-12-03 19:26:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI KPAO LI
09MONTERREY102NUEVO LEON?S EFFORTS TO REFORM STATE AND LOCAL POLICE HAVE
[...] (C) Summary. The state of Nuevo Leon has instituted many changes to clean up its state and municipal police forces, including annual lie detector tests, the creation of an integrated municipal police force called Metropol, and the construction of a high technology C-4 CCTV monitoring center. T [...]
2009-03-04 21:56:00Consulate MonterreySECRET//NOFORNSNAR KCRM ASEC CASC PGOV MX
09MONTERREY109SLOW PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION INITIATIVES IN NUEVO LEON
[...] (SBU) Summary. There have been a number of allegations of public corruption in Nuevo Leon - including bribes for transit police and building inspectors and misuse of funds - but these cases have resulted in few negatives consequences for those named. The only exception occurred when pr [...]
2009-03-17 15:21:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDKCOR ECON PGOV MX
09MONTERREY110PAN AND PRI RESORT TO OLD TACTICS IN NUEVO LEON GOVERNOR'S
[...] (U) Summary. Despite earlier promises to hold primaries, the Nuevo Leon PAN and PRI parties both chose their candidates by direct designation, reflecting the parties' desire to control the process. The PAN selected Fernando Elizondo Barragan to be their candidate for governor and the PRI chos [...]
2009-03-17 15:25:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON KCRM KCOR MX
09MONTERREY14ATTACK ON TELEVISA TV STATION INCREASES PRESS INTIMIDATION
[...] (C ) Summary. On January 6 the Televisa TV station in Monterrey was attacked by unknown assailants, who shot eight .40 caliber rounds into the station wall and threw a grenade over a fence into the parking lot, which exploded but did not injure anyone. The attack occurred while Televisa was br [...]
2009-01-12 19:54:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PGOV KCRM PHUM MX
09MONTERREY141HUMAN RIGHTS IN NUEVO LEON: POLICE IMPUNITY BUT FEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. The militarization of the drug war in northern Mexico has not resulted in a significant increase in alleged human rights violations against the Mexican military in Nuevo Leon. Numerous human rights violations do occur in the state, but the alleged culprits usually are state a [...]
2009-04-15 19:26:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR KCRM PGOV ASEC CASC MX
09MONTERREY190DRUG CARTELS INFILTRATE THE QUIET STATE OF ZACATECAS
[...] (C) Summary. Although the state of Zacatecas appears relatively free from narcotics violence, two recent events demonstrate the extent to which the drug cartels have infiltrated the state government. On May 16 a convey of armed men freed 53 prisoners from a state prison in five minutes, w [...]
2009-05-20 20:53:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PGOV CASC ASEC MX
09MONTERREY203H-2B FRAUD IN CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED TRADES
[...] This cable is the second in a two-part series examining fraud trends in the H-2B temporary workers program. The first cable looked at misrepresentation among staffing agencies; this piece focuses on fraud in construction and related trades. This cable has been coordinated with other H-2B issu [...]
2009-05-29 20:53:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD ELAB MX
09MONTERREY213MEXICAN MILITARY ARRESTS STATE AND LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In ongoing operations, 74 police officers, including some high ranking officials, have been detained by the Mexican military for ties to organized crime. The arrests highlight the level of infiltration of local security forces. While President Calderon has vowed to keep up t [...]
2009-06-05 20:31:00Consulate MonterreySECRETASEC SNAR CASC KCRM MX
09MONTERREY218NUEVO LEON AND COAHUILA LEADERS SEEK TO "OUTSOURCE" PUBLIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 21:53:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM ASEC SNAR CASC PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY259CASINO TIES TO PAN CANDIDATES
[...] (C) Summary. During this year?s midterm elections, President Calderon has accused opposition party governors of skimping in the war against the cartels and PAN party president German Martinez has directly blamed Nuevo Leon Governor Gonzalez Paras (PRI) for the increased violence in that state [...]
2009-07-02 20:19:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PGOV CASC ASEC MX
09MONTERREY261PAN FAILS TO RETAKE GOVERNORSHIP OF NUEVO LEON
[...] (SBU) Summary. The PRI retained the governorship of Nuevo Leon and took majorities in the state legislative and congressional delegations in an election that focused heavily on economic and security issues. The PAN managed to retain control of the state capital, Monterrey, and other import [...]
2009-07-07 17:01:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KCRM KCOG MX
09MONTERREY277POST-ELECTION FALLOUT IN MONTERREY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Now that the PRI gubernatorial candidate, Rodrigo Medina, has won in Nuevo Leon, and local PRI candidates, in general, did better than expected, the political class is slowly adjusting to new realities. While the 36-year old Medina has yet to reveal the members of his gover [...]
2009-07-23 21:11:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM MX
09MONTERREY31MONTERREY CIVIL SOCIETY SEEKS TO RESPOND TO NARCO-VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Unnerved by the upsurge in kidnappings and overall violence, Monterrey civil society institutions - government officials, citizens groups, and the press - have set to work in attempt to find solutions. Some analysts worry, however, that the situation will get worse befor [...]
2009-01-29 01:53:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY314MONTERREY ECONOMIST WEIGH PROSPECTS FOR RECOVERY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey-based economists remain hopeful as employment in Mexico's formal sector recorded its second straight month of growth in July. Even though they believe the worst of the recession may be over, David Martinez, the Chief Economist for Nuevo Leon's Secretary of Economic [...]
2009-08-19 17:16:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD EINV ELAB PGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY344SAN PEDRO MAYOR-ELECT PLANS HARDHITTING CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE
[...] (C) Summary. In a September meeting with the Mayor-elect of San Pedro, Nuevo Leon (the city with the highest per-capita income in Mexico),this incoming municipal chief executive provided us with a pessimistic assessment of the degree of narco infiltration into the Monterrey area's politica [...]
2009-09-17 22:10:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY349SAN LUIS POTOSI GOVERNOR-ELECT OUTLINES PLANS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent meeting with the Consul General (CG),San Lusi Potosi Governor-elect Fernando Toranzo Fernandez, a member of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI),outlined his plans to improve economic, healthcare and security conditions in his state. He predicted that h [...]
2009-09-22 20:01:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EIND EINV SOCI ASEC EAID ECON MX
09MONTERREY352NUEVO LEON LEADERS DISCUSS PUBLIC SECURITY CHALLENGES AHEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary. The annual Border Governors Conference which took place in Monterrey from September 2 - 4 offered the Ambassador and Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Gil Kerlikowske multiple fora to examine the state of public security in Nuevo Leon. While the state gove [...]
2009-09-24 00:27:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR PREL PGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY379NARCO THREATS TO SAN PEDRO MAYOR-ELECT
[...] (C) Summary. On the evening of October 9, CG and RSO relayed to San Pedro Mayor-elect Mauricio Fernandez credible DEA information indicating a potential drug cartel attempt to assassinate him. During the session, and the day after as well, RSO briefed Fernandez on measures he might conside [...]
2009-10-15 13:48:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM PINS SNAR PHUM ASEC MX
09MONTERREY411OUTGOING MAYORS SPEAK ON THREATS FROM ORGANIZED CRIME;
[...] (C) Summary: During separate conversations with Consul General, two outgoing Mayors briefed us on threats they had received from narcotraffickers during their tenure. The worst instance involved armed sicarios who stormed into one mayor's city hall office and demanded that he stop resisting [...]
2009-10-30 18:29:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM KCOR ASEC SNAR PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY415KILLING OF POLICE CHIEF LATEST IN CARTEL VIOLENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: On November 4, gunmen ambushed and killed the police chief of the Monterrey suburb of Garcia. Unconfirmed DEA sources identified at least one of the attackers as a member of Los Zetas. This is the latest in the drug cartels' endemic intimidation and violence campaign against [...]
2009-11-06 22:20:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALKCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV PTER SOCI MX
09MONTERREY46SAN LUIS POTOSI TRAVELOGUE; SECURITY GOOD; ECONOMY IN
[...] (U) Summary. We expect the 2009 governor's race in San Luis Potosi to focus on economic issues, since the state's security situation is relatively safe. San Luis Potosi has had success in developing manufacturing industries, but export demand is down due to the U.S. recession. The P [...]
2009-02-04 14:29:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SNAR CASC MX
09MONTEVIDEO121URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ TO TRAVEL TO BRASILIA
[...] (C) President Vazquez plans to travel to Brasilia March 10 for a meeting with President Lula. That summit is expected to produce agreement on several issues, according to FM Gonzalo Fernandez, including commitments to eliminate a longstanding tariff problem between the two countries and to in [...]
2009-03-03 16:23:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECIN EINV ETRD
09MONTEVIDEO141URUGUAY: VAZQUEZ RALLIES THE FA BASE
[...] (U) In a downtown Montevideo rally attended by several thousand supporters, President Vazquez delivered an optimistic two-hour-long state of the union address that emphasized Uruguay's progress under his administration. His focus was on the success of ruling coalition Frente Amplio's social r [...]
2009-03-10 16:53:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO182 URUGUAY: NEW RULES FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE
[...] SUMMARY. On the 2nd March, Uruguay's Senate passed draft legislation detailing the rules for financing campaigns during Uruguay's 2009 election cycle. Although, as in past years, the proposal only covers this year's election cycle, if made into law, it would mark the first time in Uruguay's h [...]
2009-04-02 12:54:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON
09MONTEVIDEO187URUGUAY ENDORSES OECD STANDARDS ON TRANSPARENCY AND
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) Uruguay formally endorsed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) standards on transparency and exchange of information in immediate response to its place [...]
2009-04-06 16:18:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO216URUGUAY WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN
[...] MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Julio Moreira and MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Minister Nury Bauzan de Senes told charge April 17 that Uruguay will support the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. Bauzan de Senes noted that Uruguay finds itself in a s [...]
2009-04-17 17:25:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO23URUGUAY ESTABLISHES NEW COURTS TO TACKLE COMPLEX
[...] SUMMARY. In an effort to ensure that complicated cases are properly understood and adjudicated, and to address the public's growing concern about organized crime and narcotics abuse and trafficking, the GOU has established two new courts to focus specifically on those areas. The Juzgados co [...]
2009-01-15 19:48:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SOCI PGOV KCRM KJUS UY
09MONTEVIDEO236URUGUAY: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON DINAH SHELTON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 11:08:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO249Uruguay Elections - Majority of Cabinet Likely to Seek
[...] As the election season moves into higher gear, President Vazquez informed the members of his cabinet that any individuals who wish to campaign in October's general election will need to resign their positions after the June 28 primaries. It seems likely that the majority of the cabinet will do [...]
2009-05-06 17:07:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO253DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY UNDECIDED ON IAEA GS
[...] (C) On May 8, Charge delivered reftel demarche on the IAEA Director Candidacy to the MFA,s Director of Multilateral Affairs, Nury Bauzan, informing her that the USG supports the Japanese candidate, Yukiya Amano, and urges Uruguayan support as well. 2. (C) Bauzan replied that the GOU had st [...]
2009-05-08 20:27:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAES PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO267NEW MEDIA AND THE URUGUAYAN ELECTION
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) With the primary to decide presidential candidates set for June, and national elections for October, the campaigns of Uruguay's presidential hopefuls have ramped up. However, Urugu [...]
2009-05-13 19:35:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO298DICTATORSHIP ERA ABUSES CONTINUE TO RESONATE IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Uruguay emerged from dictatorship rule 23 years ago, the legacy of that period and the fate of the disappeared continue to resonate in the political spectrum. A citizens' group in late April presented signatures to place a referendum on the October ballot to annul Uruguay's [...]
2009-06-01 17:08:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UY
09MONTEVIDEO312Staffdel Meacham visit to Uruguay
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel Meacham visited Uruguay May 26-28 to explore ways to expand trade and political ties with Uruguay. GOU officials expressed their interested in continuing and strengthening ongoing Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) discussions. GOU officials emphasized [...]
2009-06-05 19:26:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO313DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY REQUESTS MORE
[...] On June 2, Charge delivered reftel demarche on the UN International Civil Service Commission Candidate, Lucretia Myers, to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Nury Bauzan, and the MFA's Director of Political Affairs, Elbio Roselli. Charge requested Uruguayan support for the candidate. [...]
2009-06-08 12:29:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA UY
09MONTEVIDEO314 SIGNS OF LIFE IN THE COLORADO PARTY?
[...] After a historical drubbing in the 2004 elections, the once dominant Colorado party remains in the political wilderness. While a victory in this yearQs presidential election is practically impossible, the partyQs long-term hopes for recovery lie with the dynamic figure of Pedro Bordaberry, w [...]
2009-06-08 13:10:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UY
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