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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

07KYIV2206	UKRAINE: EXTRAORDINARY RADA SESSION TAKES AIM AT [...] (U) Summary: The Rada's majority coalition held an extraordinary parliamentary session on September 4, at Speaker Moroz's behest. With 269 MP's registered as present, they voted to amend two clauses of the constitution in order to eliminate parliamentary and presidential immunity, thereby pr [...]	2007-09-04 13:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR 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
07KYIV224	UKRAINE: REACTION TO MISSILE DEFENSE MEDIA REPORTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko told Ambassador January 29 that the U.S. announcement about its preparedness to locate missile defense facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic had the unintended consequence in Ukraine of reinforcing [...]	2007-01-31 16:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL PINR US 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
07KYIV225	UKRAINE: MOROZ, REGIONS PLAYING GAMES WITH THE [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Moroz and the Yanukovych government have used "creative" interpretations of the constitution and the Rada rules of procedure to try to bring into force the controversial law on the Cabinet of Ministers, despite presidential claims that the law was vetoed (reftel). T [...]	2007-01-31 16:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2256	UKRAINE: ACTING FM URGES USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN [...] (C) The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry continues to press for U.S. support for Ukraine's candidate to be the next OSCE Head of Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Anatoliy Oliynyk, currently Ukraine's Ambassador to both Serbia and Montenegro. During an August 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Acting Fo [...]	2007-09-10 11:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2266	UKRAINE: PREVIEW OF SEPTEMBER 14 SUMMIT WITH EU [...] (C) Summary: An EU delegation of Portuguese Prime Minister Socrates, EU Council Secretary General Solana, European Commission President Barroso, and Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner will participate in the EU-Ukraine summit September 14 in Kyiv. In their private meetings, the EU delegation will [...]	2007-09-11 12:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN ETRD ENRG EUN PO 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
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
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
07KYIV2417	UKRAINE: NATO, RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ISSUES ENTER [...] (C) Summary. Party of Regions' recent decision to call for a referendum on neutrality (local shorthand for no NATO membership),and an official status for the Russian language resurrects divisive election themes, present in 2004 and 2006, that the major parties had tried to keep quiet so far [...]	2007-09-19 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO PREL PINR 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
07KYIV2489	UKRAINE/MTCR: SECURING SUPPORT FOR MODIFIED U.S. [...] (C) We relayed ref A points September 27 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos, who was at the Oslo meeting, said he would have the U.S. UAV/cruise missile proposal translated as soon as possible, distribute it to the relevant Uk [...]	2007-09-28 10:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA UP
07KYIV2490	UKRAINE: U.S. FEEDBACK ON SLV ENGINE COOPERATION [...] (S) We relayed ref A points September 27, on both the planned cooperation with the Indian Space Research Organization and a possible batch mixer sale to India's Cyano Chemisive Systems, to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos thank [...]	2007-09-28 10:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PARM ETTC MTCRE TSPA PREL IN UP
07KYIV2491	(S) UKRAINE/MTCR/NSG: CENTRIFUGAL CHARGING PUMPS [...] (S) On September 27, MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos provided us with a non-paper regarding delivery to China of centrifugal charging pumps to China from the Ukrainian company, Sumy Frunze Machine Building Scientific Production Associatio [...]	2007-09-28 10:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TSPA PK CH 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
07KYIV2501	UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS: A NEW ORANGE COALITION COULD [...] (C) Summary: A renewed "orange coalition" could potentially capture enough Rada seats to form the new government, according to several nationwide exit polls. As of noon October 1, counting continues and the Central Election Commission (CEC) has posted about 54% of the results, although there [...]	2007-10-01 07:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2508	UKRAINE: ALL SIDES WAIT WHILE ELECTIONS SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. As votes continued to trickle into the Central Election Commission on October 2, parties remained for the most part constrained, holding off on both court challenges and coalition negotiations until the final count is announced. With more than 97 percent of the vote counted by 5 [...]	2007-10-02 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2515	UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID REQUESTED [...] (U) Per input received ref A, we joined UK Embassy Head of Political Section Duncan Allan on a joint demarche October 3 to MFA UN Directorate head Petro Datsenko to request that Ukraine consider providing six to twelve military utility helicopters (ref C) for UNAMID (United Nations-African Unio [...]	2007-10-03 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU UK 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
07KYIV2542	UKRAINE: GOU TELLS IATA ALL ISSUES RESOLVED: IATA [...] (SBU) On September 20, the GOU told the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that all issues regarding IATA's Billing and Settlement Program (BSP),including its ticket stock, had been officially resolved and IATA was no longer in danger of being shut down (ref C). The Ministry of Fi [...]	2007-10-09 11:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD KTIA 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
07KYIV2566	UKRAINE: DASD CAGAN REQUESTS PLUS-UP IN IRAQ [...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. In consecutive meetings with Ukrainian Chief of Defense, General of the Army Serhiy Kyrychenko, Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Veselovsky on October 8, visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of [...]	2007-10-12 02:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ UP US
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
07KYIV2671	UKRAINE:TALK OF REMOVING RUE FROM GAS DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Local reaction to Gazprom Chairman Medvedev's comments (ref b) about removing RosUkrEnergo (RUE) from the gas deal have ranged from positive to muted. Minister of Fuels and Energy Boyko told Ambassador he had heard nothing from the Russians about possibly removing RUE from the ga [...]	2007-10-23 12:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD PREL RS UP
07KYIV2672	UKRAINE: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) [...] (C) We provided ref A report October 23 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov. At the same time, we provided information copies of U.S. papers and positions contained refs B-E (on space launch vehicles and ballistic missiles, U.S. propos [...]	2007-10-23 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA UP
07KYIV2673	UKRAINE: READ-OUT OF MOSCOW TWO-PLUS-TWO MEETING [...] (U) We drew on ref A October 23 to brief MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor Rustam Rustamov on the results of the U.S.-Russia "2-plus-2" discussions held October 12-13 in Moscow. Belashov, who was on his way the same aftern [...]	2007-10-23 13:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS 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
07KYIV2677	UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID -- SECOND [...] DCM spoke October 24 with MFA Second Territorial Department Director Ihor Hrushko to relay ref A request for Ukraine to consider contributing helicopters or other critical force multipliers/enablers required for the UN/African Union hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, Sudan (UNAMID). DCM [...]	2007-10-24 12:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO SU 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
07KYIV2714	UKRAINE: Cuba Embargo Resolution at UNGA -- Demarche [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points regarding the Cuba embargo resolution October 26 to MFA Second Territorial Department Director (A/S equivalent) Ihor Hrushko. Hrushko noted that Cuba continues to provide substantial assistance for the "Chornobyl children" (belonging to families affected by th [...]	2007-10-26 12:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD UNGA UN CU US UP
07KYIV2720	UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID -- UPDATE [...] (SBU) As noted ref A, DCM had a follow-up meeting October 26 with MFA Second Territorial Department Director Ihor Hrushko concerning ref B request for Ukraine to consider contributing helicopters or other critical force multipliers/enablers required for the UN/African Union hybrid peacekeeping [...]	2007-10-29 13:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU UP
07KYIV2721	UKRAINE: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN [...] DCM delivered reftel talking points and David Walker's biographic information October 26 to MFA Second Territorial Department Director Ihor Hrushko, after we had earlier conveyed the biographic information to MFA UN and Other International Organizations Counselor Petro Datsenko. Hrushko promis [...]	2007-10-29 13:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA UN 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
07KYIV2752	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FINALLY TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Embassy DCM Shahar Arieli confirmed that President Victor Yushchenko plans to visit Israel in mid-November and that he would also visit Ramallah and meet with Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, although he noted that previous planned visits did not m [...]	2007-11-06 08:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IS UP
07KYIV2753	UKRAINE: PSI Eastern Shield Exercise, October 29-31, Odesa, [...] (U) Summary: Ukraine and Poland sponsored a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Eastern Shield demonstration, with Romanian, Georgian, Moldovan, and Bulgarian participation, October 29-31 in Odesa, Ukraine. The demonstration, planned as the first PSI exercise in the Black Sea region, empl [...]	2007-11-06 09:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER KCRM PREL KNNP UP
07KYIV2759	UKRAINE: IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) With regard to all the scenarios contained in reftel, Ukraine's parliament must approve the deployment of Ukrainian military units in peacekeeping operations (PKO),while the President can authorize the participation of individual members of the military in PKOs by the issuance of a Presid [...]	2007-11-06 11:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ 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
07KYIV2794	UKRAINE: MFA Statement on Russian CFE Treaty Suspension [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, on November 8, issued a statement expressing its alarm over the Russian Duma decision to suspend the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty's provisions. The strong statement continues the Ukrainian MFA's concern and engagement over the issue (reftels) [...]	2007-11-08 14:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS 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
07KYIV2820	UKRAINE: RESOURCE NATIONALISM REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine has relatively small reserves of oil and natural gas, but is the world's largest hydrocarbon transit country, moving 75.8% of Russia's natural gas to Europe. Ukraine imports 77% of its natural gas and 79% of its oil needs almost exclusively from Russia. As a legacy of S [...]	2007-11-14 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ETRD PREL UP
07KYIV2829	UKRAINE: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Ref A relayed information passed by Ukraine's UN mission that Ukraine will vote in favor of the four country-specific resolutions in the UNGA Third Committee and against any no-action motion. In ref C, we reported on delivery of U.S. points regarding the draft resolution "On Condemning th [...]	2007-11-16 11:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA KWMN AORC UN UP
07KYIV2831	UKRAINE: PEACEKEEPERS AND KOSOVO POST-INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) This is a request for Department guidance. Please advise on how we should respond to Ukrainian Defense Minister Hrytsenko's inquiry on contingency planning for possible Kosovo independence. 2. (C) During a November 15 meeting with EUR DAS David Kramer, Defense Minister Hrytsenko inquir [...]	2007-11-16 12:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK OSCE YI MD RS UP
07KYIV2832	UKRAINE: 2008 GAS NEGOTIATIONS UNDERWAY--NOTHING [...] (SBU) Summary. 2008 Gas Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia continued in Moscow this week. Ukrainian Minister of Fuel and Energy Yuriy Boyko announced in the press that natural gas pricing negotiations with Russia's state-owned gas company, Gazprom, that Ukraine would pay close to $160 p [...]	2007-11-16 13:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL PINR 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
07KYIV2871	UKRAINE: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism -- [...] This is an action cable. See para 6. 2. We used talking points and delivered the proposed outline for a global nuclear detection architecture model guidelines document November 21 to MFA Political Department Political Planning Division chief Oleh Klynchenko. In doing so, we emphasized the n [...]	2007-11-26 11:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER EAIR EWWT KNNP KGIC US UP
07KYIV2894	UKRAINE: CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN EUROPE AND MISSILE [...] On November 26, we provided the background information contained ref A on U.S.-Russia discussion on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty and missile defense (MD) to MFA Arms Control Counselor Rustam Rustamov and Attache Katerina Bila. (We had originally scheduled a meeting with Arms [...]	2007-11-27 07:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV2902	UKRAINE: U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS -- DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered ref A talking points and text of the U.S.-Iraq Statement of Principles November 27 to Third Territorial Department Middle East Division Acting Director Mykola Leshchenko and U.S. and Canada Desk Director Yuriy Nykytiuk. We emphasized the U.S. desire to consult on the best pos [...]	2007-11-27 13:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ 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
07KYIV2928	(S) UKRAINE: ARSENAL DESIGN BUREAU AND CHINESE [...] (S) We relayed reftel information November 30 regarding Ukrainian Arsenal Design Bureau's potential business with the Beijing Institute of Aerospace Control Devices and with affiliates of the China Sanjiang Space Group to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor [...]	2007-11-30 11:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC CH UP
07KYIV2932	UKRAINE: ARMS SALES TO BURMA - DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points urging termination of arms deals with Burma on November 30 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos noted that, while conventional arms sales were not in his direct portfolio, MFA was aware of the general n [...]	2007-11-30 12:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM BM 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
07KYIV2977	UKRAINE: RADA SCHEDULES PM VOTE FOR DECEMBER 11 [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Yatsenyuk ended another day of finger-pointing and delaying tactics in the Rada by announcing that the parliament would hold the confirmation vote on Tymoshenko as Prime Minister on Tuesday December 11 -- the end of the five-day deadline for considering a prime minis [...]	2007-12-07 12:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
07KYIV3039	UKRAINE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE AND [...] On December 11, we delivered ref A non-paper providing U.S. plans to sponsor a 5th anniversary Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) conference to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Oleksandr Bondarenko and Attache Maryna Stroga. Bondarenko opined that Deputy Fore [...]	2007-12-11 12:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP PHSA KTIA EWWT 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
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
07KYIV3074	UKRAINE: DRAFT UNSCR IRAQ TEXT PROVIDED [...] (C) We delivered ref A talking points and text of the draft UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) on Iraq December 14 to Third Territorial Department Middle East Division Acting Director Mykola Leshchenko, Iraq Desk Officer Mykola Radchenko, and UN and Other International Organizations UN des [...]	2007-12-17 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EFIN PARM UNSC IZ 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
07KYIV3087	UKRAINE: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism -- [...] The Ukrainian MFA responded to the delivery of the proposed outline for a global nuclear detection architecture model guidelines in diplomatic note 411/20-011-2060 dated December 14, 2007. The diplomatic note observed that the Ukrainian side supported the draft guidelines. The diplomatic note [...]	2007-12-18 13:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER EAIR EWWT KNNP KGIC US UP
07KYIV3088	UKRAINE: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism -- [...] The Ukrainian MFA responded to the delivery of the proposed outline for a global nuclear detection architecture model guidelines in diplomatic note 411/20-011-2060 dated December 14, 2007. The diplomatic note observed that the Ukrainian side supported the draft guidelines. The diplomatic note [...]	2007-12-18 13:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER EAIR EWWT KNNP KGIC US 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
07KYIV332	UKRAINE: EU TROIKA MEETING LAUNCHES ENHANCED [...] (C) Summary: A February 6 EU Troika meeting in Kyiv marked the launch of a new enhanced Partnership and Cooperative Agreement intended to strengthen economic and political ties - responding to a Ukrainian push for a new kind of partnership and closer ties to the EU. The first meeting of a Wor [...]	2007-02-09 16:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UP
07KYIV361	UKRAINE: COALITION PUBLISHES, SEEKS TO AMEND, [...] (SBU) Summary. The controversial Law on the Cabinet of Ministers, which tips the balance of power toward the Prime Minister at the President's expense, continues to be a political football on Kyiv playing fields. The February 2 decision by the Rada (parliament) and Government to officially p [...]	2007-02-15 15:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
07KYIV546	UKRAINE: ENGAGING UKRAINE ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: We passed reftel points and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LTG Obering's powerpoint presentation to MOD and MFA officials February 26-28. Ambassador's February 21 conversation with Presidential adviser, preeminent Ukrainian strategic thinker, and former rocket scientist Vo [...]	2007-03-07 09:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL EZ UP
07KYIV552	UKRAINE/MTCR: SECURING SUPPORT FOR U.S. UAV/CRUISE [...] (C) We relayed ref A points March 7 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Igor Kyzym. We alerted Kyzym that the U.S. had submitted a revised proposal on Modifications to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)/Cruise Missile Criteria as MTCR POC DOC 9. Kyzym said [...]	2007-03-07 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA UP
07KYIV642	UKRAINE: LUTSENKO RAIDED, INTERROGATED BY [...] (SBU) Summary: On a busy political day that heralded a potential tectonic shift in the basic blue-orange divide in Ukrainian politics, which has existed since the November-December 2004 Orange Revolution (septel),a Prosecutor General Office (PGO) investigative team launched a seven- hour se [...]	2007-03-20 17:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM 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
07KYIV656	UKRAINE ACTION REQUEST: UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT DROP [...] (SBU) Note: This is an action request for Moscow DHS/CIS, Mission Geneva and PRM, retransmitting the text of reftel, slightly modified. Post requests a response to the UNHCR-Kyiv claim that U.S. refusal rates of UNHCR-Kyiv referrals in 2006 jumped by 20 percent; see para 9. 2. (C) Summar [...]	2007-03-22 13:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UP UNHCR

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
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
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
07KYIV705	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE [...] (C) Ambassador had a discussion on U.S. missile defense plans March 26 with parliament (Verkhovna Rada) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Vitaly Shybko. Shybko said his Committee on Foreign Affairs and the other committee of jurisdiction, the Committee on National Security and Defense, had e [...]	2007-03-29 09:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PINR RS PL EZ US 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
07KYIV751	UKRAINE: MOD SAYS NO MANPADS FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with Ukrspetsexport and Ministry of Defense representatives, an MOD official said that in response to the U.S. request for additional MANPADS to be used for counter measures development, other than the de [...]	2007-03-30 12:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US 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
07KYIV758	(S) UKRAINE: YUZHNOYE LIQUID FUEL ROCKET [...] (S) We relayed reftel points March 30 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov regarding U.S. concerns about Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company's cooperation with Chinese 11 Institute on development of the RD-120 liquid-fuel rocket engine. Counselor [...]	2007-03-30 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MTCRE CH 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
07KYIV779	UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE QUESTIONS FOR U.S.; [...] (U) This is an action request for missile defense related information. See para 5. 2. (SBU) We met with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov at his request March 30. Belashov expressed his appreciation for Missile Defense Agenc [...]	2007-04-02 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PINR RS EZ PL US 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
07KYIV790	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S CALL FOR MAY 27 PRE-TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 2, after several days of tense negotiations and peaceful street demonstrations, President Yushchenko announced his intention to dissolve the Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) and set May 27 as the date for new elections; his decree was officially promulgated April 3. On Ap [...]	2007-04-04 16:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
07KYIV818	Ukraine: Message on Designation of Iran's DIO Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-06 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR 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
07KYIV852	Ukraine: Plans for BSEC Chairmanship [...] Summary: Ukraine envisions an ambitious agenda for its chairmanship of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) from November 2007 to April 2008, according to MFA Director for Economic Cooperation, Serhiy Korsunsky. During a recent meeting with Econoff, he solicited U.S. involvem [...]	2007-04-11 14:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EFIN JA UP
07KYIV853	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH AND YUSHCHENKO AGREE EU [...] (C) Summary: During his March 27 visit to Brussels, PM Yanukovych said he wanted Ukraine to adopt a long-term strategy for EU membership and thanked his interlocutors for their help so far. Echoing President Yushchenko's earlier comments, Yanukovych urged the incorporation of a reference to U [...]	2007-04-11 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG EUN UP
07KYIV871	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TAKES UP [...] (SBU) Summary. As President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych meet daily to try to reach a political compromise to end the crisis sparked by Yushchenko's April 2 decree to dismiss the Rada and call new elections and the coalition/Rada's refusal to accept the decree, attention has focuse [...]	2007-04-12 07:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR 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
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
07KYIV922	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BEGINS HEARINGS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The Constitutional Court began full court hearings on April 17 into the constitutionality of Yushchenko's April 2 decree dismissing the Rada and calling new elections, while accusations of bribery, threats, and political pressure swirled around the proceedings. Despite earlier [...]	2007-04-17 15:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UP
07KYIV924	UKRAINE: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER YATSENYUK -- A [...] (SBU) Summary: Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's newest and youngest foreign minister, is extremely bright and, although he has no previous experience at MFA, will pick up the full scope of his new responsibilities quickly. He puts an emphasis on the economic side of his new duties, since he has [...]	2007-04-18 05:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL PINR UP
07KYIV929	UKRAINE: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PROCEEDINGS RESUME [...] (SBU) Summary. Constitutional Court deliberations of the constitutionality of President Yushchenko's April 2 decree dismissing the Rada and calling new elections resumed April 18 after a brief delay caused by opposition efforts to impede access to the court. Opposition leaders Tymoshenko, Ky [...]	2007-04-18 14:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
07KYIV960	UKRAINE: POLITICAL COMPROMISE SOUGHT AS COURT [...] (C) Summary. As President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych appeared to inch closer to a political compromise, proceedings in the Constitutional Court (CC) April 20-23 indicated that the hearings will probably continue right up to the May 1 holiday. Following a lengthy closed-door Apri [...]	2007-04-23 14:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV971	UKRAINE: SCUD INVENTORY REQUEST DELIVERED [...] (S) We delivered ref A points renewing our request for a SCUD missile inventory March 30 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov. Belashov noted the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense had the responsibility for providing the inventory and was w [...]	2007-04-24 14:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
07KYIV973	UKRAINE: YATSENYUK'S FIRST VISIT TO WASHINGTON AS [...] (C) Summary: Arseniy Yatsenyuk is familiar with Washington as a former Economics Minister and acting and deputy head of the Ukrainian National Bank, but his visit at the end of April will be his first opportunity to discuss the full range of foreign policy issues. With respect to the bilateral [...]	2007-04-24 14:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD US 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
07KYIV988	UKRAINE: COURT WRAPPING UP OPEN HEARINGS AS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Constitutional Court moved into the closed deliberation phase late on April 25, amid rumors that a judgment was expected by the end of Friday April 27 (although others predict a later decision after the May 1-9 holidays). Court deliberations April 24 had concluded late in [...]	2007-04-25 14:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR 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
07LAGOS100	SITREP 12 & NIGER DELTA ROUNDUP: 31 IN CAPTIVITY, [...] (C) Summary. This is an update on kidnappings and militant attacks in southern Nigeria in 2007. Approximately 31 hostages are currently being held in the Niger Delta. American citizen Bill Graham remains a captive and is the only American currently being held. Roughly sixty individuals hav [...]	2007-02-09 15:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS103	ONDO STATE'S OIL REVENUE BRINGS GREAT EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: People's Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Olusegun Agagu will run for a second term in Ondo State. While his supporters tout his achievements, critics note the State's poor roads and infrastructure, wondering why, with Ondo's handsome oil revenues, more people have not benefited fr [...]	2007-02-12 07:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EPET NI
07LAGOS105	SITREP 13: NO CHANGE TO HOSTAGE CASE; OIL MAJOR [...] (C) Summary. There has been no contact with Amcit Bill Graham or Nigerian national Ezekiel Akwa or their captors since the release of British national Neil Mirrlees on February 7. A recent spate of incidents in Port Harcourt caused Shell to encourage expatriate staff to work from their resi [...]	2007-02-12 17:01:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS11	LAGOS GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS: A POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Gubernatorial elections in Lagos are shaping up to be a tough fight. Govrnor Tinubu's AC has been shaken by internal dissent and several key defections due to his attempt to impose his loyal but unpopular chief of staff as the party's gubernatorial candidate. Meanwhile, the PDP has [...]	2007-01-08 15:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS110	SITREP 14: SSS CONFIRMS HOSTAGES UNHARMED [...] (C) Rivers State Security Service (SSS) confirmed to John Walker of Control Risks Group on February 12 that American citizen Bill Graham and Nigerian national Ezekiel Akwa are "fine." Walker reported to the Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group on February 13 there has been no progress toward the h [...]	2007-02-13 16:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS112	OBASANJO ADVISOR'S GLOOMY ASSESSMENT OF THE [...] (S) Summary: In a January 30 meeting with the Consul General, Special Presidential Advisor and former Minister of State for Defense Lawal Batagarawa gave a gloomy assessment of electoral politics and the presidential race. Batagarawa predicted generalized unrest in the North should People's [...]	2007-02-14 09:17:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS116	SITREP 15: NO SSS CONTACT WITH AMCIT; FILIPINO [...] (C) John Walker of Control Risks Group told the February 14 Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group that he was unable to speak to Rivers State Security Service (SSS) on February 13. Walker speculated SSS may have been working on the February 13 release of 24 Filipino hostages. American citizen Bill [...]	2007-02-14 16:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS12	LAGOS PDP ELECTS GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE AMID [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-08 15:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM 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
07LAGOS130	NIGERIAN AIRLINES FACE INCREASED CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Beginning in April, Nigerian airlines will have to meet new capitalization requirements or cease operations. Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director, Air Transport Regulations Alfred Famodimu predicted that, of Nigeria's 22 domestic airlines, five major airlines would s [...]	2007-02-21 06:25:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL 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
07LAGOS136	SITREP 18: HOSTAGES RELEASED; 3 EXPATS KIDNAPPED, [...] (C) Pivot employees American citizen Bill Graham and Nigerian national Ezekiel Akwa were released from captivity on February 17. Once State Security Service (SSS) had established some leverage in their communications with the kidnappers and once Rivers State Governor Peter Odili lent the mat [...]	2007-02-22 08:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS142	PDP LEGACY CAMPAIGN: TARGET GRASSROOTS & NEW [...] (C) Summary: According to Francis Sheen, Director of Communications for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2007 Presidential Legacy Campaign to be launched in late February, the PDP faces challenges by Igbos from within the party, "bluebloods" outside the party, and former party members who [...]	2007-02-23 11:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS147	AES ISSUES SBLC PRE-DRAW NOTICE TO CITIBANK [...] (SBU) On February 21, AES Nigeria Barge Ltd. (AES),a U.S. power services company, issued a stand-by letter of credit (SBLC) pre-draw notice to Citibank, the SBLC-issuing bank. According to AES, this measure was necessitated by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria's (PHCN) failure to comply wit [...]	2007-02-26 10:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EINV PREL NI
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
07LAGOS160	DISSECTION OF A 25 DAY KIDNAPPING [...] (C) Summary. Pivot employees American citizen Bill Graham and British national Neil Mirrlees were under surveillance for five days by their captors and abducted when they were boxed-in by vehicles on their way to work. Though the Nigerian Government does not admit officially to paying a rans [...]	2007-03-05 10:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS162	GOVERNOR IBORI BACKS PDP TICKET & ATIKU'S BID TO [...] (C) Summary. Despite his pro-Vice President Atiku antecedents, Governor James Ibori of Delta State has pledged strong financial support for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential ticket. Yar'Adua will win the Presidency "one way or another," according to Governor James Ibori. Vice [...]	2007-03-06 11:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS163	PARTY CHAIR WARNS OF DETERIORATING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting with Econoff, Democratic People,s Alliance (DPA) Chairman Chief Supo Shonibare said security in Lagos was getting worse as the political season progressed. He identified polling areas likely to be fraught with irregularities and marred by violence. Speakin [...]	2007-03-07 15:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL 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
07LAGOS175	UTOMI: OBASANJO MUST STEP DOWN [...] (C) Summary: The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) debacle may provide the National Assembly the impeachment fodder necessary to ensure President Obasanjo departs the presidency, said Patrick Utomi, presidential candidate for the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The threat of Ec [...]	2007-03-12 15:00:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS182	DWINDLING POWER SUPPLY LEAVES LAGOS DARK [...] (U) Summary: For the past three months, Lagos State has suffered a critical diminution in its power supply. Public power supply, normally spotty at best, has become almost non-existent. This has more than doubled operating costs for businesses and households for those fortunate enough to have [...]	2007-03-13 14:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
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
07LAGOS190	CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER SMITH REVIEWS LAGOS ANTI-TIP [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria Trafficking in Persons (TIP) experts told Congressman Christopher Smith during his February 22-24 visit to Lagos that rehabilitation of TIP victims needs more resources and funding. Efforts in Lagos to work with TIP victims have been overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of vi [...]	2007-03-15 09:47:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID ELAB PHUM SOCI KWMN SMIG KCRM 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
07LAGOS193	CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER SMITH REVIEWS NATIONAL ANTI-TIP [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria Trafficking in Persons (TIP) experts told Congressman Christopher Smith during his February 20-22 visit to Abuja that Nigeria's anti-TIP network does not include the military. Victims' lack of marketable skills, parents' ignorance of the dangers of trafficking, cultural v [...]	2007-03-15 13:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM ELAB PHUM SOCI KWMN CODEL NI
07LAGOS194	CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER SMITH REVIEWS NATIONAL ANTI-TIP [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria Trafficking in Persons (TIP) experts told Congressman Christopher Smith during his February 20-22 visit to Abuja that Nigeria's anti-TIP network does not include the military. Victims' lack of marketable skills, parents' ignorance of the dangers of trafficking, cultural v [...]	2007-03-15 13:56:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	CODEL PREL PGOV KDEM ELAB PHUM SOCI KWMN NI
07LAGOS197	DELTA ACTIVISTS PREDICT ELECTORAL UNREST [...] (C) Summary: Ledum Mitee, President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP),told AF/W Director Phillip Carter that free and fair elections are unlikely. Both the People's Democratic Party Governorship candidates in Rivers and Delta states are unpopular with the large Ija [...]	2007-03-15 14:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PTER
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
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
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
07LAGOS230	FIVE EXPATS KIDNAPPED; TWO RELEASED SINCE MARCH 17 [...] On March 23, one Lebanese and one Indian national employed by the Nigerian construction company Setraco, were reportedly kidnapped at gunpoint near Warri, Delta State. Media and security sources claim these two hostages were released March 25. Also on March 23, a Dutch security manager worki [...]	2007-03-26 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM PGOV PREL 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
07LAGOS241	ELECTION DAY DETAILS HAZY; EDO INEC PREPARING FOR [...] Summary: The Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (ESIEC) has not yet received guidance from the Independent National Electoral Commission on how to conduct the April 14 or 21 elections. ESIEC is preparing for the elections by identifying and training polling station agents and by mer [...]	2007-03-30 14:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	NI PGOV PREL PTER
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
07LAGOS252	INTERNECINE PDP POLITICS IN IMO STATE [...] (C) Summary: A March 29 visit by Poloff to Imo State showed the feuding People's Democratic Party (PDP) still trying to determine its candidate for Governor. The April 5 Supreme Court ruling in favor of Senator Ifeanyi Araraume makes him the favorite to make the ballot. Whoever takes the PD [...]	2007-04-10 15:38:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
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
07LAGOS256	NOBEL LAUREATE SEES ELECTION TROUBLES, DELAYED [...] (C) Summary: In a discussion with the Consul General, political activist Wole Soyinka and leading democracy advocate Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin said a group of opposition parties, coupled with civic organizations, had planned to publicly protest the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC [...]	2007-04-11 12:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS259	LAGOS GOVERNOR SAYS ELECTIONS PREPARATION IS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 9 meeting with the Consul General, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu said the Independent Electoral Commission's (INEC) preparations for the April 14 gubernatorial elections in Lagos State were essentially non-existent. He claimed the People's Democratic Party (PDP) pla [...]	2007-04-12 11:11:00	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
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
07LAGOS264	LACK OF ELECTION PREPARATION RAISES QUESTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Election preparations in Oyo, a key southwestern state, have been scant. Neither Governor Rashidi Ladoja nor Action Congress (AC) gubernatorial candidate Taoheed Adedoja have seen voter registration lists, prototype ballots, ballot boxes, nor the hiring of sufficient numbers of [...]	2007-04-13 12:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07LAGOS265	SOUTHERN GOVERNORS SEE LITTLE INEC PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In recent separate conversations with the Consul General, Governors of Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Imo criticized the lack of electoral preparation in their states just 10 days before the gubernatorial elections. While the People's Democratic Party (PDP) will likely carry these s [...]	2007-04-13 12:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PHUM
07LAGOS267	LAGOS VIOLENCE TO CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 15:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07LAGOS268	FLIGHT ABORTED AFTER HYDRAULICS MALFUNCTION [...] On April 11, a Virgin Nigeria flight departing Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos was aborted shortly after take-off when the flight captain detected a malfunction in the hydraulic nose wheel of the aircraft. Although many of the passengers panicked the aircraft landed safely. [...]	2007-04-13 15:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
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
07LAGOS278	AVIATION OFFICIALS SUPPORT NEW CARRIERS, ROUTES [...] (U) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with the Director General (DG),Nigerian Civil Aviation Administration (NCAA),a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) official promised Virgin Nigeria's application to operate Lagos-JFK routes would be approved by the end of May. The NCAA DG promised to rec [...]	2007-04-18 14:22:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV CVIS PREL NI
07LAGOS279	NIGER DELTA: SIX EXPATRIATES REMAIN HOSTAGES; NO [...] Warri police confirmed to security sources that two Indian employees working for Delta Steel Company were abducted on April 16 near Warri, Delta state. 2. Two Turkish nationals working for Merpa, contracted to the Italian oil major Agip, remain hostages after being abducted from their veh [...]	2007-04-18 14:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM PGOV PREL 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
07LAGOS290	EFCC CHAIR ARGUES FOR REPLACING "OLD GUARD" [...] (S) Summary: In an April 19 conversation with the Consul General, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman Ribadu (STRICTLY PROTECT) declared this eection represented a contest between new reformist politicians and the old guard. Claiming electoral excesses were committed by al [...]	2007-04-26 11:09:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM 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
07LAGOS303	AMERICAN CITIZEN, 4 ITALIANS AND 1 CROAT KIDNAPPED [...] (SBU) Summary: American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian national were kidnapped around 5:30 AM on May 1, off the shore of Bayelsa State. Stapleton was employed by Chevron Nigeria Ltd. while the other five expatriates were working for a Chevron shipping subsidiary. The [...]	2007-05-01 09:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
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
07LAGOS309	SITREP 3: APPROXIMATELY 24 KIDNAPPED SINCE MAY 1 [...] (C) Summary: American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian remain hostages after being abducted on May 1. Stapleton takes medication daily and without it, is susceptible to seizures. The Secretary to Bayelsa State Government Dr. Godknows Igali is aware of Stapleton's need [...]	2007-05-03 14:41:00	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
07LAGOS313	SITREP 4: BAYELSA TAKES THE LEAD; 6 AGIP HOSTAGES [...] (C) Summary: American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian remain hostages after being abducted on May 1. Chevron is following Bayelsa State Government's lead in securing the hostages release and has passed to the government Stapleton's medication. Bayelsa Secretary to the [...]	2007-05-04 14:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS318	SITREP 5: AMCIT STILL HOSTAGE; NO PROOF OF LIFE [...] (C) Summary: American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian started their seventh day as hostages. The State Security Service (SSS) could not confirm delivery of Stapleton's medication (Ref A) over the weekend and, as of May 7, had not received photos of the hostages. Chevro [...]	2007-05-07 14:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS320	NIGERIA SUBMISSIONS FOR G/TIP FY 2007 ESF AND [...] Name of Applicant: Women's Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) Executive Director, Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi 2. Requested funding amount: $101,890 3. Project title: Sensitization and Reintegration Program 4. Project duration: 2 years 5. Proposal abstract: The Women's Consortium of Nige [...]	2007-05-08 10:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG PREL
07LAGOS321	SITREP 6: AMCIT REMAINS HOSTAGE; 3 PIPELINES [...] (C) Summary: After being abducted May 1, six expatriates, including American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian remain in captivity. Chevron has not received proof of life for any of the hostages. Chevron planned to pass a third care package containing food, water, clothe [...]	2007-05-08 15:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS322	SITREP 7: 5 AMCITS HELD HOSTAGE IN 2 DIFFERENT [...] (C) Summary: Four American citizen oil service workers were kidnapped May 8 from a Global Industries barge offshore Delta State. The kidnappers are presumably Bayelsa state-based. The Bayelsa State Government and Chevron have received information suggestive of proof of life for American cit [...]	2007-05-09 16:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS323	OONI OF IFE CALLS YAR'ADUA "RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB" [...] (C) Summary: A close supporter of President Obasanjo, the Ooni of Ife, believes Yar'Adua is "the right man for the job" of President. The Ooni believes opposition criticisms of the election, although strident, will yield little concrete action and will dissipate quickly. The Ooni was collabor [...]	2007-05-09 16:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM 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
07LAGOS331	SITREP 8: FIVE AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: Four American citizens abducted from Global Industries' Cheyenne barge on May 8 near Delta State were allowed to call their families the following day, thereby providing proof of life. The kidnappers of the four Americans purportedly demanded all expatriates depart Nigeria, Chev [...]	2007-05-10 15:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS332	VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT'S EVOLVING PLANS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Vice President-elect Goodluck Jonathan told Consul General the new administration would immediately address the Niger Delta crisis and the problems of inadequate electrical power generation. Secretary of Bayelsa State Government Dr. Godknows Igali envisions providing militants a [...]	2007-05-10 16:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS336	SITREP 9: FIVE AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; COMPANY [...] (C) Summary: Four American citizens abducted from Global Industries' Cheyenne barge on May 8 remain hostages. Company representatives planned to meet Delta State Secretary and Governor-elect Emmanuel Uduaghan later today, May 11. One hostage, Amcit Faller, told his wife via cell phone the ca [...]	2007-05-11 15:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
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
07LAGOS339	CHEVRON DRAWS DOWN NON-ESSENTIAL WORKERS THROUGH [...] (C) On May 11, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) drew down non-essential staff on three rigs operating offshore in the Niger Delta. According to Femi Odumabo, Chevron General Manager for Government and Public Affairs, the drawdown includes both expatriate and Nigerian staff. It includes both e [...]	2007-05-14 17:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ASEC PREL PTER NI
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
07LAGOS344	SITREP 11: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; POOR DELTA [...] (C) Summary: Four American citizens employed by Global Industries (GI) abducted May 8 remain hostages. Telephone calls from the four Americans have escalated their families' anxieties. GI plans to send representatives to meet Delta State government officials. Chevron's six employees, inclu [...]	2007-05-15 16:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS347	SITREP 12: PROOF OF LIFE FOR AMCIT STAPLETON; [...] (C) Summary: Amcit John Stapleton called Chevron representatives May 16 to say that he and the other five captives are well, and have received the medicines sent to them. The militants are demanding a generator and a source of potable water in exchange for release of the hostages. Four Ameri [...]	2007-05-16 16:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS348	IJAW RULER: ATTACKS WILL CONTINUE 2-3 MONTHS AS [...] (C) Summary: A paramount Ijaw Ruler from Warri, Delta State, described the recent spate of militant attacks as a "send off" gift for President Obasanjo and a warning to the incoming Administration that Niger Delta Ijaws would not abide the status quo. "Jomo Gbomo" and "Cynthia White" are sp [...]	2007-05-16 16:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER 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
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
07LAGOS363	ATTACK ON VP-ELECT'S HOUSE MARKS THIRD ATTACK IN [...] (C) Vice President-elect Governor Goodluck Jonathan's country residence in Bayelsa State was attacked early morning on May 16. According to press reports, militants approached the house by boat, fired shots and detonated dynamite, purportedly killing one policeman. Jonathan left Yenagoa imm [...]	2007-05-21 16:28:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS367	SITREP 16: 5 AMCITS, 2 INDIANS, 1 LEBANESE, 1 [...] (C) Summary: Six expatriates employed by Chevron, including American citizen John Stapleton, begin their twenty-second day in captivity. Bayelsa Secretary to the State Government Dr. Igali and Chevron suspect the hostages will be released by May 29. Four American citizens held captive in De [...]	2007-05-22 15:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS371	WORLD AIRLINES OPERATING AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 13:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS372	SITREP 17: FIVE AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES [...] (C) American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians, and one Croatian remain hostages after being kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 1. As of May 23, the State Security Service (SSS) emissary had not delivered Chevron's welfare package containing water, soft drinks, food and naira [...]	2007-05-23 16:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS375	WORLD AIRWAYS OPERATING AUTHORITY [...] On 21 May, Econoff met with Director General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Harold Demuren and Director of Air Transport Regulation Alfred Famodimu regarding the GON's recent refusal to grant operating authority to World Airways, Inc. (World). Econoff expressed the concerns noted in [...]	2007-05-24 14:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS376	SITREP 18: FIVE AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; 22 EXPATS [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, a welfare package was reportedly delivered to Chevron's six expatriate employees, including American citizen John Stapleton, who are being held hostage in Bayelsa State. The State Security Service (SSS) emissary told Chevron that the Bayelsa State Government had promis [...]	2007-05-24 14:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS389	SITREP 19: EIGHT AMCITS HOSTAGE MAY 25 IN THREE [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, nine expatriates, including American citizens Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris, and Richard Moore employed by TransCoastal, were abducted from three vessels in the riverine area near Sangana, Bayelsa State. May 25 was the twenty-fifth day of captivity for Chevron employees [...]	2007-05-25 13:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS393	A TRAGECOMEDY ON THE STAGE OF NIGERIAN AVIATION [...] (C) Summary: Virgin Nigeria (Virgin) and British Airways (BA) have recently faced a number of obstacles to their operation in Nigeria. Airline insiders claim Virgin and BA have been subjected to a series of arbitrary and inconsistent politically motivated attacks by the Minister of Aviation, F [...]	2007-05-25 16:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS394	SITREP 20: 3 AMCIT LIVES THREATENED; 8 AMCITS [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, a news source reported the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),"Bayelsa State Chapter," issued Nigeria's Federal Government a May 29 deadline to release jailed militant leader Dokubo Asari or "risk the death of seven expatriate oil workers", includ [...]	2007-05-27 20:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS395	SITREP 21: 8 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES, GON RECEIVED [...] (C) Summary: According to the Minister of Information, the GON had not received any ultimatum to release jailed militant leader Dokubo Asari or risk the death of seven expatriates, including three American hostages, as reported in the press on May 27 (Ref A). On the eve of the May 29 inaugur [...]	2007-05-28 12:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
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
07LAGOS403	SITREP 23: 4 AMCITS RELEASED MAY 30, 4 REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: Four American citizens, Kevin Faller, Christopher Gay, Michael Rousell and Larry Plake, employed by Global Industries (GI) and taken hostage on May 8, offshore Delta State, were released on May 30. Three American citizens employed by TransCoastal and seven other individuals begi [...]	2007-05-31 11:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS407	NIGERIA: FY 2007 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNCHR) promotional phase of repatriation for Liberian refugees at the Oru Refugee Camp in southern Nigeria is set to expire on June, 2007. There are approximately 4,000 refugees remaining at the camp (3,200 Liberians and 780 Sierra Leonean) and [...]	2007-05-31 15:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID PREL NI
07LAGOS409	VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT GOODLUCK JONATHAN BIO [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan's studied loyalty to his predecessor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, his humility, and his comparative honesty (by Nigerian standards) are reportedly reasons President Obasanjo chose him as Umaru Yar'Adua's vice presidential running mate. Jonatha [...]	2007-06-01 13:28:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL NI
07LAGOS412	SITREP 24: 4 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES, WOMEN & [...] (C) Summary: Three American citizens, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino and one Nigerian employed by TransCoastal and kidnapped on May 25 remain hostages. Six Chevron employees, including American citizen John Stapleton, begin their second month in captivity. On May 31 [...]	2007-06-01 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS413	MACROECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL OUTLOOK [...] (U) Summary: On May 24, risk analysis firm Economic Associates organized a seminar during which Lagos Business School Professor Doyin Salami offered an assessment of the current and medium-term macroeconomic climate in Nigeria. High global commodity prices have resulted in an export boom, and [...]	2007-06-01 16:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
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
07LAGOS415	SITREP 25: 1 AMCIT RELEASED, 3 REMAIN HOSTAGES; 4 [...] (SBU) American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian kidnapped on May 1 off the shore of Bayelsa State were released from captivity on June 2 to Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva. All six hostages are said to be "in good condition." The six individuals are expected to de [...]	2007-06-02 15:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS419	SITREP 26: 3 AMCITS, 33 EXPATRIATES REMAIN HOSTAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 36 expatriates are being held hostage in the Niger Delta, including three American citizens kidnapped May 25 off the shore of Bayelsa State. Since June 1, 12 expatriates, no American citizens, have been abducted in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. Twelve Indian nati [...]	2007-06-04 12:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS422	SITREP 27: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE IN BAYELSA STATE [...] (SBU) Three American TransCoastal employees (Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris, and Richard Moore),four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino, and one Nigerian begin their eleventh day in captivity. The ten individuals were kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25. ----- [...]	2007-06-05 13:38:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS427	SITREP 28: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE; TRANSCOASTAL [...] (C) American nationals Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris, and Richard Moore, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino, and one Nigerian remain hostages. TransCoastal believes the 10 hostages have been divided into two groups; one group of four and one group of six. According to Tr [...]	2007-06-06 15:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS434	SITREP 29: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE [...] (C) Three American citizens, Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris, and Richard Moore, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino, and one Nigerian remain hostages after being kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25. TransCoastal (TCO) said they last had contact with the host [...]	2007-06-07 11:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS436	FORMER DELTA STATE OFFICIAL APPLAUDS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with Poloff, Chief Evance O. Ivwurie, former Commissioner for Special Duties (Project Monitoring) under Governor James Ibori's administration in Delta State, lauded the state government's efforts to provide potable water and education and blamed the federal an [...]	2007-06-07 13:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS437	SITREP 30: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE; UK ENGAGING GON [...] (C) On June 8, ten hostages kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25 begin their third week in captivity. TransCoastal (TCO) representatives told us on June 7 that they believe Amcit Bobbie Tyner, two British nationals, and the South African hostage are being held by "The General," [...]	2007-06-08 12:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL 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
07LAGOS445	SITREP 32: 13 HOSTAGES, INCLUDING 3 AMCITS, [...] (C) Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva and TransCoastal (TCO) representatives confirmed the June 11 release of American citizens Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris and Richard Moore, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino and one Nigerian national, who were kidnapped offshore Bayelsa St [...]	2007-06-12 14:09:00	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
07LAGOS481	EDO STATE ELECTION TRIBUNAL POSSIBLY BRIBED BY PDP [...] (U) Adams Oshiomole, Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate and former President of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC),has challenged recently-elected Governor Oserheimen Osunbor of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo State Election Tribunal. Oshiomole was largely viewed as one [...]	2007-06-28 11:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER 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
07LAGOS487	RIVERS KIDNAPPERS UP THE ANTE: ABDUCT BRITISH CHILD [...] (U) Rivers State police confirmed that on July 5, a three-year-old British girl, was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on her way to school. This is the second time expatriate children have been kidnapped in the Niger Delta; the first incident involved two Indian children who were ab [...]	2007-07-06 08:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS492	BRITISH GIRL RELEASED; 2 EXPATS KIDNAPPED OFFSHORE [...] (SBU) On July 8, three-year-old British national Margaret Hill was released near Ogbakiri, Rivers State, after being abducted three days earlier in Port Harcourt (Reftel). No further details are known regarding her release; however, press reports suggest no ransom was paid to secure Hill's r [...]	2007-07-09 15:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC 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
07LAGOS5	NIGERIANS SUFFER HUGE LOSSES FROM POWER OUTAGES [...] (U) Summary: Despite the GON,s moves to privatize and restructure the power sector, Nigerians continue to suffer from inadequate power. Industrial and domestic consumers decry the state of the power sector in the last five months. Most Nigerians involved in small-scale enterprises spend naira [...]	2007-01-05 15:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS50	AVIATION REGULATOR REQUESTS DOT, FAA TECHNICAL [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director General (DG) Harold Demuren, in a December 14, 2006 meeting with DOT official Kevin Sample, requested assistance in organizing meetings with DOT and FAA in Washington on January 24. Demuren also requested a technical assessment tha [...]	2007-01-24 12:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS502	IJAW MILITANTS ANNOUNCE CEASEFIRE; DESOPADEC BOARD [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, Ijaw militant leaders agreed to a 90-day ceasefire during which government could address their interests, which focus on gaining greater control over local government areas and resources. However, Rivers State criminal/militant leaders Ateke Tom and Soboma George did [...]	2007-07-13 09:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS507	AES - UPDATE ON CONTRACT DISPUTE [...] (U) Summary: On July 11, AES Nigeria Barge Ltd. (AES),a U.S. power services company, met with President Umaru Yar'Adua to discuss an on-going tax exemption dispute (reftel). The meeting was attended by all stakeholders, including the Ministry of Finance and Energy, Federal Inland Revenue Servi [...]	2007-07-17 14:41:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS514	MILITANT DELEGATION TO ASO ROCK JULY 19, RIVERS [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Niger Delta militants again met in Delta State and agreed to send a delegation to Aso Rock on July 19 to meet President Yar'Adua and Vice President Jonathan. In a separate but related move, Rivers militant/criminal leaders publicly renounced violence. The militants [...]	2007-07-19 10:01:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS522	IFC VILLAGE TELEPHONY PROJECT UNDERWAY IN NIGERIA [...] Summary: The International Finance Corporation would create, at a minimum, 1000 businesses for rural women and extend mobile phone network coverage to rural areas. The Village Phone Project would also expand the capacity of microfinance institutions to manage small-scale loans. This project wa [...]	2007-07-25 15:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EIND NI PGOV PREL EINV
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
07LAGOS534	LAGOS MAKES STRIDES IN PROPERTY REGISTRY [...] Summary: On June 19, Debra Erb, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),and housing sector stakeholders visited the Lagos State Lands Bureau. The Bureau has implemented significant improvements in registering property, including dramatically lowering fees, automating registration, and s [...]	2007-07-27 13:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PREL 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
07LAGOS550	NIGERIAN MINING SECTOR REPLETE WITH CHALLENGES AND [...] Summary: On July 15, US Trade and Development Agency officials met with representatives of the private mining sector and the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency. They discussed the untapped opportunities in the mining sector since the passage of the 2006 Minerals and Mining legislation. The great [...]	2007-08-02 15:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS551	KEY ECONOMIC OBSERVER CAUTIONS AGAINST "IRRATIONAL [...] Summary: In a July 17 meeting with Trina Rand, International Economist, and Michael Ruffner, Director, Office of Technical Assistance, U.S. Department of Treasury, Financial Derivatives Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bismarck Rewane described some of the risks in the Nigerian economy. While Rewa [...]	2007-08-03 12:01:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS553	BANKS' CREATIVE SOLUTIONS ALLOW MORTGAGE EXPANSION [...] On June 19, Debra Erb, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) met with representatives of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to discuss ongoing collaboration on a housing construction and mortgage financing project. FCMB was one of several banks expanding its consumer banking activities in [...]	2007-08-04 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PREL NI
07LAGOS566	ARIK AIR BUYS BOEING FLEET [...] (U) Summary: Arik Air, a wholly Nigerian-owned airline, recently purchased a new Boeing 737-700 and announced USD 3 billion of orders for a Boeing 777, 787 Dreamliner, 15 737-800s; and four Q400 Bombardier aircraft. Arik's capitalization is unprecedented for a fully-owned Nigerian airline, how [...]	2007-08-10 10:04:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS567	NIGER DELTA: HOSTAGE TAKING & DEATH, PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) Summary: On August 12, a foreign hostage of an unidentified nationality reportedly died in Bayelsa State en route to a hospital. On August 10, a British National was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on his way to work. On August 8, the son of a Bayelsa State legislator was report [...]	2007-08-13 12:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC 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
07LAGOS578	PORT HARCOURT VIOLENCE RESUMES; ATTACKERS IDENTITY [...] (C) Despite the increased deployment of military troops to Port Harcourt, Rivers State following the August 6-12 violence (Reftel),post has confirmed reports that serious fighting and the possible use of explosives broke out throughout the city on August 16. Fighting and violence has been r [...]	2007-08-16 14:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS591	CODEL PAYNE MEETING WITH LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently-installed Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola told HIRC Africa Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne August 21 he was determined to improve Lagos's miserable physical condition. Roads, power, water, and sanitation were in a shocking state and totally inadequate to cope wi [...]	2007-08-23 12:39:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NI
07LAGOS592	ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES: CBN NEW MONETARY POLICY [...] (SBU) Economic analysts see the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) new economic policy, including redenomination of the naira, as a cosmetic makeover offering few economic improvements. One analyst thought the new policy could succeed if it were harmonized with macroeconomic policy objectives. End [...]	2007-08-23 14:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS594	NIGER DELTA PRESCRIPTIONS BY COMMUNITY LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, Niger Delta community leaders told the Acting Consul General cultist groups were responsible for recent violence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and said these groups hijacked the Niger Delta struggle. These leaders each offered different prescriptions for improvi [...]	2007-08-24 14:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS600	NCAA DG SUPPORTS US BID FOR ICAO COUNCIL, PART I [...] (SBU) Harold Demuren, Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),expressed support for the USG's bid for re-election to the ICAO Council, membership category Part I. During a meeting on August 20, Demuren said the Nigerian delegation to the ICAO Assembly is scheduled to [...]	2007-08-28 13:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS601	OSHIOMHOLE DISCUSSES TRIBUNAL, ECONOMICS, YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Summary: Adams Oshiomhole was granted access to voting materials by the Edo State Election Tribunal; he expressed interest in hiring foreign forensic analysts to examine the ballots to prepare his case. Oshiomhole predicted the Tribunal would decide his claim to have won the April guberna [...]	2007-08-29 10:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS607	CODEL PAYNE'S MEETING WITH LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently-installed Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola told HIRC Africa Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne August 21 he was determined to improve Lagos's miserable physical condition. Roads, power, water, and sanitation were in a shocking state and totally inadequate to cope wi [...]	2007-09-05 10:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL 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
07LAGOS62	SITREP #5: SSS INVOLVEMENT IN NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group met January 29. The Nigerian State Security Services (SSS) had been in contact with the kidnappers and reported that all three hostages were well. The Director of the SSS Alhaji Kola Adeshina, has been personally involved in the release negotiations and [...]	2007-01-31 16:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC KCRM 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
07LAGOS628	NDDC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME; NGO SEEKS LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) told international oil companies (IOCs) it would pursue community-driven development in pilot communities in 2008, and if successful, in all nine NDDC states by 2009. Bill Knight, Executive Director of Pro-Natura International, though [...]	2007-09-17 14:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS632	TOM POLO SUPPORTS NONVIOLENCE YOUTH TRAINING IN [...] (SBU) Sheriff Mulade, President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC),told Poloff approximately 200 youths from Gbaramatu and Ijaw Kingdoms in Delta state attended a non-violence sensitization program September 10-14. Presenters at the Riverine Host Community Youth Orientation Program were la [...]	2007-09-18 15:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS638	ND SPOT REPORT: OKAH ARRESTED, MILITARY PRESENCE [...] (C) Security sources reported on September 18 that criminal arms dealer Henry Okah, known to work in South Africa, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria (Reftel),had been arrested in Angola. According to a press report, Okah is awaiting extradition to Equatorial Guinea where he will face criminal c [...]	2007-09-20 11:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC 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
07LAGOS642	YAR'ADUA RELEASES EXCESS CRUDE FUNDS; SYLVA [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa State received USD 64 million from the Federal excess crude account; the state rarely received allocations from the account under former President Obasanjo. Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva, an outsider foisted on the state from Abuja, is slowly working his way through gov [...]	2007-09-21 13:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS652	IJAW YOUTH LEADER: GON TAKING POSITIVE STEPS; IOCS [...] (C) Summary: According to Chris Ekiyor, recently-elected President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC),the Ijaw youth delegation meeting with the Federal Government went well as Yar'Adua's administration has expressed much interest in including Niger Delta indigenes in talks to lower regional un [...]	2007-09-26 10:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS664	NIGERIAN SHRIMPING INDUSTRY DECRIES PIRATE ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent Turtle Excluder Device (TED) inspection visit, many Nigerian shrimp companies told the Poloff that pirates have boarded their boats, robbed their crew and equipment, and confiscated their catches. Eight Nigerian shrimp companies operate approximately 150 boats i [...]	2007-10-05 10:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OES PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS67	SITREP 7: PROOF OF LIFE FOR NIGERIAN HOSTAGE [...] (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group met February 2. American citizen Bill Graham and British National Neil Mirrlees remain in captivity. Proof of life was established for the third hostage, Ezekiel Akwa, who is a Nigerian employed as a driver by Pivot, when he spoke to Pivot's Wole Osinu [...]	2007-02-02 14:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
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
07LAGOS684	NIGERIA'S DOCK WORKERS ON STRIKE [...] (U) The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) went on strike on October 18 to support a non-unionized group of Apapa terminal dockworkers. The Apapa dockworkers are legally recognized as casual employees and, therefore, unable to organize or receive guaranteed conditions of service. (Note [...]	2007-10-19 14:04:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL 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
07LAGOS691	NIGER DELTA: 3 NON-AMERICAN EXPATS KIDNAPPED [...] (SBU) Militants in 20-30 speed boats attacked a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) support vessel at the EA Field offshore Bayelsa state around 20:45 on October 20. Shell security sources confirmed the kidnapping of three expatriate subcontractors: a Russian, Croatian and British nati [...]	2007-10-22 13:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS692	NIGER DELTA: 3 NON-AMERICAN EXPATS KIDNAPPED [...] (SBU) Militants in 20-30 speed boats attacked a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) support vessel at the EA Field offshore Bayelsa state around 20:45 on October 20. Shell security sources confirmed the kidnapping of three expatriate subcontractors: a Russian, Croatian and British nati [...]	2007-10-22 13:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL NI

07LAGOS694	NIGER DELTA ROUNDUP: HOSTAGES RELEASED, PORT [...] (SBU) Three expatriates (Russian, Croatian, and British nationals),and four Nigerian hostages were released around 17:00 on October 22, two days after having been kidnapped offshore Bayelsa State, according to Shell representatives (Reftel). Shell attributed the release to quick community a [...]	2007-10-23 15:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS704	NIGERIA: DELTA'S AMBITIOUS INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Delta State Integrated Development Project has created an ambitious development plan for the state focused on establishing an industrial base, developing infrastructure, and privatizing some government functions to boost citizens' earning power. Two of the plan's larger proj [...]	2007-10-26 10:54:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR EPET PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS710	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FBI DEPTUY DIRECTOR, [...] (C)U.S. Mission Nigeria warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to FBI Debuty Director John S. Pistole, his delegation (Tracey A. North, J. Donaldson Shamwell, Alan W. Sosebee, Kenneth W. Kaiser, Arther M. Cummings, Welsely D. Lacy, Leonard C. Parker, Russell J. Atanasio and Timothy Sobu [...]	2007-10-30 09:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA AMGT PREL NI
07LAGOS711	NIGER DELTA: 6 EXPATS RELEASED, GOVERNMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Four Indian and two Polish nationals kidnapped offshore Rivers State on October 26 were released on October 29. Despite being swindled by the Rivers and Lagos state governments, the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN) will host a high level Global Conference on Nonvi [...]	2007-10-30 14:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC 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
07LAGOS741	NIGER DELTA MILITANTS HIT QUA IBOE TERMINAL [...] (C) Around 07:00 AM on November 12, six to seven militant boats were spotted shooting into the air offshore Exxon Mobil's Qua Iboe Terminal (QIT) in Akwa Ibom State. According to security sources, the military Joint Task Force (JTF) repelled the militants around 10:30 AM after a firefight whi [...]	2007-11-13 15:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM NI
07LAGOS743	NIGERIA TO HONOR HISTORICAL TAX WAIVERS [...] (U) Summary: The tax reforms begun under the previous administration will be continued, according to the head of Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The government will stand by its commitments on historical tax waivers but will not grant new ones. The increase from 5 to 10 percent [...]	2007-11-15 07:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS749	NIGERIA'S 2008 OIL PRODUCTION TO FALL SAYS TOP OIL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Shell's senior Africa executive reported that while no country in the world has the potential of Nigeria in terms of new reserves available to international oil companies, Shell would not develop new fields next year because of ongoing funding and security problems. The execut [...]	2007-11-19 15:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET MARR MASS PGOV PREL 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
07LAGOS759	NIGER DELTA TIDBITS: SECURITY, POLITICS, [...] (C) This cable provides updates to security and political developments in the Niger Delta. These events occurred in November and were not previously reported: --Bonny Island Labor Skirmish Results in 3 Fatalities --Delta: Joint Task Force-Uduaghan Prevent Itsekiri Attack on Chevron --Sena [...]	2007-11-29 16:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS76	SIT REP #8: DIFFICULT COMMUNICATION WITH SSS [...] (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group has not met since February 2, however Control Risk Group (CRG) provided the following information. On February 3, Director of State Security Services (SSS) Alhaji Kola Adeshina told CRG that the Oral Rehydration Treatment (ORT) sachets had not been passe [...]	2007-02-05 15:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM CASC 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
07LAGOS787	TSA COMPLETES INSPECTION OF LAGOS INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) In conjunction with the commencement of direct service between Atlanta and Lagos by Delta Airlines, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials completed an inspection of aviation security at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA). The five day inspection covered all aspects o [...]	2007-12-21 12:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV PREL NI
07LAGOS789	NIGERIA: DELTA STATE PURSUES PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Delta State Ministry of Environment is looking for assistance from donor agencies and private sector investment to spearhead projects such as erosion control, reforestation for timber, and waste management. The Delta State Waste Management Board, which falls under the purvi [...]	2007-12-27 12:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV NI
07LAGOS793	NIGER DELTA: DESOPADEC FOR OIL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has begun to develop riverine areas by offering health care to 180,000 individuals and by opening bids for more than 100 development projects. A decrease in oil production meant DESOPADEC received USD 8.5 mi [...]	2007-12-31 08:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV NI
07LAGOS87	SITREP 9: HOSTAGES REMAIN CAPTIVE; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) On February 5, American citizen Bill Graham told Pivot employee Wole Osinupebi the negotiation process should conclude as soon as possible because British national Neil Mirrlees's condition is very weak. John Walker of Control Risks Group could not confirm delivery of the Oral Rehydratio [...]	2007-02-06 15:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
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
07LAGOS90	10,000 ARMED CRIMINALS, NIGER DELTA APPROACHING [...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Bayelsa State Government Dr. Godknows Igali believes that the release on bail of four jailed militant youths will result in the release of two Italian employees of Agip held hostage since December 7; kidnappers are willing to release the Lebanese hostage. Igali sees [...]	2007-02-07 15:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
07LAGOS91	SITREP 10: BRITISH NATIONAL MIRRLEES RELEASED; [...] (C) Around 7:30 AM on February 7, militants released British national Neil Mirrlees due to the noticeable decline in his health since being held hostage. Mirrlees has been taken to a health clinic in Port Harcourt. Pivot will fly Mirrlees, a long time resident of Port Harcourt, to Lagos Feb [...]	2007-02-07 16:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS94	SITREP 11: HOSTAGES REMAIN CAPTIVE; FILIPINO FOUND [...] (C) Summary. John Walker of Control Risks Group told the Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group on February 8 American citizen Bill Graham and Nigerian national Ezekiel Akwa remain in captivity. Security contacts confirmed to Regional Security Officer (RSO) a Filipino woman abducted on February 7 in [...]	2007-02-08 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS99	ECONOMIC ROUND-UP: JANUARY [...] (U) Summary: In January, news media reported China granted duty-free status to manufactured goods imported from Nigeria; Delta State signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with China to rehabilitate several ailing publicly-owned companies; and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was offered Nig [...]	2007-02-09 12:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL 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
07LAHORE707	NAWAZ SHARIF TOUCHES DOWN AT LAHORE [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani authorities permitted exiled former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif to enter Pakistan on Sunday November 25th, arriving at Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time via a personal aircraft of the [...]	2007-11-25 16:42:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK
07LAHORE715	PML-N WILL NOT BOYCOTT ELECTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: According to a close confidant of Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) does not/not intend to boycott elections but will continue publicly and privately to threaten to do so in order to extract concessions from the government by insisting on the selection of a new [...]	2007-11-26 14:37:00	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
07LAPAZ1008	NEW MINING TAX PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE [...] (SBU) According to U.S. mining company executives, a new tax proposal is on the table. Coeur d'Alene Vice President Jim Duff told Econoff April 3 that GOB officials are considering maintaining the existing complementary mining tax while eliminating its creditability against income taxes; the [...]	2007-04-12 11:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
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
07LAPAZ1032	NEW GOB PROPOSAL FOR DIP NOTE EXCHANGE ON MIL [...] (SBU) This message contains an urgent action request (paragraph 8). --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (SBU) As part of Embassy La Paz's continuing efforts to work with the GOB towards a permanent Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) (see reftels),we have been negotiating with the Bolivian [...]	2007-04-13 18:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS BL
07LAPAZ1034	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THE INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 18:55:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	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
07LAPAZ1060	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: A LONG "TO DO" LIST [...] (SBU) Bolivia's Constituent Assembly (CA) wrapped up its national tour over the weekend of April 14-15 and will resume work in commissions April 16. Press reports estimate that the new constitution may have as many as 300 articles (the current constitution has 234),and that the Assembly has [...]	2007-04-17 11:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1068	COCHABAMBA: AN UNEASY CALM [...] (C) During a April 13 trip to Cochabamba, the Ambassador met separately with Prefect Manfred Reyes Villa, the directors of the Private Business Federation, and the directors of the Civic Committee. All expressed their concern that violence could again break out when the new draft constituti [...]	2007-04-17 18:20:00	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
07LAPAZ1085	OPPOSITION PREFECTS SIGN AUTONOMY PACT [...] (C) The opposition prefects of Beni, Cochabamba, Pando, Santa Cruz, and Tarija met on April 15 and all except Cochabamba signed a pact to defend departmental autonomy. The pact calls for respect for existing departmental borders, endorses moving the executive and legislative branches from La [...]	2007-04-18 19:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1104	VP SHARES HIS VIEWS ON AUTONOMY MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera shared his vision of Bolivia's autonomy movements as he inaugurated a seminar titled "Departmental Autonomy and the Strengthening of the Nation State" April 18. The vice president argued that autonomy at its core is a mechanism for the distribution o [...]	2007-04-19 19:53:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1111	(UN) REQUEST FOR UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD [...] Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor. a) What laws and regulations have been promulgated on child labor, such as minimum age(s) for employment or hazardous forms of work? The minimum age for child labor is 14. Under President Morales, the Government of Bolivia es [...]	2007-04-20 18:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1113	EVO ANNOUNCES SOY AGREEMENT WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 19:34:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PREL BL
07LAPAZ1127	MAS PROPOSES PRESS OMBUDSMAN [...] (U) A Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) Constituent Assembly member has proposed expanding the responsibilities of Bolivia's human rights ombudsman or creating a new "press ombudsman" to hear citizen complaints regarding the press. Reactions to the proposal were mixed. Former journalist and Bo [...]	2007-04-24 17:33:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM 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
07LAPAZ1165	BOLIVIAN INDIGENOUS DEMANDS--RIGHTING PAST WRONGS [...] (U) As the GOB hosts the Organization of American States' (OAS) Working Group charged with negotiating the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples from April 23-27, Bolivian indigenous groups are pressing for greater rights and autonomy via the Constituent Assembly (CA). Over [...]	2007-04-26 17:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON 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
07LAPAZ1213	SCENESETTER FOR DAS COULTER [...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz warmly welcomes Political-Military Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Coulter to Bolivia May 8-10. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in Bolivian-American relations, with the GOB still defining its role in Bolivia's "revolution." With indigenous coca leader [...]	2007-05-03 12:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS PHUM BL
07LAPAZ1215	MAY DAY: CHANGES, BUT NO NEW NATIONALIZATIONS [...] (U) In May 1 announcements, President Morales declared Bolivia's national territory a "state mineral reserve" and awarded administrative control of mineral resources to Comibol, the state-owned mining company; introduced a 5 percent increase in the minimum wage; and officially launched Bolivia [...]	2007-05-03 13:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD EINV PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1223	BOLIVIA FIRMLY AGAINST U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 16:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ BL
07LAPAZ1229	GOB-BACKED MINERS ATTACK CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C/NF) Well over a thousand government-paid miners marched on Sucre and attacked the Constitutional Tribunal with dynamite April 27 to pressure the court into respecting the GOB's October 31 supreme decree (reftel) which nationalized the Posokoni, Huanuni mine. The court building sustained m [...]	2007-05-04 11:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ1231	U.S. MINING COMPANIES UNAFFECTED BY "RESERVE" [...] (SBU) U.S. mining company executives told the Ambassador May 3 that the GOB's decision to declare Bolivia's national territory a "state mineral reserve" (ref A) would not affect operations. According to Apex Silver Vice President Jerry Danni, the move will leave existing mining concessions un [...]	2007-05-04 11:17:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ1235	EDUCATION PROPOSAL PASSES COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: The GOB's education proposal was approved by committee on April 10, but has yet to appear before the full congress (reftel). The Catholic Church fears the proposal is an effort to stifle religious education, and private schools believe the GOB is exerting unprecedented control ove [...]	2007-05-04 14:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1245	GOB'S ENTEL TAKE-OVER ATTEMPT VEXES EUROPE [...] (SBU) The parent company of Telecom Italia, which owns 50 percent of Bolivia's largest telephone company Entel, is threatening arbitration under the Bolivian-Dutch bilateral investment treaty. The arbitration threat arose following the GOB's announcement that it would take over majority owner [...]	2007-05-04 18:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1280	GOB TAKES OFF THE GLOVES WITH PETROBRAS [...] (U) On May 6, the GOB issued, and on May 7, officially published, decree number 29122 giving state-owned oil company YPFB majority control over residual crude oil exportation from two refineries owned by Brazil's Petrobras, the largest investor in Bolivia's hydrocarbons sector. Press reports [...]	2007-05-09 10:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1281	CUBA STEPS UP ITS MISSION IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Overt Cuban presence in Bolivia consists primarily of medical assistance and literacy programs. There are an estimated 2,000 Cuban medical personnel in Bolivia, of which 1,200 claim to be doctors. Cuba has funded 11 opthamology centers in Bolivia, and the Cuban Government recent [...]	2007-05-09 10:20:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ECON PGOV PREL BL CU
07LAPAZ1322	SAN PEDRO- PRISON FACILITY OR URBAN SLUM? [...] On May 4, Emboffs visited La Paz's San Pedro prison with Alvaro Guzman, head of the National Public Defender's Office. After the conclusion of the formal visit, Guzman took Emboffs on a tour of San Pedro's "neighborhoods," the prison sections corresponding to inmates' socio-economic levels. [...]	2007-05-14 14:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1347	BOLIVIAN AND VENEZUELAN OIL COMPANIES PLAN [...] (S) The GOB issued a decree on May 13 enabling state oil company YPFB to form partnerships to explore 21 areas for natural gas and oil. Following the decree issuance, Bolivian officials announced that YPFB is discussing the formation of a joint exploration company with Venezuela's PDVSA. Reft [...]	2007-05-15 19:06:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL IR VE BL
07LAPAZ1351	AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT MORALES INAUGURATE TUNNEL [...] (C) President Evo Morales and the Ambassador inaugurated a USAID-sponsored tunnel illumination system along the Cochabamba - Santa Cruz road on May 10. President Morales thanked the United States for its assistance while underscoring his oft-repeated insistence that "any assistance be uncon [...]	2007-05-16 12:52:00	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
07LAPAZ137	BEHIND THE SCENES, MINING TAX DISCUSSIONS BEGIN [...] (SBU) GOB officials and mining company executives have quietly begun discussing tax increases. Industry representatives say the changes will be significant -- on paper, GOB officials are seeking a 50 percent share of before-tax profits -- but far less substantial than the 500 percent hike pro [...]	2007-01-19 21:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ138	EXPORTERS WORRY ABOUT DETERIORATING BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Leading exporters have expressed concern about Bolivia's increasingly unfavorable image and deteriorating business climate. The GOB's left-leaning rhetoric, they say, threatens to turn Bolivia into an international pariah; combined with general political instability and growing GOB atta [...]	2007-01-19 21:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ1380	BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR REVIEW OF TITLE III OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 10:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL BL
07LAPAZ1386	BOLIVIAN COURTS UNDER MAS FIRE [...] (C) On May 15, President Morales presented to Congress impeachment charges of judicial malpractice against four of five the Constitutional Tribunal (CT) justices. Once the lower house approves the charges, the four justices will be suspended, leaving only one justice on the bench. Poloff met [...]	2007-05-18 18:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ1396	AMBASSADOR MEETS PREFECT, JOURNALISTS, AND [...] (C) On May 17, Santa Cruz Prefect Costas told the Ambassador that he predicts a poor outcome for the Constituent Assembly (CA),and suggested that the opposition's strategy would be to seek redress before the Constitutional Tribunal if the MAS violated the terms of the Assembly's convening leg [...]	2007-05-22 17:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR BL
07LAPAZ1401	GOB INSISTS VENEZUELAN ASSISTANCE IS NOT [...] (U) In a meeting between the Bolivian and Venezuelan militaries May 21, Venezuelan Ambassador Julio Montes announced that his country donated $30 million last year to Bolivia, part of which the GOB will use to improve military barracks. Montes suggested revamping the Bolivian military to defe [...]	2007-05-22 18:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR MASS MOPS BL VE
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
07LAPAZ1428	BOLIVIAN RESPONSE ON RCTV CLOSURE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 12:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL VE BL
07LAPAZ1429	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 12:11:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR BL
07LAPAZ1467	GOB STEPS UP ATTACKS ON INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY [...] (C) On May 15, President Morales presented to congress impeachment charges against four of five the constitutional tribunal justices (REFTEL A). The GOB and Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) officials followed with a full-blown public campaign against the judiciary, calls for the closQe of the [...]	2007-05-30 07:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1471	POPE'S COMMENTS SPUR VERBAL SPARRING IN BOLIVIA [...] (U) Pope Benedict XVI's May 13 comments from Brazil regarding the appearance of "authoritarian governments" in Latin America and his statement that the indigenous "silently longed" to embrace Christianity sparked an intense back and forth between the GOB and the Bolivian Catholic Church. Boli [...]	2007-05-30 11:59:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ1537	MORALES LASHES OUT AGAINST CAPITALISM AND THE [...] SUMMARY: The Fifth World Encounter of the Network in Defense of Humanity was held May 22-25 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Bolivian President Evo Morales opened the gathering of leftist intellectuals and artists with a fiery speech that condemned capitalism as the "worst enemy of humanity." His hot-t [...]	2007-06-05 12:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1570	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY DELAYS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) On June 5, for the first time a senior MAS Constituent Assembly (CA) delegate publicly conceded that not enough time remains to draft a new constitution by the government's August 6 deadline. The MAS concession followed a recent deadline extension, from May 30 to June 11, for the CA's t [...]	2007-06-06 20:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON BL SNAR
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
07LAPAZ1589	ANDEAN COMMUNITY SUMMIT PREPARATIONS AND EU [...] (C) Preparations for the 17th Presidential Summit of the Andean Community (CAN),to be held in Tarija June 12-14, are going slowly as the CAN deals with internal divisions, especially in regard to negotiating a trade agreement with the EU. As of June 8, only President Correa of Ecuador and [...]	2007-06-08 20:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1619	MAS STEAMROLLS CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY COMMISSIONS [...] (SBU) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) appears to have adopted a new strategy to steamroll their proposals through the Constituent Assembly's (CA) twenty-one commissions, violating the voting rules agreed upon on February 14, 2007 (reftel). The strategy is aimed at preventing PODEMOS, the [...]	2007-06-12 08:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1621	BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION OF BOLIVIAN MINISTERS [...] The June 10, 2007 edition of La Razn ran a background article on each of President Evo Morales' cabinet members and their socialist formation. Newly appointed Minister of Education Magdalena Caijas de la Vega was not included. What follows is a summary of that article. 2. JERJES MERCADO, Mi [...]	2007-06-12 13:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PINR PREL BL
07LAPAZ1625	MAS STEAMROLLER CONTINUES DESPITE SETBACK [...] (U) A Constituent Assembly (CA) Directive ruling on June 11 provided a minor setback for the Movement Towards Socialism's (MAS) new strategy of controlling both the majority and minority reports issued by the CA's commissions (reftel A). The MAS' strategy consists of splitting its vote within [...]	2007-06-12 19:47:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1661	CUBAN DOCTOR PREVENTED FROM DEPARTING BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) On June 14, Cuban doctor Ruber Rodriguez Cruz was detained by Bolivian immigration authorities in Santa Cruz after boarding an American Airlines flight bound for Miami. Dr. Rodriguez Cruz eventually managed to leave the airport and found a "safe place" to avoid Bolivian authorities. We [...]	2007-06-15 10:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL BL CU
07LAPAZ1664	IMPEACHMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL JUDGES: THE PROCESS [...] (C) The GOB's impeachment case against four of five of the constitutional tribunal justices (REFTEL A) will be a protracted process. Nonetheless the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) is trying expedite the case. On June 12, two MAS lower house deputies, who are members of a preliminary inves [...]	2007-06-15 14:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1669	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: FISTS FLY, MILITARY ANGRY [...] (C) On June 14, a small group of opposition (PODEMOS party) constituent assembly (CA) delegates was involved in a confrontation with police within the Colegio Junin, the site where the CA's twenty-one commissions are working. An opposition delegate told poloff on June 15, that the incident beg [...]	2007-06-15 18:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ1678	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: VP'S VIEWS AND SANTA CRUZ [...] (U) La Paz daily newspaper La Prensa on June 17 published an interview with Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera where he opined on the Constituent Assembly (CA) and the CA's hottest issue, autonomy. Garcia Linera reiterated his oft stated remark that "departmental autonomy is guaranteed" and [...]	2007-06-18 21:43:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ168	PRESIDENT MORALES' STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH [...] President Evo Morales marked his first year in power on January 22 by giving a rambling four-and-a-half-hour State of the Union speech attended by the Ambassador and DCM. Morales triumphantly highlighted his government's accomplishments (hydrocarbons nationalization and macro-economic growth) [...]	2007-01-23 20:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ169	MORALES' ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY RALLY [...] (U) On January 22, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) threw President Evo Morales a one year anniversary party in La Paz's Plaza de los Heroes. The event started late due to Morales' four and one-half hour address to Congress (Reftel). Surprisingly, only about 4000 MAS party loyalists atte [...]	2007-01-23 21:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ17	PRESIDENT MORALES' NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) President Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party have been very active in the days leading up to and following the start of 2007. On December 30, taking legal advantage of the Congress not being in session, Morales announced the appointment of four interim supreme court [...]	2007-01-04 21:18:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ170	INFLUENTIAL BOLIVIAN WOMEN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 11:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL BL
07LAPAZ1702	"MEDIA LUNA" TO DECIDE CIVIL RESISTANCE MEASURES [...] (C) A June 18 manifesto released by the Democratic Autonomous Board of Bolivia, which is comprised of the prefectural governments and civic committees of Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni, and Pando states, calls for "democratic civil resistance" and a "national encounter for a democratic and united [...]	2007-06-20 21:25:00	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
07LAPAZ1761	COCHABAMBA CONFLICT CASES SHOW LITTLE PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Poloff visited Cochabamba on June 20 and met with the human rights ombudsman's local representative and the district attorney (DA) to discuss the status of the investigations into the Cochabamba conflict of January 8-11. In only one of the three deaths is there a suspect and in that cas [...]	2007-06-27 15:24:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ1775	SOCCER IN THE ANDES [...] SUMMARY: FIFA's (the International Soccer Federation's) May 27 ban on international matches above 2,500 meters has provoked a sharp backlash in Bolivia. President Evo Morales has initiated an international campaign to overturn the decision, asking governments to contact their soccer federation [...]	2007-06-28 15:36:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BL SCUL
07LAPAZ18	GOB PROPOSES PARALLEL INDIGENOUS LEGAL SYSTEM [...] (SBU) On January 1, President Morales proposed a new law to establish parallel indigenous (referred to as a "communitarian") legal systems whose authority will be binding. The GOB's plan calls for communitarian justice to be obligatory, at "the same level" as the formal legal system, and wit [...]	2007-01-05 12:42:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL
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
07LAPAZ183	MINING MINISTER SAYS GOB WILL RAISE TAXES [...] (SBU) Bolivia's mining minister told the Charge January 23 that the GOB would raise mining taxes, reiterating proposals presented to U.S. and other foreign firms and asserting the government's right to take a greater share of companies' income. The Charge reminded the minister of firms' need t [...]	2007-01-24 16:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ1833	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG'S MEETING WITH VP ALVARO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 28 Ambassador Goldberg met with Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera. The meeting was scheduled before the detention of the AmCit friend of MilGroup commander's son on June 27 (Reftel A). While the Vice President agreed with the Ambassador that the case should not [...]	2007-07-03 14:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL 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

07LAPAZ188	A NEW YEAR, A NEW CABINET [...] (C) Despite recent public statements that he would not make any cabinet changes, President Morales announced a shake-up late January 23, replacing seven ministers (government, education, agriculture, justice, public works, planning, and labor). The announcement came as a surprise for many, ex [...]	2007-01-25 15:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1906	SOFA UPDATE: GOB OK EXCEPT ONE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Per instructions in reftel, poloff delivered the draft Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on July 5. The MFA official in charge of the SOFA negotiations indicated to poloff on July 9 that the GOB was comfortable with the latest draft minus the fina [...]	2007-07-10 19:00:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS BL
07LAPAZ1948	SOME TRANSPARENCY AND MAS COMPROMISE IN NEW [...] (SBU) After nearly two months of deliberations, Bolivia's congress successfully voted on the appointment of four new supreme court judges in a process that while not fully transparent, was a marked improvement over the past. Historically the congressional approval process was opaque, based on [...]	2007-07-13 22:05:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL
07LAPAZ1949	OPPOSITION POLITICIAN PHYSICALLY ATTACKS [...] (C) On July 10, Adolfo Chavez, president of the Confederation of Indigenous and Original Peoples of Bolivia (CIDOB, an umbrella group of lowland indigenous groups, see reftel) was attacked by Podemos assembly member Fernando Morales. Chavez had flown in to Sucre and was stopped in the airport [...]	2007-07-13 22:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1950	OPPOSITION POLITICIAN PHYSICALLY ATTACKS [...] (C) On July 10, Adolfo Chavez, president of the Confederation of Indigenous and Original Peoples of Bolivia (CIDOB, an umbrella group of lowland indigenous groups, see reftel) was attacked by Podemos assembly member Fernando Morales. Chavez had flown in to Sucre and was stopped in the airport [...]	2007-07-17 11:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ198	THE OPPOSITION WINS THE SENATE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) On January 24, after five days of intense negotiations and four rounds of voting, National Unity (UN) Senator Jose Villavicencio was elected president of the senate for the 2007 session, replacing Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) Senator Santos Ramirez. The three opposition parties succ [...]	2007-01-25 21:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL PINR
07LAPAZ1980	LIMITING DISCOURSE: AN AUTHORITARIAN BENT IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 20, 2007 the Government of Bolivia issued Supreme Decree 29174, which expands the coverage of telecommunication technologies in rural parts of Bolivia. The decree also includes articles affecting community-based radio stations. While government-funded communitarian-statio [...]	2007-07-18 13:50:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1981	BOLIVIA'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: WHAT'S AT STAKE [...] (U) On July 13, twenty of the Constituent Assembly's (CA) twenty-one commissions issued their reports, most issuing a majority and minority version. The reports in total contain 708 articles. The majority Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and the opposition (led by PODEMOS) only agree on 255. [...]	2007-07-18 14:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ1992	MARCH FOR PROVINCIAL AUTONOMY, SANTA CRUZ INVITES [...] (U) Some five thousand people peacefully marched in Montero, Santa Cruz on July 17th in favor of provincial and indigenous autonomy within the department of Santa Cruz. A commission was named to draw up a provincial autonomy proposal. On the same day, Santa Cruz Civic Committee President B [...]	2007-07-19 14:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ2008	MASSIVE DEMONSTRATION TO KEEP LA PAZ AS BOLIVIA'S [...] News organizations are reporting that up to 2 million residents of El Alto and the city and department of La Paz gathered July 20 in El Alto to show their support for La Paz as the legislative and executive capital of Bolivia (see ref A for an explanation of the capital-movement debate.) Spea [...]	2007-07-20 20:25:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM 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
07LAPAZ2030	EVO MORALES' WAR ON BIOFUELS [...] (U) Recent food shortages, increased food prices, and rising inflation in Bolivia have prompted President Evo Morales to strike out verbally at biofuels. In recent weeks, President Morales' anti-biofuel statements have become heated, echoing those of his political allies Fidel Castro and Hug [...]	2007-07-24 23:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAGR ECON BL BR
07LAPAZ2031	GOB CREATES NEW "INCIDENT" TO DISCREDIT USG [...] (C) On July 24, the Vice Minister of Culture Pablo Groux and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez held a news conference alleging an Emboff had attempted to illegally export Bolivian cultural patrimony. The facts do not reflect the accusations. Graham Alexander, Deputy for the Offic [...]	2007-07-25 00:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2063	SUCRE HOLDS RALLY FOR RETURN TO FULL CAPITAL STATUS [...] (SBU) On July 25, over 100,000 (perhaps over 200,000) people rallied in Sucre calling for the executive and legislative branches to return to Bolivia's historical (and still constitutional) capital. This rally followed La Paz's demonstration on July 20 where over a million "pacenos" gathered [...]	2007-07-26 22:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2084	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM DG [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 17:40:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG BL
07LAPAZ2085	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF NTC [...] (SBU) On July 25, Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affair's director of international organizations and delivered reftel demarche. The director responded that the GOB was reviewing the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC) but could not explain [...]	2007-07-30 17:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL BL PTER
07LAPAZ2092	COURTS OVERTURN BARRING OF HIV POSITIVE NAVAL CADET [...] (U) In a case that set a precedent for the Bolivian military, the La Paz Superior District Court ruled that HIV positive naval cadet Richard Condori should be reinstated to the naval academy. Condori is also alleged to suffer from lymphatic cancer. The Navy claimed Condori, a fifth year stud [...]	2007-07-31 16:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ2098	FOUR VIEWS OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY AND BEYOND [...] (C) From July 18-24, Emboff met with four Constituent Assembly (CA) members representing different political parties. PODEMOS delegate Gamal Serhan Jaldin of Cochabamba argued that there is a real threat that the eastern (lowland) departments will seek separation from the western (altiplano) [...]	2007-08-01 11:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PINR 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
07LAPAZ2104	INTRODUCTION TO BOLIVIAN INDIGENOUS ISSUES [...] Bolivia has the highest percentage (from 35 percent to as high as 75 percent, depending on the survey) of indigenous citizens in South America, and Evo Morales' near-iconic status as the first indigenous president of Bolivia has made indigenous issues both highly-visible and contentious. But [...]	2007-08-01 19:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ2111	GOB APPROVES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE DIP NOTE [...] (U) On July 31, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship David Choquehuanca approved our humanitarian assistance diplomatic note (reftel A). 2. (U) An informal translation of the GOB,s response reads as follows: The Republic of Bolivia Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship Classifica [...]	2007-08-01 21:50:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BL KTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
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
07LAPAZ2129	TENSIONS HIGH AHEAD OF AUGUST 6 INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] (C) Tensions are high ahead of Bolivian Independence Day on August 6 and Armed Forces Day on August 7. Seven of nine departmental civic committees issued a declaration on August 1 calling for the resignation of five ministers, a two-thirds majority vote for the new constitution, and departme [...]	2007-08-02 21:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2141	MILITARY-INDIGENOUS PARADE PREPARATIONS IN FINAL [...] (C) The Bolivian Armed Forces are in the final stages of preparing for the August 7 Armed Forces Day military-indigenous parade in Santa Cruz. Eighth Division Joint Chief of Staff Colonel Cueto told Post that the armed forces will only protect El Trompillo military airport, implying the nat [...]	2007-08-03 20:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2146	INTERIM REPORT ON BOLIVIA DELEGATION TO UNGA [...] (U) This is an interim report on the government of Bolivia's proposed delegation to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. This cable is keyed to paragraph 8 of reftel. A. Attendance of the Head of State. -- Name and title: Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Republic of Bolivia [...]	2007-08-07 16:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BL
07LAPAZ2155	BOLIVIAN CONGRESS MODIFIES LAW TO EXTEND [...] (SBU) Late in the evening of August 3, the Bolivian Congress approved a law modifying the original legislation (Law 3364) that convoked the Constituent Assembly (CA). The modifying legislation extends the CA's timetable to December 14 and sets forth a number of additional requirements, includ [...]	2007-08-07 20:57:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2156	BOLIVIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS BAD FOR [...] (C) President Morales's public image took an unexpected hit during the Bolivian Independence Day celebrations August 6 in Sucre, when he received jeers and insults from the crowd and negative press following the event. President Morales's nearly four-hour-long speech included aspersions again [...]	2007-08-08 15:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2186	MILITARY-INDIGENOUS PARADE NON-VIOLENT [...] (U) The August 7 Armed Forces Day parade held at El Trompillo military airport in Santa Cruz went off peacefully (Reftel A). Approximately 6,000 spectators watched thirty indigenous groups (including the poncho rojos) march with the Bolivian Armed Forces. President Morales, Vice President [...]	2007-08-09 22:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2205	CHAVEZ VISITS BOLIVIA [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Bolivia August 9 for an official visit. President Morales and Chavez signed documents creating Petroandina, a joint venture between the Bolivian state energy company YPFB and Venezuelan state energy company PDVSA. On August 10, President Moral [...]	2007-08-10 22:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2223	MORALES THREATENS TO RULE BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE [...] (C) Presidents Morales and Chavez, on the last stop of Chavez' official visit to Bolivia, announced the construction of a 100 megawatt hydro-electic plant in the Chapare on August 10. President Chavez told the crowd of several hundred hardcore Morales supporters that "the hour to liberate t [...]	2007-08-13 22:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2234	INDIGENOUS "FOURTH POWER" POWERLESS [...] (SBU) On August 10, Emboffs met with members of the "National Mechanism for Social Control" to receive a briefing on their operations. The group, composed of leaders of national civic organizations and unions, is trying to position itself as a "fourth power" on level with the legislative, exe [...]	2007-08-14 21:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ2243	EVO'S DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Government party Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) advisors and consultants, including Spanish and Venezuelan advisors, submitted a draft constitution to the Constituent Assembly on August 14. This draft represents only the MAS government's wish-list, including unlimited reelection of the P [...]	2007-08-15 19:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2244	EVO'S DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Government party Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) advisors and consultants, including Spanish and Venezuelan advisors, submitted a draft constitution to the Constituent Assembly on August 14. This draft represents only the MAS government's wish-list, including unlimited reelection of the P [...]	2007-08-15 19:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2251	MAS MOVES TO SQUASH CAPITAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) On August 15, Constituent Assembly members from the ruling party Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) submitted a resolution removing from the agenda of the Constituent Assembly the issue of where Bolivia's capital should be located. Voting in a block with opposition members representing La [...]	2007-08-16 20:09:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2255	BOLIVIAN EMBASSY IN U.S. UNDER CORRUPTION [...] Bolivian press is reporting the Viceminister Against Corruption Nardy Suxo has opened a corruption investigation against several employees of the Bolivian Embassy in Washington. Viceminister Suxo has acknowledged receiving complaints against Consul General Oswaldo Cuevas and local DC hire Vi [...]	2007-08-16 21:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2270	PETROANDINA: A STILL BIRTH? [...] (C) The birth of Petroandina took place with great fanfare during the August 9-10 visit of President Chavez to Bolivia. Petroandina was one of a myriad of announced projects, donations, and associations that were portrayed as the answer to Bolivia's energy puzzle. Detailed plans, however, [...]	2007-08-17 21:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EPET VE BL
07LAPAZ2305	MAS TAKES STEPS AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL [...] (SBU) On August 16, the Constitution Commission in Bolivia's lower house of Congress submitted a report recommending legal action against all but one of Bolivia's five Constitutional Tribunal judges (the Constitutional Tribunal rules on the constitutionality of laws, while the separate Suprem [...]	2007-08-21 19:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL
07LAPAZ2320	GOB APPROVES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE DIP NOTE [...] (U) On July 31, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship David Choquehuanca approved our humanitarian assistance diplomatic note (reftel A). 2. (U) An informal translation of the GOB,s response reads as follows: The Republic of Bolivia Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship Classifica [...]	2007-08-22 20:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BL KTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
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
07LAPAZ2355	MAS' LATEST DRAFT CONSTITUTION: RADICAL RUMORS [...] (C) On August 15, national newspaper La Razon published a draft constitution purportedly written by the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party and President Evo Morales' Venezuelan and Spanish advisors. In the days following the publication, some MAS officials repudiated the draft while [...]	2007-08-27 16:06:00	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
07LAPAZ2386	TWO THIRDS OF BOLIVIA STRIKES AGAINST EVO [...] (C) The departments of Cochabamba and Chuquisaca joined Bolivia's media-luna (Pando, Beni, Tarija and Santa Cruz) and held a 24-hour general strike (paro civico) on August 28. The opposition is calling the strike an overwhelming success, since it paralyzed the six departments and demonstrated [...]	2007-08-29 21:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ2387	GOVERNMENT MINISTER SLAMS USAID [...] (C) Minister of the Presidency Juan Ramon Quintana made an unannounced press briefing, on August 29, in which he leveled untrue charges against USAID. Quintana presented his briefing as the government's evidence to substantiate President Evo Morales' and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera' [...]	2007-08-29 21:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ2406	SUCRE SLIPPING TOWARD THE EDGE [...] (C) The city of Sucre is inching closer to a potential confrontation as both the government and opposition have asked their partisans to take to the streets. Saying he does not want to be responsible for any confrontation and placing the blame squarely on President Evo Morales, Governor Davi [...]	2007-08-31 19:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2407	VP TO "INFORM" U.S. CONGRESS OF "USAID CONSPIRACY" [...] (SBU) Summary. Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera announced on August 30 that he will use his September 4-6 visit to the United States to inform the U.S. Congress and the American people about how U.S. assistance is "used to manipulate Bolivia's domestic politics and conspire against the M [...]	2007-08-31 19:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2416	MORE ATTACKS ON USAID, CHARGES OF PAYING THE PRESS [...] (SBU) Government Minister Juan Ramon Quintana continued his barrage of false accusations against USAID on September 2, once again charging USAID with funding groups to destabilize Bolivia. Quintana also accused the USG of paying journalists to write articles that foment conflict. While Qui [...]	2007-09-04 22:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON 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
07LAPAZ2465	POSSIBLE VIOLENCE AHEAD IN SUCRE [...] (SBU) Pro- and anti-government forces are converging on Sucre, seat of the Constituent Assembly, poised and prepared to clash with each other in Sucre's streets on September 10 (if not sooner). The debate over restoring Sucre as Bolivia's full capital (it is currently only home to judiciary [...]	2007-09-07 20:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//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
07LAPAZ2488	SUCRE - A STEP BACK FROM THE BRINK [...] (SBU) A decision by the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) dominated Constituent Assembly directive on September 7, and a court decision on September 8 served to reduce tensions in Sucre, site of Bolivia's Constituent Assembly. Pro- and anti-government groups had descended on Sucre prepared to [...]	2007-09-10 21:11:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2494	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BOLIVIA TO VOTE YES ON MINUSTAH [...] (SBU) On September 10, poloffs met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of International Organizations and delivered reftel demarche. The director responded that the GOB is prepared to vote in favor of extending MINUSTAH, although he mentioned that the Bolivian government believes [...]	2007-09-11 15:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR AR BR BL CI CO EC ES GT PE PA
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
07LAPAZ2510	BOLIVIA'S MIXED MESSAGE ON IAEA-IRANIAN ACTION PLAN [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Acting Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez on September 7, 2007. Fernandez told the Ambassador that the French, German and British Ambassadors had covered the same topic with him several days earlier. Fernandez claimed that the European Ambassador [...]	2007-09-12 21:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KNNP MNUC IR IAEA AORC BO
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
07LAPAZ2524	BOLIVIAN GAS: SHORTAGES OF LPG TO COME? [...] (U) The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) market in Bolivia is a good test case of what is happening in the overall hydrocarbon sector. Prices are held artificially low, demand is stimulated, supply and investment decrease, and the growing threat of shortages presage possible political turmoi [...]	2007-09-14 05:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EPET BL
07LAPAZ2525	DOMESTIC BACKLASH TO IRAN/VISA ISSUES BEGINS [...] (C) Although not as massive, immediate, or united as Bolivian domestic defense of USAID after the Bolivian Government attacked it in August, public opinion is beginning to come out against the Bolivian Government's September 11 announcements on establishing diplomatic ties with Iran and implem [...]	2007-09-14 11:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2526	DOMESTIC BACKLASH TO IRAN/VISA ISSUES BEGINS [...] (C) Although not as massive, immediate, or united as Bolivian domestic defense of USAID after the Bolivian Government attacked it in August, public opinion is beginning to come out against the Bolivian Government's September 11 announcements on establishing diplomatic ties with Iran and implem [...]	2007-09-14 11:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ2587	BOLIVIANS MUTE ON IAEA PLAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Ruben Vidaurre, Director of Multilateral Affairs, September 20. Despite prior assurances that Bolivia would act to hold Iran to it's "international commitments" and UN resolutions (ref b),Vidaurre explained Bolivia's Vienna delegation was called dur [...]	2007-09-21 17:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KNNP IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN 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
07LAPAZ2626	BOLIVIA'S NEW "PEACEFUL" RELATIONS WITH IRAN/LIBYA [...] (C) Summary: With the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and signing of $1.1 billion in cooperation agreements September 27, Bolivia and Iran have fundamentally deepened both their commercial and political relationship. In his signing ceremony speech, Morales emphasized Bolivia's r [...]	2007-09-27 23:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA UN IR 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
07LAPAZ2648	EVO TO UN: CHANGE OF ADDRESS REQUESTED [...] (U) Building on President Evo Morales' September 26 suggestion to move the UN Headquarters out of New York, the Bolivian Government September 30 launched a "global campaign" to persuade nations to move the UN. Presidential Minister Juan Quintana said the proposal was prompted by the poor and [...]	2007-10-01 20:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN BL
07LAPAZ2658	STUDENT DEAD IN POSSIBLE NEW HUMAN RIGHTS CASE [...] (SBU) A September 28 clash between student protesters and security forces left one student dead (Osmar Flores Torres) and four others wounded in the Arani province of Cochabamba. The students (or normalistas) were threatening to disrupt a gas pipeline if their demand for a new school was [...]	2007-10-02 20:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07LAPAZ2663	FM CHOQUEHUANCA: SEX, ROCKS, AND CHILD LABOR [...] (U) In an interview with the Spanish press agency EFE on October 1, Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca made several curious comments on a variety of subjects from the imperialist tendencies of the West, to the sexual activity of rocks. Though the interview offered several critiques [...]	2007-10-03 13:22:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL ELAB PINR
07LAPAZ2686	LA PAZ ON IRANIAN NUKES: SEE NO EVIL [...] (U) Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca defended Iran's nuclear program October 3, contrasting Iran's development of "peaceful" nuclear technology with countries like France, Russia, Israel, and the United States that use the technology to make "atomic bombs." He also lumped Iran in [...]	2007-10-04 20:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA UN IR BL
07LAPAZ2687	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 20:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV BL
07LAPAZ2689	CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL IN LIMBO [...] (C) On October 3, the Superior Court of La Paz, ruled against the opposition-led senate's September 5 decision to "shelve" (not proceed with) impeachment proceedings against four of five constitutional tribunal magistrates, leaving the tribunal in limbo. The superior court's decision, if fo [...]	2007-10-04 22:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ2712	EVO CELEBRATES CHE DAY; NO TO U.S. BASES [...] (U) Summary. During his remarks at an October 8 event honoring the 40th anniversary of Che Guevara's death in Bolivia, President Evo Morales unleashed a torrent of anti-U.S. rhetoric, said a new Bolivian Constitution would not permit U.S. military bases in Bolivia, and urged other Latin Ameri [...]	2007-10-09 21:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON 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
07LAPAZ2764	BOLIVIA: MORALES RAISES THE RHETORIC [...] (U) President Evo Morales, in a speech given to an indigenous gathering (attended by Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu) in the Chapare on October 12, continued to ratchet up his anti-American rhetoric. Morales opened the speech by yelling "long live coca, death to the Yank [...]	2007-10-15 20:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ2778	INDIGENOUS COHESION CRACKING IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, Emboffs met with Fabio Colquechuima, the international relations officer of CONAMAQ (National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Qollasuyu),a group consisting of 16 indigenous groups from across Bolivia, mostly concentrated in the highlands to the west. In what is [...]	2007-10-17 16:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ2791	BOLIVIAN INFLATION: PRESSURE FROM ALL SIDES [...] (U) After two decades of stable prices, Bolivia is headed toward double digit inflation. For the first nine months of the year inflation came in at 8.3 percent; it is likely to top 12 percent for the year. Skyrocketing remittances, narco trafficking, Venezuelan checks, favorable terms of [...]	2007-10-17 22:00:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON 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
07LAPAZ2827	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY SCENARIO II: NO DEAL = CRISIS [...] (C) The Constituent Assembly is in recess until October 22 but is in danger of complete collapse if the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party and opposition cannot reach agreement on key issues. This cable lays out the second of two likely scenarios regarding the Constituent Assembly's futu [...]	2007-10-19 13:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2829	BOLIVIAN WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINEE [...] Embassy La Paz enthusiastically nominates Carmen Velasco for the 2008 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Name: Marcela Maria del Carmen VELASCO de Torrez Title/Organization: Co-Founder and Executive Director/Pro Mujer DPOB: 20 March 1950, Bolivia Citizenship: Bolivian Add [...]	2007-10-19 18:37:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM PINR 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
07LAPAZ2856	THREATS TO KICK OUT DEA/MIL: REAL OR RHETORIC? [...] (C) Bolivian President Evo Morales caused a stir with his confused calls to kick out foreign forces and barbs at U.S. counter-narcotics efforts October 8 and 9 (reftels). The cable is our assessment and effort to provide some context for the Washington audience to help navigate the "revoluti [...]	2007-10-23 16:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ290	RIC, RESIGNED, SEES BOLIVIA MOVING LEFT [...] (C) Former Minister of Public works Salvador Ric told Emboffs on February 1 that he resigned in January because of the tight, central control exercised over the ministries by President Morales and his inner circle, which took away Ric's voice. He expressed concern over the government's involv [...]	2007-02-06 12:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON 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
07LAPAZ2928	READY TO GAMBLE ON BIOFUELS IN BOLIVIA? [...] (C) The potential for biofuel development in Bolivia is significant: land is abundant, fertile, and cheap; labor is plentiful (and employment demands great); and there is even an under-used pipeline to carry the fuel to a pacific port. Government rhetoric, lack of legal definitions, and pote [...]	2007-10-31 20:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA PREL EPET 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
07LAPAZ2932	BOLIVIA ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] (SBU) On October 30, Emboff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations and delivered ref A demarche. Director Ruben Vidaurre was unaware of the FATF statement and guidance on Iran. He offered no comment beyond polite appreciation for bringing the matter [...]	2007-11-01 19:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC ECON BL
07LAPAZ2948	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS [...] On November 1, Emboff met with Miriam Siles, an official at the multilateral relations section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The official in charge of indigenous issues within the international organizations section, Jimena Nacif, is currently away on business travel. Siles was aware of [...]	2007-11-05 19:49:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL
07LAPAZ2949	EVO ACCUSES AMBASSADOR OF COUP PLOTTING AND [...] (C) President Evo Morales used his recent trip to Italy and the Dominican Republic to level new conspiracy charges against the USG, and specifically Ambassador Goldberg. In an October 31 interview with Italian newspaper Il Manifesto de Italia, Morales accused the Ambassador of meeting with a [...]	2007-11-05 19:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL NO BO
07LAPAZ2954	EVO BACKS HUGO THREAT TO TURN BOLIVIA INTO VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: In an interview released November 4, Bolivian President Evo Morales supported Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's threat to turn Bolivia into another Vietnam for forces that might attempt a coup against Morales. Media pundits and opposition leaders vehemently criticized the state [...]	2007-11-06 14:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL VN

07LAPAZ2956	MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED, DONOR RESTRICTIONS [...] (U) On October 31, we delivered the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) indicator scorecard to Graciela Toro, General MCC Coordinator in Bolivia and Ramiro Foronda, Economic Development Technician. Despite remaining eligible for a MCC Compact, Toro was puzzled by Bolivia's failure to rec [...]	2007-11-06 20:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EAID 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
07LAPAZ2971	BOLIVIAN VP'S LATE NIGHT TRY AT CONSTITUTION DEAL [...] (C) In a private lunch on November 6, Branko Marinkovic, President of the Santa Cruz Civic Committee and owner of extensive land holdings and a large cooking oil factory, told the Ambassador that Vice President Garcia Linera had offered him a deal on the constitution about a month ago. Brank [...]	2007-11-08 21:09:00	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
07LAPAZ3002	"CONSPIRACY" PHOTO WORTH 1000 WORDS TO EVO [...] (C) President Evo Morales used his speech at the seventeenth Ibero-American Summit as another opportunity to accuse the USG of conspiracy against Evo's government. As "evidence", Evo again displayed a copy of a photo taken a a trade fair in September, showing the Ambassador with the head of [...]	2007-11-13 22:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3003	WEEK'S FORECAST: SPORADIC CLASHES & STORMY STRIKES [...] (C) Despite the strong possibility for clashes between pro-ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) demonstrators and local Sucre opposition protesters, Constituent Assembly President Silvia Lazarte has announced that the entire assembly will reconvene in Sucre on November 14. Most observers, [...]	2007-11-13 22:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL ECON PGOV PREL
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
07LAPAZ3039	BOLIVIAN DRUG CHIEF DEFENDS U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Felipe Caceres, Vice-Minister of Social Defense in charge of Bolivia's counter-narcotics efforts, told DEAOffs November 16 that he complained to Bolivian President Evo Morales about the anti-U.S. rhetoric erupting from Presidency Ministry Juan Quintana. He also defended U.S. anti [...]	2007-11-16 22:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ3045	EVO TO USAID: "YOU HAVE THE RIGHT NOT TO HELP US" [...] (C) During a November 19 press conference President Evo Morales again criticized USAID for putting "conditions" on its help and claimed that the majority of USG aid is funneled back to the U.S. Evo opened the door for USAID to leave Bolivia, stating that "this (conditional) aid program has t [...]	2007-11-19 21:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3053	BOLIVIA ON UN 3RD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) DCM contacted Bolivian Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez on November 19 regarding reftel. Fernandez mentioned that Bolivia would take different positions on each of the four human rights resolutions before the UN Third Commission. Only in the case of Burma is Bolivia prepared to fully [...]	2007-11-20 12:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN 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
07LAPAZ3066	BOLIVIA'S JUDICIAL IMPASSE: RECESS APPOINTMENTS? [...] (C) A leading opposition senator accused the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party of purposefully blocking Congressional debate over judicial nominations so that President Evo Morales can issue interim appointments during Congress' upcoming recess. MAS Congressional representatives v [...]	2007-11-20 21:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3068	2008 AGREEMENT WITH BOLIVIA ON STATUS OF FORCES [...] This is an action request for WHA/AND, L/PM, and PM/ISO. See Paragraph 5. 2. Background: DOD has asked the State Department to secure status protections for U.S. military personnel who will be present in Bolivia during 2008. DOD has requested Post immediately propose to the Government of [...]	2007-11-20 21:24:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL BL
07LAPAZ3077	OPPOSITION CLOSED OUT OF MAS CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Constituent Assembly leadership from the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) moved the Assembly to a military facility outside of Sucre without the vast majority of the opposition. As of 4:00 PM November 23, the MAS had successfully pulled together a 145 delegate quorum at La Glori [...]	2007-11-23 22:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ3099	BOLIVIA: DRAFT CONSTITUTION--THE STATE RULES [...] (C) Ruling party Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constituent assembly members pushed through "en grande" the MAS draft constitution with only a handful of opposition members present on November 26. The draft constitution has not been officially released: we obtained a copy from a contact (in a [...]	2007-11-27 22:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EPET EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ3100	BOLIVIAN PRESS ATTACKED [...] (SBU) Summary: The past weeks have been marked by government rhetoric against press bias. On November 26, following a large rally where President Morales and several social sector leaders verbally attacked the media, violence erupted against both journalists and media headquarters. After Ev [...]	2007-11-27 22:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM 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
07LAPAZ3119	WILL BOLIVIA'S MILITARY OBEY EVO? [...] (S) Summary. In conversations with EmbOffs, top military leadership in La Paz defended their decision to accommodate Constituent Assembly sessions at a military school, a move that prompted Sucre's violent November 23-24 demonstrations. They also stress they did not create the Sucre problem, d [...]	2007-11-28 22:57:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL BL
07LAPAZ3120	SANTA CRUZ OPPOSITION: PACIFIST MEASURES FIRST [...] (C) During separate meetings with the president of the Santa Cruz Civic Committee, the secretary general of the Santa Cruz prefectural government, and the president of the Santa Cruz Business Federation (CAINCO),all expressed their intention to encourage peaceful means of protest against the [...]	2007-11-28 23:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL ECON PGOV PREL
07LAPAZ3136	BOLIVIA DEMARCHE REPLY: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche November 28 to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Rubin Viduarre. Viduarre said matters pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are typically discussed with Latin American counterparts at the United Nations (Grupo Latina America). Although Bolivi [...]	2007-11-29 21:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UN IS BL
07LAPAZ3137	BOLIVIA DEMARCHE REPLY: CERD ELECTION [...] (SBU) On November 23, EmbOffs met with Ruben Vidaurre, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations, and delivered reftel demarche with the caveat that a diplomatic note regarding reftel would be delivered shortly, following translation. Dip note 577/07 sent November 27 [...]	2007-11-29 21:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA UN BL
07LAPAZ3138	MAS MEMBER: "EARLY ELECTIONS IS THE SOLUTION" [...] (C) In a meeting with Santa Cruz ruling MAS party City Councilman Osvaldo "Chato" Peredo in Santa Cruz, Peredo told Emboffs he is fearful of a civil war and is trying to do his part to keep the peace. Peredo, who claims to talk on the phone with President Evo Morales about every ten days, p [...]	2007-11-29 22:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON 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
07LAPAZ3152	BOLIVIA-CUBAN RELATIONS: REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in ref A: --Bolivian Investment: Bolivia has no significant investments in Cuba. 2. (U) Bilateral Trade Agreements: Bolivia and Cuba signed a limited Economic Cooperation Agreement in May 1995. The accord offers preferential tariff [...]	2007-11-30 22:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL ECON CU BL
07LAPAZ3153	VENEZUELA-BOLIVIA: HOW MUCH FIRE BEHIND THE SMOKE? [...] (C) Summary. A common cry among opposition circles is that Hugo Chavez is pulling Evo's strings, particularly as Morales forcefully pushes forward to adopt a new constitution that would provide for indefinite reelection. Evo for his part does nothing to hide his admiration for Chavez; on the c [...]	2007-11-30 23:14:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR VE CU 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
07LAPAZ3188	EVO TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY: OPPOSITION TO BLAME [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) government is actively trying to project to the international community that the opposition is to blame for the violent political situation in Bolivia. The government is seeking to discredit the visit of four oppositi [...]	2007-12-05 22:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ3196	EVO'S RECALL PLOY MASKS TRUE INTENTIONS [...] (C) Summary: International and domestic press have greeted President Evo Morales' call for a recall referendum for himself and Bolivia's nine prefects (state governors) as an important conciliatory step. Meanwhile, significantly less attention is being paid to the decision to reconvene the [...]	2007-12-06 22:22:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ASEC BL
07LAPAZ3197	NIE FEEDBACK: BOLIVIA ON IRAN"S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 22:37:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR PARM PREL BL
07LAPAZ3208	FOREIGN MINISTRY DEFENDS MAS' HARDLINE [...] (C) MFA Director General (DG) Jean Paul Guevarra convoked the diplomatic corps representing Western Hemisphere countries to explain the government's perspective on the Constituent Assembly process and its overall program for "change." Guevarra explained that the Movement Toward Socialism (M [...]	2007-12-10 13:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3209	EVO PUSHES DEMOCRACY'S EDGES, APPROVES CONSTITUTION [...] (C) In a process largely devoid of democratic and legal procedure, President Evo Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) pulled together a quorum of the Constituent Assembly at about 7:00 PM December 8 in the heavily pro-MAS city of Oruro (three hours outside of La Paz). By 11:30 AM [...]	2007-12-10 13:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PREL
07LAPAZ3215	OPPOSITION REELS AT EVO'S CONSTITUTION [...] (C) The December 9 passage of President Evo Morales' MAS party constitution has left regional opposition reeling. In a nationwide address carried by private television networks Sunday, Santa Cruz Prefect (governor) Ruben Costas publicly rejected the proposed constitution and announced that S [...]	2007-12-10 20:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL ECON PGOV PHUM PREL
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
07LAPAZ3220	VENEZUELAN PLANE CONTROVERSY GOES INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Although facts are emerging, rumors continue to run rampant concerning the aborted landing of a Venezuelan C-130 Hercules airplane. Forced to leave one Bolivian town by a rock-wielding mob, the plane was unable to land at another Bolivian town as protesters blocked the runway. A [...]	2007-12-10 22:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL MARR BL VN
07LAPAZ3240	EVO'S MINISTER SANCTIONED; BLAMES OUR AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Minister of the Government Alfredo Rada blamed the Ambassador for the three deaths that occurred during violent protests in Sucre November 22-25 when the ruling MAS party convoked the Constituent Assembly at a military installation. During his two hours of testimony to the Bolivian Senat [...]	2007-12-12 23:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ3242	EVO'S "HARD HAND" PUSHES CHUQUISACA AWAY [...] (C) Chuquisaca, Bolivia's third smallest department was firmly in the ruling Movement Toward Socialism's (MAS) camp in recent (2005 and 2006) elections. However, the MAS' hard-line toward Sucre's proposal to be restored as the nation's full capital and the tragic events of November 23-25, i [...]	2007-12-12 23:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ3244	FEARS OF OPPOSITION ROUND-UP [...] (C) In separate meetings with Senate President Jose Villavicencio (UN - Pando),Senator Fernando Romero (MNR - Beni),and Erick Reyes Villa (brother of Cochabamba governor Manfred Reyes Villa),all warned of a government plan to round-up opposition leaders (governors and civic committee presi [...]	2007-12-12 23:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ3270	BOLIVIA CALM FOR PRODUCTIVE BRAZIL/CHILE SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Bolivian President Evo Morales joined his Brazilian and Chilean counterparts December 16 to sign a $900 million road project to link South America's Pacific and Atlantic coasts via Bolivia. He also received a $750 million commitment for natural gas investments from Brazil the next [...]	2007-12-17 22:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON PBTS PGOV PREL CI VE BR
07LAPAZ3290	BOLIVIA: EU BROKERED DIALOGUE FAILS TO MATERIALIZE [...] (C) The publicly announced dialogue between opposition prefects and President Evo Morales brokered by the European Union (EU) has failed to materialize and most likely will not happen until after the holiday season, if at all. German Charge Johannes Lehne expressed his frustration at the lac [...]	2007-12-19 20:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PREL
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
07LAPAZ3329	HOLIDAY CALLS FOR REBELLIONS, WAR, AND DIALOGUE [...] (U) Despite the four day Christmas break, the political rhetoric in Bolivia was anything but a message of peace for the holiday. President Morales predicted that a rebellion similar to El Alto's 2003 violence would take place in Santa Cruz, warned the opposition that the only way he will lea [...]	2007-12-26 21:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
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
07LAPAZ334	MINERS' COOPERATIVES CONVERGE ON LA PAZ [...] (U) An estimated 10,000 cooperative-affiliated miners converged on La Paz February 6 to protest proposed mining tax increases (ref A),vowing to remain in the city until the GOB accedes to their demands. Marchers brandished sticks of dynamite and threatened nationwide road blockades and other [...]	2007-02-07 19:27:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ341	MORALES HALTS DEAL IN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Amidst rumors that President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party was approaching a deal with the opposition on whether to use a two-thirds or a majority vote for constitutional changes, Morales travelled to Sucre February 6 and halted his party's negotiations. According to p [...]	2007-02-08 16:45:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ357	FORMER PRESIDENT SEES DEMOCRACY AS MAJOR CHALLENGE [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 6 with former president Jaime Paz Zamora, his son, Congressman Rodrigo Paz Pereyra, and Zamora's longtime advisor, Oscar Eid Franco. Paz Zamora described Evo Morales' presidency as a "phase in Bolivian democracy." While the former president said it is import [...]	2007-02-08 20:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ382	PODEMOS PARTY SHOWS SOME CONFIDENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Podemos party Chairman and former President Jorge "Tuto" Quiroga, Senate Vice President Carlos Bohrt, Podemos senate leader Oscar Ortiz, and Podemos congressional leader Lourdes Millares on February 9. The group expressed satisfaction with the opposition's recent [...]	2007-02-12 21:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	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
07LAPAZ384	GOB NATIONALIZES SWISS-OWNED TIN SMELTER [...] (C) President Morales nationalized a Swiss-owned tin smelter February 9, reportedly sending troops to occupy the facility while publicly announcing it would refuse to provide compensation. The GOB cited "grave illegalities" in the sale of the state-owned enterprise as justification, later ann [...]	2007-02-13 11:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ
07LAPAZ386	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW EDUCATION MINISTER [...] (C) On February 8, the Ambassador made his first call on new Education Minister Victor Caceres. Unlike meetings with former Minister Patzi, the meeting with Caceres was friendly, with the new minister stating that he would maintain an "open door" and expressing his desire for a regular dialo [...]	2007-02-13 12:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ410	GLENCORE OPPOSES SMELTER NATIONALIZATION [...] (U) In a February 13 statement issued from its Baar, Switzerland headquarters, Glencore International said it "firmly opposed" the GOB's February 9 nationalization of its Vinto tin smelter (reftel) and "reserved its right...to take all necessary action to protect its interests in accordance wi [...]	2007-02-15 11:15:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL SZ
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
07LAPAZ443	GAS SALES TO BRAZIL: EVO SCORES -- AT LEAST IN THE [...] (SBU) The press announced on February 16 that Bolivia had reached agreement on the price of natural gas sales to Brazil after several months of negotiations. The press have trumpeted the agreement as a victory for President Morales, even though, in reality, the increase in revenues is modest. [...]	2007-02-16 20:48:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ500	TERRORISM FINANCE: FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarches to Bolivia's Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) on February 1. The UIF conducted a search of its database and told Econoff on February 23 that it had discovered no information on the names and organizations mentioned in refs A and B. (Note: The UIF's databa [...]	2007-02-23 20:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER SNAR BL
07LAPAZ505	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HAMAS FATAH GOVERNANCE PACT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 13:52:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL KPAL KWBG PREL IS XX 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
07LAPAZ527	GOB AUTHORIZES JET FUEL IMPORTS [...] (U) In a February 16 supreme decree, the GOB authorized the importation of jet fuel, empowering YPFB, the state-owned oil company, to import enough fuel to meet domestic demand. The decree will presumably end fuel shortages dating from late 2006, when demand generated by increased carrier traff [...]	2007-02-27 20:28:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ528	BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 2: FEBRUARY 27, 2007 [...] (U) Massive flooding continues to plague Bolivia's eastern departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz. - Damage estimates from the flooding described in reftel have risen to USD 250 million nationwide, according to press reports. - Flood waters have spread to new areas, and an outbreak of den [...]	2007-02-27 20:31:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL
07LAPAZ54	MASISTAS TURN VIOLENT, COCHABAMBA PREFECT ATTACKED [...] (C) On January 8, Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) militants protesting for the resignation of Cochabamba's prefect (governor) attacked the prefect's building, resulting in at least twenty-two people injured, assaults on several journalists, significant damage to the prefecture's property, an [...]	2007-01-09 21:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL
07LAPAZ55	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Choquehuanca met the Ambassador January 8 to discuss the GOB's January 1 decree to require visas of U.S. citizen tourists. The Ambassador lamented the political nature of the decision. Choquehuanca defended the move on the grounds of national dignity, arguing that Boliv [...]	2007-01-09 21:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ551	VENEZUELAN MILITARY INTERFERES WITH BOLIVIAN PRESS [...] (U) At approximately noon February 27, a Venezuelan Hercules that was reported to be carrying disaster assistance arrived in El Alto. When Bolivian journalists attempted to film the Venezuelan crew unloading the cargo, the Venezuelans prohibited them from filming the plane (citing the protect [...]	2007-02-28 17:44:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MASS BL VE
07LAPAZ553	BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 3: FEBRUARY 28, 2007 [...] (U) Massive flooding continues to plague the eastern Bolivian departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz and has begun to affect municipalities of Pando, a department bordering the Beni to the northwest. - Water levels continue to rise, affecting more than 40 percent of the territory of the Beni [...]	2007-02-28 20:03:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON 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
07LAPAZ573	BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 4: MARCH 1, 2007 [...] (U) Large parts of the departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz remain affected by massive floods. - GOB authorities estimate that flood waters have affected almost 35,000 families in the two departments, leaving 39 dead and six missing. - Dengue fever continues to spread, with 585 confirmed [...]	2007-03-01 19:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL
07LAPAZ591	CUBAN DISSIDENT SAMARTINO MAY GO TO NORWAY [...] (U) La Paz leading daily newspaper La Razon and the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) reported on February 28 that Norway has agreed to provide asylum to expelled Cuban dissident Amauris Samartino (aka Amauri Sanmartino) who is currently residing in Colombia. According to the HRF, the United Nati [...]	2007-03-02 18:39:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ593	BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 5: MARCH 2, 2007 [...] (U) Large parts of the departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz remain affected by massive floods. - GOB authorities raised total estimates of affected families from 71,982 to 73,482, or more than 340,000 persons in eight out of nine departments. Civil Defense officials added that the deaths [...]	2007-03-02 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL 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
07LAPAZ597	MORALES TO TOBIAS: THANKS FOR THE ASSISTANCE [...] (C) As part of Director of Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Randall Tobias' visit to Bolivia, President Morales met with Tobias, WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, and Ambassador Goldberg early March 2. Morales thanked Ambassador Tobias for U.S. natural disaster assistance, saying that this y [...]	2007-03-02 20:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SNAR BL
07LAPAZ604	BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 6: MARCH 5, 2007 [...] (U) Large parts of the departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz remain affected by massive floods (ref A). Although flood waters in Trinidad, capital of the Beni, have begun to recede, rivers are rising in other areas of the department and threaten to expand the flooding to those new areas. - [...]	2007-03-05 17:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL 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
07LAPAZ66	AIRLINES REACT CAUTIOUSLY TO NEW VISA REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) Airline representatives reacted cautiously to the GOB's January 1 announcement of new visa requirements (ref A),noting that while they expected tourism to decline, they believed business travel would remain largely unaffected. Executives lamented the GOB's lack of preparation but said the [...]	2007-01-10 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL PGOV 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
07LAPAZ679	A MIXED RECEPTION FOR CHAVEZ IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Bolivia March 10-11 to show solidarity with Bolivia's flooding victims. In the Beni department on March 10 before a trucked-in crowd of several thousand Bolivians, Chavez donated disaster assistance, including two helicopters and 40 tractors, and u [...]	2007-03-12 19:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL VE
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

07LAPAZ696	EL ALTO: YOUNG, POOR, AND A POLITICAL FORCE [...] (SBU) El Alto, Bolivia's fastest growing and second largest city, celebrated its 22nd anniversary March 6. The average Alteno, as residents of El Alto are called, is young, poor, indigenous, and a recent migrant to the city. To many observers, El Alto appears to be the most capitalist city in [...]	2007-03-13 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ701	GOB SUBMITS CANDIDATE FOR IACHR [...] (U) The Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, via diplomatic note, has notified Embassy La Paz that the GOB plans to present a second candidate for commissioner to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) at the June 2007 election. Dr. Elizabeth Iniguez de Salinas, the candidate, [...]	2007-03-14 12:54:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ718	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN REFORM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 16:30:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA BL
07LAPAZ72	CODEL REID VISIT TO LA PAZ, BOLIVIA [...] (C) On December 27 ) 29, Senator Harry Reid led a six-member delegation including Senators Durbin, Conrad, Gregg, Bennett, and Salazar to La Paz, Bolivia to meet with President Evo Morales and review US assistance and counter-narcotics policies. The delegation was briefed by Ambassador Goldb [...]	2007-01-10 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ733	BOLIVIA FLOODING SITREP 8: MARCH 16, 2007 [...] (U) Flood waters in the departments of the Beni and Santa Cruz (reftel) have begun to recede. - GOB authorities estimate that flooding has affected almost 85,000 families (approximately 400,000 people) in eight out of nine departments, with 53 fatalities. - Health reports indicate 2,450 su [...]	2007-03-16 20:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AMED ASUP CASC EAGR ECON PREL BL
07LAPAZ75	COCHABAMBA UPDATE: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH [...] (SBU) Following the January 8 violent attacks on the Cochabamba prefecture by MAS militants, Cochabamba remains isolated due its encirclement by MAS activists. The Cochabamba civic committee called for a peace demonstration on January 9 but the rally was canceled after MAS militants threw roc [...]	2007-01-10 21:27:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ751	MORALES RENEWS VERBAL ATTACKS ON MAINSTREAM MEDIA [...] (SBU) President Morales renewed his attacks on the mainstream media this week. First, he attacked leading daily newspaper La Razon March 14 for errors in its reporting on a decrease in hydrocarbons revenues and the GOB's loss of Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) funds (septel). On March 13 [...]	2007-03-19 19:11:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON 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
07LAPAZ793	BANK OF THE SOUTH: FREE LUNCH FOR BOLIVIA? [...] (C) President Morales announced on March 11 that Bolivia would join the Bank of the South. Central Bank President Raul Garron told the Ambassador that the Central Bank has not committed to providing any contributions to the Bank of the South. Inter-American Development Bank Resrep Joel Bransk [...]	2007-03-22 14:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL 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
07LAPAZ80	GOB RESCINDS AGUAS DEL ILLIMANI CONTRACT [...] (SBU) On January 3, President Morales rescinded the operating contract of Aguas del Illimani, a subsidiary of France,s Suez Group, and announced the creation of a new state-run enterprise to oversee the provision of water and sanitation services in La Paz and El Alto. The company's CFO said J [...]	2007-01-11 19:41:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ801	VENEZUELA RAISES BARRIERS FOR BOLIVIAN EXPORTS [...] (U) The Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade revealed March 20 that Venezuela had introduced new obstacles for Bolivian exports, after a February 28 decision by the Venezuelan government to import only what Venezuela does not produce or makes in insufficient quantity. The new barriers undermine [...]	2007-03-22 18:08:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ83	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH COCHABAMBA PREFECT REGARDING [...] (C) Cochabamba Prefect Manfred Reyes Villa met with the Ambassador January 11 to discuss orchestrated political violence occurring in Cochabamba. Reyes told the Ambassador he would not resign from the governorship and expressed his strong concerns about the state of Bolivian democracy, sayin [...]	2007-01-11 21:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL 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
07LAPAZ865	BOLIVIA SLIDES TOWARDS ELECTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: With national elections generally expected to take place in late 2008 (reftel),there are rumors in the indigenous community that President Morales could choose Constituent Assembly President Silvia Lazarte as his running mate. As with the December 2005 and July 2006 elections, th [...]	2007-03-30 17:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ900	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN DIO ASSET FREEZE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-03 17:59:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR BL
07LAPAZ903	COOPERATIVE MINERS "TAKE" CERRO RICO [...] (U) Press reports indicate that approximately 16,000 cooperative miners "took" Cerro Rico, the mountain that supplies much of Bolivia's silver, April 2, demanding that the GOB retreat from a proposed decree suspending surface mining activity above 4,400 meters. The GOB has argued that mining [...]	2007-04-03 19:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ914	AG MINISTER SEEKS ENHANCED BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) In an April 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Agriculture Minister Susana Rivero sought enhanced bilateral cooperation, noting that assistance could help ensure the success of a comprehensive agricultural development plan. Rivero touched briefly on new GOB efforts to "rationalize" coca, not [...]	2007-04-05 14:48:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LAPAZ918	DEMARCHE DELIVERED GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-05 19:22:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIT KNNP PREL AR BR OM KS SN SF IAEA
07LAPAZ919	REGIONAL DELEGATES- GOVERNMENT COORDINATORS OR [...] (C) Summary: On April 2, President Morales appointed eight regional delegates to coordinate GOB activities in their respective departments. According to Morales, the role of the delegates is to act as an intermediary between the national government and regional prefects, mayors, and social se [...]	2007-04-05 19:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ96	COCHABAMABA UPDATE: QUIETER BUT TENSIONS REMAIN [...] (C) Cochabamba remained mostly calm throughout the night and during the day of January 12, following the violence of January 11. According to Police Inspector General Fernando Pelaez, there were two deaths and approximately 150 injured on January 11. Early January 12, President Morales calle [...]	2007-01-12 21:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL
07LEIPZIG13	FLIGHTS TRANSPORTING U.S. TROOPS RECEIVE EXEMPTION FROM [...] (U) Summary. On June 29, 2007, a Saxony state agency for regional infrastructure issued an amendment to the operating regulations for Leipzig/Halle airport, one effect of which will be that commercial charter flights transporting U.S. military personnel between CONUS and Middle East/Central A [...]	2007-07-06 10:21:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR EAIR MOPS PREL NATO GM
07LIBREVILLE108	GULF OF GUINEA COMMISSION HEAD TO BE SWORN IN [...] During a meeting with Ambassador Walkley in Sao Tome and Principe last week, Carlos Gomes said he will be traveling to Libreville March 5 to be "sworn in" as Executive Secretary of the Gulf of Guinea Commission (GGC) by President Omar Bongo. He plans to arrive in Luanda in early April and hopes [...]	2007-03-02 13:03:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MASS GB TP AO
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
07LIBREVILLE172	POST CONCERN ABOUT A&T STATUS FOR NON-USG [...] Embassy Libreville wishes to do everything possible to facilitate NEC construction. Post recently learned that the contract for construction of Libreville's NEC includes a provision stating that the Embassy will "work through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to allow U.S. citizen contractor pe [...]	2007-04-24 11:15:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP AMGT CVIS PREL
07LIBREVILLE174	FRANCE CONDUCS ECCAS TRAINING IN GABON; ECCAS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 14:38:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP GB CF CG BY CT RW
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
07LIBREVILLE221	FRANCE TO INTENSIFY MILITARY COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) During a May 8 ceremony commemorating Armistice Day, Colonel Hingray, the commander of the the 6eme BIMA (the French military battalion in Libreville),announced that upon his departure in August he will be replaced by a General, who will also head up a new cooperation cell to work with the [...]	2007-05-11 12:44:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MCAP KPKO 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
07LIBREVILLE266	PING TO BRIEF UNSG ON BOUNDARY DISPUTE WITH EG [...] (C) Gabonese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Advisor Michel Biang told DCM that he and Foreign Minister Jean Ping are traveling to New York this week to discuss the Gabon - Equatorial Guinea border dispute with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Biang said that both EG President Obiang and t [...]	2007-06-12 15:49:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET GB EG
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
07LIBREVILLE449	GABON CONFIRMS WILLINGNESS TO HOST AFRICOM ELEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 16:54:00	Embassy Libreville	SECRET	MARR PREL GB
07LIBREVILLE463	GABON: MORE FROM THE DEFENSE MINISTER ON AFRICOM [...] (S/NF) The AFRICOM site survey team is welcome in Gabon and will receive full cooperation from military authorities, influential Minister of Defense Ali Bongo Ondimba told CDA October 12. CDA and DATT met Bongo as instructed (Ref. A),and to follow up on our meeting with Gabonese Foreign Min [...]	2007-10-17 07:21:00	Embassy Libreville	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL GB
07LIBREVILLE477	SAO TOME: POST-SCRIPT TO POLICE MUTINY [...] (C) In the aftermath of the latest incident involving a group of mutinous police officers known as the "Ninjas", the government of Sao Tome released details of an agreement reached with the group October 18. The agreement disbands and dismisses the Ninjas. However, it also meets their questi [...]	2007-10-26 12:54:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL TP
07LIBREVILLE480	GABON: ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL APPROVAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 13:51:00	Embassy Libreville	SECRET	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR GB
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
07LIBREVILLE492	GABON: FOREIGN MINISTER PING RESPONSIVE TO FATF [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 15:15:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PARM MNUC GB IR
07LIBREVILLE500	SAO TOME: DEFENCE MINISTER WANTS HELP ON STATUS [...] (C) Sao Tome and Principe (STP) Minister of Defence Oscar Sousa told CDA November 10 that it would be useful for the USG to send a team to STP to negotiate a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Sousa said he was impatient to get the agreement concluded. For the second time, he requested exam [...]	2007-11-14 12:20:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL TP
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
07LILONGWE107	IMET Students: Post Human Rights Certification [...] Lt. Clement Ngalonde, Service number 0965, Malawi Defense Force Post requests 4hat the department issue clearance. EASTHAM [...]	2007-02-09 10:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS MI
07LILONGWE114	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - HAMAS AND FATAH AGREE IN [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on February 9. Chiunguzeni thanked Poloff for the information, and said he would pass it along. Any further response will be delivered septel. EASTHAM [...]	2007-02-14 07:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KPAL KWBG PREL
07LILONGWE156	Country Clearance granted - ACSS Malawi [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Mr. Angelo Sommer, Mr. Enoch A. Sarbeng and Mr. Jeffrey Yeck to coordinate support for the upcoming Africa Center Seminar in Blantyre from 10-17 February 2007. Control Officer for the visit will be Political/Military [...]	2007-03-01 05:38:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
07LILONGWE165	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] Poloff met with MFA Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on March 1, 2006 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni, after looking through the Statement of Principles, stated that he did not see anything in the statement that would lead to the GOM objecting to their ratification. [...]	2007-03-02 09:51:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL
07LILONGWE199	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN REFORM: INTERNQL [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on March 14, 2007. Chiunguzeni said he would look over the documents presented, but had no other substantive comment. Post recommends that USUN contact Malawi's Mission to the U.N., as many GOM decisi [...]	2007-03-16 07:00:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER PREL UNGA
07LILONGWE20	IMET Students: Post Human Rights Certification [...] Col. Griffin Spoon Phiri, Service number 0356, Defense Attach, Ethiopia, Malawi Defense Force 2. Dr. Mustafa Kennedy Hussein, Head of Political and Administrative Studies, University of Malawi, Chancellor College. 3. Mr. Clemence James Kapalamula, Director General, National Intelligence [...]	2007-01-10 15:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS MI
07LILONGWE225	Country Clearance granted - Malawi [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Maj. Tong Van (FAO) to Malawi to conduct a regional travel as part of his in country training 23-24 April 2007. Control Officer for the visit will be Political/Military Officer Tyler Sparks, office telephone number 26 [...]	2007-03-21 15:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
07LILONGWE227	Country Clearance granted - Malawi [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Maj. Tong Van (FAO) to Malawi to conduct a regional travel as part of his in country training 23-24 April 2007. Control Officer for the visit will be Political/Military Officer Tyler Sparks, office telephone number 26 [...]	2007-03-22 06:52:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA 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
07LILONGWE253	DEMARCHE: EXTRAORDINARY SADC HEADS OF STATE SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eastham spoke with President Mutharika regarding the situation in Zimbabwe on March 19, as reported in reftel B. FM Banda is with the President in Tanzania, and all other senior MFA officials are currently away from Lilongwe in southern Malawi for a bilateral summit with Moza [...]	2007-03-29 07:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM
07LILONGWE277	Country Clearance granted - Malawi [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Maj. Tong Van (FAO) to Malawi to conduct a regional travel as part of his in country training April 26 - May 1 2007. Control Officer for the visit will be Political/Military Officer Tyler Sparks, office telephone numb [...]	2007-04-11 15:49:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
07LILONGWE330	MALAWI: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-30 16:04:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER
07LILONGWE362	DEMARCHE ON KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT THE ANNUAL [...] (U) Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Political Affairs Warren Gunda on May 10 to discuss reftel talking points. Gunda thanked Poloff for the information, however offered no substantive comment as the issue is largely being dealt with in the Ministry of Health. On [...]	2007-05-11 10:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AORC PREL
07LILONGWE380	IMET Students: Post Human Rights Certification [...] Name: Humphrey Kajawa MKANDAWIRE Rank: LTC Service number: 0536 Passport number: SE000629 Issued: 27 Nov 2004 Expiry: 27 Nov 2014 Date of birth: 2 May 1956 Course: Air Command and Staff College Report date: 11 June 2007 2. Name: Martin Liwewe KAICHE Rank: Brigadier General Service num [...]	2007-05-16 14:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS MI
07LILONGWE385	MALAWI WILL SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR UN [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Henri Mumba on May 16 to discuss Belarus's candidacy for the Human Rights Council (reftel A). Mumba said that GOM does not believe that Belarus would be a good candidate for the Council, and instead the GOM will support Slovenia and Bos [...]	2007-05-17 12:53:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL
07LILONGWE409	ACSS Student: Post Human Rights Certification [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-31 16:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS MI
07LILONGWE445	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on June 12 to discuss reftel talking points. While Chiunguzeni thanked Poloff for the information, he (along with other colleagues at the MFA) expressed ignorance of Malawi's role on the UNDP Executive Board. After speak [...]	2007-06-13 12:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN EAID
07LILONGWE460	MALAWI: AGOA FORUM DELEGATION INFORMATION [...] Per reftel request, post provides the following information concerning Malawi's delegation to the July 18-19 AGOA forum in Accra, Ghana. 2. Malawi's proposed delegation consists of the following individuals (note: Malawi's President has not yet confirmed the proposed delegate list, but is e [...]	2007-06-13 15:19:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL MI
07LILONGWE499	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eastham met with Minister of Defense Bob Khamisa on June 27 to discuss Malawi's possible troop contribution to an UN/AU peacekeeping force in Darfur. Khamisa, who was appointed Minister on May 10, 2007, reiterated past GOM statements that the Malawi Defense Force has a battali [...]	2007-06-28 09:27:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL UNSC MASS
07LILONGWE579	ACSS Student: Post Human Rights Certification [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-25 14:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS MI
07LILONGWE592	ACSS Participant: Post Human Rights Certification [...] Name: Ignacio E.J. Maulana Rank: Colonel Passport number: MW085345 Issued: 27 Oct 2003 Expiry: 27 Oct 2013 Date of birth: 8 May 1961 Course: Managing Security Resources Report date: 16 September 2007 2. Name: Annie C. Mabomba Rank: Civilian - Administrative Offic [...]	2007-08-02 12:15:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS MI
07LILONGWE601	ACSS Student: Post Human Rights Certification [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 08:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS MI
07LILONGWE633	Country Clearance granted [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Cynthia Simon-Arndt to Malawi, 21-26 August to provide assistance with the COP preparation to the HCT. Control Officer for the visit will be the Political Officer John Letvin, office telephone number 265-1-773-166, ext [...]	2007-08-13 14:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
07LILONGWE66	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - AU CHAIRMANSHIP VOTE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eastham met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Henri Mumba on January 24 to discuss reftel talking points. Mumba stated that the Minister of Foreign Affairs had already left for Addis Ababa for the conference, and that he would pass along our concerns regarding the Chair [...]	2007-01-25 14:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IO MI PREL
07LILONGWE662	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED - ACSS Seminar Blantyre [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of the following ACSS staff from September 8-26, 2007 to Malawi to coordinate support for the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Seminar on Managing Security Resources in Africa in Blantyre, Malawi: - AMB (RET.) PETER [...]	2007-08-27 08:19:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
07LILONGWE707	ACSS Participant: Post Human Rights Certification [...] Name: John Alfred Chikalimba Rank: Civilian, Member of Parliament Passport number: MW085345 Issued: 8 November 2004 Expiry: 8 November 2014 Date of birth: 21st August 1954 Course: Managing Security Resources Report date: 16 September 2007 EASTHAM [...]	2007-09-13 15:05:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS MI
07LILONGWE735	MALAWI: MOZAMBIQUE BLOCKS PATROL BOATS DONATION [...] (C) Summary: Malawi Defense Force Commander General Marko Chiziko told Ambassador that Government of Mozambique (GRM) was blocking the delivery of the Taiwan's donation of four patrol boats for use on Lake Malawi, probably at the urging of the Chinese Government. Chiziko claimed the government [...]	2007-09-26 07:49:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PBTS MI TZ MZ
07LILONGWE802	MALAWI: RWANDAN REFUGEES UNDER THREAT, OR [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the September visit of Rwandan President Paul Kagame to Malawi, a press report and letters from Rwandan refugees claim that the government of Rwanda (GOR) has made threats against the lives of refugees currently in Malawi. While Rwandan overseas opposition parties have use [...]	2007-10-29 08:56:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL MI
07LILONGWE838	IMET Students: Post Human Rights Certification [...] Post requests vetting clearance for the following students who have been nominated to attend IMET training: A. Name: Ross Costain Kingsley Magomero Rank: Major Service number: 0935 Passport number: MW186804 Issued: 28 July 2005 Expiry: 28 July 2015 Date of birth: 18 February 1976 Course [...]	2007-11-08 14:23:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS MI
07LILONGWE889	Country Clearance granted - Malawi [...] American Embassy Lilongwe grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Kelly Langdorf to consult with Embassy and appropriate government officials and to discuss and review with the country teams and relevant ministry of Defense officials DoD programs currently in progress or under consi [...]	2007-11-30 05:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL OTRA MI
07LILONGWE894	MALAWI: UN EVALUATION OF MDF PEACEKEEPERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: November 23-24, a UN High Ranking Operational Training and Advisory Team (HROTAT) visited Malawi to inspect the Malawi Defense Force's (MDF) readiness to deploy a battalion to the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). HROTAT said the MDF passed the initial inspection and would rema [...]	2007-12-03 15:03:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MI MOPS PREL
07LILONGWE938	ACSS Student: Post Human Rights Certification [...] Name: Polycard Bonface Zakaria CHILANGWE Rank: LTC Passport number: MW074012 Issued: 28 Aug 2003 Expiry: 28 Aug 2013 Date of birth: 26 Jan 1961 Report date: 20 Jan 2008 2. Name: Steben Bruce MANYOZO Rank: LTC Passport number: MW029620 Issued: 16 Dec 2002 [...]	2007-12-17 11:55:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MASS MI
07LIMA1052	PERU: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 22:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU 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
07LIMA1267	GOP APPROVES CUSTOMS P-3 ORION FLIGHTS [...] (C) The Peruvian Government informed Embassy via diplomatic note on 3/27/07 that the United States could conduct U.S. Customs P-3 counternarcotics surveillance flights from the Peruvian Air Base in Piura. The note attached eleven conditions, which we have asked JIATF South and Southcom to ev [...]	2007-04-04 21:18:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL 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
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
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
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
07LIMA1591	SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE [...] (SBU) Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to build on the success of President Garcia's recent trip to Washington and to reaffirm our message that democratic government and openness to trade and investment, coupled with proactive policies to improve social justice, are the best means [...]	2007-05-01 00:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN PE
07LIMA1666	PERU RESPONSE TO ZIMBABWE UNCSD DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the reftel request for GOP support in opposing Zimbabwe's candidacy for chairmanship of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) to the MFA UN Bureau's Director for Candidacies and Quotas Oswaldo del Aguila on May 4. Del Aguila responded that, in principle, [...]	2007-05-08 17:24:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV UNCSD AORC PREL ZI 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
07LIMA167	GOP WINS BATTLE AGAINST RADICAL TEACHER,S UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: More than 60 per cent of teachers nationwide took the government-mandated competency test, handing the GOP a victory in its showdown against the powerful and radical union SUTEP. In some provinces outside Lima SUTEP members bullied test-takers and physically blocked access to t [...]	2007-01-22 12:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PE
07LIMA1675	PERU PERPLEXED BY ECUADORIAN MARITIME COMPLAINT [...] (SBU) Peru's MFA is perplexed by recent news reports that the Government of Ecuador (GOE) planned to send a formal note of complaint for Peru's alleged failure to agree to GOE protocol relating to Peruvian naval vessels' passage into Ecuadorian territorial waters during upcoming UNITAS naval [...]	2007-05-09 15:35:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EC PE
07LIMA1854	SPECIAL LEBANON TRIBUNAL DEMARCHE: NO OFFICAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde in the afternoon of May 23. Garcia Belaunde, who had just emerged from a cabinet meeting at the time, said he had not yet had the opportunity to review the GOP's position on the Lebanon Tribunal and [...]	2007-05-23 22:08:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC LE PREL PTER 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
07LIMA1933	HIRING SCANDALS TARNISH CONGRESS'S IMAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: A scandal involving the hiring of unqualified technical personnel by Unidad Nacional (UN) parliamentarians has set off a swirl of accusations and caused one UN coalition partner to bolt. At the same time, Congress is considering revoking the immunity of nine (mostly) Peruvian [...]	2007-06-01 15:32:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL 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
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
07LIMA2150	ANDEAN LEADERS TO WASHINGTON TO LOBBY FOR ATPA [...] Freddy Ehlers, Secretary General of the Andean Community (CAN),informed the Ambassador on June 19 that he was attempting to organize a joint visit to Washington by the presidents of Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador to lobby for extension of the Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA). Ehlers [...]	2007-06-19 22:19:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OVIP ECIN PREL USTR PE CO EC BL
07LIMA218	EMBASSY GETS TO KNOW COCALERO LEADER AND PRO-COCA [...] (SBU) Post hosted 48 cocalero (i.e., coca-producer) leaders on 1/18, including seven mayors and Nelson Palomino, secretary general for a large cocalero federation. The SIPDIS cocaleros main assertions were: extreme poverty plagues their communities and coca is one of their few profitable a [...]	2007-01-26 18:12:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR 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
07LIMA2318	POLITICAL MILITARY BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS: DAY TWO [...] (SBU) Summary: The second day of the first ever US-Peru political military talks focused on technical matters related to the possible resumption of US P-3 surveillance flights and on a Peruvian request to receive crew lists in advance of US Navy ship visits. Peru's representatives stressed thei [...]	2007-07-06 19:15:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL 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
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
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
07LIMA2429	EXPORTS TO CHINA GROW, FTA BY LATE 2008 [...] Summary: Peru's exports to China have surpassed those to the United States for two of the first five months in 2007, making China an increasingly important factor in Peru's economy. Mined metals and fishmeal accounted for 90% of Peru's exports to input-hungry China. By the end of July, Peru [...]	2007-07-16 21:38:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL USTR APECO CH 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
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

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
07LIMA27	PERU: CRISIS OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Peru's national parties suffered an electoral drubbing during the November 19 regional/municipal elections. President Garcia's APRA party, Ollanta Humala's Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP),Union for Peru (UPP),and Unidad Nacional (UN) all demonstrated a manifest lack of natio [...]	2007-01-05 15:29:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL 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
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
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
07LIMA290	PERU: CRISIS WITH CHILE AVERTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Following passage of Chilean legislation that, in effect, altered the territorial boundaries between Chile and Peru, intensive behind-the-scenes diplomacy helped avert a bilateral crisis, according to MFA contacts. Government officials are satisfied with the Chilean Constitutio [...]	2007-01-31 22:12:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PE
07LIMA2957	EARTHQUAKE RELIEF: A BOOST TO PERU-CHILE [...] (SBU) Summary: The August 15 earthquake has provided an unexpected boost to the Garcia administration's relations with key regional allies while raising public suspicion about the motives behind Venezuelan aid. Chile in particular has deftly used its high-profile relief effort to quiet the fl [...]	2007-09-04 15:31:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR PINR BO 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
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
07LIMA3074	CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL RULES PARTS OF NGO LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Peru's Constitutional Tribunal ruled on September 6 that parts of the NGO law were unconstitutional, specifically, articles one and nine, which had established tighter controls over private funding of NGOs and had established stiff penalties for NGOs violating the regulations. [...]	2007-09-12 21:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID PE
07LIMA3075	MINING CONFLICT, THE VIEW FROM CAJAMARCA [...] (SBU) Conflicts between large mining companies and surrounding communities have increased in the last five years, with Cajamarca one of the hardest hit regions. Cajamarca's Yanacocha gold mine, the largest open-pit gold mine in the world, has been the most visible and controversial example of [...]	2007-09-12 22:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EMIN SOCI 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
07LIMA3136	GOP FORMALLY REQUESTS HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] (U) Summary: On August 1, the GOP formally requested USG assistance for humanitarian demining efforts. Post strongly supports the request and assesses that GOP interest and commitment to the program is high. Demining assistance would contribute to the overall USG foreign policy objective of [...]	2007-09-17 22:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MCAP MASS MARR AFIN AMGT PE
07LIMA3163	IEDS IN ERADICATION OPERATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 23:45:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PTER PREL 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
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
07LIMA33	GARCIA GEARS UP TO TAKE ON POWERFUL, LEFT-WING [...] (U) Summary: The GOP is taking on Peru's powerful left-wing teachers union, SUTEP, in an effort to advance much needed education reform. In round one of the confrontation, GOP Minister of Education Jose Chang scheduled a competency test for teachers on December 20. The test was stolen and p [...]	2007-01-05 18:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR 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
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
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
07LIMA3429	MOD BRIEFS SECRETARY GATES ON PLANS TO ENHANCE [...] (C) Summary: Senior MOD officials, including Minister of Defense Alan Wagner, briefed Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on operational plans to expand the government's control over four isolated areas of Peru: the Apurimac and Ene river valleys (the VRAE); the upper Huallaga valley; the border with [...]	2007-10-17 17:04:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KICC PREL PE
07LIMA3479	PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 15:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UNGA PE
07LIMA3481	PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE: NEXT STEPS ON OAS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 15:39:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PE
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
07LIMA3545	PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE (2ND REQUEST AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 22:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UNGA PE
07LIMA3546	PERU: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 22:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM EFIN PE
07LIMA3547	FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 22:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC ECON
07LIMA3581	DECENTRALIZATION: THE VIEW FROM LORETO [...] (C) Summary: As one of Peru's most isolated and poorest regions, Loreto is in some ways a microcosm of the challenges facing the administration's efforts to decentralize state functions and improve government. A variety of political actors in Loreto agree that decentralization has failed, at [...]	2007-11-07 11:45:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EINV PE
07LIMA3588	NAS MONTHLY REPORT, OCTOBER 2007 [...] (U) The key developments in October 2007: Ambassador makes his inaugural trip to NAS-sponsored police and eradication facilities in Santa Lucia. Eradication total reaches 9,179 hectares of illegal coca and no booby traps (IEDs) encountered by eradicators. ** CORAH eradicated replan [...]	2007-11-07 18:01:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
07LIMA3589	PERU RESPONSE: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA AT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 20:34:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PE
07LIMA3636	GOP INTENDS TO ACT AGAINST VENEZUELAN MEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: Government officials, including President Garcia, have persistently expressed concern about Venezuelan meddling in Peru's affairs. Many believe that so-called "ALBA Houses," the subject of considerable if somewhat confused discussion here, are centers for Bolivarian agitation. [...]	2007-11-14 21:31:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM VE PE
07LIMA3659	NGO REPS SKEPTICAL OF GOP COMMITMENT TO REFORM [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, representatives of Peru's top pro-democracy NGOs pointed to corruption as the fundamental challenge facing public institutions and raised doubts about the ruling APRA party's commitment to reform. The NGO reps were sanguine about the like [...]	2007-11-19 16:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID 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
07LIMA3764	NARCO-TERRORISM CAUSING NATIONAL DEBATE IN PERU [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 11:46:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PTER PREL PGOV 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
07LIMA3805	CUBA: PERU REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. PERUVIAN INVESTMENTS IN CUBA ---------------------------- 2. (U) There is no reliable data on Peruvian investment in Cuba. The vast majority of Peru's limited foreign direct investment is in Mexico, Bolivia, Ecuador, Central America [...]	2007-12-12 19:59:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD PREL CU PE
07LIMA3846	PERU: ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 15:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA PE
07LIMA3853	BOLIVIA CRISIS: CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL SPILLOVER [...] (C) Summary: Peruvian observers are watching Bolivia's political crisis, including its possible impact on Peruvian investments, with great concern. Our foreign ministry (MFA) contacts tell us their main worry regarding Bolivia is stability but, while concerned about the government's confronta [...]	2007-12-17 21:54:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BO PE
07LIMA3860	PERU: DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 16:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PE UNAUS UNMIK YI EU
07LIMA4	IDENTIFICATION OF OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS [...] Post provides the following information to identify "democracy practitioners" in Peru. Diego Garcia Sayan, justice reform, political analysis. Garcia Sayan was the Peruvian Minister of Justice from November 2000 to July 2001 and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Peru from July 2001 to July 20 [...]	2007-01-03 16:02:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSUM HUM PREL XL XK XM XR XS OAS 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
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
07LIMA46	PERUVIAN REACTION TO DEPARTMENT'S SOFA TEXT [...] (SBU) Pol Mil Officer and MAAG Chief met with Ambassador Bellina, Political Advisor to the Ministry of Defense and Director of Policy and Strategy, on December 20 to discuss the Department,s proposed SOFA text. Bellina reiterated the Peruvian position that any SOFA should be grounded in the [...]	2007-01-08 21:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KICC PREL MARR PE
07LIMA667	TEACHER'S UNION TAKES IT ON THE CHIN OVER TEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Education Jose Antonio Chang on February 23 announced the results of a nationwide teacher examination held in January: almost 50 percent of public school teachers were unable to answer simple questions about mathematics, and more than 30 percent were functionally ill [...]	2007-03-06 20:09:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR 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
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
07LIMA994	SCENESETTER FOR PERU MOD WAGNER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Peruvian Defense Minister Wagner is sending a deliberate message by visiting the U.S. before any other region outside of South America. Wagner is pursuing an ambitious defense reform agenda, which includes developing higher levels of professionalization, building a joint operational rapid res [...]	2007-03-23 17:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KICC PREL PE
07LISBON104	AVIAN FLU: PORTUGAL PREPARES FOR NEXT MIGRATORY [...] Portugal,s Ministry of Agriculture tested over 5000 birds for avian influenza in 2006 with no detection of the H5N1 virus. A national campaign to register domestic birds for quarantine contingency resulted in over six million birds being documented on-line. Although Portugal decided not to va [...]	2007-01-11 16:25:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI KSCA WHO PO
07LISBON1078	PORTUGAL INTERESTED IN MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (C) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials were grateful to receive the fact sheets developed by EUR/PPD and EUR/PRA on the proposed U.S. missile defense system in conjunction with Poland and the Czech Republic. Security and Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director Pedro Sousa Abreu, who [...]	2007-04-20 10:22:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM PREL PO
07LISBON1085	PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON APRIL 23-24 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (U) Pol-Econ officer spoke with Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha about the U.S. policy views on the Balkans, Middle East, Africa, Cuba, and trade as requested reftels a and b. Rocha replied as follows: 2. (C) CUBA: The EU common position on Cuba will be marginal for the foreign m [...]	2007-04-20 16:13:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	IS IR AF KPAL ETRD PREL PO
07LISBON1210	PORTUGAL STALLED ON EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Portuguese interlocutors told us that the Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance have long since cleared administrative review and have been submitted to the National Assembly for formal ratification. The National Assembly has not yet scheduled a date to open debate on the [...]	2007-05-04 16:38:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KTIA PREL PO
07LISBON1211	PORTUGAL WARMS TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (U) Portuguese interlocutors told us they expect to sign on to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs official told us that the relevant office was preparing a decision memorandum for the Minister in which they recommend joining the Global Initiative. [...]	2007-05-04 17:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP PARM PREL PO
07LISBON1226	PORTUGAL STALLED ON EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Portuguese interlocutors told us that the Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance have long since cleared administrative review and have been submitted to the National Assembly for formal ratification. The National Assembly has not yet scheduled a date to open debate on the [...]	2007-05-07 12:46:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KTIA PREL PO
07LISBON1237	PORTUGAL ON INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] On May 3, PolEconOff delivered reftel talking points to Jorge Palmeirim, Portuguese representative to the International Whaling Commission (IWC),who plans to attend the May 28-31 Annual Meeting in Anchorage. Regarding the U.S.-Russia request to update the bowhead whale quota, Palmeirim stated [...]	2007-05-09 09:31:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD PO
07LISBON1275	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR HUMAN [...] (C) After receiving your message, I spoke to deputy MFA political director Antonio Ricoca Freire to urge Portugal's support for both Slovenia and Bosnia, and to encourage the GOP to weigh in with countries with which it has influence to encourage them to do the same. My conversation followed [...]	2007-05-10 17:25:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC PO
07LISBON1297	PORTUGAL'S VIEWS ON THE MAY 14-15 FOREIGN [...] (U) Portuguese Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded to the reftel U.S. policy interests on the Balkans, Middle East, Africa, Iran, and EU-Russia. She also shared Portugal's views on the Italian initiative to introduce a draft UN Resolution against the death penalty. 2. (C) [...]	2007-05-11 16:37:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	IS IR AF KPAL ETRD PREL
07LISBON1321	PORTUGAL: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUBCOMMITTEE [...] In preparation for the May 18 Bilateral Commission, Embassy officials met with Portuguese counterparts on April 19 to review bilateral science and technology (S&T) cooperation. Discussion focused on Embassy organized conferences, the Embassy Science Fellow program, and fuel conversion at the [...]	2007-05-15 08:18:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA TBIO SENV PREL PO
07LISBON1328	PORTUGAL: RESPONSE TO MAY 11 UNSC PROPOSAL ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 11:11:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV YI PO
07LISBON1386	PORTUGAL IMPUT FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF [...] (U) MFA Latin America Desk Officer Joao Batista said Portugal's relationship with Cuba has not changed over the last year and responded to reftel questions with updated information for the Title III Suspension of Libertad Act report. 2. (C) Economic activity between Portugal and Cuba is lim [...]	2007-05-18 16:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ETTC PREL PO
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
07LISBON1388	Portugal: INL DAS McCampbell Visit Analyzes European [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During INL DAS Christy McCampbell's May 11 visit to Lisbon, she met with several counterparts to discuss the increasing use of Portugal as a transshipment area for drugs. Portuguese interlocutors offered a brief analysis into the drug trafficking problem facing Portugal and Eur [...]	2007-05-18 17:19:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL KCRM PO
07LISBON1412	PORTUGAL AT THE AUSTRALIA GROUP MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 16:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CBW PO
07LISBON1418	PM'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR DETAILS PORTUGAL'S EU [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 21, the Prime Minister's senior diplomatic advisor said Portugal's EU presidency priorities would comprise summits with Africa, Brazil, India, China, Russia, and Ukraine. On internal EU issues, the GOP's primary focus will be advancing progress on [...]	2007-05-22 07:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO
07LISBON1443	PORTUGAL'S EU PRESIDENCY SCHEDULE: UPDATE [...] (U) Reftel, sent in January, provided an interim list of the major meetings Portugal would host during its EU Presidency, which begins July 1. This cable provides an updated list. (Note: The GOP is very sensitive about this list and requested that we PROTECT this information in official chann [...]	2007-05-22 15:27:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EU PO
07LISBON1467	PORTUGALS VIEWS ON NSG, GLOBAL INTIATIVE, AND PSI [...] (U) Visiting ISN/CPI Director Tony Foley called on Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security and Disarmament Director Joao Corte Real May 3 to discuss issues before the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),the Proliferation Security Initiativ (PSI),and the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclar T [...]	2007-05-24 16:10:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PARM PREL PO
07LISBON1492	PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER SOCRATES HEADS TO MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: A month before Portugal assumes the EU Presidency and on the heels of the May EU-Russia Summit, PM Jose Socrates will travel to Moscow May 27-29 to discuss easing EU-Russia tensions and strengthening bilateral ties. Socrates will also encourage Putin to support UNSC consensus on K [...]	2007-05-25 17:17:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECIN OFDP EIND EINV EPET ETRD EUN
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
07LISBON1508	PORTUGAL JOINS GLOBAL INITIATIVE; URGES EU [...] On May 30 Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of the Non-Proliferation Office Pedro Sousa Abreu provided diplomatic notes to us and to our Russian counterparts to endorse the Statement of Principles for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Sousa Abreu noted that his off [...]	2007-05-30 13:46:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP PARM PREL PO
07LISBON1527	PORTUGAL UNLIKELY TO INCREASE ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials agreed to review the reftel request to increase contributions to ISAF, but noted they did not expect the review to bring about any changes to current contribution levels. Portugal is operating, they stated, under an austerity budget. Moreov [...]	2007-06-01 15:35:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF PO
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
07LISBON1622	PORTUGAL'S VIEWS ON JUNE 18-19 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (U) Portuguese Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded to the reftel points on U.S. policy interests regarding Cuba, Serbia, Kosovo, and Sudan. 2. (C) Cuba: Rocha reported that Portugal supported the proposal to remove EU sanctions. She emphasized Portugal's interest in suppor [...]	2007-06-15 17:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL ENRG ETRD ETTC PARM PGOV PREL PO
07LISBON1766	A/S SHANNON VISIT HIGHLIGHTS EU-LATIN AMERICA TIES [...] (SBU) During Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon's visit to Portugal on June 25, he met with Portuguese government officials and EU member ambassadors to discuss Cuba, Venezuela, and Brazil. Overall, most agreed that the US policy of supporting a Cuban-directed solution after Castro would be the [...]	2007-07-05 14:29:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAID PREL EUN PO
07LISBON1786	USAFE REORGANIZATION IN PORTUGAL [...] Post coordinated dissemination of reftel information to the Portuguese Ministry of Defense (MOD),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and to the Regional Government of the Azores. Our interlocutors at each of these institutions expressed relief that no Portuguese positions would be affected. Al [...]	2007-07-09 07:40:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PARM 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
07LISBON182	PORTUGAL'S VIEWS ON JANUARY 22 GAERC MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA's Deputy European Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha offered the Portuguese perspective on items scheduled for January's General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Portugal agrees with the EU consensus on most issues but (1) favors greater flexibility in d [...]	2007-01-19 17:12:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	YI PREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR 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
07LISBON1854	A/S FRIED WITH PORTUGUESE DEFENSE STATESEC JOAO [...] (C) Summary. Portuguese State Secretary for Defense Mira Gomes told A/S Fried that his ministry is considering a plan to lead an Operational Mentoring Liaison Team in Afghanistan in addition to Portugal's current military contributions there, although budgetary and political considerations may [...]	2007-07-18 14:39:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PO AF RS EUN
07LISBON1856	PORTUGAL - MOVING TOWARDS EU CONSENSUS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) FM Luis Amado told A/S Daniel Fried on July 13 that the issue of Kosovo's independence was the most pressing near-term issue of Portugal's EU Presidency, aside from EU treaty reform. The two compared notes from their recent trips to the Balkans, confirming the challenges and next steps th [...]	2007-07-18 16:16:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PO UN ZL
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
07LISBON1882	PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON JULY 23 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (U) Portuguese Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha outlined Portugal's views on the reftel points on U.S. policy interests regarding Kosovo, the Ukraine, Iran, Middle East, and Sudan. She also offered a preview of EU discussions on the Democratic Republic of Congo and Libya. 2. (C) [...]	2007-07-23 06:37:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL ENRG ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SOCI
07LISBON1940	62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: PORTUGESE HIGH-LEVEL [...] Per reftel, attached is the requested information on Portugal's participation at UNGA: A. Head of State Anibal Cavaco Silva (No plans to attend) B. Head of Government Jose Socrates will attend UNGA on September 25-27. He will be arriving on/about September 24 and departing o/a September [...]	2007-07-27 13:43:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP PO
07LISBON1974	BELLINGER REVIEWS KOSOVO WITH PORTUGUESE [...] (U) Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger, in Lisbon July 26-28 to continue a counterterrorism dialogue with the EU, also discussed the situation in Kosovo with senior Foreign Ministry Officials. 2. (C) During Bellinger's initial call to the Foreign Ministry, Bellinger emphasized the USG' [...]	2007-08-01 15:14:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ZL PO
07LISBON2046	PORTUGAL ON KOSOVO NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Portugal's MFA political director Vasco Bramao Ramos acknowledged to Charge on August 8 that the 120-day period of additional negotiations on Kosovo was unlikely to produce a breakthrough. He said there is a growing realization within the EU that Kosovo will declare independence shortly a [...]	2007-08-09 06:34:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KV UNYI EU PO
07LISBON2054	PORTUGUESE MFA ON MIDDLE EAST, EU-AFRICA SUMMIT, [...] (C) MFA political director Vasco Bramao Ramos told the Charge on August 8 that Portugal has not yet decided whether it will contribute troops to the new UN mission in Darfur. He expressed confidence that the EU-Africa summit would take place in December -- saying the EU and Africa have much t [...]	2007-08-09 15:44:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO
07LISBON2143	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS A/CFE PLANS [...] (C) The Portuguese MFA,s Director for Security and Disarmament Affairs Joao Corte Real told us that Portugal fully supports the U.S. plans outlined reftel. He noted that timely ratification was a matter of political will and that Portugal viewed the Adapted CFE Treaty as a matter of the highe [...]	2007-08-22 11:05:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL PO
07LISBON216	PORTUGAL AND THE INFORMAL NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Summary: Portugal is unlikely to make further commitments for Afghanistan given existing contributions to several overseas operations coupled with the current austerity budget. MFA staff will, however, recommend an enhanced public diplomacy effort by their principals and they look forwar [...]	2007-01-24 13:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PO
07LISBON217	EARLY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PORTUGUESE COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for Portugal's upcoming Presidency of the Community of Democracies (CD) Convening Group starting in November, the MFA called for a meeting to solicit input from some members' diplomatic missions in Lisbon. The Ukrainian ambassador offered several suggestions in i [...]	2007-01-24 13:51:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PO
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
07LISBON2296	IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: PORTUGAL AGAINST [...] (C) On September 5, Pol/Econ Officer conveyed reftel talking points to senior analysts Rui Caroco and Duarte Nuno G.J. Pinto da Rocha in the MFA's Office of International Organizations and Economic Affairs. According to Caroco, the GOP wants to avoid the addition of any country-specific item t [...]	2007-09-07 09:37:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PARM PREL IAEA 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
07LISBON2305	LISBON'S PLANS TO SHEPHERD PASSAGE OF EU REFORM [...] (SBU) During August 28 trade discussions with A/USTR Shaun Donnelly, the Prime Minister's Economic Advisor Vitor Escaria and MFA Deputy Director-General for European Affairs Rui Macieira provided insight into Lisbon's plans to obtain European Council approval of the EU Reform Treaty. Escaria e [...]	2007-09-07 15:46:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PO PREL EUN
07LISBON2307	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (SBU) Mr. President: Your meeting with Prime Minister Socrates -- two months into Portugal's EU presidency -- provides an excellent early opportunity to try to shape the Portuguese government's priorities in a direction consistent with U.S. interests, both from a bilateral perspective and in the E [...]	2007-09-07 16:09:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET	PREL PO

07LISBON2379	PORTUGAL: INPUT FOR THE PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Embassy Lisbon works closely with the Portuguese government to strengthen its already well-developed democracy and human rights infrastructure. Per ref A request, this cable details Post's efforts to promote the Freedom agenda in Portugal. Promoting Democracy ------------------- 2. [...]	2007-09-14 09:12:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
07LISBON2410	PORTUGAL'S UPDATED 62ND UNGA ATTENDEE LIST [...] Per reftel, attached is the requested information on Portugal's participation at UNGA: A. Head of State Anibal Cavaco Silva (Not attending) B. Head of Government Jose Socrates will attend UNGA on September 25-27. He will be arriving on/about September 24 and departing o/a September 27. S [...]	2007-09-17 15:55:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP PO
07LISBON2418	Portugal Solicits Information on Behalf of EU on [...] (U) In its role as President of the EU Council, Portugal transmitted a diplomatic note, dated September 13, requesting additional information about the nuclear issue in North Korea and how the EU could contribute technical assistance. ACTION REQUEST: Post requests the Department's guidance on [...]	2007-09-18 12:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL MNUC KS KN EUN PO
07LISBON2443	PORTUGUESE RESPONSE ON OCTOBER COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Portuguese MFA Deputy Director General for Foreign Policy Antonio Ricoca Freire concurred with the U.S. priorities for the October meeting (reftel) and reported that Portugal would probably be represented by its Ambassador in Washington due to Minister Amado's other commitments. [...]	2007-09-20 15:39:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV PO
07LISBON247	AMBASSADOR, PM'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR DISCUSS [...] (C) At a January 25 meeting with Ambassador Hoffman, Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister Jorge Roza de Oliveira discussed the media attention and government response to Ana Gomes' vocal investigation of alleged CIA rendition flights through Portugal. He noted that Foreign Minister Amado [...]	2007-01-26 16:16:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO PO
07LISBON2483	PORTUGAL/EU REGARDING IAEA ACTIVITIES IN THE DPRK [...] (SBU) Interlocutors in the Portuguese MFA,s Security and Disarmament Division told us that they are canvassing Six-Party Talks participants regarding potential European Union support for IAEA activities in North Korea (Ref A). They noted appreciation for our Ref B views, and will propose EU en [...]	2007-09-24 15:13:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PO KNNP OPDC PREL MNUC IAEA
07LISBON2500	EU-CUBA MEETING IN NEW YORK: "USUAL STUFF" AND A [...] ( C ) Summary: Paulo Lourenco, diplomatic advisor to Portuguese FM Amado, called DCM to provide a readout of September 24 meeting in New York between the EU and Cuba. Meeting was described as "the usual stuff," with both sides listening and explaining impediments to engagement, but no resoluti [...]	2007-09-25 15:23:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PGOV EU PO CU
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
07LISBON253	PORTUGAL'S EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY SCHEDULE OF MOST [...] (U) As of January 26, Portugal has finalized most of the scheduling for its EU Council Presidency and passed the listing below to the Embassy for planning purposes. (Note: The GOP is very sensitive about this list and requested that we STRICTLY PROTECT this information in official channels onl [...]	2007-01-29 10:51:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EU PO
07LISBON2564	EU DEFENSE MINISTERS INFORMAL IN PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary. High Rep Solana briefed EU Defense Ministers on the first face-to-face Troika-led negotiations between Serbs and Kosovars. Solana's spokesman said the EU would support any necessary action by troops currently stationed in Kosovo to maintain stability. Solana strongly defended th [...]	2007-10-04 10:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF XA ZL PO EUN
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
07LISBON2604	EU CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SPACE OBJECTS PROPOSED [...] (U) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security and Disarmament Division representatives passed us a draft Code of Conduct for Space Objects, on which the EU has been working for several months. The draft paper covers activities to avoid collisions and deliberate explosions, to develop sa [...]	2007-10-11 13:26:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PO PREL TSPA EUN
07LISBON2605	EU JHA INFORMAL MINISTERIAL [...] Summary. EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers met informally in Lisbon October 1-2. An embassy officer attended to follow discussion of such topics as the elimination of land and sea travel barriers in December, the establishment of a counternarcotics analysis and operations center, the sub [...]	2007-10-11 13:48:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS MOPS PO PREL PTER EUN
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
07LISBON262	PORTUGAL'S INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Per reftel request, the following list includes five women who affect politics, business, media, and civil society in Portugal: - (Maria) Leonor Beleza, President of the Champalimaud Foundation. Prior to becoming Foundation president, Beleza was a former Health Minister and her interests in [...]	2007-01-29 17:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL PO
07LISBON2621	Portugal Confirms Support for Gaer, Requests US Backing for [...] (U) Following the informal notification on October 9, Portugal forwarded a diplomatic note, dated October 10 noting that it had voted in favor of the U.S. candidate for the UN Committee Against Torture. The note then goes on to solicit U.S. support for Portugal's candidacy for the UN Security [...]	2007-10-15 11:07:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN 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
07LISBON2706	PORTUGUESE NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Per reftel request, Embassy Lisbon nominates Ms. Ines Fontinha for consideration in the Secretary's 2008 International Women of Courage Award. A. (U) Name and contact information: Ines Fontinha President of the Nest Association, Sociologist, Author Address: Rua Luciano Cordeiro n. 59 [...]	2007-10-22 16:14:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL PO
07LISBON2714	PORTUGAL ON THE EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Portugal's October 25 bilateral meetings with Russia will be designed to keep current relations warm. Even the October 26 EU-Russia summit will discuss issues generally and in a relatively short format. The Portuguese noted, however, that they do not see the December 10 deadline [...]	2007-10-24 16:59:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV IR RS UZ ZL PO
07LISBON2720	AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON SEEKS PORTUGUESE SUPPORT ON [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Williamson (S/WCI) met on October 10 with senior MFA leadership to seek Portuguese agreement to accept some Guantanamo detainees. He emphasized that Portuguese acceptance of even a limited number of individuals as a humanitarian gesture might provide cover for other EU Memb [...]	2007-10-25 15:24:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET	PREL PTER PO
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
07LISBON2765	PORTUGAL YET TO DECIDE ON CANDIDACY OF DAVID [...] (U) Pol-econ officer delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Organizations Officer Pedro Pinto on October 22 and called to follow up on October 29. Pinto responded that Portugal recognizes our keen interest in seeing Mr. Walker elected to this committee but had not decided yet which ca [...]	2007-10-31 15:31:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PREL AORC PO
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
07LISBON279	PORTUGAL'S EXPORT CREDIT AGENCY: NO EXPOSURE IN [...] (SBU) Ministry of Finance Coordinator Teresa Costa told post that Portugal's Export Credit Agency, COSEC, did not have any exposure in Iran, according to September 2006 records. Costa did note that Iran is open for both short and mid/long term export credit insurance, the former requiring an [...]	2007-01-30 15:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN MNUC PREL EXIM UNSC OECD IR PO
07LISBON2806	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT AND KOSOVO [...] (C) In a one-on-one farewell lunch with the Prime Minister's senior diplomatic advisor, Jorge Roza de Oliveira, at the residence on October 31, the Ambassador asked whether Portugal was pleased with the recent EU-Russia summit (reftels). Roza de Oliveira said yes, Portugal's goal was to ensur [...]	2007-11-05 15:33:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR RU PO ZI
07LISBON2881	PORTUGAL ALSO CONCERNED WITH RUSSIA'S RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) Portuguese interlocutors told us that they are also concerned with the Government of Russia's response to the OSCE regarding election monitoring for the December 2 Duma elections. They said that they are engaged with the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) [...]	2007-11-09 17:40:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	RS KDEM PREL PHUM 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
07LISBON2911	MINISTERS CONFIRM, ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN, PORTUGUESE [...] (C/NF) Summary: In conversations with Ambassador Minister of Defense Severiano Teixeira and Minister of Foreign Affairs Amado confirmed that Portugal intended to draw down its contributions to ISAF by August 2008. The Defense Minister portrayed this move as a "different kind of commitment," [...]	2007-11-14 16:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PGOV 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
07LISBON2929	PORTUGAL RESPONSE IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 19-20 [...] (U) In advance of the November 19 GAERC, Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha offered Portugal's views on reftel points, including the upcoming summit with Africa, Kosovo, Bosnia, Iran, Iraq, the Middle East, Burma, and Pakistan. She further mentioned that the GAERC plans to raise the p [...]	2007-11-16 18:02:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IS IZ LE SY PREL PGOV PO
07LISBON2959	PORTUGAL ON KOSOVO, BOSNIA, GEORGIA, AND RUSSIA [...] (C/NF) Summary. According to MFA Director for European Affairs Liliana Araujo, avoiding bloodshed in the Balkans is one of Portugal's top EU presidency goals. Should Kosovars declare independence in the near term, the Portuguese believe the EU will be able to issue a statement that takes note [...]	2007-11-20 17:07:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV PINS RS MD GG BK SR KV PO
07LISBON2960	EU-ASIA (ASEAN, CHINA, INDIA) SUMMITS: MORE THALK THAN SUBSTANCE [...] (C) November ends in a flurry of EU-Asia Summits for Portugal's EU Presidency, with the EU-ASEAN Summit on November 22 in Singapore, EU-China Summit on November 28 in Beijing, and EU-India Summit on November 30 in New Delhi. Although agendas include everything from human rights to climate change, [...]	2007-11-20 19:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PO TW IN CH EUN
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
07LISBON3051	PORTUGAL'S FALL REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (U) Portuguese MFA Latin America Desk Officer Leandro Amado reported that Portugal's relationship with Cuba has not changed over the last year. He responded to ref A questions with updated information for the Title III Suspension of Libertad Act report. 2. (C) Economic activity between Por [...]	2007-11-30 16:48:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PO
07LISBON3071	PORTUGAL LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 15:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IS PO
07LISBON3088	Portugal Confirms Support for U.S. IMO Candidate: Again [...] (U) On December 3, Portugal forwarded a diplomatic note, dated November 28, noting its support for the U.S. election to the International Maritime Organization as a Class A country. As with the reftel dipnote, the MFA once again drew a connection between Portuguese support in international for [...]	2007-12-05 13:36:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN PO
07LISBON3095	PORTUGAL: WILLING TO RAISE ADDITIONAL BURMA [...] (C) Portugal strongly supported the recent tightening of EU sanctions against Burma and is willing to consider further "smart" sanctions, including targeting three banks used by the Burmese government per the USG suggestion. MFA officials asked the USG to elaborate further on its proposal so t [...]	2007-12-06 07:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PO BU
07LISBON3106	EU-AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT SCENESETTER [...] (U) Summary. More than 100 delegations will be in Lisbon for the EU-African Union Summit December 8-9, representing every state in both organizations, plus a few more. This event will consume nearly 20 percent of Portugal's entire EU Presidency budget. Participants will adopt the Strategic [...]	2007-12-06 17:04:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PO PREL XA EUN
07LISBON3114	NOVEMBER US-EU COTER MEETING ENHANCES DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and EU counterterrorism (CT) experts shared their assessments, concerns, and cooperation agendas at the November 29 working group meeting on terrorism (COTER). In response to the U.S. briefing on the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TS/CTP),the Portuguese presid [...]	2007-12-07 16:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EUN PO
07LISBON3116	PORTUGUESE VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF DECEMBER 10-11 GAERC [...] (U) Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded to ref A policy interests with the Portuguese views in advance of the GAERC meeting on December 10 and 11. In addition to reftel points, Rocha mentioned that ministers would review conclusions on Lebanon and would consider proposals to [...]	2007-12-07 17:13:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ IS PREL PGOV PO
07LISBON3129	FM AMADO TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche on December 10 to MFA Chief of Staff Francisco Ribeiro de Menezes, who was accompanied by the Foreign Minister's diplomatic advisor, Paulo Lourenco. DCM was joined by pol/econ counselor. Ministerial attendance ---------------------- 2. (C) Ribeiro de [...]	2007-12-11 17:27:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL IS PREL PGOV KWBG AMGT PO
07LISBON3144	CLUSTER MUNITIONS; PORTUGAL ON THE GGE AND GERMAN [...] (SBU) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Security Pedro Sousa Abreu requested a meeting with us December 10 to review discussions on cluster munitions. At the meeting, we were asked point-blank if the U.S. objected to Portuguese Ambassador Jose Julio Pereira Gomes, Por [...]	2007-12-13 14:00:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL 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
07LISBON329	PORTUGUESE ASSESSMENT OF THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) Pol-Econ officer met MFA Latin American Desk Officer Leandro Amado to discuss Portugal's views of Venezuela's encroachment on freedom of the press, and to urge that the Government of Portugal (GOP) pressure the Venezuelans to respect free speech. Amado responded that Portugal is watching [...]	2007-02-06 09:31:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL PO
07LISBON330	PORTUGAL'S ABORTION REFERENDUM EXPOSES POLITICAL [...] Summary: A new referendum set for February 11 on the question of decriminalization of abortion is dominating Portuguese political life. The effort to legalize abortion on demand in the first ten weeks of pregnancy demonstrates a political rift between young urbanites and older rural voters, [...]	2007-02-06 09:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN SOCI PO
07LISBON345	PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING CIA FLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Public Ministry received complaints from a crusading journalist and European Parliamentarian about alleged illegal CIA flights operating through Portugal. These allegations are undergoing a preliminary investigation, but no legal case has yet been opened. The issue will n [...]	2007-02-07 17:27:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV 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
07LISBON406	PORTUGUESE NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Per reftel request, Embassy Lisbon nominates Ms. Ana Vicente for consideration in the Secretary's first International Women of Courage award. A. (U) Name and contact information: Ana Maria Vicente Former Commissioner for Women's rights, Co-Founder of "New Future" Organization, Author [...]	2007-02-15 07:13:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL PO
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
07LISBON435	PORTUGAL ON FREEZING ASSETS NOT SPECIFICALLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 14:17:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KNNP PARM PREL EFIN ETTC
07LISBON436	PORTUGAL FOLLOWS EU ON SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 14:17:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL PO
07LISBON45	LISBON POC FOR EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 15:48:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	KSTC ETTC PARM PREL
07LISBON457	PORTUGUESE FM TESTIFIES AGAIN REGARDING ALLEGED [...] (U) As predicted Ref (A),alleged CIA rendition flights remain front-page news in Portugal, recently stimulated by the European Parliament's report and the Portuguese Foreign Minister,s testimony in the National Assembly. Foreign Minister Luis Amado appeared before the National Assembly once [...]	2007-02-21 16:22:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV 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
07LISBON507	PORTUGAL UNDECIDED ON SELECTION FOR UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 17:15:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PO
07LISBON508	PORTUGAL REVIEWS 2007 CONTRIBUTION TO UN MIDDLE [...] (U) In response to reftel message, MFA International Organizations Officer Ana Paula Molina told us she had been unaware that funding was running low for the Middle Ring Security Initiative. Molina consulted with her colleagues in Portugal's mission to the UN and said they were undergoing a r [...]	2007-02-28 17:16:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ PREL PO
07LISBON533	PORTUGAL'S THOUGHTS ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC [...] (U) Pol-Econ Officer met MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha to solicit Portugal's views on the March GAERC issues. Energy, the UN Human Rights Council, and climate issues do not fall under Rocha's portfolio, so she did not comment. 2. (SBU) BOSNIA: The EU unanimously supports t [...]	2007-03-05 11:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	YI IR KPAL PREL PGOV ENRG PO
07LISBON550	PORTUGAL SIDES WITH NATO ON US MISSILE ASSET ISSUE [...] (C) Pol-Econ officer outlined our concerns regarding the recent Russian threats against Poland and the Czech Republic in a meeting with MFA Disarmament and Security Officer Felipe Ramalheira. Ramalheira welcomed the information about the consultations with Russia and noted that he had not been [...]	2007-03-06 09:59:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL 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
07LISBON644	FORMER GOVERNOR BUSH MEETS PORTUGUESE PM, PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush, accompanied by Ambassador Hoffman, both President Cavaco Silva and Prime Minister Socrates stressed that the U.S.-Portugal relationship transcends party politics, asserting that changes in Portugal,s government do not [...]	2007-03-13 09:52:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XA XF PO
07LISBON651	PORTUGAL: EU TO SEND STRONG MESSAGE ON BURMA [...] (C) Burma must improve its democratic reform and human rights efforts in order to be fully accepted into the global and ASEAN communities, MFA diplomatic advisor Cristina Cordeiro informed post on March 12. That is the "strong message" the EU plans to reiterate during the March 14-15 EU-ASEAN [...]	2007-03-13 16:55:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BM EUN PO
07LISBON652	PORTUGAL TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF US-EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 16:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL EUN PO KTIA
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
07LISBON708	PORTUGAL ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Officer spoke with MFA International Organizations Officers Maria Manoel de Vilhena and Miguel Maia do Vale regarding our concerns over the proposed reforms before the UN's fifth and sixth committees (reftel). Vilhena stated that the European Union delegates were waiting for an [...]	2007-03-19 10:51:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER PREL PO
07LISBON710	ON ZIMBABWE: PORTUGAL'S VIEWS ON EU, HRC, AND [...] (C) Summary: The EU is already discussing action to condemn Zimbabwe in the Human Rights Council, but that action may merely be an EU statement during deliberations. Portugal is actively engaged in negotiations with the African Union on a joint strategy in the lead up to a potential EU-AU sum [...]	2007-03-19 17:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN XA 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
07LISBON821	PORTUGAL'S THOUGHTS ON EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (U) In advance of the March 30-31 Foreign Ministers' meeting, MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha offered Portugal's views on the Balkans, Iran, the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP),and the human rights crisis in Zimbabwe. 2. (C) KOSOVO: Portugal firmly supports Ahtisaari and [...]	2007-03-28 16:33:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IQ 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
07LJUBLJANA100	SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL SUPPORT [...] (U) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy staffer Igor Jukic on February 21. Mr. Jukic said he will raise the issue with the Head of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, Stanislav Vidovic, and relay information about any further plans for GoS [...]	2007-02-21 11:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL
07LJUBLJANA111	SLOVENIA: CONTINUING ITS COMMITMENT TO NATO IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia begins its fifth year of commitment to Afghanistan this week with the deployment of 53 fresh soldiers for a six month rotation with the Italian-led PRT in Herat. These troops relieve 52 troops deployed at that location since August 2006. The GoS announced this fall that [...]	2007-02-23 09:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA118	SLOVENIA ON MARCH GAERC [...] (C) Polecon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih March 1, 2007. --Balkans-- Arih expected Bosnia and discussion of the extension of OHR to the be top subject in this category. On Serbia and Kosovo, Slovenia remains in agreement. --Israeli-Palestinian Iss [...]	2007-03-01 14:14:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG KPAL 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
07LJUBLJANA122	SLOVENIA: FORMER UN ASSISTANT SYG SHARES VIEWS OF [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia's former Ambassador to the UN and (subsequently) former Assistant Secretary General for Political affairs at the UN, Danilo Turk, is enjoying a sabbatical from diplomacy as a professor of international law at Ljubljana's Law Faculty. His many years in New York give Turk [...]	2007-03-02 14:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI
07LJUBLJANA124	SLOVENIA CONCERNED BY THIRD UNHRC EEG CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) has serious concerns about the effect a third candidate from the East European Group (EEG) competing for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council will have on its chances to win a seat on that council. The GOS is not willing to risk losing its bi [...]	2007-03-05 06:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA134	SLOVENIA: IMPLEMENTING ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Andrej Plausteiner, Acting Director of the Office of Money Laundering Prevention at the Ministry of Finance. Plausteiner is also the point of contact for terrorist finance issues. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) is in the process of harmonizing its la [...]	2007-03-07 13:57:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER LE SI
07LJUBLJANA137	SLOVENIA: ENVIRONMENT MINISTER AND PEOPLE'S PARTY [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia's Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, and leader of minority GoS coalition partner, Slovene People's Party (SLS),Janez Podobnik took a break from a flurry of recent media criticism -- regarding his decision to compensate a private construction company for disa [...]	2007-03-08 07:50:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SI
07LJUBLJANA15	SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND JANUARY 26 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 14:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO OPDC SI
07LJUBLJANA154	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 13:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EAIR ECON PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA155	SLOVENIA SAYING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS TO IRANIAN FM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki touched down in Ljubljana for a one day visit on March 14, meeting with Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, Prime Minister Janez Jansa, and President Janez Drnovsek for conversations touching on bilateral issues but focusing on the Iranian [...]	2007-03-15 14:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	PREL KNNP PINR IR SI
07LJUBLJANA163	SLOVENIA'S PRESIDENT TO CONVEY IRAN MESSAGE TO UN [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia's president Drnovsek recently initiated an exchange with President Ahmadinejad over Iran's nuclear activities and hoped to discuss this with President Bush in Washington this week. With that hope dashed, Drnovsek will meet with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on March [...]	2007-03-21 04:57:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PINR IR 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
07LJUBLJANA171	SLOVENIA: MORE ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division for International Organizations and Human Security Staffer Smiljana Knez contacted PolOff March 22 to add to reftel demarche response from March 21. Knez said that Slovenia is well aware of the seriousness of the situation in Zimbabwe and will work i [...]	2007-03-23 05:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	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
07LJUBLJANA18	TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (SBU) At Embassy Ljubljana the following people are the Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers (TFCOs): Terrorism Financing Coordinating Officer (TFCO): Maryruth Coleman, Deputy Chief of Mission Office number: 01-200-5588 Unclassified email: colemanMX@state.gov Cla [...]	2007-01-12 14:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER SI
07LJUBLJANA186	SLOVENIA CONCERNED ABOUT ITS ABILITY TO INTEGRATE [...] (C) DCM presented reftel demarche points March 26 to Ambassador Roman Kirn, Director of the Division for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kirn listened carefully to our request for Slovenia to accept detainees ready for release, and remarked that this is an important developmen [...]	2007-03-28 05:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC
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
07LJUBLJANA208	SLOVENIA STEADFAST IN SUPPORTING AHTISAARI [...] (C) Leon Marc, Head of the MFA's Division for South-Eastern Europe confirmed Slovenia's consistent support for UN Special Envoy Maarti Ahtisaari's Kosovo proposal in a March 28 meeting with PolEcon Chief. He said that the GOS would continue to be reserved in its public declarations in suppo [...]	2007-04-02 09:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EUN 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
07LJUBLJANA230	SLOVENIA DEMURS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 14:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PTER PHUM PREL
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
07LJUBLJANA241	SLOVENIA READY TO SIGN U.S.-EU AIR TRANSPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 14:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA EAIR ECON PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA25	SLOVENIA AGREES ON KOSOVO, WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Just back from a weekend visit to Belgrade with FM Rupel, MFA Director of Western Balkan Affairs, Leon Marc, expressed the Government of Slovenia's unreserved agreement that there should be no daylight between the US and EU positions on the future status of Kosovo. Raising the pe [...]	2007-01-19 11:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK EUN YI SI
07LJUBLJANA255	PDAS VOLKER ENCOURAGES SLOVENES TO KEEP TRANS [...] (C) In meetings April 10 with Government of Slovenia officials, EUR PDAS Kurt Volker reinforced the importance of maintaining a strong trans-Atlantic dialogue during Slovenia's EU Presidency. Discussions at the MFA focused on the Western Balkans including an idea suggested by MFA Security Poli [...]	2007-04-20 10:54:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IR RU 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
07LJUBLJANA264	ICI: SLOVENIA FOREIGN MINISTER WILL NOT ATTEND [...] Reftel message was delivered to the Special Assistant to the Foreign Minister Andrej Medica on April 19. FM Rupel will not attend the ICI meeting in Sharm El-Sheik due to conflicting travel obligations. The GOS will be represented by its Ambassador to Egypt. ROBERTSON [...]	2007-04-24 10:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL SI

07LJUBLJANA285	SLOVENIA'S WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action cable, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia is a standout ally in NATO - currently 11% of its active duty forces are deployed in support of NATO, EU, and UN operations abroad - and is making small, but concrete contributions to coalition efforts in Iraq. I [...]	2007-05-04 14:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER SI
07LJUBLJANA3	SLOVENIA LOOKING TO EU FOR GUIDANCE ON TERRORIST [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to the head of Economic Diplomacy, Robert Kokalj, and Bostjan Jerman, member of the Security Division, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They appreciated the information provided. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) has yet to encounter any terrorist entities [...]	2007-01-03 13:52:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
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
07LJUBLJANA303	FOLLOWING UP ON UNHRC VOTE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Embassy Ljubljana is glad to have been of assistance in our collective effort to undermine the candidacy of Belarus for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). I am very pleased that Slovenia will remain in the race - it is the right thing to [...]	2007-05-11 15:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SI EUN
07LJUBLJANA305	KOSOVO: SLOVENIA VIEWS OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) Polecon Chief delivered reftel points to Leon Marc, MFA Director for the Western Balkans, on May 14. Marc said the GOS fully supports moving ahead with a Security Council resolution at this time and is, in general, happy with the wording of the current draft. 2. (C) Marc highlighted [...]	2007-05-14 14:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC YI EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA31	SLOVENIA IN CAUTIOUS, LISTENING MODE ON CLUSTER [...] (C) PolMilOff met with MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman on January 22 to discuss reftel demarche and ascertain the Government of Slovenia's (GoS) positions on cluster munitions policy and the upcoming conference hosted by the Government of Norway on February 22 and 23 in O [...]	2007-01-23 05:22:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO SI
07LJUBLJANA312	SLOVENIA CLOSELY WATCHING U.S.-RUSSIAN DISCOURSE [...] (SBU) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Department staffer Andrej Slapnicar on May 14. Slapnicar told PolMilOff that Slovenia was closely watching recent discourse on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). 2. (C) Slapnicar [...]	2007-05-16 10:29:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREL OSCE PARM NATO SI
07LJUBLJANA317	DAS MADISON VISIT: SLOVENES EAGER TO GET SMART ON [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian government officials, academics, and media were eager to learn about USG views on Cuba and Latin America during the May 7-9 visit of DAS Kirsten Madison. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials told Madison they have little expertise on issues in the Western Hemisph [...]	2007-05-21 07:11:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA321	ZA RES, SLOVENIA'S NEWEST POLITICAL MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Matej Lahovnik, former Minister of Economy and the leader of Slovenia's newest political movement Za Res (For Real) views himself more as a technocrat than a politician and told DCM and PolEcon Chief that with his new movement, he wanted to put "real issues" on the government's [...]	2007-05-21 14:47:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR 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
07LJUBLJANA342	SLOVENIA/CROATIA: PRESSURE MOUNTING TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary. The unseasonably warm spring seems to have been an early trigger for the annual summer border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia. Following a winter of relative peace on that front, Slovenian Foreign Minister Rupel stepped back into the fray after the unveiling in Croatia on M [...]	2007-05-29 09:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR SI
07LJUBLJANA344	SLOVENIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE MAY 31-JUNE 1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 10:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN OSCE PREL PTER RS SI
07LJUBLJANA347	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS USG WHALING PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 14:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV EFIS PREL ETRD SI
07LJUBLJANA382	SLOVENIA: UNIFIED NATO POSITION IS TOP PRIORITY [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel a points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy Department staffer Andrej Slapnicar who will represent the GOS at the High Level Task Force meeting in Brussels June 7. Slapnicar thanked PolMilOff for the points, the explanation of USG views, and the [...]	2007-06-06 11:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
07LJUBLJANA412	SLOVENIA PUBLICLY REAFFIRMS READINESS TO ENTER [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Office Director Stanislav Vidovic told PolMilOff June 14 that the GOS would publicly reaffirm its desire to join the Adapted Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty when possible (as requested in reftel a). He said that he hoped this would help b [...]	2007-06-15 11:32:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
07LJUBLJANA414	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JUNE GAERC [...] (SBU) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Director of EU Affairs, Matej Marn June 14. Cuba - Marn noted the conclusions of the PSC on Cuba and predicted there would be no further discussion at the GEARC. ENP - He did not think Belarus would be discussed since as a condition of ho [...]	2007-06-15 15:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV 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
07LJUBLJANA427	SLOVENIA HAS NO ASSETS OR INFORMATION INRE IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 14:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN PARM KNNP IR EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA44	SLOVENIA: ANOTHER NEW FACE IN THE PROVINCES, [...] (U) Summary. Maribor, Slovenia's second city situated in the northeast, voted Franc Kangler of the Slovene People's Party (SLS) into office in the October 2006 elections. After 47 days in office, he is confident he can meet 70% of his campaign promises by the end of this year. Kangler spent [...]	2007-01-29 14:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV SI
07LJUBLJANA440	SLOVENIA ON 5TH SESSION OF UNHRC [...] Polecon Chief delivered reftel points to Smiljana Knez, Head of the Office for Human Rights at the MFA. Knez said she appreciated and shared much of the USG frustration with the recent session of the UNHRC. Though Slovenia did not become a member until June 19, she had been aware of the very [...]	2007-07-05 13:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL 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
07LJUBLJANA454	SLOVENIA ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (U) On July 4, the GOS officially endorsed the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principals. Post received a diplomatic note regarding the endorsement on July 9. 2. (SBU) A subsequent conversation between Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Office Director [...]	2007-07-16 15:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL 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
07LJUBLJANA469	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JULY GAERC [...] (C) Acting PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Office of EU Affairs representative Aljaz Arih July 18. Kosovo - Arih expressed hope that a UN resolution can be reached within the additional 120 days allocated for negotiation but is not optimistic. Slovenia has made no official deci [...]	2007-07-20 12:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA47	INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN SLOVENIA [...] Responding to reftel, Post has identified the following as the top five most influential women in Slovenia. -- Barbara Brezigar - State Prosecutor General and former Presidential Candidate; Office of the State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia, Dunajska cesta 22, 1511 Ljublana [...]	2007-01-29 15:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWNM EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA497	SLOVENES TO ATTEND 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officer Mateja Stojanovic informed Emboff on July 30 that Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel plan to attend the UN General Assembly meeting in New York City. Both will arrive in New York September 23 and depart September 2 [...]	2007-08-03 09:45:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP PREL OVIP UNGA EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA52	SLOVENIA: MOUNTAIN SCHOOL LOOKING FOR WAYS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a January 24 meeting with Lt. Miha Kuhar, the director of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) Mountain Warfare School, Kuhar eagerly embraced suggestions that the school partner with the U.S. Military's Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany and expressed [...]	2007-01-30 15:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PREL NATO 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
07LJUBLJANA547	SLOVENES SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 13:19:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAIR AORC ICAO SI
07LJUBLJANA558	SLOVENIA RENEWS ITS COMMITMENT TO NMT-I [...] (C) Slovenia has renewed its commitment to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) by deploying two fresh troops to Baghdad to replace two soldiers who returned to Slovenia as scheduled. An officer who will perform logistical base operations and a non-commissioned officer who will serve as [...]	2007-08-30 11:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SI
07LJUBLJANA559	SLOVENIA: TRAVEL BAN ON SYRIAN ACTIVIST RIAD SEIF [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting with Director General of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry's Directorate for European Affairs and Bilateral Political Relations Bogdan Benko, Charge d'Affaires requested that Slovenia issue a public statment similar to the Department's August 15 statement calling on th [...]	2007-08-30 11:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EUN JA KDEM PREL SA SY SI
07LJUBLJANA560	SLOVENIA RENEWS ITS COMMITMENT TO NMT-I [...] (C) Slovenia has renewed its commitment to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) by deploying two fresh troops to Baghdad to replace two soldiers who returned to Slovenia as scheduled. An officer who will perform logistical base operations and a non-commissioned officer who will serve as [...]	2007-08-30 12:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SI
07LJUBLJANA563	URGING SLOVENIAN SUPPORT FOR CONSENSUS PACKAGE ON [...] (C) In separate August 30 meetings with Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry's Security Policy Division and with Dr. Andrej Stritar, Director of the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, Charge d'Affaires urged Slovenia to support a consensus outcome, or, failing that, [...]	2007-08-30 13:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EG EUN PARM PREL IAEA IS JA SI
07LJUBLJANA581	SLOVENIA: TERRORIST FINANCE - PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) Pol/Econ Chief shared reftel's points with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Americas Division on a close hold basis. The MFA appreciated our pre-notification; however, they indicated that it was very doubtful that any of these individuals were active in Slovenia. COLEMAN [...]	2007-09-06 05:20:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA SI
07LJUBLJANA584	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER INFORMAL GYMNICH [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 3. 2. (C) PolEcon Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Office of EU Affairs representative Aljaz Arih on September 5. He said that he expected that most of the Gymnich would focus on Russia, rather than on other strategic partnerships with In [...]	2007-09-06 10:24:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN SI
07LJUBLJANA587	SLOVENE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) EmbOff delivered reftel points to MFA Office of International Organizations and Human Rights representative Nina Lenardic Purkart on September 6. She stated that Slovenia appreciates the U.S. position on these issues and offered the following: 2. (U) Despite U.S. concerns, Slovenia sup [...]	2007-09-10 14:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN UNGA SI
07LJUBLJANA590	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS NAC VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (C) EmbOff delivered reftel points to MFA Security Policy Division representative Mateja Kracun on September 10. She stated that the MFA had instructed its permanent representative to NATO to support North Atlantic Council Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's planned visit to SIPDIS T [...]	2007-09-11 15:29:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA60	SLOVENIA'S NEW UN AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON [...] (U) On January 30 Slovenia's newly appointed Ambassador to the United Nations Sanja Stiglic (pronounced SAN-ya SHTEE-glitz) paid a courtesy call on COM before her planned departure for the United States on February 3. Stiglic, a career diplomat, is the fourth Slovenian Ambassador to the Unite [...]	2007-01-31 14:57:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	OFDP PINR PREL UNGA 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
07LJUBLJANA606	SLOVENIA'S CONCERNS ABOUT EU BORDER MISSION FOR [...] (C) On September 20, Blaz Masle from the MFA's Division for Near East and Africa passed along the government's latest position on an EU Border Mission for the Lebanon-Syria border. Masle stated that Slovenia was in favor of a fact-finding mission once the EU received agreements from both gove [...]	2007-09-20 15:13:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA632	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER 15-16 FOREIGN [...] (U) This is an action request cable, please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) On October 9, P/E Chief delivered reftel's points to MFA Director of EU Affairs Matej Marn. He offered the following: WTO/DDA ------- 3. (C) Marn commented that WTO/DDA would be a short point on the GAERC agenda - Com [...]	2007-10-09 11:13:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS IZ
07LJUBLJANA639	SLOVENIA'S EU PRESIDENCY: THE CHALLENGES OF [...] (SBU) On October 2, CDA met with Ambassador Janez Premoze, Head of the COASI Working Group at the MFA Division for Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, to deliver a demarche on keeping pressure on the Burmese regime. The ensuing discussion revealed that Slovenia has very few diplomatic resources in [...]	2007-10-11 05:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA648	DEMARCHE ON IRAN TO SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) On October 12, Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel points to MFA State Secretary Matjaz Sinkovec and urged Slovenia to advocate for a strong GAERC statement on Iran. Sinkovec explained that while Slovenia preferred UN sanctions, it had no problem with discussions about autonomous European s [...]	2007-10-12 12:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR XF EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA660	SLOVENIA'S PLANNED ASSISTANCE TO EU ESDP RULE OF [...] (C) In an October 18 meeting, Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Security Policy Stanislav Vidovic told us that Slovenia's offer to provide pre-mission training to the core group of 20-25 of the ESDP Rule of Law Mission was "on track." At the October 10-11 EUPT Conference in P [...]	2007-10-18 14:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM EAID EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA666	SLOVENES FOCUSED ON BALKANS AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Slovene officials assured visiting EUR DAS Judy Garber October 4-5 that the GOS views the transatlantic relationship as vital even as it becomes increasingly immersed in the internal business of the EU Presidency. Garber welcomed Slovenia,s Presidency and stressed that the U.S. is looking [...]	2007-10-24 09:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN NATO PGOV PHUM ENRG SI
07LJUBLJANA669	SLOVENIA FOLLOWS EU STANCE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On October 22, Emboff met with Nina Lenardic Purkart from the Human Rights Division at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to solicit the Government of Slovenia's support for U.S. resolutions as outlined in reftel. Purkart stated that Slovenia is in line with the EU on the U.S. pr [...]	2007-10-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UN SI
07LJUBLJANA676	SLOVENIA: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered U.S. non-paper and fact sheet on October 25 after 9:00 am EST to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, per request reftel. A/DCM urged GOS officials to take parallel steps to isolate these entities from the international financial system and to d [...]	2007-10-25 15:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN SI
07LJUBLJANA681	SLOVENIA DISASTER DECLARATION [...] I am declaring a disaster in Slovenia for the loss of lives, property, livelihoods, and serious damage to infrastructure caused by a surprise flood that damaged one-third of the Republic of Slovenia. I hereby request $50,000 for disaster relief from USAID/OFDA. 2. On September 18, 2007, Pr [...]	2007-10-26 14:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA683	SLOVENIA: ALIGNED WITH EU POLICY ON COMBATTING PKK [...] (S) In an October 26 meeting with Ambassador Andrej Grasseli of the MFA's Department for Southeastern Europe and Turkey, A/DCM drew upon reftel's points to raise U.S. concerns about the rise in PKK attacks and the need for concrete actions to stop this terrorist threat. After condemning the P [...]	2007-10-26 15:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA684	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 15:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN SI
07LJUBLJANA685	SLOVENIA WILL VOTE FOR DAVID WALKER FOR UN [...] (C) On October 30, EmbOff met with Blazka Kepic, head of the United Nations System Section of the MFA's Division for International Organizations and Human Security, to urge Slovenia to instruct its delegation to the UN in New York to vote for Mr. Walker in the Independent Audit Advisory Commi [...]	2007-10-30 14:54:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC UN UNGA SI
07LJUBLJANA688	SLOVENIA CONSIDERING THEMES FOR FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) In an October 30 meeting with Andrej Svetlicic from the Legal Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Emboffs invited Svetlicic and other senior Slovenian officials attending the Lisbon financial sanctions workshop to meet on November 28, immediately after the Portuguese-hosted wo [...]	2007-10-30 15:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PTER KTFN EUN 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
07LJUBLJANA701	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY AGENDA AT 4TH [...] (C) On November 6, EmbOff met with Blazka Kepic, head of United Nations System Section of the MFA's Division for International Organizations and Human Security, to inquire about Slovenia's delegation list to the 4th Community of Democracies (CD) Meeting, urge the GOS to support the draft decl [...]	2007-11-06 14:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA 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
07LJUBLJANA705	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS PRESSING GOR ON ODHIR, BUT NOT [...] (C) On November 9, Emboff delivered reftel points to Damjan Bergant, Section Head for OSCE in the MFA Division for International Organizations and Human Security. Bergant stated that Slovenia shares US disappointment in the GOR's approach to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and H [...]	2007-11-09 13:10:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM RS 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
07LJUBLJANA718	SLOVENIA: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Slovenia has continued to make progress in 2007 in combatting trafficking in persons (TIP) through its actions on several fronts, per reftel. In September 2007, the Slovene court in Novo Mesto convicted four people for TIP-related offenses, including two citizens of Slovakia. Moreover, [...]	2007-11-16 13:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG SI
07LJUBLJANA724	FOREIGN MINISTER RUPEL DENIES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Rupel requested a meeting with Charge November 22 to discuss charges by many journalists that the Jansa government is exerting indirect pressure on the media and restricting press freedom in Slovenia. Rupel fully dismissed the allegations, pointing to the broadly critical [...]	2007-11-23 12:36:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA728	SLOVENIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) On November 27, EmbOff met with Blazka Kepic, head of the United Nations System Section of the MFA's Division for International Organizations and Human Security, to urge Slovenia to vote against UNGA resolutions with anti-Israel bias, per reftel. Kepic asserted that Slovenia and other EU [...]	2007-11-27 14:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS SI
07LJUBLJANA736	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS US PROPOSALS ON MD AND CFE [...] (C) On November 30, EmbOff used reftel points to brief MFA Security Division Director Stanislav Vidovic on U.S. proposals for Missile Defense (MD) and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Vidovic stated that Slovenia supports both U.S. proposals. Regarding MD, Slovenia supports al [...]	2007-11-30 12:36:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO SI
07LJUBLJANA740	SLOVENIA: GOS WILL PUSH FOR ISAF OMLT [...] (C) In a November 30 discussion, MFA Security Policy Division Director Stanislav Vidovic told EmbOff that although Slovenia does not have any intention to increase its troop levels in Afghanistan, nor to remove any functional or regional caveats from its troops, there is a political push to re [...]	2007-12-04 17:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA747	SLOVENIA ON ENCOURAGING RAPID LEBANESE [...] (C) In a December 6 meeting with the MFA's European Correspondent, Aljaz Arih, Emboff urged that the Government of Slovenia (GOS) include in its public statements and private messages to key players expressions of support for immediate Lebanese presidential elections being held without linkage [...]	2007-12-07 05:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY SI
07LJUBLJANA748	SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PLANS TO GO TO PARIS [...] (SBU) ADCM met with MFA contacts on December 6 and urged that FM Rupel attend the Paris Donors Conference and that Slovenia make an assistance pledge. MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih said that FM Rupel planned to attend the December 17 conference and would announce a contribution from Slovenia [...]	2007-12-07 09:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT PGOV KWBG KPAL IS SI
07LJUBLJANA749	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF DECEMBER 10-11 GAERC [...] (U) Emboff delivered Department's points to the MFA's EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih on December 6. EU Enlargement -------------- 2. (C) Arih said that Slovenia, as one of the strongest advocates for EU enlargement, agreed with our points. He noted that the EU was still drafting the Europe [...]	2007-12-07 10:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV IR IS BM SY
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
07LJUBLJANA757	SLOVENIA AGREES WITH U.S. VIEWS TO RESOLVE KOSOVO [...] (C) In a December 12 meeting with ADCM, MFA Director for Southeastern Europe Leon Marc expressed agreement with U.S. views to resolve Kosovo status (reftel). Marc asked about the timeline for a coordinated declaration of independence, explaining that Slovenia was not just looking at Serbian p [...]	2007-12-12 11:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV YI 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
07LJUBLJANA762	SLOVENIAN POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS TRACKS EU [...] (U) On December 11, Emboff delivered reftel points and nonpapers to MFA Security Policy Division Minister Counselor Irina Gorsic, who related that Slovenia supports the common EU position on cluster munitions in both the Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) framework and the Oslo Process. Gorsic [...]	2007-12-14 09:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PARM PREL 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
07LJUBLJANA99	SLOVENIA EXTENDS HEAD TRAINER AT THE JORDAN [...] (U) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy staffer Igor Jukic and to Ministry of Interior European Affairs and International Cooperation Office Head Lilijana Sipec on February 14. On February 20, Ms. Sipec told PolMilOff that the GoS has approved th [...]	2007-02-21 11:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR PREL SI
07LOME159	DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA: TOGO [...] Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Zarifou Ayeva February 22 to discuss the crisis in Guinea and left a French version of Embassy Conakry's press statement. Ambassador encouraged Togo to use its influence within ECOWAS to press for an end to the State of Siege and a permanent resolution of [...]	2007-02-22 17:33:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH PGOV PREL TO
07LOME186	TOGO - ELECTORAL COMMISSION'S ACTIVITIES - 2007 [...] Summary: Togo's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has made institutional and logistics progress in a number of key areas toward legislative elections, officially scheduled for June 24. However, many believe that implementation of the new election system and voting logistics will [...]	2007-03-06 15:05:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR TO
07LOME210	DONORS DISCUSS TOGO ELECTION PROGRESS [...] Ambassador and DCM attended an expanded donors "Group of Five" meeting on March 9 called by German Ambassador Hubert Kolb. Also present were the Ambassador of France and his DCM, the Delegate from the EU and his DCM, the Resident Representative of UNDP, the Resident Representative of the UN Hi [...]	2007-03-14 17:04:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL EAID TO
07LOME257	FRANCOPHONIE ELECTION EVALUATION MISSION VISITS [...] (SBU) Summary: A technical evaluation mission from the Intergovernmental Francophone Agency (Francophonie),led by Nelson Messone, called on Ambassador on March 28 and shared observations of the political situation in Togo in the run up to legislative elections scheduled for June 24. The group [...]	2007-04-02 16:34:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL TO
07LOME329	TOGO - PROGRESS IN PREPARING 2007 LEGISLATIVE [...] Summary: The GoT and the Electoral Commission, in consultation with the EU and UNDP, are moving ahead slowly with preparations for the legislative elections scheduled for June 24. According to the press, few believe the June 24 date will hold. UNDP experts say elections are not possible bef [...]	2007-05-08 12:04:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM TO
07LOME331	TOGO -- FIRST MEETING OF NATIONAL COUNCIL TO FIGHT [...] (U) Charge attended the first session of the CNLS/IST (National Committee for the Fight Against HIV/AIDS and Sexually-Transmitted Diseases) on March 30. The session was presided over by President Faure Gnassingbe, who is the Chairman of the CNLS. The CNLS presented a strategy document for fi [...]	2007-05-09 14:19:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI TBIO EAID TO KHIV
07LOME332	TOGO -- 47TH INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION [...] (U) Charge attended the celebration of Togo's Independence on April 27th, held in Dapaong, the northernmost city in Togo. About 15,000 people, military and civilian, marched in the parade. The location and size of the celebration might be taken as an indication of the evolution of national [...]	2007-05-09 14:38:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TO
07LOME40	REINFORCING PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON IRAQ: TOGO [...] Ambassador presented a copy of President's January 10 address to Foreign Minister Zarifou Ayeva on January 11 and briefed the Minister on the new Iraq strategy. 2. Ambassador emphasized the themes of stability and importance of moderates gaining the upper hand over extremists in Baghdad a [...]	2007-01-12 09:22:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ TO
07LOME495	TOGO - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES A LAW ON GOVERNMENT [...] In compliance with the Global Political Accord (GPA),Togo's National Assembly passed a law on June 27 setting the rules and the conditions for government financing of political parties. The law stipulates that the government will budget for and grant funds to political parties in proportion to [...]	2007-07-06 12:25:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR TO
07LOME553	TOGO: VOTER REGISTRATION LAUNCHES WITH SOME FLAWS [...] SUMMARY: Togo completed on July 22 the first week of voter registration to mixed reviews. Representatives from six political parties have worked collegially during the week to administer the registration process, and there have been no allegations of fraud. However, mechanical and logistical [...]	2007-07-26 16:07:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TO KDEM
07LOME562	TOGOLESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 16:36:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA 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
07LOME782	TOGO: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Kodjo Menan, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on SIPDIS November 7, 2007. Menan replied that the GOT does not support terrorism and if there is an organization that supports terrorism, the government will not collaborate with [...]	2007-11-07 13:25:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN TO
07LOME783	TOGO: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 13:44:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC TO
07LONDON104	ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER EO 13382: [...] (S/NF) Summary: The UK views the U.S. designation of Bank Sepah under Executive Order 13382 as a "significant ratcheting up of pressure on Iran" and supports our view that the designation is consistent with the language of UNSCR 1737. The UK would appreciate information on how the designatio [...]	2007-01-10 15:34:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL KNNP KN PARM EFIN FR GE IT UK
07LONDON1142	UK OPPOSED TO PERMANENT EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 17:15:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHCR UK
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
07LONDON1625	NO FURTHER UK INFORMATION ON IDENTIFIERS -- FINAL [...] (CO) Embassy delivered list of entities and persons named in ref A points on April 25 to Mark Peters, Iran Team Leader at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Peters said the UK Government has no identifier information related to the entities listed reftel. 2. (CO) Poloff noted that, per [...]	2007-05-01 17:35:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EXIM MNUC OECD PREL UNSC AA UK
07LONDON1666	HMG RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-03 09:12:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD UK
07LONDON1828	(S/NF) BANK SEPAH INTERNATIONAL: ASSETS PROMPTLY [...] (S/NF) The Bank of England, acting as an agent of Her Majesty's Treasury, froze the assets of Bank Sepah International "within minutes" of the approval of UNSCR 1747, according to Patrick Guthrie, Head of the Financial Sanction Unit at HM Treasury. Simultaneously with the freeze of Bank Sepah [...]	2007-05-14 14:15:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KNNP IR PARM PREL UK
07LONDON1873	(C) SUDAN: FCO ON NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR [...] (C) The UK agrees with the thrust of reftel and is delivering supportive messages to the African Union (AU),according to Bruce Bucknell, Deputy Head of the FCO Sudan Unit. He told Poloffs May 16 that the British ambassador in Addis Ababa had spoken with AU Commission Chair Konare on May 14; [...]	2007-05-16 15:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU UK
07LONDON1893	(C) ROSUKRENERGO: HM TREASURY TO ALERT REGULATORS [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the head of HM Treasury's Financial Crime Team Sean Byrne and to Foreign and Commonwealth Office desk officer Jasper Thornton. Byrne said that issues surrounding a possible initial public offering (IPO) for RosUkrEnergo "resonate well here," noting that [...]	2007-05-18 09:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM PREL UP UK
07LONDON1947	BROWN'S ECONOMIC PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES [...] (C) Gordon Brown is the longest continuously serving Chancellor of the Exchequer since 1823. During his ten year reign, Brown has enjoyed tremendous authority and autonomy in managing the UK's economy. As a result, Brown is expected to continue the economic and financial policies he developed [...]	2007-05-21 13:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN PGOV PBIO 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

07LONDON2182	UK SHARES CONCERNS ON THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (C) HMG is "on the same page" regarding growing Iran-Venezula ties, FCO Venezuela Desk Officer Peter Kay told us May 17. Kay, who had visited Caracas the previous week, had discussed the Iran-Venezuela relationship with numerous interlocutors; he noted Venezula at that point had just announc [...]	2007-06-06 17:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KPRP PGOV PHUM IR UK VE LG

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