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07KUWAIT728	DECISION ON LOUISIANA REFINERY INVESTMENT STILL IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait Petroleum International's Chief Planning Officer told Econoff May 8 that in the 6 months following the visit of the Governor of Louisiana to Kuwait for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, no decision has been reached on whether Kuwait should invest in a major [...]	2007-05-09 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL KU

07KUWAIT729	MOSAL MINISTER ON TERROR FINANCE, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: MOSAL Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled told Ambassador May 9 that recent Saudi investigations underscore the shared concerns of Kuwait and the U.S. about terrorist financing, though the GOK needs more evidence to move against RIHS. He is pleased with recent cooperation between K [...]	2007-05-09 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EFIN KU
07KUWAIT730	NEW KUWAIT-IRAQ COALITION BORDER CROSSING TO OPEN [...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 8, Econoff attended the final drill in preparation for the May 15 opening of the Khabari Al-Wazem Border Crossing (commonly referred to as K-Crossing or the Khabari Coalition Crossing, KCC),on the Kuwait-Iraq border. K-Crossing will replace Navistar as the primary lan [...]	2007-05-09 15:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS KU IZ
07KUWAIT731	UN COORDINATOR VORONTSOV FOCUSED ON MISSING [...] (C) Ambassador met May 8 with UN High-Level Coordinator Yuli Vorontsov. Vorontsov was visiting Kuwait in preparation for his next report to the Security Council on missing Kuwaiti persons and property, due June 6. (He was accompanied by UN Political Affairs officer Victor Poliakov.) Voron [...]	2007-05-10 08:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
07KUWAIT732	CABINET AFFAIRS MINISTER ON LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Cabinet Affairs Faisal Al-Hajji told Ambassador May 9 that while the Parliament had been moderately effective over the past weeks, budget negotiations would likely dominate the agenda between now and the summer recess making it unlikely that there will be significa [...]	2007-05-12 03:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
07KUWAIT737	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL INHOFE (10-14 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Inhofe to travel to post o/a 10-14 May, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-05-12 10:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IT IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT746	HUMANTIARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER - HERE TO HELP [...] SUMMARY: Kuwait's Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) can assist NGOs with shipping of their supplies (even free shipping) to Iraq, obtaining Kuwait and Iraq customs clearances, and Kuwait entry visas for medical cases granted treatment in Kuwait or abroad. The HOC desires to increase human [...]	2007-05-13 06:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI KCRS IZ KU
07KUWAIT766	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMB. PATRICK KENNEDY (MAY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Amb. Patrick Kennedy to travel to post o/a May 23, 2007. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at Ali Al Salem Air Base. Embassy point of contact is: John Higi, Iraq Support Uni [...]	2007-05-14 12:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT778	OIL MINISTER SAYS KUWAITI PROVEN OIL RESERVES ARE [...] (U) Kuwaiti Oil Minister Shaykh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah told the new Kuwaiti daily Arabic-language newspaper Al-Wasat on May 12 that Kuwait's oil reserves amount to 48 billion barrels of proven reserves and 150 billion barrels of probable reserves. According to OPEC's 2005 Annual Statistical Bu [...]	2007-05-16 14:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV KU
07KUWAIT789	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GULF SECURITY [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph j. 2. Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for PM Acting A/S Stephen Mull, DASD Mark Kimmitt, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, Col Ronald Tuggle, Brigadier General Michael Jones, DIA Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst Bruce Hardc [...]	2007-05-19 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU QA SA AMGT OTRA PREL APER COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT799	KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER: NEW COALITION CROSSING OPENS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 15, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Chief and Kuwait Customs Advisor Jim Piatt conducted a site visit of newly-opened Khabari Crossing (K Crossing) to assess overall operations. The first convoy arrived from Iraq on May 15 at 0130. In general, the opening went smo [...]	2007-05-21 08:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS KU IZ
07KUWAIT80	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID MARK [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Mr. Mark Ward, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near East, to travel to post o/a February 3-5, 2007 to participate in the Middle East donor coordination event hosted by the Arab Fund on February 4 (f [...]	2007-01-21 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT OTRA KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT808	TERRORIST FINANCE: TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN ENGAGES [...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 23-24, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Sipdis Patrick O'Brien met with senior GOK officials on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML/CTF) issues. He conveyed USG concerns about the activities of the Kuwait-based [...]	2007-05-22 09:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT81	U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETINGS IN KUWAIT: WOMEN IN [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Paula Dobriansky visited Kuwait January 9 to participate in the Women Leaders in Science, Technology, and Engineering Conference (reftel). She also met with key Kuwaiti governmental and non-governmental figures. Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, the first and only femal [...]	2007-01-21 14:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR PGOV PHUM PREL KSCA KWMN KU
07KUWAIT813	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN (MAY 27, [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Lieberman to transit Kuwait o/a May 27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Post understands assistance is not required at this time. In [...]	2007-05-22 13:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT817	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAN AND PALESTINE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 08:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT823	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SPRATT (MAY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Spratt to travel to post o/a 27-29 May 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-05-25 07:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AE PK AF COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT838	IRAQI ELECTRICITY MINISTER VISITS KUWAIT SEEKING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iraqi Minister of Electricity Dr. Karim Wahid Al-Hasan visited Kuwait 28 May to seek Kuwaiti support for the purchase of an additional 1.5 to 2 million liters per day of diesel fuel to support power generation in Iraq as new generating capacity comes online this summer. At th [...]	2007-05-29 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG EPET EAID KU IZ
07KUWAIT84	KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GAO REVIEW OF [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for GAO employees Tet Miyabara and Daniel Cain to transit Kuwait between 2 February and 18 February 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Offic [...]	2007-01-22 12:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AGAO OTRA KU JO IZ
07KUWAIT851	APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS ACQUITTAL OF TWO FORMER [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 13:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KU TERRORISM
07KUWAIT852	KUWAIT'S BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS FAIL TO LAUNCH [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Several important state-sponsored infrastructure projects in Kuwait have been delayed for a number of years for largely bureaucratic and political reasons. These projects includes power plants, desalination plants, a mega-refinery, a major container port, and a [...]	2007-05-31 06:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV ENRG ECON
07KUWAIT856	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MS. VICTORIA [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Ms. Victoria Butler, Deputy Director of Publications at the U.S. Department of Defense, to travel to Kuwait June 2-4, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Emb [...]	2007-06-02 07:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU AMGT OTRA PREL APER COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT871	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CEIP TEAM: [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for S/CT Senior Coordinator Bruce A. Averill, DS/ATA officer Kevin A. Maloy, Sandia National Laboratory employee Byron H. Gardner, and USCG CAPT Donald C. Grant to travel to Kuwait June 11-15 to discuss Critical Energy Infras [...]	2007-06-04 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC KCIP KU OTRA PREL PTER ENRG
07KUWAIT873	U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MAY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Discussion on Iran and Iraq dominated the May 22 U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). Both countries agreed on the threat from Iran, but GOK officials expressed concern about Kuwait's vulnerability to Iranian retaliation (conventional and asymmetric) and the perceived am [...]	2007-06-05 06:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MCAP MASS KCIP EPET ASEC IZ
07KUWAIT876	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OPIC DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Director Nancy Rivera to travel to Kuwait June 8-9 to attend meetings with client Kuwait Gulf Link regarding a port privatization project in Jordan. 2. (U) This clearanc [...]	2007-06-05 10:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ENIV KU OTRA OPIC PREL
07KUWAIT879	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HANS WECHSEL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Hans Wechsel, Regional Office Director, to travel to post o/a June 10-11, 2007 and for Dima Toukan, Political Women's Issues Specialist, to travel to post o/a June 8-10. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; [...]	2007-06-06 05:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	QA BA KU KMPI OTRA AMGT APER
07KUWAIT882	INFLUENTIAL AL-SABAH PREDICTS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment. An influential, younger Shaykh in the inner circle of the ruling family told the Ambassador June 4 that there was a "90% chance" the Amir would dissolve Parliament within a month and call for end of summer elections. Shaykh Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Saba [...]	2007-06-06 10:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT884	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR IMMIGRATION [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for Mr. Joseph Hackbarth and Ms. Sandra Echeverri, Immigration Officers, Department of Homeland Security to travel to post o/a June 28, 2007. 2. Visit Officer: No Embassy support has been requested Embassy point of contact is: Jared [...]	2007-06-06 12:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KHLS CVIS ASEC
07KUWAIT901	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PRM/ANE OFFICE DIRECTOR [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for PRM/ANE Office Director Richard Albright to transit Kuwait June 27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer [...]	2007-06-11 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT902	MFA U/S ON PM'S TRIP TO ASIA, RELATIONS WITH IRAN, [...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador June 10 that the Prime Minister's trip to Asia to promote economic relations had been "very fruitful" and a number of agreements had been signed. In a meeting earlier in the day with the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Dire [...]	2007-06-11 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON IR KU LE PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT907	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCASKILL (14-19 JUNE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCaskill to travel to post 15-18, June, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]	2007-06-12 07:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT909	TRIPARTITE COMMISSION TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE 54TH [...] Summary: Kuwait hosted the 54th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) on June 5, 2007 with representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the United Kingdom, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) and Poloff in attendance. The session clo [...]	2007-06-13 03:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS KU
07KUWAIT923	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA/PI [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Ms. Laura A. Schulz, NEA/PI Political Pillar Officer, to travel to post o/a June 19-21, 2007, to hold a mini strategic planning session with NEA/PI-grantee Kuwait Environmental Protection Society (KEPS). 2. This clearance is [...]	2007-06-16 07:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KU KMPI ECON PREL OTRA AMGT APER
07KUWAIT930	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JUNE 23-24 [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for NEA/ARP Regional Economic Officer Ashley Bagwell to travel to Kuwait June 23-24 for consultations and regional familiarization. 2. (U) This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clea [...]	2007-06-16 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU SA BA OTRA AMGT ECON PREL APR
07KUWAIT933	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE, IRAN, AND TERROR [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-17 09:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT936	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICHARD SCHMIERER NEA/I [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for NEA/I Incoming Director Richard Schmierer to transit Kuwait June 26-27, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit of [...]	2007-06-18 09:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL ASEC IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT943	KUWAIT PETROLEUM COMPANY TO DISCUSS NEW REFINERY [...] (C/NF) On 17 June, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) announced it is inviting international EPC (Engineering-Procurement-Construction) companies to apply for pre-qualification for contracts related to KNPC's plans to build a new 615,000 bpd mega-refinery in the Kuwaiti portion of the Pa [...]	2007-06-19 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT944	LEADING ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LAUNCHES KUWAIT [...] (SBU) On June 17, Ambassador met with KIPCO Asset Management Company (KAMCO) Chairman Masaud Al-Hayat and senior executives to discuss KAMCO's launch of the Kuwait Education Fund. The Fund, established in collaboration with the National Offset Company (NOC),will invest in companies and fina [...]	2007-06-19 09:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EDU EFIN KU PREL SCUL
07KUWAIT946	THE CONTAMINATED OIL PATCH: KUWAIT GRAPPLES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: As a desert country with very little fresh water and arable land, Kuwait's environmental challenges are numerous. Almost all water is desalinated from the Arabian Gulf, meaning that ensuring a dependable water supply and controlling marine pollution go hand in hand. Governme [...]	2007-06-19 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV ENRG TBIO KU
07KUWAIT959	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USCIS JULY 4TH MILITARY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for DHS USCIS Assistant Secretary Jonathan Scharfen and party to transit Kuwait o/a June 30 to July 6, 2007. 2. RSO is in the process of obtaining clearances for Special Agent Vorwerk's SPE as requested in ref. A. Per ref. B, Post advise [...]	2007-06-21 07:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS ASEC OTRA GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT963	ON THE VERGE OF POWER OUTAGES, GOK MAKES A STRONG [...] (SBU) Summary: High summer temperatures are pushing Kuwait's peak power consumption to the limits of the country's generating capacity, which suffers from years of under-investment in power plants. On the demand side, the Government has launched an unprecedented multimedia conservation campa [...]	2007-06-23 11:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON KU ETRD
07KUWAIT97	(C) SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC: RAFSANJANI [...] (C) Summary: A senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric told Poloff January 22 that Rafsanjani believes Iranian public opinion is shifting away from Ahmadinejad and towards Iranian "moderates." Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri, who met privately with Rafsanjani January 17, said Rafsanjani attributed this sh [...]	2007-01-24 09:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT976	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL REED (05-09 JULY 2007) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL REED to travel to post 06-09 July 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will [...]	2007-06-25 11:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT980	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL MCCAIN (2-6 JULY 2007) [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL McCain to travel to post 2-6, July, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor wi [...]	2007-06-26 06:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT981	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HAWKINS (1-8 JULY [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Hawkins to travel to post July 1-8, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]	2007-06-26 06:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KYIV1027	UKRAINE: LITTLE POLITICAL OR LEGAL PROGRESS, BOTH [...] (C) Summary. With President Yushchenko on a one-day trip to Poland April 27 and the ruling coalition trying to decide on its strategy in the face of the new decree ordering Rada elections for June 24, little progress was made on April 27 toward resolving the political crisis. The Constitutiona [...]	2007-04-27 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1036	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO PUSHING, REGIONS NOT BACKING [...] (C) Summary. During what normally would have been a quiet, five-day holiday weekend, the presidential and Rada/government teams were hard at work upping the ante in the current political crisis, with neither side appearing ready yet to relinquish hardball tactics and return to negotiations. [...]	2007-05-03 14:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1088	UKRAINE: ELECTION DATE HOLDING UP COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations may be almost complete on the "small package" of laws considered necessary to resolve Ukraine's six-week political crisis, but continued wrangling over whether the elections should be held in the summer or fall have slowed the pace of compromise. The working group n [...]	2007-05-08 14:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1092	Ukraine: Struggle for Nikopol Ferroalloy Works Nearing [...] (U) Pitting oligarch against oligarch and featuring surprising plot twists and turns, the two-year struggle over the ownership of Ukraine's Nikopol Ferroalloy Works (NFW) makes for nearly as good drama as the country's prolonged political crisis. The State Property Fund (SPF) has been trying s [...]	2007-05-10 07:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EFIN EINV PGOV UP
07KYIV1104	UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (S) Ukrainian MFA provided the written response May 9 of the Ukrainian government position previewed ref A to the U.S. request for a mixture of 500 Igla-1 and 1,000 Igla MANPADS missiles for countermeasures development (ref C). In a nutshell, the reply states that such MANPADS missiles are st [...]	2007-05-10 13:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1117	UKRAINE: NEGOTIATIONS ON EARLY ELECTIONS STALL, [...] (C) Summary. Continued disagreement over the date of elections has paralyzed what initially seemed like a breakthrough agreement on May 4 between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych to hold early parliamentary elections. The working group Yushchenko and Yanukovych named May 4 [...]	2007-05-11 10:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV113	UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] As requested reftel, below is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Post is transmitting the ICS in three separate parts due to its large size. Post will send the ICS in Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA by email. Begin Text: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment G [...]	2007-01-18 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV114	UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Ref A contained part one of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Part two of the ICS continues below. Text Continued: A.5. Performance Requirements/Incentives PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS There are no known cases of performance requirements imposed on foreign investo [...]	2007-01-18 13:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV118	UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Refs A and B contained parts one and two of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. The third and final part of the ICS is below. Text Continued: A.9. Efficient Capital Markets and Portfolio Investment BANKING The Ukrainian banking system consists of the National Ban [...]	2007-01-18 14:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV1184	UKRAINE'S KREMENCHUK: NOT YOUR TYPICAL POST- [...] Summary: Kremenchuk, an industrial city of 232,000 in central Ukraine, is home to several thriving enterprises. A visit to a local meat plant revealed a company transforming itself from a post-Soviet mess to a modern, competitive facility. The city administration is focused on a series of ma [...]	2007-05-18 05:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EAID UP
07KYIV1195	UKRAINE: BALOHA SUGGESTS THAT TIME RUNNING OUT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Baloha told the Ambassador that there were now two options on the table for a political compromise: either on Monday, May 21, the President, PM and their teams would announce the date for early elections and the contents of the legislative pack [...]	2007-05-18 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1205	UKRAINE: MICROSOFT AND GOU GO AFTER SOFTWARE PIRATES [...] Summary: A local Kyiv court sentenced a convicted distributor of pirated software on May 7 to one year and one month imprisonment. Although the judge then suspended the prison term, the severity of the sentence attracted significant media attention. The case is part of an invigorated campaign [...]	2007-05-22 06:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EINT UP
07KYIV123	UKRAINE: GRAIN EXPORTS BLOCKED; TRADERS SUFFERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Exports of wheat, barley, corn, and rye from Ukraine remain completely blocked as the GOU has not yet implemented the export quota system it authorized on December 8, 2006. Traders estimate that there are over 1.5 million tons of grain in storage at ports, where it is beginning [...]	2007-01-19 05:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL UP
07KYIV124	UKRAINE: GRAIN EXPORTS BLOCKED; TRADERS SUFFERING [...] (SBU) Summary: Exports of wheat, barley, corn, and rye from Ukraine remain completely blocked as the GOU has not yet implemented the export quota system it authorized on December 8, 2006. Traders estimate that there are over 1.5 million tons of grain in storage at ports, where it is beginning [...]	2007-01-19 05:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL UP
07KYIV1244	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER VISIT: POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. Visiting DAS Kramer met with all the key players in the Ukrainian political crisis May 23-24: President Yushchenko, PM Yanukovych, opposition leaders Yuliya Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko; National Security and Defense Council Secretary Plyushch; and FM Yatsenyuk. Amidst backgrou [...]	2007-05-25 03:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1245	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER VISIT: POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-25 03:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1246	UKRAINE: MODERATE MUSLIM LEADER ACCUSES ARRAID [...] (C) Summary: Tensions are increasing within Ukraine's small Muslim population, with the head of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims in Ukraine (SDMU) Sheikh Tamin accusing the Muslim Association of Civic Organizations - Arraid of promoting Islamic extremism. Tamim, who is known for his mod [...]	2007-05-25 06:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
07KYIV125	UKRAINE: SCUD INVENTORY UPDATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S) During a January 17 meeting, Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko expressed optimism to visiting EUR/PRA Director Anita Friedt, PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner, and DOD and Embassy Kyiv representatives that the Ukrainian government wo [...]	2007-01-19 09:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
07KYIV1299	UKRAINE: MANPADS FOR DESTRUCTION AND [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko told visiting PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner May 16 that the Ukrainian offer to provide 2,101 Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missiles and 582 gripstocks (ref E) for the NATO PfP Trust Fund destruction project had been made in [...]	2007-05-25 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1305	UKRAINE: DEAL FOR SEPTEMBER 30 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: After all night discussions, President Yushchenko, PM Yanukovych, and Rada Speaker Moroz emerged after 4 a.m. May 27 to issue a seven-point joint statement that set early elections for September 30 and aimed to resolve the ongoing political crisis. Reactions ranged from relief [...]	2007-05-29 10:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV131	UKRAINE/GUAM: NEW MFA TEAM IN CHARGE, TIMING OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ukrainian MFA team overseeing GUAM issues told us they anticipate approval of the GUAM Charter bill in the Rada session that starts February 6. However Rada Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Vitaliy Shybko, a Socialist Party member, was more pessimistic. He noted the oppo [...]	2007-01-19 12:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
07KYIV1324	UKRAINE: GUAM AS A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION -- A TWO [...] (C) Summary: Executive Director of the GUAM Information Office Heorhiy Nazarov acknowledged that the impasse over scheduling early parliamentary elections had made it unlikely that the parliament (Rada) would vote on the GUAM Charter anytime soon. He said Ukraine's failure to ratify the GUAM [...]	2007-05-31 13:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
07KYIV1335	UKRAINE: CBA Special Representative Mermoud Meetings on [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met on May 17-18 with government officials and U.S. business in Kyiv to discuss business climate and economic policy issues. The tone of the meetings with the State Customs Service, and the Ministers of Fu [...]	2007-06-01 07:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD UP
07KYIV1338	UKRAINE: GOU RUSHES WTO LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Rada (parliament) voted on May 31 to adopt 11 laws considered necessary for WTO accession. The drafting process was rushed to meet the timeline for the Rada's planned dissolution, however, and close scrutiny will be necessary to ensure the adopted laws are WTO consiste [...]	2007-06-01 13:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV1340	UKRAINE: RADA WORKS FOR ANOTHER "ONE MORE DAY" - [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko relented again and extended authorization for the Rada to convene again June 1 in the hope that it would finish all its election-related business. Yushchenko, arriving back in Kyiv from his trip to Zagreb at 3 a.m., held morning meetings separately with PM [...]	2007-06-01 14:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV135	UKRAINE: ONE VICTOR? CABINET OF MINISTERS LAW [...] (C) Summary. A landmark Cabinet of Ministers law passed January 12 via a presidential veto override (ref A) will remake the Ukrainian political landscape once it comes into effect, although President Yushchenko cited a technicality to issue a renewed veto January 19 and returned the bill to t [...]	2007-01-19 15:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1354	UKRAINE: JUNE 4 UPDATE - KYIV QUIET AS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Actions by key political players June 1-2 gave greater cause for optimism that the political compromise announced May 27 is being implemented, although public statements from Prime Minister Yanukovych and Speaker Moroz on June 3-4 suggested that progress may continue to be slow [...]	2007-06-04 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1391	UKRAINE: KYIV'S BOOMING REAL ESTATE MARKET, A BUBBLE READY [...] (U) Summary: This report analyzes the real estate market in Kyiv, which has experienced a sizeable boom over the past 12 months as average citizens have rushed to throw their savings into the market. Mortgage lending has dramatically increased but has room to expand. Some bankers are concerne [...]	2007-06-06 11:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV1396	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO DECREE FOR SEPT 30 ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yushchenko issued a June 5 decree which established pre-term elections September 30 in accordance with the May 27 joint statement between Yushchenko, PM Yanukovych, and Speaker Moroz. Yushchenko delivered a 55-minute address to the diplomatic corps June 6 summarizing [...]	2007-06-06 13:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV1417	PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR 2007 IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING [...] Summary: Post proposes a project entitled "Creating a Sustainable Ukrainian IPR Training Capability" to be funded as part of the 2007 IPR Enforcement Training Funds Program. Improving IPR enforcement in Ukraine remains a serious USG priority. Since 2004 there has been progress toward good gov [...]	2007-06-08 08:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON EAID UP
07KYIV1418	UKRAINE: CRIMEA UPDATE - LESS TENSE THAN IN 2006; [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's May 29-30 visit to Simferopol, Crimea and an earlier poloff visit May 17-18, all of our interlocutors agreed that the situation in Crimea appears less tense than it did six months ago (reftels). The primary issues in play remain control/ownership of land; the [...]	2007-06-08 08:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM PREL UP
07KYIV1422	Ukraine: Grain Export Quotas Lifted, but New Controls In [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing crop damage from drought, the GOU appears poised to institute a new regime of export restrictions on Ukraine's grain market for the 2007/2008 market year. According to a June 4 decree, as well as the statements of GOU officials, the GOU will build up its reserves of whea [...]	2007-06-08 10:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV UP
07KYIV1425	UKRAINE: MILITARY EXERCISE LEGISLATION PASSES, SEA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: President Yushchenko signed the annual military exercise authorization bill June 6 and Rada (parliament) passage on May 29. Despite support from PM Yanukovych and most of the Party of Regions (the Rada's largest faction),Socialist and Communist party opposition remai [...]	2007-06-08 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MASS PREL PGOV UP
07KYIV1450	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP [...] Summary: GOU, Embassy, and industry representatives discussed the destruction of IPR-infringing material at a June 5 Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting. GOU reps reviewed recently-passed legislation that provides the authority for destruction and said that implementation will be a ch [...]	2007-06-12 13:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV1458	UKRAINE: ELECTIONS PROCESS STILL BUMPY [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yanukovych and Party of Regions members are now openly talking about their election preparations and have told us that June 15 will be the last day the Rada is in session. The Rada must still acknowledge the resignations of at least another 72 members of the oppos [...]	2007-06-13 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1469	UKRAINE: RADA LOSES QUORUM, BUT HURDLES MAY REMAIN [...] (C) Summary. After weeks of stalling by the coalition, and especially by Speaker Moroz, Deputy Speaker Martynyuk on June 15 read aloud from the Rada rostrum the final group of names of opposition deputies who have resigned from their Rada factions, reaching the total of 156 and formally depri [...]	2007-06-15 12:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1507	UKRAINE: OLIGARCH AKHMETOV CONSIDERS STAYING OUT [...] (C) Summary: During a June 14 dinner, oligarch and Party of Regions financier Rinat Akhmetov said he was considering making a graceful exit from Parliament. He was disappointed and frustrated with his role as a Parliamentary Deputy and preferred to focus his efforts on his business activity a [...]	2007-06-21 06:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UP
07KYIV1515	UKRAINE: RADA SPUTTERS TO A CLOSE AS ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary. Speaker Moroz closed the Rada's aimless plenary sessions on June 19, clearly under some pressure by Party of Regions leaders and despite earlier vows by Socialists and Communists to continue sessions into July. Moroz read a letter to the Rada written by PM Yanukovych in which the [...]	2007-06-21 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1516	UKRAINE: DNIPROPETROVSK LUKEWARM ON RADA [...] (C) Summary. On an early June trip to Dnipropetrovsk city, the capital of a major industrial center in the East, poloff found a wealthy city more blue than orange, but with a great deal of distrust of both Donetsk-based Party of Regions and Dnipro-native Tymoshenko, leaving an opening for othe [...]	2007-06-21 14:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1521	UKRAINE: DPM KLYUYEV ON NUCLEAR SUPPLY, OIL AND GAS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Ambassador June 20, Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Klyuyev told Ambassador that Ukraine intends to pursue diversification of nuclear fuel supplies. He stated that Ukraine is not seeking to have Russia supply all Ukrainian reactors in the next contract for nuclear fue [...]	2007-06-22 13:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EAID EINV ECON BEXP UP
07KYIV1522	Ukraine: GOU Imposes New Grain Export Limits [...] (U) Summary: As foreshadowed by recent official statements (reftel),Deputy Prime Minister Victor Slauta announced June 20 that the Cabinet of Ministers has made a decision to limit exports of grain, beginning July 1, in order to form a state grain reserve and limit growth in bread prices. Po [...]	2007-06-22 13:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV UP
07KYIV1544	RUSSIA USES GAS HIKE TALK TO TURN HEAT UP ON [...] (C) Summary. Russian President Vladimir Putin reawakened Ukraine's anxieties about future natural gas prices in his speech at the G8 summit on June 4, asserting Russia would no longer subsidize Ukraine's gas purchases. During the same week, Ukrainian Minister of Fuel and Energy Yuriy Boyko s [...]	2007-06-26 10:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL RS UP
07KYIV1595	UKRAINE'S UKRTELECOM: NOT THE DINOSAUR IT APPEARS TO BE? [...] (SBU) Summary. Georgiy Dzekon, Chairman of the Board of Ukraine's state-owned telecommunications provider, Ukrtelecom, charged that the State Property Fund's (SPF) attempt to sell 1% of Ukrtelecom stock in a trial run was counterproductive, noting that any money raised would not go back to bo [...]	2007-07-03 09:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON BEXP EINT UP
07KYIV163	UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION AND THE NATO PFP [...] (S) Summary: As a result of a January 17 meeting with Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko on the proposals regarding man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) contained ref A, PM/WRA will work with the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) to develop an amendment to the NATO/PfP Trust F [...]	2007-01-22 12:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1808	UKRAINE: POLITICAL WILL, NOT LAWS, WILL DETERMINE [...] (C) Summary. Parliament (Rada) adopted a number of amendments to the law on parliamentary elections June 1 as part of the compromise to hold early parliamentary elections on September 30. Some changes were needed, but a number of others reintroduced loopholes that contributed to election frau [...]	2007-07-24 14:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV1826	UKRAINE: HUNGARY LENDS QUIET SUPPORT TO UKRAINE'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 13:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD EINV HU UP
07KYIV1837	UKRAINE: MOROZ BLUFFING ON NEW RADA SESSION [...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian media was abuzz over the July 28-29 weekend with Rada Speaker Moroz's announcement that he would call an extraordinary Rada session July 31. Moroz said he was responding to a request from 179 deputies to hold the session, but Party of Regions leaders immediately res [...]	2007-07-30 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1843	UKRAINE: AKHMETOV WING OF REGIONS GEARS UP FOR [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with Party of Regions leaders Raisa Bohatyreva and Borys Kolesnikov--both members of the business-oriented wing of Regions dominated by oligarch Rinat Akhmetov--it was clear that there was an ongoing and heated debate within the party over strategies for the election, [...]	2007-07-30 13:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV186	UKRAINE: TURKMEN OPPOSITION VISA SCANDAL REALLY [...] (C) Summary. The scandal that has erupted over Socialist Transportation Minister Mykola Rudkovskiy pressuring Ukrainian ambassadors to issue visas to Turkmen opposition figures to travel to Kyiv in late December in the wake of former Turkmen President Niyazov's death is, at its heart, the lat [...]	2007-01-25 15:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EPET TX UP
07KYIV1862	UKRAINE: POLITICAL CLASH HIGHLIGHTS CORRUPTION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU attempted to push through a controversial amendment to the government procurement law, causing indignation among political opponents and spurring claims that the Party of Regions was trying to grab public funds for their election coffers. Opposition by President Viktor [...]	2007-08-01 05:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EFIN EINV PGOV UP
07KYIV1940	UKRAINE: REGIONS'S PARTY CONGRESS: A HANDSHAKE, A [...] (C) Summary. The Party of Regions August 4 party congress was the least predictable of the major party congresses, featuring both moderate speeches by Prime Minister Yanukovych and faction leader Raisa Bohatyreva and well-received speeches from Communist Party leader Symonenko and a representa [...]	2007-08-08 09:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV196	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS GRAFFY'S FEB 7-12 [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Ukraine comes at a time when the struggle between President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych for political dominance and the right to define national security, defense, and foreign policy has intensified. Recent legislation passed by Yanukovych's majority in the Rada (p [...]	2007-01-26 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
07KYIV1968	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH, OTHERS ANALYZE PRE- AND [...] (C) Summary: Key GoU leaders varied on their assessment of the upcoming pre-term elections in their August 1-2 meetings with EUR DAS Kramer but all acknowledged the importance of free and fair elections and the need to resolve tensions that have dominated the domestic political scene since A [...]	2007-08-10 10:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV1971	UKRAINE: THE ORANGE REVOLUTION AND UNEASY [...] (C) Summary. The nine parties of the democratic megabloc came together August 7 to formally become the Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense (OU-PSD) election bloc, with a youth-oriented message and an attempt to rekindle the fervor of the Orange Revolution. The bloc consists of People's Union O [...]	2007-08-10 12:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP

07KYIV1974	UKRAINE: GOU SAYS IATA TICKET STOCK ILLEGAL-THREATENS SHUT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with representatives from Ukraine's State Aviation Authority (SAA),Economic officers verified the SAA had indeed found the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) ticket stock to be invalid under Ukrainian law. As a result, the SAA ordered IATA to refrain [...]	2007-08-10 13:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ERTD KTIA UP
07KYIV1986	UKRAINE: CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION DELAYS BYUT [...] (C) Summary. Leaders of the Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) on August 10 accused the coalition-dominated Central Election Commission (CEC) of refusing to register its candidates for the September 30 parliamentary election in order to keep the largest opposition force in Ukraine out of the election and [...]	2007-08-13 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV200	UKRAINE WTO UPDATE: JANUARY 26 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU is anxious to push ahead as quickly as possible on its WTO accession. Minister of Economy Volodymyr Makukha is requesting to hold bilateral consultations in early, rather than late, February. Makukha continues to work to ensure U.S. beef and pork imports flow freely, al [...]	2007-01-26 15:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV2001	UKRAINE: TEN YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Ten years after the signing of the NATO-Ukraine Charter and two and a half years after the Orange Revolution, many policy makers and experts in Ukraine and in the West hoped that Ukraine would jump on a fast track to NATO membership. However, today public support for NATO members [...]	2007-08-15 07:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV2075	UKRAINE: BYUT CONGRESS--NATIONALIST WRAPPINGS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In a congress that emphasized Ukrainian nationalism and loyalty to Tymoshenko, the diminutive opposition leader presented her detailed program for the country's future, "the Ukrainian Breakthrough." In a 75-minute speech, Tymoshenko laid out her ideas for everything from increasi [...]	2007-08-17 12:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV210	UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (S) On January 29, Ambassador, accompanied by DATT and poloff, passed ref A non-paper to Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko. Hrytsenko said he was frankly relieved the U.S. had elected to pursue an approach that involved some level of compensation to the Ukrainian government to transfer MANPA [...]	2007-01-29 15:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV2114	UKRAINE: U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED; [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) As agreed ref email, PolCouns met with MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Volodymr Belashov August 23, to follow up on Acting EUR A/S Volker's meeting with the Ukrainian Charge and Moldovan Ambassador August 22 in Washin [...]	2007-08-23 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS UP
07KYIV2202	UKRAINE: PORA CONTROVERSY ANOTHER TEST OF ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The sudden appearance of a "second" Pora political party, its quick registration by the Central Election Commission (CEC) and the CEC's deregistration of eight representatives of the "real" Pora on the OU-PSD list at worst raised questions about the use of dirty tricks, and at a [...]	2007-09-04 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2204	UKRAINE: PERSONALITIES, NOT PROGRAMS, [...] (C) Summary. The conscious decision of the three main parties in Ukraine to focus their campaigns on the same themes -- populist social and economic promises and anti-corruption slogans -- means that the vote will come down once again to personalities and perceived leadership types. The offic [...]	2007-09-04 13:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV223	UKRAINE: TARASYUK RESIGNS AS FOREIGN MINISTER, [...] (SBU) Summary. Borys Tarasyuk ended two months of uncertainty and political confrontation over his lame-duck tenure as Ukraine's Foreign Minister by offering his resignation to President Yushchenko January 30, after a district court deferred a decision on his legal challenge to the Rada's Dec [...]	2007-01-31 16:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU UP
07KYIV2239	UKRAINE: ELECTIONS IN ODESA HEAVILY FAVOR REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's August 31 meetings in Odesa with leaders from Party of Regions (POR),Bloc of Yuliya Tymoshenko (BYuT),and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD),all agreed that POR remained the overwhelming favorite in the predominately blue region -- in 2006, Regio [...]	2007-09-07 12:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV2245	UKRAINE: APPEAL FOR USG FORBEARANCE ON INDIA SPACE [...] (C) This is a request for guidance. Request that the Department provide the U.S. position regarding Ukraine company Yuzhnoye's contract to prepare blueprints for a semi-cryogenic, liquid-oxygen/kerosene-fueled rocket engine for the Indian Space Research Organization, as detailed below, and es [...]	2007-09-07 13:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC MTCRE TSPA PREL IN UP
07KYIV2247	UKRAINE: EVEN SMALL ELECTION ABUSES COULD [...] Summary. As the campaign heats up for Ukraine's September 30 preterm parliamentary elections, few anticipate there will be massive election fraud. However, in what is expected to be a very tight race, even abuses on the margins could influence the outcome. Greater transparency in the electio [...]	2007-09-07 13:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2260	UKRAINE IPR CONFERENCE HOSTS LATEST ROUND IN FIGHT [...] Summary: Ukraine's annual IPR Conference, held September 3-7, brought together GOU officials, industry reps, and international experts to promote better IPR protection in the country. Discussion of possible Copyright Law amendments and the operation of royalty collecting societies proved most [...]	2007-09-11 08:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV2286	UKRAINE: IUD'S TARUTA ON REGIONS, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (C) Summary. In a marathon three-hour meeting, reclusive Industrial Union Donbas (IUD) owner Serhiy Taruta and his more politically-active partner Vitaliy Haiduk gave the Ambassador their views on the elections, Regions party leaders, and the current gas deal with Russia, especially their conc [...]	2007-09-13 10:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PINR UP
07KYIV2290	UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE DISCOURAGED FROM THE TOP DOWN [...] (C) Summary. Conversations with Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) Leader Yuriy Lutsenko, First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko, and members of the bloc's regional headquarters show a political movement struggling to keep pace with the more aggressive Tymoshenko Bloc. Lutsenko and Mrs. Yushc [...]	2007-09-13 10:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2336	UKRAINE: LEADING POLITICIANS VIE FOR REPUTATION AS MOST [...] (U) Summary: PM Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leader Yuliya Tymoshenko held dueling meetings with investors on September 10 to present their plans to improve the investment and business climate. Tymoshenko promised to push forward transparent privatizations, open up energy exploration to for [...]	2007-09-14 08:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV235	UKRAINE: SHCHERBAN CASE BEING SWEPT UNDER RUG [...] (C) Summary. It appears increasingly unlikely that former Sumy governor Volodymyr Shcherban, accused of election rigging and a number of other serious charges, will end up in court. Shcherban, who fled to the U.S. in the spring of 2005 to avoid arrest in Ukraine, was detained for overstaying h [...]	2007-02-01 12:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UP
07KYIV2383	GOU RAISES THE STAKES AGAINST IATA, AND BACKS DOWN [...] (C) On August 30 the GOU suspended all cross border activities of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its latest move against the world airline industry's trade group. In a subsequent meeting with the Ambassador, however, Minister of Economy Anatoly Kinakh agreed to stop imp [...]	2007-09-14 11:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD KTIA PREL UP
07KYIV2392	UKRAINE'S WTO NEGOTIATOR WANTS TO WRAP UP [...] (C) Summary: During a September 17 meeting, Ukraine's lead WTO negotiator Valeriy Pyatnytskiy complained that talks with Kyrgyzstan on a WTO bilateral agreement had stalled. Kyrgyzstan had rejected Ukraine's most recent proposal, and Pyatnytskiy believed that "one or more third parties" were [...]	2007-09-18 04:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO KG UP
07KYIV2401	UKRAINE: COALITION SCENARIOS IN A CLOSE RACE [...] (C) Summary and comment. With reliable polling suggesting that no one party will win an outright majority on its own in the September 30 elections, a coalition will have to be formed either based on an orange variant, a broad coalition that in some way joins the Party of Regions and Our Ukrai [...]	2007-09-18 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2402	UKRAINE: KIROVOHRAD: IT'S A TWO PARTY RACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: In conversations with Kirovohrad's Communist mayor, Our Ukraine Governor, and various campaign workers regarding preparations for the September 30 elections, opinion across the spectrum was that Regions and BYuT will be the top two vote getters with about 25-30 percent each, w [...]	2007-09-18 13:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
07KYIV2479	UKRAINE: SEPTEMBER 30 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS A [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainians will go to the polls on September 30 -- for the fifth time in the past three years -- to elect a new parliament, and attempt to end the political deadlock that has gripped this country since President Yushchenko's April 2 decree dissolving the Rada. With the polls show [...]	2007-09-27 14:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2481	UKRAINE: REGIONS FOCUSES ON CAMPAIGN; PUTS ASIDE [...] (C) Summary. Pouring money and manpower into its campaign effort, Party of Regions leaders have put aside their differences to aim for another win in the September 30 Rada election -- as all polls show them doing -- but squabbles over policy direction and coalition formation could resurface in [...]	2007-09-28 02:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2496	UKRAINE: MYKOLAYIV -- RUNNING ON ISSUES BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern industrial city of Mykolayiv wrestles with a number of local issues revolving around the question of who will control the city's economic assets. Controversy centers in particular on ownership of the Black Sea Shipyard, currently in the hands of Russian businessmen, [...]	2007-09-28 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV PREL RS UP
07KYIV2498	UKRAINE: PARTIES LAY OUT CONCERNS, PLANS ON EVE OF [...] (C) Summary. As the campaign comes to a halt September 28 at midnight, all three major parties -- Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense, BYuT, and Party of Regions -- have laid out their final positions, telling international observers that they will abide by any election results that the internat [...]	2007-09-28 13:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2500	UKRAINIAN GOVT RELAXES QUOTAS ON GRAIN EXPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: A September 26 GOU decision imposes new quota levels on grain exports as of November 1. The new quotas are significantly looser than the excessively restrictive ones currently in place, but still appear to be on the conservative side, especially since they cover a longer-than-ex [...]	2007-10-01 02:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR WTRO UP
07KYIV2505	UKRAINE: CABINET OF MINISTERS APPROVES VANCO PSA [...] THIS INFORMATION IS COMMERCIALLY SENSITIVE AND SHOULD NOT BE SHARED OUTSIDE OF THE USG. 2. (C) Summary. On September 26 the Cabinet of Ministers approved the production sharing agreement (PSA) for oil and gas exploration in the Black Sea with Houston-based Vanco. Vanco told the GOU it woul [...]	2007-10-02 11:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PINR EINV UP
07KYIV2517	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO CALLS FOR PARTIES TO BEGIN [...] (C) Summary. With less than one half of one percent of the vote still uncounted, the political parties are starting to slowly extend feelers on various coalition formations. President Yushchenko made the biggest stir of the day by holding a press conference in which he called on all the parti [...]	2007-10-03 13:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2522	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH SUGGESTS REGIONS WON'T ACCEPT [...] (C) Summary: PM Yanukovych told the Ambassador October 3 that Regions had the right to form the government as the party with the most votes and was willing to negotiate with all of the parties to form a coalition, but that it could not accept an orange coalition and government. According to Y [...]	2007-10-04 13:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2533	UKRAINE: FRUSTRATION UP IN ORANGE CAMP AS [...] (C) Summary. Key players in the past two days have told us that they believe President Yushchenko is leaning towards a broad coalition, although BYuT and part of Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense are fighting hard for an orange government. An ebullient Presidential Administration head Baloha [...]	2007-10-05 13:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2546	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT PUSHES FOR QUICK COALITION [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko has tried to jump start negotiations on forming a new governing coalition by calling all five political forces represented in the new Rada to a meeting October 8 and instructing them to submit proposals on the prime minister and coalition within five days. He [...]	2007-10-09 14:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2555	UKRAINE: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, BALL IN BALOHA'S [...] (C) Summary. Conversations on October 10 with key advisers for Yuliya Tymoshenko and PM Viktor Yanukovych, Hryhoriy Nemyria and Serhiy Lyovochkin respectively, underscore what we have been hearing for the past week -- the ball on coalition formation is in Yushchenko's court, but it may be Pre [...]	2007-10-10 13:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2575	UKRAINE: COALITION SOUNDING ORANGE--FOR TODAY [...] (C) Summary. As the five-day timeline President Yushchenko gave to the parties to submit coalition proposals draws to a close, BYuT and Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense took public steps intended to demonstrate that the orange coalition is close to becoming a reality. Tymoshenko and three re [...]	2007-10-12 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2588	UKRAINE: CLOCK TICKING ON RADA AND COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Central Election Commission announced the official election results late on October 15, which triggers the next steps in seating the new Rada and then the formation of a government. The CEC must promulgate the results within 5 days, the Rada must open within 30 days after [...]	2007-10-16 12:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2634	UKRAINE: PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT AND OU-PSD [...] (C) Summary. Leader of Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense Bloc Yuriy Lutsenko and Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Roman Bezsmertniy told the Ambassador in separate SIPDIS meetings October 16 that OU-PSD and President Yushchenko would support an orange coalition and Tymoshenko to [...]	2007-10-17 12:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2653	UKRAINE: REGIONS AND SOME IN OU OPPOSE TYMOSHENKO, [...] (C) Summary. As they await the official promulgation of the election results, which has been slowed by court appeals, the major parties are clarifying their positions on coalition formation. Prime Minister Yanukovych rejected the idea of the technocratic government outlined by members of the [...]	2007-10-19 12:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2676	UKRAINE: SAA TELLS IATA TICKET STOCK OK, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 19 in Kyiv, State Aviation Administration (SAA) officials confirmed to visiting International Air Transport Association (IATA) officials that the dispute surrounding IATA's paper tickets (ref D) had been solved, and that sanctions against IATA had been lifted. Howeve [...]	2007-10-24 09:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD KTIA PREL UP
07KYIV2678	UKRAINE: FORMER PM YEKHANUROV ON TYMOSHENKO, [...] (C) Summary. Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense Rada deputy and former Prime Minister Yekhanurov told the Ambassador October 24 that he did not believe Tymoshenko would be a good prime minister, but he will vote for her if that is the decision his bloc makes. He added, however, that his conti [...]	2007-10-24 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2713	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH AND TYMOSHENKO WAIT FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment: PM Yanukovych and his potential successor, Yuliya Tymoshenko, met separately October 24-26 with Colin Powell and Richard Holbrooke, both of whom were in Kyiv to deliver speeches at the invitation of the Pinchuk Foundation, established by businessman and Kuchma son-in-la [...]	2007-10-26 12:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2744	UKRAINE: RADA PREPARATIONS SLOWLY ADVANCING [...] (C) Summary. The process of preparing to seat the new Rada is moving forward slowly, while fissures in the orange coalition continue to appear even before it has officially become a coalition. As required by law, the Central Election Commission is now registering MPs and all five factions h [...]	2007-11-02 13:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2748	UKRAINE: YOUNG DEPUTIES UNDERSCORE PARTY DIVIDES [...] (C) Summary. A lunch with three young MPs, all under 35 years old, underscored the fact that the three main factions share common policy ideas, but have such strained relations that any cooperation in the next year or two could be situational and uneven. Olena Bondarenko (Regions),Yuriy Pav [...]	2007-11-05 11:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2766	UKRAINE: COALITION POSSIBILITIES - READING THE [...] (C) Summary: With the opening of the Rada on the horizon and after five weeks of coalition discussions between representatives of all of the major parties and President Yushchenko, we have boiled down the main number of possibilities for the next government to four -- an orange coalition led [...]	2007-11-07 14:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2806	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT'S DEMANDS STRAIN OU; REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. While the parties are slowly going through the procedures to prepare for a new Rada, the orange coalition is either close to completion or teetering on the edge of self-destruction, reportedly pushed by President Yushchenko, his Chief of Staff Baloha, and NSDC Secretary Plyushch. [...]	2007-11-09 14:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2810	UKRAINE: Black Sea Strategy Presented to German Marshall [...] (SBU) Summary: Academics and NGO representatives considered the Euro-Atlantic community's approaches to the "Eastern European neighborhood" during a conference held in Kyiv October 26-27. Despite the theme, conference participants were focused on Ukraine and particularly Ukraine's prospects fo [...]	2007-11-13 10:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PBTS SENV EWWT PARM EUN UP
07KYIV2813	UKRAINE: KYIV MAYOR ONCE AGAIN UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT [...] (C) Summary. Many consider the Mayor of Kyiv to be the fourth most powerful political post in the country, after the President, PM, and Speaker of the Parliament. Both the Yuliya Tymoshenko (BYuT) Bloc and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) made the dismissal of Kyiv mayor Leonid Che [...]	2007-11-13 13:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV282	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO POISONING CASE REMAINS [...] (SBU) Summary. More than two years after his inauguration as President, Viktor Yushchenko's face no longer has the huge chloracne bumps and pallid grey color resulting from his poisoning by dioxin in September 2004, and his Swiss doctors claim that 80 percent of the dioxin has left his syste [...]	2007-02-02 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2821	UKRAINE'S APPROACH TO INVESTMENT PROMOTION: "WHY DO WE NEED [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine continues to trail behind most of its neighbors in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The GOU was slow to recognize its role in this sphere, although it finally created a lead investment promotion agency, called InvestUkraine, in 2005. InvestUkraine, with USAI [...]	2007-11-14 13:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EAID UP
07KYIV2824	UKRAINE SIGNS BILATERAL WTO AGREEMENT WITH KYRGYZSTAN, [...] Summary: Ukraine signed a WTO bilateral agreement with Kyrgyzstan on November 14, removing the major hurdle to accession. The GOU agreed to pay $27.3 million worth of humanitarian assistance to Kyrgyzstan in order to secure the deal. Meanwhile, the GOU reports that it has also signed an agree [...]	2007-11-15 13:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV283	UKRAINE: OLD FACES, PRACTICES RETURN TO MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary. Since the ouster of outspoken "orange" Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko December 1 and the appointment of compliant Vasyl Tsushko in his place, some old faces and practices from the pre-Orange Revolution era have returned to the Ministry and police. Of note were the appointments [...]	2007-02-02 15:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV2833	UKRAINE: ODDS MOUNTING AGAINST A TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) Summary: After visiting EUR DAS Kramer's series of meetings with top Ukrainian political figures, it is clear that the path to the premiership for Yuliya Tymoshenko will be difficult and is still far from certain. Presidential Administration head Baloha said that he was "101%" certain tha [...]	2007-11-16 14:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2858	UKRAINE: PREPARING FOR THE NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. We need to engage now with Ukraine to craft a role for this important partner at the April 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest even as Ukrainian political forces are focused on building a coalition and forming a new government. While President Yushchenko, FM Yatsenyuk, and Minister of [...]	2007-11-21 13:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL UP
07KYIV2865	UKRAINE: IPR ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION GROUP [...] Summary: GOU, Embassy and industry representatives discussed IPR issues of importance to pharmaceutical producers at a November 21 Enforcement Cooperation Group (ECG) meeting. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of IPR enforcement generally, and for the pharmaceutical industry specifical [...]	2007-11-23 13:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV2892	UKRAINE: DNIPROENERGO - AN EXAMPLE OF INTRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man and a key financial sponsor of the Party of Regions, recently acquired 40 percent ownership in financially troubled Dniproenergo, a large power generation company, through a controversial share issuance. Most observers believe that Akhmetov [...]	2007-11-26 13:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
07KYIV2923	UKRAINE: ORANGE COALITION ANNOUNCED, BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: Yuliya Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT) and Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense (OU-PSD) announced the successful conclusion of a coalition agreement in the Rada November 29, bringing the renewed "orange" coalition one step closer to forming a government. However, the new coalition was un [...]	2007-11-29 14:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV296	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO NOMINATES OHRYZKO AS FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko nominated First Deputy (and currently Acting) Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko February 5 to replace former FM Tarasyuk, defying general expectations that Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Oleksandr Chaliy would be nominated. Ohryzko's nomination [...]	2007-02-05 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2967	UKRAINE: GETTING TO GOVERNMENT - ORANGE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: After a day of parliamentary maneuvering, the orange coalition parties of Yuliya Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko mustered a slim-227 majority vote to elect 33-year old Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the Speaker of the Rada. The successful vote showed that the coalition i [...]	2007-12-05 13:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2973	UKRAINE: RADA PREPARES TO VOTE ON TYMOSHENKO'S PM [...] (C) Summary: In a move that surprised many, especially the parliamentary opposition, on December 6, President Yushchenko submitted the nomination of Yuliya Tymoshenko to the Rada for a vote, just hours after receiving her nomination from the orange coalition via newly-elected Rada Speaker Yatse [...]	2007-12-06 10:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2985	UKRAINE: PLANNING FOR EURO 2012 SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2012 European Soccer Championship (Euro 2012),to be co-hosted with Poland, offers Ukraine opportunities to attract USD billions in foreign investment, improve the business climate, and make needed infrastructure upgrades. The event, which attracts an immense following in [...]	2007-12-10 07:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV PL UP
07KYIV3034	UKRAINE: MOI AND MFA DISCUSS PLANS TO FIGHT [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The Ukrainian Government is taking steps to combat the increase in racially-motivated crimes in Ukraine this year. Acting Minister of Interior Korniyenko highlighted to the Ambassador several initiatives undertaken by the Ministry including increased security for di [...]	2007-12-10 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
07KYIV3035	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PM VOTE COMES DOWN TO THE WIRE [...] (C) Summary. The December 11 vote on Tymoshenko's candidacy is shaping up to be a nail-biter, with three members of OU-PSD reportedly now in the hospital for various medical problems, Regions still threatening to block the rostrum, and disputes over Cabinet positions straining the coalition. [...]	2007-12-10 13:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV3036	UKRAINE: COALITION AGREEMENT TOO BROAD TO BE [...] (C) Summary. Should Yuliya Tymoshenko be confirmed as Prime Minister -- a vote is scheduled for December 11 -- her government program would be based on the coalition agreement, a wide-ranging 81-page document that promises sweeping reforms across the board with an emphasis on social programs, [...]	2007-12-10 14:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV3048	UKRAINE: PM GRIDLOCK ILLUSTRATES DYSFUNCTION OF [...] (C) Summary. Disorganization and infighting within the orange coalition, particularly within the President's Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense party, and continued intransigence by the Party of Regions have stymied the confirmation of Yuliya Tymoshenko as Prime Minister. The December 11 vote [...]	2007-12-12 12:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV3058	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ'S FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY A GROWING [...] (U) Summary. NaftoHaz Ukraine, the state-owned gas and oil company that accounts for 10 percent of GDP, could well be close to bankruptcy. NaftoHaz's losses and debts have mounted as the GOU continues to set domestic gas prices that are too low to cover the rising cost of gas imports, and be [...]	2007-12-13 10:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
07KYIV3066	UKRAINE: PM VOTE SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 18 [...] (C) Summary. The Rada approved an agenda for the December 18 session that will include a vote on the PM, the Government, deputy speakers, and the distribution of committee chairmanships. In spite of their best efforts, Rada Speaker Yatsenyuk and the orange coalition were unsuccessful Decembe [...]	2007-12-14 10:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV3071	UKRAINE COAL MINE DISASTER: HOW CORRUPTION KILLS [...] (SBU) Summary: A November 18 explosion at the Zasyadko Coal Mine killed 101 miners in Ukraine's worst coal mine accident since independence. Subsequent explosions killed another five miners and mine rescuers. The Zasyadko mine has one of the country's worst safety records. Its director, Yuk [...]	2007-12-17 09:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN PGOV ELAB EAID UP
07KYIV3084	UKRAINE: A VISIT TO AN UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE FACILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOff and Econ Assistant traveled to the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Western Ukraine to visit officials from the Prykarpattiatransgaz (PTG) gas transportation company, gas compressor stations and the underground gas storage facility near the town of Bogorodchany. Built between [...]	2007-12-18 13:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON UP
07KYIV3086	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO ELECTED AS PM; NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: After several weeks of debate and uncertainty, the orange coalition came together and confirmed Yuliya Tymoshenko as the new prime minister of Ukraine on December 18. Tymoshenko was confirmed with 226 votes, the minimum number of votes necessary in the 450-member Rada. Only MPs f [...]	2007-12-18 13:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV3102	UKRAINE: WHO'S WHO IN THE TYMOSHENKO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The new Tymoshenko government, confirmed by the Rada December 18, is an interesting mix of PM Tymoshenko loyalists and President Yushchenko loyalists, and of experienced politicians and technocratic newcomers. Disagreements over Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense slots between the [...]	2007-12-20 05:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV315	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Gates, your meeting with President Yushchenko at Wehrkunde next week comes at a time when the struggle between Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych for political dominance and the right to define national security, defense, and foreign policy has intensified. Recent legislation [...]	2007-02-07 15:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UP
07KYIV3154	UKRAINE: BOHATYREVA APPOINTMENT MUDDIES REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. With Regions finally settling into its role as the opposition, and both Prime Minister Tymoshenko and Regions leader Yanukovych making efforts to be constructive, President Yushchenko's decision to name deputy leader of Party of Regions Raisa Bohatyreva Secretary of the National [...]	2007-12-27 09:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV3157	UKRAINE: SHAPING OUR MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government has begun delineating its internal setup/workflow and the structures and processes for interacting with the President's team and parliamentary opposition. In turn, President Yushchenko is pushing forward his own initiatives aime [...]	2007-12-27 11:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
07KYIV3165	ECONOMIC POLICY AND THE NEW GOU: PROGRESS, BUT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has sent out mixed signals on her plans for the Ukrainian economy. She continues to say many of the right things on economic matters, yet some of her populist campaign promises convey a different message. Nonetheless, we expect Tymosh [...]	2007-12-28 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV331	2/9 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE: KYRGYZ BILAT [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine must sign one more bilateral Market Access Agreement, with Kyrgyzstan, as part of its accession to the WTO. Erkin Mamkulov, Kyrgyz Ambassador to Ukraine, told us that resolution of USD 27 million worth of debt, owed by Ukraine to Kyrgyzstan, is the critical remaining issue [...]	2007-02-09 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP KG
07KYIV449	UKRAINE: 2007 SPECIAL 301 POST INPUT [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy recommends Ukraine remain on the Special 301 Priority Watch List, which is statutorily accompanied by Section 306 monitoring (Ref A),although the Government of Ukraine is definitely moving in the right direction on IPR protection. The GOU has followe [...]	2007-02-22 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV452	UKRAINE: RADA REJECTS FM/SBU NOMINEES IN ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary. The Party of Regions-led Rada majority on February 22 rejected presidential nominees for Foreign Minister and Security Service (SBU) Chief in what appears to be the latest skirmish between the President and Prime Minister in the long-running struggle for power. Presidential Secre [...]	2007-02-22 16:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV466	UKRAINE: SHALL WE DANCE? TYMOSHENKO AND YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Yuliya Tymoshenko and Presidential Secretariat Head Viktor Baloha separately told the Ambassador February 20-21 that there was a new, deeper cooperation agreement between Our Ukraine (OU) and the Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) in the works; both were guardedly optimisti [...]	2007-02-23 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV467	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Yuliya Tymoshenko arrives in the U.S. at a time when the feuding and deal-making between Ukraine's three major political forces is hamstringing policy-making and legislating. The struggle between President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych for political dominance an [...]	2007-02-23 15:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV478	UKRAINE: THINKING OF ENGAGING BELARUS PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, the Ukrainians floated a proposal to extend an overture to Belarusan President Lukashenko in the hope of obtaining progress on Ukraine-Belarus border issues and cooperation in forming a united front against Russian on energy issues. The initial proposal included [...]	2007-02-26 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
07KYIV540	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH LOBBIES EUROPE VIA BERLIN [...] (C) Summary: Seeking to gain public support from Germany for his government's goal of promoting Ukraine's integration with Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych made a one-day working visit February 28 to Berlin, meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and addressing a group of German [...]	2007-03-06 15:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG EUN GM UP
07KYIV643	UKRAINE: ALLIANCE SHIFTS - BROAD COALITION IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Internal friction inside both the opposition and the majority coalition came to a head March 20 with the latest failed vote to approve a foreign minister seeming to spark a realignment of political forces in Ukrainian politics. The morning began with parts of the coalition seemin [...]	2007-03-20 17:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV645	UKRAINE: PARLIAMENT HALTS SALE OF TRADE UNION'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian Parliament has established a moratorium on the sale of property by the Federation of Trade Unions (FPU),the successor to Ukraine's Soviet-era trade union. The move marks a surprising turn of events in an ongoing conflict between the FPU, which controls all union [...]	2007-03-21 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV UP
07KYIV646	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO IN BRUSSELS -- THE "EU [...] (U) Summary: Ukrainian leaders continued their tours of European capitals with President Yushchenko making Ukraine's case for EU membership during a March 8 visit to Brussels and a March 15-16 visit to Copenhagen, echoing the points Prime Minister Yanukovych made during his February 28 working [...]	2007-03-21 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG UP
07KYIV654	UKRAINE/BELARUS SUMMIT STILL PLANNED FOR MARCH [...] (C) Summary: Plans are still proceeding for a Kyiv summit between President Yushchenko and Belarusan President Lukashenko, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky during a meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, NSC Director Sterling, and the Ambassador. Kramer warned Veselovsky that such a mee [...]	2007-03-22 08:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM ENRG EPET BO UP
07KYIV663	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES NATO/SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer and NSC Director Adam Sterling discussed Ukraine-NATO relations and security issues with a range of Ukrainian officials March 18-20, in addition to energy, domestic politics, Belarus, and Transnistria (septels). Presidential adviser Oleh Rybachuk described his [...]	2007-03-22 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UP
07KYIV665	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA: TRANSNISTRIA AND BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky told EUR DAS Kramer, NSC Director Sterling, and Ambassador March 19 that he would continue to hold the concurrent duty as Ukrainian special negotiator for Transnistria, despite rumors to the contrary. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC [...]	2007-03-22 15:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
07KYIV666	UKRAINE: RAIDS AIMED AT LUTSENKO WIDEN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the March 20 Prosecutor General Office (PGO) early morning raid on former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko's apartment (ref A),on March 21, police allegedly broke into the Kyiv office of the Anti-Criminal Choice NGO (without a warrant) headed by Lutsenko's brother S [...]	2007-03-22 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR UP
07KYIV686	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER'S DISCUSSIONS OF DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: In a wide range of conversations EUR DAS David Kramer and NSC Director Adam Sterling conducted with Ukrainian officials and commentators March 18-20, the overriding theme in domestic politics was that all branches of the government were consumed with the ongoing struggle for polit [...]	2007-03-23 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV687	UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH DECRIES OPPOSITION'S [...] (C) Summary. Although disappointed by President Yushchenko's continued rebuffs to his invitations to work together, PM Yanukovych told visiting EUR DAS David Kramer, NSC Director Adam Sterling and the Ambassador that he remained open to a broad coalition in parliament and cooperation. Yanu [...]	2007-03-23 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV688	UKRAINE: 3/23 WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine has received comments regarding recently passed WTO-related legislation from members of its WTO Working Party and is working hard to respond to these comments quickly. Legislative drafting on issues of importance to the USG, such as IPR, biotechnology, and VAT on agricu [...]	2007-03-23 15:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV693	UKRAINE: NEW ECONOMY MINISTER ONBOARD FOR WTO [...] (C) Summary: At a March 23 meeting with Ambassador, new Minister of Economy Anatoliy Kinakh described Ukraine's integration with Europe as "irreversible." Ambassador encouraged Kinakh to help find a solution to the OPIC/Alliant issue, as well as a laundry list of other important bilateral iss [...]	2007-03-27 07:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EINV WTRO UP
07KYIV702	UKRAINE: THE STRUGGLE FOR SEVASTOPOL [...] (C) Summary: Sevastopol continues to be in the middle of a tug-of-war between Ukraine and Russian for the hearts and minds of its residents. Moscow Mayor Luzhkov visited Sevastopol February 21, to open a renovated Moscow-funded Russian Culture and Information Center, to visit the Russian Bla [...]	2007-03-29 08:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS UP
07KYIV746	UKRAINE: NEW ELECTIONS OR BROAD COALITION? ALL [...] (C) President Yushchenko, who has increasingly few options in his losing struggle with Prime Minister Yanukovych, is being pushed hard by his team to disband the Rada, but the President has not yet abandoned hope of reaching accommodation with Yanukovych. At the urging of opposition leader Ty [...]	2007-03-29 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV756	CREATION OF A GUAM SECRETARIAT CENTRAL TO GUAM'S [...] (C) Summary. First Deputy Minister of Georgia and GUAM National Coordinator Valery Chechelashvili sounded an optimistic note during our conversation with him after the March 15-16 GUAM Council of National Coordinators (CNC) meeting. Chechelashvili, slated to be GUAM's new Secretary General o [...]	2007-03-30 14:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
07KYIV757	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT-PM NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE; [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych's late-night March 29 meeting ended without agreement, with the PM's team pushing for a "gentleman's agreement" and the President's advisors arguing for a written, negotiated "rules of the game" to resolve the political conflict over the c [...]	2007-03-30 14:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV764	UKRAINE: AN AD HOC ISRAEL POLICY -- BALANCING [...] (C) Summary: Israel is home to a half million Ukrainian immigrants and the two countries had $372 million in bilateral trade in 2006. Despite Ukraine's remaining Jewish population and the large diaspora in Israel, Ukraine's relations with the Jewish State were characterized as "ad hoc" by se [...]	2007-04-02 03:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS UP
07KYIV784	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS OVER RADA DISMISSAL [...] (C) Summary: Justifying his April 2 decree dismissing the Rada (parliament) and calling pre-term elections for May 27, President Yushchenko told G-7 ambassadors April 3 that new elections were a democratic instrument to resolve a political crisis that stemmed from a parliamentary crisis. The [...]	2007-04-03 13:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR UP
07KYIV789	UKRAINE: INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION: NO CLEAR [...] Summary and Comment. As Ukraine's political crisis proceeds, both sides argue that they have the constitutional and legal upperhand and are acting in support of democracy and the rule of law. President Yushchenko has dismissed the Rada, and his team maintains the Rada's powers have been curt [...]	2007-04-04 15:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV804	UKRAINE: PRESSURE ON PECHERSK COURT INCREASES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pechersk District Court became involved in the struggle over President Yushchenko's decree dismissing the Rada and setting new elections April 3 after it threw out an April 2 Rada resolution to replace the current Central Election Commission (CEC) with the previous one led [...]	2007-04-05 14:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UP
07KYIV82	UKRAINE WTO UPDATE: JANUARY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Parliament passed a resolution on January 9 calling for a speedy conclusion to WTO accession negotiations. The GOU is working on five outstanding regulatory acts, to be issued at the Cabinet of Ministers level or below, which are required for accession. These five act [...]	2007-01-12 13:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP

07KYIV823	UKRAINE: RADA PASSES ANNUAL MILITARY EXERCISE [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian parliament (Rada) passed the annual exercise authorization legislation April 6, two days after rejecting it. Two U.S. exercises -- Rapid Trident and Sea Breeze -- are included in the authorization, as is one Ukrainian-Russian exercise. Yushchenko now has 15 days to sign [...]	2007-04-06 14:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS MASS PREL UP
07KYIV841	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH, YUSHCHENKO SEEKING [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador's separate conversations with Prime Minister Yanukovych and President Yushchenko on April 9 and 10, respectively, indicated both sides expressed preference for resolving the current crisis via a political compromise instead of a Constitutional Court (CC) ruling or goin [...]	2007-04-10 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV88	UKRAINE: AIRCRAFT ENGINE BUILDER MOTOR SICH AND [...] (C) Summary/comment: Ukraine's aircraft engine and industrial gas turbine producer Motor Sich occupies a dominant position in both Ukraine and Russia's aviation industries. The venerable company, which began producing aircraft engines in 1915, remains dependent on Russia for 41 percent of it [...]	2007-01-12 15:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC EAIR EIND PINR PREL RS UP
07KYIV89	UKRAINE: POWER PLAY - PM YANUKOVYCH DROPS [...] (C) Summary. After a pleasant January 10 meeting between President Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yanukovych, and Rada Speaker Moroz aimed at starting 2007 on a more cooperative note, Ukraine's political dynamics took another unexpected turn January 12, with Regions abandoning cooperation with Yu [...]	2007-01-12 16:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV897	UKRAINE: 4/13 WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Top GOU officials continue to express concerns that USG comments on WTO-related legislation and the draft Working Party Report will slow down the accession process. EU diplomats in Kyiv have similarly inquired whether the comments signify a U.S. delaying tactic. Post has activ [...]	2007-04-13 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV906	UKRAINE: POLITICIANS CALCULATING ON [...] (C) Summary. While President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych continue to negotiate over whether there will be new Rada elections at some point this year, political playmakers from all parties are angling for best outcomes in the face of possible political compromise or snap elections. [...]	2007-04-13 15:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV921	UKRAINE: CODEL PRICE GREETED BY RADA CRISIS, HAS [...] (SBU) Summary. The visit Codel Price and members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission to Kyiv on April 1-3 came at a contested moment for the development of Ukraine's parliament--a constitutional crisis over whether the ruling coalition majority was formed unconstitutionally and whether [...]	2007-04-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV939	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT HEARINGS, DAY THREE: [...] (SBU) Summary. The Constitutional Court's hearings on Yushchenko's April 2 decree went more smoothly April 19 than the previous day, as Presidential Court representative Shapoval concluded his presentation and fielded questions. Shapoval, a former Constitutional Court judge and one of Ukraine [...]	2007-04-19 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV941	UKRAINE: UKRTRANSNAFTA HEAD DISCUSSES ODESA-BRODY [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Ambassador, Ihor Kyriushyn, the chairman of Ukraine's state oil transport company UkrTransNafta and Geoff Berlin of GlobalNet Financial Solutions reviewed plans to transport Caspian crude to Europe via the Odesa-Brody-Druzhba route (reftel). Kyriushyn felt the prop [...]	2007-04-20 06:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL RS UP
07KYIV975	UKRAINE: COURT CASE MOVING ALONG SLOWLY, KYIV QUIET [...] (C) Summary. Major political forces in Kyiv were relatively quiet on April 24 with all eyes still on the Constitutional Court where the Cabinet of Ministers representative Nimchenko continued to present the coalition's case. Echoing the presentation of Rada representatives, Nimchenko argued t [...]	2007-04-24 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV976	UKRAINE: DEFMIN HRYTSENKO OPTIMISTIC ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DATT met with Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko on April 23, 2007 to discuss command and control of military forces, potential uses of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Interior in times of crisis, Hrytsenko,s inclusion on the party list of Our Ukraine (OU) [...]	2007-04-25 03:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS UP
07KYIV992	MUNICIPAL HEATING SITUATION IN UKRAINE STILL CRITICAL [...] (U) Summary: Many GOU agencies and international development organizations agree on the urgency of improving reliability and efficiency in the municipal heating and combined heat and power (CHP) sector, which accounts for about 16% of Ukraine's total natural gas consumption. Despite the clear [...]	2007-04-26 12:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
07KYIV993	MUNICIPAL HEATING SITUATION IN UKRAINE STILL CRITICAL [...] (U) Summary: Many GOU agencies and international development organizations agree on the urgency of improving reliability and efficiency in the municipal heating and combined heat and power (CHP) sector, which accounts for about 16% of Ukraine's total natural gas consumption. Despite the clear [...]	2007-04-26 12:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON UP
07KYIV998	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO DECREES NEW ELECTION DATE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko issued a new decree on early parliamentary elections late on April 25 in response to increasing indications that Constitutional Court was ready to deliver a quick ruling against the decree which would have bolstered the coalition's side in ongoing President- [...]	2007-04-26 15:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07LAGOS117	PRESIDENT OBASANJO AVERTS OIL SECTOR STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo averted an oil sector strike on February 8 by assuring unions the GON would seek to improve security in the Niger Delta, according to Executive Secretary of Nigeria's Ministry of Labor and Productivity, SIPDIS Timiebi Koripamo-Agary. Peter Akpatason, Preside [...]	2007-02-14 16:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET PTER ENERG NI
07LAGOS123	TRADITIONAL RULER SUPPORTS YAR'ADUA; CALLS BUHARI [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with the Consul General, Yoruba traditional leader the Ooni of Ife, Okunade Sijuade, suggested presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari was a religious "fanatic" who would sow discord if elected. PDP candidate Umaru Yar'Adua, on the other hand, would maintai [...]	2007-02-15 14:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS124	SITREP 16: SSS OPENS NEW LINE OF COMMUNICATION [...] (C) Pivot-GIS employees American Bill Graham and Nigerian Ezekiel Akwa remain hostages. John Walker of Control Risks Group told the February 15 Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group he met the Director of Rivers State Security Service (SSS),Alhaji Kola Adeshina, on February 14. Adeshina informed [...]	2007-02-15 14:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS128	SITREP 17: GRAHAM & AKWA STILL HOSTAGE; SSS AWAITS [...] (C) John Walker of Control Risks Group told the February 16 Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group American Bill Graham and Nigerian Ezekiel Akwa remain hostages. The State Security Service (SSS) told Walker on February 15 they will wait for the return from the creek area of the tribal elder who is n [...]	2007-02-16 15:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS13	JONATHAN'S MEDIA ADVISOR: CANDIDATE TAKING NOTHING [...] (C) Summary: Francis Sheen, media manager for Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan's 2007 People's Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential campaign (strictly protect),told Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff on December 28 that the PDP must still court the military's support for the Yar'Adua-Jona [...]	2007-01-09 07:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS134	NGOS TO RECLAIM THE NIGER DELTA STRUGGLE; PUSH FOR [...] (C) Summary. On January 25 Niger Delta experts described to AF/W Deputy Director Don Heflin a pan-Delta manifesto to be presented to presidential candidates in an effort to begin serious national dialogue on the Niger Delta. Similarly, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has brought si [...]	2007-02-21 16:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PTER
07LAGOS15	LAGOS PDP ELECTS GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE AMID [...] (C) Summary: Amid irregularities, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro emerged as the Lagos State People's Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate on December 14. Obanikoro beat Hilda Williams, widow of slain gubernatorial aspirant Funso Williams. Obanikoro's success came in spite of the political [...]	2007-01-10 12:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS152	ELECTION YEAR PORK BARREL POLITICS IN OSUN STATE [...] (C) Summary: To improve his heretofore tepid and scattered support, Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola has actively distributed patronage in the run up to the April 2007 election. His main opponent is Action Congress (AC) candidate Rauf Aregbesola, whose campaign theme is Oyinlola has m [...]	2007-03-01 10:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS168	APRIL ELECTIONS UNLIKELY, SAYS PROMINENT ECONOMIST [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 conversation with the Consul General, Financial Derivatives Managing Director Bismarck Rewane said the brinkmanship between President Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku was approaching its climax, with Atiku sure to go to court to enjoin Obasanjo and the Electoral [...]	2007-03-09 10:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS170	TRANSCORP IPO: CAVEAT EMPTOR [...] (C) Summary: Transnational Corporation's (Transcorp),recent initial public offering (IPO) exemplifies how finance and electoral politics merge to create an ambivalent situation for investors. The 60 billion naira ($462 million) IPO has been greeted with mixed reactions. Transcorp is the brain [...]	2007-03-09 13:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI KCOR ENRG
07LAGOS172	MILITANT THREATS, BUNKERING & INSECURITY PLAGUE [...] (C) Summary. Managing Directors (MDs) of American oil majors Chevron and ExxonMobil both received a similar email threat purportedly from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). The threat listed the names of the company's rigs as potential targets for militant activity. [...]	2007-03-12 11:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PTER
07LAGOS183	CITIBANK SUFFERS WHIMS OF THE WELL-CONNECTED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 14:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS185	NIGERIA 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs respond to questions in reftel. ------------------ 27. (SBU) Overview ------------------ -- A. Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons. [...]	2007-03-13 15:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
07LAGOS188	OYO FORECAST: VIOLENCE AND VOTING MANIPULATION [...] (C) Summary: A January visit by Poloff to Oyo State showed the return of Rashidi Ladoja to the governor's seat had further complicated the political climate of the State. People's Democratic Party (PDP) strongman Lamidi Adedibu and his ally Deputy Governor Christopher Alao-Akala continue to de [...]	2007-03-14 14:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS191	DELTA FLASH POINTS: INCREASING VOLATILITY [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 conversation with the Consul General, Financial Derivatives Managing Director Bismarck Rewane described Niger Delta that had an increasing number of unstable flash points. Ijaw militant groups were proliferating and each offshoot was becoming more unruly and unpre [...]	2007-03-15 10:19:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS198	FIVE EUROPEAN HOSTAGES AND ONE FILIPINO RELEASED; [...] (SBU) Summary: Two Italian Agip employees held hostage since December 7 were released March 14; two Croatians and one Montenegrin working for oil service company Hydrodrive International were released March 12 after 22 days in captivity; and a Filipino Shell employee abducted February 6 was r [...]	2007-03-15 14:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS199	TRIP REPORT: AKWA IBOM INVESTS IN INFRASTRUCTURE, [...] (SBU) Summary. Akwa Ibom, an oil-producing state in the Niger Delta, is building an airport, an independent power plant, underground water channels, and a tourism sector to develop the state and attract private investment. The People's Democratic Party politically dominates Akwa Ibom. PDP s [...]	2007-03-15 14:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
07LAGOS20	HOSTAGES TO BE RELEASED, BUT DELTA "ALMOST IN [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa State Secretary Godknows Igali said January 11 that the hostage takers agreed in negotiations to release the three Italian and one Lebanese employees of Agip kidnapped December 7. This group claims disinterest in money and that they committed the kidnappings due to polit [...]	2007-01-11 19:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
07LAGOS208	NLNG'S TRAIN 6 ON LINE, TRAIN 7 FINAL INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG),the first company in Nigeria to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the export market, will bring Train 6, now two-thirds complete, and take a final investment decision (FID) on commencement of Train 7 in early 2007. The company antic [...]	2007-03-20 07:38:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV ENERG NI
07LAGOS215	CHINESE BUSINESS CHANGES THE PLAYING FIELD [...] (C) Summary: U.S. firms face "stiff and unfair" competition from Chinese competitors in Nigeria. In a March 12 meeting, Motorola Managing Director Raphael Udeogu (protect) said Chinese firms offered a combination of flexible financing and low product costs, as well as financial "inducements" i [...]	2007-03-21 15:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS216	CITIBANK SUFFERS WHIMS OF THE WELL-CONNECTED [...] (C) Summary: Doing business in Nigeria has its special challenges, even for a well-known international bank such as Citibank. In this instance, a loan gone bad has turned into a criminal case with Citibank and its top officials as defendants. Although Citibank received a civil court judgment a [...]	2007-03-21 15:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS217	EXPECT POLITICIANS TO HIRE ARMED GROUPS [...] (C) Summary: Some armed groups in Rivers State are for hire this election season; Ateke Tom's group will be employed by Governor Peter Odili while Soboma George will be employed by opposition groups, says Miabiye Kuromiema, Rivers indigene and former Secretary General of the Ijaw Youth Counci [...]	2007-03-22 11:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PTER
07LAGOS22	ELECTION 2007: SOUTHERN PDP GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARIES [...] (SBU) Summary. This is a survey of the results of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial primaries in southern states, which took place December 9. Most candidates chosen were those who had pledged fealty to state governors or, where the governors were weak, to the PDP national lea [...]	2007-01-12 11:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07LAGOS222	ENUGU STATE: AN EMERGING MODEL FOR PDP DOMINANCE [...] (C) Summary: A March 5 visit by Poloffs to Enugu State showed the People's Democratic Party (PDP) dominating the political scene and building towards the future. Controlling the PDP primary, Governor Chimaroke Nnamani chose protege Sullivan Chime as his successor. Opposition parties are wea [...]	2007-03-23 11:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS223	DESPERATION MARKS LAGOS ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In two March 15 meetings, a Progressive Peoples Alliance and a People's Democratic Party candidate gave opposing views on the likelihood of timely elections. They agreed that Lagos State would be the site of fiercely-disputed elections and thus sporadic, unpredictable violence wou [...]	2007-03-23 11:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS226	PARTY CHAIR SPEAKS OF ALLIANCES, SECURITY IN LAGOS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting with Econoff, Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA) Chairman Supo Shonibare described an alliance with the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) at the state level. This alliance, intended to capitalize on rifts within the Action Congress (AC) and People's Democratic [...]	2007-03-23 15:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS238	NIGERIA EFFECTS TARIFF CHANGES [...] Summary: Changes to the Government of Nigeria (GON)'s tariff schedule took effect February 28. The GON extended the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Common External Tariff (CET) to many items, reduced tariff rates on most goods, and raised rates on others. Lining fabrics, sp [...]	2007-03-29 07:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON NI
07LAGOS24	APGA REGROUPS, SEEKING TO REMAIN A FACTOR IN IGBO [...] (C) Summary: Visits with All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) officials in Enugu and Abia States reveal a bruised party looking to regain support and goodwill lost during the intraparty fighting of the last two years. A predominantly Igbo party, APGA saw apparent electoral success in the 20 [...]	2007-01-16 07:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07LAGOS240	EDO: CLOSE GUBERNATORIAL RACE SPARKS VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Adams Oshiomole, the Edo State Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate, told Poloffs the People's Democratic Party (PDP) orchestrated an attack on the Edo State AC Chairman, who lost an eye, during a recent rally in Edo Central, his opponent's home territory. Professor Oser [...]	2007-03-30 14:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS248	PDP MONOPOLY SET TO CONTINUE IN EBONYI STATE [...] (C) Summary: A March 28 visit by Poloff to Ebonyi State showed the People's Democratic Party's (PDP) dominance had no signs of abating. Ebonyi State Governor Sam Egwu has used patronage to make himself the dominant political figure in the State. Egwu chose previously unheralded Martin Elechi [...]	2007-04-10 10:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS253	PROGRESS ON OIL AND GAS-RELATED LEGISLATION HALTED [...] (SBU) Before the five-week recess was called unexpectedly on March 21 by the National Assembly, observers predicted pending legislation of interest to the oil and gas industry would pass before the legislature adjourned sina die on May 29. Now however, observers decline to predict what bill [...]	2007-04-10 18:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET NI PTER ENERG
07LAGOS254	ABIA STATE GOVERNOR RACE HAS NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff's visit to Abia State on March 29 showed a tight gubernatorial race. Obasanjo adversary Governor Orji Kalu steered the the Progressive People's Alliance (PPA) nomination to his Chief of Staff Theodore Orji, but Orji faces a tough challenge from People's Democratic Party ( [...]	2007-04-11 06:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS260	FORGET FREE & FAIR ELECTIONS; SMALL STEPS TO [...] (C) Summary: The People's Democratic Party (PDP) would take the presidency and most governorships as a result of the elections while the Action Congress (AC) would take the majority of the legislature, predicted Francis Sheen, a Bayelsa State official working on the PDP's presidential campai [...]	2007-04-13 09:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PTER
07LAGOS261	SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST NIGERIAN POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Political violence in the South has been connected to acrimonious local races. The police have been biased against the opposition, and the opposition anticipates the military will show similar bias. The violence has concentrated in the Southwest because of the tight races betwee [...]	2007-04-13 11:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07LAGOS262	AD CALLS FOR ELECTION POSTPONEMENT; QUESTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting with Consul General, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, chairman of the pre-eminent Yoruba social Qganization Afenifere, said there have been no election preparations in Ondo State, and he proposed that the Independent National Election Commission's (INEC) failure coul [...]	2007-04-13 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07LAGOS266	THE "CORE" NIGER DELTA: THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the start of Nigeria's two-tiered election season, it appears that the People's Democratic Party (PDP) will recapture the gubernatorial seats of the three major states of the oil rich Niger Delta. Rivers State Governor Odili, Although still smarting from being pres [...]	2007-04-13 14:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET NI PGOV
07LAGOS269	ELECTION 2007: THE OUTLOOK FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: For the current elections, Southern Nigeria appears to follow the dictum that all politics are local. Greater attention will focus on the state gubernatorial races than on the presidential race. Few people expect a credible exercise. Most expect the People's Democratic Party (PDP [...]	2007-04-13 15:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07LAGOS274	SOUTHEAST PERSPECTIVE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, [...] (C) Summary: A visit to the Southeast states of Ebonyi, Abia, and Imo on March 28-29 showed the essential presidential calculation had not changed. People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Umaru Yar'Adua was expected to win all five states in the presidential vote. However, People's Progres [...]	2007-04-17 06:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS28	UTOMI BELIEVES HE MAY BE A VICE-PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential candidate Pat Utomi told the Consul General his candidacy has resonated within segments of the electorate tired of traditional Nigerian politics, which is more personality-oriented than issue-based. Utomi plans to reach out to voters [...]	2007-01-16 15:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07LAGOS291	PDP DISSONANCE ON GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 21 conversation with the Consul General, Special Advisor to the Foreign Minister, Aminu Wisdom (STRICTLY PROTECT) said the People,s Democratic Party (PDP) was split between two camps with conflicting views of the April 14 gubernatorial elections. Which view ultimately [...]	2007-04-26 11:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM NI
07LAGOS3	BAYELSA GOVERNOR WINS VICE PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Summary: Oronto Douglas, a confidant of Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan, told Poloff early December 18 that Jonathan was chosen to be PDP presidential aspirant Umaru Yar'Adua's running mate because he is well respected among Ijaw leaders such as Chief Edwin Clark, because he has [...]	2007-01-04 15:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS30	LAGOS INCREDULOUS OVER CENSUS RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: For a moment shunting aside the partisan bickering of the election season, Lagosians of all stripes and religious persuasions collectively uttered a hue and cry at the recent national census results. They reject the notion that Kano State is more populous than Lagos. Feeling [...]	2007-01-17 08:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI ECON EAID NI
07LAGOS307	SITREP 2: COMMANDER AFRICA AND MCGUYVER MAY BE [...] (C) Summary: In addition to American citizen John Stapleton, Italian nationals Raffele Pascsariello, Alfonso Frawza, Ignazio Gugliota, Mario Celetano and Croatian national Juricha Ruic were abducted May 1 from a ship owned by a supply company working for Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL). Chevr [...]	2007-05-02 14:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS310	NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT IN YAR'ADUA'S HANDS; [...] (C) Summary: Dimieari Von Kemedi, Program Head of the NGO Our Niger Delta and informal adviser to Vice-President-elect Goodluck Jonathan, told Poloffs that prospects for peace in the Niger Delta region hinge on whether the incoming administration has the political will to spend the time and [...]	2007-05-03 14:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS312	POST-ELECTION MILITANT ACTIVITY ON THE UPSWING [...] Summary: Human rights activist Patrick Naagbanton told Poloff on April 24 militant leaders Soboma George and Ateke Tom reportedly met April 18 to discuss shifting from criminal to politically-motivated attacks. Naagbanton believed Rivers Governor Peter Odili bribed Soboma George and Ateke Tom [...]	2007-05-04 13:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS325	PDP INSIDER: LISTS MENU OF OPTIONS FOR PACIFYING [...] (C) Summary: The People's Democratic Party (PDP) should seek new elections in some areas to appease the political opposition rather than allow the opposition to challenge the party's candidates in court. Judicial challenges would expose the depth of election rigging, Francis Sheen, PDP insi [...]	2007-05-10 07:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS337	SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE THROUGH MARCH [...] This is a roundup of recent incidents representative of the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized according to the sections of the annual Human Right Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables. --------------------------- Section 1 - Re [...]	2007-05-14 12:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB KIRF NI
07LAGOS338	SITREP 10: FIVE AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; ITALIANS [...] (C) Summary: American citizens Kevin Faller, Christopher Gay, Michael Rousell, and Larry Plake, abducted May 8 remain hostages. The hostages' employer, Global Industries, has not met Delta State officials despite several attempts. American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians, and one Croat [...]	2007-05-14 15:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS343	BABANGIDA CONFIDANT FORESEES POST-INAUGURATION [...] (S) Summary: In an April 28 conversation with the Consul General, Professor Ukande Damachi, confidant to former military head of state Ibrahim Babangida, said Babangida and many other former general officers allied to him were furious at the manner the Independent National Electoral Commission [...]	2007-05-15 14:20:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS355	SITREP 13: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Amcit John Stapleton, four Italians, and one Croatian remain hostages. Despite the May 16 attack on Bayelsa Governor Goodluck Jonathan's house, Chevron has decided not to alter its release plan. Secretary to the State Government Dr. Godknows Igali said he was actively pursuing [...]	2007-05-17 15:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS357	NIGERIA: PRIVATE SECTOR SPEAKS OUT ON IPR, [...] Summary: Since 2004, Nigeria has seen a proliferation of Chinese-operated optical disc (OD) pirating factories. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has pressed for more effective enforcement and new legislation to make piracy as difficult as possible for these op [...]	2007-05-18 14:44:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ETRD KIPR NI
07LAGOS359	SITREP 14: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; MEDS [...] (C) Summary: Chevron's six expatriate employees, American citizen John Stapleton, one Croatian and four Italians, begin their eighteenth day as hostages. Dr. Godknows Igali, Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, continues to use SIPDIS other militant groups to pressure Victor Ebikabow [...]	2007-05-18 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS362	SITREP 15: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; KIDNAPPERS [...] (C) Summary: Chevron's six expatriate employees, American citizen John Stapleton, one Croatian and four Italians, kidnapped May 1 remain hostages. The abductors have complained Chevron's welfare packages are too small; the company plans to deliver another package of medication, water, and a [...]	2007-05-21 16:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS38	6 FILIPINOS KIDNAPPED, AMCITS & BRITS NEXT, [...] (C) Summary. Six Filipino nationals were taken hostage from a vessel near Okerenkoko in Delta State on January 20. The following day, militants met in Okerenkoko and agreed to target American and British citizens for kidnapping, a security source and local newspapers reported. Governor Jame [...]	2007-01-22 17:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER CASC NI
07LAGOS388	WITH EVIDENT FRUSTRATION, OYO STATE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: During a May 9 visit by Poloff to Ibadan, interlocutors expressed their consternation over how the recent elections were conducted while the opposition discussed their support for the electoral tribunals. All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) gubernatorial candidate Abiola Ajimobi pl [...]	2007-05-25 12:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS392	CIVIL SOCIETY SEEKS TO ENGAGE THE POPULACE TO JOIN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 21 meeting with Poloff, Chairman of the Coalition for Democracy and Rule of Law (CODERL) and Pronaco Media and Publicity Director Wale Okunniyi discussed the election, Pronaco's proposed new constitution, and plans for future protests. Civil society organizations will pa [...]	2007-05-25 16:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07LAGOS399	SITREP 22: MEND ATTACKS KIDNAPPERS; 8 AMCITS [...] (C) Summary: Global Industries (GI) believes its four American employees are now under militant leader Tom Polo's custody and there could be a May 30 release. Three American citizens kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25 remain hostage but are well, Amcit Shane McMorris said on M [...]	2007-05-30 15:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS414	RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR INDIVIDUAL STATES [...] (U) Summary: On May 24, risk analysis firm Economic Associates organized a seminar during which Country and State Risk Analyst, Economic Associates, Olly Owen, presented a risk-assessment tool developed by Economic Associates that rates all 36 Nigerian states on economic, societal, political, [...]	2007-06-01 16:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS439	ELECTION TRIBUNALS GET UNDERWAY IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In several states of Southern Nigeria, the election tribunals are underway. The expectation is the tribunals will begin deciding cases in the next few months. The opposition hopes the recent independent decisions by the judiciary will continue in the election tribunals, and ov [...]	2007-06-08 16:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07LAGOS44	DELTA STATE: IJAWS' FRUSTRATION INCREASES [...] (C) Summary: In a January 6 conversation with Consul General, Ijaw businessman Joseph Penawou warned of the feud starting to percolate between Delta State Governor Ibori and the Ijaw community in Warri. According to Penawou, the lack of political concessions to the Ijaw community has embittered [...]	2007-01-23 11:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS442	SITREP 31: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE; GOVERNOR [...] (C) American citizens Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris and Richard Moore, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino and one Nigerian national kidnapped offshore Bayelsa State on May 25 remain hostage. On June 11, TransCoastal (TCO) reported there has been "no real change" to the si [...]	2007-06-11 15:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS452	DELTA STATE GOVERNOR TO SEEK AMNESTY FOR MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, a Delta State government official, told Poloff that Ijaw militants in Delta State offered their support to current Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan when he was campaigning in the state in April. Many militants want to leave the creeks and r [...]	2007-06-15 14:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS459	ASARI'S RELEASE IS NOT A PANACEA FOR THE NIGER [...] (C) Summary: Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader, Dokubo Asari, was released on bail by the Abuja High Court on June 14. Despite the release of 10 Indian national hostages on June 15, militants have warned the federal government and multinational companies that Asari's release [...]	2007-06-20 13:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS48	SELECTION OF PDP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CAUSES RIFT [...] (C) Summary: Many influential PDP members were stunned by President Obasanjo,s unalloyed, convention-eve endorsement of Katsina Governor Umaru Yar,Adua as PDP presidential candidate, presidential advisor Lawal Batagarawa told Consul General. Obasanjo,s somewhat Delphic selection of Yar,Adua, a [...]	2007-01-24 09:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS485	VP JONATHAN MEETS MILITANT & COMMUNITY LEADERS IN [...] (C) Summary: On June 28, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan visited the Gbaramatu riverine community in Delta State and discussed ways forward with militant and traditional leaders. An Ijaw youth leader from Delta State offered prescriptive efforts the government could take to bring peace to th [...]	2007-07-02 15:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS493	POLITICAL INSIDER ON NIGER DELTA & EFCC [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Oronto Douglas, human rights lawyer and confidant of Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, said Jonathan will continue to meet with Delta and Bayelsa state militants throughout July in order to gain community input on how to improve the Niger Delta. The Niger Delta Develo [...]	2007-07-10 11:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS494	PROSPECTS FOR POWER SECTOR REMAIN DIM [...] Summary: At an American Business Council (ABC) meeting on May 28, Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC),Ransome Owan, discussed plans for the Nigerian power sector. To an audience of professionals in the private sector, including stakeholders such as General Electr [...]	2007-07-10 13:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS506	SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR JUNE 2007 [...] (U) Summary: This cable is a summary of recent political events in the Southern Nigeria political region. End summary. -------------------------------------- Popular South East Party Conspicuously Absent from Unity Government Proposal -------------------------------------- 2. (C) Cons [...]	2007-07-17 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS525	OYO STATE FACES A SUMMER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) Summary: Poloff's visit to Oyo State showed Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala enjoying no political honeymoon following his election in the controversial April poll. The civil service is on strike and after an outburst of violence between strikers and transport workers loyal to Akala, attempts [...]	2007-07-26 13:04:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS526	MASSOB PRESSES FOR UWAZURUIKE'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) explained to Poloff the case of their detained leader, Ralph Uwazuruike, in prison on treason charges. MASSOB claimed President Umaru Yar'Adua should release Uwazuruike as he has rele [...]	2007-07-26 13:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS54	SHOUTING IN THE EAR OF A DEAF GOVERNMENT: [...] (C) Summary: Bunkerers tapping into crude oil pipelines, vandalized refineries too costly and dangerous to repair or maintain, organized looting of downstream pipelines, complicated import procedures that encourage corruption and force importers to bear the costs of the fuel price subsidy, c [...]	2007-01-26 12:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER NI
07LAGOS549	BANKING SECTOR EXPANDS; PRIVATE EQUITY "DOES" DEVELOPMENT [...] On July 17, Trina Rand, International Economist, and Michael Ruffner, Director, Office of Technical Assistance, U.S. Department of Treasury, met with a series of representatives of the financial sector to discuss macroeconomic health and developments in the banking sector since consolidation. C [...]	2007-08-02 15:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS565	CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVE ARGUES MASS VOTER [...] (C) Summary: Civil society activist Abiodun Aremu of the United Action for Democracy (UAD) told Poloff there was a failure to protest the April elections because of sparse voter education and widespread apathy toward the elections and politics in general. Aremu contended that civil society s [...]	2007-08-09 10:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07LAGOS570	NIGERIA: Exxon Official Highlights Threats and [...] (U) Summary: An Exxon Mobil Official confirmed that 500,000 - 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil is currently shut-in in the Niger Delta. The cost of rig renting has risen from USD 40,000 - 50,000 to approximately USD 200,000 per day, while a Niger Delta security premium of 10 - 40 percent ha [...]	2007-08-14 10:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SOCI NI
07LAGOS571	DOE A/S HARBERT'S DAY IN LAGOS: GAS, OIL, POWER, [...] (C) Summary: On July 18, Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Karen Harbert SIPDIS met with Lagos business representatives from the power, gas, oil, and oil services sectors to assess the situation and hear energy companies' concerns. International [...]	2007-08-14 11:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL NI
07LAGOS575	GOVERNOR OBI'S SUMMER OF OPTIMISM IN ANAMBRA STATE [...] (C) Summary: In a July 30 visit by Pol-econ chief to Anambra State, Governor Peter Obi optimistically believed with the court cases finally resolved in his favor, now was the time for Anambra State to be the "Light of the Nation". Political observers agree that Obi has an opening to transform [...]	2007-08-15 11:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS58	TRAFFIC STOP OF FUGITIVE SOBOMA GEORGE LEADS TO [...] (C) Summary: After the inadvertent arrest of their leader, Soboma George, a band of armed criminal militants attacked at least one police station in Port Harcourt. Details are sketchy and we have in hand conflicting reports whether George escaped. Apparently, the melee resulted in some casu [...]	2007-01-29 16:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG ASEC PTER KCRM NI
07LAGOS580	EBONYI STATE EXPERIENCES A SEAMLESS TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary: In a July 31 visit by Pol-econ chief to Ebonyi State, Governor Martin Elechi praised U.S. involvement in Nigeria and cited his top priorities as reforming the civil service and promoting development. Some observers contended Elechi's bureaucratic experience and acumen would bene [...]	2007-08-17 14:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS602	NIGERIA ANNOUNCES REORGANIZATION OF ENERGY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 29, the Government of Nigeria announced the decision to "unbundle" the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and to create five new independent agencies. International oil companies (IOCs) were aware of the plan to restructure, but did not expect it to take p [...]	2007-08-30 15:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG PGOV NI
07LAGOS609	A LOOK BACK: OBASANJO REVIEWS HIS PRESIDENCY WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an August 21 meeting with HIRC Africa Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne, former President Olusegun Obasanjo said he would attend former President Clinton's Global Institute from September 26-28, dates which coincide with the second week of plenary sessions of the U.N. General Ass [...]	2007-09-05 10:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO NI
07LAGOS621	NIGER DELTA NGOS WARN FG ON IJAW FOCUS; CARMEN [...] (C) Summary: While Niger Delta militants have been in dialogue with the Federal and state governments, non-violent and non-Ijaw groups said they feel left out and have threatened to turn to violence to make their voices heard. In Delta State, a U.S. company leads a private-public venture inte [...]	2007-09-11 10:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS624	SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR JULY/AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: Musings on the national political scene. Imo State Governor appoints Iwu family members. MASSOB leaders dismiss Yar'Adua's promise to pay Biafran pensions as propaganda. Some biographical tidbits on the new ministers. End summary. --------------------------------- Musings o [...]	2007-09-12 08:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR NI
07LAGOS631	LAGOS BAKERS ASSOCIATION ENDS BREAD STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: Small and medium-sized bakeries in southern Nigeria ended their strike over rising wheat prices. Post-strike prices for a loaf of bread have risen 33 percent. While no violence accompanied the strike, it served to highlight the continuing economic squeeze felt by the average Ni [...]	2007-09-18 14:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SOCI NI
07LAGOS633	WHO WILL GET NIGERIA'S NATURAL GAS? [...] XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX PLEASE ZFR IMI ZFR LAGOS 0633 IMI 0633 AND BLANK ALL ASSOCIATED MCNS, AND NEW MSG WILL BE SEND WITH NEW MCN AND MRN.XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ZFR ZFR [...]	2007-09-19 13:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENERG PGOV NI
07LAGOS64	NIGER DELTA:"STATE OF INSURRECTION" PART II [...] (C) Summary: During a January 21 conversation with the Consul General, Bayelsa State Secretary Godknows Igali stressed that the activity of militant groups in the Niger Delta was approximating a "state of insurrection." Amending previous estimates of aggregate militant strength, Igali asserted [...]	2007-02-02 07:57:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS640	WHO WILL GET NIGERIA'S NATURAL GAS? (CORRECTED [...] (C) Summary: Godwin Billy Agha, Deputy Director, Gas Division, Department of Petroleum Resources told Pol-Econ Chief that the Government of Nigeria (GON) has shifted its priorities from gas to export to gas for domestic use. Currently, there is not enough gas to feed into export projects awai [...]	2007-09-20 15:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG PGOV NI

07LAGOS644	RUMORS SURFACE ABOUT FUTURE OF NIGERIAN LNG PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: The head of a major gas project in Nigeria says there are indications that plans for the OK liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant will not proceed. He also said new gas tax legislation could cripple future gas exploration and production in Nigeria. A Shell managing director reports [...]	2007-09-24 15:20:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
07LAGOS653	PRIVATIZATION LEADERS PRAISE PREVIOUS USG [...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) expressed their appreciation for US Trade and Development Agency (TDA) support in Nigeria, but noted that American financial assistance for privatization had c [...]	2007-09-26 10:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
07LAGOS654	NIGERIA: SECOND PHASE OF BANK CONSOLIDATION UNDERWAY [...] (U) Summary: Another phase of bank consolidation in the wake of successful recapitalization of banks in 2005 pursuant to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) banking reform is underway. Many banks are going to the stock market to raise capital. Banks which had criticized the CBN directive to recap [...]	2007-09-26 14:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI
07LAGOS663	NIGERIA SEEKS ADVICE FROM PRESTIGIOUS ECONOMIC, [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Theodore Craig, Office of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State, Mansur Ahmed, Managing Director of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and Wole Olanipekun, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, said President Yar'Adua has asked advice from [...]	2007-10-05 10:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
07LAGOS667	NIGERIA THREATENS FINES ON GAS FLARING; PROPOSES [...] (SBU) Summary: A World Bank workshop on gas flaring in Nigeria turned into a discussion on possible increases in prices for export natural gas. The Nigerian government accused oil companies of dragging their feet on eliminating gas flaring and said stiff fines would be imposed at the start of [...]	2007-10-05 15:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET SENV NI
07LAGOS672	LAGOS COMMISSIONERS ON SECURITY & DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Theodore Craig, Office of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State, two Lagos State Commissioners explained that relations between Lagos Governor Fashola and President Yar'Adua are strong, that Yar'Adua has agreed to expand a major expressway from four to 16 la [...]	2007-10-10 15:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS685	NIGERIA'S EDO STATE RIVEN OVER TRIBUNALS, LG ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal has been sitting daily to expedite proceedings, but has no jurisdiction to hear complaints alleging violent intimidation of witnesses. Edo State opposition parties will boycott November local government elections. Sitting Governor Osunbor' [...]	2007-10-19 14:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07LAGOS690	MOSOP PRESIDENT: EFCC MUST CHARGE CORRUPT [...] (C) Summary: The relative calm in Port Harcourt, Rivers State is misleading as state government officials have contributed to the violence, rather than decreased it. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) must hold government officials responsible for corruption and complicity i [...]	2007-10-22 13:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM NI
07LAGOS697	NIGERIA'S OIL REGULATOR ON SECTOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's petroleum regulatory chief said the government will give its interests in oil production joint ventures to a newly formed national oil company. Costs for building the OK liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant have increased significantly and he said the plant's future is in [...]	2007-10-24 12:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
07LAGOS712	MILITANT LEADER DOKUBO ASARI EXPOSES OKAH AS A [...] (C) In mid-October militant leader Dokubo Asari circulated a letter exposing Henry Okah's arms trafficking activities and connections in a self-proclaimed effort to separate criminality from the Niger Delta struggle. (Note: According to security sources, this letter was intended only for Ija [...]	2007-10-30 14:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM NI
07LAGOS719	NIGERIA: NEW RIVERS GOVERNOR REINVENTS HIMSELF BUT [...] (C) Summary: Recently inaugurated Governor Amaechi of Rivers State has pledged to fight corruption and promised to pressent a bill creating a Due Process and Public Procurement Commission to the legislature. After having been sidelined by the People's Democratic Party for six months, Amaechi [...]	2007-11-01 13:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS727	CITIBANK NIGERIA: CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONSTRAINS LENDING. [...] (U) Summary: Citibank, the only U.S. bank operating in Nigeria, believes corporate lending is constrained by difficulty in enforcing contracts. Retail banks have difficulty verifying customers' identity and credit worthiness; to get around these problems, they lend to civil servants and employe [...]	2007-11-07 15:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS737	NIGERIA: NORTH AMERICAN AIRLINES CHIEF SEES MARKET GROWING [...] (U) Summary: North American Airlines (NAA) Chief Henry Seymour says NAA's code share arrangement with Virgin Nigeria will continue until March 2008, when Virgin will begin flights to the United States. Delta Airlines begins flights to Nigeria in December and Continental Airlines hopes to begin [...]	2007-11-13 08:40:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON NI
07LAGOS750	A POSSIBLE STRUCTURE FOR A NEW NIGERIAN OIL SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides an initial view of plans by the government of Nigeria (GON) to reorganize its petroleum sector and national oil company. No official plan has been announced publicly. Clarification may come in February 2008, but the actual implementation is expected to take [...]	2007-11-21 10:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
07LAGOS752	NIGERIA'S UBA PARTNERS CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (U) Summary: United Bank for Africa (UBA) is in partnership with China Development Bank (CDB) to fund Chinese investments in two trade zones, and in infrastructure and energy projects. UBA, which believes it currently has 20% of Nigeria's retail banking market, introduced a phone card that doub [...]	2007-11-21 15:04:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS767	NIGERIA: LOWER NIGERIAN TARIFFS COULD REDUCE [...] SUMMARY: At a recent lunch meeting, representatives of Pfizer, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard (HP),and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) discussed common obstacles their industries face in enforcing intellectual property rights (IPR) in Nigeria. While the lack of [...]	2007-12-03 06:01:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR PGOV NI
07LAGOS768	NIGERIA: CUSTOMS CUMBERSOME BUT AVIATION HANDLING [...] (SBU) Summary: Local logistics company executives said internal Nigerian customs disputes contribute to the slow pace of the customs clearance process. Despite the cumbersome Nigerian customs process, the company is expanding their operations at the local airport. End Summary. ----------- [...]	2007-12-03 06:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EINV NI
07LAGOS769	NIGERIA: ITSEKIRI TAKE UP ARMS; MILITANTS SEEK TO [...] (C) Summary: The Itsekiri in Delta State have created the Niger Delta Survival Front, a militant body through which they reportedly hope to exert pressure on Chevron; however, an Ijaw contact believes this body will remain weak due to limited resources and the small geographic territory inhab [...]	2007-12-03 14:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS774	Nigeria: First Bank Chief Fears Banks Over Capitalized [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Bank insistence that only banks with USD 1 billion in capital will manage Nigeria's foreign reserves may have resulted in some banks being over-capitalized for their current operations and lead to bad loans. The Managing Director (MD) of First Bank, Nigeria's oldest bank [...]	2007-12-05 13:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON NI
07LAGOS8	NGO ACTIVIST: OGONI SYMPATHY FOR VIOLENT APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: Violence as a vehicle to express frustration at the lack of economic development in Rivers State is gaining sympathy within the Ogoni community and will be compounded by a likely upsurge in political violence surrounding the 2007 elections, warned environmental and human rights a [...]	2007-01-08 14:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB EPET PGOV PINR NI
07LAGOS89	TINUBU CHARTS THE AC'S COURSE IN THE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In a January 29 conversation with the Consul General, Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu stated he would suggest to his old friend Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to step down from the presidential race. Tinubu thinks his friend's chances are nil given the strength of presidential enmity [...]	2007-02-07 15:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS95	STATE OF EMERGENCY BRINGS SOME CALM TO EKITI STATE [...] (C) Summary. Although controversial, President Obasanjo's declaration in October 2006 of a state of emergency in Ekiti State has provided citizens a respite from the State's tumultuous political climate. Special Administrator Tunji Olurin has brought some order to Ekiti. However, the party [...]	2007-02-09 07:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07LAHORE671	ROUND-UPS UNDERWAY IN PUNJAB [...] (S) Summary: Normalcy still prevails in Lahore and throughout the Punjab in the wake of the suspension of the constitution. Reports are surfacing, however, that the police are conducting sweeps against key opponents of the government. Punjabi opposition leaders, lawyers and civil society eleme [...]	2007-11-04 15:59:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET	PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK
07LAHORE722	PML-N TO COMPETE IN SPITE OF ADPM ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The nephews of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif indicated November 30 that PML-N will participate in January 8 elections regardless of recent press coverage and public statements. We would not be surprised, however, if Nawaz milks the threat of a boycott a b [...]	2007-11-30 17:08:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK
07LAHORE733	IT'S OFFICIAL--THE PML-N WILL COMPETE IN ELECTIONS [...] (S) On December 9 in Lahore the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced it will participate in upcoming elections in the wake of the failure of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) to reach a consensus on whether or not to boycott the upcoming legislative elections. According to R [...]	2007-12-10 14:43:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET	PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK
07LAPAZ103	COCHABAMBA: JANUARY 13-14 UPDATE [...] (SBU) Prefect Manfred Reyes Villa remained in Santa Cruz through January 15, stating security conditions did not permit his return to Cochabamba. He dropped his call for a new autonomy referendum, but a large contingent of pro-MAS groups continued protests in Cochabamba's main square over th [...]	2007-01-16 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1038	NATIONAL ELECTORAL COURT ON POSSIBLE ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a April 10 meeting with the Ambassador, National Electoral Court (CNE) President Salvador Romero said there is "complete uncertainty" regarding possible electoral events related to the Constituent Assembly (CA),including referendums on controversial constitutional changes and a final r [...]	2007-04-13 19:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1083	SOFA NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE [...] (C) This message contains an urgent action request (paragraph 4). 2. (C) Poloff and Milgroup Commander met with the MFA's Director of Special Affairs Unit Mireya Duran and U.S. desk officer April 18 to convey that the United States cannot accept any changes to the terms of the diplomatic no [...]	2007-04-18 18:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS BL
07LAPAZ1150	NEGATIVE PR MAY BLOCK COMMUNITARIAN JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: On January 1, President Morales proposed a law to create a formal, legally binding communitarian justice system (reftel). The Constituent Assembly has yet to debate the communitarian justice law, but there is already significant opposition to the proposal. Although the death pen [...]	2007-04-25 18:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1166	DONATED VENEZUELAN TRACTORS CANNOT BE USED [...] (U) Several press reports throughout the month of April have noted that over 300 Venezuelan-Iranian-made tractors donated to municipalities throughout Bolivia over the past few months by Venezuela under the auspices of the People's Trade Agreement (TCP) and the Bolivarian Alternative for the A [...]	2007-04-26 17:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ1167	DCM TRIP TO POTOSI AND SUCRE [...] (C) The DCM traveled to Potosi and Sucre April 23-25 to inaugurate USAID projects and meet with key political figures. Potosi Mayor Rene Joaquino (often touted as a potential rival to President Morales) told the DCM that although the economy is booming, the city receives no mining revenues, [...]	2007-04-26 17:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1366	PM DAS COULTER VISIT TO BOLIVIA [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Michael Coulter, as well as WHA/FO Sr. Advisor Giovanni Snidle, PM desk officer Jeff Burnett, and Lt. Col. Daniel McDonald of the Office of the Secretary of Defense visited Bolivia May 9-10 in response to the positive overtures made [...]	2007-05-16 19:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS PHUM BL
07LAPAZ1389	FEJUVE EL ALTO REACHES OUT TO EMBASSY [...] (SBU) At the invitation of the FEJUVE El Alto (El Alto neighborhood committee) supported foundation "Cha'amachasipxanani" (roughly 'we will work together' in Aymara),Emboffs attended a meeting on May 16 with representatives of politically powerful civic organizations including current and pa [...]	2007-05-21 14:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1394	DCM'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (SBU) At a ninety minute lunch at the DCM's residence on May 14, Minister of Defense (MOD) Walker San Miguel expressed confidence that the GOB would make its 5,000-8,000 hectare eradication target this year. He suggested that the USG and GOB negotiate an agreement regarding transport via DEA [...]	2007-05-22 15:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR MARR MASS MOPS PHUM BL
07LAPAZ1403	FENCOMIN CONSIDERING FORMING OWN POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) At the request of the National Federation of Cooperative Miners of Bolivia (FENCOMIN),Emboffs met with FENCOMIN President Andres Villca Daza and Press Relations Coordinator Jose Antonio Condori on May 18. This is the first time in some time that FENCOMIN has approached the Embassy, and [...]	2007-05-22 18:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1571	BOLIVIAN JUDICIARY GOES ON FIRST STRIKE EVER [...] (C) Summary: On Tuesday June 5, in the first known strike to affect Bolivia's court system, 2,900 judicial branch employees stayed home. The strike was a response to President Evo Morales' repeated rhetorical attacks on the judiciary. The stoppage provoked mixed reactions among Bolivia's publi [...]	2007-06-06 20:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ160	BOLIVARIAN POLICIES UNDERCUT BOLIVIA'S [...] (SBU) The GOB issued a supreme decree on January 1 to establish a state development bank to provide subsidized, low-rate credits to small businesses associated with social organizations. Although according to the decree, the development bank will be a second-tier institution, rather than a fi [...]	2007-01-23 16:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID BL
07LAPAZ167	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DORIA MEDINA AND UN PARTY [...] (C) On January 20, National Unity (UN) party leader Samuel Doria Medina and several UN party officials told the Ambassador, DCM, and Ecopol officers they believe cooperation among opposition political parties has improved, although obstacles remain to close coordination. Doria Medina claimed [...]	2007-01-23 20:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1675	TARIJA LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT STATE OF AFFAIRS [...] (C) Tarija political and business leaders expressed pessimism and a growing concern about the state of Bolivian affairs in a June 14 meeting with Emboff. The president of the Tarija Civic Committee, president of the Tarija Chamber of Commerce, and the governor's chief of staff all predicted [...]	2007-06-18 20:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1718	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: SEVEN COMMISSIONS FILE [...] (U) Despite a June 21 deadline only seven of the Constituent Assembly's twenty-one commissions issued their final reports. Of the seven, only the Coca and Rural Development commissions have issued consensus reports, while the other five commissions have each issued majority and minority repor [...]	2007-06-25 12:04:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM KDEM BL
07LAPAZ1739	PRESIDENT MORALES ASKS FOR SUPPORT IN OVERTURNING [...] SUMMARY: Bolivian President Evo Morales hosted a breakfast June 21 for Ambassadors/Charges from countries represented on FIFA,s (the International Soccer Federation's) governing board to seek support for overturning FIFA's May 27 ban on international matches above 2,500 meters. Vice President [...]	2007-06-25 21:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BL SCUL
07LAPAZ1811	PRESIDENT MORALES' "SUCCESSFUL" TRIP TO SWITZERLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: While President Morales has publicly claimed that his trip to Switzerland was a success, post has learned from the Swiss delegation in La Paz that he may have alienated more people than he befriended and even put at risk future Swiss assistance with his delegations' disorganization [...]	2007-07-02 15:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1812	COCHABAMBA CIVIC COMMITTEE ASKS FOR HELP [...] (C) On June 28, members of the Cochabamba civic committee met with the Ambassador and DCM to voice their fears over what they call the MAS' "anti-democratic" agenda. The committee's Cochabamba-specific concerns include GOB budget cuts, failure of the GOB to deliver on infrastructure projects, [...]	2007-07-02 16:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1860	HUANUNI MINERS DEMAND AUTONOMY AND HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) Huanuni's miners are blocking roads between La Paz, Oruro, Potosi, and Cochabamba (note: reports as of 1745 indicate that the police have broken the blockades using teargas.) Press coverage has been unsympathetic, focusing on the suffering of average Bolivians stranded in bus stations an [...]	2007-07-05 22:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EMIN ECON BL
07LAPAZ1862	DINH AFFAIR FALL-OUT UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's Fourth of July reception was marked by a lower turnout of high-level Bolivian officials compared to last year's. This appears to have been the result of a conscious GOB decision after the Donna Dinh affair (reftels). The most senior current GOB official to atten [...]	2007-07-06 12:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1877	BOLIVIA'S EASTERN DEPARTMENTS DEFINE AUTONOMY [...] (SBU) To celebrate the one year anniversary of their vote in favor of "autonomy" large crowds gathered in the department capitals of Bolivia's four eastern departments on July 2. Each of the four departments also unveiled their unilaterally formulated "Autonomy Statutes." The statutes, essen [...]	2007-07-06 21:47:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ189	HYDROCARBONS INVESTORS STILL CAUTIOUS [...] (SBU) According to Bolivian state oil company YPFB's Presidential Adviser Evert Villena, four natural gas production companies, including two with U.S. investment, were awarded Argentine market share in a mid-January bidding process held to drum up company commitments to fulfill the gas supply [...]	2007-01-25 17:34:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
07LAPAZ1928	HUANUNI UPDATE: MARCH ON LA PAZ OR MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) After deadlocked meetings with the ministers of mining and labor, Huanuni's state-salaried miners were driven from their road blockades by police July 6. The miners retreated with 14 wounded but swore to continue their protests with a march on La Paz. According to press accounts, the po [...]	2007-07-11 20:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN ECON BL
07LAPAZ1940	HUANUNI UPDATE: BACK TO WORK [...] (SBU) After more than a week of lost production, the state-salaried miners at Huanuni returned to work July 12. Both sides are claiming victory, but it seems that the GOB made significant concessions to the protesters (including dropping charges against those who had attempted to enter La Paz [...]	2007-07-13 14:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN ECON BL
07LAPAZ1976	COOPERATIVE MINERS MARCH ON LA PAZ AND PLAN TO [...] Press reports indicate that thousands of cooperative miners arrived the morning of July 17 in El Alto on their way to La Paz. On orders from the Ministry of Government and Ministry of Defense, the police and military are searching all vehicles entering La Paz in an attempt to seize explosive [...]	2007-07-18 05:49:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EMIN BL
07LAPAZ1991	POLICE CONFRONT MINERS, GOB ACCUSES INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) The police are continuing to confront cooperative (i.e. independent) miners in El Alto and La Paz with tear gas, and the leaders of the cooperatives are now speaking of "arming" themselves in an ongoing struggle. The national federation of cooperative miners (FENCOMIN) has stated that the [...]	2007-07-19 13:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ1993	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S AND PDAS SHAPIRO'S MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a one-day visit to La Paz July 11, PDAS Charles Shapiro and Ambassador Goldberg met with Foreign Minister Choquehuanca and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera to review bilateral relations. Shapiro laid down a strong marker that better bilateral relations require rhetorical [...]	2007-07-19 14:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2020	LA PAZ "UNITY" DEMONSTRATION [...] (SBU) Local press and opinion makers are touting the July 20th demonstration (cabildo) in El Alto as a complete success. Logistically the event was a success, with no violence and only a few minor injuries. Numerically the event was a success: over a million people attended, with some esti [...]	2007-07-23 22:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ21	CORRECTED COPY-AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador met separately with Vice Foreign Minister Maurico Dorfler and Vice President Garcia Linera (Septel) on January 3 to discuss the GOB's presidential decrees requiring all American citizens to obtain Bolivian visas. The Ambassador acknowledged that the GOB is within its righ [...]	2007-01-05 15:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2112	COMRADE CHAVEZ'S CHECKS COVER THE COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Over the past week, President Morales has handed out Venezuelan checks or goods amounting to over USD 18 million. During a July 31 visit to Oruro where he delivered over USD two million in Venezuelan aid checks President Morales likened Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to Simon Bolivar. [...]	2007-08-01 22:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2217	TAX CHANGES POSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR U.S. MINE [...] (C) On August 1, Ambassador Goldberg met with executives from Apex Silver, Sumitomo Corporation, and San Cristobal mine (which is jointly owned by Apex and Sumitomo) to discuss the future of the mine and the impact of the proposed changes to Bolivia's mining code and tax regime. The outlook is [...]	2007-08-13 19:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ2333	PUNCHES AND PROTESTS IN CONGRESS AND SUCRE [...] (C) Fisticuffs in Congress forced the opposition and ruling party Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) delegates to retreat to separate buildings on August 22. The MAS delegates were later reconvened in the Vice Presidential offices and voted by "majority of those present" (that is, the majority [...]	2007-08-23 19:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2385	DEPSEC'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH BOLIVIAN VP [...] (C) Although the Morales government states it wants good relations with the United States, officials often use anti-U.S. rhetoric to distract from domestic problems, as when the Bolivian government recently groundlessly accused the United States of financing opposition groups. The key areas of [...]	2007-08-29 21:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV EMIN SNAR BL
07LAPAZ2400	OPPOSITION, OTHERS DEFEND US AID [...] (U) Following Minister of the Presidency Quintana's August 29 attacks on USAID in which he accused the USG of supporting the opposition and told USAID to get in line with government policies or leave the country, the opposition, NGOs and pundits are defending USAID and criticizing the governmen [...]	2007-08-30 21:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM EAID BL
07LAPAZ2442	MORALES CHECKED AS JUSTICES REINSTATED [...] (C) The opposition-controlled senate voted on September 5 to reinstate the four Constitutional Tribunal judges that the government MAS party controlled lower house had suspended on August 22. The suspension of the judges had ceated a void that could have enabled Morales' MAS party to ram thr [...]	2007-09-05 22:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2456	BOLIVIA MOVING TOWARDS FORMALIZING TIES WITH IRAN [...] (U) Bolivian press reported that President Evo Morales signed a commercial agreement September 5 with Iran's Ambassador to Venezuela Abdulat Zisan (alternate "Zifan") for the establishment of six milk processing plants. Morales noted the "historic" commercial agreement would be a start toward [...]	2007-09-06 23:03:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2467	BOLIVIAN GAS: THE PRESSURE IS BUILDING [...] (SBU) The first signs of an emerging crisis in the Bolivian gas sector are becoming apparent. Gas supply can no longer meet current contractual obligations. Production has fallen to 38.3MMm3/d and contractual obligations are up to 39.4MMm3/d. Moreover, investment in the sector is tentative [...]	2007-09-10 12:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EPET BL
07LAPAZ2500	BOLIVIA ANNOUNCES FORMAL TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca dropped the other shoe September 11 after both he and President Evo Morales hinted at pursuing formal diplomatic relations with Iran the previous week (reftel). Choquehuanca announced diplomatic relations with Iran at the end of a pre [...]	2007-09-11 23:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2501	SUCRE SOCIAL SUMMIT - MORE BOMBAST THAN TURNOUT [...] (SBU) Pro-government groups held their planned "Social Summit" on September 10 in Sucre to rally support for the embattled Constituent Assembly, but the gathering was a failure given that only twelve percent of the expected 100,000 people attended. Despite fiery speeches where participants [...]	2007-09-11 23:33:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2520	LA PAZ INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Response keyed to paragraph 5 of reftel. Bolivia is one of ten western hemisphere countries covered in the Department of State's Supporting Human Rights and Democracy (SHRD) report. Embassy La Paz's human rights and democracy programs are covered in detail in the 2006 report. The re [...]	2007-09-14 05:31:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BL
07LAPAZ259	MOD MEETING READOUT, COUNTERRORISM CONFERENCE [...] (C) The National Defense University (NDU),via its Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS),co-sponsored a January 23-25 security and defense workshop which focused on counter-terrorism (CT) in La Paz with the Ministry of Defense. Participants identified the top four threats to Bolivian [...]	2007-02-01 21:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS MOPS BL
07LAPAZ2607	POTOSI MAYOR: A POTENTIAL CHALLENGER TO EVO? [...] (C) On September 18, Emboffs visited Potosi Mayor Rene Juaquino who is emerging as a potential (albeit long-shot for now) alternative to President Evo Morales. Juaquino who is Quechua, the largest indigenous group in Bolivia, is considered by most observers a very effective politician and c [...]	2007-09-26 14:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2647	SUCRE'S STATUS COULD KILL CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Emboffs recently held separate meetings with three of Sucre city and Chuquisaca department's leading figures; discussions focused on: the fate of the Constituent Assembly, the likelihood of a referendum on returning Sucre to full capital status, and the Prefect's surprise reversal of his [...]	2007-10-01 20:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PINR BL
07LAPAZ2674	BOLIVIA UNDERMINING MINING: MORE STATE INVOLVEMENT? [...] (C) In the "exposition of motives" of the draft mining code that is circulating in the Bolivian mining sector but has not been formally submitted to Congress, mining companies are given one year from the promulgation of the new code to sign joint-venture contracts with the state-owned Bolivian [...]	2007-10-03 20:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ2700	BOLIVIA: LATEST FLAP DEFUSED [...] (C) Following a series of continuing verbal attacks on the United States over the past few weeks, including President Morales's UNGA speech asking that the UN be taken out of the United States, the Ambassador when asked what he made of a campaign to move the U.N., said that after all these a [...]	2007-10-06 00:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
07LAPAZ2714	DFM INVOKES IRAN-CONTRA TO JUSTIFY VISA ON AMCITS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 22:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PREL PINR BL
07LAPAZ2716	DFM INVOKES IRAN-CONTRA TO JUSTIFY VISA ON AMCITS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 10:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PREL PINR BL
07LAPAZ2725	EVO JUST SAYS NO TO U.S. ANTI-DRUG FORCES [...] (U) Following on comments he made October 8 about implementing a constitutional ban on U.S. bases (reftel),Bolivian President Evo Morales unveiled plans October 9 to end cooperation "soon" with U.S. military elements providing support to Bolivian counter-narcotics forces. He said it was a q [...]	2007-10-10 21:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2726	EVO JUST SAYS NO TO U.S. ANTI-DRUG FORCES [...] (U) Following on comments he made October 8 about implementing a constitutional ban on U.S. bases (reftel),Bolivian President Evo Morales unveiled plans October 9 to end cooperation "soon" with U.S. military elements providing support to Bolivian counter-narcotics forces. He said it was a q [...]	2007-10-10 21:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2730	USDA IN BOLIVIA: FEEDING CHILDREN, FORTIFYING [...] (SBU) Since 2005, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has donated about $7.3 million through NGOs to Bolivia. One program provides a daily hot meal to approximately 20%-25% of rural school children in the nation. The program has helped build school greenhouses, chicken coup [...]	2007-10-11 16:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
07LAPAZ2758	POTOSI: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE PERIPHERY [...] (U) Potosi, Bolivia's south-western department (or state),with Argentina to the south and Chile to the west, is focused on mining and tourism as its best options for escaping the poverty that afflicts most of its population. Despite the historic wealth of the mining sector in Potosi, prospec [...]	2007-10-15 15:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV EIND PINR PGOV KCRM KIPR BL
07LAPAZ2777	GOVERNMENT UPS THE ANTE WITH NEW SOCIAL PROGRAM [...] (U) In the face of considerable regional resistance to diverting over $100 million in hydrocarbons taxes (IDH) from the prefects, municipalities and universities to a national pension system (Bonosol),President Morales announced over the weekend that he would seek to dissolve Bonosol and [...]	2007-10-17 12:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2792	AMERICAN AIRLINES FORCED TO SUSPEND FLIGHTS [...] (C) American Airlines was forced to cancel its flights into/out of Bolivia on October 16 and is scheduled to resume normal operations on October 19. A dispute over transfers of funds from the national office of airport services (AASANA) to the Santa Cruz office of AASANA led to AASANA Santa [...]	2007-10-17 22:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL CASC EAIR ECON PGOV PREL
07LAPAZ2813	NOTES FROM SANTA CRUZ - OCTOBER 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Santa Cruz Department, with 26 percent of Bolivia's population, is its fastest-growing region responsible for 32 percent of Bolivian GDP. Political and business leaders lament the lack of central government funds dedicated to Santa Cruz but on the other hand resent central gover [...]	2007-10-18 18:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KPAO CONS AMGT BL
07LAPAZ2817	BROTHELS, BARS, AND ANGRY EL ALTO PARENTS [...] (U) Summary. Angry parents burned more than 50 bars and brothels in the city of El Alto October 15-17. The apparently impromptu protests started as a peaceful march protesting lack of funding for school classrooms, but grew into violent reaction to the proximity of schools to bars, which par [...]	2007-10-18 19:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ASEC BL
07LAPAZ2824	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY SCENARIO I: DEAL AVERTS CRISIS [...] (C) The Constituent Assembly is officially on recess until October 22 but risks total collapse if the government's Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party and the opposition cannot reach agreement on key issues. This cable lays out the first of two most likely scenarios regarding the Constitu [...]	2007-10-19 12:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2854	BOLIVIA'S PRESS INCREASINGLY UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Reporters Without Borders (RSF) recently released its annual press freedom index and Bolivia dropped from 16 to 68. RSF's report stated, "(Bolivia) has fallen many places because of serious press freedom violations." While RSF cites many physical attacks on reporters, perhaps the most [...]	2007-10-23 12:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ2873	WINE AND GAS IN TARIJA: ONE FLOWS FREELY [...] (SBU) The Department of Tarija forms the southern base of the so-called half moon, a grouping of departments resistant to the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) agenda. It is home to both vineyards and almost all of the major Bolivian gas fields. As a result, Tarija may be the wealthiest of [...]	2007-10-24 21:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR PREL EPET BL
07LAPAZ2897	NO SILVER LINING YET FOR APEX'S SAN CRISTOBAL MINE [...] (C) Apex's local executives continue to report difficulty in arranging meetings with Bolivian government officials. The draft bill which would increase mining taxes by 12.5 percent has passed the lower house of congress, so San Cristobal is focusing their efforts to arrange a modification on [...]	2007-10-26 22:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ2902	MAS DISMANTLING OF CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Two of five magistrates of Bolivia's Constitutional Tribunal resigned on October 26 declaring that government's "permanent aggression" against the court made it impossible to continue their "normal activities." The Tribunal's President Elizabeth Iniguez and it's deacon Martha Rojas each [...]	2007-10-29 19:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2929	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY WRONGS IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs met with officials of Bolivia's National Intellectual Property Service (SENAPI) on October 16 as part of a series of meetings with IPR stakeholders including former SENAPI head Perla Koziner. SENAPI's current director, Claudia Solares, who had worked for former-director [...]	2007-11-01 18:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV KIPR PINR BL
07LAPAZ2960	EVO'S VAGUE CONDITIONS FOR "CONDITIONLESS" AID [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales issued a decree October 11 presenting foreign assistance donors with a variety of new requirements to register projects with the Bolivian government and strengthen its oversight. The most potentially troublesome articles require that aid not/not imp [...]	2007-11-07 18:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2963	BOLIVIA: AMBASSADOR CALLS FM ABOUT PHOTO ACCUSATION [...] (C) The Ambassador phoned Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca on November 7 to discuss recent public accusations that the Embassy was conspiring with Bolivian oligarchs and Colombian paramilitary against Evo Morales based on a photograph released on November 5. Although FM Choquehuanca publ [...]	2007-11-07 20:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2964	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: TENSIONS BOILING OVER [...] (C) Summary: The afternoon of November 6, Vice President Garcia Linera publicly eliminated the possibility of compromise with the opposition and declared that the Constituent Assembly is now in the hands of the people, who "will find a mechanism to liberate the Assembly from this ultraconserv [...]	2007-11-07 22:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2974	EVO'S DIPLOMATS: AFRAID, IRRELEVANT, ENDANGERED [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry contacts complain career diplomats are increasingly ignored in foreign policy decisions, citing the decision to advance diplomatic relations with Iran as a prime example. They consistently described a battle over foreign policy between the MFA and advisors at th [...]	2007-11-08 21:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2981	RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) The Morales administration believes that the state should be more involved in all aspects of the Bolivian economy. In that context, resource nationalism does not stand alone; control of natural resources just happens to be the most valuable for the administration both financially and sy [...]	2007-11-09 13:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EPET EMIN EINV EB BL
07LAPAZ3013	CHAVEZ'S BOLIVIAN MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR [...] (U) Summary. Two layovers in Trinidad, Bolivia by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continue to stir controversy here. President Chavez made the November 9 and 11 stopovers en route to and returning from the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, where he reiterated controversial pledges to [...]	2007-11-14 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ3014	NATIONWIDE STRIKE CLOSES BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Spot report, 1400. By coincidence, both the Santa Cruz airport and the Bolivian ground transportation unions decided to hold a 24 hour strike on November 14. The transportation strike, protesting diesel shortages and rising inflation, has turned confrontational in Santa Cruz a [...]	2007-11-14 21:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ3029	U.S. IN EVO'S CROSSHAIRS: WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) In a closed Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party meeting on November 12 that was taped and leaked to the press, Minister of the Presidency Juan Ramon Quintana repeated his outrageous conspiracy charges against USAID while upping the ante by threatening USAID's expulsion from Bolivia. Th [...]	2007-11-15 23:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EAID SNAR BL
07LAPAZ3038	EVO: OPPOSITION WAGING ECONOMIC WAR [...] (C) President Evo Morales declared in a November 15 speech that opposition forces are trying to sabotage his administration through economic means. As a defensive measure in this "economic war", Morales temporarily eliminated the tariff on key agricultural imports, prohibited the exportatio [...]	2007-11-16 21:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL AGR AADP FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
07LAPAZ3062	CLONE WARS: MAS "PARALLELISM" IN ACTION [...] (C) At many levels of social organization, Bolivia's ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party is creating parallel organizations when confronted by civic groups that will not fall in line with the MAS agenda. By creating parallel organizations and then acting as if they are the original [...]	2007-11-20 20:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB BL
07LAPAZ3078	AMIDST VIOLENCE EVO'S MAS APPROVES CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Following a tumultuous session on November 23 (ref A),that excluded all but a handful of opposition members, the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) reconvened the Constituent Assembly on November 24 at a military school outside of Sucre amidst thousands of protesters calling for its [...]	2007-11-25 23:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3079	AMIDST VIOLENCE EVO'S MAS APPROVES CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Following a tumultuous session on November 23 (ref A),that excluded all but a handful of opposition members, the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) reconvened the Constituent Assembly on November 24 at a military school outside of Sucre amidst thousands of protesters calling for its [...]	2007-11-25 23:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3091	BOLIVIA: EVO'S SUCRE SPIN BEGINS [...] (C) Summary. Bolivian President Evo Morales waited almost three days after protests turned violent in the city of Sucre to address Bolivians. He asked for calm, as have other government and opposition leaders. Morales also accused "groups of oligarchs and neoliberals" of manipulating the vi [...]	2007-11-26 23:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ3092	BOLIVIA: SUCRE, WITHOUT ANY POLICE, ON THE EDGE [...] (C) Sucre returned to relative calm on November 26 after three days of turmoil, which left at least three dead, 200 people hospitalized and many public buildings (mostly police and prefecture) looted and burned. There are no reports of U.S. citizens among the injured. Police forces have fle [...]	2007-11-26 23:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BL

07LAPAZ3094	EAC MEETING - LA PAZ [...] (SBU) During severe civil unrest over the weekend in the city of Sucre (due to constitutional issues),several Bolivians were killed and hundreds wounded. By late afternoon, Bolivian National Police (BNP) had abandoned the city and local prisoners had escaped from nearby prisons. A 'warden me [...]	2007-11-27 18:52:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3098	CAN BRAZIL SAVE THE BOLIVIAN GAS SECTOR? [...] (C) The Bolivia gas sector appears headed for crisis. Currently out of compliance with 3 out of 4 major international contracts, the industry faces increasing commitments to the Argentine market and growing demand at home. The government realizes it needs investment and, after over a year o [...]	2007-11-27 21:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV EMIN BL
07LAPAZ3118	DEMOCRACY IN BOLIVIA: EVO'S WAY OR THE HIGHWAY [...] (C) Pro-MAS groups physically prevented opposition members from entering Congress November 27. Without the opposition's presence the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) convened a session of Congress and passed new legislation regarding the functioning of the Constituent Assembly and "Re [...]	2007-11-28 22:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3141	CONFLICT IN BOLIVIA: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (C) With the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) poised to reconvene the Constituent Assembly perhaps as early as November 30 in the La Paz area or other friendly terrain, and the opposition stronghold of Santa Cruz stating it will declare defacto autonomy December 15, a cessation in Boli [...]	2007-11-29 23:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3150	GAS, GOVERNMENT, AND TAKEOVERS: ELECTRICAL [...] (C) Summer rains and resulting hydroelectric production will provide a seasonal buffer for Bolivian electricity supplies, but come June or July the country will likely suffer shortages, brownouts, and possible blackouts. Demand should continue to grow over the following year, but supply wil [...]	2007-11-30 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
07LAPAZ3151	EVO'S APPROVAL DROPS; EXPECT NEW INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) While celebrating his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party's recent "victories" in the Congress and Constituent Assembly, President Evo Morales must also be concerned about his drop in popularity, recent discontent in his stronghold of El Alto, planned protests by his once loyal [...]	2007-11-30 22:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3168	EVO'S PLANS FOR ADVANCING HIS CONSTITUTION [...] (C) With 10 days remaining until the December 14 deadline ending the Constituent Assembly mandate, President Evo Morales appears determined to deliver a constitution to his base. Government calls for dialogue with the opposition ring hollow, particularly as the ruling MAS party is telling t [...]	2007-12-05 00:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3187	BOLIVIA: MINING SECTOR THREATENED [...] (C) In the controversy following the ruling Movement Toward Socialism's (MAS) possibly-illegal initial approval of a draft constitution on November 26, there has been little attention given to the passage through Congress of a new mining tax bill on November 23. Neither the draft constitution [...]	2007-12-05 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV ETRD BL
07LAPAZ3189	MEDIA LUNA MASISTAS: CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Moderate ruling-party MAS members complain that they are labeled as traitors by President Evo Morales. They also lament an increasingly hostile environment in the Congress as Morales has decided to take a tougher line with the legislative branch. Nevertheless, MAS Senator Guido G [...]	2007-12-06 13:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3216	EVO'S EXCLUSIONARY REVOLUTIONARY CONSTITUTION [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution that was passed in a surprise session of the Constituent Assembly without most opposition assembly members has not yet been published. According to press reports, state involvement in the economy and control over natural resources continues [...]	2007-12-10 20:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ3230	PL-480: WE CAN'T GIVE MONEY AWAY. [...] (C) Institutional incompetence, politicking, and resistance to any cooperation with the United States is hamstringing USDA programs in Bolivia. At the end of the Title I wheat monetization program in 2005, a committee within the PL-480 Secretariat was set up to administer the approximately [...]	2007-12-11 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
07LAPAZ3236	PL-480: WE CAN'T GIVE MONEY AWAY [...] (C) Institutional incompetence, politicking, and resistance to cooperation with the United States is hampering USDA programs in Bolivia. At the end of the Title I wheat monetization program in 2005, a committee within the PL-480 Secretariat was set up to administer the approximately US$6 [...]	2007-12-12 15:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
07LAPAZ3243	EVO BLASTS U.S. TO RALLY INCREASINGLY CRITICAL BASE [...] (C) Summary: Continuing his now nearly daily attacks on the United States, President Evo Morales told an El Alto crowd December 12 that "the U.S. Embassy is here to organize a conspiracy" against Morales' government. Harkening back to his days fighting "gringos" as a coca grower union leader, [...]	2007-12-12 23:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL VN BL
07LAPAZ3258	BOLIVIA'S JUSTICE SYSTEM ON LIFE SUPPORT [...] (C) Constitutional Tribunal Magistrate Dr. Walter Alfredo Rana Arana submitted his resignation leaving the court without a quorum and Bolivia without a judicial body to rule on constitutional matters including the extra-legal maneuvers President Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (M [...]	2007-12-14 18:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3259	DIESEL SHORTAGES: EXCUSES, BLAME, AND INFLATION [...] (SBU) Over the past four months, Bolivia has suffered repeated shortages of diesel, especially in the eastern, agricultural powerhouse of Santa Cruz where the concurrent winter harvest and summer planting seasons are hampered by fuel shortages. Logistical problems appear to be principally t [...]	2007-12-14 18:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL FAS IICA AGR FAO IFAD BL
07LAPAZ3261	BOLIVIA: WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Tensions are running high in the wake of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party's extra-legal maneuverings to achieve a draft constitution and with the opposition departments poised to declare their autonomy this weekend. While President Evo Morales has spoken of a Christmas tru [...]	2007-12-14 23:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PREL
07LAPAZ3262	MILITARY STANDDOWN MORE LIKELY THAN HEAVY HAND [...] (S) Summary: Over the past couple of days statements from military leaders have taken a conciliatory tone and moved away from the confrontational rhetoric from Armed Forces Commander General Wilfredo Vargas. Vargas relayed a message to the Ambassador that his troops would only intervene in " [...]	2007-12-14 23:21:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ASEC PREL PGOV PINL VN CU BL
07LAPAZ3268	EU OBSERVED TALKS UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE DEAL [...] (C) Both the European Union (EU) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have expressed a willingness to send observers to talks between President Evo Morales and the prefects of Bolivia's opposition-led departments (states). OAS representative Raul Alconada, in a meeting with local am [...]	2007-12-17 22:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC BL
07LAPAZ3269	BOLIVIA: CALM AFTER AUTONOMIES ANNOUNCED [...] (C) Summary: As expected, the four opposition departments of Pando, Beni, Santa Cruz and Tarija took the first steps toward autonomy December 15, and the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) government's response was restrained. The opposition's efforts to keep autonomy declarations peaceful [...]	2007-12-17 22:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3292	SANTA CRUZ TAKING NO CHANCES WITH EVO [...] (C) After the peaceful celebration announcing the referendum drive for Santa Cruz autonomy on December 15, opposition leaders are taking no chances with Evo Morales and preparing for a difficult 2008. Santa Cruz leaders are under no illusion that Evo or the MAS will cede on any issue and th [...]	2007-12-19 21:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL ECON PGOV PHUM PREL
07LAPAZ3315	DIALOGUE, FIG LEAVES, AND THE MAS MIND [...] (C) Summary: Ruling MAS party leaders including President Morales are making dialogue overtures to the opposition. In contrast to the "unreasonable" opposition, MAS congressional representatives told PolOffs that Morales is reaching out for dialogue and even considering changing the draft cons [...]	2007-12-20 22:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR VE BL
07LAPAZ3330	BOLIVIA: EVO'S 2007 REPORT CARD [...] (C) Bolivian President Evo Morales's second year in office has been even more contentious than his first. On the international front, this year has included diplomatic scuffles with neighbors and increasing attacks against the United States and our mission in Bolivia. Domestically, conflict [...]	2007-12-26 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EMIN PINR MNUC BL
07LAPAZ363	GOB, MINERS' COOPERATIVES SIGN AGREEMENT [...] (U) Two days of protests (ref A) culminated February 7 in a comprehensive agreement between the GOB and cooperative-affiliated miners. The GOB backed away from proposed mining tax increases -- putting them on hold until all parties reach consensus -- and yielded to other demands, agreeing to [...]	2007-02-09 11:54:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ370	U.S. MINING COMPANIES EXPRESS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM [...] (SBU) Coeur d'Alene executives told the Ambassador February 8 that GOB officials may move away from proposed across-the-board tax hikes (ref A) in favor of negotiating increases with individual firms. An Apex Silver executive later told Econoff that Vice President Garcia Linera promised Febru [...]	2007-02-09 20:08:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ38	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ELECTORAL COURT [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Bolivian Electoral Court President Salvador Romero Ballivian on January 5. President Romero sought the meeting to express his concern about attempts by the GOB to co-opt the independent court. President Morales, in a December 22 meeting, suggested that Romero, wh [...]	2007-01-08 16:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ383	CODEL NELSON SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz warmly welcomes CODEL Nelson to Bolivia February 21. Shortly after indigenous coca leader Evo Morales' one-year anniversary as president, Bolivians find themselves again facing the social unrest that has plagued their country since 2003, but which had subsided after Morale [...]	2007-02-13 10:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ387	HYDROCARBONS: YPFB IN DISARRAY, NEW CONTRACTS [...] (C) Hydrocarbons Minister Villegas has proposed changes to the May 2005 hydrocarbons law to resolve inconsistencies with the May 2006 nationalization decree and the operation contracts signed last October. Bolivia's state-owned oil company YPFB continues to lack the structural and human capac [...]	2007-02-13 15:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
07LAPAZ411	CEJIS: LEFTIST LAND LAWYERS' INFLUENCE IN THE GOB [...] (SBU) Three former employees of the Center for Legal Studies and Social Research (CEJIS),a non-profit organization in Santa Cruz working to promote indigenous land rights, were named members of the GOB's cabinet in January, indicating the government's focus on land reform. A CEJIS representa [...]	2007-02-15 11:16:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV SOCI BL
07LAPAZ436	ACCORD REACHED ON CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY VOTING RULES [...] (U) After MAS delegates approved their own proposal for the Constituent Assembly's voting system on February 13, MAS leadership allowed its delegates to return to the negotiating table and to compromise on their position late February 14. Under the modified agreement, constitutional changes wil [...]	2007-02-16 12:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ444	SUCRE: CONTINUED CONCERNS ABOUT BOLIVIA'S JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: On his first trip to Sucre February 14-15, Ambassador Goldberg made courtesy calls on the Constituent Assembly's (CA) MAS leadership and the opposition, MAS Governor David Sanchez, the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Tribunal, and civic leaders and media analysts. In his meeti [...]	2007-02-16 20:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ515	BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 1: FEBRUARY 26, 2007 [...] (SBU) The worst flooding in Bolivia in 25 years has affected around 350,000 people, mainly in Bolivia's eastern departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz, causing over USD 100 million of damage to the agricultural sector and outbreaks of dengue fever and malaria. The governor of the Beni told the [...]	2007-02-26 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL
07LAPAZ523	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: TIME IS NOT ON ITS SIDE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Constituent Assembly (CA) member Carlos Goitia told poloff February 23 that although the CA is not likely to complete its work within its one year mandate, he thinks President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party will oppose an extension. Press reports from F [...]	2007-02-27 16:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ559	GLENCORE GETS THE SILENT TREATMENT [...] (C) The GOB appears to have adopted the silent treatment after its February 9 nationalization of the Vinto tin smelter (reftel),ignoring overtures from Swiss-owned Glencore International and refusing to answer requests for dialogue. A Glencore representative said February 26 that executives e [...]	2007-03-01 14:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ
07LAPAZ574	DEADLINES COME AND GO, MUTUN TALKS CONTINUE [...] (U) Deadlines have come and gone, but Mutun contract negotiations continue. The principal outstanding dispute centers on natural gas prices; as of February 28, the GOB and India's Jindal Steel and Power remained unable to reach agreement. Gas supplies are apparently uncertain, and communitie [...]	2007-03-01 19:36:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PGOV BL
07LAPAZ595	STATUS OF MINING TAX PROPOSALS UNCLEAR [...] (SBU) Apex Silver executives told the Charge February 28 that the GOB appears to have made little progress on proposed across-the-board mining tax increases, distracted as it has been by recent holidays, gas price negotiations, and massive flooding in Bolivia's east. A Coeur d'Alene executive [...]	2007-03-02 19:47:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ621	BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 7: MARCH 6, 2007 [...] (U) Large parts of the departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz remain affected by massive floods (reftel). Flood waters in Trinidad, the capital of the Beni, have begun to recede, but rivers throughout the department are rising and threatening new areas. In Pando, the department to the northw [...]	2007-03-06 17:49:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL
07LAPAZ673	GOB PRAISES POTUS LATAM TOUR; PREPARES FOR CHAVEZ [...] (C) Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera announced March 8 that President Morales will not travel to Buenos Aires to join Hugo Chavez at his anti-American party. The VP added that President Bush's trip to the region "is a good signal that President Bush is more concerned about the South and i [...]	2007-03-09 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL VZ AR
07LAPAZ688	TOBIAS MEETING WITH JUSTICE SECTOR [...] (C) Visiting Director of Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Randall Tobias and visiting WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met March 2 with senior judicial officials who expressed concerns about GOB threats to the courts' independence. The judges argued that the Morales administration would use [...]	2007-03-13 14:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ707	HYDROCARBONS PROBLEMS ABOUND [...] (C) While hydrocarbons "nationalization" remains intensely popular, GOB mismanagement of the process has taken some of the bloom off the rose in recent weeks. Erroneous versions of the new operating contracts signed in October 2006, sent by the executive to congress, were approved by congress [...]	2007-03-14 16:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
07LAPAZ715	REAPING THE REWARDS OF THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Bolivia hopes to mitigate the potential impact of climate change (reftels) by taking advantage of the Kyoto Protocol's clean development mechanism, which allows industrialized countries committed to greenhouse gas reductions to invest in emission reduction projects in developing countries. [...]	2007-03-15 13:15:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON PGOV BL
07LAPAZ725	BOLIVIA'S NATIONAL CARRIER: FLYING ON EMPTY AGAIN [...] (SBU) Just months after Lloyd Aereo Boliviano executives outlined a bright future for Bolivia's national carrier (ref A),the airline finds itself struggling to make ends meet. Aircraft problems have forced the carrier to reduce services, and rising expenses have cut into profits and constraine [...]	2007-03-16 16:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV BL
07LAPAZ732	PLANNING MINISTER INTERESTED IN TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Planning Minister Loza told the Ambassador that he is interested in pursuing a new type of trade agreement with the United States and emphasized the importance of donor coordination. He argued that the state development bank would be a regulated, second tier institution that would have [...]	2007-03-16 20:24:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ETRD BL
07LAPAZ769	RESPONSE TO DIP NOTE EXCHANGE ON MIL ACTIVITIES [...] (C) This message contains an urgent action request (paragraph 4). 2. (C) Following Post's receipt of reftel A in October 2006, Emboffs began working to obtain a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for U.S. military activities in Bolivia. However, the GOB was not willing to sign a SOFA given [...]	2007-03-20 20:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS BL
07LAPAZ795	CHANGE IN MORALES' RE-ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party is now openly signaling that a changed constitution will restart the electoral clock from zero, opening the door to a new Morales mandate in 2008. MAS leaders say that following approval of Bolivia's new constitution, the yet-to-b [...]	2007-03-22 17:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ84	COCHABAMBA: FIGHTING ERUPTS, TURNS DEADLY [...] (U) On January 11 at 4:15 local time, violent confrontations between pro-GOB (mostly cocaleros) and anti-GOB forces in Cochabamba, Bolivia's third largest city, resulted in at least one death and over one hundred injured. This followed earlier skirmishes. The city had been paralyzed all day b [...]	2007-01-11 21:49:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL
07LAPAZ859	VENEZUELA SUPPORTING BOLIVIAN MAYORS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post has received reports of Venezuelans making direct payments to Bolivian mayors in order to garner support for President Morales in the run-up to the proposed 2008 national elections. In mid-March, an Embassy official received a copy of a $50,000 check from the Government of [...]	2007-03-29 20:00:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL BL VE
07LAPAZ884	BOLIVIA'S NATIONAL CARRIER: FINALLY GROUNDED? [...] (U) Bolivia's transportation superintendent suspended Lloyd Aereo Boliviano's domestic and international operations March 30, citing the firm's frequent flight cancellations and shaky finances. The carrier now has 90 days in which to demonstrate operating capacity and financial solvency; if it [...]	2007-04-02 19:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV BL
07LAPAZ958	POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION ON LICENSE D354892 [...] (SBU) Reftel requested a post-shipment verification on export license number D354892. At post's request, a narcotics affairs section (NAS) program assistant visited the Santa Cruz-based foreign consignee, Casa Asbun, April 4 and spoke to the company's owner, Alfredo Asbun, and a long-time sal [...]	2007-04-09 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ETTC BL
07LIBREVILLE167	GABON REACTS TO EQUATORIAL GUINEAN ACCUSATIONS ON [...] (U) On April 16 the GoG publicly responded to GREG accusations that the Gabonese have obstructed the UN mediation effort on the Gabon-EG border dispute. Para 3 contains an informal translation of the Gabonese statement. 2. (C) During an April 12 meeting with Ambassador, Vice Prime Minister [...]	2007-04-18 14:18:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET EK GB
07LIBREVILLE175	GULF OF GUINEA COMMISSION HEAD SEEKS MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Carlos Braganca Gomes (from Sao Tome and Principe) was last month "sworn in" as the Executive Secretary of the Gulf of Guinea Commission (GOGC) and has assumed his responsibilities at the GOGC HQ in Luanda. Gomes recently told Ambassador Walkley that until his swearing in he was reluctan [...]	2007-04-25 15:30:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR GB TP AO
07LIBREVILLE218	NORTH KOREANS AT STP HOSPITAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 16:49:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KN TP TW
07LIBREVILLE224	GABON WILL SEEK EARLY PARIS CLUB REPAYMENT [...] (C) Summary: On May 10, the Gabonese Finance Minister briefed the cabinet on Gabon's new three-year IMF agreement, and said the GoG will now seek early repayment of Paris Club debt. Gabon's external debt burden is moderate and declining, thanks to high oil prices, although new borrowing is up [...]	2007-05-14 13:45:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV GB
07LIBREVILLE226	STP PRESIDENT TURNING TO EG [...] (C) Sao Tome and Principe (STP) is one of the world's poorest countries, with over sixty per cent of the budget coming from foreign assistance. During the six years he has been in office, Fradique de Menezes (STP's president) has relied on off-budget or "backdoor" funding from Taiwan and Nige [...]	2007-05-14 15:42:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB EK
07LIBREVILLE268	PARTIAL LEGISLATIVE ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) On June 10 voters cast their ballots for twenty legislative seats throughout Gabon. Nineteen of these positions were left vacant after the Constitutional Court invalidated various December 17 election results in several districts (reftel). 2. (U) Despite several issues with the voter re [...]	2007-06-12 16:32:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GB
07LIBREVILLE326	GABON REQUESTS REMOVAL OF ABDI ALI NUR MOHAMED [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 6. 2. (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean Ping contacted Ambassador Walkley July 26 regarding the case of Abdi Ali Nur Mohamed, a Somali national deported from the US in 2004 who ended up in Gabon "at the US request" (according to Ping). [...]	2007-07-26 12:15:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL SO GB
07LIBREVILLE46	NEW GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 10:39:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	GB KDEM PGOV
07LIBREVILLE49	GULF OF GUINEA COMMISSION SECGEN READY TO ASSUME [...] (U) SUMMARY. The treaty establishing the Gulf of Guinea Commission was ratified in 2006 by the requisite number of states and the Gulf of Guinea Commission entered into force. The Commission -- comprising Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Sao Tome and Principe, the Republic of Congo, Nigeri [...]	2007-01-29 13:40:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS GB TP AO
07LIBREVILLE502	SAO TOME: GOVERNMENT COLLECTS WEAPONS FROM POLICE [...] (SBU) National authorities in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) have collected a significant quantity of weapons from the rebellious and now-disbanded "Ninja" police unit. Meanwhile, a senior government minister claims the Ninjas, who carried out armed occupations of the national police headquarter [...]	2007-11-14 16:38:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC TP
07LIBREVILLE62	GABON AS EL DORADO [...] On January 29, 2007, 75 West African immigrants attempting to enter Gabon illegally were detained by local authorities as they disembarked from a boat. The group, which included 65 men, 9 women and one child, were nationals of Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Ghana and Burkina Faso. In an intervi [...]	2007-02-01 14:01:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS KTIP PGOV PHSA PHUM SMIG GB
07LIBREVILLE63	GABON AS EL DORADO [...] On January 29, 2007, 75 West African immigrants attempting to enter Gabon illegally were detained by local authorities as they disembarked from a boat. The group, which included 65 men, 9 women and one child, were nationals of Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Ghana and Burkina Faso. In an intervi [...]	2007-02-01 14:11:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS KTIP PGOV PHSA PHUM SMIG GB
07LIBREVILLE81	MAROC TELECOM TAKES GABON TELECOM [...] Summary: On February 9, 2007, the Government of Gabon awarded Maroc Telecom a 51 stake in Gabon Telecom for approximately USD 78 million. (The French company Vivendi owns 51 of Maroc Telecom.) This concludes the privatization process of Gabon Telecom, which originally began in 2003 and which [...]	2007-02-14 10:46:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EINT ECPS ECON EFIN GB
07LILONGWE101	PRESIDENT DECLARES "TOTAL WAR ON CORRUPTION" [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika reaffirmed his commitment to the country's anti-corruption drive at National Anti-Corruption Day on February 5. In a speech launching an anti-corruption survey, Mutharika proclaimed his "position against corruption is even stronger today than it was three ye [...]	2007-02-07 11:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
07LILONGWE126	MALAWI AND IMF POSTPONE PRGF REVIEW OVER BUDGETARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Malawi, Thomas Baunsgaard, notified post on February 15 that the IMF and the Government of Malawi (GOM) had agreed to a "short" postponement of the IMF Board's third review of the Malawi Poverty Reduction and Grow [...]	2007-02-16 11:08:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EAGR EAID PGOV ECON MI
07LILONGWE144	MALAWI AND ITS NEIGHBORS [...] (U) Summary: Malawi's role in the Southern African region is limited, as the GOM is primarily focused on internal politics and local economic development. While Malawi is a founding member of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC),it is not particularly involved in the development or [...]	2007-02-26 05:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
07LILONGWE161	2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. Since achieving Tier 1 status in 2006, the Government of Malawi (GOM) has continued to make noteworthy progress in tackling trafficking in persons (TIP) despite its severely limited human and financial resources. Although TIP remained a relatively new concept for Malawians, the GOM [...]	2007-03-01 15:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
07LILONGWE164	MALAWI SIGNS URANIUM MINING AGREEMENT [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Malawi has signed an agreement with Australian mining firm Paladin Resources to develop a uranium mine at Kayelekera, in the far northern region of the country. The agreement envisions a 10-year project that will produce approximately 1,000 metric tons of yellowc [...]	2007-03-02 09:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV MI
07LILONGWE169	U.S. ASSISTANCE GETS MALAWI GLOBAL FUND PROGRAM BACK ON [...] Summary: Malawi is one of the largest recipients of assistance from the Global Fund, with over $300 million in grants approved to date. Execution of the grants, however, has been beset by many problems, and less than a quarter of approved funds have been disbursed. In order to improve Malawi' [...]	2007-03-07 10:28:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI MI
07LILONGWE186	THE ONCE AND FUTURE PRESIDENT? MULUZI DECLARES [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi, renowned for his government's corruption while in office, has announced that he will run for President again in 2009. Muluzi, famously coy regarding his political intentions, said at a mass ral\|y in Blantyre on March 11 that he was ready to run "i [...]	2007-03-13 15:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
07LILONGWE194	ANOTHER PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE BITES THE DUST [...] (SBU) Summary: With raw Malawian power politics on full display, Parliament rejected the President's nominee for Auditor General on March 13. The rejection, the latest in a string of high profile presidential nominees to be refused, comes as a result of government's inept management of parlia [...]	2007-03-14 13:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
07LILONGWE226	SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REJECTED AS PARLIAMENT CLOSES EARLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament finished a four week session on March 22 amid controversy over the opposition's refusal to pass a mid-year supplemental budget. The session ended without any substantive work having been accomplished, and important bills pertaining to local government elections, a nat [...]	2007-03-22 06:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
07LILONGWE229	ISLAM IN MALAWI - PAST AND PRESENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Muslims make up over twenty percent of Malawi's population, and are actively engaged in political, economic, and civil society. After a perceived golden age for Muslims under former president and fellow Muslim Bakili Muluzi, many now complain of marginalization under the rule o [...]	2007-03-22 14:28:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL MI
07LILONGWE28	MALAWI CONSIDERS SENDING BATTALION TO SOMALIA [...] (SBU) Malawi is considering sending a 538-man battalion of peace-keepers to join an African Union force in Somalia. The Malawi Defense Force (MDF) had been focused on preparations to send a battalion to the UN/AU mission in the Sudan but was very recently asked by the AU to join a forthcoming [...]	2007-01-12 12:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PMIL KDEM MI IO
07LILONGWE320	MALAWI PKO - MOD RULES OUT SOMALIA, SUDAN A [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Eastham met with Minister of Defense Davies Katsonga and separately with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Henri Mumba on April 24 to renew our request that Malawi commit to sending a battalion of peacekeepers to join either the AMISOM or AMIS peacekeeping operations [...]	2007-04-25 15:29:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IO MI
07LILONGWE321	MALAWI -- IMF REVIEW POSITIVE, BUT CAUTIONARY ON [...] (U) Summary. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Calvin MacDonald provided a positive assessment of Malawi's performance under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program during an April 12 outbrief. The team praised Malawi's robust economic growth, significantly [...]	2007-04-26 13:03:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EAGR EAID PGOV ECON MI
07LILONGWE332	CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW RECONVENES, PROPOSES REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: From April 17-19 the Malawi Law Commission hosted the second constitutional review conference, ahead of their official presentation of proposed constitutional amendments to President Mutharika's Cabinet. The Commission presented their opinions on a number of controversial const [...]	2007-05-02 14:42:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV MI
07LILONGWE361	MUTHARIKA'S CABINET BALOONS TO 44 POSTS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika extensively reshuffled his cabinet on May 10, firing two ministers outright and adding nine new ministers or deputy ministers, to bring the total cabinet positions up to 44 (two of which Mutharika has filled himself). This is the largest cabinet since former [...]	2007-05-11 10:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
07LILONGWE415	MUTHARIKA'S THIRD YEAR: REFORM CONTINUES, BUT SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika in May marked the completion of his third year in office. As with his first two years, the president's record in this past twelve months is one of mixed success. Mutharika has overseen a substantial improvement in Malawi's economy, but slow action in enactin [...]	2007-06-01 14:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EAID MI
07LILONGWE425	PROFILE OF MALAWI FOREIGN MINISTER JOYCE BANDA [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Joyce Banda is well respected by the Malawian public, and lauded for her strong pro-human rights past. Banda is admittedly out of her element at Foreign Affairs and possesses only a basic knowledge of international relations, however she comes across a [...]	2007-06-05 13:38:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR MI
07LILONGWE468	SUPREME COURT RULES ON FLOOR-CROSSING--40 [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's Supreme Court upheld the validity of the constitutional provision outlawing "floor-crossing" on June 15, putting the seats of over half of the ruling party's parliamentarians at risk. President Mutharika had challenged the provision due in large part to the fact that f [...]	2007-06-19 14:52:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
07LILONGWE512	COURT INJUNCTION PUTS BRAKES ON FLOOR-CROSSING [...] (SBU) Summary: In an electric atmosphere charged with political tension, Parliament resumed its annual budget session on June 29 with Malawi's floor-crossing provision at the top of the agenda. In an announcement that caught the opposition off-guard, the Speaker of Parliament opened the sessi [...]	2007-07-02 15:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
07LILONGWE644	MALAWI'S POLITICAL IMPASSE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's political impasse continues amidst a flurry of legal actions by both the ruling and opposition parties, and bickering in the National Assembly. Popular opinion seems to have convinced opposition leaders to agree at least to substantive discussion on the budget as of Au [...]	2007-08-16 12:03:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EFIN EAID MI
07LILONGWE753	MALAWI: APPROACHING MCA ELIGIBILITY DECISION POINT [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi is making strong progress on a number of fronts as the country approaches this year's MCA eligibility decision point, while continuing to struggle with some intractable political problems. Rapid economic growth has continued over the past year, while inflation has fallen [...]	2007-10-03 12:42:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV MI
07LILONGWE778	IMF GIVES MALAWI ECONOMY A THUMBS UP [...] Summary. In an October 9 briefing to Heads of Mission, the IMF presented a solidly favorable view of the GOM's economic performance and the outlook for the next year. The meeting highlighted strong economic indicators virtually across the board, with only a couple weak areas. The review un [...]	2007-10-17 14:16:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID MI
07LILONGWE792	MALAWI: U.S. TRAINING SCORES A SUCCESS FOR PROSECUTORS; [...] (U) Summary. A recent criminal case stands out as an example of the Malawi Prosecutor's Office's stated willingness to apply lessons learned from MCC/DOJ OPDAT assistance and utilize progressive western methods of prosecution. A DOJ OPDAT trained prosecutor scored a first ever in Malawian jur [...]	2007-10-23 07:21:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID KMCA KJUS KCRM KPAO MI
07LILONGWE803	MALAWI - REFUGEE CAMP CONSOLIDATION FAILS TO STOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Malawi's (GOM) closure of the Luwani refugee camp and Karonga transit shelter has failed to stop the flow of Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Somali men through the country. Over 400 of these refugees arrived in a single day in October. Asylum seekers from the Horn of [...]	2007-10-29 09:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV MI
07LILONGWE845	MALAWI: MCC THRESHOLD SUCCESS STORIES [...] Summary: The 20.92 million USD Millennium Challenge Threshold Program in Malawi has achieved its goals using targeted projects across multiple sectors to combat corruption. The most recent milestone was the establishment of an internal affairs unit at the Malawi Police Service after an 18-mont [...]	2007-11-13 12:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV MI
07LILONGWE85	MALAWI POISED FOR GOOD MAIZE HARVEST, BUT LOW [...] Summary: Although it is too early to say for certain, Malawi appears to be headed for another year of surplus maize production, the result of good rains, improved maize seed provided donors, and an extremely expensive, but generally effective, government subsidy program that supplied fertilize [...]	2007-01-31 14:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV MI
07LILONGWE928	PALADIN MOVES CLOSER TO URANIUM PRODUCTION IN MALAWI [...] Summary: Paladin Resources continues to make progress on its Kayelekera Uranium mine in Malawi, with commissioning and production start anticipated for early fourth quarter 2008. Several civil society groups had brought suit to halt development of the project, but have recently dropped their [...]	2007-12-17 05:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN SENV MI
07LIMA1019	DEPUTY USTR VERONEAU WITH PERU'S PRESIDENT GARCIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Peru's President Alan Garcia received Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau in Lima, March 12 for a discussion of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) and regional developments. Garcia told Veroneau that the PTPA was essential for his country's economic development and [...]	2007-03-27 12:00:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ELAB EAGR PGOV USTR PE
07LIMA1024	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - GRANDAHL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Inspector Paul H. Grandahl, from April 2-4, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct surveillance on assigned operator, Murray Air, LLC, heavy equipment activities. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing [...]	2007-03-27 14:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA EAIR PE
07LIMA106	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of the following FAA Personnel: Carmen Di Giacomo Jr. January 22-25, 2007 and February 25-26, 2007. Patrick McLaughlin January 22-25, 2007 The purpose of the visit is to conduct substantial maitenance facility i [...]	2007-01-12 17:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA1152	CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: MORE SMOKE THEN FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: During the 2006 Presidential election, candidates Alan Garcia and Ollanta Humala pledged to ditch the "illegal," Alberto Fujimori-inspired constitution of 1993 and return Peru to the labor-friendly, socialist model of 1979. As president, Garcia has shown no desire to tamper w [...]	2007-04-02 17:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KJUS PE
07LIMA1265	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MS. GAGE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ms. Julia Gage, Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH from April 19-May 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to collect data and complete training on mid-wives for dissertation study. No embassy assistance has been requested. [...]	2007-04-04 21:05:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO OTRA ASEC KSCA PE
07LIMA1266	MINOR ANOMALY FOUND IN CAMISEA PIPELINE [...] SUMMARY: On April 3, Camisea pipeline operator TGP detected an anomaly in the gas liquids pipeline and took measures to remediate the problem. This is the only anomaly reported for the 2006-7 rainy season (now ending),during which the sodden earth has historically caused problems. A "smart p [...]	2007-04-04 21:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
07LIMA1271	TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON MEETS WITH PERU'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Garcia received Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson March 20 for a discussion of the Peruvian economy, regional developments and his upcoming visit to Washington. Secretary Paulson reaffirmed the Administration and President Bush's determination to secure passage by Cong [...]	2007-04-04 22:11:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON OVIP ETRD PGOV PREL PE
07LIMA1272	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SAMUEL V. BROWNE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. Samuel Browne, International Relations Specialist, US Department of Energy, from April 9-13, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate in US Energy business mission. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru [...]	2007-04-04 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC ENRG PE
07LIMA1277	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in March 2007: Eradication halted on March 11 for the rest of the month due to cocalero protests; 651 ha of coca eradicated to date. Agriculture Minister Salazar signs 10-point accord with cocaleros that halts eradication and criticizes USG policy. ** CORAH [...]	2007-04-05 20:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA129	PERU FURTHER REORGANIZES TRADE TEAM; EX-MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 11, Trade Minister Mercedes Araoz named Toledo Administration official and textile executive David Lemor as her ministry's special representative based in Washington to work on Peru's lobbying effort for the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). Lemor, a dynamic fo [...]	2007-01-17 20:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ELAB PE
07LIMA1303	PERU: ASSESSMENT OF GOP KOSOVO POSITION [...] (BU) In numerous recent discussions regarding Kosovo, MFA officials have told us Peru remains uncomfortable with UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo's future because it is opposed by UNSC permanent members Russia and China and also by a majority of the UNSC's non-permanent member [...]	2007-04-11 18:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU
07LIMA134	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. William E. Brooks from January 25 - February 28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to study mercury in Peru as an Embassy Science Fellow. Post understands that USGS is funding Dr. Brooks international travel and the EPA is [...]	2007-01-18 13:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TPHY OTRA SENV USGS ASEC SENVSXE PE

07LIMA1413	APPOINTMENT OF FUJIMORISTA ROILS GOP, HURTS PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: The short-lived appointment of ex-Fujimori Prime Minister Alberto Pandolfi to a government position has embroiled the APRA Administration in a debilitating scandal. Pandolfi faces criminal charges relating to Vladimiro Montesinos corruption scandals and in 2003 was legally proh [...]	2007-04-16 20:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PE
07LIMA1420	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JERONIMO [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Jose Jeronimo, Staff Scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH from April 20 - May 4, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the Cervical Cancer Prevention Strengthening an Consensus meeting in Lima, conduct midwife tra [...]	2007-04-17 15:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA1421	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern, Medical Officer, COGH, OD, CDC, HHS from May 21 to June 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with collaborators on data from a study of Chagas disease in Peru. No embassy assistance has been requested. Contro [...]	2007-04-17 15:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA CDCE US PE
07LIMA1451	MAHOGANY IN PERU: A PRIMER [...] SUMMARY: This cable lays out the basic facts of traded mahogany wood in Peru. 2006 Mahogany exports were worth about $30 million, about 17% of all timber exported. Approximately 90% of all exported mahogany goes to the U.S market. Mahogany is an Appendix II species under the International E [...]	2007-04-18 22:43:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ETRD EAID ECON PE
07LIMA149	PERU SECTION 1377 TELECOM REVIEW [...] (U) Per reftel, Econoff provided Peruvian telecom regulator OSIPTEL with NII Holdings' (Nextel) public comments and informed OSIPTEL of USTR's deadline for voluntary replies. As a follow-up, Econoff met with OSIPTEL's Manager for Regulatory Policies and Strategic Planning Jose Gallardo and se [...]	2007-01-18 20:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ETRD USTR PE
07LIMA1558	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS GOLDFARB [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. Richard Goldfarb, Research Geologist, from May 16-27, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct field visits at mines sites, teach a short course, and attend and present a keynote address at the Proexplo Congress. No emb [...]	2007-04-27 18:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC TPHY KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA1559	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS HEILWEIL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. Victor Heilweil, Hydrologist, US Geological Survey, from May 13-20, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide technical assistance and training to counterpart (Dr. Ignacio Benevent and study team, University of Piura) re [...]	2007-04-27 18:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC TPHY KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA1566	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC DUNCAN MACKELLAR AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Duncan MacKellar, Lead Epidemiologist and Amanda Smith, Epidemiologist, OD, CDC, HHS from June 3-9, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assess research capacity in various clinical and outreach settings in Lima, and to provide [...]	2007-04-27 20:20:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA CDC US PE
07LIMA1567	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MS. DENNY AND MS. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ms. Colleen Denny and Ms. Katy Adikes, Fellows Department of Clinical Bioethics, Clinical Center, NIH from May 3-13, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the Third Lima Conference in Ethics in Collaborative International [...]	2007-04-27 20:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA1568	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC EDUARDO [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Medical Epidemiologist, NCIRD, HHS/CDC, from May 20-25, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to support PAHO Regional Office activities aimed at influenza health information collection and regional prepar [...]	2007-04-27 20:45:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA CDC US PE
07LIMA1569	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. MAHANTY AND NASH [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Siddhartha Mahanty, Staff Clinician, and Dr. Theodore Nash, Section Head Gastrointestinal Parasites Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH from May 3-6, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to plan [...]	2007-04-27 20:45:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA1573	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IRS OFFICIALS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Marcelle Dietsche Johns, Management Program Analyst, and Sandra L. Stolt, Program Manager, from May 25 to June 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend and participate in the money service business (MSB) workshop sponsore [...]	2007-04-27 22:12:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CFED ECON OTRA IRS PE
07LIMA1574	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - GREENWOOD [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Inspector James Greenwood III, from May 13-17, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to complete an aging aircraft inspection for ASTAR Air Cargo at Seman-Peru Facility. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Li [...]	2007-04-27 22:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA EAIR PE
07LIMA1587	GOP CN POLICIES: MORE GOOD NEWS THAN BAD [...] (SBU) The last month has seen a series of lurches in GOP counternarcotics policy. On March 15, Agricultural Minister Juan Jose Salazar signed a unilateral accord with cocaleros in Tocache, promising, among other things, to suspend eradication pending the general registration of coca growers. [...]	2007-04-30 20:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV SNAR PE
07LIMA1622	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOAQUIN R. OCHOA [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Joaquin R. Ochoa, Supervisor, from June 1-8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct customer service meetings with LC Busre and Cielos Del Peru Airlines. Hotel accommodations have been arranged and confirmed at JW Marriot [...]	2007-05-03 22:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA1625	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: MIAMI IFO [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Garrido-Godoy, Team Leader, and Teeluckdarie Koodie, Aviation Safety Inspector, from June 4-11, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct annual renewal certification inspection of Aeroinversiones U.S. approved repa [...]	2007-05-04 15:05:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA1638	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL GEORGE P. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of George P. Sempeles, Cartographer, from May 13-19, 2007. The purpose of this trip is attend ICAO SAM Region seminar on electronic terrain and obstacle data. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by ai [...]	2007-05-04 20:23:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA1648	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NPS MEYER, HERBERT W [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. Herbert W. Meyer, Geologist (Paleontologist),from May 13-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct research and excavations on the paleontology of the site in order to understand the context of the fossils and to res [...]	2007-05-07 16:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC TPHY KSCA SCUL SENV PE
07LIMA1667	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR APRIL 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in April 2007: Eradication total of 894 hectares is low compared to this time last year; in April 2006 we had eradicated 3,120. Garcia embraced eradication as an important element of GOP policy; taking a tough line against cocaleros. ** CORAH worker killed [...]	2007-05-08 21:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA1668	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC LAURA CONKLIN, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Laura Conklin, Antonio Neri, Paula Staley, Wendy Blumenthal, Jeffery Jarrett, Rebecca LePrell, James Durant, and Rene Suarez-Soto from May 14 to June 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assist in Cerro de Pasco collecting b [...]	2007-05-08 21:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA US CDC PE
07LIMA1669	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC PATRICK SULLIVAN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Patrick Sullivan, Branch Chief, CCID/NCHHSTP, CDC, HHS from June 3 - 9, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assess research capacity in various clinical and outreach settings; to provide technical assistance in protocol develo [...]	2007-05-08 21:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA US CDC PE
07LIMA1709	GARCIA GOVERNMENT: HONEYMOON OVER, TIME FOR RESULTS [...] (SBU) The Garcia governmen's extended honeymoon has ende. In the wake of the Tocache Accords and the Pandolfi Affair (Refs A-E),the GOP finds itself beset by a series of protests from cocalero, labor and other groups. At the same time, the APRA leadership faces increasing patronage pressur [...]	2007-05-11 15:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
07LIMA1725	NEGROPONTE VISIT: CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS SAY [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with civil society representatives at the Ambassador's Residence on May 10. They discussed the challenges in converting Peru's economic growth into generalized prosperity; the strengths and weaknesses of the Peruvian state and Garcia's governing style; Pe [...]	2007-05-14 15:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
07LIMA1734	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EX-IM BANK PERSONNEL: MASUD [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Sr. Environmental Engineer Masud Hasan, and Environmental Specialist, Steve Parsons, Sr., from May 19-30, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to visit the component sites of the Peru LNG project, including Pisco, Ayacucho and Ch [...]	2007-05-14 19:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC BEXP EFIN OTRA ETRD SENV EXIM PE
07LIMA1766	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Carolyn Healy, Assistant Vice President, Jose Pignano, Senior Analyst, and Rudolph Zepeda, Technical Assistance Specialist, from June 3-8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct meetings with banking supervisors and regul [...]	2007-05-17 13:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ASEC OTRA FRB PE
07LIMA1767	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TSA JOSEPH G. OCHOA III [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Transportation Security Administration Attache, Joseph G. Ochoa III, from May 22-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to meet with Ministry of Transportation and Communication Civil Aviation Security counterparts in preparatio [...]	2007-05-17 14:42:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PTER AR PE
07LIMA1774	PERU LNG: NEW PIPE, BUT NO NEW JUNGLE PIPELINE [...] SUMMARY: Camisea gas transporter TGP and Peru LNG operator Hunt Oil agreed to a tariff for TGP to transport Peru LNG gas for the jungle portion of the shared gas pipeline. This agreement obviates any need that might have seemed present for a new gas pipeline to be laid in the environmentally an [...]	2007-05-17 16:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
07LIMA1775	PERU LNG: NEW PIPE, BUT NO NEW JUNGLE PIPELINE [...] SUMMARY: Camisea gas transporter TGP and Peru LNG operator Hunt Oil agreed to a tariff for TGP to transport Peru LNG gas for the jungle portion of the shared gas pipeline. This agreement obviates any need that might have seemed present for a new gas pipeline to be laid in the environmentally an [...]	2007-05-17 16:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD EAID SENV PE
07LIMA1797	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT LEGAL ADVISER MARK [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance forthe visit to Peru of Mark Clodfelter, Assistant Legal Adviser for International Claims and Investment Disputes from May 22-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the seminar and workshop on investor-state dispute resolution. Hotel accommo [...]	2007-05-18 17:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA KIDE PE
07LIMA1825	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - ASO - CMO - [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Aviation Safety Inspectors Larry D. Sutton and Edward Morales from June 17-22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct maintenance facility inspection at Seman, Las Palmas, Peru of aircraft records, aging aircraft inspectio [...]	2007-05-22 15:23:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA1826	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA AMY GREEN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Amy Green, Consumer Safety Officer, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, HHS from June 2 -9, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide FDA/Joint Institute for Food Supply and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)GAPS Train- [...]	2007-05-22 16:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA KSCA TBIO US PE
07LIMA183	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. ROSENTHAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Joshua Rosenthal, Deputy Director, Division of International Center, NIH from January 21-26, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend a meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity's group of technical experts on an [...]	2007-01-23 13:54:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO OTRA ASEC KSCA PE
07LIMA1835	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA10/DPTRAV AHLE [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Larry E. Ahle from June 10 - 17, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to present a talk at the 7th Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications, describing current nuclear physics research relevant to G [...]	2007-05-22 21:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA184	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of the following NASA personnel: David Carter: February 7-17, 2007 Philip Liebrecht: February 10-14, 2007 The purpose of the visit is to participate in the re-opening ceremony of the NASA Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) station [...]	2007-01-23 16:42:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA1841	HUMALA PATRIARCH LAYS OUT STRATEGY FOR "REVOLT OF [...] (SBU) Isaac Humala, patriarch of the clan that produced Ollanta Humala, recently described to us his movement's plans to undermine the Garcia Government. Humala (pere) has created a philosophy called "Ethnocacerism" holding that Peru's oppressed masses must bring back a pro-indigenous, pro-c [...]	2007-05-23 17:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINR SNAR PE
07LIMA1862	CLOCK TICKING FOR GARCIA IN THE HIGHLANDS [...] (SBU) Residents of Apurimac, a southern highlands region and former Humala stronghold, have seen few benefits from the Garcia government, according to interlocutors interviewed by poloffs during a May 13-15 visit. Despite a pro-Humala history, most elected local leaders are non-ideological t [...]	2007-05-24 17:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PINR SNAR PE
07LIMA1885	IWC DEMARCHE - PERU ON OUR SIDE [...] (U) Summary: ESTHoff discussed Reftel demarche with MFA'S Director for Maritime Affairs and International Whaling Commission (IWC) Commissioner Doris Sotomayor on May 21. Peru's dues are paid up and the GOP aims to keep it that way. Sotomayor will attend the May IWC meeting; Peru is still sol [...]	2007-05-30 14:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD PE
07LIMA1944	PERU'S FINANCIAL INTEL UNIT MERGING WITH BANKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 31, the Peruvian Congress passed a law moving Peru's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) into the Superintendency of Banking, Securities and Pension Funds (SBS). This law reverses the GOP's March 1 Supreme Decree which ordered the FIU's incorporation into the Ministry of [...]	2007-06-01 21:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN ECON SNAR PGOV PE
07LIMA2000	BOLIVARIAN INFLUENCE IN PUNO [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern highlands region of Puno has emerged as the focus of Venezuelan proselytizing in Peru, with the Venezuela-funded "Bolivarian Alternative for Latin American and the Caribbean (ALBA)" center representing the latest evidence of deepening ties. While Regional President [...]	2007-06-07 19:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU PE PGOV PINR PTER SNAR VE
07LIMA2009	OLLANTA HUMALA ONE YEAR LATER [...] (SBU) Ollanta Humala, the Chavez protege who nearly became Peru's President in June 2006, told Poloffs that he remains politically active, meeting with members of his Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) congressional bloc as well as unionists and regional presidents. Humala took pains to distin [...]	2007-06-08 16:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
07LIMA2017	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in May 2007: A total of 1,583 hectares of coca has now been eradicated and 10,752 square meters of seedbeds have been eliminated. A second eradication front in Ucayali is slated to start in early June. ** The U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) o [...]	2007-06-08 20:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA2019	PERU: IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROPOSAL [...] (U) The Peruvian Government has shown a commitment to improving IPR enforcement by establishing courts and prosecutorial offices focused on IP issues in December 2006 and January 2007, and by committing to the provisions of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement's (PTPA) IPR chapter. These ne [...]	2007-06-08 22:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON PE
07LIMA2026	DECENTRALIZATION: GOVERNMENT AMBIVALENCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Decentralization -- the transfer of administrative responsibility from the national government to regions and municipalities -- is a cornerstone of the Garcia government's state reform plan. In pursuit of this policy, President Garcia recently signed a decree transferring 185 f [...]	2007-06-11 15:19:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EINV PE
07LIMA2052	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AVIATION SECURITY INSPECTORS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Kevin Yap-Sam, Rosemary Austin and Anthony Rivera from July 10 - 17, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assess security conditions as required by 49 USC, Section 44907, formerly known as the International Security and Develop [...]	2007-06-12 22:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PTER PE
07LIMA2090	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC LIHUA XIAO [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Lihua Xiao, Microbiologist, NCID, HHS/CDC from June 18-27, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to lecture on molecular epidemiology of human cryptosporidiosis and discuss results and plans of collaborative research on Chagas diseas [...]	2007-06-15 12:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA CDC US PE
07LIMA2091	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARILIYN DISIRIO [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Marilyn Disirio, Associate Director for Global Health, NCEH, CDC, HHS from August 10-12, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend a Water Safety Plan Meeting Conference and Report Discussion. No embassy assistance has been r [...]	2007-06-15 12:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA CDC US PE
07LIMA2097	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT ZOELLICK AND STAFFORD [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Robert Zoellick, USG nominee for President of the World Bank and Treasury Official George Edward Stafford Via, from June 16 - 17, 2007. The purpose of the travel is conduct consultations and meetings. When depar [...]	2007-06-15 16:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA2100	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC NIAID GROUP [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of the following NIH staff from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): Mr. John Brooks, June 17-21, 2007; Ms. Maureen Power, June 17-21, 2007; Ms. Tamara Kees, June 17-22, 2007; Ms. Deanna Ingersoll, [...]	2007-06-15 19:35:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA2126	ANOTHER HUMALA AIMS AT 2011 [...] (SBU) Antauro Humala, the jailed brother of former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, has formed a political party and plans to run for President in 2011, according to his advisor Miguel Angel de la Puente. Antauro hopes to become the "outsider" candidate in the style of former President [...]	2007-06-19 15:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
07LIMA2129	REFORM WITHOUT REVOLUTION: THE VIEW FROM PUNO [...] (SBU) Comment: Despite grinding poverty, bumbling local government, and flaring racial animosities, revolutionary political action in the altiplano department of Puno is unlikely, even though Puno is an historic center of Peruvian radicalism. Regional officials describe themselves as pragmat [...]	2007-06-19 17:12:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CU PE PGOV PINR PTER SNAR VE
07LIMA2143	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - ASO - CMO - [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Aviation Safety Inspector Robert L. Feldman from August 13-17, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct inspection of Amerijet Aircraft Records, and perform facility inspection at AeroInversiones Del Peru. No embassy assi [...]	2007-06-19 21:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2181	SCENESETTER FOR PM DAS COULTER-LED JUNE 26-27 [...] (SBU) Your visit to Peru to lead the first-ever Political-Military talks between Peru and the United States comes at a time when relations between Lima and Washington are in excellent shape. Since assuming office in July 2006, President Garcia has maintained the solid macroeconomic fundament [...]	2007-06-21 21:07:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SNAR PE MARR
07LIMA219	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Garrido-Godoy and Walter Wheeler from January 29 to February 7, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct annual certification of servicio de electronics (SELEC) and initial certification of Seman Satellite at Jorge [...]	2007-01-26 18:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA221	PERU 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART 1/2) [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 18:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
07LIMA2250	PERU'S CONGRESS APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO FREE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: Almost a year to the day after passing the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),the Peruvian Congress approved the agreement's subsequent amendments June 27 by vote of 70 to 38, with one abstention. Following two hours of spirited debate, the three major political blocs, [...]	2007-06-28 22:12:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV PE
07LIMA2275	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - GEORGE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Civil Engineer for Office of Airports, FAA, George Israel Legarreta from July 28 to Aug. 4, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to represent the U.S. FAA and chair the ICAO GREPECAS Task Force Runway End Safety Areas and Runway S [...]	2007-07-03 22:03:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2276	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS KEEFER [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. David Keefer, Research Geologist, from July 25 - Aug. 14, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct fieldwork in areas of Peru that have experienced recurrent episodes of earthquake-induced landsliding followed by long-te [...]	2007-07-03 22:03:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC TPHY KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA2313	DAS COULTER'S VISIT TO PERU FOR POL-MIL TALKS [...] (SBU) Peru and the United States held their first-ever bilateral POL-MIL talks on June 26 in Lima. Participants noted the striking overlap between the Peruvians' vision of their own security and that of the United States. The Peruvian team, made up of both Foreign Ministry and Ministry of D [...]	2007-07-06 17:45:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM VE PE
07LIMA2317	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - ALAN JEFFREY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Wichita Aircraft Certification Office Flight Test Pilot Alan Jeffrey Barton from July 10 to 12, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct Cessna Mustang Model 510 High Altitude Engine Certification tests. No embassy assista [...]	2007-07-06 19:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2319	PERU'S SEASON OF PROTEST [...] (U) Comment: Widespread protests across different regions of Peru have led some political observers -- like Peru Nationalist Party President Ollanta Humala -- to suggest the GOP may be losing control in the countryside (see septel),and President Garcia has made several public appeals for ca [...]	2007-07-06 21:23:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ELAB EINV ENRG PGOV ECON PE
07LIMA2323	OLLANTA HUMALA - THE BENEFITS OF SOCIAL UNREST [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Struble paid a cordial farewell call on Ollanta Humala, president of the Nationalist Party of Peru (PNP) on July 3. Humala said the Garcia administration's indifference to Peru's social problems was causing mounting unrest in the country. Humala noted his growing all [...]	2007-07-06 23:31:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PE PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR
07LIMA2344	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE 2007 [...] (SBU) The key developments in June 2007: A total of 2,616 hectares of coca has now been eradicated and 15,465 square meters of seedbeds have been eliminated. CORAH opened a second eradication front in Ucayali on June 12 until the end of July. ** An anti-drug prosecutor and 3 police [...]	2007-07-09 21:31:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA2345	PERU FORECASTS 7% GDP GROWTH FOR 2007, SHIFTS [...] In its latest medium-term economic report, the GOP raised its forecasted GDP growth rate for 2007 to 7.0 percent from its August 2006 forecast of 5.5 percent. This reviewed increase is in line with the Central Bank's May 2007 poll of local financial institutions and economists. The GOP repor [...]	2007-07-09 22:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV ETRD PE
07LIMA2347	PERU FORECASTS 7% GDP GROWTH FOR 2007, SHIFTS [...] In its latest medium-term economic report, the GOP raised its forecasted GDP growth rate for 2007 to 7.0 percent from its August 2006 forecast of 5.5 percent. This reviewed increase is in line with the Central BankQs May 2007 poll of local financial institutions and economists. The GOP repor [...]	2007-07-10 13:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV ETRD PE
07LIMA2369	FUJIMORI EXTRADITION DENIED BY CHILEAN JUDGE [...] (C) Summary: Chilean judge Orlando Alvarez has denied Peru's request to extradite ex-President Alberto Fujimori on charges of human rights abuses and corruption. The GOP has the right to appeal the decision to the Chilean Supreme Court, and Fujimori will remain under house arrest. Fujimori's suppo [...]	2007-07-11 21:35:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS PE CI
07LIMA240	PERU: LABOR REFORM INCHES FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: In seeking consensus on the General Labor Law, the congressional labor committee plans to consult again with civil society before it submits a draft to the plenary. Continued political differences over specific issues -- particularly the rights of dismissed workers and the right [...]	2007-01-29 18:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PE PGOV
07LIMA2400	PERU FACES A "TORNADO OF PROTESTS" [...] (SBU) Summary: Peru is facing, in the words of one local commentator, a "tornado of protests," as organized labor, teachers, regional officials, and others have taken to the streets to call attention to a wide variety of grievances. Government officials and political analysts cite different causes [...]	2007-07-13 16:48:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PE PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07LIMA243	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: PAUL H. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Paul H. Grandhahl from February 20-27, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct surveillance on assigned operator, Murray Air, LLC heavy maintenance activities. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Li [...]	2007-01-29 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA2430	GARCIA ON THE FTA, PROTESTS AND NEED TO EXPEDITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a 30-minute farewell call July 9 at the Presidential Palace, President Garcia and Ambassador Struble discussed the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),the current wave of nationwide strikes and the difficulties the GOP has had in freeing up government funds for much-ne [...]	2007-07-16 22:30:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV USTR PE
07LIMA2503	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC MARIE HICKS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Marie Hicks, Public Health Advisor, NCIRD, CDC, HHS from August 21-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is the Influenza Division Bilateral Cooperative Agreement with Peru to increase capacity for health information collection res [...]	2007-07-24 15:34:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA SENV CDC AR BR PE
07LIMA2504	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern, Medical Officer, NCZVED, CDC, HHS from August 22-29 and September 1-4, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with collaborators in Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Salud, Medicina y Agricultura (A.B. PRISMA) on d [...]	2007-07-24 15:34:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA SENV CDC AR BR PE
07LIMA2505	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC JERRY CEGIELSKI [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Jerry Cegielski, Medical Officer, CCID/NCHHSTP, CDC, HHS from August 24 - September 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate in a site visit and meetings related to the Preserving Effective TB Treatment Study (PETTS) a [...]	2007-07-24 15:35:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA CDC BL PE
07LIMA2542	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY HUGHES [...] (SBU) Summary: You will arrive in Peru as President Alan Garcia closes his first year in office with a bang and with a whimper. The bang is the probable approval by the U.S. Congress of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). The PTPA has been the centerpiece of Garcia's market-orien [...]	2007-07-26 20:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD PHUM PE
07LIMA2547	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANN MOEN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ann Moen, Associate Director for Extramural Program, NCIRD, HHS/CDC from August 21-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide an oppportunity to meet with project staff to review progress and plan for the second year of th [...]	2007-07-26 21:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA SENV CDC BR AR PE
07LIMA2553	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSF OFFICIAL CASSANDRA FESEN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Cassandra Fesen, Program Manager in the Division of Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) from July 31 - August 5, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the First Low Latitude Ionospheric Sensor Network Workshop in Lima. Control O [...]	2007-07-27 20:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC TPHY NSFO PE
07LIMA2560	SHINING PATH INMATES -- WHERE ARE THEY NOW? [...] (C) Summary: A majority of NGOs, political analysts, and former Sendero Luminoso (SL or Shining Path) members agree that most terrorists released from Peruvian prisons in the past six years have renounced armed struggle and are seeking to reintegrate themselves into Peruvian society. A core [...]	2007-07-27 21:06:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR PE
07LIMA2577	GARCIA'S DOG DAYS -- POLLS DOWN, BUT ECONOMY UP [...] (SBU) Summary: July has brought ugly poll numbers for Peruvian President Alan Garcia: his approval rating has dropped from 62 per cent in August 2006, when he assumed office, to 36 percent in July 2007, and for the first time, his support in the Lima metropolitan area has slipped. The biggest dro [...]	2007-07-30 17:14:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PE
07LIMA2617	PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES FOR SLOW PACE OF REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 28 National Day address, President Garcia apologized for the central government's failure to move quickly to address social demands, which he said had helped spark widespread protests. Garcia outlined an ambitious agenda for his next four years, focusing on poverty [...]	2007-08-02 14:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD PHUM PE
07LIMA2618	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL RANGEL, LEVIN, [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Reps Charles Rangel, Sander M. Levin, Allyson Schwartz, and accompanying staff members: Timothy Reif, Viji Rangaswami and Matthew John Beck, from August 5-8, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to meet with head of s [...]	2007-08-02 15:10:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OTRA ASEC AMGT AFIN ES PE
07LIMA2652	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in July 2007: Strikes, violent marches, roadblocks, and airport shutdowns require heightened security measures. Plan VRAE, the GOP development program for Peru's main coca growing--and most poverty ridden--area, is stalled because the security component remai [...]	2007-08-03 21:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA2653	AMENDED: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL RANGEL, [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Reps Charles Rangel, Sander M. Levin, Allyson Schwartz, Gregory Meeks and accompanying staff members: Timothy Reif, Viji Rangaswami, Matthew John Beck, and Annie Minguez from August 5-8, 2007. The purpose of the t [...]	2007-08-03 22:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OTRA ASEC AMGT AFIN ES PE
07LIMA267	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC LAURA CONKLIN, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Laura Conklin, Carlos Sanchez, Antonio Neri, Paula Staley, Wendy Blumenthal, Jeffery Jarrett, Leslie Hausman, James Durant, and Rene Suarez-Soto from February 26 to March 15, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assist in Cerro [...]	2007-01-31 13:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC US CDC PE
07LIMA2704	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL - ASO - CMO - [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Aviation Safety Inspector Vincent Murray from August 19-22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform a 14 CFR 121 required surveillance on Delta Airlines including personnel, equipment, facilities and operations at Jorge Ch [...]	2007-08-08 21:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2706	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: SPIVEY AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Kenneth Spivey, Manager, Southern Region FAAST Team and Raul Pomales, Aviation Safety Inspector from September 4-6, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to confer with the DGAC on the programs available from the FAA FAAST Team in [...]	2007-08-08 22:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2708	PRESIDENT MORALES BLASTS NEOLIBERAL MODEL DURING [...] (U) Summary: During his first visit to Peru as Bolivian President August 1, Evo Morales met with President Garcia to discuss bilateral integration, addressed Peru's Congress, and met with local indigenous and labor leaders. In his speech to Congress, Morales called for an end to discrimination [...]	2007-08-08 22:32:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR PINR BO PE
07LIMA2712	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DRS. NASH AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Siddhartha Mahanty, Staff Clinician, and Dr. Theodore Nash, Head, Gastrointestinal Parasites Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH from August 14-19, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduc [...]	2007-08-09 14:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA2756	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: GARRIDO-GODOY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjammin F. Garrido-Godoy, Team Leader, and Walter Wheeler, Aviation Safety Inspector from September 6-12, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct follow-up inspection of LC Burse A 14 CFR Part 129.14 Operator and Aviacion [...]	2007-08-13 20:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2757	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA'S DAVIS JONES AND JORGE [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of EPA Officials Davis Jones, International Enforecement Training Coordinator, and Jorge Martinez from August 18-29, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to train Peruvian officials on Principles of Environmental Encorcem [...]	2007-08-13 20:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ASEC OTRA KSCA TPHY EPA PE
07LIMA276	NEW GOP POINT MAN ON PTPA GOES TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: David Lemor, the GOP's de facto point man on the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) told us January 19 that the GOP would now take a more internally coordinated and energetic approach in pushing for U.S. Congressional approval of the agreement. He travels to Washingto [...]	2007-01-31 17:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV USTR PE
07LIMA2769	AMENDMENT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Aviation Safety Inspectors Robert L. Feldman and Jack Holbrook from August 19-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct inspection of aircraft records on Amerijet Aircraft, and a facility inspection at AeroInversiones Del [...]	2007-08-14 22:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2770	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjammin F. 4-14, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct follow-up inspection of LC Burse A 14 CFR Part 129.14 Operator and Aviacion Lider. Hotel accommodations have been arranged and confirmed at the Miraflores Park Pl [...]	2007-08-14 22:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2799	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL LABAY, MARCUS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Aviation Safety Inspector Marcus Allen Labay from August 19-22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct ATOS constructed DOR 5.1.1, line stations and 1.3.16, fueling at Continental Airlines, Inc., Lima Peru operations. No [...]	2007-08-16 19:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA2825	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS HEILWEIL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. Victor Heilweil, Hydrologist, from September 13-23, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate as a technical expert in a technical cooperation mission on behalf of the International Atomic Energy Agency to Piura regard [...]	2007-08-17 22:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC TPHY KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA2826	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/P WILLIAM MCILHENNY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mr. William McIlhenny, Member of the Policy Planning Staff, Office of the Secretary (S/P),from August 21-22, 2007. Mr. McIlhenny is a member of the delegation of the Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Aff [...]	2007-08-17 23:05:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC PREL BR CO PE
07LIMA2850	PERU - EARTHQUAKE: SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] (U) Summary. As of August 19, the death toll in Peru from the August 15 earthquake, which occurred at 1840 hours local time, is 521 people. Following the August 16 U.S. Ambassador's disaster declaration for the earthquake in Peru and within 16 hours of the earthquake, the U.S. Embassy in Lim [...]	2007-08-20 21:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD SENV ENRG USTR PE XM XR
07LIMA2860	POSITIVE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO EARTHQUAKE SO FAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's swift response to the August 15 earthquake, with President Garcia and several key ministers quickly taking charge on site in Ica, earned it early public kudos. Lapses in communication, security and effective victims' assistance have since eroded the image of c [...]	2007-08-22 22:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON XM XR PE
07LIMA2951	PERU - EARTHQUAKE: SITUATION REPORT #4 [...] (U) Summary. On August 29, U.S. Ambassador McKinley and a team of representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Lima, USAID/Peru, and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) traveled to Pisco Province to visit earthquake-affected areas. The Ambassador visited Pisco's downt [...]	2007-09-04 11:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PE XM XR ECON ETRD SENV ENRG USTR
07LIMA3011	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Aviation Safety Inspectors Robert L. Feldman and Jack Holbrook from September 9-14, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct inspection of aircraft records on Amerijet Aircraft, and a facility inspection at AeroInversiones D [...]	2007-09-06 20:49:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA3013	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL GREGORY MARK [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Inspector Gregory Mark Lietke from September 17-19, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct surveillance on assigned operator, Spirit Airlines, Inc. operations activities. No embassy assistance has been requested. When [...]	2007-09-06 21:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA3014	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IAF PERSONNEL WILBUR WRIGHT [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Inter-American Foundation Staff Member Wilbur Wright from September 10-26, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to visit and monitor existing IAF development projects FY07. No Embassy assistance has been requested. When departin [...]	2007-09-06 21:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OTRA ASEC PE

07LIMA3015	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RICHARD RAWL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Richard Rawl, Oak Ridge National Laboratory from September 23-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate at National Training Course on Security During Transport of Radioactive Material. No embassy assistance has bee [...]	2007-09-06 21:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA3016	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, AUGUST 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in August 2007: Joint operations by the Peruvian National Police and Army have captured a total of 28 Shining Path terrorists. To date, CORAH has eradicated 5,480 hectares of coca and eliminated 29,595 square meters of seedbeds. ** In support of USAID, erad [...]	2007-09-06 23:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3031	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IAF PRESIDENT AMBASSADOR [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador Larry Plamer and ramon E. Daubon, Inter-American Foundation from September 19-23, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to visit and monitor existing IAF development projects FY07. No Embassy assistance has been requeste [...]	2007-09-07 20:19:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA3060	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) Summary: You will arrive in Peru at a good time for President Alan Garcia. Last month, the government statistics office declared that poverty rates had declined significantly to 44.5%. Last week, President Garcia took his first steps on the world stage at the APEC Summit in Sydney, an [...]	2007-09-11 19:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OVIP
07LIMA3066	BUILDING POLICE PRESENCE - AND BETTER FUTURES - [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 21:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA309	GARCIA RE-CENTRALIZES DECENTRALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Garcia government in late January formally placed the bureaucratic entity responsible for decentralization into the Council of Ministers structure. Some observers emphasize the irony that the central government has reasserted control over a mechanism intended to distribute a [...]	2007-02-02 15:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PE
07LIMA312	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, JANUARY 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in January 2007: The 2007 Eradication Plan was signed by Minister of Interior Pilar Mazzetti on January 11. Eradication and interdiction operations are still stalled due to the ongoing reorganization of the police. ** NAS received the official list of the n [...]	2007-02-02 18:58:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3163	IEDS IN ERADICATION OPERATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 23:45:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PTER PREL PE
07LIMA3216	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. BENES TRUS, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Benes Trus, Senior Investigator, Center for Information Technology, NIH from September 21-30, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the 9th Inter-American Congress of Electron Microscopy in Cuzco. Dr. Trus will prese [...]	2007-09-21 17:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA3217	THE MAJAZ REFERENDUM: A VOTE AGAINST MINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of three districts in the northern region of Piura voted September 16 to reject development of the Majaz copper deposit owned by the Chinese Zijin Consortium. The referendum is the latest event in two years of conflict between civil society and community groups that a [...]	2007-09-21 17:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EMIN PE PINR
07LIMA3229	COCA GROWERS ELECT AFFILIATES OF CHAVEZ ASSOCIATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Peru's largest coca-growers' organization elected new leadership September 14. Former leader Nelson Palomino, whose recent moderation was seen as bought by the GOP, lost his seat to individuals associated with the Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) and Venezuelan President Hugo C [...]	2007-09-24 13:26:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PE
07LIMA3231	FORMER PRESIDENT FUJIMORI RETURNED TO PERU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the surprise decision by Chile's Supreme Court to approve his extradition (Ref A),former President Alberto Fujimori was returned to Peru September 22 -- spirited to a suburban Lima police base in a carefully managed transfer that left little opportunity for political [...]	2007-09-24 15:54:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PE
07LIMA3269	HUGO CHAVEZ, OLLANTA HUMALA AND THE TUNA CAN [...] (C) Summary: Following press reports that tuna cans labeled with pictures of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and nationalist leader (PNP) Ollanta Humala were being distributed in towns devastated by the August 15 earthquake, the public response was severe: Chavez and Humala were seeking to pr [...]	2007-09-28 12:09:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PE
07LIMA3271	HUGO CHAVEZ, OLLANTA HUMALA AND THE TUNA CAN [...] (C) Summary: Following press reports that tuna cans labeled with pictures of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and nationalist leader (PNP) Ollanta Humala were being distributed in towns devastated by the August 15 earthquake, the public response was severe: Chavez and Humala were seeking to pr [...]	2007-09-28 12:09:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PE
07LIMA3273	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, AUGUST 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in August 2007: Joint operations by the Peruvian National Police and Army have captured a total of 28 Shining Path terrorists. To date, CORAH has eradicated 5,480 hectares of coca and eliminated 29,595 square meters of seedbeds. ** In support of USAID, erad [...]	2007-09-28 12:09:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA330	PERU-CHINA TRADE DIVERSIFIES, BUT INVESTMENT STRUGGLES [...] Summary: With a bilateral trade relationship growing stronger, the GOP is trying to attract increased Chinese investment to Peru. Since 2004, China has overtaken the United Kingdom and Chile to become Peru's second largest export market and second largest import market (behind the U.S.). Peru [...]	2007-02-05 20:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN PREL TBIO PE CH
07LIMA3324	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN BERN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern, Medical Officer, NCZVED/COGH, HHS/CDC, from October 11-15, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with collaborators in Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Salud, Medicina y Agricultura (A.B. PRISMA) on data from stud [...]	2007-10-03 13:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA CDC BL PE
07LIMA3325	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. JERONIMO, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Jose Jeronimo, Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH from October 6-8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to speak at the XX Congress of the Cancerology. Control Officer would appreciate e-mail report of visit. No emb [...]	2007-10-03 13:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO PE
07LIMA3326	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/FDA DAVID LEPAY, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of David Lepay, Medical Officer, Office of the Commissioner, FDA, HHS from October 14-19, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to serve as faculty and US FDA representative to a Pan American Health Organization sponsored training wor [...]	2007-10-03 13:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA TBIO US PE
07LIMA3327	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CHARLES RUPPRECHT [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Charles Rupprecht, Chief, Rabies Program, NCZVED/COGH, HHS/CDC, from October 21-25, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide consultation to the MOH on rabies prevention and control. POC would appreciate trip report of visi [...]	2007-10-03 13:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA CDC BL PE
07LIMA3339	PERU TEXTILES AND APPAREL EXPORTS GROW [...] Summary: Over the last ten years, Peru has made a name for itself with its exports of cotton apparel, based on its high-quality pima cotton. In fact, textiles and apparel production is now one of Peru's more dynamic export industries. Major buyers in the U.S., such as Gap and Lands End recog [...]	2007-10-03 19:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TBIO USTR PE
07LIMA3365	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in September 2007: IEDs in coca fields kill a coca farmer and seriously injure a 12-year-old boy. During eradication, 21 IEDs were either disarmed or exploded, injuring four eradicators and two police. ** As of September 30, CORAH has eradicated a total of [...]	2007-10-05 20:35:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3369	AMENDMENT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC CARYN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Caryn Bern, Medical Officer, NCZVED/COGH, HHS/CDC, from Oct. 11-21 & Oct. 26-27, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with collaborators in Asociacion Benefica Proyectos en Salud, Medicina y Agricultura (A.B. PRISMA) on dat [...]	2007-10-09 21:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA CDC BL PE
07LIMA338	IMF COMMENDS PERU, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: On January 26, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a stand-by agreement with the GOP for 2007-2009 during which the IMF will support the GOP's economic program. The IMF commended the GOP for its prudent conduct of fiscal policy in recent years, which is largely responsi [...]	2007-02-06 17:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV USTR PE
07LIMA34	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, DECEMBER 2006 [...] (U) The key developments in November 2006: CORAH ended the year with a total of 10,137 hectares of coca leaf eradicated. The GOP's 2007 Eradication Plan is still awaiting a final signature. CORAH completes many financial and management improvements this year. Regional era [...]	2007-01-05 20:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3428	DEMINING: GOP REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: The Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs convoked more than 15 diplomatic missions on October 12 to request international financial assistance to remove 29,000 anti-personal mines from Peru's border with Ecuador. GOP officials outlined the history of demining operations in Peru, [...]	2007-10-17 16:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	EC MARR MAS MCAP PE PGOV PHUM PREL
07LIMA3477	GOP REVISION SHOWS POVERTY DECLINES IN [...] SUMMARY. A National Statistical Institute (INEI) technical revision, supervised by the World Bank, indicates that PeruQs poverty rate declined more significantly than the government had previously calculated - by 4.2 percentage points, to 44.5 percent, from 2005 to 2006. Extreme poverty de [...]	2007-10-24 15:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV ETRD PE
07LIMA3498	PERU'S CONSUMER BOOM [...] Summary: Peru's macroeconomic performance is converting into a broader based consumer boom. Growing demand is marked by a diverse range of goods and services led by construction, sales of electronics, new cars and domestic appliances. Consumer credit is also expanding exponentially The increa [...]	2007-10-25 17:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PE
07LIMA3518	PERU LOWERS TARIFFS AGAIN, UNILATERALLY [...] Summary: The Government of Peru (GOP) unilaterally lowered its tariffs again, to a 5.8 percent average tariff, from the previous 8.0 percent and over 60 percent in the mid-1990s. The GOP will likely continue this trend, reinforced by the prospect of ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promoti [...]	2007-10-26 20:31:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV ENRG EAGR USTR PE CI
07LIMA354	PERU'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CONCEPT PAPER [...] SUMMARY: The GOP's MCC Coordinator, Ben Schneider, will visit Washington February 12-13 to meet with State, USAID, MCA indicator institutions, and to present the GOP's draft Concept Paper to the MCC. The concept paper focuses on two of the most important indicators that Peru failed, Control of [...]	2007-02-07 12:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KMCC PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID SNAR PE
07LIMA3673	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS SEES PROGRESS IN PERU'S WAR [...] (C) Summary: ONDCP Director Walters met with Interior Minister Luis Alva Castro and Drug Policy Agency (DEVIDA) head Romulo Pizarro during a November 5-6 visit to Lima. Alva Castro characterized Peru's anti-drug efforts as an urgent fight to which U.S. assistance was critical. Pizarro credite [...]	2007-11-20 13:37:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR PE
07LIMA3707	GOP DEALS ANOTHER BLOW TO SL REMNANTS [...] (U) A Peruvian National Police (PNP) operation, carried out in the early morning hours of November 27, killed one and captured eight members of the "Shining Path" (Sendero Luminoso) organization in the Upper Huallaga River Valley (UHV) in Huanuco Region. Epifanio Espiritu Acosta, known as "Co [...]	2007-11-27 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PTER SNAR PE
07LIMA3769	PERUVIANS WELCOME VENEZUELA REFERENDUM RESULTS AS [...] (C) Summary: Peruvian contacts inside and outside the government have expressed surprise that the proposed constitutional reform package in Venezuela was rejected by voters, and some claim President Chavez was compelled to concede because the margin was actually wider than reported. Most Peruv [...]	2007-12-05 18:05:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL PE
07LIMA3776	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, NOVEMBER 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in November 2007: CORAH surpasses the coca eradication goal of 10,000 hectares for CY 2007. President Garcia tells visiting ONDCP Director John Walters that he strongly supports controls on precursor chemicals, money laundering, and asset forfeiture. ** N [...]	2007-12-06 19:22:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREL SNAR KCRM PE
07LIMA393	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RESEARCH GEOLOGIST KEEFER [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of David Keefer and Matthew Larsen from March 3-14, 2007. The purpose of this trip is for Dr. Keefer to present a lecture entitled Landslides in Tectonically Active Regions, while Dr. Larsen, a co-convener and organizer of a Lands [...]	2007-02-08 21:07:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TPHY OTRA KSCA TBIO ASEC PE
07LIMA397	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: SUTTON, DI [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Larry D. Sutton, Carmen Di Giacomo and Samuel Perry from March 4-10, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct substantial maintenance facility inspection to Centurion Air Cargo, Inc., (CLCA, SEMAN-PERU (SPUY),Amerijet (PCS [...]	2007-02-09 13:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA417	PERU GEARING UP TO HOST APEC 2008 [...] (SBU) Organizing the 21-member APEC events presents an enormous challenge for Peru. The GOP recognizes the benefits APEC can bring and is engaged in preparations, but Peru will need substantial help from other APEC members. The GOP already has an active High-Level Organizational Committee le [...]	2007-02-12 20:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON APECO ETRD ASEC PE
07LIMA447	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON [...] (SBU) Welcome to Peru. Your visit comes just after the six-month mark of President Alan Garcia's government, which sees itself as leading a "moderate" Pacific coast bloc of nations toward regional integration. While President Garcia does not know the U.S. well, he understands that a coincid [...]	2007-02-14 22:20:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OTRA ETRD PE
07LIMA452	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON AND STAFF [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Senator Bill Nelson, Mrs. Grace Nelson, Caroline Tess, Sherry Davich, and Capt. Gene Moran from February 21-23, 2007. Senator Nelson, Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC),will lead a CODEL on official business to Costa Rica [...]	2007-02-15 16:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CO BL EC SC NU PE
07LIMA458	SCENESETTER FOR DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Welcome to Peru. Your visit comes just after the six-month mark of President Alan Garcia's government, which sees itself as leading a "moderate" Pacific coast bloc of nations toward regional integration. While President Garcia does not know the U.S. well, he understands that a coincid [...]	2007-02-16 17:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID PE
07LIMA485	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV WRIGHT [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Kyle Alan Wright, Gregory Allen Herdes, and Jeremy Don Jamison from March 26 to April 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is for the GTRI team to conduct meetings with Sensormatic, the Basic Ordering Agreement contractor for the [...]	2007-02-20 20:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA502	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PROGRAM MANAGER ROSES [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dulce Maria Roses from March 26-31, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the 4th MEVA II/Redding Coordination meeting. No embassy assistance has been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru imposes [...]	2007-02-21 17:26:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA503	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mayte A. Ashby from February 26 to March 1, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to meet with the US Embassy and the Director General of Civil Aviation to discuss international aviation programs and areas of cooperation in civil a [...]	2007-02-21 17:26:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA523	IPR IN PERU: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Post concurs with industry recommendations that Peru remain on USTR's Special 301 Watch List for 2007. Peru saw improvements in IPR protection that resulted in a slightly higher market share for certain copyrighted and patented products. The GOP's IP agency used preliminary injunctions to ha [...]	2007-02-22 18:37:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD USTR PE
07LIMA535	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS DEWEY + 1 [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Research Geophysicist James Dewey and Supervisory Geophyscist Bruce Presgrave from March 8-16, 2007. The purpose of travel is to attend a meeting of the Directing Council of the Centro Regional de Sismoloia para America del Sur [...]	2007-02-23 15:44:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TPHY OTRA KSCA TBIO ASEC PE
07LIMA541	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAS DAVID BALTON [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries from February 26-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend and deliver the keynote address to the Humane Society International Conference [...]	2007-02-23 16:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA SENV EFIS PHSA ASEC PE
07LIMA545	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT MARA M. BURR [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mara Burr, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources Office of the United States Trade Representative from February 25-28, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend the Humane So [...]	2007-02-23 17:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA SENV EFIS PHSA ASEC PE
07LIMA558	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC ERSHOVA [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Julia Ershova from March 17-26, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct training course to participants of project implementation and evaluation of rapid diagnostic methods. No embassy assistance has been requested. Contr [...]	2007-02-27 15:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA ASEC CDC US PE
07LIMA559	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEVGI ARAL [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Sevgi Aral from Feb. 28 to March 5, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to attend meeting and provide technical expertise on the on-going Welcome Trust-funded Urban Community Randomized Trial of Sexually Transmitted Infections (S [...]	2007-02-27 15:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA ASEC US CDC PE
07LIMA561	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBIN MATTHEWMAN, DEPUTY [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Robin Matthewman from March 7 - 17, 2007 to familiarize herself with Embassies Lima and La Paz. DCM Powers graciously offered her residence for the nights of March 7 and 8. Contol Officer Mark Kissel will meet and assist you a [...]	2007-02-27 15:45:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT APER ASEC BL PE
07LIMA57	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: HECTOR O. [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Hector O. Hermosilla and Teeluckdarie Koodie from February 5-9, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct a FAA 14 CFR Part 129.14 inspection of Trans-American airlines DBA Taca Peru. No embassy assistance has been requested. [...]	2007-01-09 15:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA59	LETOURNEAU RECEIVES FINAL INTEREST PAYMENT [...] (SBU) Roy LeTourneau confirmed that he received a final payment of USD 36,023.36 on January 8, 2007, from the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture. He thanked post and the USG for helping him resolve his dispute (over compensation for construction of a road from 1954 to 1968),and said he now co [...]	2007-01-09 20:19:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PGOV PE
07LIMA605	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Garrido-Godoy and Walter Wheeler from March 5-15, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct annual certification of servicio de electronics (SELEC) and required item inspections at Celios del Peru, both located in Li [...]	2007-03-02 14:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA606	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: KUTTLER AND [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Mauricio Jose Kuttler and John Alger Shelden from March 18-30, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide a workshopon cabin safety modifications to existing transport category airplanes. No embassy assistance has been request [...]	2007-03-02 14:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA609	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KENNEDY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Teresa J. Kennedy from March 7-9, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to work with the GLOBE Country office in Lima. No embassy assistance has been requested. POC and ESTH officer would appreciate e-mail report of visit. When [...]	2007-03-02 16:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA610	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the official visit to Peru of Wilber T. Wright from March 12-24, 2007. No embassy assistance has been requested. POC would appreciate e-mail report of visit. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru imposes an airport departure tax on any [...]	2007-03-02 16:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA612	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC PAZ-ARGANDONA [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Enrique Paz-Argandona from March 21-24, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to participate in the 3rd Environmental Representative meeting in Lima. No embassy assistance has been requested. POC would appreciate e-mail report of [...]	2007-03-02 16:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA US CDC BL PE
07LIMA613	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HHS/CDC LAURA CONKLIN, [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Laura Conklin, Antonio Neri, Paula Staley, Wendy Blumenthal, Jeffery Jarrett, Leslie Hausman, James Durant, and Rene Suarez-Soto from March 26 TO April 12, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to assist in Cerro de Pasco collecti [...]	2007-03-02 16:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC KSCA US CDC PE
07LIMA617	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TEWELL AND ASPELIN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Craig R. Tewell and Mark Aspelin from March 18-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate on the regional training course on Foundations of Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and Facilities for a group of membe [...]	2007-03-02 16:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA ASEC AU PE
07LIMA632	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR MICHALAK AND [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador Michael Michalak and Matthew Rooney from March 11 - 20, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to meet with Lima counterparts to discuss APEC Peru 2008. Reservations within per diem have been made at JW Marri [...]	2007-03-05 19:03:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OTRA CI PE
07LIMA670	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: TONG AND WEBRE [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Hien Ho Tong and James Louis Webre from March 24 - 31, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to teach a workshop on flight test related modifications on existing transport catergory airplanes. No embassy assistance has been reques [...]	2007-03-06 21:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA671	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR BLISS, US [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Ambassador Donald T. Bliss from March 30 to April 8, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to meet with ICAO's regional office in Lima and travel with an excursion group from Montreal to visit sites in Lima and Machu P [...]	2007-03-06 22:51:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA AMGT ICAO ASEC PE
07LIMA689	Peru: 2007 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Peruvian Government demonstrated a strong commitment to comply with basic TIP standards by making significant efforts in the areas of prevention, prosecution, and protection. Its achievements include: -- One person was sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking i [...]	2007-03-08 19:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PE
07LIMA690	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY DAS NANCY LEE AND [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Nancy Lee and Luyen Tran from March 19 - 23, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to support Treasury Secretary Paulson's official visit to Peru and consult with SIPDIS counterparts in the Peruvian Government on cu [...]	2007-03-08 20:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA715	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OES/IH FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Katherine Bliss from March 17-26, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to attend the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-sponsored meeting of Environmental Health Representatives of the Ministries of Health in the Andean [...]	2007-03-12 17:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC SENV TBIO PE
07LIMA717	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC DR. LEHRMAN [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Dr. Sandra Lehrman, Director, Therapeutics Research Program, NIH from March 13-18, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to participate in an international course, "HIV Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment Workshop." No embassy a [...]	2007-03-12 17:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO OTRA ASEC KSCA PE
07LIMA748	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Garrido-Godoy and Walter Wheeler from April 23 to May 3, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct annual renewal certification inspection of Seman Repair Station in Lima. No embassy assistance has been requested. [...]	2007-03-13 22:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA749	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Wendy Judge Paulson, James Wilkinson, Brooklyn Jean McLaughlin, Clay Lowery, Lindsay Valdeon, Matthew Malloy, Matthew Langston, Ronnie Lilly and Molly Jane Cogan from o/a March 14 - [...]	2007-03-13 23:25:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA767	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in February 2007: Eradication operations resumed; new PNP high command visit NAS-supported schools/bases en masse; CODEL inspects deforestation in drug producing area; F, Director of Foreign Assistance, helicopters to the field to see the nexus between eradication and [...]	2007-03-14 23:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA782	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Arthur Abramson, Special Assistant and Matthew Everson, Lead Advance from o/a March 16-22, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to support Treasury Secretary Paulson's official visit to Peru. When departin [...]	2007-03-15 23:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA785	SCENE SETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON [...] (SBU) Secretary Paulson: Welcome to Peru. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to affirm USG support for the Garcia government's efforts to reduce poverty and expand social inclusion through continued market-oriented, investment-friendly growth policies. 2. (SBU) Peruvian governm [...]	2007-03-16 15:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG PE
07LIMA795	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Joseph Henry Schwartzel, Brian J. Abeyta, and Michael Vernon Strosinski from March 31 to April 8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to visit Instituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear (IPEN) facilitites in Lima to review [...]	2007-03-16 20:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA796	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONNEL: MUNOZ [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Jose A. Munoz, Aviation Safety Inspector, from March 19 to March 22, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to perform ATOS constructed dynamic observation report (CONDOR) and ATOS element performace inspections. No embassy assistan [...]	2007-03-16 23:14:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA82	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH/FIC MS. POULIOT [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Eileen Pouliot from January 11-21, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct a site visit to new clinic under construction, to meet with staff, and discuss outstanding issues. No embassy assistance is requested. When depa [...]	2007-01-10 21:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO OTRA KSCA ASEC PE
07LIMA83	Country Clearance Approval - Annabella Reszczynski [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Piura, Peru of Annabella Reszczynski, FSN, Agricultural Specialist, Area 1, South America Region, International Services, APHIS/USDA from January 15 through January 21, 2007. The purpose of travel is to perform a Mango Pilot Project Eva [...]	2007-01-11 14:54:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA PE
07LIMA859	Country Clearance Approval - O'Neill and Maher [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Patricia Maher and Karen O'Neill, Supply Chain Specialists, from April 15-18, 2007 for C-TPAT validations. Post assistance has not been requested. When departing Lima by air, the Republic of Peru imposes an airport departure [...]	2007-03-20 17:03:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC OTRA ECON PE
07LIMA87	GARCIA TOUTS MAPLE GAS ETHANOL PROJECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 5, U.S. oil firm Maple Gas signed a $650 million contract with the Piura Regional Government for a sugar cane-based ethanol plant. President Garcia spoke at the signing ceremony, calling the biofuel project the start of an "agrarian revolution" that showcased foreign pr [...]	2007-01-11 20:21:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD SENV SNAR PE
07LISBON1387	FM AMADO TO ATTEND RAMOS-HORTA INAUGURATION IN DILI [...] (C) FM Luis Amado will travel to Dili to attend the inauguration of President-elect Jose Ramos Horta on May 20. The Timorese have relied on the Portuguese Embassy there to provide protocolary guidance for this low-key event. No formal invitation was extended, but Amado decided to make the tr [...]	2007-05-18 17:18:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PO TL
07LISBON1498	DUSD FATA'S MISSILE DEFENSE BRIEF TO NATO PA [...] Summary. DASD Fata provided a missile defense briefing to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Portugal, stressing that the proposed long range system was to detect, deter, and defend against missile threats from the Middle East and that the system posed no threat to Russia. Fata stres [...]	2007-05-29 10:35:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MNUC PARM PO PREL
07LISBON153	PORTUGUESE EURODEPUTY ALONE IN RENDITION [...] (C) At a January 11 lunch with Pol/Econ Counselor and poloff, Socialist Party (PS) International Relations Secretary Jose Lello and PS senior staffer Paulo Pisco SIPDIS discussed Ana Gomes' vocal campaign on rendition flights, internal party dynamics, and the European Socialist movement sta [...]	2007-01-17 18:26:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PO
07LISBON1812	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO PORTUGAL JULY 19-20 [...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Your visit -- at the beginning of Portugal's EU presidency -- is particularly timely and provides an excellent opportunity to try to shape from the outset the Portuguese government's priorities in a direction consistent with U.S. interests. Portugal - Steadfast Ally ------- [...]	2007-07-11 18:30:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET	PREL PO
07LISBON1839	PORTUGAL: DEFICIT REDUCTION AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, [...] Portugal's efforts to reduce its budget deficit were ahead of schedule, Ministry of Finance Chief of Staff Goncalo Castilho dos Santos told post. It was even possible that the government would reach its target to reduce the deficit below 3% in 2007, a year ahead of schedule, if GDP grew by 2.0 [...]	2007-07-16 12:29:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PO
07LISBON1841	TOUR D'HORIZON OF PORTUGAL'S EU PRESIDENCY AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent meetings with EUR/ERA director Bill Lucas, Portuguese officials shared their latest thinking on Lisbon's agenda for its EU presidency (July ) December 2007). Lisbon has a number of challenges on its plate: securing final approval of an EU reform treaty; holding an EU-Afr [...]	2007-07-16 12:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN PO
07LISBON1858	U.S.- EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, [...] (SBU) A/S Fried met July 13 in Lisbon with Political Directors (PolDirs) from the 27 EU member states and with the EU Troika political directors. The agenda included Kosovo, Russia, NATO coordination in Afghanistan, conflicts in Africa, institution building in the Palestinian Territories, and [...]	2007-07-18 17:35:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS MOPS PHUM PREL PO EUN UN XA AF ZL RS
07LISBON2199	PORTUGAL: SPECIAL ENVOY ON KOSOVO DISCUSSES GOP [...] (C) Antonio Tanger Correa, Portugal's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, discussed the GOP's efforts to build EU consensus on Kosovo and the impact that the situation could have on internal EU and transatlantic relations. He stressed that the GOP is doing everything within its powers to find [...]	2007-08-28 17:37:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EUN NATO PO KV SR
07LISBON2200	PORTUGAL: SPECIAL ENVOY ON KOSOVO DISCUSSES GOP [...] (C) Antonio Tanger Correa, Portugal's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, discussed the GOP's efforts to build EU consensus on Kosovo and the impact that the situation could have on internal EU and transatlantic relations. He stressed that the GOP is doing everything within its powers to find [...]	2007-08-29 06:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EUN NATO PO KV SR
07LISBON2229	IN BEIRUT, AMADO UNDERSCORES EU INTEREST IN [...] (C) FM Luis Amado traveled to Beirut on August 22-23 to express EU concern about Lebanon's upcoming elections. He and his staff spoke with a variety of leaders, including PM Siniora and Speaker Berri, and encouraged all sides to act responsibly and engage constructively. His staff also trave [...]	2007-08-31 12:52:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO
07LISBON2301	US-EU PRESIDENCY CONSULTATIONS DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: US-Portugal consultations on human rights covered the U.S.-EU common human rights agenda and outlined plans for resolutions both in the UN's Third Committee and the UN's Human Rights Council. Portugal agreed to seek common language with us and to avoid controversial measures as [...]	2007-09-07 12:58:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN PO
07LISBON2303	PORTUGAL VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 7-8 [...] (U) Portuguese Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha offered Portugal's views on reftel U.S. policy interests regarding Kosovo, Russia, Georgia, China, India, and the Middle East. She also mentioned that the ministers will take up a discussion on Lebanon and Burma during their two days of [...]	2007-09-07 14:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	YI RS PGOV PREL PO EUN
07LISBON2527	PORTUGAL: UK AMBASSADOR ON ENERGY SECURITY, [...] (C) On September 21, newly-arrived British Ambassador Alexander Wykeham Ellis informed Ambassador Hoffman that European concerns over Russia's aggressive energy policies and the need for market competition were the driving forces behind the third EU energy liberalization package. He suggested that [...]	2007-09-28 15:36:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OFDP PO
07LISBON2570	MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS: AN UPBEAT ABBAS IN [...] (C) During a one-day visit to Lisbon on September 29, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with the entire senior leadership of Portugal, which currently holds the EU's rotating six-month presidency. Abbas said he was encouraged by his talks with the U.S. and others in New York [...]	2007-10-04 15:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO
07LISBON2613	PORTUGAL'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER 15- 16 [...] (U) In advance of the October 15-16 GAERC, Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded with Portugal's views on reftel U.S. policy interests including Kosovo, Russia, Libya, the Middle East, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Chad, and Burma. She noted that the ministers will return to the issue o [...]	2007-10-12 14:53:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	YI RS KPAL PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC EUN PO
07LISBON2680	EU LEADERS CLINCH LANDMARK DEAL ON "LISBON TREATY" [...] EU leaders, at their informal Summit meeting in Lisbon October 18-19, reached an overall agreement on the new EU Treaty that will be signed in Lisbon on December 13. The deal was clinched after the Portuguese Presidency managed to overcome outstanding reservations by Italy and Poland on two [...]	2007-10-19 15:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN
07LISBON2730	PORTUGUESE FM AMADO ON RUSSIA, IRAN, KOSOVO, AND [...] (C) Ambassador hosted FM Amado for a very friendly, two-and-a-half hour one-on-one lunch at the Residence on October 24. Amado said the EU would press President Putin during the October 26 EU-Russia summit to agree to additional UN sanctions on Iran and to invite the OSCE to observe the De [...]	2007-10-26 17:48:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PO
07LISBON2750	US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Iran, all parties agreed on the need for concerted action in response to its nuclear program and pretensions for regional hegemony, as well as its deteriorating human rights situation. On the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the EU emphasized its support for the planned int [...]	2007-10-30 16:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EUN UN XG XF AR IR
07LISBON2771	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT IN PORTUGAL [...] (U) Summary. At the EU-Russia Summit in Portugal October 26, Russia committed to invite the OSCE to observe the December 2 Duma elections. On missile defense, Putin compared the U.S. proposal to the USSR placing offensive missiles in Cuba. This line garnered much press coverage, which ignor [...]	2007-10-31 18:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV RS IR PO
07LISBON2882	PORTUGAL'S AFGHANISTAN DRAWDOWN [...] (C/NF) In a November 9 lunch with DATT and P/E Counselor, the Foreign Minister's diplomatic advisor, Paulo Lourenco, made it clear that President Cavaco Silva himself was behind Portugal's recently announced decision to reduce its contributions to ISAF beginning in August 2008. Lourenco said [...]	2007-11-09 17:41:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PO
07LISBON2916	FM AMADO ON KOSOVO [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a farewell lunch he hosted for Ambassador Hoffman, Foreign Minister Luis Amado spoke at length in answer to Ambassador,s questions about the EU,s progress on Kosovo. While defending the Portuguese presidency,s role in making Kosovo an "EU issue" that is firmly stamped [...]	2007-11-15 14:24:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PO KV SR
07LISBON3013	PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT ON AFGHANISTAN DRAWDOWN [...] (C) I went alone to my courtesy call on President Cavaco Silva on November 26. It was a warm meeting in which we both described the excellent state of bilateral relations but focused mostly on a constructive discussion of the recent Portuguese decision to draw down combat forces in Afghanist [...]	2007-11-27 16:23:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO PO
07LISBON3149	PORTUGUESE POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO [...] (C) MFA political director Vasco Bramao Ramos told the DCM on December 12 there is a consensus among EU member states that the period for negotiations on Kosovo is over and that independence is the only alternative. He was less certain how events would unfold over the next weeks and months, [...]	2007-12-13 16:29:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI PO

07LISBON3178	EU-AFRICA SUMMIT; EPAS, ZIMBABWE, DARFUR [...] (SBU/NF) Summary. The Portuguese are justly proud of the successful EU-Africa Summit held December 8-9 in Lisbon, even if the self-congratulation is sometimes over the top. Economic partnership agreements that the European mission thought were a done deal were derailed for further study, and [...]	2007-12-18 16:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID ETRD PINS MOPS PHUM EUN XA PO
07LISBON3195	Portugal Labor Market Stagnates, Unemployment Soars [...] (U) Summary: Portuguese labor union and employers' organizations agree that three main considerations affected Portugal's labor markets: immigration, labor laws, and training/education opportunities. Labor union representatives stress that the Portuguese government's push towards "flexicurity" [...]	2007-12-20 16:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SMIG PO
07LISBON369	PORTUGAL'S VIEWS ON FEBRUARY EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (U) On February 8, MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded to the Ref A demarche points by offering Portugal's views on the Balkans, Middle East, and African policies. 2. (C) BALKANS - Rocha saw this as the most important area for discussion since it would be the first oppo [...]	2007-02-09 17:52:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU PO
07LISBON393	PORTUGAL TO DECRIMINALIZE ABORTION [...] On February 11, Portuguese citizens voted in favor of a referendum question to decriminalize abortion by a strong majority (reftel). The referendum question (informal translation) was: "Do you agree with decriminalizing the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, occurring in the first ten week [...]	2007-02-13 09:32:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PO KWMN PREL SOCI
07LISBON423	DAS ERIC JOHN IN PORTUGAL TO DISCUSS EAST TIMOR [...] (C) EAP DAS Eric John met with Portuguese officials in Lisbon on February 5 to discuss the situation in East Timor and review military/police operations. All expressed Portugal's desire to work with the international community - particularly with the US and Australia. Portugal was not takin [...]	2007-02-15 17:41:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO PO TL
07LISBON438	PORTUGAL WILL NOT SUPPORT EC PROPOSAL TO LIFT [...] (C) A contact at Monsanto informed FAS Madrid late on Friday that Portugal's Environment Secretary of State, Humberto Rosa, who was originally going to abstain from the February 20 vote, now intends to vote to maintain Hungary's ban. We believe this decison goes against the advice of his tec [...]	2007-02-16 18:30:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD EU PO
07LISBON48	EAST TIMOR: PORTUGAL'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (U) Jose Luis Arnaut, Chairman of Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, led a multi-party delegation to East Timor in late November/early December to evaluate the state of play after a tumultuous year. In June 2006, Portugal sent its paramilitary police force - the Republican National Guard [...]	2007-01-05 17:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TT PO
07LISBON49	PORTUGAL'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY MODEST BUT CONVINCING [...] Proving the skeptics wrong, Portugal's Socialist government managed to reduce the budget deficit to 4.6% in 2006 from an all time high of 6.0% in 2005 and increase GDP growth to 1.4% from 0.3%. Even the ever cautious Bank Governor noted that Portugal's economic recovery, though modest, was c [...]	2007-01-05 17:10:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PO
07LISBON557	PORTUGUESE EU PRESIDENCY LOGISTICS (C-RE6-02209) [...] (SBU) In preparation for Portugal's term as the President of the European Council from July-December 2007, the Government of Portugal established an office dedicated to the logistical coordination efforts. The "Presidential Mission" (Missao Presidencia),led by career diplomat Jaime Leitao, e [...]	2007-03-06 17:29:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR EU PO
07LISBON607	PORTUGAL: 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] The Monitoring Center for Trafficking in Persons; 2. The Portuguese Immigration Service (SEF); 3. The High Commission for Immigration and Ethnic Minorities (ACIME); 4. The Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV); 5. The International Organization for Migration (IOM); [...]	2007-03-09 16:31:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASCC PREF ELAB PO
07LISBON694	PORTUGAL SEEKS REPLACEMENT LEADER FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General for Foreign Policy Antonio Ricoca Freire announced that, due to resource strains caused by Portugal's upcoming EU Council Presidency, Portugal would be stepping down as President of the Working Group for Inter-regional Cooperation in the Community of [...]	2007-03-16 15:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PO
07LISBON750	CUBAN FM DISCUSSES EU POLICY IN PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary: During a March 16 visit to Lisbon, Cuban Foreign Minister Perez discussed the EU,s Cuba policy with Portuguese Foreign Minister Amado, urging Portugal to support greater EU-Cuba engagement. Amado responded that the Cuban government needed to undertake major political reform befor [...]	2007-03-22 15:24:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU PO
07LISBON839	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's demarche on reftel points, MFA Secretary of State for European Affairs (and acting Foreign Minister) Manuel Lobo Antunes assured us that Portugal fully supports UN Special Envoy Martii Ahtisaari's proposals on Kosovo. Should the UN be unable to rea [...]	2007-03-30 13:18:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	YI PREL PGOV PO
07LISBON966	SPEAKER PELOSI'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi paid a courtesy call on Portuguese Parliament President Jaime Gama on April 6 during a Lisbon stopover following her trip to the Middle East. The hour-long meeting was cordial and broad ranging. Speaker Pelosi underscored that the dele [...]	2007-04-13 09:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PO EUN XF ZP AF
07LISBON975	PORTUGUESE PM DEFENDS ACADEMIC RECORD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On his two year anniversary as Prime Minister, Jose Socrates held a 90-minute interview on national television to recap the highlights of his tenure. Nevertheless, almost half of the interview focused on the controversy surrounding his higher education history and the rumors tha [...]	2007-04-13 13:04:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PO
07LJUBLJANA103	SLOVENIA: 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - RECOMMENDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As of 2006, Slovenian legislation on intellectual property rights is fully aligned with EU legislation, TRIPS and ratified international treaties, and in practice, U.S. pharmaceutical companies have access to the Slovene market. Recent efforts by the Government of Slovenia (GOS) [...]	2007-02-21 13:46:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR SI
07LJUBLJANA113	EBRD SLOVENIA: PESSIMISM GROWING REGARDING REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) regional director Francois Lecavalier described himself as "completely pessimistic" about the Government of Slovenia's (GOS) commitment to necessary economic and institutional reforms. In his view, the GOS is resisting the ve [...]	2007-02-23 13:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD SI
07LJUBLJANA119	SLOVENIA: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2007 [...] (U) This message transmits post's contribution to the Department of State's seventh annual report on Trafficking in Persons. Responses below are keyed to questions in paras 27-30 of reftel. Embassy POC is Pol/Econ Chief Colleen Hyland; tel. 386-1 -200-5708, fax 386-1-200-5650. Based on info [...]	2007-03-01 15:11:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KRFD PREF SI
07LJUBLJANA121	SLOVENIA: HOLOCAUST ISSUES SPECIAL ENVOY VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues J. Christian Kennedy held meetings with Slovene officials and research institute, diplomatic and Jewish community representatives February 19 and 20 to press for a fair and timely resolution of long-standing Jewish communal property restitution [...]	2007-03-02 14:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF SI
07LJUBLJANA126	SLOVENIA: ACTIVISTS FOCUS ATTENTION ON "ERASED" IN [...] SUMMARY. (U) The story of several thousand Slovenian residents whose records were erased by state officials fifteen years ago -- leaving them in administrative limbo -- hurtled back into the spotlight again this month as human rights organizations and members of the "erased" community launched [...]	2007-03-05 13:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SI
07LJUBLJANA169	SLOVENIA: PASSING ZIMBABWE INFORMATION TO MISSION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division for International Organizations and Human Security staffer Smiljana Knez March 21. Knez said that she knew this was a "hot issue" right now and promised to forward the messages to Slovenia's representation in Geneva [...]	2007-03-22 05:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	UNHCR PHUM PREL ZI SI
07LJUBLJANA178	SLOVENIA: ITF ADVISORY BOARD HEARS USG POINTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. DCM Maryruth Coleman delivered talking points on allegations of impropriety in the Bosnian demining sector during the International Trust Fund for Demining (ITF) spring Advisory Board Meeting March 20. After an initial stumble in responding, ITF Director Goran Gacnik told the A [...]	2007-03-26 15:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PREL KCRM BK SI
07LJUBLJANA184	SLOVENIA: HUMPHREY ALUM BECOMES TOP GOS HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Slovenia's new Human Rights Ombudsman Zdenka Cebasek-Travnik told COM the 2006 Human Rights Report was spot on, the Roma situation (when put in context) is relatively positive, and estimated the number of "erased" without status as less than 1,000. She said he [...]	2007-03-27 15:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM OEXC KWMN PINR PGOV SI
07LJUBLJANA188	SLOVENIA: MEDIA RESPONSE AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian media coverage of U.S. missile defense plans in Poland and Czech Republic has been generally restrained, with numerous straightforward, factual articles, but, as is typical, a handful of acerbic anti-American commentaries from Slovenia's skeptical intellectual elite. A [...]	2007-03-28 09:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	KPAO MARR PREL NATO PGOV MASS SI
07LJUBLJANA22	SLOVENIA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia has a small mission in Tehran headed by a charge and staffed with one additional officer. The second officer speaks Farsi and both will be in Tehran through Slovenia's EU presidency which will conclude in July 2008. According to MFA Iran desk officer Maja Novak, the p [...]	2007-01-17 10:57:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO SI IR
07LJUBLJANA231	SLOVENIA'S EU COMMISSIONER -- INTEGRATION, [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia's EU Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, is one of the country's brightest stars working outside its borders. When his tenure as Commissioner for Science and Research concludes in 2009, we can expect to see him re-emerge on the Slovenian political stage. In his role as Commi [...]	2007-04-13 14:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TSPL HR SI
07LJUBLJANA237	VCJCS GIAMBASTIANI PRAISES SLOVENIAN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Defense Minister Erjavec, Chief of Defense Gutman, and Deputy Chief of Defense Steiner were pleased to show off the Slovenian Armed Forces' (SAF) progress in defense transformation and its significant contributions to international security during a visit March 30 and 31 by Vice [...]	2007-04-17 08:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV SI
07LJUBLJANA256	SLOVENIA: BALKANS, MIDEAST AND (NOW) CUBA ON [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel sees Kosovo as the make or break issue for the entire Western Balkans, and in a meeting with EUR PDAS Kurt Volker, urged continued unity between the US and EU as well as a comprehensive program with strong western perspective for Serbia, Kosovo and the [...]	2007-04-20 10:55:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM CU YI SI
07LJUBLJANA30	SLOVENIA: DINNER WITH THE RUPELS: KOSOVO/SERBIA, [...] (C) Summary. At dinner with COM and wife January 17, FM Dmitrij Rupel reported briefly on his recent trip to Belgrade where he urged PM Kostunica to accept the inevitable on Kosovo. He said he expected the Italian-Slovenian relationship to improve over the next year, noting a discrete agreem [...]	2007-01-19 15:45:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IT SI
07LJUBLJANA337	U.S. FIRMS STRUGGLE TO COMPETE AS DEFENSE [...] (S) Summary. Nearly one year after the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) announced that Finnish defense contractor Patria won a 330 million USD (263 million Euro) contract to supply 135 8x8 armored vehicles to the GoS, the issue continues to dominate headlines amid allegations of cost overr [...]	2007-05-25 15:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MARR MCAP ECON PGOV PINR PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA418	COM'S JUNE 14 LUNCH WITH PRIME MINISTER JANSA [...] (C) Summary: At a lunch hosted by Prime Minister Janez Jansa for COM June 14, the Ambassador urged Slovenia to exert strong leadership during its upcoming EU Presidency (January-June, 2008). Jansa discussed themes for the Presidency, warned about the potentially explosive situation in Kosov [...]	2007-06-22 13:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PINS EINV MOPS ECON PHUM ETRD PGOV
07LJUBLJANA432	KEEPING SLOVENIA IN IRAQ: HELP NEEDED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Slovenia's active support for coalition efforts in Iraq could terminate after only eighteen months. With its commitment of four troops halved to two by the reduction of billets at NTM-I earlier this year and the two re [...]	2007-07-02 12:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR IZ SI
07LJUBLJANA45	SLOVENIA: COM ENGAGES DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) Summary: The new State Secretary (Deputy FM) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andrej Ster and the new Director of the MFA's Division of the Americas, Roman Kirn, impressed COM as responsive and well informed on several thorny bilateral issues. The importance of close cooperation betwee [...]	2007-01-29 14:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON SI
07LJUBLJANA46	SLOVENIA: LJUBLJANA'S MAYOR A MAN TO WATCH: ZORAN [...] (C) Summary: Zoran Jankovic, previously CEO of Slovenia's largest retail company, Mercator, is now mayor of Ljubljana, and he has a mission. He has 45 projects for the city, 22 of which are high priority, including building several parking garages, widening key avenues, building 50,000 mor [...]	2007-01-29 14:14:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SI
07LJUBLJANA51	POLITICAL CURRENTS THREATEN TO SINK CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Summary. Central Bank Governor, Mitja Gaspari, widely credited for guiding Slovenia's successful adoption of the Euro, finds himself embroiled in a political controversy that threatens his renomination as Governor. Right wing legislators accuse Gaspari of undermining Slovenia's credibili [...]	2007-01-30 15:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN SI
07LJUBLJANA516	SLOVENIA FOCUSES ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] (U) Summary. In an August 7 meeting, Sonja Robnik, Senior Advisor in the government's Office for Equal Opportunities, told PolEcon officer that the government of Slovenia is working on new legislation that would criminalize domestic violence that it will propose soon. Currently there is no umb [...]	2007-08-10 08:54:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SI
07LJUBLJANA544	SLOVENE PM VOICES CONCERN ABOUT KOSOVO DURING COM [...] (S) During COM's farewell call with Prime Minister Janez Jansa August 17, Jansa expressed concern that we have missed the best opportunity to resolve the Kosovo issue and warned that a solution is needed soon to prevent violence. He called the U.S. the "main hope," and blamed some European [...]	2007-08-23 13:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	PREL PGOV EINV CASC PHUM PARM ECON SI
07LJUBLJANA57	SLOVENIAN CITIES HOPE TO BECOME "BOOMTOWNS" [...] (U) Summary. After years of recession and high unemployment as former socialist industries collapsed, Slovenia's northeast now aims to become a "boomtown." The cornerstone of the projected development is the strategic cooperation between municipalities Maribor and Hoce-Slivnica, Maribor Airpor [...]	2007-01-31 10:28:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EINV ELTN SI
07LJUBLJANA602	SLOVENE BUSINESS LEADER ASSESSES CHALLENGES OF [...] (C) At a lunch hosted by CDA September 12, Viktor Baraga, chairman of the supervisory boards of Slovenian energy company Petrol and gaming company Hit, discussed the problems these two companies have experienced in advancing joint venture projects with Russian and U.S. partners. He stated tha [...]	2007-09-19 14:28:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EUN PREL PINR SI
07LJUBLJANA69	SLOVENIA: FORMER PRESIDENT KUCAN LAMENTS LACK OF [...] (C) Summary: Milan Kucan, independent Slovenia's first and longest serving president continues to hold his finger to the nation's political pulse. On February 1, he shared with COM his views on domestic politics and what he terms a lack of vision by both the ruling coalition and the opposition [...]	2007-02-05 15:45:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI
07LJUBLJANA704	SLOVENIA EAGER TO HEAR FROM DAS DICARLO ON BALKAN [...] (C) In a series of November 5 meetings with EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo, senior MFA officials urged close cooperation and sought U.S. views as to the way forward on Balkan issues, which Slovenia sees as a priority issue for its EU Presidency. The Slovenes stressed the importance of speeding up [...]	2007-11-09 11:52:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA71	SLOVENIA RESPONSE TO FEBRUARY GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polecon Chief met with MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih to discuss reftel points February 9. -- Kosovo/Serbia: The GOS sees Ahtisaari's presentation of his draft plan as a significant step toward settlement of Kosovo's status and agrees with the USG that a firm timeline should be maint [...]	2007-02-09 12:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SI
07LJUBLJANA717	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel's non-paper to the MFA's EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih on November 15. Arih remarked that we were on the "same line" on most issues, including Bosnia, Iran, and Pakistan. He requested that the U.S. consider inviting Slovenia to the Annapolis meeting. EU-China Sum [...]	2007-11-15 15:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK
07LJUBLJANA731	HARRAH'S FACES MORE BARRIERS TO JOINT VENTURE IN [...] (C) Continued local opposition to the proposed Harrah's/Hit joint venture threatens to derail the project altogether, although Harrah's Entertainment has gained the support of key Slovenian officials and economists. Although the Government of Slovenia, th government-owned Slovenian casino co [...]	2007-11-29 09:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD SI
07LJUBLJANA75	COM CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF LABOR [...] (U) Summary. When Minster of Labor, Family and Social Affairs (MOL) Janez Drobnic was ousted by parliament in December 2006, former State Secretary Marjeta Cotman was tapped by Prime Minister Janez Jansa to lead the Ministry through important negotiations and reforms. Labor reforms and brokeri [...]	2007-02-12 14:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA760	SLOVENIA HAS LIMITED STRATEGIC ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) On November 29, EmbOffs accompanied Katherine Uhre, Senior Advisor of EEB's Commercial and Business Affairs Department, on a series of meetings with Slovenian officials from government economic agencies and commercial groups that highlighted Slovenia's disappointing lack of strategic econ [...]	2007-12-13 16:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA761	USTR REP STRESSES OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEC AND WTO [...] (SBU) The Senior Trade Representative at the U.S. Mission to the European Union, Dan Mullaney, met with senior Slovenian officials and the local U.S. pharmaceutical group November 19-20 to discuss U.S and Slovenian trade priorities during Slovenia's EU presidency. Mullaney emphasized the impo [...]	2007-12-13 16:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA79	SLOVENES TALK CLUSTER MUNITIONS, MANPADS, PSI, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Security Policy Director Stanislav Vidovic told PM/WRA Director Richard Kidd on February 6 that Slovenia is willing to hear the USG position on cluster munitions, ready to follow up on MANPADS discussions, eager to test its abilities with a May PSI exercise, and solidly in su [...]	2007-02-13 13:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	PARM PINR PREL MARR MASS SI
07LJUBLJANA80	RE-ELECTION WOES FOR SLOVENIA'S CENTRAL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. In a close vote February 2, Mitja Gaspari failed to get the 46 votes necessary for re-election as the governor of the Bank of Slovenia (BOS). On February 9, President Drnovsek put forward BOS Vice-Governor Andrej Rant as his second nominee. The ostensible cause of Gaspari's dow [...]	2007-02-13 14:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA81	SLOVENES TALK DEMINING TROUBLES WITH PM/WRA OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recently, both International Trust Fund for Demining (ITF) and Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff expressed concern over the allegations of possible malfeasance in the Bosnian demining sector, but understood the importance of addressing them head on before the reputation [...]	2007-02-13 14:46:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS KCRM PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA90	SLOVENIA'S PRESIDENT SITES IRRESPONSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. Since suffering from cancer, and, so far, beating it, Slovenia's president Janez Drnovsek has adopted a simplified and more spiritual approach to life, which is apparent in his public life as well as in his personal demeanor. In the last two years, he has written three top ten [...]	2007-02-14 14:52:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI YI SR
07LJUBLJANA95	SLOVENIA WRESTLING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT CLASS IN NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia's commitment to NATO and to international security took a giant leap forward this week as the Slovenian Armed Forces began a six month, 600 troop deployment -- the largest overseas operation in the history of independent Slovenia -- to take over the Western Sector of KFOR [...]	2007-02-16 14:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PINS NATO SI
07LOME178	UNHCR REP ON TOGOLESE REFUGEE SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a March 1 courtesy call on Ambassador, UNHCR's Regional Representative Rafik Saidi said that about three-quarters of the 40,000 Togolese refugees from the 2005 political violence have returned to Togo. The UNHCR is actively seeking to encourage the remainder to go home. END SUM [...]	2007-03-02 15:44:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM GH BN TO
07LOME571	TOGO ELECTION UPDATE: SOFTWARE PROBLEMS JEOPARDIZE [...] (C) Summary. The opening round of voter registration for Togo's upcoming legislative elections - the centerpiece of the ongoing reform and reconciliation process -- have revealed a number of problems related to the registration software. Of particular concern to the National Independent Elect [...]	2007-08-03 17:19:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM TO
07LONDON1047	ACCREDITATION - IMO - 34TH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from March 26 - 30, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Thirty-fourth Session of the Committee on Facilitation: Howard L. Hime, Representative Jaideep Si [...]	2007-03-19 14:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON1062	BTEX FORENSIC EPIDEMIOLOGY WORKSHOP CATALYZES G8 EFFORTS AGAINST BIOTERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK and Germany co-hosted, with U.S. co-sponsorship, the G8 "Forensic Epidemiology Workshop," in London March 13-15, 2007 (Ref A). Although the U.S. was the primary source for workshop design and facilitation, all three nations worked collaboratively to plan and execute the [...]	2007-03-20 11:09:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER TBIO CA FR GM IT JA RS UK EUN
07LONDON1196	UK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 30-31 FOREIGN [...] (U) UK priorities for the upcoming GYMNICH meeting are maintaining EU unity in support of 1) Ahtisaari's Kosovo plan; 2) a "middle ground" approach to the new Palestinian Unity Government, and 3) moving forward on EU-specific Iran sanctions. Martin Shearman, the Foreign Office's European Corr [...]	2007-03-28 15:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EUN XG IS IR ZI FI UK
07LONDON1265	CHANCELLOR BROWN'S REPUTATION FOR FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Gordon Brown's expected procession from 11 to 10 Downing Street hit a pothole over the weekend. "The Times" newspaper won a long Freedom of Information battle and published documents showing Brown had been warned by Treasury staff against removing tax breaks favorable to pension [...]	2007-04-03 15:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV UK
07LONDON1279	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS REVIEWS AFGHAN AND OTHER CN ISSUES WITH UK [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 14:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR AF UK
07LONDON1346	ACCREDITATION - IMO - ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from 16 - 20 April, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Eleventh Session of the Sub-Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases: Richard Raksnis, Representative [...]	2007-04-12 12:10:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON1658	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED - IMO DELEGATION-(ISRWG) [...] Embassy London is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON SHIP RECYCLING (ISRWG),LONDON, UK, MAY 6-13, 2007: Representative Constance C. Arvis Deputy Director Office of Oceans Affairs Bureau of Oce [...]	2007-05-02 16:05:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON1991	ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT OF EU ENLARGEMENT FOR UK [...] Since Romania and Bulgaria formally joined the European Union (EU) on January 1, 2007, we have witnessed increased reference to economic activity between the UK and the new member states, ranging from high level visits to various UK contacts indicating they have purchased vacation property in [...]	2007-05-23 14:42:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EU UK
07LONDON2063	ACCREDITATION - IMO - FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from the U.S. for the International Maritime Organization's Fifteenth Session of the Subcommittee on Flag State Implementation, London, June 4 - 8, 2007: Representativ [...]	2007-05-30 15:07:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO
07LONDON2076	ACCREDITATION - IMO - FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from June 18 - 21, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Fifty-Seventh Session of the Technical Cooperation Committee: Head of Delegation Laurence Tobe [...]	2007-05-31 12:05:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO
07LONDON2077	ACCREDITATION - IMO - NINETY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from June 25 - 29, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization Council's Ninety-Eighth Session: Head of Delegation Laurence Tobey Transportation Affairs Office [...]	2007-05-31 12:05:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO
07LONDON2457	IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE: UK FEEDBACK ON SOLANA-LARIJANI [...] Summary (CO) EU's Solana saw no movement during June 23 talks with Larijani on suspension and rebuffed Larijani's suggestion to link next steps on the nuclear issue in any way to the upcoming visit to Iran by IAEA chief El Baradei, according to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The UK [...]	2007-06-26 17:59:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EU IR IZ UK
07LONDON2488	(U) PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN NAMES HIS CABINET [...] (U) A day after taking over as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has named his Cabinet. As expected, this is the biggest reshuffle since the Labour Party came to power in 1997. It includes several realignments, and has the maximum number of paid Cabinet Ministers permitted by law (22). While p [...]	2007-06-28 16:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UK
07LONDON2510	ACCREDITATION - IMO - INTERSESSIONAL MEETING OF [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from July 9-13, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Intersessional Meeting of the Working Group on Long-Range Identification and Tracking of Ships: Curtis [...]	2007-07-02 09:59:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO
07LONDON2534	(U) BROWN'S GOVERNMENT IN PLACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Gordon Brown has moved fast to put his stamp on the UK Government and the results have been positive for his poll ratings and media coverage. The latest Guardian/ICM poll gives Labour the lead (39 percent to 35 percent) over the Conservatives, Labour's first le [...]	2007-07-02 16:01:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV UK
07LONDON2575	ACCREDITATION - IMO - 56TH SESSION OF THE MARINE [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members for the International Maritime Organization's 56th Session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee: Jeffrey Lantz, Head of Delegation Victoria Huyck, Alternativ [...]	2007-07-05 11:04:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO
07LONDON317	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) met at Central Hall Westminster in London, UK from 06-09 November 2006, to hold the ninety-seventh session of the Council (C97) chaired by Mr. Johann Franson (Sweden). Topics of significant interest included: Condolences for the recent pa [...]	2007-01-25 16:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA EWWT ECPS MOPS AORC IMO KTIA
07LONDON3228	BRITISH AGREE TO COSPONSOR TO 1518 COMMITTEE, BUT [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. 2. (S) The British are seeking Ministerial approval to co-sponsor to the 1518 Committee names 2-7 in State 104666, according to Sarah Bennett and James Smith of the Sanctions Team, International Organizations Department, Foreign and Commonwea [...]	2007-08-20 17:35:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN KTFN UK UNSC
07LONDON3283	(S) BRITISH QUESTION TWO NAMES ON PROPOSED 1518 [...] (S) Two of the names on Ref E's proposed listings to the UN's 1518 Committee "might be promising" participants in the Iraq Reconciliation process, according to the FCO's James Smith, Desk Officer Iraq Directorate, and Sarah Bennett, Sanctions Team, International Organizations Department. The [...]	2007-08-24 15:24:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN KTFN UK UNSC
07LONDON3285	PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: UK DECLINES [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 16:06:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM UK
07LONDON3338	SENATOR BOXER HEARS POSITIVE VIEWS ON CARBON [...] Summary: Senator Barbara Boxer heard strongly positive views from HMG, heavy industry and the investment community on the UK,s experience with carbon cap-and-trade systems as a tool for addressing climate change. Many of HMG officials who handle climate change are new to their portfolios, and [...]	2007-08-31 12:19:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG PREL UK IZ AF SU
07LONDON3369	HMG TO OBSERVE GNEP MEETING IN VIENNA BELOW THE [...] (SBU) Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy, will not attend the September 16 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) meeting in Vienna, according to a letter from Wicks to Secretary of Energy Bodman (text at para 2). Dr. Mel Draper, Director of Nuclear Nonproliferation at the Depart [...]	2007-09-04 17:46:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PINR UK
07LONDON3370	HMG TO OBSERVE GNEP MEETING IN VIENNA BELOW THE [...] (SBU) Malcolm Wicks, Minister of State for Energy, will not attend the September 16 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) meeting in Vienna, according to a letter from Wicks to Secretary of Energy Bodman (text at para 2). Dr. Mel Draper, Director of Nuclear Nonproliferation at the Depart [...]	2007-09-05 08:18:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PINR UK
07LONDON3422	UK GOALS FOR SEPTEMBER INFORMAL EU FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. According to the Foreign Office, the key agenda items at the September Gymnich meeting are Kosovo, the Inter-Governmental Conference on EU Reform, the Middle East, and a review of EU strategic partnerships with a focus on Russia. As is practice at informal Gynmich meetings, the UK [...]	2007-09-07 11:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN RS YI IR UK
07LONDON3539	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Your visit is much welcomed. You come to London at a critical moment. The UK is adjusting to the change in leadership from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, who has displayed calm confidence in addressing key domestic challenges in the short period he has been Prime [...]	2007-09-14 16:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL UK
07LONDON3571	UK WORRIED ABOUT IRAN, THEY TELL TREASURY A/S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: British officials told Patrick O'Brien, A/S for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, Treasury, on September 6, that they are very worried about Iran. Both sides agreed we should continue to turn up the pressure on Iran within the context of the United Nations Security Cou [...]	2007-09-17 18:16:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PTER IR LY UK
07LONDON3662	CROCKER/PETRAEUS MEETINGS WITH UK DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: With Prime Minister Gordon Brown set to deliver a widely-anticipated statement on HMG's policy in Iraq to Parliament on or about October 10, the UK needs the USG to define clearly its expectations for the British presence in Iraq as soon as possible, UK Defence Secretary Des Br [...]	2007-09-21 16:25:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS MCAP IZ UK
07LONDON3712	Bio Information on UK Delegation to Major Economies [...] (U) Following is biographic information on the five members of the UK delegation to the September 27-28 Major Economies Meeting in Washington DC on climate change and energy security. The five people are Phil Woolas (Environment Minister at DEFRA),Michael Jacobs (Advisor to the Prime Ministe [...]	2007-09-26 16:51:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR SENV UK
07LONDON374	UK PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HEARS POSITIVE VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Defense Select Committee of the UK House of Commons met with five experts in nuclear arms and defense policy on January 23 to hear views on HMG's recent white paper endorsing a renewal of the UK's existing submarine-based nuclear deterrent. Although the MPs heard some voice [...]	2007-01-29 17:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM MOPS UK
07LONDON3915	UK EXPECTATIONS FOR GAERC MEETING; AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) In response to ref a points, Tom Burn of the Foreign Office's EU Section provided Poloff with the following readout of UK expectations for next week's GAERC: 2. (C) Iran: Burn shared the agreed upon language to be included in the text of the GAERC conclusions: "The Council agreed t [...]	2007-10-12 14:49:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IZ IR
07LONDON3923	XXXXXXXXXXXX ARGUES TIME IS RIPE FOR [...] (C) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) that Islamic republic of Iran decision-makers lack the confidence to initiate an offer to the West to soften Iran's nuclear or regional posture, but are now, due to internal political conditions, hoping for a Western-initiated proposal on [...]	2007-10-12 16:44:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC IR UK
07LONDON3938	GORDON BROWN TO ISSUE LETTER TO G7 AND IFIS ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown is considering sending a letter to G-7 participants, China, India, the IMF and the World Bank on how to support democracy in Burma. The London-based newspaper the Independent erroneously reported October 15 that the Prime Minister had already sent suc [...]	2007-10-15 16:05:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID BM UK
07LONDON3983	AMBASSADOR THANKS IRAN DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request for Chiefs of Mission worldwide to underscore U.S. support for democracy advocates, Ambassador met October 11 with two UK-based Iranian expatriate journalists to thank them for their years of advocacy for human rights and democracy in Iran and to lead their dis [...]	2007-10-19 12:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PHUM IR UK
07LONDON4045	EUR SENIOR ADVISOR PANDITH AND S/P ADVISOR COHENâ€™S [...] (C) Summary. EUR Senior Advisor for Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith and S/P Member Jared Cohen met with a wide range of UK government leaders, community activists, think tanks, artists, and Muslim youth during their October 9-14 visit to the UK. Government officials stressed that the UK's problem w [...]	2007-10-25 16:38:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER SCUL UK
07LONDON4082	FCC COMMISSIONER COPPS EXPLORES UK'S DIGITAL TV TRANSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UK's transition to digital TV is progressing smoothly thanks in large part to an impressive BPS 200 Million ($400 Million) public awareness campaign and a BPS 600 Million ($1.2 Billion) Help Scheme, according to HMG officials. The analog BBC TWO signal in the small town of Whit [...]	2007-10-30 13:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON UK
07LONDON4189	FINSBURY PARK MOSQUE -- AFTER THE STORM [...] (C) Summary. A visit to the Finsbury Park Mosque -- once the home of the notorious extremist Imam Abu Hamza al-Masri and formerly exhibit A in the case for the threat from "homegrown" British radicalization -- found the Mosque apparently cleansed of its extremist past and working hard to counter ra [...]	2007-11-08 17:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SCUL KISL PGOV UK
07LONDON4310	INCSR VOL II FOR UK [...] Following is post draft of Volume II of the UK INCSR for 2008. POC is Econ Couns John McNamara (mcnamarajf@state.gov) 2. (SBU) Begin Text: United Kingdom The United Kingdom (UK) plays a leading role in European and world finance and remains attractive to money launderers because of [...]	2007-11-20 18:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UK
07LONDON4328	(C/NF) UK SHARES U.S. GOALS ON IRAN; WE SHOULD RE-FOCUS UK DOMESTIC EFFORTS AND INCREASE COORDINATION REF: A. STATE 156409 B. STATE 157039 LONDON 00004328 001.2 OF 006 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 16:16:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MNUC EFIN PTER KTFN IR UK
07LONDON4389	A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES UK DEVELOPMENT POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: UK development official Shriti Vadera expressed an interest in closer cooperation with MCC and PEPFAR in a meeting with EEB A/S Sullivan. She also said she has been reaching out to private sector companies such as Coca-Cola and Vodafone (and next Wal-Mart) to use their systems [...]	2007-11-28 16:22:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KHIV UK
07LONDON4454	U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S [...] (S/NF) Summary: Per instructions reftel, DCM delivered reftel points December 3 to Permanent Under Secretary of State Peter Ricketts. Ricketts, who was accompanied by FCO's Iran Coordinator Antony Phillipson, appeared not to have been previously aware of the NIE or its contents. Nevertheles [...]	2007-12-04 13:10:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC IR PARM UK
07LONDON4472	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERSâ€™ DECEMBER 7 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Your December 7-8 visit to London comes after Prime Minister Gordon Brown has finished putting his own stamp on the government, following this summer's transition from Tony Blair's tenure, and begins focusing on governing. It also comes at a time during which major infrastructure pro [...]	2007-12-05 11:58:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ICAO ECON SENV ELTN UK
07LONDON4680	IRAN: ALLEGED EX-IRGC MEMBER LISTS QUDS FORCE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Mohammed Ali Khatami (please protect),claiming to have been in the past a long-term operative for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC),provided London Iran Watcher (Poloff) detailed written allegations concerning long-term IRGC-Quds Force involvement in de-stabilizing Ira [...]	2007-12-28 15:41:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK
07LONDON679	ACCREDITATION REQUESTED - IMO - FIFTIETH SESSION [...] Embassy London has requested accreditation and is pleased to grant UK country clearance to the following delegation members from March 5 - 9, 2007 for the International Maritime Organization's Fiftieth Session of the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment (DE): Captain Patrick E. Little, [...]	2007-02-22 14:25:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC IMO UK
07LONDON71	TERRORIST FINANCE: REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Unless the U.S. has compelling information which either: a) demonstrates that the London branch of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) is under the operational control of Kuwait-based headquarters or b) shows a clear linkage between the London branch and al-Qaida, we [...]	2007-01-09 14:02:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EFIN UK
07LONDON809	UK EXPECTATIONS FOR MARCH EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) The UK Government expects Iran and Bosnia to be issues of focus at the March General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Martin Sherman, FCO's EU External Affairs head, provided Poloff on March 1 with a readout of UK expectations for the GAERC in response to ref non-p [...]	2007-03-02 15:26:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL PGOV BK YI IS IR AF SU UZ UK
07LONDON894	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The combined annual meeting for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took place in London, October 30 to November 3, [...]	2007-03-07 17:45:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO PHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK

07LUANDA1014	LUANDA'S DIAMOND FACTORY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lev Leviev Diamond Corporation's (LLD) diamond cutting and polishing factory in Luanda is only operating at 20 percent of its designed capacity thanks to less than promised supplies of rough diamonds. Low throughput contributes to a high (USD 100 per carat) production co [...]	2007-10-03 12:55:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECON AO
07LUANDA104	DAS CAROL THOMPSON MEETING ANGOLAN VICE FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 29, 2007, visiting AF DAS Carol Thompson received GRA thanks for the disaster relief assistance provided to Angola by the United States following the recent flooding and noted the positive contribution of the 2005 MEDFLAG Exercise. Thompson reiterated USG interest in [...]	2007-02-02 11:04:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD EINT EAID TBIO AO
07LUANDA1116	A PRODUCTIVE VISIT BY LULA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luis Ignacio da Silva's high-profile state visit on October 17 and 18, 2007 resulted in seven new technical assistance accords, the doubling of Brazil's credit line to Angola (to USD 2.3 billion) and the announcement of a business deal to build a sugarcane-based [...]	2007-10-30 16:12:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECIN ENRG
07LUANDA1127	HUILA PROVINCE - GREAT POTENTIAL AND HUGE PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. An energy deficit and dilapidated infrastructure diminish Huila Province's economic potential. Investors have to provide their own electricity, water, transportation and security. The GRA's railroad rehabilitation, critical to reopening Huila's iron mines, is at a standstill [...]	2007-11-05 14:38:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN AO
07LUANDA1221	FIRST CREDIBLE REPORTS OF WIDESPREAD HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A December 5th, 2007 report from NGO Medecins San Frontieres is the first substantiated report of widespread human right abuses perpetrated by Angolan soldiers against expelled Congolese illegal immigrants in the diamond-rich region of Lunda Norte. The Embassy is actively engagi [...]	2007-12-06 18:11:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
07LUANDA1251	ANGOLA STILL TRYING TO BE A PLAYER IN THE DRC [...] (U) Angola, which continues to seek a role in ending the conflict in the eastern DRC, this week engaged in a series of high-level meetings between Angolan and Congolese military officials. Congolese Military (FARDC) Chief of Staff Dieudonne Kayembe stressed the "special place" that Angola hol [...]	2007-12-14 16:07:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS OTRA CG AO
07LUANDA1269	PRESSURE ON CNE AS ELECTORAL BALL DROPS IN ITS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GRA continued to set the stage for legislative elections in 2008 in a series of high-level meetings this week. At an extraordinary session of the GRA's senior consultative body, the Council of the Republic, on December 17th, the President dos Santos clarified the National Ele [...]	2007-12-20 18:14:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
07LUANDA127	DAS CAROL THOMPSON VISIT TO CABINDA CHEVRON OIL [...] (SBU) Summary. During AF DAS Carol Thompson,s visit to Angola,s oil-rich exclave of Cabinda, she traveled to Chevron,s state of the art offshore deep water production and drilling platform and spoke at the launch of the USAID/Chevron-partnered Municipal Development Project, an innovative prog [...]	2007-02-09 11:29:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EPET PARM AO
07LUANDA1270	WORLD BANK ANGOLA BRIDGING TWO WORLDS [...] (SBU) Summary. World Bank Country Representative - Angola Alberto Chueca is decidedly more upbeat about prospects for successful Bank engagement in Angola than he was only three weeks ago, when he last met the Ambassador. His new-found optimism is founded on several recent developments: fi [...]	2007-12-20 18:18:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON AO
07LUANDA1271	BECHTEL SIGNS MEGA LNG CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary. On 10 December 2007, the Angolan LNG Consortium and Bechtel Corporation signed multi-billion dollar contract to build the Angola Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Soyo. Bechtel is concerned about possible problems in getting Angola visas for the approximately 4,000 expatr [...]	2007-12-20 19:24:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EIND ECON AO
07LUANDA1275	ANGOLA: PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES ELECTIONS FOR [...] (U) During his year-end speech to the nation on December 27th, 2007, President dos Santos announced legislative elections for September 5 and 6th, 2008. He stressed the elections should be conducted peacefully, with tolerance and respect for the opinions of others. Dos Santos said the legisl [...]	2007-12-27 15:47:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AO
07LUANDA164	ANGOLA'S NEW CUSTOMS LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. Angola,s new customs code took effect in January 2007, bringing Angolan law into line with modern international practices, including the Kyoto and Istanbul Convention norms. Management consultant Crown Agents has improved daily customs operations, computerizing and streamlinin [...]	2007-02-16 12:37:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KREC ECON AMGT AO
07LUANDA166	CAROL THOMPSON DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary. During AF/DAS Carol Thompson,s visit to Angola, the Chairman of the National Election Commission was bullish on the success of the voter registration process while opposition leaders had reservations about elections in general. Opposition leaders thanked us for our support for [...]	2007-02-21 10:56:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AO
07LUANDA171	CHINESE IN ANGOLA: DOING BUSINESS AND SETTLING IN [...] (U) This is one in a series of cables on the Chinese business community in Angola. Previous cables have examined the Chinese line of credit. 2. (SBU) Summary: Chinese businesses, especially construction companies, are highly evident in Luanda. The Chinese are having an impact on the land [...]	2007-02-22 15:01:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PINR CH AO
07LUANDA250	ANGOLA DECIDES NOT TO SEEK IMF AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Angola,s Finance Minister, Pedro de Morais, announced that Angola will not pursue a program with the IMF. Citing Angola,s progress in combating inflation and its growing foreign exchange reserves, Angola believes it does not need a stand-by agreement to ensure macroeconomic st [...]	2007-03-14 10:41:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON AO
07LUANDA31	ANGOLA: POLL SHOWS SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Angolans support the government's economic performance and plan to participate in elections, according to a recent International Republican Institute (IRI) poll. Poll results indicate a clear electoral advantage and public support for the ruling MPLA party, but also show possible [...]	2007-01-16 14:26:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KWMN AO
07LUANDA311	ANGOLA'S NEW AGRICULTURE MINISTER PREDICTS SHARPLY [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 22, 2007, Ambassador Efird and Econoff called on Agriculture Minister Afonso Pedro Canga. According to Canga, this year,s heavy rains will reduce the corn harvest to about 60,000 metric tons, compared with 450,000 tons in 2006. The cassava harvest will be adequate, [...]	2007-03-28 16:46:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EAID AO
07LUANDA326	U.S. AND CHINESE AMBASSADORS EXPLORE BILATERAL [...] (U) Summary. On April 3, 2007, the Chinese and U.S. Ambassadors met to discuss potential areas for coordinated agricultural assistance to Angola. They reviewed their countries, respective engagement in agricultural assistance in Angola in an effort to find synergies for future cooperation. [...]	2007-04-09 06:14:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ETRD AO
07LUANDA443	GROUPS IN ANGOLA CALLING FOR EXTENDING VOTER [...] (SBU) Summary: With less than six weeks to the conclusion of the voter registration period on June 15 2007, opposition parties and other groups are publicly urging the government to extend the voter registration period, arguing that due to the poor road network and unusually heavy rainfall the [...]	2007-05-08 14:36:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AO
07LUANDA444	ANGOLAN NGO GIVES REGISTRATION PROCESS HIGH MARKS [...] (U) Summary: The Angolan Electoral Platform, a group of civil society election observers, gave the voter registration process high marks when it publicly announced results of its months long monitoring observations. Observers were routinely accorded access to registration centers; found that [...]	2007-05-08 14:41:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM AO
07LUANDA476	ANGOLA - APRIL POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -------------- ---- Angola Funds the Gulf of Guinea Commission ---- Supreme Court President Calls for More Judges ---- New Angolan Naval and Air Force Chiefs --------------------------------------------- ---- Angola Provides the Budget for the Gulf of Guinea Commission -------- [...]	2007-05-15 15:25:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
07LUANDA477	ANGOLA HOSTS FIRST SAN CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from San communities in Angola gathered with San representatives from other Southern African countries, NGOs, and government officials for the first Angolan San Conference on April 24th - 26th 2007. Not only did this represent the first time the Angolan San met w [...]	2007-05-15 16:05:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL PGOV AO
07LUANDA56	SCENESETTER FOR DAS CAROL THOMPSON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) DAS Thompson, I want to warmly welcome you to Angola. Your visit follows the highly successful 2006 visits of General Ward, A/S Lowenkron and then-PDAS Pittman. Your visit, which will be followed by the February ship visit of the USS Kaufmann, starts 2007 positively towards the USG goal o [...]	2007-01-22 11:45:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM AO
07LUANDA564	IMF ARTICLE IV TEAM GIVES ANGOLA HIGH MARKS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 5, 2007, the IMF Article IV team, which is close to winding up its first visit to Angola since the GRA definitively walked away from a formal program with the IMF (reftel),presented a preliminary summary of its findings to representatives of embassies and international [...]	2007-06-07 15:35:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AO
07LUANDA615	SPECIAL AGENT STEEN MEETS WITH ANGOLAN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Secret Service Special Agent William Steen conducted training in recognizing counterfeit currency at Embassy Luanda and met with representatives of the Angolan Central Bank Exchange Reserves Department to discuss training in currency recognition. While recent changes in th [...]	2007-06-20 13:10:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINT ECON AO
07LUANDA621	ANGOLA: OIL BOOM FUELING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Aguinaldo Jaime described Angola,s efforts to manage its exceptionally high economic growth to A/S Jendayi Frazer, noting the creation of a stabilization fund to manage oil price fluctuations on the budgetary process; programs to increase Central Bank and Fin [...]	2007-06-21 13:44:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET PGOV OVIP CH AO
07LUANDA625	ANGOLA: GRA EXTENDS VOTER REGISTRATION PERIOD [...] (U) Summary: Citing the logistical difficulties caused by the country's war ravaged infrastructure and an unusually heavy rainy season, the Council of Ministers extended the voter registration period from June 15th to September 15, 2007. Government spokesmen repeatedly stated that the extensio [...]	2007-06-21 14:52:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AO
07LUANDA648	ANGOLA: WORK STOPS ON THE MALANJE RAILROAD [...] (C) Summary. Work has apparently stopped along the railroad line linking Luanda and Malanje with Chinese railroad workers claiming they have not been paid for eight months. At the root of the problem is the nature of the deal between China International Fund (CIF) a private Hong Kong corpora [...]	2007-06-27 10:55:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN ETRD EFIN EPET PINR CH AO
07LUANDA650	ANGOLA CHAIRS SOUTH ATLANTIC PEACE ZONE [...] (C) Summary. Angola hosted the sixth Ministerial Conference of the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone from June 18-19, 2007 in Luanda, and now chairs the organization. The main outcome of the conference was approval of the Luanda Action Plan (LAP),an extremely broad paper calling for [...]	2007-06-27 16:06:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AO
07LUANDA652	ANGOLAN IMMIGRATION SERVICE DELAYS IN PROCESSING WORK VISA [...] SUMMARY: AS MANY AS 200 AMERICAN CITIZENS IN ANGOLA HAVE NOW BEEN WITHOUT THEIR PASSPORTS FOR AT LEAST FOUR WEEKS AND MANY FOR AS LONG AS EIGHT WEEKS AS THEY AWAIT WORK VISA RENEWAL PROCESSING BY THE ANGOLAN IMMIGRATION SERVICES. THESE DELAYS ARE CAUSING HAVOC WITH 28-DAY WORK ROTATIONS USED BY [...]	2007-06-28 12:36:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC MGT AFSN APER CMGT PGOV EPET AO
07LUANDA693	EU BLACKLISTS TAAG ANGOLAN AIRLINES [...] (C) Summary: The EU has included TAAG (Angolan National Airlines) on its black list as of July 6. Angola flirted with banning all EU flights to Angola in retaliation, but strong words of advice from the Ambassador and other foreign diplomats convinced the GRA to act sensibly to confront the i [...]	2007-07-10 17:06:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON AO
07LUANDA695	CARLYLE GROUP VISITS ANGOLA LOOKING FOR NEW MARKETS [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. investment company The Carlyle Group brought its heavy hitters to Angola to meet with President Eduardo Dos Santos and the leaders of the GRA,s economic team and to persuade the Angolan national oil company Sonangol, the Ministry of Finance and perhaps the Angolan Develo [...]	2007-07-11 16:03:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV AO
07LUANDA696	ANGOLA PROVINCIAL NOTES: SLOW DEVELOPMENT IN LUNDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Diamond-rich Lunda North province is on the slow track to development. Despite the important role of the diamond sector in contributing to Angola,s non-petroleum derived economy the province remains rural, underdeveloped and isolated from the rest of the country. Few employment [...]	2007-07-11 16:07:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EMIN ECON PREF PINR SOCI KDEM AO
07LUANDA70	Angola: USAID-Central Bank Monetary Policy Workshop [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11 to 13, USAID Angola and the Angolan National Bank sponsored a monetary policy workshop featuring local and international experts. The workshop provided a forum to openly and frankly discuss the next steps required to help Angola take full advantage of increasing o [...]	2007-01-25 06:21:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AO
07LUANDA723	EX-INTELLIGENCE CHIEF MIALA ARRESTED - REVENGE [...] (C) Summary. On Friday, July 13 2007, Fernando Miala, the former head of Angola,s foreign intelligence service, was arrested on a charge of insubordination: refusing an order to attend his own demotion ceremony. Miala was removed from office in February 2006 for allegedly plotting to overthr [...]	2007-07-17 17:10:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AO
07LUANDA748	ANGOLA- FY 2006 SSH STATUS OF FUNDS SUMMARY REPORT [...] PART A - PRIOR FISCAL YEAR FUNDS FY 2005 SSH NUMBER: SSH-05-654-003 AMOUNT OBLIGATED: USD 17,245 UNLIQUIDATED BALANCE: None DATE OBLIGATED: October 12, 2005 COMPLETION DATE: September 30, 2006 NAME OF A GRANTEE: AFAMODSA PROVINCE: Luanda PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Construct a center with a hea [...]	2007-07-20 08:25:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AO
07LUANDA757	CAE: GOOD FOR ANGOLA AND FOR AMERICAN BUSINESSES [...] (U) Summary. The Angolan Center for Business Support (CAE),founded to help bridge the gap between Angolan small and medium sized enterprises and the oil industry, now includes support for American businesses entering the Angolan market. To Angolan SMEs it provides the full range of business [...]	2007-07-23 07:40:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ECON AO
07LUANDA763	ANGOLA'S EXPANDING BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Angolan banking sector continues its rapid growth with two new Angolan-owned banks opening in June, bringing the total number of banks to seventeen, a thirty-five percent increase over two years ago. In addition, Angola's Banco BIC will expand to open a new Portuguese bank. [...]	2007-07-23 16:14:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SNAR AO
07LUANDA846	ANGOLA: FNLA FOUNDER LAID TO REST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following an official state ceremony in Luanda, FNLA founder Holden Roberto was buried in his native Zaire Province on August 8th, 2007. Despite mutterings that the GRA had deliberately kept him in poverty, the GRA pulled out all the stops for an elaborate funeral for Roberto. [...]	2007-08-15 16:30:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AO
07LUANDA847	ANGOLA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) SUMMARY -- Supreme Court Proscribes 19 Political Parties -- Ministries Improve Documentation of Children -- Sixty Cuban Doctors Arrive In Luanda -- Angola Reestablishes Relations With Togo -- Angola and North Korea Re-affirm Military Cooperation -- MPLA Parliamentarian Criticize [...]	2007-08-16 07:01:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AO
07LUANDA862	STRUGGLING FOR AVIATION SAFETY - ANGOLAN CIVIL AIR [...] (SBU) Summary. USTDA Country Manager for West and Central Africa Pierce Davis met with Angolan Civil Aviation Agency Director Antonio Pombal on 27 July 2007. Davis found a Pombal preoccupied with INAVIC,s efforts to overcome a European Union ban on TAAG flights. Pombal hopes for immediate [...]	2007-08-20 16:44:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EAID ECON AO
07LUANDA872	DEMARCHE: SEEKING HIGH-LEVEL COMMITMENT FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, see paras. 6 and 7 2. (SBU) Summary. At the request of the President's diplomatic advisor (ref a),Charge delivered reftel c demarche to Vice Minister of Transportation Helder Preza on 21 August 2007. Preza has been ordered by President dos Santos to bri [...]	2007-08-22 14:30:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON AO
07LUANDA923	CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ANGOLA FOCUSED ON HEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary. During an initial call on Counselor Ding Shan at the Chinese Embassy, the USAID Mission Director and Ding compared the U.S. and Chinese assistance efforts in Angola, which both emphasize health. Ding also disclosed China will soon start sending "barefoot doctors" to work in [...]	2007-09-11 08:01:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV EINV AO CH
07LUSAKA1019	PRESIDENT SIGNS NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. President Mwanawasa signed the government-sponsored National Constitutional Conference (NCC) bill on August 31. The bill calls for a nationally-representative Constitutional Conference to either draft a new constitution or suggest amendments to the current one. The Oasis Forum, [...]	2007-09-06 14:43:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZA
07LUSAKA1253	ZAMBIA - POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. Summary -- Civil Society and GRZ Consult on NGO Bill -- National Constitutional Conference to Meet in December -- November 8 By-Elections -- Sata Slammed as Hired Gun for Taiwan -- Tourism-related bills make their wa [...]	2007-11-08 13:28:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
07LUSAKA372	ZAMBIA MARCH 2007 ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 08:16:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAIR ZA
07LUSAKA429	IMF GIVES ZAMBIA'S ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT HIGH MARKS AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility program is "on track" and its macroeconomic performance has been good, according to a recent International Monetary Fund assessment team visit. The Zambian Government (GRZ) adequately addressed the team's concerns about fiscal accou [...]	2007-04-10 14:37:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ZA
07LUSAKA434	ZAMBIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered: -- Minister of Information Sacked -- MMD Succession Speculation -- United Liberal Party Loses MPs to PF -- Government Continues to Demolish Illegal Structures -- State Wins Media Case -- FOIA Tied To Media Ethics Bill -- Parliamentary Election Petitions -- PF Suspends [...]	2007-04-12 09:56:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ZA
07LUSAKA563	SCENESETTER FOR DAS THOMPSON'S VISIT TO ZAMBIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Mission in Zambia warmly welcomes Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Carol Thompson to Zambia from June 1 to June 6, 2007. Your visit comes at a time when President Mwanawasa and his administration are seeking to establish a second-term agenda following the President's [...]	2007-05-10 10:58:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZA
07LUSAKA909	MWANAWASA SUSPENDS DRUG ENFORCEMENT COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary. On August 8, President Mwanawasa suspended Ryan Chitoba, the head of Zambia's Drug Enforcement Commission, after receiving compelling evidence from Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Chitoba's deputy, Jacob Koyi, who may also be implicated in the abuse of authority and p [...]	2007-08-10 09:08:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ZA
07LUXEMBOURG170	LUXEMBOURG CONCERNED ABOUT CUBA'S LACK OF PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Luxembourg is concerned about the EU's lack of progress with Cuba on the subject of human rights but still favors an "open, constructive and comprehensive dialogue" with Cuba. In the past, Luxembourg has played a constructive role within the EU in finding compromises but it does [...]	2007-05-08 10:19:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM CU LU EU
07LUXEMBOURG494	LUXEMBOURG APPROVES COMPREHENSIVE MILITARY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Luxembourg Parliament passed a long-anticipated military reform package on 19 December 2007 without objection. Key provisions include the creation of "Available Operational Units" (or UDO in French) which are available for service abroad, expanding the size of the army by nea [...]	2007-12-20 15:49:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV NATO MOPS PREL EU LU
07LUXEMBOURG80	LUXEMBOURG: 2007 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Luxembourg is pleased to present the following information regarding trafficking in persons in Luxembourg. Point of contact is Tom Boughter; tel: +352 46-01-23, ext. 2240. Political officer (FS-04) spent 20 hours meeting contacts and collecting information for this report. Acting [...]	2007-02-23 13:37:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB LU
07MADRID1000	SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE REJECTS CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S [...] (SBU) On May 24 Spanish investigative magistrate Judge Santiago Pedraz rejected the appeal of National Court Chief Prosecutor Javier Zaragoza to drop the charges against three U.S. servicemen accused of killing Spanish television cameraman Jose Couso during a firefight in Baghdad in April 200 [...]	2007-05-24 16:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR SP
07MADRID1021	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 1 VISIT TO [...] (C) Dear Secretary Rice: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. Your visit is a milestone in our work, together with you, to overcome the differences over Iraq with the Spanish government and convince them that further [...]	2007-05-25 11:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PREL SP
07MADRID1036	UPDATE FOR SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MADRID - BOTH [...] (C) You are arriving in Spain just after the May 27 regional and local elections, the results of which have provided a mixed bag allowing each of Spain's main political parties to claim victory. The elections did not radically alter Spain's political map, but Mariano Rajoy's Popular Party (PP [...]	2007-05-29 15:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
07MADRID1038	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Shaking off (at least for now) jitters of a few weeks ago, the IBEX-35 hit an all-time high on May 23 of 15,229.9 points. The market is up 7.62% so far this year. Despite fears of a housing market slowdown, even the big construction firms such as Ferrovial, ACS, FCC, Sacyr and Acciona hav [...]	2007-05-30 14:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID104	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF JANUARY 22 GAERC [...] (S) SUMMARY: Emboff discussed Spanish views in advance of the January 22 GAERC meeting with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA Subdirector General for the EU, on January 18. Fernandez-Arias highlighted the following areas of special Spanish interest. The EU expects to issue a communique either fr [...]	2007-01-19 11:17:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID1075	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) A recent study on over 6,000 crewmembers who worked in 2002 to clean up the Prestige tanker oil spill off the cost of Galicia shows that thousands of the original clean-up crew are now suffering health problems that include breathing difficulties and chronic coughs. The study, is expected [...]	2007-06-04 17:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID1078	SPAIN: ETA ANNOUNCES THE END TO ITS "PERMANENT [...] (C) Summary. In the early morning hours of June 5, the terrorist group ETA published a communiqu in the electronic editions of key Basque media outlets, announcing that it would end its 14-month "permanent cease-fire" beginning at midnight on June 6, and threatening to "reopen its activities [...]	2007-06-05 12:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
07MADRID1107	SPAIN/ETA: RUPTURE OF ETA CEASEFIRE BECOMES [...] (SBU) Even as Spain braces for a new round of attacks in the wake of the Basque terrorist group ETA's June 6 decision to break its 15-month ceasefire (REFTEL A),Spanish government officials and opposition leaders have traded barbs and blamed each other for the breakdown in the peace process. [...]	2007-06-08 09:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL
07MADRID1110	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Spain's best-performing fund manager thinks a harder, rather than softer, landing more likely for the Spanish economy. Francisco Parames, head of Madrid-based Bestinver Asset Management, says he was asked by Warren Buffet a few months ago for advice about investing in Spain. Parames said [...]	2007-06-08 13:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID1114	SPAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING SPANISH [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 07:24:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR AU SP
07MADRID116	SENIOR SPANISH OPPOSITION OFFICIAL REITERATES [...] (C) Summary. The DCM on January 16 met with Angel Acebes, Secretary General of the opposition Popular Party (PP) and SIPDIS Minister of Interior under former President Aznar. The meeting covered a myriad of foreign policy issues. Acebes reiterated his party's strong disagreement with the anti-terr [...]	2007-01-22 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
07MADRID1171	VISIT TO SPAIN OF SYRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Syrian Foreign Minister Walid-al-Mu'allim visited Madrid June 7 for a meeting with FM Miguel Angel Moratinos. An MFA press release issued prior to the meeting indicated the discussions would focus on the Arab League peace initiative, efforts to reduce tensions in Lebanon, and international [...]	2007-06-14 08:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY SP
07MADRID1179	SPAIN/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT, TITLE III [...] (C) Spain is believed to be the largest foreign investor in Cuba, though Spanish companies avoid publishing precise data out of concern that such information will be used to further U.S. enforcement actions under the Libertad Act. Cuba is the third-largest market for Spain in Latin America, after M [...]	2007-06-15 07:23:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP CU
07MADRID1198	SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF JUNE 18 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias said he expected that Cuba would view with skepticism Spain's inability to change the EU Common Position and eliminate the restrictive measures, but the Cubans might still welcome the chance to open dialogue with the EU. Sp [...]	2007-06-19 01:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN SP
07MADRID1199	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The OECD indicated this week that Spain needs a "fundamental and urgent" reform of their pension system, particularly given Spain's aging population. The OECD says that Spain is the fourth most generous of its member countries; a Spaniard with an average salary will receive approximately 8 [...]	2007-06-19 01:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV
07MADRID1241	SPAIN: GOVERNMENT DENIES RUMORED ETA TALKS [...] (U) On June 19 conservative Spanish media outlets ABC and El Mundo claimed that Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon participated in negotiations with the Basque terrorist group ETA after the group ended its "permanent" cease-fire on June 6. The news reports sparked strong condemnations fro [...]	2007-06-21 07:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER SP
07MADRID1275	BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...]	2007-06-28 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1276	SPAIN/UNIFIL: POLITICAL AFTERMATH OF CAR BOMB [...] (C) SUMMARY. After allowing 48 hours of respectful calm in which to bury the victims, President Zapatero and opposition Popular Party (PP) leader Mariano Rajoy pummeled each other in Parliament over responsibility for the car bomb deaths of six Spanish soldiers serving under UNIFIL in Lebanon [...]	2007-06-28 15:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SP LE AF
07MADRID1281	BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...]	2007-06-28 16:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1287	SPAIN: FORMER PRESIDENT AZNAR ON SPANISH POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary. Former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar told the Ambassador on June 28 that he viewed with great concern the "malignant affect" that the Zapatero government's policies were having on Spain, and he was dismayed to see the Spanish nation slowly eroding as more power continued to devolv [...]	2007-07-02 11:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SP
07MADRID1295	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) In a June 25 energy conference organized by the American Chamber of Commerce, the Ambassador spoke on the security, environmental and economic benefits of diversifying our energy sources. The Ambassador discussed the President's new initiative on climate change and our commitment to renew [...]	2007-07-03 14:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV
07MADRID1342	SPAIN: ZAPATERO RESHUFFLES DOMESTIC POLICY CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY. With an eye on issues that will be important to voters in upcoming national elections, President Zapatero announced on July 6 four changes to his cabinet. Parliamentary Vice President Carme Chacon will become the new Housing Minister. Elena Salgado, until now Minister of Health, w [...]	2007-07-09 16:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SP
07MADRID1404	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Standard & Poor's says Spanish corporate debt is at 106% of GDP, compared with a 70% Eurozone average. The result is that banks are having a harder time syndicating loans. Colonial's (a major Spanish real estate group) chief financial officer says there has been a "radical change in the [...]	2007-07-16 12:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP
07MADRID1430	SPAIN/ETA: DESPITE RECENT GOVERNMENT SUCCESSES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: As Spaniards settle into summer vacation mode, the government, the press, and the public continue to focus on the likelihood of a significant attack by the Basque terrorist group ETA. Since ETA broke its self-declared cease-fire on June 6, the government has showed a strong hand [...]	2007-07-20 14:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
07MADRID1440	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) In what we hope to be the first of biannual meetings, the Ambassador led a discussion with Vice President and Finance Minister Solbes and AmCham board members on economic issues of interest to the AmCham. Ambassador attended a similar event with the Minister of Industry on May 10, and we [...]	2007-07-23 13:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR SP EINV UK
07MADRID1469	SPAIN HAS SIGNED AND RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) On July 24 Poloff delivered REFTEL to Ignacio Sanchez, MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament. Sanchez confirmed that Spain was one of the 23 states to have signed and ratified the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC). [...]	2007-07-25 15:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SP
07MADRID1489	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The opposition Popular Party recently proposed tax cuts on the order of euros 20 billion. The budget surplus this year is euros 7 billion - Solbes says any tax cuts should amount to considerably less than this figure given future health and pension commitments. The Minister also critici [...]	2007-07-30 14:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER
07MADRID1492	SPAIN WELCOMES CODEL LOWEY [...] (U) Dear Madame Chairwoman: I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 367 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. In addition to being a beautiful, historic and culturally rich nation, Spain is a valued U.S. partner and an important geostrategic player. Spai [...]	2007-07-30 16:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL SP
07MADRID1494	SPANISH DEFENSE POLDIR ON LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told DCM on July 26 that Spain believes that the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon is helping. He rejected press reports that Spanish troops in Lebanon had been working with Hizballah. Cuesta said that MOD would be working throughout [...]	2007-08-01 07:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SP LE AF
07MADRID1505	PROFILES OF SPAIN-BASED CUBAN GROUPS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Thanks to family ties and historical/cultural links, Madrid hosts a number of important Cuban civil society and human rights organizations. These groups influence Spanish political discourse and public opinion through participation in public events, writings in local publicat [...]	2007-08-03 08:55:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR PHUM SP CU
07MADRID1555	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The Madrid exchange lost 2.59% of its value on Friday. Banks and real estate groups lost most value. What is happening in Spain is similar to what is happening in other major equities markets. The major Spanish banks continue to say they are not overly exposed to the American subprime m [...]	2007-08-13 08:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER
07MADRID159	NEW SPANISH DEFENSE POLICY DIRECTOR ON [...] (C/NF) DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, met with new MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta on January 30 to SIPDIS reinforce ref A points on the importance of additional commitments to the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. DCM emphasized that while ISAF is making progress in Afghanistan [...]	2007-01-30 17:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO SP AF
07MADRID1597	SPAIN: IMMIGRATION UPDATE 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: In 2006, Spain's population rose from 43,758,300 to 45,166,894 according to the national census. Of the additional 1.35 million people, the majority were immigrants. Over the last six years, the overall immigrant population in Spain has more than doubled to 4.5 million. In the l [...]	2007-08-17 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SMIG SP
07MADRID1600	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) This follows Thursday's 3.72% drop. Spain's Dow equivalent, the Ibex-35, had a rocky week, like most European stock markets. The market fell by about 4% over the week. The general and financial press has been full of stories about the dramatic events on the stock market, particularly aft [...]	2007-08-20 08:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SMIG
07MADRID167	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS WARN AGAINST PREMATURE [...] (U) January 25, 2007; 11:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: Observers United States - DAS David Kramer European Union - Amb. Adriaan Jacobovits, EU Special Representative Mediators Ukraine - Deputy FM Andriy Veselovsky Russian Federati [...]	2007-02-01 08:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PBTS MD RS UP SP
07MADRID17	ETA ATTACK: FIRST DEATH CONFIRMED, ZAPATERO FACING [...] (C) Summary. Authorities confirmed late on January 3 that they had located the body of Ecuadoran immigrant Carlos Alonso Palate in the wreckage of the airport parking garage bombed by ETA on December 30. Alonso Palate becomes the 818th victim of ETA terrorism and the first ETA victim since Ma [...]	2007-01-04 16:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
07MADRID1708	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) John Fleming, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford's European division signed an agreement with union leaders at the group's Valencia plant on Wednesday in which Ford has pledged to invest 400 million euros to maintain production through 2013. In turn the unions have agreed to " [...]	2007-08-31 16:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SMIG
07MADRID173	SPAIN/CIA FLIGHTS: JUDGE ORDERS DECLASSIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. National Court Examining Magistrate Ismael Moreno requested on January 31 that the Spanish Ministry of Defense and the National Intelligence Center (CNI) declassify any information related to the transit of CIA aircraft through Spanish territory, as well as any information indicating w [...]	2007-02-01 17:43:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR SP
07MADRID1734	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) For the first time, on 9/5/07, Economy and Finance Minister Solbes conceded that there was more "uncertainty" about prospects for the Spanish economy, although he was quick to add he still thinks that Spain will grow by "close to" 3% in 2008, which is still higher than the eurozone average [...]	2007-09-10 11:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1735	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) For the first time, on 9/5/07, Economy and Finance Minister Solbes conceded that there was more "uncertainty" about prospects for the Spanish economy, although he was quick to add he still thinks that Spain will grow by "close to" 3% in 2008, which is still higher than the eurozone average [...]	2007-09-10 11:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID174	SPANISH POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MEPP, LATIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Apparently buoyed by recent contacts with top US diplomats and the prospect of a visit by the Secretary, a very agreeable MFA Political Director Rafael SIPDIS Dezcallar told DCM on February 1 that Spain strongly supports the Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan and is implemen [...]	2007-02-01 18:03:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP AF VZ YI
07MADRID1774	SPAIN/CT OVERVIEW: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Mr. Ambassador, the visit to Madrid of your interagency delegation comes during a time when the Spanish government is already in a heightened state of terrorist alert, both from the Basque terrorist group ETA and from Islamist extremists threatening to strike at the heart of t [...]	2007-09-13 13:34:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL SP
07MADRID1834	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) First Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes would like to make this benefit prospective (not clear from media reports as of exactly when),but all the opposition parties want to make the benefit applicable to parents of children born as of January 1, 2007. (Comment: Usually the [...]	2007-09-21 16:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1902	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The government proposes to spend Euros 289.8 billion and collect Euros 301.6 billion in taxes, which represents a projected budget surplus of 1.15% of GDP. The budget surplus assumes Spain will grow by 3.3% in 2008, which is still a reasonable, albeit somewhat optimistic, forecast given th [...]	2007-10-01 11:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1914	SPAIN/CT: PROPOSAL TO CREATE A SOUTHERN EUROPEAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In order to confront the sustained terrorist threat to the United States and our European allies, we must find innovative, flexible and proactive approaches to strengthen the effectiveness of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism. My Mission inter-agency team has [...]	2007-10-02 15:47:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER SNAR SP
07MADRID1942	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Spanish Employers Federation (CEOE) Economic Commission President Jose Luis Feito says the Spanish economy can withstand a dollar/euro exchange rate of 1/1.4 because most Spanish exports go to Europe and, besides, exports are not as important a component of Spanish GDP as they are for coun [...]	2007-10-06 08:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID197	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF VISIT TO SPAIN [...] (C/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome to Spain. Your visit to Spain will be brief, and it will be focused on NATO issues rather than on the host. Nonetheless, the trip provides an important opportunity to discuss key initiatives with your Spanish counterpart, Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso, an [...]	2007-02-06 14:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP

07MADRID198	SPAIN: EU CONSTITUTION HELPS THOSE WHO HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spain hosted a January 26 conference at the deputy foreign minister level of the 18 nations that have ratified the EU Constitution Treaty. While most efforts at reviving the EU Constitution impasse have focused on stripping away enough objectionable content to satisfy the Frenc [...]	2007-02-06 14:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN SP
07MADRID1998	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The index closed on October 18 at 15,501 points, its highest level ever, despite lingering fears of the impact of the subprime mortgage crisis. Analysts say that the good results posted by Telefonica, Santander, BBVA, Iberdrola, Endesa and other energy companies, plus the U.S. Fed's intere [...]	2007-10-22 08:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB KIPR SP EINV
07MADRID2041	SPAIN: NATIONAL COURT VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE [...] (C) On October 26, the Fourth Section of the Criminal Division of the Spanish National Court made public its 2-1 vote to accept the extradition to the U.S. of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar. Judge Teresa Palacios presided over the October 4 extradition hearing and voted against remanding [...]	2007-10-26 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CIVS KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SP
07MADRID2046	EUR A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 14-16 MEETINGS IN MADRID - [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried visited Madrid October 14-16. The visit was in preparation for the November 29-30 OSCE ministerial. A/S Fried met with FM Moratinos (septel),Presidential foreign policy and security advisor Carles Casajuana, MFA DG for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcall [...]	2007-10-29 15:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PARM PREL SP CU
07MADRID2063	DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION DISCUSSES PKK TERRORISM, [...] (C) PKK: DCM met October 31 with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar and delivered reftel points. Dezcallar said Spain shared U.S. concerns regarding the PKK and understood the delicacy of the situation between Turkey and Iraq. He emphasized that Spain wanted to be helpfu [...]	2007-11-02 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN SP
07MADRID2065	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Second Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes said the announcement of the European-harmonized inflation rate was a "bad figure without redeeming features." The 3.6% was an unexpectedly steep increase from the September figure of 2.7%, which itself was already 0.6% above the eur [...]	2007-11-05 09:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EIND ELAB EPET SOCI SP EINV
07MADRID2070	SPANISH ROYAL VISIT TO CEUTA AND MELILLA BACKFIRES [...] (C) The strong Moroccan reaction to the November 5-6 visit of the King and Queen of Spain to Ceuta and Melilla seems to have caught the Zapatero government completely by surprise. When Morocco recalled its ambassador, Spanish FM Moratinos and his number two, Bernardino Leon, were reportedly spendin [...]	2007-11-05 18:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SP
07MADRID208	SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S DECISION ON AFGHANISTAN FIRM [...] (C/NF) President Zapatero is highly unlikely to in the near term reverse his statement that Spain will not augment its troop presence in Afghanistan, thereby nixing the possibility of staffing the ISAF XI HQ in Kabul (with some 120-150 personnel). This conclusion stems from Ambassador Aguirre,s con [...]	2007-02-07 14:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PGOV PREL SP
07MADRID2083	SPAIN'S 2008 PROPOSED BUDGET COMBINES SPENDING [...] Summary. With only four months left until general elections, the PSOE government has successfully side-stepped attempts led by conservative opposition Partido Popular (PP) representatives in the Chamber of Deputies to derail its 2008 proposed budget. The Administration's budget focuses heavily [...]	2007-11-07 14:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SP ECON EFIN PGOV
07MADRID21	ETA ATTACK: POLICE FIND SECOND BOMB, RESCUERS FIND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Basque police located a second vehicle containing explosive material in Vizcaya on January 4; they believe the vehicle had been abandoned by ETA. President Zapatero visited the airport bombing site and expressed his continued resolve to achieve an end to violence in Spain. Z [...]	2007-01-05 15:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV SP
07MADRID2101	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade sponsored a November 7-8 "Conference on Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment" that included representatives from the USG (Associate Register of Copyrights David Carson),France, the UK and Korea, as well as representatives of c [...]	2007-11-14 15:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KIPR PTER SOCI TBIO
07MADRID2106	DEMARCHE: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met November 14 with Deputy Director General for Andean Countries Ramon Santos and Deputy Director General for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez de Lerin Garcia-Ovies regarding U.S. concerns over Bolivia's support for Iran's nuclear program (ref A). Sanch [...]	2007-11-15 12:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PGOV PREL SP
07MADRID2123	ROYAL SMACKDOWN OF CHAVEZ MEETS WITH SPANISH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Judging from the reaction in Spain, King Juan Carlos seems to have been speaking for many when he asked Venezuelan President Chavez to shut up at the Iberoamerican Summit (ref a). His angry rebuke of Chavez has gone over well with the Spanish public, and the recording of it is r [...]	2007-11-16 15:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP
07MADRID2128	USG REPRESENTATIVES REITERATE INTEREST IN WORKING [...] (U) Summary: Associate Register of Copyrights David Carson, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Senior Counsel Michael Shapiro and Deputy Chief of Mission Hugo Llorens used the Spanish government organized Madrid November 7-8, 2007 "Conference on Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment" [...]	2007-11-19 09:03:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV ADCO SP
07MADRID2129	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - NOVEMBER [...] (U) The 0.7% quarter-on-quarter GDP growth figure was lower than the second quarter's 0.9%, so it tracks with other signs of a slowdown. The Spanish government forecasts full-year 2007 growth of 3.8%. (Comment: The big question is how much lower growth will be in 2008. The opposition conser [...]	2007-11-19 10:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KIPR PTER SOCI TBIO SP
07MADRID2142	SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. We realize much of your time will rightly be occupied by the OSCE ministerial, but we are certain that when you engage on bilateral issues, you will find the Spanish keenly interested in what you have to say. The country is absorbed with [...]	2007-11-20 18:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
07MADRID2148	SPAIN/IRAN - UNION FENOSA VICE PRESIDENT CONFIRMS [...] (C) Charge called Union Fenosa Vice President and CEO Honorato Lopez Isla on 11/20/07 to find out whether an 11/16/07 Financial Times story ("Tehran in talks with European companies over big LNG project") reporting that an Union Fenosa subsidiary, Socoin, had been awarded a euros 32.5 million engin [...]	2007-11-23 08:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV SP IR
07MADRID2150	SCENESETTER: SPAIN WELCOMES SECRETARY PETERS [...] (SBU) I welcome you to Spain on behalf of our 362 American and Spanish colleagues serving the United States at Mission Spain. Your visit comes just three months before the general elections, an exciting time for the country in what appears will be a very close race between incumbent President [...]	2007-11-23 18:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SP ECON OREP PREL
07MADRID2182	OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 29 bi-lateral meeting, U/S Burns and DAS Bryza met with FM Ali Babacan and the Turkish delegation at the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid in a productive exchange on critical issues: Annapolis Summit, Kosovo final status, and Turkey's relations with Cyprus. On Annapolis Su [...]	2007-11-30 18:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE TU
07MADRID2202	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS NOVEMBER 30 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns met with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg on the margins of the Organization of Security and Cooperation (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Burns agreed with Schwarzenberg that NATO members must coordinate a strong message and plan for dealing w [...]	2007-12-05 17:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL SP CZ
07MADRID2225	U/S BURNS MEETING WITH SPANISH FM MORATINOS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary Burns and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos met November 28 to review OSCE activities and other bilateral issues. U/S Burns delivered our messages regarding the need to protect the integrity of the OSCE and its institutions, particularly ODIH [...]	2007-12-11 16:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
07MADRID2250	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador spoke on December 10 to the Circulo de Confianza, a blue-chip collection of important businessmen that also includes a few politicians and government officials. The Circulo meets periodically for off-the-record conversations with prominent individuals. Spaniards have a t [...]	2007-12-14 17:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EAGR ECON EIND EINT EINV ENRG KIPR KNNP
07MADRID2251	SPAIN: AL-KASSAR NEARING EXTRADITION TO U.S., BUT [...] (U) The Penal Section of the Spanish National Court approved on December 13 the extradition of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar to the U.S. The decision of the panel was 11-1 in favor of extradition, with the lone dissension coming from the head of the tribunal Judge Javier Gomez Bermudez. [...]	2007-12-14 17:56:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
07MADRID2266	SPAIN FIVE YEARS AFTER ELECTRICITY MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Five years after all consumers were given the right to choose their own electricity providers, two companies control 80 percent of the Spanish electricity generation and distribution market. This market dominance by Endesa and Iberdrola has remained consistent over the past fi [...]	2007-12-19 08:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SP ENRG PREL EPET SENV
07MADRID2292	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - DECEMBER [...] (U) The PSOE government can point to another piece of good news on the economic front as the campaign approaches. Eurostat statistics for 2006 showed Spain's per capita GDP passing Italy's for the first time. This puts Spain in eighth place among the 13 Euro countries, with a per capita incom [...]	2007-12-21 14:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ELTN KIPR PGOV TBIO SP
07MADRID2305	SPAIN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) STRATEGY [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Given the USG's Special 301-related concerns with respect to the protection of copyrighted materials in Spain, the Embassy has developed a short, medium and long-term IPR strategy for Spain [...]	2007-12-28 18:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ETRD SP
07MADRID2306	REAL ESTATE MARKET DOWNTURN RAISES UNEMPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. As commonly predicted, housing sales and construction in Spain have steadily decreased this year, with sales of new and used homes down by almost 20 percent since the first quarter of 2007. Real estate developers are taking the brunt of this downturn, while other players have h [...]	2007-12-28 18:10:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SP PREL
07MADRID296	SPAIN: DISAGREEMENT ON DSP-83 SIGNING AUTHORITY [...] SUMMARY: MOD is concerned because Spain's $1.2 billion program to sell frigates to the Norwegian navy is being delayed by an inability to reconcile US and Spanish technical legal requirements regarding signature of end-user nontransfer documents. Post requests DDTC guidance on how to move fo [...]	2007-02-16 16:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS ETTC PREL SP
07MADRID312	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) A Financial Times survey shows over two thirds of Spaniards would like a return to the peseta: The FT also found similar majorities against the euro in France and Italy, but a smaller majority opposed to the euro in Germany. Majorities in all these countries thought the euro was good for [...]	2007-02-22 08:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD SENV TBIO
07MADRID338	SPAIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA LATIN AMERICA UNDER [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch, the DCM and MFA State Secretary for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez engaged in a review of the situation in Latin America. Jimenez sees the region as emerging from a very dynamic political and electoral season in 2006. Spanish objectives in 2007 are to help manage th [...]	2007-02-23 12:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SP
07MADRID340	INFORMING SPAIN ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on February 21 to discuss recent developments on the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara. Gomez-Acebo noted that he recently had spoken with NEA DAS Gordon Gray about the visit to Washington of a [...]	2007-02-23 12:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS SP UNSC WI
07MADRID382	SCENESETTER FOR MUSLIM OUTREACH COORDINATOR FARAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Madrid is a welcome opportunity to broaden our knowledge of and relations with the Islamic community in Spain. In your meetings with community leaders, private citizens, and government officials, we believe you will take away an impression that the large and growi [...]	2007-03-02 11:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV SCUL OVIP OPRC SP
07MADRID383	SPAIN HOSTS MINISTERIAL WITH ARAB NATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs briefed PolCouns February 26 on events surrounding the February 23 Spain-Arab Nations Ministerial in Madrid to inaugurate Spain's newest cultural/international center, "Casa Arabe." Approximately 14 Arab Foreign Ministers attended t [...]	2007-03-02 11:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KISL SP
07MADRID402	SPANISH BACKTRACK ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting scheduled to discuss other disarmament-related issues, MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez sheepishly informed ESTHOFF that the information he had provided on January 24 regarding Spanish policy on cluster munitions (REF A) had been in [...]	2007-03-05 13:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP
07MADRID426	SPAIN: NO SURPRISE CUBA VISIT IN THE WORKS [...] (C) At an unrelated meeting with Spanish Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on March 2, DCM raised the topic of a possible visit to Cuba of Foreign Minister Moratinos, and he noted that he had told Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez that such a visit could [...]	2007-03-07 09:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP CU
07MADRID432	SPAIN/ETA: RELEASE OF PRISONER TRIGGERS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Just two months after ETA's December 30 bomb attack at Madrid's airport set off a bitter debate regarding the Zapatero Government's handling of the Basque issue, Zapatero has drawn fresh criticism for allowing a hunger striking ETA member to serve the remainder of his sentence in house [...]	2007-03-08 09:27:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
07MADRID449	SPANISH INTERIOR MINISTER RUBALCABA ON DE JUANA [...] (C) Summary: During a March 7 lunch with Spanish Minister of Interior Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, Ambassador Aguirre heard the Spanish government's defense of its recent controversial decision to allow convicted ETA assassin Inaki De Juana Chaos to serve out the rest of his sentence under house arrest [...]	2007-03-08 19:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
07MADRID483	OUTGOING SPANISH DEP DEFMIN ON AFGHANISTAN, BILAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a farewell meeting, outgoing Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo told DCM on March 13 that his recent trip to the US was useful. He said that he continues to worry about how to manage the "asymmetry" in the bilateral defense relationship. Pardo reiterated the Zapatero gov [...]	2007-03-15 08:34:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SP
07MADRID510	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Visits to Spain in January 2007, primarily from Britain and Germany, but increasingly from France, Italy, and Scandinavia, were up 4 percent over January 2006. According to the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism, tourism volume to the Canary Islands fell slightly, but increased in C [...]	2007-03-19 11:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EIND ECON EFIN ETRD SENV TBIO SP EINV UK
07MADRID529	SPAIN COURTS ALGERIA AND MOROCCO DESPITE WESTERN [...] (U) This is an action request message (see paragraphs 3 and 11). 2. (C) NOTE: The conversations in this message took place prior to receipt of reftel on briefing Spain and other countries on our latest Western Sahara efforts, which we will report via separate telegram. END NOTE. 3. (C [...]	2007-03-21 13:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UNSC SP WI
07MADRID546	GOS ACKNOWLEDGES US CONCERN ABOUT IRAQ WAR COMMENTS [...] (C) The combination of the anniversary of the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the fervor of the Spanish campaign season led to a brief flurry of anti-US rhetoric from public figures associated with the government. As reported in reftel, magistrate Baltasar Garzon wrote an op-ed on March [...]	2007-03-23 17:13:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID629	SPAIN: CUBA TRIP RESULTS NOT YET CLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos said that his April 2-3 visit to Havana, during which he met with Raul Castro and other government leaders, has opened a new stage in Spain-Cuba relations. Moratinos had two principal objectives for the trip: re-engagement with the Cuban governm [...]	2007-04-04 15:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SP CU
07MADRID630	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Financial Times Columnist Martin Wolf says "The pain in Spain will follow years of rapid economic gain" - but he argues the pain may still be years away. Wolf addresses the issue of whether current account deficits matter inside a monetary union. His answer: "no, because there cannot be a [...]	2007-04-04 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD KNNP
07MADRID634	UNDEF: CLUB DE MADRID PROMOTES ARAB DEMOCRATIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Spain-based NGO Club de Madrid is using UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) funding to help fund a project aimed at promoting freedom of association in several key Arab nations, the "Dialogue on Democratic Values in the Arab World." The Club de Madrid is pleased with its relationship [...]	2007-04-04 15:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UN NGO OIIP
07MADRID640	SPAIN/CUBA: ENGAGING MEMBERS EU TO REINFORCE [...] (C) Summary. As discussed in reftels, Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos and a top-level MFA team visited Havana April 1-3 and concluded political, economic, and cultural agreements with the Cuban Government. In effect, FM Moratinos undertook a major reorientation of Spanish policy, inverting [...]	2007-04-09 16:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
07MADRID649	SPAIN/CUBA: ENCOURAGING EU MEMBERS TO HOLD FIRM ON [...] (C) As discussed in reftels, Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos and a top-level MFA team visited Havana April 1-3 and concluded political, economic, and cultural agreements with the Cuban Government. In effect, FM Moratinos undertook a major reorientation of Spanish policy, inverting Spanish p [...]	2007-04-10 16:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
07MADRID672	SPANISH EX-DEFENSE POLICY DIRECTOR REFLECTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Francisco Torrente, a retired admiral who stepped down in January as MOD Secretary General for Policy, told DCM during a private lunch on March 26 that Spain would staff the NATO-ISAF headquarters in Kabul beginning in summer 2008, after national elections. He acknowledged that th [...]	2007-04-11 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL PGOV SP AF
07MADRID687	SPANISH MFA READOUT OF MORATINOS TRIP TO CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: With FM Moratinos traveling in Central Asia as OSCE chairman and thus unable to meet with the Ambassador, MFA Secretary of State for Latin America Trinidad Jimenez gave DCM an initial readout on April 12 of Moratinos' trip to Cuba. Jimenez said that the trip's objective was to r [...]	2007-04-13 10:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
07MADRID71	SPAIN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE RAISES AWARENESS [...] (U) UNVIE Ambassador Greg Schulte visited Madrid January 10-11 to raise the awareness of GOS officials and the public regarding the threat posed by the ongoing Iranian nuclear weapons program. On the government side, Schulte met with National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana, Deputy Foreign [...]	2007-01-12 17:32:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MNUC MASS PINS PTER SP
07MADRID717	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) In what was billed by the GOS as the first annual "State of Economy" message, Zapatero praised the performance of the Spanish economy and released a report. He deliberately did not choose parliament as the venue for delivering the message as he reportedly wanted to avoid criticism from th [...]	2007-04-19 17:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID722	SPAIN STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. PROPOSAL TO LIMIT [...] ESTHOFF made reftel points April 19 to MFA Special Envoy for the Antarctic Treaty Ambassador Juan Martinez-Cattaneo Hingston, urging Spain to support U.S. proposals to limit Antarctic tourism at the May thirtieth Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) in New Delhi. Martinez-Cattaneo, w [...]	2007-04-20 07:26:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KTIA SENV TPHY KSCA AY SP
07MADRID78	MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE: MORATINOS URGES EXPANSION [...] (U) Summary. Participants in a high level event to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 1991 Madrid Middle East Conference recalled the spirit of the 1991 Conference, discussed the problems facing current Middle East peace negotiators, urged deeper USG engagement in resolving the Israeli-P [...]	2007-01-16 16:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS SY LE SP
07MADRID81	SPAIN/ETA POLICY: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION FIND [...] (U) In a lengthy and oftentimes vitriolic debate in the Spanish Parliament on January 15, President Zapatero and opposition Popular Party (PP) leader Mariano Rajoy traded verbal blows over the GOS' anti-terrorism policies and the way forward on forging an anti-terrorism pact among the parliame [...]	2007-01-16 16:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER SP
07MADRID836	SPAIN'S IDEAS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a conversation with DCM on May 3 that focused on missile defense (reftel),MFA PolDir Rafael Dezcallar raised four issues related to Afghanistan. Dezcallar wanted to know whom in the Department MFA should contact regarding [...]	2007-05-07 06:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP
07MADRID859	ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN POLICY: FIVE IMMEDIATE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he wil [...]	2007-05-10 13:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SP
07MADRID862	SPAIN/CUBA: VISIT OF WHA DAS MADISON [...] (C) Summary. In a May 4 meeting with visiting WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Kirsten Madison, MFA Director General for Ibero America Javier Sandomingo defended Spain's decision to ramp up contact with the Castro Government, though he acknowledged that Spain "made mistakes" in the course of FM [...]	2007-05-10 16:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU SP
07MADRID87	CUBA: SPANISH PAPER SAYS CASTRO OPTED FOR RISKIER [...] (U) Summary. Spanish daily "El Pais" reported today that Fidel Castro and his inner circle opted for a riskier surgery during his initial medical crisis in hopes that he could avoid a second surgery and the need to wear a colostomy bag during his recovery. Citing sources in the hospital where [...]	2007-01-17 12:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CU SP
07MADRID907	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) MINISTER OF INDUSTRY CLOS HOSTS AMBASSADOR AND AMERICAN BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR WORKING LUNCH Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism Joan Clos hosted the Ambassador and an executive group from the American Business Council (ABC) for lunch May 10. The ABC groups the largest U.S. investors [...]	2007-05-14 13:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID910	SPAIN/COUSO CASE: PROSECUTOR APPEALS CHARGES [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 15:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR SP
07MADRID911	SCENESETTER FOR US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C/NF) Dan, welcome back to Spain. I appreciate your patience and efforts to finally resolve the NCIS/OSI issue and I'm glad that you've made this High-Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting a priority. Now that the Permanent Committee is back on track, handling routine issues at the staff lev [...]	2007-05-14 17:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR SP
07MADRID981	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Spanish economy grew by 4% on an annualized basis during the first quarter of 2007, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The composition of the growth (exports, domestic demand, construction etc.) will be released in the next couple of weeks. Analysts will be looking [...]	2007-05-21 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID999	3RD US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE COMMITTEE REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the third bilateral High Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting, held in Madrid on May 17-18, DASD Dan Fata and MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta discussed shared strategic interests including the NATO-ISAF operations in Afghanistan, multi-lateral missions in Kosovo [...]	2007-05-24 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO SP AF RS YI LE IR PK IS
07MANAGUA1021	ANOTHER CONVERGENCIA MEMBER QUESTIONS ORTEGA,S [...] (C) Summary: Azucena Ferrey, a former Contra and longstanding Christian Democrat currently associated with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) political ally Convergencia, tells us that a number of Convergencia members are disillusioned with the Ortega administration. Ferrey, who di [...]	2007-04-23 14:34:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1036	LIBERAL MAYORS REJECT ALEMAN, PLEDGE TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: A group of mayors from the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) meeting with leaders of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) strongly rejected any role for convicted PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman in the Liberal unification process. The mayors plan to form local commissions ahead of th [...]	2007-04-23 23:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1043	NEW MOVIMIENTO DIRECTOR: CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) Summary: The new Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) executive director, Violeta Granera, is convinced that the Ortega government's apparent disorientation is a ruse to divert attention from the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) clear plan to gain political and economic power and [...]	2007-04-24 15:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07MANAGUA106	ORTEGA BLAIMS "NEO-LIBERALISM" FOR NICARAGUAN [...] (U) Summary: New Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega assumed office on January 10 singing the praises of his Bolivarian "twin" Hugo Chavez and proclaiming the failure of "neo-liberalism." Ortega repeated his campaign promises to alleviate poverty through national and regional "unity," joining [...]	2007-01-17 17:40:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1067	ORTEGA,S FIRST 100 DAYS -- AUTOCRATIC TRENDS DRAW [...] (C) Summary: In its first 100 days, President Ortega's government was characterized by a blur between party and state; autocracy and secrecy; dependency on Chavez; disregard for law and human rights; the dismissal of thousands of government employees; and, a pointed effort to financially "sta [...]	2007-04-25 22:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM NU SNAR IR
07MANAGUA1069	FORO LIBERAL SEEKS LIBERAL UNITY VIA [...] (C) Eight Liberal Forum (Foro Liberal) members, who invited the Ambassador, DCM, and PolCouns to meet over breakfast on April 24, are seeking to foster Liberal unity at the municipal level and through the National Assembly's Nicaragua Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Part [...]	2007-04-26 14:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1183	MADRIZ - ORTEGA PROMISES REMAIN UNFULFILLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing higher gas prices, no new jobs, and political favoritism, the citizens of Somoto and Totogalpa, Madriz spoke to the Ambassador of growing dissatisfaction with President Ortega's administration. While local opposition leaders are talking, they have not unified or capitali [...]	2007-05-08 16:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ECON PGOV PINR NU
07MANAGUA1207	NICARAGUA: NEW PROPERTY SUPERINTENDENT ON PROSPECT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconCouns and Econoff met with Property Superintendent Mireya Molina on April 25 to stress the importance of accelerating resolutions for confiscated and expropriated American citizen properties in Nicaragua. As of the date of that meeting, the Office of the Property Superintend [...]	2007-05-09 21:45:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA1217	NICARAGUA: OIL CONCESSIONS TO U.S. COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: On 10 August, 2006, a court in the Southern Autonomous Atlantic Region (RAAS) accepted a writ of injunction/relief against the Attorney General for signing oil exploration concessions with two U.S. companies without having properly consulted with the governments of the Autonomous [...]	2007-05-10 22:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL NU
07MANAGUA125	ALN NEGLECTING DISGRUNTLED LIBERALS [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) is missing an historic opportunity to capture disgruntled Liberal voters from the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),claims Liberal Matagalpino Eugenio Rodriguez. According to Rodriguez, Liberals in key northern areas are upset with the PLC [...]	2007-01-18 17:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA127	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador recently met with Arturo Cruz, Nicaragua's Ambassador-designate to the United States. During the conversation, Cruz first insisted on the importance of President Ortega's participation in the annual Prayer Breakfast; he later reconsidered and suggested Ortega decline the inv [...]	2007-01-18 17:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR IR NU
07MANAGUA1311	GON RESPECTS VENEZUELAN DECISION TO CLOSE RCTV, [...] (C) On May 21, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the demarche points on press freedom contained in refetel. The Ambassador expressed concern that the imminent closure of Venezuelan television channel RCTV is an act that violates the OAS' Inter-American Convention on H [...]	2007-05-22 21:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL NU VE
07MANAGUA1340	MONTEALEGRE UNDER INTENSE PRESSURE TO MAKE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Eduardo Montealegre of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) is under intense pressure to make a deal with convicted ex-President and Liberal Constitutional Party Leader (PLC) Arnoldo Aleman to unite the Liberal forces. During a recent session with Washington vi [...]	2007-05-24 23:36:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1350	MISKITOS READY TO MOBILIZE BUT LACK RESOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Diverse anti-Sandinista Miskito groups in Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) are slowly unifying into a single movement. Significant challenges remain, but the group is convinced of the need to win the municipal elections in four key RAAN municipalities in 2008 [...]	2007-05-28 16:40:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM NU
07MANAGUA1377	GROUP VOICES SUPPORT OF NICARAGUAN POLICE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of fourteen prominent Nicaraguans, who call themselves the "Grupo de Opinion" (Opinion Group) are voicing their support of the Nicaraguan National Police and the Armed Forces in order to prevent them from being co-opted by President Daniel Ortega. Rafael Cordoba, a memb [...]	2007-05-30 22:28:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA140	CENTAM AMBASSADORS CONCERNED ABOUT NICARAGUA'S [...] (C) Summary: Central American ambassadors in Nicaragua were startled by the populist rhetoric and procession of infamous guests surrounding the inauguration of President Daniel Ortega (reftel),but maintain a cautious optimism that regional and international agreements will constrain the Orteg [...]	2007-01-18 23:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1427	MRS DEFECTORS PLAN NEW CAUCUS IN ASSEMBLY, [...] (C) Summary: While Liberal infighting grabs the most headlines in Nicaragua, post-election squabbling has also fractured the reformist Left. Many FSLN party activists who left the Sandinista Front to support former Managua mayor Herty Lewites' presidential bid later became disenchanted with t [...]	2007-06-05 20:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1431	NICARAGUA: FACING CHALLENGES IN ADDRESSING CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 24, Econoff delivered reftel demarche on illicit cash couriers to representatives of the Nicaraguan inter-agency Anti-Terrorism Working Group (ATWG). ATWG representatives responded that cash couriers are an issue of growing concern in Nicaragua, but current laws and the [...]	2007-06-05 20:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL NU
07MANAGUA1495	LABOR - POTENTIAL KEY TO OPPOSITION UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is growing unrest and resentment towards President Daniel Ortega among organized labor, sparked by turmoil in the education sector earlier this year. Human rights NGO Nicaraguan Permanent Commission for Human Rights (CPDH) hopes to capitalize on the situation by working w [...]	2007-06-13 23:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB
07MANAGUA1537	ACTING MINISTER OF DEFENSE PLANS MINISTRY PURGE, [...] (C) Summary: According to an internal memorandum obtained by post, Acting Nicaraguan Minister of Defense Ruth Tapia Roa plans to fire the few remaining officials from the previous administration and replace them with Army-approved loyalists. She also alerts President Ortega to the Army's "new [...]	2007-06-18 15:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PARM KDEM NU
07MANAGUA155	EX-SANDINISTA VP SERGIO RAMIREZ: RECENT ORTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Sergio Ramirez, a renowned author and Vice President during the 1980s Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) era who is estranged from the FSLN, paints a discouraging map of the course the new Ortega government has set over the past week. He recently warned the Ambassador [...]	2007-01-19 21:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1689	NICARAGUA: SECTION 527 WAIVER OBSERVATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that the Secretary of State issue an annual waiver to Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of FY 1994/1995. Between August 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007, the Government of Nicaragua resolved 34 Embassy-registered claims for 18 U.S. citizens. While [...]	2007-07-10 16:37:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA1741	U.S. Q NICARAGUA TRADE GROWING UNDER CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan exports to the United States increased by 17.4 percent, up from $733 million to $910 million, during the first 12 months of CAFTA-DR. Excluding maquila, data show Nicaragua exports were up 8.2 percent, from $541 million to $585 million. In addition to maquila, other sectors [...]	2007-07-17 22:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL NU
07MANAGUA1748	U.S. - NICARAGUA TRADE GROWING UNDER CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan exports to the United States increased by 17.4 percent, up from $733 million to $910 million, during the first 12 months of CAFTA-DR. Excluding maquila, data show Nicaragua exports were up 8.2 percent, from $541 million to $585 million. In addition to maquila, other sectors s [...]	2007-07-18 15:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL NU
07MANAGUA1750	NICARAGUAN PUBLIC SEES COUNTRY ON WRONG PATH WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaraguan public opinion has continued to sour on President Daniel Ortega, with his approval rating taking a 60-point nose-dive from a positive 51 percent job approval rating in February to a negative 10 percent approval just four months later, according to the latest CID-Gallu [...]	2007-07-18 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM ECON NU
07MANAGUA1771	NICARAGUA AND THE IMF HAVE A PRGF AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The IMF and GON have almost completed a three-year Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) agreement. After finalization of some budgetary numbers, the PRGF will go before the IMF Board in October. Characterizing the agreement as "plain vanilla," IMF ResRep Humberto Arbulu Neir [...]	2007-07-23 14:47:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NU
07MANAGUA178	LACAYO: FSLN INTEREST GROUPS COMPETE FOR DOMINANCE [...] (C) Summary: Antonio Lacayo, secretary minister of the presidency during Violeta Chamorro's presidency and her son-in-law, believes that the power struggle among competing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) interest groups will "test" the new Ortega government and could be exploited [...]	2007-01-23 15:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ENRG EPET
07MANAGUA1789	LAND DISPUTES THREATEN TOURISM SECTOR INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. investor reports that local FSLN members, with backing from senior FSLN official Lenin Cerna, have orchestrated a land invasion and smear campaign to derail a USD 88 million tourism development along the southwest coast of Nicaragua. In retaliation for going public with a [...]	2007-07-26 15:16:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON USTR KIDE NU
07MANAGUA181	BONILLA: LIBERALS MUST MEND THEIR DIFFERENCES OR [...] (C) Summary: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) lawmaker Yamileth Bonilla, who heads the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, believes that President Ortega's efforts to consolidate his power only days after assuming office have shocked the ALN and rival Liberal Constitutional Party [...]	2007-01-23 17:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1817	UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS: BUSINESS AS USUAL IN NICARAGUA [...] (S) On July 26, per reftel instructions we met with Foreign Ministry Director General for the Americas Orlando Gomez and urged that Nicaragua not continue business as usual with Iran. We also highlighted Nicaragua's requirements under UNSCRs 1737 and 1747, especially the prohibitions under [...]	2007-07-30 17:12:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP IR NU
07MANAGUA182	HUMAN RIGHTS NGO TERMS ORTEGA GOVERNMENT "WORST [...] (C) Summary: Members of the Permanent Human Rights Council (CPDH) believe that the turn the Ortega government has taken since it assumed power is the "worst-nightmare scenario." They recently warned the Ambassador that President Ortega will not leave office for at least ten years unless Nic [...]	2007-01-23 18:37:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM NU PREL
07MANAGUA1865	PROPOSED U.S. TOBACCO TAX WOULD JEOPARDIZE JOBS [...] (SBU) In an August 2 meeting with he Ambassador, representatives of the Nicaraguan cigar industry voiced concern that a proposal to increase cigar taxes in the United States will snuff out growth in their sector. They warned that the tax would jeopardize the jobs of 15,000 direct employees and [...]	2007-08-08 16:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL NU
07MANAGUA1866	2006 REPORT ON THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF DEMOCRACY [...] (U) The newly-published 2006 Report on Political Culture of Democracy in Nicaragua presents important data on the long-term patterns of public opinion regarding democracy, corruption, economic well-being, and the effectiveness of national vs. municipal government. Produced under USAID auspices, the [...]	2007-08-08 17:40:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1880	AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 6 MEETING WITH EDUARDO [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Eduardo Montealegre leader of Nicaragua's Liberal Alliance (ALN) at Montealegre,s request on August 6. Montealegre expressed his doubts about the possibilities of forming a strategic liberal alliance with Liberal Constitutional Party of Nicaragua (PLC) before the [...]	2007-08-09 18:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM NU
07MANAGUA1904	CATHOLIC CHURCH LEADER IN NICARAGUA ON HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Monsignor Bernardo Hombach, Catholic archbishop of the diocese of Granada offered his assessment of the human rights situation in Nicaragua, citing a corrupt judicial system, a government run on political patronage, and illegal narcotics trafficking as the gravest challenges facin [...]	2007-08-13 22:49:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KDEM PGOV NU
07MANAGUA1922	NICARAGUA: FINANCIAL SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Despite President Ortega's increasingly anti-capitalist rhetoric, the GON has not significantly changed economic policy vis a vis the previous administration. As a result, the financial sector has remained stable. The exchange rate continues on its 5% crawling peg and foreign res [...]	2007-08-15 20:47:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV NU
07MANAGUA1933	Implementation of Nicaragua's 2007 Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: President Ortega's 2007 $1.5 billion national budget, approved by the National Assembly in March, does not differ markedly from the October 2006 version presented by the Bolanos administration. The Sandinista budget did shift additional resources toward health, education and agr [...]	2007-08-17 17:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV NU
07MANAGUA1944	ORTEGA RAMPS-UP CITIZEN COUNCILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legal reforms pushed through the National Assembly early in the year have enabled President Daniel Ortega to put in play his "direct democracy" gambit through Citizen Councils (CPC). Under the control of the First Lady, Rosario Murillo, Ortega plans to have nearly 17,000 CPCs ( [...]	2007-08-20 17:09:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU

07MANAGUA1952	NICARAGUA: GOVERNMENT SEIZES EXXON FUEL STORAGE [...] (C) Summary: After close of business on August 17, local police showed up at Esso/Nicaragua's Corinto I fuel storage facility located at the Port of Corinto and on a judge's order seized the facility. Exxon officials believe that the pretext for the seizure was a tax issue involving the exem [...]	2007-08-21 00:28:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EPET NU

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