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08RIODEJANEIRO172	AMB. LAGON VISITS RIO DE JANEIRO TO DISCUSS TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) visited Rio de Janeiro on June 21-23 as part of a multi-city trip to Brazil. He consulted with various members of the NGO and academic community on the sexual exp [...]	2008-07-01 12:05:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI BR

08RIODEJANEIRO180	Petrobras Workers To Launch 5-Day Strike in Campos Basin, [...] Summary. Workers for Brazil's oil giant Petrobras will begin a five-day strike in the Campos Basin on July 14. The employees are demanding additional compensation for travel days used to depart oil platforms after 14-day shifts. Separately, the oil workers union is considering a further nat [...]	2008-07-11 19:23:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO19	U.S. OIL COMPANIES ON INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The US Commercial Service in Rio organized an oil roundtable discussion with US oil companies and Ambassador Sobel on January 8, 2008. The CEOs of Chevron, Exxon Mobil, Devon Energy, Anadarko, and Hess Corporation briefed Ambassador Sobel on the investment climate for foreign [...]	2008-01-28 16:36:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO205	Petrobras Launches Biofuels Subsidiary [...] Summary. This week, Brazil's semi-public oil company Petrobras will launch a new subsidiary to run its growing biofuels operations, looking towards building production capacity to meet growing global demand for ethanol exports. The new subsidiary, called Petrobras Biocombustivel, will coordi [...]	2008-07-30 13:00:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO215	Rio de Janeiro Sets Up Municipal Election Task Force to [...] Summary. In advance of the October municipal elections, a new trend has emerged involving the use of intimidation to organize and deliver massive voter blocks from favela communities to candidates willing to align themselves with drug traffickers and militias. The Brazilian Federal Police, [...]	2008-08-11 11:14:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV SOCI BR
08RIODEJANEIRO235	Brazil to Resume Oil Auctions in December 2008 [...] Brazil's National Energy Policy Council has authorized the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) to host an auction to license oil and gas rights on December 18, 2008. However, no offshore blocks will be offered at the "10th Round" auction to the disappointment of many industry representatives. Li [...]	2008-09-05 10:55:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO236	Prominent Brazilians Ponder Foreign Policy Challenges and [...] (U) Summary. The Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) commemorated its 10th anniversary with a special forum in Rio de Janeiro on September 2, 2008 which featured prominent Brazilian policymakers and academics speaking on the theme of "Challenges to Brazil's Foreign Policy." [...]	2008-09-05 14:44:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ETRD ECIN BR
08RIODEJANEIRO237	Brazil Oil and Gas - Update on Pre-Salt E&P [...] This cable is intended to provide an update on exploration and production activity as it relates to pre-salt oil reserves in Brazil. Pre-salt refers to a 500-mile wide "new frontier" area in Brazil, located under a thick layer of salt -- 350 miles off of Brazil's southeastern coast at an aver [...]	2008-09-05 17:55:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO239	Rio de Janeiro Pol/Econ Round-Up, July/August 2008 [...] The following are highlights of Political/Economic activity in Rio de Janeiro's reporting district during the months of July-August 2008. - GOB Considers Privatizing Rio International Airport - Armed Forces Deployed to Rio for Municipal Elections - Former Rio Governors Indicted for Corrupt [...]	2008-09-09 18:59:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EAIR PGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KPLS SNAR SOCI BR
08RIODEJANEIRO244	Petrobras Announces 3-5 Billion Barrels in Iara Field, [...] Petrobras has announced that its Santos Basin pre-salt "Iara" field holds an estimated recoverable volume of 3-4 billion barrels of light oil and natural gas. Relevant test well data reveals that recoverable volume ranges are significantly better than initially forecast. The Iara field is lo [...]	2008-09-11 14:32:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO245	(Corrected) Petrobras Announces 3-4 Billion Barrels in [...] Petrobras has announced that its Santos Basin pre-salt "Iara" field holds an estimated recoverable volume of 3-4 billion barrels of light oil and natural gas. Relevant test well data reveals that recoverable volume ranges are significantly better than initially forecast. The Iara field is lo [...]	2008-09-11 16:56:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO276	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR SOBEL PROMOTES COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES [...] Summary. On September 17, 2008, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Clifford Sobel welcomed approximately 80 representatives from U.S. firms to a seminar at the Rio Oil and Gas Expo 2008 to discuss commercial opportunities in the energy sector. The seminar, organized by the U.S. Commercial Service, fe [...]	2008-10-02 15:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EPET ENRG BR
08RIODEJANEIRO280	BRAZIL, PETROBRAS APPEAR AMBIVALENT ON ECUADOR OIL [...] (U) Jose Sergio Gabrielli, President of Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas company Petrobras, said October 7 that the company would not renegotiate with the Government of Ecuador on its oil production in the country. The statement was made during the inauguration of Petrobras' P-51 platfor [...]	2008-10-08 17:05:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL EC AR NI AO LY IN TZ PK
08RIODEJANEIRO288	U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENTS IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary. U/S Jeffery visited Rio de Janeiro on October 2, 2008 as part of his trip to Brazil. Accompanied by WHA PDAS Craig Kelly and Special Energy Advisor Greg Manuel, U/S Jeffery met with representatives from the U.S. oil and gas industry, industry association IBP (Brazilian Institute [...]	2008-10-16 18:26:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO295	NO TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL, BRAZIL'S [...] Summary. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations in Vienna, Greg Schulte, visited Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 17 as part of his trip to the region, including Brasilia, Santiago and Buenos Aires (SEPTELS),for consultations on non-proliferation issues. In meetings with Brazil's nuclear re [...]	2008-10-22 15:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ENRG EIND EMIN AR BR
08RIODEJANEIRO298	MID-SIZED BRAZILIAN BANKS EXPERIENCING LIQUIDITY PROBLEMS, [...] Summary. Mid-sized banks in Brazil are experiencing liquidity problems since the onset of the global financial crisis, BBM Bank CEO Pedro Mariani Bittencourt told Amb. Sobel on October 20. Bittencourt predicted further global market volatility over the next few months, which will continue to [...]	2008-10-28 10:15:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN BR
08RIODEJANEIRO301	RIO DE JANEIRO POL/ECON ROUNDUP FOR SEPT-OCT 2008 [...] The following are highlights of Political/Economic activity in Rio de Janeiro's reporting district during the months of September-October 2008. -Municipal Elections -High Profile Murders in Rio de Janeiro -Brazil Mining Giant Vale Posts Record Profit Despite Crisis -Petrobras Launches Firs [...]	2008-10-30 12:13:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM EMIN ENRG EPET BR
08RIODEJANEIRO302	BRAZIL-PETROBRAS AND CUBA-PETROLEO TO SIGN OIL DEAL, LOW [...] Summary. Brazil's Petrobras will partner with its Cuban counterpart, Cuba-Petroleo (Cupet),for offshore oil exploration and production in Cuban waters, according to Brazilian officials. The agreement between Petrobras and Cuba-Petrol will be finalized and signed during the Brazilian Preside [...]	2008-10-30 16:04:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG CU BR
08RIODEJANEIRO304	MORE DETAILS OF PETROBAS-CUPET DEAL [...] Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras signed an agreement on October 31 to explore for oil in Cuba's still untapped offshore fields, which Cuban energy officials say may hold more than 20 billion barrels of reserves. Petrobras agreed to make an initial investment of USD 8 million t [...]	2008-10-31 18:31:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG CU BR
08RIODEJANEIRO322	ITC Specialist Discusses Ethanol in Rio de Janeiro [...] On October 21-22, International Trade Commission Trade Specialist Douglass Newman, accompanied by Senior Pol/Econ Specialist, visited Rio de Janeiro to meet with Brazilian contacts on ethanol issues. Mr. Newman's focus is ethanol trade and specifically CBI quota issues. Newmann also had meeti [...]	2008-11-28 11:23:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD BR
08RIODEJANEIRO337	BRAZIL OIL & GAS - BID ROUND 10 [...] Summary. On December 18, 2008, Brazil held its 10th Bid Round to license oil and gas exploration rights. Unlike past auctions, Bid Round 10 only offered onshore blocks (offshore opportunities are on hold until the government decides how it wants to handle the "pre-salt" region). Results of [...]	2008-12-18 19:03:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
08RIODEJANEIRO346	READOUT OF BRAZIL-EU SUMMIT, DECEMBER 22-23, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: Brazilian President Lula hosted the second European Union (EU) - Brazil Summit in Rio de Janeiro on December 22-23, 2008. The EU was represented by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and EU Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso. The international financial and economic c [...]	2008-12-24 17:04:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ENRG EPET SENV FR RS EU BR
08RIODEJANEIRO347	Brazil Telecom Operators To Cooperate With Police On [...] Brazilian telecommunications companies TIM (Italian majority-owned),Oi, and Brasil Telecom signed a cooperation deal on December 17, 2008 with the country's police authorities for quick supply of data in the investigation of internet child pornography cases. Representatives of the federal go [...]	2008-12-24 17:04:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT PGOV PHUM KCRM BR
08RIODEJANEIRO35	BRAZILIAN NATIONAL OIL AGENCY WELCOMES US PARTNERSHIPS, [...] Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Haroldo Lima, Director General Florival Rodrigues de Carvalho, General Manager of Planning and Research, and Durval Barrros, General Manager of Institutional Communication of the National Oil Agency (ANP) on February 15, 2008. They discussed potential synergi [...]	2008-02-26 19:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EET PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO43	CODEL MARKEY EXPLORES BRAZILIAN BIOFUELS AND FLEXFUEL [...] Summary: On February 18-19 Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA),Chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, led a congressional delegation to Rio de Janeiro to learn more about the market aspects of Brazil's sugarcane ethanol industry, renewable energy policy, flexfuel automobil [...]	2008-03-04 19:19:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO89	Minister of Industry and Commerce Discusses Possible [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, 2008, Brazilian Minister of Industry and Commerce Miguel Jorge and Ambassador Sobel discussed Minister Jorge's upcoming visit to Washington DC for the CEO Forum Meeting at the end of April. Ambassador Sobel stressed the importance of showing concrete results from the [...]	2008-04-14 14:43:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN EINV EAIR CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL BR
08RIODEJANEIRO91	BRAZIL'S CHIEF PETROLEUM REGULATOR INADVERTANTLY CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil National Petroleum Agency (ANP) Director Haroldo Lima is under fire and, some speculate, may lose his job for confirming what petroleum industry insiders have believed for some time -- that, at a depth of around 4000 meters in the Santos Basin off the coast of Sao Paulo, [...]	2008-04-15 19:16:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08RIYADH1151	STEEL MARKET ILLUSTRATES CHALLENGES IN REALIZING [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Gulf countries eager to translate windfall oil profits into global commercial leadership, the GCC project market has boomed, recently surpassing two trillion USD - more than double the combined GDP of the GCC economies. With massive industrial, utility, and real estate proje [...]	2008-07-27 05:11:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD SA
08RIYADH592	HUMAN RESOURCES DEVOTED TO ENERGY ISSUES [...] (U) This message is cleared by DOE/OE Assistant Secretary Kolevar. SIPDIS 2. (U) Per reftel B request, the State Department expended $275,269 on personnel costs to cover energy-related issues at Mission Saudi Arabia during the last year, and an additional $27,538 in program funds for [...]	2008-04-08 13:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	APER EPET ENERG SA
08ROME126	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: While the Government of Italy (GOI) continues to court foreign investors, economic reforms or other steps to ensure a more welcoming investment climate have been modest. Recent positive developments include passage of a more efficient bankruptcy law and the incorporation of the EU T [...]	2008-01-29 10:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
08ROME1326	ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES UNDER THE ITALIAN G8 PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff met with key Italian officials to review early ideas and plans for environmental issues under the Italian G8 Presidency, with particular reference to the G8 Environment Ministerial. Key issues discussed include: Mini [...]	2008-11-03 07:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG EAID EFIN EAGR IT
08ROME1327	ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES UNDER THE ITALIAN G8 PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff met with key Italian officials to review early ideas and plans for environmental issues under the Italian G8 Presidency, with particular reference to the G8 Environment Ministerial. Key issues discussed include: Mini [...]	2008-11-03 07:39:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG EAID EFIN EAGR IT
08ROME1354	WASHINGTON WORLD ECONOMY SUMMIT - MORE ON ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary -- A top advisor to the Minister of Economics and Finance told econoffs November 5 that Italy's objectives for November 15 are modest, rooted in the realization that the Washington summit will be just the first of a multi-step process to address problems in the global financial reg [...]	2008-11-06 17:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EU IT
08ROME1363	WASHINGTON SUMMIT - ITALIAN POSITION PULLED IN [...] (C) Summary -- An advisor to Italian Economics and Finance Minister Tremonti foreshadowed a quite different Italian position on financial market reform than post has heard from other Finance Ministry and Bank of Italy officials (reftel). In particular, in a conversation November 7 we were told [...]	2008-11-10 07:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EU IT
08ROME1389	RIO-PLUS-20 CONFERENCE: EU ASKS BRAZIL TO POSTPONE UN [...] (SBU) On 3 November 2008, SCICouns delivered reftel points, regarding Brazilian and South Korean proposals to host a Sustainable Development Summit in 2012 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1992 "Rio Earth Summit," to Italian Foreign Ministry Environment, Energy and Sustainable Developm [...]	2008-11-14 15:32:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AORC PREL EUN IO IT
08ROME1445	ITALY REDUCES IRAN EXPORT CREDIT AND INSURANCE [...] (C) Summary: SACE, the Italian government's export credit agency and foreign investment promotion and insurance arm, has over the last 12 months substantially reduced its exposure to Iran because of uncertainty surrounding future sanctions. SACE's Chief Economist told post that this reduction [...]	2008-11-28 13:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EFIN ETRD IT IR
08ROME1484	BERLUSCONI ADVISER SAYS PM "IRRITATED" BY UK, [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: Italian energy official Sergio Garribba told us on December 5 that PM Berlusconi is "irritated" by efforts by Britain and France to shift energy and finance issues away from the G8 and into the G20. Garribba told us that Berlusconi is concerned about these moves and sees t [...]	2008-12-08 09:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EFIN OVIP PREL PGOV IT
08ROME1539	ITALIAN SHERPA MASSOLO SEEKS USG VIEWS ON G8 [...] (C) Summary: Italian G8 Sherpa Giampiero Massolo told the DCM on December 15 that Italy wants to resist pressures to expand the G8 format during its 2009 Presidency. He asked whether the new U.S. Administration would favor another Major Economies leaders' Meeting (MEM) at the Summit to deal wi [...]	2008-12-19 08:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID SENV IT
08ROME1540	ITALIAN SHERPA MASSOLO SEEKS USG VIEWS ON G8 [...] (C) Summary: Italian G8 Sherpa Giampiero Massolo told the DCM on December 15 that Italy wants to resist pressures to expand the G8 format during its 2009 Presidency. He asked whether the new U.S. Administration would favor another Major Economies leaders' Meeting (MEM) at the Summit to deal wi [...]	2008-12-19 08:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID SENV OVIP OTRA IT
08ROME54	ITALY: POL DIRECTOR TELLS U/S ROOD ITALY SUPPORTS [...] (C) Italian MFA Political Director Terzi told U/S Rood that Italy supported additional measures to encourage Iran to suspend uranium enrichment (with a strong preference for a UNSCR, but also expressing openness to EU action). Terzi said the GOI believed in continuing the two-tracked approach [...]	2008-01-15 09:15:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KNNP XF IT
08ROME587	ITALIANS TELL WHA A/S SHANNON THEY WILL CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. On May 2 WHA A/S Thomas Shannon met with Giovan Battista Verderame, MFA Director General for Latin American Affairs, and his staff to discuss recent developments in the region. Verderame said Italy's commercial relationship and large expatriate community meant Italy needed a str [...]	2008-05-12 06:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT
08SANJOSE1005	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LEAVITT'S RETURN VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Secretary Leavitt and his delegation. Since the Secretary's March 2007 visit, the Arias administration has made progress on key elements of its 2006-2010 agenda, most notably completing requirements to join the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Repu [...]	2008-12-31 18:00:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO ECON PREL PGOV SOCI OSCI OTRA OVIP CS
08SANJOSE160	COSTA RICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL COSTELLO [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to the Congressional Delegation led by Congressman Jerry F. Costello. The other members of the delegation are: Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR); Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL); Rep. Henry E. Brown (R-SC); Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA); Rep. Mazie Hirono [...]	2008-02-28 14:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CS
08SANJOSE232	U/S PADILLA URGES COSTA RICA TO IMPLEMENT CAFTA [...] SUMMARY. In a timely and highly effective visit to Costa Rica, February 28-29, Commerce U/S Chris Padilla delivered a clear and consistent message to local audiences that Costa Rica needed to finish CAFTA implementation quickly, and that the US was eager to begin working with Costa Rican coun [...]	2008-03-19 21:19:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CS
08SANJOSE288	DAS MADISON URGES CAFTA IMPLEMENTATION, DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. WHA DAS Kirsten Madison visited Costa Rica March 31-April 3 to urge the GOCR to quickly pass CAFTA implementation laws and address growing domestic security problems. President Oscar Arias said he expected the CAFTA legislation would be passed in the next three months and he p [...]	2008-04-18 14:47:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SNAR CS
08SANJOSE540	HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY! COSTA RICA AND CHINA [...] (C) As Costa Rica's diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China turn one year old, the David-and-Goliath-sized arrangement continues to work for the benefit of both nations. While China's generous political and financial support to Costa Rica could be short-lived and Costa Rica's [...]	2008-06-23 22:46:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD ENRG ENVI MASS XK CS CU
08SANJOSE610	COSTA RICA: 63RD UNGA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, we confirmed with the MFA that the Costa Rican delegation to the UNGA will include President Oscar Arias and FonMin Bruno Stagno. The two dignitaries will be attending a summit in Brazil and then will arrive in New York on Sept. 21 or 22 (still tentative). The rest [...]	2008-07-23 21:09:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CS
08SANJOSE631	COSTA RICA INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN AMERICAS [...] (U) On July 30, we delivered reftel to Antonio Alarcon, FonMin's Chief of Staff, who replied that he would ask President Arias when he returned soon from a state visit to Brazil. 2. (SBU) We understand that Arias will be arriving in New York on September 21 or 22 for the UNGA. Post believe [...]	2008-07-30 21:56:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD XK XL XM XR XS CS
08SANJOSE763	COSTA RICA: AUGUST 28 UNSC BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Acting A/S Brian Hook's August 28 bilateral consultations with the MFA on UNSC matters were successful in bringing the U.S. and the GOCR to mutual understanding - if not agreement - on a range of UNSC issues. A/S Hook lobbied the MFA for greater cooperation on speed in the UN [...]	2008-09-23 13:23:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ PGOV PINR PREL UNSC UN CS
08SANJOSE827	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT ARIAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two meetings held in the presidential office complex on September 30, President Oscar Arias and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, joined by senior staff, discussed a wide range of political and trade issues centered on Costa Rican entry into CAFTA. Arias emphasized the p [...]	2008-10-17 20:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OVIP PGOV PINR PREL CS
08SANJOSE882	GOCR FEARS THAT LAX ECUADOR VISA POLICY IS FUELING [...] (C) "Ecuador is causing instability for all America" since it dropped its tourist visa requirements for all nationalities in June, according to Mario Zamora, head of the GOCR General Directorate of Immigration (DGI, Spanish acronym). GOCR Immigration officials that traveled to Ecuador in Octo [...]	2008-11-12 22:09:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD EC KTIP CS
08SANJOSE925	GOCR FEARS THAT LAX ECUADOR VISA POLICY IS FUELING [...] (SBU) This is the unclassified version of San Jose 882, being transmitted at the request of the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center (HSTC). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) GOCR Immigration officials who traveled to Ecuador in October reported that approximately 10,000 Chinese had e [...]	2008-11-26 17:33:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD EC KTIP CS
08SANSALVADOR1037	FMLN CANDIDATE FUNES ON WIRETAPS, PARTISANSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: FMLN Presidential Candidate Mauricio Funes told us August 26 the FMLN supported in principle legislation to legalize wiretapping for law enforcement, but could not support the constitutional amendment currently before the Assembly. He had waffled on this in public earlier in the [...]	2008-08-29 18:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1133	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF SALVADORAN ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel, Embassy San Salvador Country Team assesses that the issues influencing voters are primarily, but not exclusively, economic. Public security and justice issues remain important. There are a number of ongoing programs that offer us the ability to make a high [...]	2008-09-26 16:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1139	FMLN VP CANDIDATE SANCHEZ CEREN: HARD-LINER'S SOFT [...] (C) Summary: FMLN VP candidate Salvador Sanchez Ceren told us the (left-wing) FMLN would, if they win the March 2009 elections, reprioritize domestic spending to social needs like health and education, would maintain CAFTA-DR, and not toy with the dollarized Salvadoran economy at the beginning [...]	2008-09-26 22:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR1215	2008 WHA CONFERENCE PROVIDES ENTRY LEVEL [...] Summary: Embassy San Salvador hosted the 2008 WHA Entry Level Professionals Conference from October 8-10. Speakers led discussions on creative approaches toward diplomacy, the importance of focusing on democratic governments and free trade despite vocal opposition in the region, and the future [...]	2008-10-24 17:47:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ES
08SANSALVADOR1261	IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT CONCLUDES WITH LITTLE FANFARE [...] (C) Summary: Ibero-American heads of state and government gathered in San Salvador October 29-31 for the eighteenth Ibero-American Summit. The intended focus of the session, youth and development issues, took a backseat to economic concerns. The summit culminated with the signing of the Decl [...]	2008-11-07 17:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR185	WTO DEMARCHE - U.S./EC TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL [...] (U) SUMMARY. Deputy Econ Counselor and European Union Head of Mission Wouter Wilton jointly delivered reftel demarche to Francisco Lima, El Salvador's Ambassador to the WTO, on February 13. Lima was accompanied by staff from the Ministry of Economy's CAFTA-DR office. Lima also raised El Salva [...]	2008-02-15 14:23:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO ES
08SANSALVADOR419	El SALVADOR: ECONOMIC AND TRADE UPDATE APRIL 2008 [...] Summary. According to Central Bank of El Salvador figures, El Salvador achieved 4.7% GDP growth in 2007, driven by increases in agriculture, the financial sector, retail, and transportation, communications and storage. Inflation remained stable at 4.9%. The current account deficit increased by [...]	2008-04-07 19:57:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR530	El SALVADOR: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (U) Per reftel A tasker, Post's responses on the impact of rising food prices are categorized below. Demand ------ 2. (U) The main staples of the population are small red kidney beans, white corn tortillas, and, to a lesser extent, rice. Wheat is used in the production of artisan brea [...]	2008-05-02 21:44:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ES
08SANSALVADOR689	FMLN CANDIDATE IDENTIFIES PROBLEMS, OFFERS FEW [...] (C) Summary: FMLN presidential candidate Mauricio Funes addressed the diplomatic corps June 4. He discussed his experience as a journalist, identified looming fiscal problems as a priority issue for the next government and reiterated his support for CAFTA-DR. He lamented persistent media com [...]	2008-06-11 14:27:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR738	FMLN CRITICIZES SALVADORAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: The Farabundo Marti Front for the National Liberation (FMLN) hosted representatives from the diplomatic community to hear its perspective and analysis ahead of the 2009 legislative and presidential elections. The FMLN criticized the government's failure to carry out OAS recommend [...]	2008-06-20 21:45:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES
08SANTIAGO1013	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - NOVEMBER 15-17 [...] THE ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (ANEFE) DID NOT ACCEPT THE GOVERNMENT'S SALARY ADJUSTMENT AND CALLED FOR AN INDEFINITE NATIONAL STRIKE BEGINNING TODAY THAT WILL AFFECT HEALTH SERVICES, CUSTOMS, PORTS, AND SCHOOLS; RICARDO LAGOS OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED THE PPD'S NOMINATION TO RUN IN THE CONCERT [...]	2008-11-18 10:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
08SANTIAGO1046	ENERGY MINISTER TOUTS RENEWABLE ENERGY GOAL TO VISITING [...] SUMMARY: During a Nov. 10 meeting with visiting members of Congress and the Ambassador, Energy Minister Marcelo Tokman highlighted Chile's dependence on foreign energy supplies and said the country intends to work towards a goal of meeting 20% of domestic energy needs through renewable source [...]	2008-12-01 17:26:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV PGOV TRGY CI AR
08SANTIAGO1055	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 3 [...] Chilean headlines noted that former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt will meet with President Bachelet today. Dailies also highlighted government coalition opposition Senators expressed their willingness to discuss the education law that will go to Congress today. U.S. - Related News ------ [...]	2008-12-03 19:14:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1075	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 7-10 [...] Chilean newspapers highlighted likely cabinet changes that will take place today. Dailies also highlighted the victory of the U.S. team in the Under 20 Women's Soccer World Cup. Headlines continue to give coverage to the impasse between Chile and Peru and Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley's [...]	2008-12-10 15:13:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1083	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 12 [...] Dailies highlighted the fining of Chile's three major pharmaceutical drugstore chains for conspiring to overcharge consumers. Dailies also highlighted the cabinet changes and Jose Miguel Insulza's likely presidential candidacy. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The Santiago Appeals [...]	2008-12-11 17:15:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1085	UNASUR AGENDA: REPORT ON BOLIVIAN KILLINGS, [...] (U) On December 16, leaders from the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will meet in Bahia de Salvador, Brazil on the margins of the MERCOSUR meeting in the same city. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, acting in her capacity as UNASUR President Pro Tempore, will chair the meeting. [...]	2008-12-11 18:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER MARR CI BL BR
08SANTIAGO1098	CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- DECEMBER 13-15 [...] All dailies highlighted the Christian Democrats (DC) proclaiming Eduardo Frei as their presidential candidate as well as the UDI endorsement of Sebastian Piera as the Alianza candidate in the 2009 electoral race. Other headlines highlighted concerns over the effect of declining copper prices [...]	2008-12-15 19:07:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1109	CHILE EAGER FOR INFORMATION ON UNESCO CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 18:15:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO CI
08SANTIAGO1110	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 17 [...] Dailies highlighted Raul Castro's participation at the Latin American and Caribbean Summit in Brazil. Also highlighted was the drop in the price of gasoline. U.S.-Related Stories -------------------- 2. Chilean and U.S. delegations discussed the results of the FTA, in effect since Janua [...]	2008-12-17 18:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1114	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 18 [...] Dailies highlighted the drop in the price of oil, which is likely to generate a significant drop in electricity bills and other utilities. Dailies also highlighted a photograph taken of President Bachelet during an early morning swim in Brazil, where she was attending a regional conference; t [...]	2008-12-18 17:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1117	CODEL MEEKS: PRAISE FOR "CHILEAN WAY;" EXCELLENT [...] (SBU) Visiting CODEL Meeks emphasized to Acting President Perez Yoma that Chile's success in reducing poverty, establishing democratic institutions, and committing to open trade policies was much appreciated in the U.S., and that its policy choices are worthy of emulation. Chairman Meeks was c [...]	2008-12-18 19:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREF CI
08SANTIAGO1123	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 19 [...] Dailies highlighted that state-owned copper mine Codelco is studying the possible merger of its Andina mine with privately-owned Los Bronces (Anglo American). The merger would create the largest copper mine in the world. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The fall in the price of co [...]	2008-12-19 18:09:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1124	CODEL MEEKS HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF U.S.-CHILE FTA WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives Meeks, Ryan, and Hinojosa underlined the success of the U.S. - Chile Free Trade Agreement to Chile's de facto trade minister. DG Furche echoed their assessment, noting the positive impact of the FTA on Chile. He cited many signs of the benefits of free trade to [...]	2008-12-19 18:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1126	REGIONAL MEETINGS IN BRAZIL: CHILE'S FM WORRIED [...] (C) In a short one-on-one conversation with the Ambassador on December 19, Foreign Minister Foxley noted that he was troubled by the mood at the December 17 Latin American/Caribbean summit meetings in Brazil. Presidents Calderon and Lula, he suggested, were genuinely serious about replacing [...]	2008-12-19 19:44:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XM XL XS
08SANTIAGO1127	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 8-19 [...] SUMMARY: This continues a series of updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. Between December 8 and 19, copper prices hit a new four-year low, the peso rose modestly against the dollar, and the stock market was up slightly. Copper e [...]	2008-12-22 10:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO1136	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 20-22 [...] All dailies highlighted Wal-Mart's offer to purchase Chile's largest supermarket chain, D&S. Also highlighted was Mahmud Aleuy's appointment as Under Secretary for National Development. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retail company, will launch a bid [...]	2008-12-23 14:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1143	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 24 [...] The president of the Chilean Association of Municipalities issued a statement harshly critical of the Education Law, characterizing it as an impediment to improving education, primarily because of its rigid labor provisions. Relatedly, dailies highlighted the results of the recent national PS [...]	2008-12-24 15:59:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTIAGO1149	EIGHTEEN YEARS LATER, PINOCHET-ERA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although General Augusto Pinochet stepped down as President in 1990 and died two years ago, Chile continues to struggle with his legacy. Successive Concertacion governments were cautious about launching investigations into abuses committed under Pinochet's rule, and Chile's j [...]	2008-12-24 16:34:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV XR
08SANTIAGO217	MEDIA REACTION -- COLOMBIA-ECUADOR CONFLICT [...] Summary: Chilean dailies on March 7 continued with their extensive coverage of the crisis between Colombia and Ecuador. On-line "El Mostrador" announced Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Chile and Brazil, quoting spokesman Tom Casey that she would address the crisis in all her me [...]	2008-03-07 16:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL PTER VE CI
08SANTIAGO221	CHILE'S SPOKESMAN PREFERS URIBE TO CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Government spokesman Vidal told the Ambassador the GOC considered Uribe an ally, and an alternative to Chavez in South America. This friendship made the current Colombia/Ecuador conflict "complicated" for the GOC given Chile's historical respect for the inviolability of settled [...]	2008-03-07 20:06:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ECPS CO VE EC CI
08SANTIAGO35	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR AMBASSADOR DAVID A. [...] Embassy Santiago warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador David A. Gross, Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, from 01/15/2008 through 01/16/2008, as requested reftel. The purpose of the visit is to meet with Chilean government officials to [...]	2008-01-14 20:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS OTRA CI AR
08SANTIAGO380	KOSOVO RECOGNITION: CHILE REMAINS ON FENCE [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by E/Pol Counselor, took advantage of a previously scheduled April 24 courtesy call on Deputy Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren (septel) to raise reftel points. The Ambassador noted that the situation on the ground has stabilized considerably, that Serbian cult [...]	2008-04-25 19:00:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KV SR UNMIK CI
08SANTIAGO388	DEPUTY FM TELLS AMBASSADOR CHILE'S RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Van Klaveren praised solid Chile-U.S. relations, agreeing that cooperation on education, particularly, is pushing the bilateral partnership to new levels. While Chile's relations with the "major powers" (U.S., EU) are on an even keel, its ties with its immediate ne [...]	2008-04-28 20:59:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO453	SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE REVIEWS NEXT STEPS TO [...] (C) Southern Cone COMs, meeting in Santiago April 25-26, and joined by ranking SOUTHCOM, WHA, and OES representatives discussed a wide range of regional issues, including security, economic and envionmental challenges, as well as reviewed consular, immigration and public diplomacy best practi [...]	2008-05-16 15:45:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET	ECON EINV ENRG FARC IR MARR PGOV PREL PTER
08SANTIAGO454	SOUTHERN CONE COM CONFERENCE SHARE BEST PRACTICES [...] (U) Southern Cone COM's met in Santiago April 25-26, where they shared information on environmental ("green building"),public diplomacy, and consular best practices in the region. They also heard from OES on its priorities, including on climate change and biofuels. A DVC with Customs and Bord [...]	2008-05-16 15:45:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT CASC CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL SCUL SENV
08SANTIAGO561	NUMBER TWO DEFENSE OFFICIAL ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Chilean number two Defense official Gonzalo Garcia expressed considerable praise for the concrete advances in bilateral defense relations over the past three years in conversations with poloff during the Defense Consultative Committee (DCC) meeting in Santiago on June 11-12. Garc [...]	2008-06-13 19:35:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO592	CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded tr [...]	2008-06-20 20:29:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CI
08SANTIAGO602	BRAZILIAN AND CHILEAN SENATORS AGREE TO PRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chilean and Brazilian Senators agreed during a meeting in Brazil on June 11-12 to urge their respective governments to take steps to diminish their military presence in MINUSTAH over the long run. They also discussed Chilean fruit exports to Brazil, emigration of Chilean and [...]	2008-06-24 18:33:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL BL CI
08SANTIAGO665	CHILEAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON SOUTH AMERICAN DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a July 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Jose Goni explained that the proposed South American Defense Council will not/not be a military alliance and instead will promote defense coordination, exchanges, and transparency. Chile's recently signed defense ag [...]	2008-07-17 18:29:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL CI BL VE
08SANTIAGO671	U.S., CHILE AGREE TO COORDINATE CLOSELY ON 2009 [...] (C) Chile will support efforts to focus the 2009 Summit of the Americas on themes of energy security, environmental sustainability, and human prosperity and use its experience in multilateral fora to help further a positive outcome. USG National Summit Coordinator USOAS PermRep Ambassador Mora [...]	2008-07-18 14:25:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	IO PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO688	CHILE SUPPORTS COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT IN FARC [...] (C) E/Pol Counselor, accompanied by E/Pol Officer, delivered reftel demarche points to Carlos Charme, Deputy Director of the MFA's Office for South American Affairs. Charme was joined by Enrique Barriga, Desk Officer for Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. E/Pol Counselor stressed that it is c [...]	2008-07-25 21:16:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CI CO BR NU
08SANTIAGO816	TREASURY A/S LOWERY AND CHILEAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury A/S Lowery and Minister of Public Works Sergio Bitar agreed, September 1, to a joint-effort on helping countries throughout Latin American and the Caribbean build infrastructure. A/S Lowery proposed an Infrastructure Finance Expert Corps that would draw from U.S. and C [...]	2008-09-09 12:51:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO841	MEDIA REACTION - BOLIVIA, VENEZUELA AND THE UNITED STATES [...] Block quotes of September 13-15 commentaries and editorials in Santiago dailies on Bolivia, Venezuela, and the United States 2. "El Mercurio," conservative, influential newspaper-of-record (circ. 129,000, 9/15) editorial entitled, "Crossroads in hemispheric relations": "In Venezuela [...]	2008-09-16 13:04:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO CI
08SANTIAGO851	UNASUR LEADERS TO SUPPORT DIALOGUE IN BOLIVIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UNASUR Summit concluded with a commitment from leaders to facilitate dialogue through a UNASUR commission in Bolivia. The leaders also agreed to send a team to investigative the deaths and disappearances in Pando Department and provide (undefined) experts to assist and suppo [...]	2008-09-17 17:53:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI
08SANTIAGO852	UNASUR'S ROAD AHEAD AFTER EMERGENCY BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary. A senior Chilean diplomat characterized UNASUR's meeting this week to deal with the crisis in Bolivia as an important early victory for the new organization and for its President Pro-Tempore, Chile. According to MFA Planning Subdirector Patricio Pradel, UNASUR is still defining [...]	2008-09-17 20:35:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI MARR BL CI
08SANTIAGO853	CHILEANS GENERALLY UPBEAT ON UNASUR OUTCOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political commentators we consulted over the past two days tended to view the emergency UNASUR meeting as a positive development, particularly the nudging of Bolivia toward a political dialogue. They regard the UNASUR consensus as a Chilean foreign policy success for having tam [...]	2008-09-18 16:55:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE BL CI
08SANTIAGO856	CONTROVERSY OVER FARC CONNECTIONS IN CHILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bachelet administration has come under fire from the opposition for not taking action on information provided by the Colombian government in May that identified contacts between Chilean sympathizers and Colombia FARC rebels. The evidence surfaced from emails found on the co [...]	2008-09-22 18:05:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM CO CI

08SANTIAGO891	CHILE'S UNASUR DESIGNEE ON BOLIVIA CRISIS PROVIDES [...] (C) According to Chile,s UNASUR representative Juan Gabriel Valdes, UNASUR's role in helping resolve Bolivia's political crisis remains unclear, although it appears Morales wants UNASUR present and prepared to intervene should tensions escalate. Talks in Bolivia are focused on two technical a [...]	2008-10-03 17:59:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI
08SANTIAGO893	CHILE: OPPOSITION LEADER LOOKS FOR INCREMENTAL [...] (C) Summary: Senator Andres Allamand, a founding member of the National Renewal (RN) center-right political party, told Ambassador the opposition hopes to improve its performance in municipal elections on October 29, but an outright victory is out of reach. Instead, the opposition Alianza c [...]	2008-10-06 14:15:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI CO XM
08SANTIAGO907	CHILE LIKELY TO SUPPORT KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] (C) E/Pol Counselor October 7 delivered reftel demarche to Eduardo Schott, the MFA's Deputy Director for European Affairs. Noting that the Embassy had repeatedly urged Chile to recognize Kosovo (ref B),E/Pol Counselor argued that even if Chile would not yet take that step, it should recognize [...]	2008-10-09 14:11:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNGA KV CI
08SANTIAGO912	UNASUR COMMISSION HEAD SAYS LAST ROUND OF [...] (C) Juan Gabriel Valdes, the head of the UNASUR commission to Bolivia told the Ambassador October 9 that the last round of meetings in Cochabamba had "for the short term" created a space to continue dialogue and prevented violence. While there was no accord, the government seemed committed to [...]	2008-10-10 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CI BL
08SANTIAGO933	BACHELET'S UNASUR PARLIAMENT PLANS DRAW FIRE FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several Chilean parliamentarians have criticized President Bachelet's attendance at an UNASUR parliament event in Bolivia to be held Oct. 17. The Chilean legislators allege that Bachelet should have consulted with them before attending and should have invited them to join the [...]	2008-10-20 15:52:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CI BL
08SANTIAGO936	A/S SULLIVAN AND PDAS KELLY MEETING WITH ECLAC ON [...] (C) Summary. A/S Sullivan and PDAS Kelly met August 22 with officials from the UN Economic Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) to provide a brief on U.S. economic engagement in the Western Hemisphere and preview USG plans for a new initiative (now called Pathways to [...]	2008-10-21 12:26:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD OVIP UNGA EFTA CI
08SANTIAGO938	A/S SULLIVAN AND PDAS KELLY LUNCH WITH CHILEAN BUSINESS LEADERS ON NEW TRADE INITIATIVE (PATHWAYS) [...] (C) Summary. A/S Sullivan and PDAS Kelly met with Chilean business leaders August 22 to brief them on U.S. economic engagement in the Western Hemisphere and preview USG plans for a new initiative to broaden access to the network of Free Trade Agreements in the region (now named Pathways to Prosp [...]	2008-10-21 14:07:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD OVIP UNGA EFTA CI
08SANTIAGO955	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE OUTLINES IN CHILE USG NUCLEAR [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte October 14-16 reviewed with Chilean audiences Iran's ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA; USG and IAEA assessments of Tehran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons; and, the dual-track international effort to either bring Iran to the negotiating tab [...]	2008-10-24 17:56:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO956	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE OUTLINES IN CHILE USG NUCLEAR [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte October 14-16 reviewed with Chilean audiences Iran's ongoing failure to cooperate with the IAEA; USG and IAEA assessments of Tehran's attempts to develop nuclear weapons; and, the dual-track international effort to either bring Iran to the negotiating tab [...]	2008-10-24 17:57:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO958	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE REVIEWS WITH CHILEANS IAEA OVERSIGHT [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to the IAEA Schulte, in Chile October 14-16 primarily to review developments on international efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear program (septel),also discussed the IAEA's role working with countries interested in safeguarding and sharing nuclear technology, as well as in de [...]	2008-10-24 19:31:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV BTIO OEXC PGOV CI
08SANTIAGO960	CHILE: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS WEEK OF OCTOBER 20 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This continues a series of regular updates on major developments in Chile's economy since the acceleration of global financial turmoil. By week's end on Friday, October 24, Chile's economy had seen significant declines in copper prices, the exchange rate, and the stock market. [...]	2008-10-24 21:17:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO976	CHILEAN CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT DE GREGORIO UPBEAT [...] (C) Chilean Central Bank Governor Jose De Gregorio told Ambassador Simons October 29 he is optimistic about the state of the Chilean economy in the face of the global financial turmoil, noting liquidity was not an issue for Chilean banks and the GOC would not need assistance from international [...]	2008-10-30 21:02:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO979	TREASURY DAS MCDONALD AND CHILEAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Treasury DAS McDonald and Minister of Public Works Sergio Bitar agreed, September 30, on next steps to build an Infrastructure Finance Expert Corps with U.S. and Chilean experts. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Ambassador Simons, U.S. Treasury DAS Larry McDonald, Treasury Associate Dire [...]	2008-11-03 21:37:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN EINV ECIN PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO982	FORMER CHILEAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR CORBO [...] (C) Vittorio Corbo told Ambassador Simons October 30 he is confident Chile can withstand the global financial crisis, although there will be a significant impact on the real economy. The Central Bank had built up reserves that could act as a cushion, foreign denominated debt was low, and the [...]	2008-11-04 19:51:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL CI XR
08SANTIAGO985	REQUEST FROM CHILEAN PRESIDENT BACHELET [...] (SBU) President Bachelet called the Ambassador on November 4 at her initiative to convey her congratulations on the U.S. electoral process and to express her desire that our bilateral relations continue to strengthen in the transition to a new U.S. administration. 2. (C) During the convers [...]	2008-11-05 20:00:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CI
08SANTIAGO987	CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO CHILE: NOVEMBER 9-11, 2008 [...] Embassy Santiago warmly welcomes Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY),Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, House Foreign Affairs Committee, and his congressional delegation, from 11/09/2008 to 11/11/2008 as requested reftel. The purpose of the visit is to meet with governmen [...]	2008-11-07 18:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PA PE CI
08SANTIAGO99	FM FOXLEY EMPHASIZES BILATERAL COOPERATION, [...] (C) FM Foxley told the Ambaassador January 31 that Chile seeks to maximize cooperation with the U.S. in 2008, even as the U.S. enters into its "electoral transition period." Chile wants to work to reinvigorate a partnership with California, with a focus on innovation. Development of a joint e [...]	2008-01-31 21:06:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CI
08SANTODOMINGO1023	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FERNANDEZ: CHEVRON, [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's June 19 meeting with the President, Fernandez agreed to intervene in Chevron's investment dispute to prevent violence, but not to settle the dispute itself, stating that -- despite the contract -- there had to be a negotiated settlement. The President describe [...]	2008-06-25 13:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBIO ECON ENRG EAID EAGR CACS HA DR
08SANTODOMINGO1371	FORBES ENERGY CITES CORRUPTION IN ETHANOL PROJECT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Executives with Forbes Energy met with the Ambassador regarding the company,s planned USD 700 million sugarcane ethanol project straddling the Dominican Republic-Haiti border. They said that while they have already obtained all needed permits for the project, which will be based in Man [...]	2008-08-29 15:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KCOR EINV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1587	(SBU) BIOFUELS CONSULTANTS BEGIN WORK ON SECOND [...] (U) SUMMARY. Biofuels consultants working under the U.S.-Brazil Biofuels Initiative were in the Dominican Republic October 2 and 3 to meet with GoDR and private-sector players in the liquid fuels sector. The State Department provided funding through the Organization of American States (OAS) t [...]	2008-10-14 12:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1917	SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER [...] IMF Visit 2. Fernandez Speech on Economic Crisis 3. Energy Sector Update 4. Job Losses in Mining Sector 5. Textile Sector Loses More Jobs Â [...]	2008-12-16 13:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL SNAR ETRD ENRG DR
08SANTODOMINGO1937	IRAN VOTE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Ambassador Fannin delivered the demarche on the Iran Vote to Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols on December 16. Trullols said that the Dominican Republic had already received a similar demarche from the Japanese Ambassador. In addition, the UK Ambassador, who was [...]	2008-12-18 18:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM
08SANTODOMINGO1953	(C) GODR BLAMES 'EXPLOSIVE' LEGISLATOR FOR SEA [...] (C) Summary: On December 15, the Ambassadors from the United Kingdom, United States and Japan demarched Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols regarding concerns about the Dominican Republic's expanded sea boundary claims under a 2007 law. Trullols said the Foreign Ministry opposed this [...]	2008-12-22 14:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON EFTA PBTS PREL DR
08SANTODOMINGO350	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] Please find the following information keyed to reftel questions. -------------------------------- Overview of Dominican Activities -------------------------------- PARAGRAPH A ----------- -- Summary: The Dominican Republic is a country of origin for women trafficked internationally to [...]	2008-03-10 18:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG DR
08SANTODOMINGO387	ONDCP DIRECTOR, DEA ADMINISTRATOR CALL ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 25, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director John Walters, accompanied by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart, U.S. Ambassador P. Robert Fannin, ONDCP and DEA Chiefs of Staff, and poloff called on Domi [...]	2008-03-17 19:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR MARR DR
08SAOPAULO104	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CRISIS BETWEEN COLOMBIA [...] "Time For diplomacy" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (3/4): "Colombia owes an explanation to Ecuador and the international community for having violated Ecuadorian territory.... No one questions Bogota's right to harass the FARC, a Marxist guerrill [...]	2008-03-04 12:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO109	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CRISIS BETWEEN COLOMBIA [...] "What Is Expected From Brazil" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo lead editorial maintained (3/5): "The Colombian invasion in Ecuador cannot be characterized as a casual and unmotivated act of aggression. The governments of Ecuador and Venezuela have clearly provide [...]	2008-03-06 10:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO114	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CRISIS BETWEEN COLOMBIA [...] "The OAS' Prudent Decision" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (3/7): "Brazil, Argentina and Chile wisely decided to isolate caudillo Hugo Chvez, the main catalyst of the crisis being the first to break relations with Colombia and announcing the sendin [...]	2008-03-07 17:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO115	BRAZILIAN STOCK EXCHANGES BOVESPA, BM&F IN MERGER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: Bovespa Holding, the company that controls and manages the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, and Brazil's Commodities and Futures Exchange (BM&F) informed Brazil's Securities Commission (CVM) and investors on February 19 that the two companies had initiated negotiations for a possible merger [...]	2008-03-07 17:43:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV BR
08SAOPAULO117	BRAZIL,S ECONOMIC GROWTH, INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) Despite the mostly encouraging news regarding Brazil's rapid economic growth, new trade and industry development is increasingly coming into conflict with the country's indigenous communities. The demarcation of indigenous lands allows for a degree of legal protection; however, even wh [...]	2008-03-10 14:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL SOCI EAID ELAB ECON BR
08SAOPAULO119	QUILOMBO COMMUNITIES SERVE AS MODERN-DAY REMINDER OF [...] (SBU) As Brazil enjoys economic prosperity and growth, the plight of the Brazilian quilombos highlights that racial and income inequality persists. Although founded centuries ago, these communities of Afro-Brazilian slave descendants still serve as an important part of the country's legacy of [...]	2008-03-11 12:37:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SCUL SOCI BR
08SAOPAULO12	LULA'S PLAN TO RECOVER CPMF REVENUES AS EXPECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government announced on January 2 three ways for compensating for lost revenues after losing the battle to renew the Provisional Financial Transactions Tax (CPMF) in December. As expected, the GOB announced a mix of tax hikes and potential cuts in government spen [...]	2008-01-10 16:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL BR
08SAOPAULO122	SANTA CATARINA GOVERNOR SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT SCARE [...] (U) Summary: Luiz Henrique da Silveira, Governor of the southern state of Santa Catarina, has survived an attempt to remove him from office over allegations of abuse of power. On February 21, the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) voted for technical reasons to suspend the legal proceedings ag [...]	2008-03-12 09:40:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM BR
08SAOPAULO128	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: SECSTATE RICE'S VISIT [...] "The War Continues" Columnist Eliane Cantanhede commented in largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (3/14): "Condoleezza Rice used her visit to Brasilia to send a tough message to Latin America, especially Venezuela and Ecuador. In a meeting with Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, [...]	2008-03-14 15:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO129	BRAZIL'S WORKERS' CENTRALS GAIN LEGAL RECOGNITION, [...] (SBU) On March 11, Brazil's Chamber of Deputies passed a bill giving legal recognition to Brazil's labor Centrals. Although they have been playing an important role in Brazilian political life for many years, the Centrals have not been considered part of the national labor system, but rather [...]	2008-03-14 15:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI EFIN ECON BR
08SAOPAULO130	CHINA'S BUSINESS INTERESTS IN BRAZIL RECEIVE MIXED [...] (C) Although bilateral trade between China and Brazil continues to grow, there are increasing frustrations on both sides regarding access to each others' markets. For Brazilian business, China represents the largest opportunities for growth, but also the greatest economic risks, and many poi [...]	2008-03-14 16:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EINV ECON CH BR
08SAOPAULO142	SAO PAULO ELECTIONS: ALCKMIN MAYORAL CANDIDAC VIEWED AS [...] (SBU) The Social Democracy Party of Brazil (PSDB),the counry's largest and most important opposition party is facing internal division as well as a possibe breach with its principal ally, the Democrats arty (DEM),over this year's municipal elections. Despite their partnership on the national [...]	2008-03-18 16:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO145	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; WESTERN HEMISPHERE: OAS MINISTERIAL [...] "Endless Nightmare At Sight" Center-right national circulation daily O Estado de S. Paulo editorialized (3/19): "A few days before the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the second most clamorous allegation by the Bush administration to justify the war against Saddam Hussein collapse [...]	2008-03-19 12:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO149	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ: FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. [...] "The Costs Of The Adventure" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo editorialized (3/20): "The US invasion in Iraq was a humanitarian catastrophe and a political fiasco that placed the Pentagon in a situation without prospect of solution. It has also been a financial [...]	2008-03-20 12:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO170	HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SECURITY CHALLENGES IN MATO GROSSO [...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's public security and human rights challenges are typical of those found in many Brazilian states today. The state's geographic location, sharing an international border with Bolivia and Paraguay, however, creates an additional set of public policy tests for the state [...]	2008-04-02 12:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO171	REFORMING SAO PAULO'S JUVENILE CORRECTION SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo's juvenile correctional system continues to battle its image as a network of uncaring staff and unsanitary facilities that turns young petty thieves into hardened criminals. Observers agree that sustained growth and development depend on Brazil's investing in its youth, especia [...]	2008-04-03 13:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ASEC KCRM BR
08SAOPAULO177	INDIGENOUS RIGHTS ABUSES INCREASE IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL [...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's indigenous population faces some of the harshest conditions among the native populations of Brazil. Government officials and landowners deny the extent of human rights abuses occurring in the state, but activists and the indigenous themselves recount stories of land [...]	2008-04-04 10:10:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAGR SOCI SCUL BR
08SAOPAULO19	FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ON BRAZILIAN POLITICS AND RELATIONS [...] (SBU) During a January 7 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Finance Antonio Delfim Netto (strictly protect),who is currently working as a political and business consultant, discussed the opposition's victory over the government in a major tax battle and its implications for domes [...]	2008-01-15 16:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD BR VE
08SAOPAULO199	MATO GROSSO DO SUL STATE HIGHLIGHTS BRAZIL'S AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Brazil's continued position as a leading international agricultural powerhouse is fueled by the rapid economic expansion in states such as Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). Driven by high commodity prices as well as tourism to the world's largest wetland space, the Pantanal, MS is undergoing an [...]	2008-04-18 15:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON EIND ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO204	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: PARAGUAY, PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 14:38:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO214	BRAZILIAN STOCK EXCHANGES GET GREEN LIGHT FOR MERGER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazil's two stock exchanges announced their intent to merge on March 27. The merger of the Brazilian stock exchange (Bovespa) and the Commodities and Futures Exchange (BM&F) into BM&F Bovespa, S.A. will make the new exchange the third largest in the world in terms of market valu [...]	2008-04-29 15:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV AR BR
08SAOPAULO222	MEDIA REACTION: WORLD FOOD CRISIS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE: [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 10:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO225	All Politics is National: Presidential Race is Endgame of [...] (SBU) On April 24, the Sao Paulo State Executive Committee of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) voted unanimously to support Sao Paulo incumbent Mayor Gilberto Kassab (Democratic Party - DEM) in this year's municipal elections. PMDB state president Orestes Quercia stated that nat [...]	2008-05-08 17:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO227	SOARING FOOD PRICES WOLDWIDE AND FOOD INFLATION IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil has suffered less from skyrocketing world food prices than other emerging markets. As a net global food supplier, Brazil's agricultural exports earnings are climbing. However, rising global inflation - particularly higher oil prices, which affect both the cost of fertili [...]	2008-05-09 09:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND EAGR ENRG KTDD EINV BR
08SAOPAULO228	SAO PAULO POLICE ACCUSED OF CRIMES AGAINST PCC LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the second anniversary of organized criminal violence in Sao Paulo approaches (reftels),an investigation has uncovered evidence of possible civil police misconduct related to the First Capital Command (PCC) criminal gang. Two investigators have been accused of illicit wire [...]	2008-05-09 09:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO236	BRAZIL MOSTLY INSULATED FROM U.S. SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) ummary: Brazil is more insulated from any U.S. drien worldwide economic slowdown than other emergin market countries. Its domestic economy fuels ecnomic growth, Brazilian banks have plenty of captal to lend, and Brazil is increasingly integrated into world markets. Similarly, the Brazil [...]	2008-05-12 10:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO240	U.S. ACCOUNTING FIRMS WEIGH-IN ON BRAZIL-U.S. ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 23, 2008 Ambassador Sobel, Treasury Attache, Senior Commercial Officer (SCO) and EconOffs met with the Brazilian-arms of the American accounting firms Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Ernst & Young, and KPMG. The themes of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum dominated the discussion, in [...]	2008-05-13 11:44:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV ECON EFIN BTIO BR
08SAOPAULO242	DRUGS, ARMS AND CONTRABAND CONTINUE TO ENTER BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Brazil continues to wrestle with the serious challenge posed by increasingly creative traffickers of drugs, arms and IPR-infringing products, according to law enforcement officials and NGO representatives in Sao Paulo and Foz do Iguacu. Growing demand, both domestic and international, [...]	2008-05-13 12:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR KIPR SENV ASEC PARM BR
08SAOPAULO247	BRAZIL AWARDED INVESTMENT GRADE CREDIT RATING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprising move, credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) upgraded Brazil's foreign currency sovereign credit rating to investment grade on April 30. Financial analysts had widely speculated that Brazil might earn the upgrade later in 2008, but S&P surprised analys [...]	2008-05-15 15:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO248	MST "RED APRIL" SHOWS DECLINE IN ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) is facing a significant change in its organization. The number of its members is slowly decreasing, as is the number of land invasions it carries out. Some observers cite President Lula's "Bolsa Familia" cash transfer program for the p [...]	2008-05-16 09:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV PGOV SOCI ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO260	BRAZIL'S ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN PRECARIOUS EQUILIBRIUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazil's 2008 electricity supply will just cover demand, leaving the county in a state of precarious equilibrium. President Lula is lucky that it has been raining sufficiently over the last six years to feed Brazil's hydroelectric reservoirs (which account for approximately 80 pe [...]	2008-05-28 14:24:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ENV PREL BR
08SAOPAULO264	BRAZILIAN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND BACK IN PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 13th announcement by Brazil's Finance Minister seeking to establish a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) for Brazil has been met with criticism from the financial community and concerns by the Central Bank. On the heels of this outpouring of negative press, President Lula ask [...]	2008-05-29 15:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO267	SECOND INVESTMENT GRADE CREDIT RATING FOR BRAZIL [...] (U) On May 29, Fitch upgraded Brazil's sovereign risk rating to investment grade, from BB+ (neutral outlook) to BBB- (neutral outlook). According to Fitch, "the impressive improvement in external finances, in part due to higher commodity prices, but also the result of good policy management, a [...]	2008-05-30 17:19:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO268	BRAZILIAN INDUSTRIAL POLICY INCREASES GOB'S HOLD ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government announced on May 12 a new industrial policy intended to stimulate economic growth with a goal of growing GDP by five percent per year from 2008 to 2010. The Productive Development Policy incorporates financing and tax breaks to achieve four main object [...]	2008-05-30 17:24:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD KTDD EINV BR
08SAOPAULO269	BRAZILIAN BIOFUELS: ETHANOL PRODUCTION EXPANDING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Soaring petroleum prices and a rapidly growing domestic fleet of flex-fuel cars are driving double-digit expansion in ethanol production in Brazil. In the coming year alone, Brazil's production of sugarcane-based ethanol is projected to increase 14.8 percent. Domestic demand for [...]	2008-06-02 14:43:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ELTN ETRD TRGY BTIO BR
08SAOPAULO276	CONTACTS FEAR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Brazil's trafficking in persons (TIP) dilemma presents a growing challenge to the law enforcement community and NGOs assisting with TIP victims. Brazil is home to some cases of agricultural forced labor as well as urban textile sweatshops where Bolivian migrants work in precarious condi [...]	2008-06-03 16:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM SMIG BR
08SAOPAULO285	SAO PAULO: MARTA SUPLICY'S MAYORAL CANDIDACY COULD LEAD TO [...] (SBU) On June 4, Marta Suplicy confirmed her resignation as Minister of Tourism and her pre-candidacy as the Workers' Party (PT) candidate for Mayor of Sao Paulo. She and the PT are counting on three elements - President Lula's popularity, the strong economy, and division in opposition ranks - [...]	2008-06-06 17:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO292	ORGANIZED LABOR DOING WELL WITH LULA [...] (SBU) A year and a half into his second term, President Lula has won back the approval of many in organized labor who had expressed disenchantment with him during his first term. By signing legislation granting legal recognition and government funding to the large labor Centrals while vetoing [...]	2008-06-10 15:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON BR
08SAOPAULO298	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ' [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 10:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO3	BIOFUELS ROUNDTABLE FOR A/S SULLIVAN IN SAO PAULO [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, Daniel Sullivan held a roundtable on biofuels developments on December 12 at the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo. Biofuels interlocutors applauded the USG's progress on the U.S.-Brazil Me [...]	2008-01-04 10:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ENRG EFIN EINV ECON BR
08SAOPAULO30	MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY: STOCK EXCHANGE TURBULENCE; [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 10:20:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO301	U.S. AIRLINES DIFFER AHEAD OF BILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. aviation companies are of a mixed mind about expanded passenger routes between the United States and Brazil. On the one hand, rising fuel prices and a tightening market globally are weighing on the business decisions of the four U.S. carriers operating in Brazil (American [...]	2008-06-13 15:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO31	BRAZIL FACING DIFFICULT YEAR FOR NATURAL GAS SUPPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Brazilian government began 2008 amid concerns of a possible electricity crisis due to a shortage of natural gas and lack of rain to fill hydropower reservoirs. Energy sector experts have been pointing to a possible shortage of natural gas since 2006 when Bolivia nationalized [...]	2008-01-23 11:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL BR ENRG
08SAOPAULO314	U.S. SCIENTISTS VISIT BRAZIL FOR MOU ON BIOFUELS [...] (SBU) As part of the U.S.-Brazil Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Cooperation on Biofuels, a U.S. delegation of eight scientists and engineers from the Departments of Energy and Agriculture visited Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states from May 30 to June 6. Their visit follows a similar [...]	2008-06-18 17:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO32	MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY: STOCK EXCHANGE TURBULENCE; SAO [...] "Anxiety And Panic In The US" IMF Managing Director Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr. (representing Brazil and eight other nations in the organization) commented in liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (1/24): "As everyone knows, the economic and financial situation here in [...]	2008-01-24 10:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO322	Sao Paulo Domestic Employee Validation Study [...] Summary: A recent study of B-1 domestic employee visas issued in Sao Paulo found a 3.5% overstay rate. By instituting new fraud prevention procedures, we hope to reduce this rate even further by closing certain loopholes. In almost all cases, overstays involved both the employer and the app [...]	2008-06-20 15:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KRFD CVIS KCRM SMIG BR
08SAOPAULO324	Mandatory SWT Report Shows 98.7 Percent Return Rate [...] (U) SUMMARY. Results of a mandatory end-of-season report from Brazilian Summer Work Travel (SWT) agencies show that 98.7 percent of participants had returned to Brazil or changed visa status legally in the U.S. by the end of the program. 1.2 percent of students overstayed their visa status, m [...]	2008-06-23 11:48:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD OEXC ELAB SMIG BR
08SAOPAULO335	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BRAZILIAN OIL CONCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 13 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Finance Antonio Delfim Netto (strictly protect),who is currently working as a political and business consultant and widely believed to be an unofficial advisor to President Lula, discussed his views on Brazil's newf [...]	2008-06-26 09:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EINV EAGR BR
08SAOPAULO338	SAO PAULO: WITH AN EYE TO 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Avoiding open confrontation, the Social Democracy Party of Brazil (PSDB) held its municipal convention June 22 and nominated former Governor Geraldo Alckmin as its candidate for Mayor of Sao Paulo. In a deal reportedly brokered by Governor Jose Serra, the faction that favored su [...]	2008-06-30 09:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SAOPAULO339	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: DOHA ROUND [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 10:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO369	MEDIA REACTION: G8 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 14:50:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO371	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] Decisive Game in Geneva Lead editorial in center-right O Estado de S. Paulo (07/14) comments: "The most influential trade negotiators will meet in Geneva within a week to try to save the Doha Round before the new U.S. president takes office. ... The positions never were so close, and yet, i [...]	2008-07-14 10:15:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO375	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: SUB-PRIME MORTGAGE CRISIS [...] Another Package Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (7/15) says: "Frightened by the galloping economic crisis, the Bush administration announced another billion dollar package to help the financial crisis. ...With another billion dollar contribution, the Bush government and the Fed are tr [...]	2008-07-15 11:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO378	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: DOHA ROUND AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 10:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO38	GOVERNMENT EXPANSION OF "BOLSA FAMILIA" BENEFITS DRAWS [...] On the last working day of 2007, President Lula expanded the scope of Bolsa Familia, the federal monthly stipend benefiting some 11 million poor families, to include an additional payment for each child aged 16 and 17. Opposition politicians called the action unethical and possibly in violati [...]	2008-01-28 18:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI EAID EFIN ECON BR
08SAOPAULO39	BRAZIL: NEGLECTED INDIGENOUS FACE LAND RIGHTS CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) According to a range of Sao Paulo-based contacts, the Brazilian Government does not respect fully the territorial and cultural rights of indigenous peoples, leaving communities to subsist in squalid urban slums or neglected rural territories that represent a fraction of the lands the ind [...]	2008-01-29 09:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAGR SOCI SCUL BR
08SAOPAULO392	BIOELECTRICITY THE NEXT BIOFUEL - ELECTRICITY SERIES #4 [...] (SBU) Summary: As the next big development in Brazilian biofuels, bioelectricity has been touted as the short-term solution to Brazil's potential electricity shortages. It is a clean source of electricity that requires little start-up time and is complementary to Brazil's predominately hydro [...]	2008-07-24 09:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EAGR ENV BR
08SAOPAULO394	REQUEST FOR DVC WITH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY MEDIA [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: PAS Sao Paulo requests a one-hour Digital Video Conference (DVC) with the Democratic and Republican Party media representatives in relation to the 2008 Presidential Elections with a specific focus on electoral coverage of the internet and internet-based social networks, s [...]	2008-07-24 11:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO HO
08SAOPAULO407	MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY: DOHA ROUND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 16:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO412	G/TIP LAGON VISIT TO SAO PAULO REVEALS BOTH PROGRESS AND [...] (SBU) Ambassador-at-Large Mark P. Lagon, Director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),visited Sao Paulo on June 26-27 as part of a multi-city trip to Brazil. Ambassador Lagon met with both federal and state-level members of the judicial and la [...]	2008-07-30 15:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB KTIP BR
08SAOPAULO417	GLOBAL ECONOMY: DOHA ROUND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 11:12:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO423	DOHA, ETHANOL, AND THE WTO: WILL BRAZIL FIGHT? [...] (SBU) The collapse of the DOHA round WTO negotiations brings with it a call to continue fighting US agriculture subsidies directly through the WTO. In particular, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) may choose this fall to initiate a WTO case against the US tariff on ethanol imports fr [...]	2008-08-04 08:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAGR ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO432	SUGAR, ETHANOL, CHARGES OF SLAVERY, AND TIP STRATEGY IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 16:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB EAGR ENRG BR
08SAOPAULO433	WAR AT CAUCASUS, DOHA 08-11-2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 12:23:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO437	SOUTHERN BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT STRENGTHENS TIES [...] (U) Ambassador Clifford Sobel traveled to the city of Curitiba, capital of the State of Parana, Brazil August 3-4, 2008. During his visit to Curitiba, Ambassador Sobel visited the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham),met with the Governor of Parana, Roberto Requico, was a featured speaker a [...]	2008-08-12 17:22:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECIN KCRM KMDR BR
08SAOPAULO443	ETHANOL, THE WTO, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR: ROOM TO TALK? [...] (SBU) In the event of a WTO dispute over US tariffs on ethanol imports from Brazil, Brazil's largest association of sugar and ethanol producers (UNICA) would likely be asked to pay for the litigation. Conversations with high-ranking UNICA representatives show an organization ready for litigat [...]	2008-08-15 10:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ETRD ECON EINV TRGY BR
08SAOPAULO449	MEDIA REACTION: MUSHARRAF IMPEACHMENT; MERCOSUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 10:44:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO452	REINTERPRETING THE VALUE OF DOHA'S FAILURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 09:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO454	BRAZIL'S TRADE STRATEGY POST-DOHA: FIESP's POSITION [...] (SBU) In an August 21 meeting between Ambassador Sobel and Mario Marconini (strictly protect),Director for International Negotiations at FIESP (Sao Paulo Federation of Industries),Marconini provided his insights into Brazil's negotiating position during the last round of Doha trade negotiati [...]	2008-08-25 10:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL BR
08SAOPAULO460	U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:47:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO467	Mission Participates in Diversity Panel on Race and [...] Summary: Congen Management Officer (and published author) gave a U.S. perspective on diversity as an invited member of a panel on the subject at Sao Paulo's Biannual Book Festival on August 20. The event featured many of the most important members of Brazil's diversity community. Panel di [...]	2008-09-04 15:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO BR
08SAOPAULO468	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSE 050073566 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Econoff conducted three separate site visits and was able to confirm receipt of the parts by Foreign Consignee Embraer. Site visits revealed that Embraer's license application contained erroneous information about consignee Darrigo & Valente Transportes, [...]	2008-09-04 17:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC CO BR
08SAOPAULO471	JETBLUE FOUNDER LAUNCHES BRAZILIAN AIRLINE AZUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By the end of 2008, start-up airline Azul Linhas Aereas (Blue Airlines),the fourth airline started by JetBlue founder David Neeleman, will be poised to initiate its inaugural flight in Brazil. With a business plan replicating JetBlue's, Neeleman is building the new airline wi [...]	2008-09-05 16:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO476	BRAZIL'S CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT NOT WORRISOME [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil is set to run its first current account deficit since 2002; however, unlike previous years, the more stable composition of the balance of payments should protect the Brazilian economy from crises. The floating exchange rate, smaller share of foreign currency denominated [...]	2008-09-08 15:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO483	BRAZILIAN MONETARY POLICY-MODERATE IMPACT SO FAR [...] Summary: Continuing a tightening cycle, the Brazilian Central Bank (BCB) raised the benchmark interest rate, the SELIC, for the fourth time this year. The 0.75 percentage point increase puts the SELIC at its highest level in nearly two years at 13.75 percent. While curbing domestic demand is [...]	2008-09-15 16:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR

08SAOPAULO484	GLOBAL ECONOMY; BOLIVIA [...] Worse and Worse Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (09/16) says: "And here we are, with Paulson [Secretary of Treasury] apparently believing that playing Russian roulette with the U.S. financial system was the better option." The phrase, by economist Paul Krugman, describes with acutene [...]	2008-09-16 11:37:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO485	U.S. REAL ESTATE FIRMS BULLISH ON BRAZILIAN MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 22, Ambassador Sobel met with senior executives of U.S. real estate firms operating in Brazil to discuss the competitive environment in the sector. The group, which included residential, commercial and industrial real estate developers, as well as real estate investo [...]	2008-09-17 11:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO486	GLOBAL FINANCIAL VOLATILITY-BRAZIL RESERVED NOT SCARED [...] (SBU) Summary: The unprecedented bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest U.S. investment bank, sent shockwaves across the financial markets, hitting Brazil's stock exchange, the Bovespa, particularly hard. On September 15, the Bovespa fell 7.59 percent, bringing the total losses for [...]	2008-09-17 17:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO487	GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 11:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO49	BRAZIL: INFRASTRUCUTRE COOPERATION AND SECURITY ISSUES: [...] (SBU) Ambassador met January 28 with Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra to follow up on previous discussions of cooperation between the state government and the USG on law enforcement and public security issues. He also conveyed USG's interest in supporting Brazil's efforts to develop its physical [...]	2008-02-01 13:54:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR EINV EFIN BEXP ASEC KJUS EAIR BR
08SAOPAULO490	GLOBAL ECONOMY; BOLIVIA [...] Superpowers Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (09/19) says: "Due to a lack of a fiscal device to deal with the crisis, the Bush administration decides, without criteria, on the life and death of the companies. In times of war, the Chief of State use to have a special mandate, which temp [...]	2008-09-19 11:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO497	BRAZIL FOREIGN POLICY: INTERESTS VS. IDEOLOGY, AND MAYBE [...] (SBU) A significant number of academics and international relations consultants in Sao Paulo are frustrated with Brazil's current foreign policy. In their view, left-wing elements in both the Workers Party (PT) and in the Foreign Ministry put ideology ahead of national interest. The critics [...]	2008-09-23 10:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	BR
08SAOPAULO498	GLOBAL ECONOMY; SOUTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 11:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO499	Sao Paulo Consultations Related to the Joint Action Plan to [...] Summary: USG officials held consultations in Sao Paulo with members of civil society on September 10 at Unipalmares, Brazil's first and only university tailored to the needs of Afro-Brazilians. The consultation followed technical meetings for the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Raci [...]	2008-09-23 11:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO BR
08SAOPAULO520	GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 11:21:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO521	Major Visa Fraud Arrest in Sao Paulo [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sept. 23, 2008, a joint Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)/Assistant Regional Security Officer Investigator (ARSO-I) investigation resulted in the detention of a document producer, a document vendor and three non-immigrant visa applicants. Police were filing charges against them f [...]	2008-09-30 16:14:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO522	PROSPECTS FOR BRAZILIAN INVESTMENT AMID CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: Prominent Investment magazine Latin Finance hosted its 6th Annual Brazil Investment Forum in Sao Paulo on September 18. While the original intent of the conference was to explore financing growth and investment in Brazil, taking advantage of Brazil's out-performance of its emerg [...]	2008-09-30 17:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO523	GLOBAL ECONOMY; ECUADOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 11:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO528	Senator Hagel Meets Sao Paulo Business/Political Leaders [...] Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel visited Sao Paulo September 2-3, during which time he met with a variety of interlocutors, including local business representatives as well as foreign policy experts and the Sao Paulo State Governor (foreign policy and Serra discussions Septel). Business contacts [...]	2008-10-02 16:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO BR
08SAOPAULO529	Senator Hagel in Brazil, Meetings on Foreign Policy [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel visited Sao Paulo September 2-3, meeting with a variety of interlocutors, including foreign policy experts and Sao Paulo Governor -- and likely 2010 presidential candidate -- Jose Serra. They emphasized that the United States should not try to push Brazil on [...]	2008-10-02 16:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO BR
08SAOPAULO53	WILL BRAZIL JOIN THE SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND CLUB? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the closing months of 2007, Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega proposed establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) as a vehicle to intervene in foreign exchange markets to curb the appreciation of Brazil's currency. Brazil's controversial plan differs substantially fro [...]	2008-02-07 09:04:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV BR
08SAOPAULO536	SAO PAULO MAYOR'S RACE: KASSAB'S PERFORMANCE SOLIDIFIES [...] (U) Summary: DEM Party Sao Paulo incumbent Mayor Gilberto Kassab's surprising first-place finish in first-round Sao Paulo mayoral voting against PT candidate Marta Suplicy makes Kassab the favorite for the October 26 second-round vote. Even more important, Kassab's strong showing solidifies P [...]	2008-10-07 08:26:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON BR
08SAOPAULO541	GLOBAL ECONOMY; FINANCIAL CRISES [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 09:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO542	LEVERAGING LEBANON,S DIASPORA FOR [...] (C) This message contains an Action Request. See Paragraph 12. Summary: 2. (C) Brazil's extensive Lebanese Diaspora, the largest such community in the world, contains important, influential people who want to work with the USG to help the cause of democracy in Lebanon, a position made [...]	2008-10-09 14:55:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHALANAGE PARTY PINR PREL KISL LE BR
08SAOPAULO548	BRAZILIAN CENTRAL BANK TAKES PRECAUTIONS FOR BANKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's banking system is well positioned to weather the external financial crisis. Brazilian bank assets are of good quality and the banks themselves, especially the larger institutions, have high levels of liquidity. Because of capital adequacy requirements, Brazilian bank [...]	2008-10-10 16:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO55	US CONSULATE GENERAL SAO PAULO UNDERGOES CRISIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Selected staff of the U.S. Consulate General Sao Paulo participated in crisis management training on December 6, 2007 and a mission wide Digital Video Conference (DVC) crisis management exercise on December 14, 2007. Observations and recommendations, keyed to reftel para 2, A-H, f [...]	2008-02-07 16:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AFSI ASEC BR CASC KESS OTRA
08SAOPAULO550	RUSSIA, VENEZUELA AND GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 16:01:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO554	GLOBAL ECONOMY/FINANCIAL CRISIS; U.S. ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 10:32:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO56	POOR SAO PAULO PRISON CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO POSE SERIOUS [...] (SBU) Although state authorities emphasize that they are working hard on introducing new plans to address deficiencies in Sao Paulo's penitentiaries, reputed to have Brazil's best-organized and well-run jails and detention centers, local prison watchers tell us that conditions are in an abysma [...]	2008-02-08 10:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO581	Brazil: Sao Paulo Mayor Wins Landslide Reelection, Set Up [...] (U) Summary: Democrats (DEM) Party candidate and incumbent Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab capped off an extraordinary political comeback with a 61-39 victory over Workers Party (PT) candidate Marta Suplicy in the second round of the mayoral race on 10/26. Kassab's convincing win represents a [...]	2008-10-27 16:25:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO590	GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS BRAZIL'S ENERGY SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: The lack of credit worldwide has hit Brazil's energy sector. Despite the recent discoveries of billions of barrels of oil reserves below Brazil's seafloor, Brazil faces an increasingly uphill battle to turn the government's energy rhetoric into reality. Estimates range that it w [...]	2008-11-03 12:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO593	BRAZILIAN BANK MERGER CREATES LARGEST IN SOUTHERN [...] (U) Unibanco and Itau announced the merger of their two Brazilian banking institutions on November 3. The combined bank, Itau Unibanco Holding SA, will become the largest private financial institution in the Southern Hemisphere and among the top 20 banks worldwide. Itau was previously the th [...]	2008-11-03 15:28:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN BR
08SAOPAULO594	DESPITE FINANCIAL DOWNTURN, GLOBA FINANCIAL PLAYERS SEE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Country Managers for four major international financial firms - Morgan Stanley, Carlyle roup, American Insurance Group (AIG),and Rabobank consistently voiced concerns over the near to medium- term impact of the financial crisis and how it would affect their individual sect [...]	2008-11-04 10:09:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENV ECON EFIN ETRD EAG BR
08SAOPAULO602	U.S. ELECTIONS AND G-20 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 16:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO605	U.S. ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 15:58:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO606	SAO PAULO RACE COULD SET STAGE FOR 2010 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 2008 Sao Paulo mayoral race set the stage for Brazil's 2010 presidential elections, positioning Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra (Social Democrats - PSDB, opposition) to face off against presidential chief of staff Dilma Rousseff (Workers Party - PT, government),presid [...]	2008-11-07 18:56:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO61	PARANA GOVERNOR REQUIAO TAKES ON THE FEDS [...] (SBU) Summary: A dispute between Parana State Governor Roberto Requiao and federal prosecutors and judges has attracted widespread media attention. Prosecutors accused the Governor of using the state's public educational television channel as a vehicle to promote his own political agenda and [...]	2008-02-13 11:45:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM BR
08SAOPAULO612	BRAZIL'S PORT LEGISLATION AND SANTOS CASE STUDY [...] (SBU) Summary: Port bottlenecks have historically been a major cost of doing business in Brazil. The GOB is hoping the new Brazilian ports decree, made effective on October 29 allowing private ports concessions and simplifying the regulatory framework regulating the construction and moderniz [...]	2008-11-17 09:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO618	Mercosul - Sao Paulo Media Reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 11:57:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO621	DESPITE CRISIS, MORGAN STANLEY BULLISH ON BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10th, Ambassador Sobel met with the senior Brazil management of Morgan Stanley to discuss the firm's prospects and how the firm is weathering the current financial downturn. Management reported that while they expect mergers and acquisition activity to be brisk, ce [...]	2008-11-21 09:51:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR BR
08SAOPAULO630	SEVERE FLOODING IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL [...] (U) Heavy rains in the Southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina have left at least 68 dead and over 50,000 homelesss. Santa Catarina State Governor, Luis Henrique da Silveira reported that this is the worst climatic tragedy faced by Santa Catarina state in its history. He said heavy rainfal [...]	2008-11-26 10:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CASC PREL BR
08SAOPAULO639	Hillary Clinton- Nominated for Sec State - Sao Paulo Media [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 14:44:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO642	FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT RING SHUT DOWN WITH LIGHTNING SPEED [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 13, 2008, a joint Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)/Assistant Regional Security Officer Investigator (ARSO-I) investigation resulted in the arrest of four members of a fraudulent document ring in Sorocaba, Brazil (Note: Sorocaba is a city of 557,500 located 80 miles to the [...]	2008-12-03 12:59:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO65	BRAZIL: SAO PAULO INPUT FOR NEW ENERGY REPORT [...] (U) Post sends this cable in response to reftel request for energy-related activities at post. The information below corresponds to the format requested in reftel. --A. Energy Work: The Political-Economic Section of Consulate General Sao Paulo has two economic officers that share coverage o [...]	2008-02-14 17:46:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG BR
08SAOPAULO650	DIFFERING BRAZILIAN VOICES ON U.S. ETHANOL POLICY AT [...] (U) Summary: At the Government of Brazil's (GOB) much anticipated International Conference on Biofuels held in Sao Paulo from November 17 to 21, GOB reps, for the most part, stuck to the spirit of the U.S.-Brazil biofuels MOU and kept to promises to remain united with the U.S. on expanding et [...]	2008-12-04 18:16:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO652	Transition - Sec State Nomination - Sao Paulo Media [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 14:34:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO654	Global Economy- China - Sao Paulo Media Reaction - December [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 13:49:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO655	Corrected Copy - Global Economy- China - Sao Paulo Media [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 14:13:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO66	POOR PRISON CONDITIONS FUEL GROWTH OF PCC CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) According to Sao Paulo-based public security analysts, poor prison conditions in the state are a major contributing reason for the expansion of the First Capital Command (PCC) network into one of the most powerful gangs in Sao Paulo's criminal world. While state authorities argue that a [...]	2008-02-15 08:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO664	AZUL AIRLINES "TAKES-OFF" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Consulate officers attended the inaugural demonstration flight of new low-cost Brazilian airline, Azul Airlines, on December 2. While Azul had originally wanted its hub to be from the local Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro, they will be operating from the Campinas airpo [...]	2008-12-12 17:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO676	WHA - Chavez, Brazilian Leadership and the CALC Summit - [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 16:39:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
08SAOPAULO677	CHAVEZ, BRAZILIAN LEADERSHIP AND THE CALC SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 16:40:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO678	SAO PAULO STATE ORGANIZES TIP MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The State of Sao Paulo and the Secretary of Justice and Citizen Defense organized a broad-based meeting for NGOs and government agencies dedicated to fighting Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Sao Paulo on December 16. Panelists stressed their commitment to "institutionalizing" th [...]	2008-12-19 17:05:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF KCRM PHUM ELAB KTIP BR
08SAOPAULO679	ECONOMIC CRISIS HELPS SERRA POSITION FOR 2010 [...] (C) Summary: The PSDB leadership sees an opportunity for their party as the ongoing global economic crisis hits Brazil. In this context, Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra, the most likely PSDB nominee right now, has started a campaign of economic activism at the state level, promoting prog [...]	2008-12-19 17:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO680	BRAZIL'S BUSINESS OUTLOOK FOR 2009 NOT GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Brazil's impressive September economic performance, most of the domestic indicators show that 2009 will be a difficult year. Contacts across Brazilian business sectors told the Consul General that they are preparing for difficult times in 2009. Early indicators of co [...]	2008-12-19 18:07:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO683	UN WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540, SAO PAULO, NOVEMBER [...] (U)Summary: The UN Workshop on UNSCR 1540 Implementation held in Sao Paulo on November 24-28, 2008, was organized by the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs in cooperation with the Government of Brazil with funding by the European Union and the Governments of Norway and the United Sta [...]	2008-12-23 16:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP BR
08SAOPAULO687	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON [...] (U) In response to reftel, the September 24 Blue Lantern visit, and resulting correspondence, Post conducted additional interviews with recipient company CBC-Brazilian Ammunition Company to discuss import license 050045617. Post is satisfied from the site visit as well as the answers to the r [...]	2008-12-29 16:42:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC BR
08SAOPAULO691	ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: A. Crime Threats: The criminal threat for Sao Paulo is rated critical by the Department of State. Despite reported decreases in crime levels in the State of Sao Paulo, crime is still oppressive and widespread. Much of Sao Paulo,s crimes and violence can be [...]	2008-12-30 13:00:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC
08SAOPAULO77	FOLLOW-UP WITH SENIOR JUSTICE ON DRUG AND WEAPONS [...] (C/NF) Sao Paulo State Court of Appeals Criminal Division Justice, Jose Amado de Faria Souza, told Consul General (CG) that while his concerns expressed reftel regarding the possible transportation of heavy weapons across the Tri-Border Area (TBA) and from Colombia into Brazil were based on c [...]	2008-02-20 14:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV OEXC SNAR KCRM BR
08SAOPAULO86	BRAZIL'S CENTRAL BANK SETS NEW RESERVE REQUIREMENTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian Central Bank (CB) has established new reserve requirements on commercial leasing operations in order to close a loophole that allowed companies to avoid Brazil's high reserve requirements. This action will also serve to tighten credit, control inflation, improve e [...]	2008-02-22 12:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV BR
08SAOPAULO87	SAO PAULO STATE SLOWLY ADDRESSES PRISON CONDITIONS (3 OF 3) [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo State officials candidly admit that a host of challenges exist within the state penitentiary system but tell us they are working hard on addressing the prison network's shortcomings. According to state authorities, the cash-strapped Secretariat for Prison Administration (SAP) [...]	2008-02-22 12:53:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO90	BRAZIL CIVAIR: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH US AIRLINES [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 19 the Ambassador met with representatives from U.S. carriers American, Delta, and United Airlines to elicit their views on the Sao Paulo International Airport Guarulhos (GRU) parking fee dispute, follow up on bilateral aviation negotiations, discuss the domestic and i [...]	2008-02-26 10:33:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL PGOV ECON EINV BEXP BR
08SAOPAULO94	SAO PAULO'S MAYORAL ELECTION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR 2010 [...] (SBU) In October, Brazilians will go to the polls to elect the Mayors and City Council members ("Vereadores") of the country's 5,064 municipalities. Political analysts and consultants, as well as politicians from across the spectrum, agree on one thing: these elections will set the stage for [...]	2008-02-26 13:11:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR BR
08SCTION02OF02SAOPAULO335	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BRAZILIAN OIL CONCESSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 09:29:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV EINV EAGR BR
08SEOUL1345	PRESS BULLETIN - July 7, 2008 [...] We Have More Important Things to Worry About (Chosun Ilbo, July 7, 2008, Page 31) Features 2. U.S. "Condoned Summary Executions during Korean War" (Daily Chosun, July 7, 2008) 3 3. Foreign Students in the U.S. Can Work as Interns (Dong-a Ilbo, July 7, 2008, Page 13) 3 4. Majority of [...]	2008-07-07 06:11:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL2177	MOFAT-WHA CONSULTATIONS: ROK'S EXPANDING TIES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Korea is actively expanding ties with Latin America through trade, investment, overseas development assistance and high-level engagement, according to ROK Foreign Ministry officials who met with WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon on October 15 for consultations. The Ministry's Lati [...]	2008-11-06 22:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV ETRD SK BR BL CU CI MX PE
08SEOUL2293	SOUTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (U) Korea Announces 33 Trillion Won Stimulus Package: On November 3, the South Korean government announced a 33 trillion won (approximately USD 25 billion) stimulus package (equal to 3.7 percent of 2007 GDP). The package includes 11 trillion won (USD 8.5 billion) in additional fiscal spending [...]	2008-12-01 06:52:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KS
08SEOUL2447	G20 DEMARCHE ON REJECTING PROTECTIONISM: KOREA [...] (C) Summary. On December 18, EMIN discussed U.S. concerns about recent protectionism measures by some G20 countries with Deputy Trade Minister Ahn Ho-young, Korea's sherpa for the November 15 G20 financial summit (Econoff had previously delivered demarche talking points to Korea,s Sous-sher [...]	2008-12-22 00:16:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PREL ECON WTRO KS
08SHANGHAI428	SHANGHAI ACADEMICS COMMENT ON CHINA'S RELATIONS WITH LATIN [...] (C) Summary: China's strategy in Latin America is shaped by its desire for natural resources and not by any geopolitical ambitions, according to Shanghai scholars, and China does not want to raise U.S. suspicion about China's motives in the region. Political competition with Taiwan in Latin A [...]	2008-09-29 11:44:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD CH VE BR TW XM
08SHANGHAI533	SHANGHAI ACADEMIC YANG JIEMIAN ON OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS) President Yang Jiemian said the Chinese Government wants to stabilize bilateral relations with the United States and avoid the recurring "pendulum effect" in relations that seems to occur each time a new administration comes int [...]	2008-12-10 03:47:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW
08SHANGHAI557	(SBU) U.S. CHICKEN EXPORTER FACING TRADE FINANCING [...] (SBU) Summary. A shortage of trade finance in Hong Kong is causing problems for Tyson Foods, Inc., imports of chicken into China. The troubles with trade finance are squeezing the US$400 million in revenues that Tyson earns annually from chicken parts sales in the China market. The high mar [...]	2008-12-18 01:04:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH EFIN ECON PGOV ETRD
08SINGAPORE76	D/NSA PRICE URGES GOS TO SUPPORT AMBITIOUS WTO [...] (C) Summary: Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor (D/NSA) for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price pressed Singapore to speak out for an ambitious World Trade Organization (WTO) agenda on services during his January 15 meetings. Singapore officials countere [...]	2008-01-22 00:26:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN SN
08STATE106869	GUIDANCE FOR PRST ON GUINEA-BISSAU OCTOBER 7 [...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the PRST on Guinea-Bissau (para 2) October 7 in the UN Security Council Consultations. 2. Begin text of PRST: The Security Council, recalling its previous statements on Guinea-Bissau, and having considered the latest report of the Secretary-General [...]	2008-10-06 23:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
08STATE111745	PORTUGAL: TIP ACTION GUIDE TO COMBAT TIP [...] This is an action request (see para 5). 2. The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report rates countries as Tier 2 when host governments are not meeting the minimum standards to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA),but are making signif [...]	2008-10-20 21:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PO PREL SMIG KTIP
08STATE111775	(U) Secretary Rice's October 9, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: Dan Smith, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) October 9, 2008, 9:00 - 9:30, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Gilchrist, EUR Sean McCormack, PA C [...]	2008-10-21 00:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO CVIS LG LH EN
08STATE112481	11TH SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND [...] (U) Summary: The UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) held its 11th Session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from May 26 - 30, 2008. The current biennial themes of the Commission are "Development-oriented policies for a socio-economic inclusive information society, [...]	2008-10-22 16:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL TINT UNCTAD ECOSOC AORC
08STATE115017	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (U) Classified by Bill Lucas, Director, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 18. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold two meetings in early November: an informal gathering (Gymnich) in Marseille on November 3 and a formal Genera [...]	2008-10-28 23:33:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD IR AF EUN IS LE PK RS SO SY
08STATE116428	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the UN General Assembly,s First Committee meeting in New York, ISN/MNSA Director Marguerita Ragsdale, joined by Deputy Director Scott Davis, held informal bilaterals on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issues October 13-15 with Australia, Brazil, Canada, [...]	2008-10-31 15:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC AS BR CA CH EG ENRG FR ID JA KNNP MNUC NZ
08STATE116467	DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, October 31, 2008 2. (U) Iraq ) Paragraphs 7-15 3. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 16-24 4. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 25-39 5. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 40-47 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 48-68 7. (U) Iraq 8 [...]	2008-10-31 16:58:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
08STATE116592	INSTRUCTIONS: U.S. RESPONSE ON PROPOSED RIO+20 [...] Summary. South Korea's Ambassador Park has approached Ambassador Khalilzad and Ambassador McMahan (reftels A and C) about Korea's interest in hosting a Rio-plus-20 (Rio 20) conference on sustainable development in Korea in 2012. He reiterated that it is the right time for Asia to host such [...]	2008-10-31 20:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA SENV EAID AORC
08STATE120153	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): 2008 [...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the press statement issued at the conclusion of the November 2008 Canberra MTCR Plenary. Addressee and info addressee posts may share this statement with interested parties as appropriate. Further information on the results of the Plenary will be forthcoming [...]	2008-11-12 18:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PREL PARM KSCA TSPA ETTC
08STATE121002	RESPONSE TO CANADIAN REQUEST ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) OBJECTIVE FOR OTTAWA: -- To inform appropriate Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) interlocutors that ISN discussed coordination on Iran non-proliferation objectives with First Secretary [...]	2008-11-14 14:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
08STATE121432	INSTRUCTIONS - USUN VENEZUELAN DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) USDEL is instructed to work with like-minded delegations to seek to postpone action on this resolution and if unsuccessful, and it is presented for consideration in plenary, to call for a vote and to vote no. 2. (U) Background: The Venezuelan government has proposed the UN General A [...]	2008-11-15 01:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON UN VZ
08STATE123081	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- to pursue reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; and, -- to defeat three resolutions reaffirming the [...]	2008-11-20 01:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY
08STATE123492	ACTION REQUEST: DELIBERATION BY MEMBER STATES ON [...] (U) This is an action request for Posts in EU Member State capitals. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) In preparation for the European Council meeting December 10-11, and a planned early December European Parliament vote on the European Union's "20-20-20 [...]	2008-11-21 00:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU
08STATE125120	GUIDANCE ON CBP 10+2 RULE [...] Summary: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published an interim final rule requiring importers and carriers to electronically submit additional information on cargo before it is brought into the United States by vessel. The rule, also known as "10 2," fulfills the advance data requ [...]	2008-11-25 21:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EWWT KHLS
08STATE127023	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE DECEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels December 8-9. We expect the formal agenda to include: Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Democratic Rep [...]	2008-12-02 21:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN ZL IS PK CG TU
08STATE129940	FY 2009 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH STRATEGY AND [...] (U) Summary. Agricultural biotechnology has great potential to help address the challenges of food insecurity and rural economic development. To realize this potential, and to protect the interests of U.S. farmers and exporters, we seek to promote understanding of the technology and en [...]	2008-12-10 22:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO
08STATE13105	JANUARY 30 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first G-8 Global Partnership Working Group meeting (GPWG) of the Japanese G-8 Presidency, which took place on January 30, 2008 in Tokyo, focused on expanding the geographic scope of GP activities and developing benchmarks to ensure that current pledges for GP projects in Rus [...]	2008-02-07 22:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR
08STATE131354	SUBJECT: WTO DIRECTOR GENERAL DECISION NOT TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: WTO Director General Pascal Lamy announced on December 12, 2008 that there are still significant gaps on a number of outstanding issues in the ongoing Doha Round negotiations and that he does not see the basis for convening a meeting of Ministers in Geneva before the end of the [...]	2008-12-15 19:36:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
08STATE132759	PREPARING THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 12-29. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department t [...]	2008-12-19 03:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
08STATE133964	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a pre-shipment check on application 050136184 for the export of armor plating to Malaysia. Post is requested to complete this B [...]	2008-12-23 16:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY BR
08STATE13631	ICAO: INCORPORATION OF TRANSPORT OFFENSES IN [...] Work is underway in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to amend the Montreal and The Hague aviation security conventions to strengthen their provisions against aviation-related terrorist acts. In November 2007, as a result of successful U.S. and Australian outreach (reftel) [...]	2008-02-08 23:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX
08STATE14246	DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING PORTUGAL TO ACTION AS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Post is requested to approach the MFA at the appropriate levels to urge their strong leadership of the Community of Democracies (CD) and to solicit their views on priorities for their Chairmanship over t [...]	2008-02-11 22:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PO AO
08STATE15117	MONTERREY CONSENSUS: BACKGROUND AND 2008 REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. The 2002 Monterrey Consensus on Financing for Development (FfD) was a marked accomplishment for the U.S. and other donor countries as it recognizes the importance of a balanced approach to development. It emphasizes [...]	2008-02-14 01:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN EINV PGOV UN
08STATE1514	U.S.-JAPAN-KOREA POLICY PLANNING TALKS - WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: Policy Planning Director David Gordon opened United States-Japan-Korea Policy Planning Talks by hosting Japanese Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Chikao Kawai, and Korean Deputy Foreign Minister In-kook Park for a working dinner December 16, during which they exchanged [...]	2008-01-07 17:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV ENRG KGHG PREL JA KS
08STATE16488	2007 SPECIAL 301 BRAZIL OCR RESULTS [...] The U.S. Government (USG) Special 301 Committee has concluded its deliberations regarding Brazil's status on the Special 301 list following the Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR). The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) notified the Brazilian Embassy in Washington on February 15 that Brazil [...]	2008-02-19 16:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR BR
08STATE18370	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services is on [...]	2008-02-24 21:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO AR
08STATE18372	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...]	2008-02-24 22:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO BR
08STATE18373	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...]	2008-02-24 22:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO CH
08STATE18374	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...]	2008-02-24 22:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO EG
08STATE18375	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...]	2008-02-24 22:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO IN
08STATE18376	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...]	2008-02-24 22:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO ID
08STATE18377	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...]	2008-02-24 22:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO MY
08STATE18378	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services is on [...]	2008-02-24 23:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO RP

08STATE18379	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...]	2008-02-24 23:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO SF
08STATE18380	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services is on [...]	2008-02-24 23:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO TH
08STATE18381	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...]	2008-02-24 23:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO TU
08STATE20259	2008 U.S.-BRAZIL POLITICAL-MILITARY CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) Department requests Embassy deliver to the Government of Brazil's (GOB) Ministry of External Relations (MRE) the proposed United States-Brazil Political-Military Consultations agenda in paragraph four. Department further requests GOB confirmation of the proposed April 15 date for pol-mi [...]	2008-02-28 15:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MAS PREL PTER BR
08STATE20329	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: U/S Burns met for two hours on January 29 with his new Japanese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, to discuss G8, UNSC reform, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Burma. Sasae described Japan's priorities for the G8, which include climate ch [...]	2008-02-28 17:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENIV ENRG KGHG PREL PGOV EAID XB XC XD XE XH JA
08STATE2033	VISAS FOR WIREC 2008 DELEGATES [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs six and seven. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Summary: The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) will be held in Washington DC March 4 - 6. (See reftels D and E for background on WIREC 2008). The participatio [...]	2008-01-08 20:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG
08STATE2034	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 5-9, 2007 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary meeting in Athens, the 34 MTCR Partners reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening missile-related export controls and thereby discouraging missile activities and programs of concern. They discussed [...]	2008-01-08 20:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA FR GR
08STATE22040	OAS NOTES 03/03/07 [...] (U) Summary: This message is a regular report regarding current Organization of American States (OAS) issues that may be of interest to overseas posts and domestic agencies. The purpose of these roundup cables is to inform posts of otherwise unreported developments in the inter-American syste [...]	2008-03-04 17:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OAS ECON ENRG EWWT
08STATE25671	COLOMBIA-ECUADOR DISPUTE: OAS RESOLUTION 930 [...] (C) Summary. The OAS Permanent Council approved Resolution 930 on March 5 regarding the Colombia-Ecuador dispute stemming from the Colombian attack on a FARC camp on the Ecuadorian border on March 1. Resolution 930 reaffirmed the inviolability of national sovereignty, established a commissio [...]	2008-03-12 12:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO EC
08STATE26870	WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] Action requests in paras 12 and 13. SUMMARY ------- 2. Summary: The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) and the co-located but separately managed side events, trade show, and business conference eclipsed expectations. Some 3,000 delegates from 118 count [...]	2008-03-14 14:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA XX
08STATE2731	PREPARING THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] This an action message for all posts. See paras 17-30. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement regarding Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions to the Department's eighth annual TIP report. The Department is required by the Trafficking Vi [...]	2008-01-09 23:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG XX
08STATE29098	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE ACTIVITIES OF BANK MELLI, BANK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (S) This cable provides additional information for addressees to deliver along with the information in REF A. ------------------------ OBJECTIVE/ACTION RE [...]	2008-03-20 14:45:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC IR
08STATE29766	URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT BY WESTERN HEMISPHERE [...] The U.S. is hosting two events in Washington on May 28-29, 2008 on the occasion of the Fifth Anniversary of the establishment of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). First announced by President Bush at Krakow, Poland, this initiative is one of the hallmarks of the Administration's e [...]	2008-03-21 17:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XL XM
08STATE30237	U.S.-EU STRATEGIC ENERGY REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: On March 3, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery co-chaired the second annual U.S.-EU Strategic Energy Review, established at the June 2006 U.S.-EU Summit to review progress in U.S.-EU energy cooperation. Discussions covered cooperation on energ [...]	2008-03-24 15:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EUN KGHG SENV
08STATE30340	(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: PARAGUAY [...] (S/NF) This cable reports the results of a recent Washington review of reporting and collection needs for Paraguay. The review produced a list of priorities (paragraph 5) intended to guide participating USG agencies as they allocate resources and update plans to collect information on Paragua [...]	2008-03-24 18:30:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR KPRP ECON PREL PGOV ETRD PA
08STATE33478	SECOND U.S.-EU HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a frank exchange on March 7, U.S. and European principals reviewed work on climate change under the Major Economies and UNFCCC Processes. U.S. principals secured EU Environment Commissioner Dimas' admission that current EU proposals will permit some EU Member States to reco [...]	2008-04-01 18:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN
08STATE3557	U.S.-BRAZIL DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) The United States Government (USG) is seeking to enter into a binding Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the Government of Brazil (GOB),that also contains aspirational provisions. Under Secretary for Political Affairs [...]	2008-01-11 19:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PTER BR
08STATE39049	IRANIAN PARTICIPATION IN MALAYSIAN ARMS SHOW [...] (C) Summary: Iran Aviation Industries Organization, Iran Electronics Industries, M.O.D. - Defensive Products Department, and MODLEX - Export Center are scheduled to participate in the Defense Services of Asia (DSA) 2008 Exhibition in Malaysia April 21-24. The participation of these entities [...]	2008-04-14 20:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC
08STATE43799	DEMARCHE: PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph five. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The first anniversary International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial will be held in Stockholm, Sweden on May 29, 2008. The meeting will be hosted by the Government of Sweden and co-chaired [...]	2008-04-24 23:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ
08STATE44438	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) [...] (C) The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) held a productive Reinforced Point of Contact (RPOC) meeting in Paris on April 10, 2008. French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Martin Briens chaired the meeting. RPOC discussion focused on r [...]	2008-04-28 11:52:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KSCA ETTC MTCRE FR
08STATE53984	VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request. This cable contains voting instructions for the May 21 election of Member States to the UN Human Rights Council. 2. (U) There are nineteen announced candidates for fifteen seats divided among five regions. The voting is by secret ballot. Votes will be cast b [...]	2008-05-20 23:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM UNGA
08STATE55508	2008 AUTOMATED MUTUAL-ASSISTANCE VESSEL RESCUE (AMVER) AWARDS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 10. 2. Posts in or responsible for the following countries/entities are requested to assist in the annual presentation of awards to owners of vessels participating in the U.S. Coast Guard's Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMV [...]	2008-05-23 15:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ECON ETRD ELTN ATRN PREL
08STATE58722	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassies, assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050073566 for the export of Super Tucano aircraft parts to Colombia. Embassies are request [...]	2008-06-02 13:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC CO BR
08STATE58815	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050059746 for the export of Super Tucano aircraft parts to Colombia. Embassy is requested t [...]	2008-06-02 15:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC CO
08STATE60123	ICI ANNUAL REVIEW CONFERENCE - STOCKHOLM, MAY 29, [...] (U) Posts may draw upon this report as needed in their discussions with host governments about Iraq. 2. (U) Summary: In a meeting that most participants and commentators agreed helped to improve international perceptions of Iraq, eighty-four countries and twelve international organizations [...]	2008-06-04 18:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID IR IZ PGOV PREF PREL SW EUN
08STATE60216	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ATTENDANCE AND DONATIONS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Department requests action addressees to urge host governments to send high-level representatives to the donors' conference to be held in Vienna June 23 and to contribute generously to the joint appe [...]	2008-06-04 20:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA
08STATE60300	NGO COMMITTEE -- INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACTION ON [...] World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ). ACTION REQUEST. Action in the NGO Committee on a complaint against the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) has been deferred until tomorrow, June 5. Mission is instructed to continue to use vigorous efforts to seek an outcome favorable to [...]	2008-06-05 00:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN SOCI NGO
08STATE61385	COPUOS: GUIDANCE FOR 51ST SESSION OF UN COMMITTEE [...] FOLLOWING IS GUIDANCE FOR THE 51ST SESSION OF THE UN COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE (COPUOS). THIS GUIDANCE WILL FOCUS ON MATTERS THAT REQUIRE SPECIFIC ACTION BY THE COMMITTEE. USDEL SHOULD DRAW ON DETAILED GUIDANCE IN REFTEL A (SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUBCOMMITTEE) AND REFTEL [...]	2008-06-06 20:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA UNPUOS UNGA PARM
08STATE61447	TWELFTH UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)'s quadrennial conference took place in Accra, Ghana, April 20-25. On balance, its outcome document, the 221 paragraph Accra Accord represents progress for developed countries and UN reform, and can be used as a reference doc [...]	2008-06-07 00:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD ECIN EFIN EINV TSPL SMIG PREL ELAB
08STATE63666	HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (U) The Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) held its Seventh Regular Meeting of Subscribing States on May 29-30, 2008, at the Vienna International Center (VIC),in Vienna, Austria. 75 of 130 Subscribing States registered for the meeting. Many Subscribing St [...]	2008-06-12 20:15:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA
08STATE64660	38TH OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: COLOMBIA SCORES A WIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The 38th OAS Regular General Assembly, held June 1-3 in Medellin, Colombia, focused positive international attention on the Colombian Government's progress in restoring "Democratic Security" in previously-violent areas and helped promote regional support for Colombia's efforts [...]	2008-06-16 18:58:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OAS PREL PHUM ETRD CO
08STATE64684	38TH OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: COLOMBIA SCORES A WIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The 38th OAS Regular General Assembly, held June 1-3 in Medellin, Colombia, focused positive international attention on the Colombian Government's progress in restoring "Democratic Security" in previously-violent areas and helped promote regional support for Colombia's efforts a [...]	2008-06-16 19:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OAS PREL PHUM ETRD CO
08STATE67212	GENERAL GUIDANCE ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S) Summary: This is an ALDAC action request. Department requests that all Posts review and implement general guidance at paragraph 2 on Iran's participation in international defense expositions. In the view of the U.S. and other allies, Iranian defense entities or foreign companies that dire [...]	2008-06-23 16:52:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL
08STATE67437	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: As follow-up to the April 9 small group meeting held on the margins of the April 10, 2008 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Reinforced [...]	2008-06-23 21:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE6888	U.S.-BRAZIL POLITICAL-MILITARY BILATERAL [...] (U) Department requests Embassy engage the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations about conducting the next round of political-military bilateral consultations. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Department instructs Embassy to pursue the following objectives with the Government of Brazi [...]	2008-01-23 15:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PTER BR
08STATE69093	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JUNE 23 MEETING WITH [...] (U) June 23, 2008, 11:15 a.m., Washington, D.C. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES Deputy Secretary Negroponte WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon WHA/CAR Velia De Pirro (Notetaker) TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Prime Minister Patrick Manning Ambassador from Trinidad & Tobago Glenda More [...]	2008-06-26 23:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR ECON ETRD ENRG KCRM XL TD
08STATE70837	AGENCIES INVOLVED IN BRAZIL'S SHOOTDOWN PROGRAM [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4 and 5. 2. (S) In response to reftels, State reiterates the critical importance of reviewing U.S. assistance to Brazil's Aerial Bridge Denial (Shootdown) program. This information is necessary to satisfy a specific request from POTUS prior to making [...]	2008-07-02 03:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL SNAR BS
08STATE71695	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-license check on distribution agreement (DA) 2592-05 for the export of defense services and technical data related to App [...]	2008-07-03 15:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC GM
08STATE72005	JOINT LETTER TO G8 ON MATERNAL HEALTH AND INFANT [...] (C) Summary: Norway,s Charge d,Affaires Aud Kolberg met EEB PDAS David Nelson July 2 to present a letter (text in para 7) from leaders of Norway and six other countries to Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda urging Japan to lead the G8 in devoting greater attention and funding to combating materna [...]	2008-07-03 21:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BR CI EAID EINV ENRG ETTC JA LI MZ NO SG SOCI TZ
08STATE74922	(U) Secretary Rice's June 26-27 Participation in [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008 at 18:00, and June 28, 2008 at 09:30; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. Wil [...]	2008-07-12 14:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHUM KNNP KWBG
08STATE76214	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050090697 for the export of 7-45555-5 Landing Gear Lever to Brazil. Embassy is requested [...]	2008-07-16 14:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC IS BR
08STATE77144	NUCLEAR FORENSICS EXPERTS PLAN PATH FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Atomic energy, law enforcement and policy experts from nearly 30 countries met in Sofia, Bulgaria June 17-19 under the auspices of the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) to share experience on nuclear forensics and illicit trafficking issues. The I [...]	2008-07-17 20:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC BE KNNP PREL PTER ENRG MNUC
08STATE80034	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: As follow-up to the April 9 small group meeting held on the margins of the April 10, 2008 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Reinforced [...]	2008-07-24 20:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE85940	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- NEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Berlin, Canberra, London, Paris, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/ACTION REQUEST: Per Ref C, the U.S. circulated to MTCR small group members in June a suggested proposal on Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) outreach t [...]	2008-08-11 16:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK
08STATE87345	CIVAIR BRAZIL: WITHDRAWAL/DESIGNATION AND [...] This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. Action requested: Washington agencies request Post designate the U.S. carriers listed below and reallocate weekly frequencies available to each carrier by delivering the following diplomatic note to GOB officials. Please scan and email the [...]	2008-08-14 13:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	BR EAIR KTIA
08STATE87351	CIVAIR BRAZIL: WITHDRAWAL/DESIGNATION AND [...] This is an action message. Please see para 2. 2. Action requested: Washington agencies request Post designate the U.S. carriers listed below and reallocate weekly frequencies available to each carrier by delivering the following diplomatic note to GOB officials. Please scan and email the [...]	2008-08-14 13:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	BR EAIR KTIA
08STATE90103	FINAL FOLLOW UP: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT [...] According to our records, we have not yet received a response to two Blue Lantern requests regarding the export of missile electronics for the F-5 aircraft (license 050054515) and J85 engine spare parts (license 050021904) to the Brazil Air Force. The initial requests were sent over 200 days a [...]	2008-08-21 18:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC BR
08STATE93970	LIFELINES FOR IPCC WORKING GROUP ELECTION [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. Missions should be prepared to assist the U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its efforts to secure a positive outcome to elections for working group co-chair positions at the IPCC Plenar [...]	2008-09-02 23:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL UNEP WMO KGHG IR ML AR MA MO
08STATE99131	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassies Brasilia and Pretoria, please see paragraphs 3-6. 2. (C) BACKGROUND/PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE: Paragraphs 5 and 6 below contain proposals on Outreach and Machine Tools that the U.S. plans to put forward for adoption at the November 2008 Missile Technol [...]	2008-09-16 20:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL
08STATE99672	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UNITED STATES GOALS AND [...] (SBU) The upcoming General Debate of the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA),September 23 - October 1, and regular session, which continues through December, will provide a platform for the advancement of key U.S. interests. We will use the high-level ministerial meetings Secretary-General Ban i [...]	2008-09-17 21:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA
08STOCKHOLM204	DEMARCHE ON CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATION: SWEDEN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with the PM's advisor on foreign policy State Secretary Nicola Clase to deliver reftel demarche on March 11. The Ambassador stressed that the President is firmly committed to joining an international agreement. Now it is time for the US and the EU to work closely to [...]	2008-03-13 07:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCHG SENV ECON PGOV EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM720	POTENTIAL FOR SCANIA PLANT REOPENING IN IRAQ [...] Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Silverman and FCS Hakan Vidal visited Scania to establish the status of Scania's interest in setting up an assembly plant in Iraq. Since 1961, Scania has delivered over 31,000 commercial vehicles. Scania have two pending tenders from Iraqi Ministries and are prepa [...]	2008-10-28 14:53:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SW IQ
08STOCKHOLM761	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 15:59:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UN SW
08STOCKHOLM786	Swedish Environment Minister on Prospects for Poznan/COP-14 [...] (U) Summary. At a November 20 lunch hosted by Ambassador Wood for Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren, the two agreed that the focus of COP-14 next month should be to establish an ambitious work program for 2009, rather than attempting to reach consensus on any future carbon emission [...]	2008-11-25 14:54:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG KGHG SW
08STOCKHOLM841	SWEDISH MFA ON EU DISCUSSION OF CONGO, SOUTH ASIA, [...] (C) On December 17, Poloffs met with Axel Wernhoff, Deputy Head of the Division for European Affairs at the MFA. Wernhoff said: -- The EU will increasingly focus on Afghanistan in 2009 and understands that a "regional approach" is needed to deal with the Afghan-Pakistani border; -- FM Bil [...]	2008-12-18 10:57:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU AF PK CG CF SW
08STOCKHOLM857	"EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED" DURING SWEDEN'S EU [...] (SBU) Summary: Sweden has about six months before it assumes the EU presidency on July 1, 2009, but the government is already in overdrive preparing policy goals and restructuring governmental offices. EUR/ERA Director Bill Lucas visited Stockholm on December 4-5 to discuss priorities for th [...]	2008-12-23 11:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV INR EU SW
08TASHKENT976	UZBEKISTAN: AT HOME ON THE FAZENDA? [...] (U) Uzbek media has widely reported the visit by Brazil's Ambassador to Russia Carlos Antonio da Rocha Paranhos. Appointed on February 13 as Brazil's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Uzbekistan based in the Russian Federation, Paranhos was expected to deliver his [...]	2008-08-25 05:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV BR UZ
08TEGUCIGALPA1019	HEAD OF STATE-LEVEL JOINT DEMARCHE - US BRAZIL [...] (U) On November 13, Ambassador and Brazilian Ambassador briefed Acting Foreign Minister Eduardo Rosales on the U.S.- Brazil Biofuels Partnership and informed him of our interest in including Honduras in the third country facilitation program. Rosales said that the government of President Zela [...]	2008-11-14 16:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENVI ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA1071	AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH TRADE MINISTER CERRATO [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with Fredis Cerrato, Minister of Trade and Industry, October 30 to discuss CAFTA-DR, fuel prices and renewable energy, and the financial crisis, among other topics. The Ambassador raised the expropriation claim of U.S. citizen Oscar Cerna. End summary. ----- [...]	2008-11-28 19:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD HN
08TEGUCIGALPA1114	(U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THE HONDURAN [...] (U) Summary: Following is Post's response to ref A request for information on Honduran Economic Climate. Answers are keyed to questions in incoming telegram. End Summary. A. (U) ENERGY SECTOR: 1) (C/NF) WHAT IS THE OPERATING AND FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE HONDURAN STATE ENERGY COMPAN [...]	2008-12-10 21:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	HO PINR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG
08TEGUCIGALPA1125	RENEWABLE ENERGY COOPERATION With HONDURAS [...] This is an action request. See para 8. 2. Summary: Embassy Tegucigalpa is launching an initiative to deepen cooperation with Honduras on renewable energy. Recent steps, such as the approval of a 100 MW wind energy project and Honduras' inclusion in the U.S.-Brazil biofuels assistance prog [...]	2008-12-15 20:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON ENRG EINV KGHG KPAO SENV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1149	HONDURAN CONGRESS ACCEPTS VP SANTOS RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress accepted the resignation of Vice President Elvin Santos, reversing their previous stance and paving the way for approval of his presidential candidacy, in an extraordinary session on December 18. Congress also instructed the Supreme Electoral Tribun [...]	2008-12-19 23:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1152	HONDURAN CONGRESS ACCEPTS VP SANTOS RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress accepted the resignation of Vice President Elvin Santos, reversing their previous stance and paving the way for approval of his presidential candidacy, in an extraordinary session on December 18. Congress also instructed the Supreme Electoral Tribun [...]	2008-12-22 12:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA637	ZELAYA RELENTS ON TONCONTIN BUT PUSHES AHEAD ON [...] (C) Summary: Normal flights are expected to resume at Tegucigalpa's Toncontin Airport this week, more than five weeks after a Taca Airlines crash landing prompted President Zelaya to restrict operations there to small aircraft. Zelaya reversed himself over the weekend after the release of flig [...]	2008-07-07 20:38:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV PREL MARR HO
08TELAVIV1328	RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, emboffs visited International Security & Defense Systems (ISDS) at its offices in Moshav Nir Tzvi in the Tel Aviv area and met with office manager Maurice Cusnir. Cusnir provided emboffs the following information in response to their questions: 2. (SBU) Bon [...]	2008-06-20 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC GT IS
08TELAVIV1933	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 05:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV548	EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 13:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08THEHAGUE152	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP UP FOR TWO [...] (SBU) This report covers the first two weeks in February and quite a number of meetings at the OPCW and behind the scenes. The Open Ended Working Group for the Review Conference met on February 8 and 14, primarily to review the final three blocks of draft text for the conference report, but t [...]	2008-02-19 15:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE398	NETHERLANDS/WIPO: ELECTION OF NEW WIPO DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) The Netherlands' preferred candidates for WIPO Director General (DG) are Australia's Francis Gurry, followed by Mexico's Jorge Amigo. EconOff met with Paul van Beukering, head of Intellectual Property Unit, Ministry of Economic Affairs, May 9 to discuss the upocoming WIPO DG election pe [...]	2008-05-09 16:29:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL NL
08THEHAGUE420	CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART I - FORMAL OPENING [...] (U) This cable is part of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7-18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (reftel) and covers the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate. Other cables will fo [...]	2008-05-16 15:42:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE449	CWC REVIEW CONFERENCE PART IV: PROCESS AND [...] (U) This cable is the last of a series on the Second Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference (RevCon) April 7 -18, 2008. It follows the initial report at the end of the Conference (ref A),the reports on the opening plenary sessions of the Conference and the general debate (ref B),even [...]	2008-05-28 11:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE510	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: AIMING TO BOOST DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Poloff discussed Venezuelan affairs with Dutch MFA Director for the Western Hemisphere Department Laurent Stokvis and Venezuela desk officer Wendy Engelberts. Stokvis discussed the May 27 meeting between Dutch DG for Political Affairs Pieter De Gooijer and Alberto Muel [...]	2008-06-12 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NL PHUM PREL VE
08THEHAGUE569	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR PREPARATORY MEETINGS AND THE [...] (SBU) Under the new leadership of Executive Council Chairperson, Ambassador Oksana Tomova (Slovakia),Executive Council 53 was both efficient and productive. A notable accomplishment was the approval all together of the U.S. and Russian facility agreements, verification plans and amendments [...]	2008-07-03 15:38:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE593	ICC PROSECUTOR TO FILE A NEW APPLICATION IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 07:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV PREL
08THEHAGUE604	NETHERLANDS: CAUTIOUS ABOUT NUCLEAR FUEL BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, poloff delivered reftel points to Henk Cor van der Kwast, Director of the Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division at the Dutch MFA. In a July 17 discussion, Van der Kwast and Ralf van de Beck, Senior Policy Officer, said the Dutch were not ready to contribute to [...]	2008-07-18 12:44:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG EU NL
08THEHAGUE609	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR TWO WEEKS ENDING JULY 11, 2008 [...] (U) This report covers the two weeks following Executive Council 53 (EC-53),from June 30 through July 11. Consideration of the draft 2009 budget began with preliminary consultations held on July 7 by the new budget facilitator. The facilitator for the Office of Internal Oversight (OIO) held [...]	2008-07-18 15:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE644	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR TWO WEEKS ENDING JULY 25, 2008 [...] (U) Meetings at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have ground to a standstill for the summer holidays. The delegation hosted IO/MPR's Lynette Podolsky on July 14-15 to look into recruitment and staffing issues for American citizen employees at the OPCW. The new [...]	2008-07-29 14:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE686	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH OPPOSE DRAFT NSG EXCEPTION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch oppose the draft Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) exception for India because it does not include Hyde Act provisions. Further political-level U.S.-Dutch contacts may be needed, but the Dutch are not ready. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On August 12, poloff delivered ref B point [...]	2008-08-14 08:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AORC NL
08THEHAGUE757	NETHERLANDS/UNGA: DUTCH HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch generally support USG priorities for human rights initiatives at the 2008 UNGA. Dutch priorities include resolutions on religious intolerance and violence against women, and an initiative on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In a Sept [...]	2008-09-15 13:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN PHUM NL
08THEHAGUE776	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR SEPTEMBER 8-12, 2008 [...] (SBU) Budget negotiations began in earnest September 8 and a consultation on the External Auditor's Report was held on September 10. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) met twice, once for its regular weekly discussion and again on September 11 as the "WEOG PLUS" (including non-WEOG [...]	2008-09-22 10:35:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE810	NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: DUTCH EXPRESS CONCERN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch DG for Political Affairs De Gooijer told visiting Bolivian Vice Minister for Foreign Relations Fernandez on September 12 that the Netherlands feels "uncomfortable about the declaration of persona non grata of Ambassador Goldberg." Fernandez responded that the U.S. is interv [...]	2008-09-26 14:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC PINR NL BL
08THEHAGUE820	NETHERLANDS: BULLISH ON EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch coordinators for biofuels policy have "no real concerns" with the biofuels proposals in Brussels and are anxious for the EU climate and energy package to move forward. If anything, the Dutch position on biofuels is closer to the European ParliamentÂ´s view than the Europe [...]	2008-09-30 13:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN NL
08THEHAGUE898	CWC: WRAP-UP FOR OPCW EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SESSION, [...] (U) Like the Dutch weather, the sunshine and progress of Executive Council 53 in June (Ref A) returned to more typical dark clouds and rain in Executive Council 54, October 14-17. Despite daily meetings, lobbying, and a small group of key delegations meeting to try and find compromise, the w [...]	2008-10-24 16:30:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE928	CWC: WRAP UP FOR OCTOBER 20-31, 2008 [...] (U) Following the busy schedule leading up to and during the Executive Council's Fifty-fourth Session (EC-54),life at the OPCW geared down to a slower pace. In addition to weekly meetings of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG),only one consultation -- on Article VII -- was held dur [...]	2008-11-04 16:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE937	NETHERLANDS AMBIVALENT ABOUT PROPOSED RIO-PLUS-20 [...] (SBU) The Dutch government has serious reservations about a proposed "Rio 20" Sustainable Development Summit in 2012, and will probably end up supporting the EU consensus on the issue. Econoff discussed reftel points November 7 with Jurjen van der Vlugt, Senior Advisor, Environmental Cooperat [...]	2008-11-07 16:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV IO NL
08THEHAGUE972	CWC: WRAP UP FOR NOVEMBER 3-12, 2008 [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 26. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The pace of meetings began to speed up in anticipation of the Conference of the States Parties (CSP-13). The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) held regular weekly meetings on November 4 and November 12. In [...]	2008-11-20 15:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE984	CWC: SCENESETTER FOR THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES [...] (U) Meetings continued apace in anticipation of the Conference of the States Parties (CSP),without any significant progress on the budget or other CSP issues. The budget consultations remain in the same deadlock reached at the Executive Council (EC) in October, with the key difference remain [...]	2008-11-26 09:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08TIRANA875	ALBANIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 meeting with Nuri Domi, the Director of the Department for Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Domi told Poloff that the Chinese continually pester the GOA to not accept any more Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay, and said that the GOA will formally open an Embassy in India [...]	2008-12-12 08:07:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TOKYO1032	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/16/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-16 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1143	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 01:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1199	FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN JAPAN: DIFFERENT REGIONAL APPROACHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese regional authorities' attitudes toward foreign direct investment are largely positive, but when it comes to attracting foreign investors, while some are aggressive, others are ineffective or downright clueless. Limited authority to offer tax or other incentives to pote [...]	2008-05-02 01:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO1200	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1233	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1241	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 05:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1383	SCENESETTER FOR G-8 KOBE ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The agenda for the Kobe G-8 Environment Ministerial includes biodiversity and the 3Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle, but much of the public focus will be on climate change and the steps Japan and other economies will take. This focus seems likely to remain despite the GOJ's strong su [...]	2008-05-20 22:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV KGHG PREL OECD JA
08TOKYO1519	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/04/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 02:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1544	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FAO CONFERENCE ON WORLD [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included a potential scandal at the Ministry of Finance, which disclosed on Thursday that 383 ministry officials have admitted to receiving inducements, including cash, from taxi drivers to use their companies' services exclusively for trips reimburs [...]	2008-06-06 04:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1547	CLIMATE CHANGE: FURTHER GOJ THOUGHTS ON KOBE AND [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Director-General for Global Issues, Koji Tsuruoka, told EMIN Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda and Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura are now concerned that the U.S. is focused on the Major Economies Meeting at the expense of the G8. At the same time they are asking [...]	2008-06-06 06:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG JA
08TOKYO1613	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 01:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1620	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

08TOKYO1772	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 08:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1791	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1795	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1887	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1895	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1909	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1952	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 08:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1962	JAPANESE THINKING ON UPCOMING WTO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (METI) DG for Multilateral Trade Ogawa met with EMIN July 15 to outline thoughts on the upcoming WTO ministerial meeting on the Doha Development Agenda. Ogawa argued the U.S. and EU need to help establish a positive tone at the start if th [...]	2008-07-15 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD JA PREL WTRO
08TOKYO2006	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/22/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2036	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 01:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2047	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 03:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2058	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO206	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 09:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2108	JAPAN'S NEW CIVIL AVIATION LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Japan's new civil aviation leadership offered no new ideas on civil aviation talks with the U.S. in their initial meeting with Emboffs. The GOJ does not plan to allocate Haneda Airport daytime slots to U.S. airlines. The GOJ, they reiterated, will not negotiate with the EU as a [...]	2008-07-31 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV PGOV JA
08TOKYO2109	JAPANESE PUBLIC REACTION TO WTO TALKS COLLAPSE [...] (U) Summary: Japanese media and public reaction to the breakdown of WTO talks in Geneva has been mixed. Agricultural interests have expressed relief, while realizing Japan will be pressed to go further than they would like when talks resume. Business and the GOJ leadership, however, have exp [...]	2008-07-31 09:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL WTRO JA
08TOKYO2115	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL [...] SUMMARY: This cable contains information on outreach activities to inform the public of ESTA from June 20 to July 31. END SUMMARY. 2. Mission Japan consular and DHS representatives conducted a wide variety of outreach efforts to publicize the launch of ESTA. After drafting a power point pr [...]	2008-08-01 03:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT PREL PGOV EUN JA
08TOKYO2120	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 08:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO222	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 01:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO229	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO258	JAPAN POSITIVE ON GREATER CHINA/INDIA ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. Japan believes India and China need to be brought into the International Energy Agency (IEA),MOFA Economic Affairs Director-General Yoichi Otabe told visiting EEB DAS for Energy and Sanctions Hengel, even if it means that they do so without first becoming members of the OECD. Ja [...]	2008-01-31 08:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV PREL ETRD JA CH IN
08TOKYO2775	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 01:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2810	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2825	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY AND [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Friday morning included Japan's plan to propose at the G7 meeting on Friday an emergency IMF loan program for newly emerging economies and small- and medium-sized nations. 2. "New Thinking Needed for Unprecedented Crisis" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (10/1 [...]	2008-10-10 02:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2849	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/14/08-1 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 06:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2895	SEN. HAGEL'S MEETINGS WITH PM ASO AND OTHER [...] (C) During an October 16 visit to Tokyo, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) exchanged views on his visits to China and South Korea, regional security, and the global financial crisis with Prime Minister Aso and other Japanese officials and Diet members. Aso and Finance Minister Nakagawa both stressed [...]	2008-10-17 07:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MNUC OVIP JA
08TOKYO2896	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2920	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/20/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3033	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3073	IRANIAN EXPAT COMMUNITIES IN JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Iranian expatriates in Japan broadly fall within two categories, according to the Director of the Japan Institute of Middle East Economic Studies. One group comprises legitimate businessmen, mostly in Tokyo. The other, he asserted, is concentrated in central Japan and consists [...]	2008-11-04 22:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD EINV PREL ECON KCRM IR JA
08TOKYO3077	JAPANESE RESPONSE AND QUESTIONS ON NSG [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche points contained in ref to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy official Shinichi Sato October 31. Sato responded positively, commenting that the GOJ support [...]	2008-11-05 07:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA JA
08TOKYO3083	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3104	U.S.-JAPAN INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP CALLS FOR POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The eighth round of talks under the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Investment Working Group (IWG) took place October 29 in Tokyo co-chaired by U.S. Ambassador to APEC Patricia Haslach and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Deputy Director General Makoto Shiota. The two sides [...]	2008-11-09 22:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PREL OECD JA
08TOKYO3126	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11//08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-11 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3143	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/13/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3150	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/14/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3162	WHA A/S SHANNON'S MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese businesses and trade officials told Western Hemisphere Affairs Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon they continue to see long-term growth potential in Latin America, particularly in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, despite possible short-term negative effects on the re [...]	2008-11-16 07:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL JA
08TOKYO3164	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/17/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-16 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3285	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3381	JAPANESE OFFICIALS WEIGH IN ON THE WTO MODALITIES [...] (C) Summary: Senior METI and MOFA officials are still looking to conclude the Doha Development Agenda, but Japan remains held back by concerns over opening Japan's agricultural market. The GOJ is watching closely U.S. engagement with China, describing positive outcomes to those discussions [...]	2008-12-12 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EAGR JA
08TOKYO3419	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/16/08 [...] In the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy and the APEC Summit held earlier, strong statements were issued regarding the WTO Doha Round trade talks. Despite these statements, a ministerial meeting has been put off and a modalities agreement is unlikely to be reached by the end of [...]	2008-12-16 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3466	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO449	IRANIAN VISITORS TO JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The secretary of Iran's Human Rights Commission, Mohammad Javad Larijani, visited Japan February 11-18, 2008. He met with a number of officials, including the Foreign and Justice ministers. Although the purpose of his visit ostensibly was to discuss human rights issues and a po [...]	2008-02-20 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KNPP UNSC IR IZ AF JA
08TOKYO522	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 01:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO616	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO621	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TENSIONS IN SOUTH [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included Sen. Obama's victory in the Wyoming caucus. 2. "Source of Tension Remains Despite Reconciliation" The conservative Sankei reported from Los Angeles (3/9): "Diplomatic tensions in South America were eased following Friday's summit between [...]	2008-03-10 03:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO8	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - GLOBAL ECONOMY [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Thursday morning include a plan by the U.S. and Japanese governments to begin as early as this month talks on drawing a roadmap for sharing missile defense intelligence. 2. "Uncertainty in U.S. Causing Anxiety" The moderate- conservative Yomiuri editorialized (1 [...]	2008-01-03 04:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO800	MITSUBISHI REGIONAL JET SET FOR PRODUCTION [...] (C) A March 20 Nikkei article announced Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will go forward with the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program. Also on March 20, a 35-year veteran of the Japanese aviation industry, Masao Suzuki, told EconOff the large ANA and JAL purchases, nearly 100 aircraft c [...]	2008-03-24 07:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAIR PGOV JA
08TOKYO809	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-25 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO821	INVESTMENT WORKING GROUP TARGETS JAPAN'S DETERIORATING [...] (SBU) Summary: There is no change in Japan's policy of promoting foreign direct investment (FDI),according to the Japanese co-chair of the U.S.-Japan Investment Working Group (IWG),which met March 17 via digital videoconference. The GOJ will continue to showcase Japan as an investment desti [...]	2008-03-25 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OECD JA
08TOKYO829	JAPAN: DNSA PRICE PRESSES FOR PROGRESS ON DOHA AND [...] (C) During bilateral talks with senior Japanese officials and politicians March 19 in Tokyo, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price underscored the need for Japan to show more leadership now, particularly on agriculture, t [...]	2008-03-26 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PGOV WTRO EINV JA
08TOKYO835	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO967	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 01:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TORONTO153	Canadians May Be Beginning to Understand the Importance of [...] (U) Summary: On May 9, Steven Mitchell, Vice President of Intellectual Policy at the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and Jason Kee, Director of Policy and Legal Affairs for the Entertainment Software Association of Canada (ESAC),described the importance of protecting intellectual pro [...]	2008-05-15 20:00:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KCRM KIPR KPAO PGOV CA
08TORONTO84	Canada in the Americas: Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 20 speech before the Canadian Council on the Americas, Liberal Foreign Affairs critic and newly elected Member of Parliament Bob Rae argued for increased resources and better coordination among Canadian foreign affairs agencies, and a stronger Canadian commitment to t [...]	2008-03-20 17:22:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PINR PREL CA
08TUNIS286	TIFA COUNCIL - AUSTR DONNELLY'S MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) On the margins of the March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Assistant US Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East (AUSTR) Shaun Donnelly met with Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, Minister of Development and International Coo [...]	2008-03-19 10:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAIR ECIN ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV TS
08TUNIS287	TIFA COUNCIL - AUSTR DONNELLY'S MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) On the margins of the March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Assistant US Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East (AUSTR) Shaun Donnelly met with Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, Minister of Development and International Coo [...]	2008-03-19 10:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAIR ECIN ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV TS
08ULAANBAATAR527	REFLECTIONS ON A SLAG HEAP: WINNERS AND LOSERS CONTEMPLATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Failure to establish a fair and stable regulatory environment for the mining sector, coupled with the global economic crisis and commodities market crash, have come back to haunt development of Mongolia's minerals sector. Small exploration firms, already hammered by dropping co [...]	2008-12-08 06:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL PGOV ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
08UNVIEVIENNA154	IAEA/IRAN/BOG: CUBA AND IRAN VS. THE REST OF THE [...] (C) The March 5 Board of Governors deliberations on Iran's nuclear program stepped up pressure on Iran to comply with UNSC and Board requirements, and to address weaponization activities cited by the Director General. The DG delivered a typically balanced opening statement, regretting that Ira [...]	2008-03-07 07:56:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KNPP IAEA AORC PARM IR
08UNVIEVIENNA271	IAEA/IRAN: ACTING U/S ROOD DISCUSSES A POSSIBLE [...] (S) Over lunch with P5 1 Ambassadors May 6, Acting U/S Rood pressed for a Board resolution on Iran in June. The EU-3 agreed that Board and UNSC actions were complimentary and not mutually exclusive; the UK was particularly frustrated by the lack of Board action. EU-3 members joined the Actin [...]	2008-05-13 06:32:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA284	IAEA: U/S ROOD TOUR D,HORIZON WITH DG ELBARADEI [...] (C) In a series of meetings with IAEA Director General ElBaradei and Secretariat officials May 6, Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood discussed priority issues on the U.S. agenda: nuclear safeguards in the DPRK and India; reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF) and [...]	2008-05-19 08:23:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PARM ENRG TRGY KNPP KN
08UNVIEVIENNA290	IAEA/SYRIA: SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE JUNE BOARD [...] (S) During a series of technical briefings on Syria May 16 and 19, following up on discussions during his Washington consultations, Ambassador Schulte canvassed Board member views on discussion of Syria in the June Board. Ambassador Schulte outlined U.S. objectives for the Board: to spotlight [...]	2008-05-20 18:09:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PARM MNUC AORC KNPP SY IS
08UNVIEVIENNA309	IAEA/IRAN: GETTING TO CONSENSUS ON A CHAIRMAN,S [...] (C) P5 1 Deputies/Counselors meeting May 29 agreed to seek instructions on a Canadian draft Chairman's Statement (para 13) by Friday May 30. Russia did not have any readout from the PolDir phone conference. China said it had instructions to "explore" the possibility of a Chairman's Statement. [...]	2008-05-29 16:46:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA437	IAEA/INDIA: BOARD ADOPTS INDIA SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT [...] (C) U.S-led diplomatic efforts in coordination with India and other key allies paved the way for the consensus adoption of the India Safeguards Agreement by the Board of Governors on August 1. A ringing endorsement from IAEA Director General ElBaradei helped sealed the deal in the Board. In [...]	2008-08-01 17:56:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN
08UNVIEVIENNA453	IAEA/BOG: MESA REBUFFS KAZAKHSTAN; AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Acting on instructions, Kazakhstan sought to present its candidacy for the 2008-2010 open MESA seat on the Board of Governors to Indian MESA Chair Kumar, but was rebuffed by Kumar who disputed Kazakhstan's eligibility and bona fides as a MESA group member. The IAEA Statute is silent on MES [...]	2008-08-14 06:15:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY
08UNVIEVIENNA454	IAEA/BOG: MESA REBUFFS KAZAKHSTAN; AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Acting on instructions, Kazakhstan sought to present its candidacy for the 2008-2010 open MESA seat on the Board of Governors to Indian MESA Chair Kumar, but was rebuffed by Kumar who disputed Kazakhstan's eligibility and bona fides as a MESA group member. The IAEA Statute is silent on MES [...]	2008-08-14 06:15:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY
08UNVIEVIENNA546	IAEA/GC: MIDEAST MELTDOWN, TAKE 3 [...] (C) For the third consecutive year, Middle East issues nearly derailed the IAEA General Conference (GC). After a hard-fought Plenary floor fight consuming 15 hours of debate, the GC adopted a more balanced Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution than in the past by a vote of 82-0-13 (U.S., Is [...]	2008-10-09 14:38:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA565	IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 14:44:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA579	UNGASS WORKING GROUPS DEMAND REDUCTION ANND CONTROL OF [...] The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) convened the last two of five Intergovernmental Working Groups (WG) to review progress achieved since the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs. These two most recent working groups approved recommendations in the areas of (1) Dema [...]	2008-10-31 10:18:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCOR PGOV AORC UNCND
08UNVIEVIENNA583	AMBASSADOR PRESSES ELBARADEI ON EARLY REPORT ON [...] (S) In an October 31 meeting with IAEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei, Ambassador Schulte reiterated the U.S. request for a written report to the IAEA Board of Governors, under a Syria-specific verification agenda item, detailing the Agency's ongoing investigation into Syrian clandestine [...]	2008-11-03 06:52:00	UNVIE	SECRET	KNNP IAEA AORC IR SY KN
08UNVIEVIENNA602	IAEA/UNCOPUOUS: FIFTH JOINT EXPERTS GROUP MEETING ON THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UNCOPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC)/IAEA Joint Expert Group (JEG) met in Vienna during the week of 20 October 2008 to review comments from IAEA Member States to the revised draft Safety Framework for Nuclear Power Source (NPS) Applications in Outer Space. J [...]	2008-11-14 15:48:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA UNGA UNPUOS AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA AU
08UNVIEVIENNA616	IAEA/SYRIA/IRAN: PRE-BOARD ENGAGEMENT WITH BOARD [...] (SBU) Ambassador Schulte hosted consultations with 16 Board members (Russia, China, Algeria, Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, India, Iraq, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland) on November 20 to solicit views on the Iran and Syria reports and next ste [...]	2008-11-20 17:27:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PREL KNNP TRGY SY IR
08UNVIEVIENNA627	IIASA Council Selects New Deputy Director and Chairman [...] The IIASA Council held its annual meeting on November 17-18 in Laxenburg, where it made some personnel decisions triggered by the selection of American Detlof von Winterfeldt as IIASA's ninth director, effective January 1, 2009. The Council, which consists of representatives of the 18 Nationa [...]	2008-11-28 16:39:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA NAS AORC PGOV AU
08UNVIEVIENNA637	IAEA/IRAN: BOARD OF GOVERNORS CALLS FOR IRANIAN [...] (SBU) The November 27, 2008, IAEA Board of Governors discussion of Iran largely focused on Iran's failures to abide by the UNSC and Board resolutions and Iran's lack of cooperation with the IAEA on issues associated with "possible military dimensions" (PMD). In addition to the core like-min [...]	2008-12-03 15:18:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA640	IAEA/TACC WRAP-UP: SYRIA OVERSHADOWS NOVEMBER TACC [...] (SBU) Debate over the Syrian proposal for a nuclear power feasibility study was the main event at the November 24-26 IAEA Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee (TACC) meeting. In the end, the U.S. and other likeminded agreed not to block consensus on the entire 2009-2011 Technical Co [...]	2008-12-05 12:40:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA KNNP ENRG TRGY EAID SY
08UNVIEVIENNA668	UNCAC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS: REVIEWING IMPLEMENTATION [...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted two intergovernmental expert working group meetings during the week of December 15 to promote implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). During the meeting of the Review of Implementation Working Group on December 15 [...]	2008-12-23 15:56:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCOR UNODC UN AU
08UNVIEVIENNA83	IDENTIFYING SENIOR AMCITS AT IAEA AND OTHER [...] (C) Per ref A, Mission has identified senior level positions (Director-level and above) at the IAEA and other international organizations in Vienna that are critical to U.S. interests. At the IAEA, AmCits hold the senior-most of six Deputy Director General (DDG) positions, and three of 19 ava [...]	2008-02-12 16:18:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER IAEA
08USEUBRUSSELS1877	World Customs Organization (WCO) Meeting of the [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: The 38th Session of the RSC was held at the headquarters of the WCO in Brussels, Belgium, from November 15 through 26, 2008. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Raili Mdntymaa (Finland-European Community). Forty-one Contracting Parties to the Harmonized System Convention (forty cou [...]	2008-12-12 15:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC CTM SCCC
08USEUBRUSSELS378	U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. WHA PDAS Craig Kelly participated in the March 5 U.S.-EU troika meeting on Latin America in Brussels. PDAS Kelly updated participants on the Colombia/Ecuador situation and the EU delegation noted that Colombian VP Santos would be meeting with EU HiRep Solana the evening of March [...]	2008-03-11 14:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XK XL XM UEU
08USNATO267	MEDVEDEV'S SECURITY TREATY: SO FAR ALL PLATITUDES, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador Rogozin provided few details on the new Russian Foreign Policy Priority Paper in the July 28 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, appearing to do little more than read his MFA-prepared talking points. He gave only a passing mention of Medvedev's much anticipa [...]	2008-07-29 14:17:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL RS
08USNATO36	ALLIES HEAR U.S. CONCERNS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS BAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Department and OSD representatives briefed NATO Deputy Permanent Representatives January 24 on U.S. concerns over the proposed international ban on cluster munitions and the effect it could have on NATO interoperability. Richard Kidd of the Political-Military Affairs Bure [...]	2008-01-29 10:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS NATO PARM PREL
08USUNNEWYORK1005	UN DEMOCRACY CAUCUS [...] Action requested: please see paragraph 6. 2. The Permanent Representatives of 14 UN Member States met over lunch Oct. 27 at the Mission of India "to discuss issues of mutual interest relating to Democracy," as Indian Ambassador Nirupam Sen wrote in his invitation. Although not calling th [...]	2008-11-03 22:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM
08USUNNEWYORK1006	UNGA PANEL ON FINANCIAL CRISIS CALLS FOR REFORMS; [...] (U) Summary: Columbia University's Dr. Joseph Stiglitz, chair of the President of the General Assembly's (PGA) new task force on the international financial system, harshly criticized U.S. financial policies and the U.S. Government's response to the financial crisis at an October 30 "Interacti [...]	2008-11-03 23:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PREL IMF UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1008	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND JAPANESE PERM REP DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Perm Rep Takasu told Ambassador Khalilzad October 31 that Japan would like to take the lead on Timor Leste and Afghanistan in the new Security Council term beginning in January, as well as chair the Peacekeeping Working Group. Japan is reluctant to chair the 1737 (Iran) [...]	2008-11-04 00:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA UNSC KUNR AF TT JA IR BM PK
08USUNNEWYORK1018	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FOUR AND [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on other weapons of mass destruction on October 17. The Chair of the Panel of Governmental Experts on the issue of missiles in all its aspects and the Chair of the 2008 Meeting of States P [...]	2008-11-05 13:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1019	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FIVE AND SIX [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 20 to 22. On October 20, the Chairperson of the Governmental Group of Experts (GGE) on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened the debate. Representatives fr [...]	2008-11-05 13:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1021	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY EIGHT, NINE [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on disarmament machinery on October 23, 24, and 27. This summary comprises all three days of the debate. On the first day, representatives from the following states spoke: France on behal [...]	2008-11-05 14:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1023	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY NINE OF [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on regional disarmament and security on October 24. Representatives from the following states spoke: Brazil on behalf of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) and Associated States, Angola [...]	2008-11-05 14:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1028	UN BUDGET: SECRETARIAT RESPONDS TO MEMBERS' [...] Summary. At the request of the Group of 77 and China, Secretariat officials on November 3 appeared before the Fifth Committee to answer questions about the Secretary-General's plan to identify efficiency savings in preparation for the UN's proposed budget for 2010-2011. The planned 30-minute [...]	2008-11-05 23:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN AORC KUNR UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1033	UN/AU PANEL PUSHES ASSESSED FUNDS ENVELOPE [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Although UNSCR 1809 expressly recognizes "the challenges in accessing United Nations assessed contributions for funding regional organizations," Romano Prodi and his colleagues on the UN/AU "Panel of Distingui [...]	2008-11-06 22:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK1036	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON VIOLENCE [...] On October 23, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee took action on the following draft resolutions: A/C.3/63/L.2, entitled "Preparations for the Twelfth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice;" A/C.3/63/L.4, entitled "Follow-up to the Second World Assembly o [...]	2008-11-07 21:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1040	VENEZUELAN DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR UN [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4 below. 2. (U) Mission received the following note from the Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, putting forward a draft resolution on the World Financial Crisis. Text of note from Venezuela follows: The Permanent Mission of t [...]	2008-11-07 22:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON UN
08USUNNEWYORK1044	UNGA: UN 63RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS FIVE JUDGES [...] (U) Summary: The 63rd General Assembly held elections November 6 for five vacancies on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for terms of office to begin February 6, 2009. The Security Council held simultaneous elections, per the Statute of the Court. The Statute requires an absolute majo [...]	2008-11-07 23:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1065	UNSC REFORM: OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP MEETS; PGA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) during the 63rd UNGA session, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) reiterated his October 10 letter to the membership about launching intergovernmental negotiations November 21, though he had previously indicate [...]	2008-11-13 23:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNGA KUNR IN BR IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK1094	UNGA/C-6: THE SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE DEBATES THE [...] Summary: The 63rd UNGA Sixth Committee held part one of a three-part debate on the Report of the International Law Commission (ILC) (A/63/10) October 27-28. Part one's topics included: Chapters 1-3, "Introductory Chapters;" Chapter 4, "Shared Natural Resources;" Chapter 5, "Effects of armed [...]	2008-11-19 22:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1108	UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE ADOPTS PALESTINIAN RESOURCES [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee (Economic and Financial) adopted four resolutions on November 20. Per reftel instructions, the United States called for a vote and voted against the resolution entitled, "Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the [...]	2008-11-25 11:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KPAL UNGA IS
08USUNNEWYORK1109	UNGA: AT 63RD UNGA, THE NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT CALLS [...] The UN 63rd General Assembly held its debate on agenda item 110, "Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly," on November 20. The following delegations delivered interventions: France (on behalf of the EU),Algeria (on behalf of the NAM),Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Eg [...]	2008-11-25 13:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA AORC
08USUNNEWYORK1113	MEMBER STATES CONTINUE CRITICISM OF THE [...] SUMMARY. A second discussion on the two-percent savings exercise took place in the Fifth Committee on Nov. 17 under the agenda item "accountability" during informal consultations. The Controller, Jun Yamazaki, was present to answer questions posed to him regarding the exercise. Mr. Yamazaki [...]	2008-11-26 14:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN AORC KUNR UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1132	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROMOTION AND [...] SUMMARY: From October 21-30, the UN General Assembly Third Committee formally discussed the promotion and protection of human rights, and on October 31, the Committee heard the report of the Human Rights Council. Key themes from the two-week discussion included freedom of expression, freedom [...]	2008-12-04 15:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1168	UNGA: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON OCEANS AND THE [...] (U) Summary: The 63rd UN General Assembly held its debate on agenda item 70, "Oceans and the Law of the Sea," on December 4. The General Assembly considered two resolutions relating to this agenda item, both of which were co-sponsored by the United States. The resolution on Oceans and the Law [...]	2008-12-12 14:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA SENV EWWT PHSA PREL
08USUNNEWYORK1173	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) To achieve U.S. objectives for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, East Asian and Pacific Islands support was [...]	2008-12-16 00:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG

08USUNNEWYORK1177	UNGA COMMEMORATES UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in New York on December 10. Despite some initial uncertainty about which states would be permitted to speak, the commemoration, which included two panel discussions and [...]	2008-12-17 10:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AG MO IS NU UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1197	UNGA: WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable reviews the activities of Western Hemisphere delegations at the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly. At the opening of the Session, twenty-five heads of state from the Western Hemisphere participated in the General Debate. Incoming President of the General Assembly [...]	2008-12-22 18:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM
08USUNNEWYORK1199	UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST - MOST STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in five months only two days after a ministerial-level Security Council meeting that saw the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 which confirms the irreversibility of the bilateral neg [...]	2008-12-23 19:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG
08USUNNEWYORK1200	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: LOW-KEY PLENARY DEBATE GIVEN [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly met November 18-20 to discuss Security Council expansion, as well as the annual Report on the Security Council (reported ref A). Given the November 11 and 17 meetings of the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) (ref B),the plenary debate on Council expansion wa [...]	2008-12-23 19:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK1207	UNGA TAKES ACTION ON THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] SUMMARY: On December 18, the UN General Assembly took action on Third Committee resolutions, adopting 39 draft resolutions by consensus and 17 by vote. Five remaining resolutions, which had budget implications and needed review by the Assembly's Fifth Committee, were adopted on December 24. [...]	2008-12-24 18:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PHUM KSOCI KDEM
08USUNNEWYORK134	UNGA 63: NICARAGUAN CANDIDACY FOR PGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 19:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA XK XL XM BR DR GT PA PM
08USUNNEWYORK140	UNSC CALLS FOR INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) Radhika Coomaraswamy on February 12 urged the Council to implement targeted measures against persistent violators against children. She also called for the Council to add rape/sexual violence as a trigger to list a country in the ann [...]	2008-02-14 14:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PHUM PREF UNSC BM FR
08USUNNEWYORK212	SYG BAN AND U/SYG GUEHENNO DISCUSS SUDAN WITH SE [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Williamson met with Secretary-General Ban and U/SYG Guehenno at the United SIPDIS Nations on March 5. SE Williamson underscored President Bush's commitment to help to alleviate the suffering in Sudan, and emphasized the importance of more rapid UNAMID deployme [...]	2008-03-07 16:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK246	UN - FIFTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF BAN'S [...] Summary: The Fifth Committee of the General Assembly, on March 17th, began its consideration of Secretary-General Ban's proposal to strengthen the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) (A/62/521 and Corr.1). U-SYG Barcena of the Department of Management introduced the report (see paragraph [...]	2008-03-18 17:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK258	UNSC REFORM: GERMAN-LED GROUP TABLES PROPOSAL IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 18 meeting of the German-led Over-Arching Process on UNSC reform, Cyprus presented a proposal on behalf of a small drafting group that it hoped could serve as a basis for the inter-governmental negotiations on Council expansion set to take place in 2008. The prop [...]	2008-03-20 23:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK
08USUNNEWYORK343	UNSC REFORM: MOSTLY PROCESS AND LITTLE SUBSTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. President of the General Assembly (PGA) Serdjam Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on April 10 to discuss the four proposals he received as a basis for inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform -- the Cypriot paper, Italian letter, African [...]	2008-04-11 22:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC BR IN JA GR
08USUNNEWYORK545	UNSC REFORM: MEMBER STATES SPLIT ON BEGINNING [...] (SBU) Summary. President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) Srgjan Kerim convened the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on June 17 to discuss the report prepared by his four-person Task Force with suggestions on moving forward towards inter-governmental negotiations (IGN) on UNSC reform. Major p [...]	2008-06-20 20:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JA GM AR SP KS
08USUNNEWYORK583	UN SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION [...] (U) Secretary Rice presided over the Security Council Thematic Debate on "Women and peace and security: Sexual Violence in Situations of Armed Conflict" on June 19. Recurrent themes of the debate included that sexual violence may be considered a tactic of war, that it may impede the restoratio [...]	2008-07-01 19:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI UNSC KWMN
08USUNNEWYORK671	BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH INDIA PR ON DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad met with Indian PermRep Sen on July 24. They discussed possible initial members in the UN democracy caucus and shared concern regarding UN budget practices. India offered to do more on Afghanistan if needed, and pointedly asked when the U.S. would be as open [...]	2008-07-28 16:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF AA
08USUNNEWYORK716	UNSC REFORM: PGA KERIM ASKS FOR USG HELP REIGNING [...] (C) Summary: General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim described to Ambassador Khalilzad August 7 a growing divide on UN Security Council reform between the G4 and the Uniting For Consensus (UFC) blocs, with the Brazilians threatening to join the Indians in tabling a resolution if inter-governme [...]	2008-08-08 20:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IN PK BR
08USUNNEWYORK737	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE BRIEFS [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UK Chair of the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon briefed Member States August 13 on progress relating to the STL. The Chair discussed the Management Committee, its functions, and composition, as well as developments concerning the building t [...]	2008-08-15 21:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK796	UNSC REFORM: OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP DEEPLY [...] (U) The Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council reform met September 2 to discuss the draft report and decision that must be sent to the General Assembly for adoption before the end of the 62nd session (Sept. 12). The debate illustrated the continuing divide between the Group of [...]	2008-09-04 22:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK840	UNSC REFORM: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES CONSENSUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The final, acrimonious negotiations September 15 over the end-of-session report and draft decision by the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on Security Council expansion were only resolved with a last minute negotiation on the floor of the General Assembly, prior to closing the [...]	2008-09-18 21:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNSC IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK864	AT UN, HEADS OF STATE BEGIN 63RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Debate opened on September 22 with several heads of state taking the floor. Most speakers mentioned the global food crisis, and many spoke on peace-building, energy issues, global warming, the financial crisis, and human rights. UN reform was another commo [...]	2008-09-25 22:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON BR US FR RP QA LI TU AR MA
08USUNNEWYORK882	UN GENERAL DEBATE: INDIA, GERMANY, ITALY AND [...] SUMMARY: Speakers at the UN General Debate the afternoon of September 26 continued discussion of the energy, food, and financial crises; climate change; and UN reform. India focused on nuclear issues, support for Afghanistan, and its intent to resolve issues with Pakistan. Germany and Italy [...]	2008-09-30 16:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA BP MT IN HR TV MO BB
08USUNNEWYORK897	SYG BAN'S SEPTEMBER 25 HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON THE FOOD CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. Discussion of the global food price crisis dominated UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's September 25 high-level event on food security and climate change. Ban committed to providing leadership on the food crisis through the High-Level Task Force process, and stated that policy [...]	2008-10-01 20:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG SENV UN
08USUNNEWYORK902	KOREAN VIEWS ON 63RD UNGA PRIORITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad and Korean Permanent Representative Ambassador Park In-kook led first-time bilateral consultations between the U.S. and Korean missions on October 1. The consultations, which focused on priority issues in the 63rd UNGA, are a part of a Mission initiative to [...]	2008-10-03 16:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNGA ECON BM KN
08USUNNEWYORK911	63RD UNGA GENERAL DEBATE MARKED BY CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) General Debate took place September 23-29, with 111 Member States addressing the Assembly. The overarching theme was a call for collective action to address the global financial, food, environment and energy crises and reinvigorate efforts to [...]	2008-10-06 23:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS ECON AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK921	DRUGS AND ELECTION CONCERNS IN GUINEA-BISSAU FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 23:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BR SG XY UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK955	IRAN LOSES RESOUNDINGLY IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary: Iran polled a mere 32 votes from the 192-member UN General Assembly in its failed bid for a Security Council seat over Japan. Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda were elected in first round balloting. End Summary. 2. (U) In one round of balloting October 17, the UN Ge [...]	2008-10-20 16:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA UNSC PREL AORC
08USUNNEWYORK962	UN TO COMMEMORATE BICENTENNIAL OF END OF SLAVE [...] In plenary session on October 20, The UN General Assembly (UNGA) received the Secretary-General's report on the Follow-up to the Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (A/63/213),and passed a resolution on a Permanent Memorial to and Remembra [...]	2008-10-22 19:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIP AORC
08USUNNEWYORK965	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY ONE AND TWO [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on International Security and Nuclear Disarmament conducted its general debate from October 6 to October 14. This summary comprises statements from Days 1 and 2 (October 6 and 7) of the debate. The following spoke on Day 1: Sergio Duarte, High Representativ [...]	2008-10-22 22:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA CD
08USUNNEWYORK97	NICARAGUA AND FRIENDS MOVING EXPEDITIOUSLY TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Peruvian PermRep Voto-Bernales told Ambassador Wolff on February 1 that GRULAC inertia and passivity, complemented by a proactive Cuban/Venezuelan strategy, could result in the NAM endorsing Nicaraguan Miguel D'Escoto for pre [...]	2008-02-04 19:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK983	SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: MEMBER STATES PROPOSE MODELS [...] SUMMARY: On October 6, 2008, agenda item 122: "scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations" was formally introduced in the Fifth Committee. Member States had before them reports regarding the unpaid assessments from the Former Yugoslavia, the Secretary-G [...]	2008-10-29 21:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNGA KUNR
08USUNNEWYORK993	UN REPORTS MIXED FINANCIAL SITUATION [...] On October 28, Under Secretary-General Angela Kane outlined the UN's financial situation the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary). UN financial indicators show a mixed picture for 2008. The United States owes USD 711 million towards the regular budget, U [...]	2008-10-31 19:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC
08USUNNEWYORK996	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY ONE, TWO AND [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on nuclear weapons from October 14 to 16. This summary comprises statements from all three days (October 14, 15 and 16) of the debate. On Day 1, representatives from the following states [...]	2008-10-31 21:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK997	UNGA: UN PASSES 17TH ANNUAL RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] Summary: In plenary session on October 29, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed its 17th annual resolution condemning the United States embargo on Cuba with near unanimity, slightly more one-sided than last year. The usual diatribes were accompanied by more measured language from the EU an [...]	2008-10-31 22:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC ECON CU
08VATICAN28	LAY MOVEMENTS, PART II: SANT'EGIDIO, COMUNION AND LIBERATION, AND OPUS DEI [...] (U) This is the third in a series intended to facilitate cooperation with Holy See and Catholic Church entities to promote U.S. goals through a greater understanding of the Holy See's institutions, agencies and structures (reftel B). In this cable, we continue our discussion of ecclesial movements [...]	2008-02-25 13:34:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
08VATICAN47	EMBASSY CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS LATIN AMERICAN AND CATHOLIC [...] Summary. Ambassador Glendon recently hosted a substantive and well-attended conference commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the critical contributions of Latin American countries and Catholic social teachings to the creation of that documen [...]	2008-07-02 12:16:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO KIRF SOCI XM XL CU VT
08VIENNA1740	BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY: AUSTRIA COMMITTED TO [...] Post shared ref A guidance points with relevant leadership in the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (sections dealing with transportation concepts and fuels, EU coordination, climate change) and the Ministry of Economy and Labor (MinEcon). We followed up with MinAg fuels exper [...]	2008-11-26 15:55:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN AU
08VIENNA1808	AUSTRIA ON AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES FOR ENR TRANSFER [...] (C) Austrian MFA Non-Proliferation Director Alexander Marschik and IAEA Unit Head Andreas Launer reported Dec. 10 that, though the MFA supports the unbracketed text of the proposed revised text for NSG Guidelines paras 6 and 7, the Austrian Economics Ministry and, especially, the Environment M [...]	2008-12-11 07:54:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY AU
08VIENNA635	AUSTRIA FULLY SUPPORTS USG ON WIPO DG ELECTION [...] On May 7, emboffs delivered reftel talking points to Robert Ullrich, Head of the Patent Office's Legal Department, a part of the Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology. Ullrich will represent Austria at the WIPO Coordination Committee May 13-14. We also conveyed the USG positi [...]	2008-05-07 15:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL AU
08VILNIUS1026	GAERC: LITHUANIA WANTS EASTERN PARTNERSHIP LAUNCH [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania hopes the EU, following the GAERC and the subsequent European Council meetings next week, will endorse the launch of the Eastern Partnership, a multilateral "platform" for EU 27 consultation and assistance with six former Soviet states. The Lithuanians will also look fo [...]	2008-12-05 09:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS XG LH
08VILNIUS486	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 20, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Slonim Civil Society Activist Fined (para. 2) - Opposition Leader Warned Over Inquiry (para. 3) - Police Raid Opposition Activist's Residence (para. 4) - Autocephalous [...]	2008-06-20 11:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS923	GAERC: LITHUANIA WANTS TO BUILD CONSENSUS TO DELAY [...] (C) Post discussed ref a points October 30 with MFA Head of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Division Egidijus Navikas in anticipation of the November 3 Gymnich and the November 10-11 GAERC. The most pressing issues to the Lithuanians for these two meetings are the resolution of the Geo [...]	2008-10-31 14:10:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN RS GG AF LH
08WELLINGTON237	NEW ZEALAND TRADE MINISTER'S REACTION TO DOHA [...] Action Request - see paragraph 5. 2. In a press release issued Wednesday (7-30),NZ Trade Minister Goff said, "Despite substantial progress made across a range of issues taking us closer to agreement than the (DOHA) Round has ever been...differences of opinion between the U.S. and India ov [...]	2008-08-01 04:23:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD OPRC PREL WTRO NZ
08WELLINGTON24	UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY EMPHASIZES STRONG US-NZ [...] (C) Summary. During her January 14 meetings with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials, Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky highlighted the recent successful discussions in Bali, underscored USG support for a multilateral approach to cl [...]	2008-01-29 21:38:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCGC PHUM KDEM MOPS NZ
08WELLINGTON264	DASD CLAD/MAJOR GENERAL CONANT'S AUGUST 4-6 VISIT [...] (C) Summary. During a joint visit by DASD James Clad and PACOM J-5 Major General Conant to New Zealand, both met with Minister of Defense Phil Goff, Secretary of Defense John McKinnon, and Vice Chief of the Defense Force Jack Steer. Senior MOD officials welcomed enhanced bilateral military [...]	2008-08-27 01:12:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS NZ
08WELLINGTON391	SANDIA EXPLORES RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSPORTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 31 - November 1, Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) representatives Bruce Balfour and Dr. Blake Simmons visited New Zealand to solicit support for a Sandia proposal to create a global network of public-private partnerships for the development and deployment of lo [...]	2008-11-18 20:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KRGY ELTN KGHG PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON409	NEW GOVERNMENT PROMISES AMBITION [...] (SBU) Summary. As the new Parliament opened December 9, the new National-led Government laid out its program for the next three years along lines familiar from its election campaign. Prime Minister John Key's immediate priorities are to address the pressing economic challenges facing New Zeal [...]	2008-12-09 20:17:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON424	NEW ZEALAND: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) New Zealand attaches importance to its compliance with international counterterrorism instruments. It has ratified 12 of the 16 international instruments and maintains up-to-date reporting to the United Nations (UN). New Zealand uses the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy as a key refe [...]	2008-12-22 03:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
08WELLINGTON91	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 2/2007 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 00:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD NZ
08YEREVAN244	ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...]	2008-03-20 05:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08ZAGREB568	2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] In response to reftel, paragraphs 2 and 3 provide Post's proposed language for Croatia for the 2008 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. There are no new investment disputes for inclusion in the report this year. 2. More than two hundred United States persons of Croatian d [...]	2008-07-30 14:28:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE HR
09ABUDHABI331	UAE REQUEST TO ATTEND MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM ON ENERGY AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) In a March 30 letter, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash asked the Ambassador for assistance with a matter "extremely important" to the UAEG: an invitation to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in [...]	2009-04-01 13:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI510	NO SIGNIFICANT UAE ROLE IN CUBA [...] (SBU) Cuba and the UAE maintain diplomatic relations, but neither country has an embassy in the other capital. UAEG visits to Cuba are generally not bilateral in nature. 2. (C) Embassy responses to ref A questions follow. --- Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote th [...]	2009-05-20 13:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU AE
09ABUDHABI899	UAE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR A SEAT ON IMO COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The UAE is seeking U.S. support for a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council when the 26th Assembly meets in December. CDA, along with mission chiefs from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, and Venezuela attended [...]	2009-09-10 10:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV
09ABUDHABI910	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: HABSHAN TRADING [...] Ref email requested that post conduct a post-shipment verification for an Electric Heater used in oil field related air compressors exported as No License Required by the FSElliott company, Export, PA. 2. On September 14, 2009 Export Control Officer met with Mr. Ali Ahmed Safan, Senior Sale [...]	2009-09-14 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUJA1392	NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT QUASHES EXTREMISTS, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: According to Embassy contacts, other reporting channels, and local news reporting, Nigerian military stormed extremist strongholds in Borno, Bauchi, Yobe, and Kano states on July 28, effectively neutralizing Boko Haram, its followers, and its leader Mohammed Yusuf. Minimal violen [...]	2009-07-29 16:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI
09ABUJA1400	NIGERIA: CHIEF OF MISSION DELEGATION MEETS OIL & GAS CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador was part of a diplomatic delegation (French, UK, and Dutch) to meet with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Chief Dr. Mohammed Barkindo to encourage more transparency in the oil and gas sector reform process, raise concerns with problematic provisions o [...]	2009-07-31 13:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1438	NIGERIA: POL/ECON GRAB BAG [...] (U) The Following is an Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of July 23 through August 7, 2009 political/economic highlights not previously reported. ECONOMIC -------- 2. (SBU) GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA MOVES TO CHECK E-WASTE DUMPING: On July 20, addressing an international conference on [...]	2009-08-06 08:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV KGHG ENGR EAID ELAB EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1540	NIGERIA: POL-ECON GRAB BAG [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political and economic developments not reported elsewhere. -------------------------------------------- DANGOTE ELECTED NEW STOCK EXCHANGE PRESIDENT -------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Aliko Dangote gained [...]	2009-08-21 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EIND ELAB EPET NI IZ
09ABUJA1884	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- OCTOBER 16, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------------------------- GUINEAN PROTESTERS IN LAGOS DEMAND CIVIL RULE --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Member [...]	2009-10-16 12:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM SNAR GV NI
09ABUJA2002	SENIOR PDP OFFICIAL AND FIVE OTHERS CONVICTED ON [...] (SBU) On October 26, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured convictions and prison terms for Olabode George, vice-chairman of President Yar'Adua's campaign in 2007 and a former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),and four other NPA board directors. The court f [...]	2009-11-02 06:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR EFIN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA2019	2009-2010 NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) Nigeria remains attractive to drug traffickers. Heroin and cocaine transit Nigeria on their way to markets in Europe, and the heroin transiting Nigeria has a significant impact on the United States. During the past year, authorities have arrested increased numbers of drug couriers at Lagos [...]	2009-11-05 06:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR KFIN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA2187	GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION OF THE QDDR [...] (U) Ref A requested input from the field regarding the global section of the QDDR. Mission Nigeria's answers pegged to Ref A para 4 follow: A) TO WHAT DEGREE WILL/CAN TECHNOLOGY EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS, OR CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE HOST COUNTRY, TO EXERCISE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN PUBLIC LIFE? In t [...]	2009-12-03 18:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI EAID ECON
09ABUJA2331	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- DECEMBER 23, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ----------------------------------- NEW NIGERIAN COUNTER-TERRORISM UNIT ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Nigerian Army School of Infantry (NASI) [...]	2009-12-23 19:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MCAP NI
09ABUJA561	FRAUD SUMMARY - ABUJA [...] Following is post's semi-annual fraud reporting cable for the period September 2008 to February 2009, per reftel instructions. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. Background: Nigeria covers 356,700 sq miles and has a population of approximately 145 million. The [...]	2009-04-02 06:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI
09ABUJA590	ECOWAS' RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 2, Poloff met with ECOWAS Director of Political Affairs Dr. Abdel Fatah-Musa to discuss ECOWAS' next steps in Guinea-Bissau. Fatah-Musa, who has long followed Guinea-Bissau politics, related background information about what he said had led to the double assassinations o [...]	2009-04-06 16:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECOWAS KPKO PGOV PREL MASS SNAR PU GV CU PO
09ACCRA1288	GHANA'S ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SHARES COPENHAGEN EXPECTATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 2, Ghana's Environment, Science and Technology Minister, Sherry Ayittey, shared Ghana's expectations for the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen. The Minister welcomed the prov [...]	2009-12-03 15:58:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG EFIN EAID GH
09ACCRA1299	MILLS AIDE DISCUSSES RULING PARTY DIVISIONS, [...] (C) A senior Presidential aide said that President Mills has faced a challenging first year in office, dealing with economic difficulties and managing high expectations from National Democratic Congress (NDC) party faithful. He said Mills is determined not to repeat the ethical lapses of the [...]	2009-12-08 16:36:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR SNAR ECON GH
09ACCRA46	2009 Investment Climate Statement - Ghana [...] Attracting foreign direct investment continues to be a priority for the government of Ghana. Former President Kufuor encouraged foreign investment as an integral part of Ghana's economic policy. President Mills is expected to continue this policy. The Ghana Investment Advisory Council (GIAC) [...]	2009-01-20 15:22:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ETRD KPTD OPIC USTR GH
09ADDISABABA1662	AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT WRAP-UP: QADHAFI PULLS IT [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, resulted in a strong call by member states for the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Eritrea for its support of al-Shabaab forces who are threatening the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of President Sheikh S [...]	2009-07-15 06:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AU
09ADDISABABA2926	REPORT OF 20TH GLOBAL FUND BOARD MEETING NOV 9-11, 2009 [...] The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB),and Malaria (Global Fund) held its 20th Board meeting on November 9-11, 2009, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The U.S. government (USG) holds a permanent seat on the Global Fund Board and works through the Board to make funding decisions and provid [...]	2009-12-14 13:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID TBIO ET
09ADDISABABA294	AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH ECOWAS [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Chair Mohamed Chambas February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter thanked ECOWAS for its principled stand against the coup in Guinea and the two discussed el [...]	2009-02-04 15:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GN AU
09ADDISABABA327	AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Chair Mohamed Chambas February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter thanked ECOWAS for its principled stand against the coup in Guinea and the two discussed e [...]	2009-02-06 05:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GV EK ECOWAS AU
09ADDISABABA728	MELES SUMMONS G-20 AMBASSADORS FOR PRE-SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi summoned most G-20 Ambassadors on March 26 to present a briefing of the position he will take in London on April 2 where he will represent Africa at the Summit. The meeting occurred just hours after Meles convened a separate, but supposedly similar, [...]	2009-03-27 12:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ET
09AITTAIPEI1416	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CHINA VISIT, PRESIDENT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage December 2 on the city mayors' and county magistrates' elections around the island, which are scheduled to be held on December 5, and on the sudden resignation of Japan's representative to Taiwan. Several papers also repor [...]	2009-12-02 09:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI745	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, IRAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused June 20-22 news coverage on Tropical Storm Linfa's brush past Taiwan, local economic problems, and on the development of cross-Strait relations. 2. Among editorials and commentary, an editorial in the mass-circulation "Apple Daily" u [...]	2009-06-22 09:40:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
09ALGIERS1071	DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ALGERIA [...] (U) Algeria serves as a transit point for drug trafficking, both for cannabis and cannabis resin from Morocco, and increasingly for South American-origin cocaine and heroin, which both transit Algeria to Europe. Algeria's long, remote and difficult-to-secure borders facilitate the drug trade [...]	2009-12-02 11:54:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	AG PGOV PINS SNAR
09AMMAN125	JORDAN: JANUARY 14 MEDIA REACTION TO GAZA [...] SUMMARY: Clashes between Hamas fighters and IDF units competed for attention with King Abdullah's statements in Wednesday's newspapers published in Jordan. The King reiterated again the urgency of enforcing UNSCR 1860 on Israel and subsequently reaching a two-state solution. Demonstrators nu [...]	2009-01-14 11:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN2144	JORDAN ALIGNED WITH IPCC AND G77 BUT OBSERVES [...] (SBU) Jordan is largely aligned with the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the G77 negotiating block as it prepares for the COP15 in Copenhagen. While Jordan will not be represented at the September 22 UN Climate Summit, Minister of Environment Khaled [...]	2009-09-17 09:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL SENV KGCC JO
09ANKARA1473	DRAFT BIOTECH REGULATION COULD DISRUPT MORE THAN 1 [...] (SBU) Agricultural Affairs Office learned on October 9 that the Ministry of Agriculture intends shortly to issue a new regulation on agricultural biotechnology. As written, the regulation would have a drastic effect on U.S. agricultural exports valued at more than USD 1 billion per year. Acc [...]	2009-10-13 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ECON ETRD TU
09ANKARA1695	TURKEY: RESPONSE FOR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION OF THE [...] (U) This cable responds to the information request in reftel. This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) To what degree will/can technology empower individuals, or civil society in the host country, to exercise a more active role in public life? Are hos [...]	2009-11-25 07:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL SOCI TU
09ANKARA1707	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1736	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1817	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR JEFFREY DISCUSSES FSECC WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Jeffrey met with State Minister for Foreign Trade Zafer Caglayan on December 18 to discuss the new Framework for Strategic Economic and Commercial Cooperation (FSECC). The Ambassador congratulated Caglayan on being named as the GOT's FSECC co-chair, along with Deputy Prime Mini [...]	2009-12-22 10:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL TU
09ANKARA1841	TURKEY DROPS VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR MORE COUNTRIES [...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA Head of Visa Section Kemal Demirciler recently gave us a consular perspective on the increasing number of Turkish bilateral visa waiver agreements. He said his department is not consulted before a visa waiver agreement is signed, and he expects no notification as to which c [...]	2009-12-28 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS CMGT PGOV PTER SY LY TU
09ANKARA250	TURKEY'S CRISIS RESPONSE: A STUDY IN INACTION [...] (C) Summary. While official data has not been released yet, all indications are that the Turkish economy contracted sharply in the fourth quarter and that unemployment continues to increase. Estimates for 2009 are bleak, with the IMF being one of the more optimistic at negative 1.5 % growth. [...]	2009-02-13 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN TU
09ANKARA714	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA731	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 10:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA771	LULA SAMBAS INTO ANKARA, REINVIGORATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva's visit to Ankara on May 22-23 was the latest in a series of steps over recent years to strengthen Turco-Brazilian ties. This successful visit was capped by the signing of an $800 million investment deal between state-owned energy c [...]	2009-06-01 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL BR TU
09ANKARA782	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 10:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA792	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA930	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA959	TURKEY: GETTING PAST "NO" ON NEW NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Summary: Our effort to persuade Turkey to change its view on supporting a "clean text" of guidelines on enrichment has continued after the Budapest NSG meeting in early June. Action Request: See Para. 7. End Summary 2. (C) DCM met with PM Erdogan's foreign policy advisor and IAEA Board [...]	2009-07-07 04:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNUC TU
09ANKARA960	TURKEY: GETTING PAST "NO" ON NEW NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Summary: Our effort to persuade Turkey to change its view on supporting a "clean text" of guidelines on enrichment has continued after the Budapest NSG meeting in early June. Action Request: See Para. 7. End Summary 2. (C) DCM met with PM Erdogan's foreign policy advisor and IAEA Board [...]	2009-07-07 04:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNUC TU
09ANTANANARIVO277	MADAGASCAR UNLIKELY TO USE WTO RAW SUGAR TARIFF [...] (SBU) The USG does not recognize the current government of Madagascar, following a military coup in March 2009; we were thus unable to request the most recent statistics sought in reftel on raw sugar exports. However, Madagascar has not fulfilled its US quota since 2004, and remains a net impo [...]	2009-04-15 14:44:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD MA
09ANTANANARIVO356	MADAGASCAR RECEIVES QUESTIONABLE SAUDI INVESTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of questionable Saudi investors has signed an agreement with Madagascar's High Transitional Authority (HAT) allegedly to invest 2 billion dollars (over 20% of GDP) in Madagascar. To further sweeten the deal, the Saudi investors plan to export large quantities of staple c [...]	2009-05-18 13:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL MA SA
09ASHGABAT134	UNDP HELPS TURKMENISTAN DEVELOP CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) recently facilitated an inter-ministerial dialogue on climate change, aimed at helping Turkmenistan develop an official position on the issue. UNDP hoped to gain a commit [...]	2009-01-27 11:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR ENRG EPET SENV TX AORC
09ASHGABAT1398	TURKMENISTAN: "THE SANDPIT GENERALS" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On the occasion of Turkmenistan's Independence Day, President Berdimuhamedov conferred the rank of the Major General (MajGen) to the Minister of Defense (MOD) and the Chief of the State Border Service (SBS). S [...]	2009-11-02 06:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASMARA340	Eritrea Fraud Summary through August 2009 [...] The Eritrean government (GSE) continued its harsh economic policies, which further increased the scarcity of basic goods and the impoverishment its people. Grocery stores are thinly stocked; meat and fish are not always available, and basic commodities such as sugar, flour, cooking oil, coffee [...]	2009-10-01 14:05:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ZA IL KE SD EG ER
09ASMARA96	SECURITY REPRESENTATIVES SHARE CRIME INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post hosted a meeting of security officers and others who handle security affairs at their embassies. Topics of discussion included the rapid increase of crime in Asmara, food security in Eritrea, and reports of attacks outside of Asmara by insurgent groups. END SUMMARY. 2. [...]	2009-03-23 13:00:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ER
09ASTANA1088	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JUNE 7-20 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan Welcomes IMF Technical Assistance -- National Bank Reduces 2009 Inflation Forecast -- Kazatomprom News -- Agip KCO News -- Energy Statistics KAZAKHSTAN W [...]	2009-06-28 08:34:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1518	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESSES HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, Kazakhstan has proposed an OSCE Summit in 2010 to be co-chaired by Kazakhstan and the United States, repeated its desire to establish a Joint Presidential Commission, and renewed its effort for an Obama-Nazarbayev meeting at the general time of the April 2010 Nuc [...]	2009-09-13 03:45:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KISL OSCE RS KZ

09ASTANA2027	KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTING IN ATYRAU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During two trips to Atyrau November 5-10, Energy Officer met with U.S. and international companies doing business in the region to discuss their opinion of Atyrau's investment climate. They said the region is led [...]	2009-11-16 01:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA2072	KAZAKHSTAN: OIL PRODUCTION PLANS AT THE SUPERGIANT FIELDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM and Energy Officer visited Atyrau, toured the Tengiz oil field, and met with senior government officials and energy executives in November. Previous reports about the visit (ref A and B) have discussed th [...]	2009-11-23 05:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA2131	KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The following information responds to reftel request. TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Kazakhstan was $618 million in 2008, an increase of $119 million from $499 million in 2007. U.S. goods exports in 2008 were $986 million, up 30.9 percent from the previous year. Corresp [...]	2009-12-08 09:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR KZ
09ASTANA663	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 9 - 15 [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstani political commentators focused on the domestic political scene this week, weighing the relative merits of the ruling Nur Otan party and its adversaries in the opposition. "Delovaya Nedelya," an independent weekly, published a wrap-up of the G-20 summit in which it mocked [...]	2009-04-17 11:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA959	KAZAKHSTAN: KOSTENAI, THE WHEAT AND SLAVIC HEARTLAND OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24-26, the Charge d'Affaires visited Kostanai -- a northern city of 250,000 people located in a heavily agricultural area -- to attend a concert by visiting American jazz musicians and to open Kazakhstan's n [...]	2009-06-08 02:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI KPAO KZ
09ASUNCION1	PARAGUAYAN PEOPLE'S ARMY STARTS NEW YEAR WITH BANG [...] (S/NF) Armed individuals claiming to be members of the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) attacked a small military outpost in San Pedro Department around midnight December 31, stealing weapons and burning it to the ground. The Paraguayan government responded January 1 with police roadblocks and [...]	2009-01-02 19:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PINS MOPS PA
09ASUNCION103	IRAN MAKES COMMERCIAL OVERTURES TO PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) Iran's Ambassador to Paraguay, Morteza Tafreshi, resident in Montevideo, met separately January 22 with Paraguay's Foreign Minister Hamed Franco and with Minister of Industry and Commerce Heisecke in Asuncion. During his meeting with Hamed, Tafreshi invited President Fernando Lugo to vis [...]	2009-02-17 18:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PA IR
09ASUNCION108	TOUCHING BASE WITH FM HAMED ON TRADE, COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hamed Franco told Ambassador February 12 that "we will see a change" regarding Paraguay's position in the World Trade Organization opposing U.S. waivers for trade preference programs. On biofuels, Hamed said the GOP just held a meeting among ministries with biofu [...]	2009-02-18 18:13:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PTER ETRD MASS MARR PA
09ASUNCION109	TOUCHING BASE WITH FM HAMED ON TRADE, COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hamed Franco told Ambassador February 12 that "we will see a change" regarding Paraguay's position in the World Trade Organization opposing U.S. waivers for trade preference programs. On biofuels, Hamed said the GOP just held a meeting among ministries with biofu [...]	2009-02-18 18:52:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PTER ETRD MASS MARR PA
09ASUNCION135	2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW - ASUNCION INPUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post recommends Paraguay remain under section 306 monitoring. Post encourages the Special 301 Report to acknowledge, as the industry has, Paraguay's positive efforts on enforcement, particularly the work of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Specialized Investigative Unit (U [...]	2009-03-04 19:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR PA
09ASUNCION143	FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS WITH LUGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: I accepted an invitation from President Lugo to join his February 28-29 trip to a nature reserve in Alto Paraguay. The trip included fishing for piranhas, eating alligator or "jacare," and bird watching on the Black River with the President -- providing me with a unique opportunit [...]	2009-03-05 20:39:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR PGOV MASS PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION147	PARAGUAY: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION A. What are the sources of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further docume [...]	2009-03-09 20:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ASUNCION150	CONVICTED NARCOS AND KIDNAPPER ESCAPE PARAGUAYAN [...] (U) Two convicted Brazilian narcotics traffickers and a convicted kidnapper escaped March 6 from a maximum-security police detention facility in Asuncion. Narcotrafficker Nilton Antunez Veron, a member of the Sao Paulo-based First Capital Brigade (PCC),narcotrafficker Eder Pedro de Ferrato, [...]	2009-03-10 22:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PA
09ASUNCION157	PARAGUAY'S 2008 FOURTH QUARTER INL REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 11:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN PREL KCRIM PA
09ASUNCION162	FRAUD SUMMARY Q ASUNCION [...] (U) This cable is in response to an action request in paragraph 6 of retel. ------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------- 2. (U) After the 35-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner and six decades of Colorado Party rule, Paraguayans elected former Roman Catholic b [...]	2009-03-19 20:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS PA
09ASUNCION17	LUGO'S MEDIA STRATEGY - MARXIST, MUDDLED, OR [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 12:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION185	CORREA'S PARAGUAY VISIT PRODUCTIVE AND [...] (C) During his March 23-24 visit to Paraguay, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa signed three bilateral accords, unleashed populist rhetoric, bashed the press and "traditional" politicians, offered Paraguay free advice on renegotiating the Itaipu Dam treaty with Brazil, and exchanged medals [...]	2009-03-26 22:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EC PA
09ASUNCION188	SUCCESSFUL SOUTHCOM VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTHCOM Military Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Spears conducted a successful visit to Paraguay March 24-26. Defense Minister Barreiro Spaini voiced his support to pursuing a general agreement on military cooperation (while cautioning that he is but one of many voices in the governm [...]	2009-03-28 19:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PA
09ASUNCION214	ASUNCION RESPONSE - BLUE LANTERN DTC CASE 050139000 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 11:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	ETTC KOMC PA
09ASUNCION242	INVITATION TO SECRETARY CLINTON TO SPEAK AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Gloria Rubin, Paraguay's Minister for Women's Affairs, requested that the Embassy forward an invitation to Secretary Clinton inviting her to participate as a keynote speaker during the opening act of the "XXI Specialized Meeting of the [...]	2009-04-20 20:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OPDC PREL KWMN PHUM SCUL PA
09ASUNCION268	PARAGUAY'S 2009 FIRST QUARTER INL REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 20:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN PREL KCRIM PA
09ASUNCION293	CIRCLING SHARKS IN LANDLOCKED PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Lugo approaches nine months in office, he faces increasing political and social instability. Rumors persist that former coup-plotting General Lino Oviedo, ex-President Nicanor Duarte Frutos, and/or Vice President Frederico Franco continue to look for ways to cut Lug [...]	2009-05-06 22:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SNAR PA
09ASUNCION295	PARAGUAYAN UPDATE ON ITAIPU NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) The Paraguayan government confirmed May 8 that President Fernando Lugo's May 7 meeting with Brazilian President Inacio Lula about Itaipu bi-national dam ended without any agreements. In more than two-and-a-half hours of discussion, Paraguay maintained its key negotiating points about fai [...]	2009-05-08 20:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAGR EPSC PA
09ASUNCION338	MIXING THE MILITARY AND POLITICS IN PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 8-12 holding of a South American leftist, anti-imperialist youth convention at a Paraguayan military facility continues to cost the Lugo government scarce political capital. President Lugo publicly denied authorizing the use of the military facility to hold the political event [...]	2009-05-22 17:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS MARR PA
09ASUNCION359	NARCOTICS MAJOR LIST 2010 PARAGUAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 18:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PA
09ASUNCION368	PARAGUAY,S ANTI-TERRORISM FINANCE LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Director of Paraguay's Secretariat to Combat Money Laundering (SEPRELAD) Oscar Boidanich is leading the effort to strengthen existing anti-money laundering legislation (Law 1015). Boidanich is seeking modifications of Law 1015 to a) Make suspected incidents of terrorism financing a repo [...]	2009-06-15 20:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER EIND ECON EINV ETRD PREL PA
09ASUNCION389	SUCCESSFUL HIGH-PROFILE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy's Public Diplomacy and Political-Economic Sections, and the local Military Information Support Team, collaborated on a successful anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) campaign launched in conjunction with the June 16 release of the Department's TIP Report. The campaign brought atten [...]	2009-06-23 20:10:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GTIP KPAO GIWI SNAR MX PA
09ASUNCION39	LUGO CONTINUES DIALOGUE ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo summoned Charge January 12 as a follow-up to their January 5 meeting (reftel). On Lugo's top regional priority -- Brazil -- Lugo told Charge Brazilian President Lula expressed concern about the property rights of Brazilians in Paraguay; Lugo said he was telling Lula [...]	2009-01-16 18:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SNAR MASS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION42	PARAGUAY'S ITAIPU NEGOTIATIONS: RESULTS AND OUTLOOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 19:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAGR EPSC PA
09ASUNCION450	PRESIDENT LUGO'S STATE OF THE UNION [...] (SBU) President Fernando Lugo gave his state of the union address July 1 to the Paraguayan Congress. Lugo repeated that Paraguay will maintain diplomatic relations with all countries that want to cooperate with Paraguay. He highlighted his social programs, such as cash subsidies to the poor, [...]	2009-07-16 21:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PA
09ASUNCION464	PARAGUAY'S 2009 SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 12:51:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN PREL KCRIM PA
09ASUNCION473	LUGO-LULA AGREEMENT ON ITAIPU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After more than 10 months of negotiations, Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo and Brazilian President Ignacio Lula da Silva signed on July 25 a thirty-one point joint declaration on the bilateral Paraguay-Brazil hydroelectric dam Itaipu worth almost USD 800 million (about 8 perc [...]	2009-07-28 13:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAGR EPSC PA
09ASUNCION474	REGIONAL ISSUES AND COMPLAINTS MARK MERCOSUR SUMMIT [...] (U) Paraguay hosted the MERCOSUR Summit July 24-25 in Asuncion with the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, and Bolivia attending, as well as representatives from Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Colombia. (NOTE: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declined to attend the Summit at the la [...]	2009-07-28 17:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV PA
09ASUNCION495	CODEL PRICE SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Price August 19-20. Your visit will come on the heels of President Fernando Lugo's one-year anniversary in office, and will find the Lugo government grappling with the challenges of day-to-day governing. An inexperienced team, exceedingly high exp [...]	2009-08-05 20:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OVIP PREL PY
09ASUNCION504	TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR MISSION SPA2010TRP502W, [...] (U) The Ambassador, U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (USODC),Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),US Agency for International Development (USAID),and CHOD Benitez concur with the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion Military Information Support Team (MIST) deployment as outlined here ( [...]	2009-08-07 15:18:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PHUM MARR PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA MASS
09ASUNCION521	MIXED REVIEWS OF LUGO AT THE ONE YEAR MARK [...] (C) President Fernando Lugo had several successes in his first year in office, including improvements in health care and an improved deal from Brazil regarding electricity from the Itaipu dam. However, Lugo's failings (increased insecurity, slow response to the financial crisis, lack of agrar [...]	2009-08-20 19:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
09ASUNCION532	CODEL GRANGER SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Granger September 2-5. Your visit follows President Fernando Lugo's one-year anniversary in office, and will find the Lugo government grappling with the challenges of day-to-day governing. A corrupt judiciary and national police, under-funded law [...]	2009-08-25 19:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PREL OVIP PA
09ASUNCION539	CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: House Democracy Assistance Committee Chair David Price (D- North Carolina) led a bipartisan delegation to Paraguay August 19-20. Codel Price conveyed U.S. support for democratic institutions to Paraguay's congressional leadership. The two sets of Congressional representative [...]	2009-08-28 17:41:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OREP PREL ECON PA
09ASUNCION546	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-09-02 10:57:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION567	PETROPAR'S DEBT ALBATROSS WITH PDVSA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 15:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL VE PA
09ASUNCION588	CODEL GRANGER IN PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: House Appropriations Committee Member Kay Granger (R- Texas) led a delegation to Paraguay September 2-5. Codel Granger conveyed U.S. support for Paraguay's fight against corruption and drug trafficking. Meeting with a variety of law enforcement and criminal justice partners th [...]	2009-09-16 22:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OREP PREL PA SNAR
09ASUNCION6	PARAGUAY CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE IN GAZA [...] (U) The Paraguayan government issued a statement January 5 expressing "deep concern at the violence and instability in the Gaza Strip." The government urged parties involved to "immediately cease military action," and seek a peaceful solution through dialogue with strong respect for internat [...]	2009-01-06 22:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PA
09ASUNCION617	AMBASSADOR AYALDE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LUGO TO REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: I met with President Lugo late October 16 at Lugo's request. Lugo was in good spirits but very concerned about the kidnapping of cattle rancher Fidel Zavala in Concepcion Department. Lugo recognized that the EPP (Paraguayan People's Army) was "very dangerous" and hoped for Zavala's saf [...]	2009-10-22 21:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM PA
09ASUNCION641	LUGO INSTALLS NEW COMMANDER OF THE ARMED FORCES [...] (U) President Fernando Lugo replaced armed forces commander Cibar Benitez November 6 with former army commander Juan Oscar Velazquez Castillo, who was relieved of his army post November 4. Post has worked with Velazquez in his capacity as army commander since May 20. 2. (U) Velazquez en [...]	2009-11-06 16:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL PGOV PINR PA
09ASUNCION67	DEFENSE MINISTER ON U.S. SECURITY COOPERATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 30 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, Paraguayan Defense Minister Bareiro assessed his Government's response to the New Year's Eve attack on a small army outpost in Tacuati (San Pedro Department) and shared his thoughts regarding expanded security cooperation with the [...]	2009-02-04 22:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL MOPS PA
09ASUNCION675	SCENESETTER FOR A/S VALENZUELA'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela December 17-18. Your visit will serve as a boost to Paraguay's nascent democracy. An inexperienced President Fernando Lugo promised the electorate he would deliver change, but he has dashed expectations by failing [...]	2009-12-07 18:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PA
09ASUNCION681	PREPPING FOR A/S VALENZUELA: PARAGUAY'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Lacognata met December 10 to review the bilateral agenda before WHA Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December 17-18 visit. The Ambassador told Lacognata that we believe the investment climate is deteriorating. She also expressed concern about the sustain [...]	2009-12-15 17:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS ECON PREL MASS PA IR
09ASUNCION695	PARAGUAY UNLIKELY TO APPROVE VENEZUELA'S MERCOSUR [...] (U) Despite President Fernando Lugo's strong political support in favor of Venezuela's entry into Mercosur (ref A),Paraguay's Congress, the population in general, and leading daily newspaper ABC Color remain opposed to the measure. While Lugo asked Congress to approve Venezuela's admission in Octo [...]	2009-12-29 16:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINT ECIN ECON PGOV PA VE
09ASUNCION706	FRAUD SUMMARY - ASUNCION [...] This cable is in response to an action request in reftel. ------------------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) After the 35-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner and six decades of Colorado Party rule, Paraguayans elected forme [...]	2009-10-28 13:56:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC PA
09ASUNCION72	SCENE-SETTER FOR CAPSTONE FELLOWS [...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes CAPSTONE fellows February 22-24. President Fernando Lugo's administration represents an historic transition after the Colorado Party's 61 years of rule. Lugo's challenges are many: An inexperienced team, exceedingly high expectations for change, endemi [...]	2009-02-06 12:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON MARR SNAR MASS MCAP PGOV PA
09ASUNCION91	PARAGUAY'S 2008 ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND 2009 OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) COMMENT: Following a period of strong economic growth in the first semester of 2008, economic activity decelerated during the last quarter of 2008 across the three main sectors of the economy: agriculture, services and manufacturing. GDP growth for 2009 is expected to slow down to 2 to 3 [...]	2009-02-11 21:22:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV PA
09ASUNCION97	LUGO BACKS VENEZUELA'S ENTRY INTO MERCOSUR [...] (U) Paraguay's Vice Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs, Oscar Rodriguez Campuzano, said February 7 that President Fernando Lugo will prioritize Venezuela's entry into MERCOSUR during his tenure as president pro tempore, which began December 16. (NOTE: Paraguay and Brazil must approve Venezu [...]	2009-02-12 21:50:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PA
09ATHENS206	Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 4 of 4 [...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the last of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 27 (PREVENTION),28 (TIP HEROES),and 29 (TIP BEST PRACTICES). TIP point of contact information and an estimate of hours spe [...]	2009-02-17 14:47:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09BAGHDAD1049	IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES AIR FORCE MODERNIZATION, [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rafi al-Issawi chaired the April 12 meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) in the absence of Prime Minister PM) al-Maliki and strictly adhered to a three-point agenda: Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) force generation; interagency recommendations on a p [...]	2009-04-17 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
09BAGHDAD1100	KARBALA SHRINES PURSUING INDEPENDENT AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: The religious leadership of Karbala's al-Husayn and al-Abbas shrines, among the most revered sites in Shi'a Islam, pursue an independent agenda encompassing economic development, reconciliation and reconstruction. Well-funded and led by representatives of Grand Ayatollah al-Sista [...]	2009-04-24 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PREL SOCI ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2282	RRT ERBIL: KRG CONVENES NEW PARLIAMENT BUT [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: At a ceremony in Erbil August 20, the newly-elected Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) parliament was sworn in and President Barzani inaugurated. Barzani and President Talabani strongly condemned the Baghdad bombings and called for Iraqi un [...]	2009-08-23 16:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD2960	IRAQ/IRAN: IRAN MAKES BIG SHOWING AT BAGHDAD TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Among the nearly 400 firms present at the 2009 Baghdad International Fair that kicked off on November 1, 51 were from Iran; making it the largest single delegation among the 32 countries in attendance. With annual trade between Iran and Iraq estimated at USD 4 billion (up 30 p [...]	2009-11-08 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BEXP BTIO IR IZ
09BAKU944	AZERBAIJAN: IRANIAN ALBORZ RIG QUERY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 5 and 7. Summary ------- 2. (S) As per reftel A, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov confirmed the presence of foreigners, specifically Norwegians, on board the Iranian Alborz semisubmersible drilling rig. U.S. intelligence [...]	2009-12-08 14:09:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	EPET ECON PREL IR AJ
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN80	AMBASSADOR TODD ENCOURAGES BRUNEI'S ENVIRONMENTALISM [...] (SBU) Ambassador Todd has encouraged Government of Brunei (GoB) officials, as well as the private sector to pursue more definitive actions to protect the environment. Of particular interest is the Heart of Borneo (HoB) initiative. Recently, Ambassador Todd met with the likely new head of Brune [...]	2009-04-03 07:53:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO EAID KINR BX
09BANGKOK1359	MGSF01: WHO and GPO Thailand developing vaccines [...] SUMMARY. Thailand's Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) has been working with World Health Organization to develop its vaccine production capabilities for both seasonal and pandemic influenzas. The technology utilized will be through a sub-license from the American pharmaceutical comp [...]	2009-06-04 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR AMGT
09BANGKOK3072	FIRE IN THE KITCHEN: COOK STOVES, HEALTH AND GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The US/ASEAN Next Generation Cook Stove Workshop was held at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok November 16-20. Old cook stoves are a source of considerable indoor pollution and accompanying health problems in the developing world, and the new technologies showcased may offe [...]	2009-12-04 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EAGR KGHG KGCC SENV ASEAN SOCI TH
09BEIJING103	JANUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, EU, INTERNET [...] Key points at the January 13 MFA press briefing: -- China is "gravely concerned" that UN Security Council resolution 1860 is "not being implemented" in Gaza. -- China "attaches great importance" to its relationship with the EU -- China calls on France to create conditions for the improv [...]	2009-01-13 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH TW IS XG RW UG BR KN MI SF CB
09BEIJING1172	PRC: CHINESE SCHOLARS SUGGEST ACHIEVING NEAR-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese participants at a UK/France-sponsored seminar on UN Security Council Reform April 29 uniformly affirmed the need for UN Security Council reform, though none expressed any urgency in acting on this need. While offering generally positive views of the UK/France "intermedia [...]	2009-04-30 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KUNR UN CH JA RS
09BEIJING1227	MAY 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HU-OBAMA TELCON, USNS VICTORIOUS, [...] Key points at the May 7 MFA press briefing: -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed bilateral relations and had an "in-depth exchange of views" on H1N1 influenza, agreeing to cooperate in addressing the issue. The two leaders also discussed the Korean Peninsu [...]	2009-05-07 23:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP
09BEIJING1299	MAY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: H1N1, DEFENSE POLICY, [...] Key points at the May 14 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to work to monitor and contain H1N1 influenza, dismissing as "irresponsible" allegations that the United States and Canada have not taken sufficient measures to contain the virus's spread. -- Regarding press reports of a USG o [...]	2009-05-14 23:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CH FR AS KN PK BR CA MX
09BEIJING1353	MAY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, BOC [...] Key points at the May 19 MFA press briefing: -- -- China "hoped the new U.S. Ambassador to China would play a positive role in promoting friendship between the two countries." -- China "welcomed the verdict" convicting two former Bank of China employees who "committed embezzlement and then [...]	2009-05-19 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH FR AS KN PK BR IN KS XG BM RS
09BEIJING145	TAIWAN: HU JINTAO'S DECEMBER 31 SPEECH SETS MORE [...] (C) In his December 31 speech, President Hu Jintao established a more realistic, flexible and less urgent policy direction on Taiwan, according to Embassy contacts. The speech's purpose is to establish new "guiding principles" that elevate Hu's "Six Points" on Taiwan policy to the level of De [...]	2009-01-16 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING1468	JUNE 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA RELATIONS, PSI, [...] Key points at the June 2 MFA press briefing: -- Asked about reports that China canceled official exchanges with North Korea, the spokesperson said that China and North Korea "always have normal people to people exchanges." -- Asked whether China and North Korea remained allies, Qin repeated [...]	2009-06-02 23:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS JP BR
09BEIJING1495	JUNE 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TIANANMEN [...] Key points at the June 4 MFA press briefing: -- China calls Secretary Clinton's message on the twentieth anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square massacre "groundless accusations" in contravention of the U.S.-China Joint Communiqus and international norms. China believes the Secreta [...]	2009-06-04 23:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV CH KN KS JP BR IN
09BEIJING1522	Brazilian President Lula's Trip [...] (SBU) Summary. During President Lula's trip to China, Brazil and China reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen their relationship and finalized China Development Bank's (CDB) $10 billion loan to Petrobras. Details of the deal indicate that China will not acquire stakes in any Brazilian oil [...]	2009-06-08 01:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EIND PREL EFIN EPET
09BEIJING1549	JUNE 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CENSORSHIP SOFTWARE, NEW [...] Key points at the June 9 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped all parties would "proceed from the interests of denuclearization and strengthening peace and stability" on the Korean Peninsula to avoid a deterioration of the situation. -- Asked directly whether the Treaty of Friendship, Coopera [...]	2009-06-09 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS BR GB RS LO
09BEIJING1638	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AMERICAN BONDS [...] IRAN "Iran falls into a suspected color revolution" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/17): "Two Chinese experts expressed that because Iran has a supreme leader with high authority it is hard to compare it to the former Soviet stat [...]	2009-06-17 08:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1661	CHINA/RUSSIA: CHINESE SCHOLAR AND RUSSIAN [...] (C) Despite China and Russia's public statements about the importance of their strategic partnership, neither country viewed its bilateral relationship as its top foreign policy priority, a Chinese expert on Russia told PolOff June 15. The scholar predicted that the Shanghai Cooperation Organi [...]	2009-06-18 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS
09BEIJING1663	JUNE 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SUB COLLISION, GREEN DAM, [...] Key points at the June 18 MFA press briefing: -- MFA Spokesman Qin Gang stated that China "respected the choice of the Iranian people" in recent elections. -- Despite controversy over the "Green Dam" internet filtering software China had a responsibility to protect Chinese youth from "bad [...]	2009-06-18 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EINT CH CN KN KS TX UZ IR IN
09BEIJING1675	REPS KIRK-LARSEN MEET VICE PREMIER WANG QISHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Congressmen Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen met with Vice Premier Wang Qishan on May 31 during their visit to Beijing as co-chairs of the U.S.-China Working Group of the U.S. Congress. Wang observed that, given the size of the U.S. economy, a U.S. recovery would spell recovery for Chi [...]	2009-06-19 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL ECIN CH
09BEIJING2094	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, CHINA-RUSSIA MILITARY [...] U.S.-CHINA "Former U.S. Speaker of the House wants to use nuclear-armed Japan to suppress China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/22): "The former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich recently openly used a nuclear-armed Japan [...]	2009-07-22 07:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2593	CHINA: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE REPORTING REQUEST [...] (C) Below, please find Embassy Beijing's responses to reftel questions in preparation for the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon). -- What is the host government's general attitude towards CTBT, FMCT, NPT, and U.S.-Russian arms control efforts? What factors influence its [...]	2009-09-10 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV UNGA
09BEIJING2671	TIRE SAFEGUARD CASE: PRC RELEASES AD/CVD PETITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) formally notified Embassy late the afternoon of September 16 of its considertaion of an anti-dumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition on imports of chicken products from the U.S. Based on the product categories listed in the petition, th [...]	2009-09-17 23:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING286	TWO AFRICAN DIPLOMATS IN BEIJING SHARE VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's growing engagement with Africa is a mixed blessing for African nations, according to two Beijing-based Rwandan and Nigerian diplomats. While acknowledging the positive role that China plays in Africa, the two diplomats lamented the imbalance in power between China and sm [...]	2009-02-05 10:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH NI RW
09BEIJING2995	PRC/LATIN AMERICA: CHINESE ECONOMIC INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary: Politics, economics, Taiwan and common interests in social development drive China's interest in Latin America, according to a PRC scholar. Notwithstanding China's deepening relationship with Latin America, China will not develop its Latin America connections at the expense of i [...]	2009-10-29 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD ENRG EINV AR XM CH
09BEIJING3037	NOVEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFGHAN ELECTIONS, [...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- China had conveyed congratulations to Hamid Karzai for his election victory. -- China had expressed its "grave concerns" and opposition to reports of a planned visit to Arunachal Pradesh by the Dalai Lama. -- PRC Government remained com [...]	2009-11-03 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK IN UK RS EG MY
09BEIJING3091	NOVEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OBAMA VISIT, OBAMA-DALAI [...] Key points at the November 12 MFA press briefing: --The U.S. President will have the opportunity to speak with youth in Shanghai -- China and the United States are "consulting on the specific arrangements" about media coverage. --China's opposition to foreign leaders meeting with the Dalai [...]	2009-11-12 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH
09BEIJING3401	SMUGGLING OF FOOD PRODUCTS INCREASES ON CHINA'S SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) U.S. exports of agricultural products smuggled into China have surged due to an increase in politically motivated trade restrictions. China's border with Vietnam has become a prime transit point for trade in beef, pork, and poultry. A smuggler involved in this trade recently described h [...]	2009-12-21 03:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH VN
09BEIJING350	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHINA, [...] (C) Madame Secretary, your having chosen to visit China during your first trip abroad as Secretary of State has special significance well understood and appreciated by the Chinese. Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism [...]	2009-02-11 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW
09BEIJING416	MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN, U.S.-CHINA [...] ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN a. "The U.S.' selfish bill makes the world feel cold" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/18): "Along with the approval of the U.S.' economic stimulus plan, 787$ billion, the disputable 'buy American' bill has [...]	2009-02-18 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING431	FEBRUARY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY'S [...] Key points at the February 19 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "takes a positive attitude towards strengthening cooperation" on climate change and would "like to work with the United States." -- Good relations between the United States and China are "conducive to peace and stability" and in th [...]	2009-02-19 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH KS PK
09BEIJING443	CHINA ANNOUNCES SHIPBUILDING SUPPORT PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's State Council announced a shipbuilding industry support plan on Feb. 11, the fifth of ten such plans for key industries designed to help sectors hit hardest by the economic slowdown. The plan includes a three-year moratorium on approval of new shipyards, but observers d [...]	2009-02-20 12:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH
09BEIJING518	HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN [...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...]	2009-02-27 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL
09BEIJING613	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing March 6, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that Sino-French talks are "still in the doldrums." France suspects that the Chinese government is behind the Chinese antique collector who bid on the Chinese cultural relics at a Paris [...]	2009-03-10 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING623	CHINA/RUSSIA: LOANS-FOR-OIL DEAL STILL IN THE PIPELINE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...]	2009-03-11 07:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV EFIN CH RS
09BEIJING625	CHINA/RUSSIA: OIL-FOR-LOANS DEAL STILL IN THE [...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...]	2009-03-11 07:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EFIN CH RS
09BEIJING671	China's Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application [...] (SBU) Officials from the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA)--operators of the China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellites (CBERS)--met with ESTHCOUNS and ESTHOFFS on March 10 to discuss areas of potential cooperation with USG organizations. CRESDA proposals for colla [...]	2009-03-16 05:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING702	COCA-COLA,S BID FOR JUICEMAKER HUIYUAN BEATEN TO A [...] (SBU) China,s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced March 18 that it would not permit Coca-Cola,s proposed $2.4 billion acquisition of Huiyuan, China,s largest fruit juice maker. In its short public announcement on the rejection, MOFCOM cites concerns that Coca-Cola would be able to use its [...]	2009-03-18 22:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH
09BEIJING903	CHINA/EITI: CHINESE ACADEMIC STRESSES NEED TO BUILD [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese officials and academics lack a clear understanding of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),according to Dr. He Wenping, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). In He's view, Chinese officials will not support the EITI unless they can be co [...]	2009-04-03 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EPET EMIN KCOR CH
09BEIJING989	Latin Diplomats on China-Argentine Currency Swap, [...] (U) SUMMARY. In recent separate meetings with Emboffs, Beijing-based diplomats from Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico discussed recent developments in their respective countries' economic relations with China. Argentine diplomats claimed to have no technical details on Argentina's recently-announc [...]	2009-04-15 05:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL EFIN CH AR UY MX
09BEIRUT1041	ENGAGING THE LEBANESE DIASPORA [...] The Lebanese diaspora is a large and diverse global community with an estimated population of at least twelve million, three times that of Lebanon itself. The bulk of the diaspora is centered in the Western hemisphere, with the largest population in Latin America. The remittances from this s [...]	2009-09-23 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAID EINV OEXC PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09BEIRUT570	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN: ONE YEAR IN OFFICE [...] (C) During his first year in office, President Michel Sleiman has emerged as a popular leader who has sought a "middle road" to defuse Lebanon's confessional tensions. Since his May 25, 2008 swearing in, Sleiman has worked to polish Lebanon's international stature. Lebanon and Syria establish [...]	2009-05-20 17:48:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS SY LE
09BELGRADE990	SERBIA USES IRAQI MIGS TO SHOW ITSELF AS A TRUSTED PARTNER [...] (SBU) Serbian Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac has confirmed press reports that Serbia has six or seven MiG 21's and 10 MiG 23's which Yugoslavia received in 1989 from the Iraqi Government for refurbishment. According to Sutanovac, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki went public with the MiG stor [...]	2009-09-02 11:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL IZ SR
09BELMOPAN314	CITRUS GREENING THREATENS BELIZE'S CITRUS INDUSTRY [...] In May 2009, the Belize Agricultural Health Authority (BAHA) confirmed the presence of citrus greening in Belize. This disease represents a serious threat to an industry which significantly contributes to the Belizean economy in terms of foreign exchange earnings and employment in the rural s [...]	2009-08-11 20:22:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP EAGR PGOV BH
09BERLIN1070	US 2009 MTCR PLENARY PROPOSALS DELIVERED TO GERMANY [...] (C) On September 1, EconOff delivered ref A non-paper to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer, Nancy Reck, regarding US "small group" proposals for the 2009 MTCR Plenary in Rio de Janeiro. Reck thanked the USG for the non-paper and said she would deliver it to the appropriate authorities [...]	2009-09-03 13:05:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR JA UK GM

09BERLIN1151	MERKEL TARGETS BANKERS IN RUN-UP TO G-20 SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Days before national elections in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel will fly to the other side of the Atlantic to attend the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. This is a decision taken by a leader confident not only in her re-election prospects, but also in her mission to push through G [...]	2009-09-17 14:55:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM
09BERLIN1169	NPT REVCON: GERMANY UNDERSCORES NEED TO REASSURE [...] (C) Summary. Post addressed ref A questions about German positions on non-proliferation in refs B & C. During subsequent meetings, German officials have also emphasized the need to overcome NAM suspicions that non-proliferation efforts are veiled attempts to infringe on NPT Article IV rights. [...]	2009-09-21 10:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA
09BERLIN1185	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-UN, ECONOMIC, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-UN) President Obama's Speech 3. (Economic) G-20 Summit 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Ahmadinejad 5. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 6. (Mideast) Summit Meeting 7. (U.S.-UK) Relations 8. (Honduras) Zelaya in Brazilian Embassy [...]	2009-09-24 14:55:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR HO UK AF XF
09BERLIN1224	CWC BWC CLOSE ALLIES MEETING SEPTEMBER 28-29, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Meetings of Close Allies have always been valued for providing a useful venue for a frank exchange of views on, and an opportunity to coordinate approaches to, biological and chemical weapons-related issues. This meeting showed the need to re-invigorate the process, from the p [...]	2009-09-30 11:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW GM
09BERLIN1251	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Pakistan) Islamabad Bomb Attack 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 7. (U.S.) Economic Policy 8. (U.S.) No Obama-Dalai Lama Meeting Â [...]	2009-10-06 11:54:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IR PK AF EU US
09BERLIN1258	MEDIA REACTION: DPRK, AFGHANISTAN, IMF, ECONOMIC, HONDURAS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (DPRK) U.S. Relations 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting in Istanbul 5. (Economic) U.S. Labor Market Policy 6. (Honduras) Power Struggle 7. (Economic) Weakness of The Dollar 8. (U.S.) Obama A [...]	2009-10-07 12:01:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KN AF EFIN ELAB HO US EU
09BERLIN1333	GERMANY EXPRESSES TEPID SUPPORT FOR GEOGRAPHICAL [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to representatives of Germany's Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Economics and Technology and the Foreign Office. 2. (SBU) The head of the AgMin's International Trade Policy Division, Klaus Kehrein, told FAS that extending Geographical Indicat [...]	2009-10-26 06:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EUN KIPR
09BERLIN1481	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GUANTANAMO, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Environment) Copenhagen Summit 4. (Mideast) Israeli Settlements 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (U.S.-Asia) Future Relations 8. (EU) Top Jobs 9. (Economic) [...]	2009-11-23 07:10:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG XF US IR EU ETRD
09BERLIN1487	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S., AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-CHINA, [...] Lead Stories 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Maneuvers 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 4. (Afghanistan) U.S. Arming Local Militias 5. (U.S.-China) Relations 6. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 7. (EU) Future Leadership Â [...]	2009-11-23 12:07:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IR US AF KGHG EU
09BERLIN1503	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-INDIA, CLIMATE, BRAZIL- [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Decision Time Approaching 3. (U.S.-India) PM Singh in Washington 4. (Copenhagen) Climate Summit 5. (Brazil-Iran) Lula-Ahmadinejad Meeting 6. (Iraq) Elections 7. (Philippines) Emergency After Killings 8. (Israel/Palestin [...]	2009-11-25 11:44:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR AF IN KGHG BR IR IZ PH XF
09BERLIN1515	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, CLIMATE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Afghanistan Strategy 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (EU) Lisbon Treaty 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 6. (Honduras) Elections 7. (U.S.-Germany) Swift Agreement 8. (Switzerland) Swiss Ban on New Minarets [...]	2009-12-01 12:01:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO AF IR EU KGHG HO GM SZ
09BERLIN1521	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, RUSSIA, CLIMATE, WTO, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Obama's Address 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Russia) Medvedev's Security Initiative 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 6. (Economic) WTO 7. (Economic) Dubai's Financial Problems, Implications Â [...]	2009-12-02 11:39:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR AF IR RS KGHG ETRD ZP
09BERLIN1578	GERMANY DEFENDS EXPORT MODEL BUT EXAMINES WAYS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In December 7 meetings in Berlin, German officials expressed a cautious optimism about Germany's recovery, but stressed that downside risks remain, particularly weaknesses at state-owned banks ("Landesbanken"). They were also concerned about Greece's debt position and the thre [...]	2009-12-14 09:22:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD GM PREL
09BERLIN215	(C) GERMANS WARN THAT BUY AMERICA COULD PROMPT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials have encountered strong official reactions, public outcry and unfavorable press on Buy America provisions in the U.S. stimulus package. Germans are widely concerned about their impact on an already troubled export-oriented economy. Embassy representatives re [...]	2009-02-20 16:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL GM
09BERLIN372	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, UNFCCC, DOHA, LATAM [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. New Afghanistan Strategy 3. NATO Summit Meeting 4. New NATO Secretary-General 5. Bonn UNFCCC 6. Doha--Arab Summit 7. Progressive Leaders' Conference Â [...]	2009-03-30 12:05:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF PK TU IS IR CU
09BERLIN758	MERKEL'S CHARTER GETS GREEN LIGHT FROM G-20 SHERPAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One of Chancellor Merkel's highest priority global economic initiatives got a boost from G-20 Sherpas at a meeting in Berlin on June 12, 2009. The Chancellor's top economic advisors presented her vision for a Charter for Sustainable Activity, which is Merkel's contribution to [...]	2009-06-24 10:30:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN GM OECD PREL WTRO IO
09BERLIN788	GERMAN SATELLITE START-UP RAPIDEYE GATHERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG, which began selling its imagery products in January of this year (see ref A),has established its first contracts with France and Lithuania. In the next few years, RapidEye is confident that its customer base will expand by ten, [...]	2009-07-01 07:25:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR CH BR FR LH GM
09BERLIN793	CDU AND CSU RALLY AROUND MERKEL, ELECTION PLATFORM [...] (C) The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) rallied behind Chancellor Merkel (CDU) as their lead candidate and showed strong unity in their joint "election platform" at their June 29 congress in Berlin. In her speech, Chancellor Merk [...]	2009-07-01 12:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GM
09BERLIN879	STAYING AHEAD OF PROLIFERATORS REVOLVES AROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the global financial crisis adds pressure to stimulate growth through increased exports despite the ever increasing threat from proliferation/terrorism, the question of how to effectively administer national export control measures has never been more important or for that m [...]	2009-07-21 14:23:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ETRD KOMC PARM PGOV PINR BR UK IR GM
09BERLIN921	(S) GERMANY WARNS THE USG ABOUT A BRAZILIAN [...] (S) On July 31, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper warning US export control authorities about a potential Brazilian procurement attempt of proliferation concern for "Automatic High-Precision Heavy-Duty Necking-In-Machines with [...]	2009-07-31 15:41:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MTCRE PREL PINR MNUC ETTC KSCA KNNP IR BR GM
09BERLIN939	(C) GERMANY LIKELY TO DELIVER ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 15:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA BR FR GM
09BERN122	SWISS RELAXATION OF BANKING SECRECY: WHAT DOES IT \ [...] (C) The Swiss Federal Council on March 13 announced that \ Switzerland intends to adopt the OECD standard on \ administrative assistance in tax matters in accordance with \ Art. 26 of the OECD Model Tax Convention. Ambassador Manuel \ Sager, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Sectoral Policy \ Divisio [...]	2009-03-19 09:55:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON SZ
09BERN93	TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 16:35:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ
09BOGOTA1108	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to poor weather, 6,410 total hectares were sprayed in February; eradication aircraft were involved in one hostile fire incident. February's operations in Tumaco included several NAS humanitarian missions to aid victims of floods and violence. The GOC's 2009 manual eradicat [...]	2009-04-02 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1283	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Aerial eradicators sprayed 10,920 total hectares in March; this number brought the calendar year total to 23,200 hectares of coca sprayed. Eradication aircraft were involved in three hostile fire incidents, resulting in four impacts for a total for the year of seven hostile f [...]	2009-04-20 11:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1294	COLOMBIA AND BRAZIL MOVING AHEAD ON JOINT SECURITY [...] (C) The GOC is reaching out to Brazil and Peru to raise its regional profile and improve trade and security relations with its neighbors. Colombian and Brazil recently concluded an agreement to jointly monitor each other's airspace to combat illegal armed groups (the FARC) and narco-traffickin [...]	2009-04-20 20:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
09BOGOTA1338	FARC CONTINUES HOSTAGE RELEASE STRATEGY TO STAY IN [...] (C) The FARC offered to release police hostage Pablo Moncayo in response to requests from "Colombians for Peace," the Piedad Cordoba-led group which advocates a humanitarian exchange. Peace Commissioner Frank Pearl told the Ambassador the GOC could not accept a humanitarian accord, and said it [...]	2009-04-23 21:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
09BOGOTA1361	COLOMBIA MANDATES FLEX FUEL VEHICLES DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under a new government decree, local automakers and importers will be required to sell only flex-fuel vehicles capable of running on any mixture of gasoline and ethanol up to 85 percent ethanol (E85). The decree phases in the requirement for new small vehicles beginning in 2012 [...]	2009-04-27 19:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV ECON SENV CO
09BOGOTA1364	GOC CELEBRATES DON MARIO'S ARREST, BUT CONCERNS [...] (C) GOC officials celebrated the April 15 arrests of major narcotraffickers Daniel Rendon Herrera (aka "Don Mario") and Jose Leonardo Munoz (alias "Douglas"),noting that the detentions will disrupt drug flows in northern Colombia and send an important message to the public that no one is invi [...]	2009-04-27 22:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1374	URIBE SAYS ONLY THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND [...] (C) President Uribe ruled out any role for Piedad Cordoba and her "Colombians for Peace" group in further FARC hostage releases at a Town Hall meeting on April 25, saying only the ICRC and Catholic Church are authorized to facilitate such releases. Uribe said the GOC would not allow new relea [...]	2009-04-28 19:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM BR CO
09BOGOTA1377	COLOMBIA: FOREIGN BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT INITIATIVES [...] SUMMARY. Internet usage has grown to 40 percent of the Colombian population in the last ten years, with internet subscriptions rising at an annual rate of 75 percent. Over 73 percent of internet subscribers use broadband. Despite the growth, Colombia's subscription penetration average rema [...]	2009-04-28 22:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON CO EINT EINV ETTC
09BOGOTA1442	APRIL HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] The Prosecutor General (Fiscalia) asked for a 60-year sentence against ex-Senator Alvaro Garcia Romero for his role in facilitating paramilitary massacres, and charged former Cesar Governor Alvaro Araujo Noguera and his son, ex-Senator Alvaro Araujo Castro, for conspiring with paramilitaries t [...]	2009-05-05 20:40:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO
09BOGOTA1467	COLOMBIA TRANSFORMING PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN LARGEST CITIES [...] Summary: Encouraged by the successful implementation of a bus rapid transit (BRT) system - locally known as TransMilenio - in Bogota, the GOC has launched an ambitious program to bring BRT to seven of Colombia's largest cities. While delays and cost overruns have complicated the effort, an e [...]	2009-05-08 16:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN SENV SOCI KGHG PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1534	FARC DESERTIONS SLOW, BUT MILITARY REGAINS [...] (C) FARC desertions dropped nearly 20% in the first quarter of 2009, slowing for the first time since 2005. Kills and captures also fell. Still, some military officials believe that FARC desertions are starting to "cut to the bone," citing the defections of more senior members. The Colombia [...]	2009-05-14 21:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER MARR PHUM SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1539	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your trip to Colombia will allow you the opportunity to see the incredible progress Colombia has made from a near failed state to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America over the last decade. Despite Colombia's significant progress, USG support remains critica [...]	2009-05-15 14:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1582	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USNS COMFORT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of the USNS Comfort and her crew to Colombia from June 6-17. The humanitarian and medical services you will provide will be welcomed by the Government of Colombia (GOC) and by the people of Tumaco, Narino -- one of the poorest areas of Colombia. Your visit [...]	2009-05-19 21:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV PTER OIIP SNAR CO
09BOGOTA168	COLOMBIA'S NEW S&T LAW HIGHLIGHTS PUSH FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December 2008 the Colombian Congress approved a Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Law, with the intention for STI to become a major driver of Colombian productivity and long-term economic stability. The law increases GOC funding available for STI activities and resea [...]	2009-01-21 15:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TSPL KCIS PGOV EINV CO
09BOGOTA1690	GOC STRUGGLES TO COUNTER ILLEGAL MINING [...] SUMMARY: Illegal mining is on the increase in Colombia, fueled by growing global markets, improved security in rural areas, and the difficulty of Colombia's law enforcement apparatus to effectively counter the well-heeled miners. Gold, platinum, and mercury extraction is most prevalent in th [...]	2009-05-26 21:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EMIN SENV EIND ENRG ELAB CO
09BOGOTA1855	NAS MONTHLY w5a hectares, with poor [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 13:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2001	SCENESETTER FOR URIBE VISIT: RELATIONSHIP IN [...] (C) President Uribe will use his visit to reaffirm our strong bilateral ties. He will seek a timeline for approval of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, and will want continued U.S. help against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and drug trafficking organizations. Ur [...]	2009-06-22 16:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID SNAR PGOV PREF PTER PHUM CO
09BOGOTA2030	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Aerial Eradication program sprayed 10,895 hectares in May, putting the program on schedule to reach the calendar goal of 100,000 hectares sprayed. Due to enhanced communication and synchronization, Accion Social management agreed to remove previously established, large no- [...]	2009-06-24 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2046	NEW FRONTIERS NEXT DOOR: GROWING ECONOMIC LINKS [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. accounts for 70% of Colombia's export market, and the Andean region, especially Venezuela, accounts for almost all of the remaining 30%. With a marked drop in U.S. consumer demand and increased difficulty in receiving payment for exports to Venezuela, Colombia is looking to [...]	2009-06-25 20:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN CO BR
09BOGOTA2127	COLOMBIA: HAS RECESSION ARRIVED? [...] SUMMARY. The GOC recently released its first quarter growth figure, negative 0.06 percent, sparking a debate among economic cognizanti over whether or not Colombia was in recession. Regardless, the relatively modest downturn was viewed as a positive sign, given that most forecasts predicted [...]	2009-07-06 12:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EFIN EIND EINT EINV EMIN CO
09BOGOTA2359	URIBE AUTHORIZES CORDOBA PARTICIPATION, OPENS DOOR [...] (C) President Uribe reversed his previous position and announced on July 8 that Senator Piedad Cordoba was authorized to participate in Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hostage releases, with the stipulation that the FARC's remaining 24 uniformed hostages be released simultaneousl [...]	2009-07-24 23:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINS BR EC CO VT
09BOGOTA2380	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The aerial eradication team sprayed 14,380 hectares in June and is on schedule to reach the 100,000 hectare goal. Accion Social opened up more area to spray in Tumaco, Narino. Phase II of the manual eradication campaign will end in July and Phase III will start in mid-August; [...]	2009-07-28 18:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2449	GOC CALM AS TENSIONS RISE WITH VENEZUELA, BUT [...] (C) The GOC is trying to keep an even keel in its latest bilateral dispute with Venezuela, hoping measured responses can lower the temperature and win international support. GOC officials note the GOC's calm responses to Chavez's provocative rhetoric position the GOC to come out ahead, but th [...]	2009-07-31 11:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD VZ CO
09BOGOTA2520	URIBE'S WHIRLWIND TOUR DEFUSES SOME U.S. DEFENSE [...] (C) President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez visited the presidents of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil from August 4-6 to privately make the case that the August 10 Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) summit in Quito would be an inappropriate forum to [...]	2009-08-10 22:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER SNAR CO
09BOGOTA2563	COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE (AUGUST 20-23) [...] (SBU) We welcome the return of House Democracy Assistance Commission Chairman David Price and delegation to Colombia. Your visit comes as a regional debate over a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement has heated up and amidst significant political developments, as Congress exerts greater [...]	2009-08-13 16:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM CO
09BOGOTA262	INVESTMENT HITS NEW HIGH IN 2008, BUT 2009 OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Colombia's success in improving security conditions and its investment climate has attracted record levels of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) over the last six years. According to preliminary data, FDI reached a new high of USD 10.5 billion in 2008 based on flows spread across va [...]	2009-01-27 19:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN PGOV OPIC USTR CO
09BOGOTA2627	WILL COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA TRADE SURVIVE THE RHETORIC? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Venezuela's July 28 decision to freeze diplomatic relations with Colombia has put the Colombian business community on edge and complicated bilateral trade discussions. While Colombian exports to Venezuela for the first half of 2009 had remained resilient in the face of an overa [...]	2009-08-21 13:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2698	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following developments occurred in July, 2009: The aerial eradication team sprayed 10,576 hectares (ha) and, with 57,219 ha sprayed so far this year, is on track to reach the 100,000 ha calendar goal. Total manual coca eradication through July was 28,739 ha. The GOC is ta [...]	2009-08-24 19:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2736	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH MOD SILVA [...] (S/NF) In an August 20 conversation with newly installed Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva, Ambassador Brownfield discussed several regional issues related to the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). The Ambassador noted that any cross-border operations while the region was focused on the DCA would [...]	2009-08-26 22:12:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS CO
09BOGOTA2907	MOD SILVA CALLS AMBASSADOR FOR PRE-UNASUR MEETING [...] (S/NF) Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva called the Ambassador for a meeting on August 26 in advance of the August 28 Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) summit. Silva described Brazilian Defense Minister Jobim's August 25-26 trip to Bogota as useful. Silva said Jobim had made an [...]	2009-09-09 16:58:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL MASS MCAP PGOV KTIA CO
09BOGOTA2908	VFM FORERO GIVES AMBASSADOR READOUT ON UNASUR MEETING; AGREES TO LOWKEY DCA SIGNING [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 17:49:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	CO HO KJUS KTIA MARR PGOV PHUM PREL VZ XM
09BOGOTA2925	COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Paul Stockton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere. Your visit comes as a regional debate over a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) has heated up and amidst significant political developments. The Government of Colombia (GOC) [...]	2009-09-11 16:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS MCAP MASS ASEC PREF ECON
09BOGOTA294	COLOMBIA INCREASES FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite accounting for less than 0.3 percent of global emissions, the Colombian Ministry of Environment (MOE) has placed increasing priority on climate change issues due to growing concerns of the impact on Colombia,s glaciers, coastal plains, and biodiversity. The MOE has inc [...]	2009-01-29 16:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2963	AMBASSADOR AND VP SANTOS DISCUSS RESPONSE TO DAS [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met with Vice President Francisco Santos and Administrative Department of Security (DAS) Director Felipe Munoz on September 15 to discuss DAS wiretapping scandals (reftel). The Ambassador made clear that the USG was close to severing all relations with the DAS. He stressed [...]	2009-09-16 15:16:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KJUS ASEC CO
09BOGOTA3011	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MOD SILVA REGARDING UNASUR [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met with Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva during a Colombian Air Force ceremony in Tres Esquinas, Caqueta on September 16, 2009. Silva said that the Government of Colombia (GOC) was satisfied with the outcome of the September 15 UNASUR summit in Quito, Ecuador. S [...]	2009-09-18 18:19:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PTER KTIA CO
09BOGOTA3033	COLOMBIA'S INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Bank and World Economic Forum (WEF) published their "Doing Business" and "Global Competitiveness Index" reports on September 8. Colombia's ranking improved in both publications. The World Bank listed Colombia as the best country in Latin America for doing business, [...]	2009-09-21 21:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL CO
09BOGOTA3128	FRAUD SUMMARY - COLOMBIA [...] This country fraud summary from the Bogota Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) covers the period from February 2009 to August 2009. --------------------- A. Country Conditions --------------------- 2. Despite improving security and positive, but slower economic growth in Colombia du [...]	2009-09-30 19:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD CO
09BOGOTA319	FARC RELEASES ADDITIONAL HOSTAGES IN ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) The FARC released four "political hostages," including three police and one soldier, on February 1 to Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba and the ICRC. Brazil provided logistical support, including two helicopters. The FARC's last two civilian "political" hostages--former Meta Governor Alan [...]	2009-02-02 22:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
09BOGOTA3281	GOC TAKES SOUNDINGS ON ELN PEACE TALKS [...] (S) The Government of Colombia (GOC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) continue to flirt with an official peace process but are far from taking concrete steps to initiate talks. Former National Liberation Army (ELN) peace negotiator Francisco Galan initiated an "exploration" of renewed peace [...]	2009-10-29 18:11:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER CO
09BOGOTA3300	NAS Monthly Report for September 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During September, aerial and manual eradicators experienced an uptick in attacks on eradication efforts. The complaints committee's resources are strained as a deluge of new claims of alleged spray damage to legal crops in the CSDI-priority zone of Narino continues. The aeria [...]	2009-10-16 19:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3335	URIBE HEARS WAR DRUMS IN VENEZUELA [...] (S) Just after meeting with President Uribe and the military high command, Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva called the Ambassador on the evening of November 8. They believe that Venezuelan President Chavez' public declarations earlier that afternoon represented a major ratcheting up of war rhetori [...]	2009-11-09 15:41:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KJUS MOPS OAS CO VE
09BOGOTA3415	COLOMBIA: ENERGY SECTOR TO EXPAND WITH EXIM FINANCING [...] (C) The energy sector in Colombia has big plans to expand and the Export-Import Bank (ExIm) and the U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) want to be part of this expansion by providing financial backing and trade capacity building assistance. ExIm plans to be the lead export credit agency for t [...]	2009-11-18 18:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG ECON EINT ETRD CO
09BOGOTA3421	COLOMBIANS SEE UBIQUITOUS VENEZUELAN THREAT [...] (C/NF) Colombian officials and observers are increasingly concerned about the long-term threat Venezuela poses to their country. Experts inside and outside the government worry that any small incident along the tense border could spark a costly confrontation, given the decrease in communication and [...]	2009-11-20 16:41:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KJUS ETRD OAS CO VE
09BOGOTA3435	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD'S DEC 2-6 VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Bogota and Cartagena is an opportunity to reassure the Colombians of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. Colombians have begun to perceive our decision not to be baited by Venezuela's bellicose rhetoric and trade freeze as [...]	2009-11-24 15:12:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
09BOGOTA3441	XXXXXXXXXXXX TO AMBASSADOR: GOC ANGRY AT USG SILENCE ON VENEZUELA; PROBLEMS WITHIN MOD; NO NEW PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told the Ambassador on November 24 that President Uribe was angry with the USG for its lack of response to Venezuela's aggressions towards Colombia. XXXXXXXXXXXX also said the GOC was interpreting the cancelation of Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg's December 1-3 v [...]	2009-11-25 20:06:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASEC MOPS PHUM KJUS PINR VE CO
09BOGOTA3489	COLOMBIA TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN COPENHAGEN; PROPOSES FORESTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Environment Minister Carlos Costa told the Deputy Chief of Mission that Colombia would support U.S. efforts at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The Minister welcomed the close coordination and openness of U.S. negotiators and indicated the USG could count on Col [...]	2009-12-01 23:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID ECON ENRG EINV PGOV PREL UN CO
09BOGOTA3515	MORE RHETORIC, FEWER THREATS, IN COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA TENSIONS [...] (C/NF) Colombian-Venezuelan tensions appear to have improved slightly from the bellicose rhetoric of late November, but significant irritants remain and the situation is by no means stable. Military leaders in a key frontier area remain focused on Colombia's internal security situation, not on [...]	2009-12-07 21:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KJUS ETRD CO VE
09BOGOTA3527	COLOMBIA DEBRIEF ON UNASUR MEETING GENERALLY POSITIVE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Foreign Minister Forero told the Deputy Chief of Mission on November 30 that the Colombian government was pleased with the outcome of the UNASUR ministerial in Quito, noting in particular that Brazil was more conciliatory than in prior meetings. A key result was a consensus r [...]	2009-12-10 15:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3535	UPDATE ON COLOMBIANS EXPELLED FROM VENEZUELA [...] (C) The Colombian Government (GOC) continues to assist the nearly 600 Colombian (and 41 Brazilian) gold miners expelled from Venezuela on November 28. Another 200 Colombians fearing retaliation have also returned from the area on their own. The GOC sent a high-level delegation to the border t [...]	2009-12-11 23:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL CO VE
09BOGOTA3585	Charge Discusses Venezuela, Ecuador and Mercosur with Acting [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Clemencia Forero told the Charge on December 18 that the GOC had sent a letter to UN Security Council members responding to Venezuela's call for a discussion on the alleged international threat posed by Colombia's security problems. The letter was intended to give UN [...]	2009-12-21 14:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL UNSC MARR ENRG PREF CO VE EC UY
09BOGOTA3586	Colombia Shares Lessons from Demobilizing over 51,000 [...] President Uribe and Frank Pearl, High Presidential Commissioner for Reintegration and High Commissioner for Peace, launched a document based on Colombia's experience in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) on November 3. The GOC initiative seeks to share with other nations in c [...]	2009-11-12 14:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO BR HA RP
09BOGOTA3635	COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL (JANUARY 7-10) [...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Cartagena and Monteria is an opportunity to discuss with the Colombians our shared fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups as well as the underlying social inequality that drives both phenomena. President Uribe's final decision on whether to push for r [...]	2009-12-31 19:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM MOPS OREP CO
09BOGOTA3662	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eradication numbers continue to lag behind last year's due to funding constraints affecting manual eradication progress. So far in 2009, the Colombian government has reported a total of 40 fatalities during manual eradication operations. Other GOC forces have also incurred ca [...]	2009-11-18 13:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3670	2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 17:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
09BOGOTA3672	2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 17:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
09BOGOTA372	COLOMBIA'S AMAZON REGION: A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT, [...] SUMMARY. The economy of Amazonas Department, which borders Brazil and Peru, contributes less than .05 percent to Colombia's GDP. Local experts tell us that the Department's limited infrastructure and prevalence of protected areas -- there are only 25 miles of paved roads in the department and [...]	2009-02-04 22:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV EAID CO
09BOGOTA383	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 9-13 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The signing of a new defense cooperation agreement (DCA) with the United States is a priority for President Uribe. The current negotiations come at a time when the GOC is eager to cement the historically solid U.S.-Colombian bilateral relationship under the new U.S. administration. The GOC and [...]	2009-02-05 19:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER MASS CO
09BOGOTA3878	MASS OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION OFFERS IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia opened its ninth petroleum show on December 2 with offers to explore and produce oil and gas in 168 blocks throughout Colombia and offshore. Close to 1,000 businessmen and women were in attendance representing firms from North America, Europe, China, and Latin America [...]	2009-12-04 15:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL EINT SENV CO
09BOGOTA3984	CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS: FOR PUBLIC GOOD OR PUBLIC VOTES? [...] (U) Summary. Colombia's conditional cash transfer program, called "Familias en Accion", receives notable support and praise from the international financial institutions. The World Bank highlights that Familias en Accion significantly contributes to poverty alleviation and equity of opportun [...]	2009-12-14 14:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PREL CO
09BOGOTA4066	FOR RELEASE: INTO THE JUNGLE: AMBASSADOR VISITS AMAZONAS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled for the first time in his tenure to the Amazonas Department and its capital, Leticia, on November 18 and 19. During his visit, he met with representatives from indigenous communities, the local tourism sector, local, department, and federal government officials, a [...]	2009-12-22 14:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PHUM MOPS SENV EAID SOCI SCUL PREL CO
09BOGOTA4088	FOUR CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS OF NEGATIVE GROWTH; WILL THERE BE [...] Summary. Colombia's economic growth for the third quarter remained negative, at -0.2 percent. This is the fourth straight quarter of negative growth, but it reveals a northward trend that is expected to yield positive growth for the fourth quarter as well as for 2010. The GOC admits that th [...]	2009-12-23 17:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINT PREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA4120	GAINS IN SECURITY PLUS $2.5 BILLION YIELD BIG INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. Due to consistent improvements in the security situation and US$2.5 billion in financial incentives, Colombia has been able to award the largest transportation project in its history - called "Ruta del Sol" or the Sun Route. This 1,000 kilometer highway project connects Colomb [...]	2009-12-30 21:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CO
09BOGOTA413	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 16-18 VISIT OF CHAIRWOMAN [...] (SBU) We welcome your visit as the first major CODEL to Colombia during the Obama administration. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has made major progress in its fight ag [...]	2009-02-09 16:41:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD CO
09BOGOTA427	URIBE SLAMS FARC "INTELLECTUAL BLOCK" AFTER [...] (S) The FARC freed six "political" hostages the week of February 1 to the ICRC and members of the "Colombians for Peace" group led by Senator Piedad Cordoba. After the releases, Uribe slammed the FARC's "intellectual block"--a reference to Cordoba's group--for trying to "trick" Colombia and [...]	2009-02-10 22:55:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
09BOGOTA435	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 18-22 CAPSTONE VISIT TO [...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of the CAPSTONE fellows to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has [...]	2009-02-11 20:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PREF CO
09BOGOTA437	REVISION: COLOMBIA-2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] This is a revised copy of the 2009 Colombia Investment Climate Statement (ref B). Please note minor changes in paragraphs 11 (Banking, Insurance and Telecommunications sections),41, 48, 51 and 71. Post will submit text via email to EEB/IFD/OIA and include in the 2009 Country Commercial Guid [...]	2009-02-11 20:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OPIC KTDB USTR EFIN KIPR PGOV CO
09BOGOTA526	SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 4-5 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF [...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Admiral Mullen to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. As you know from previous visits, in ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in [...]	2009-02-19 18:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MOPS MCAP ECON CO
09BOGOTA570	COLOMBIA'S NINTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Carolyn Cooley, phone number (57-1) 315-2129, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 50 hours preparing the report. 2. (SBU) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 23-27 of reftel. ------- SUMMA [...]	2009-02-24 13:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KWMN
09BOGOTA749	COLOMBIA DRUG SURVEY RESULTS OUT AND GOC USES THEM TO PUSH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Colombia released the National Household Drug Consumption Survey's executive summary on February 24 and used the results to re-launch efforts to penalize possession of a personal dosage of drugs, fueling the political battle between President Alvaro Uribe and P [...]	2009-03-05 11:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA766	ECOPETROL BUYS BACK CARTAGENA REFINERY; LOOKS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marking the end of a troubled three-year partnership, on March 3 state-owned hydrocarbons company Ecopetrol repurchased Swiss-owned Glencore's 51 percent stake in the Cartagena refinery for USD 549 million. Glencore, which took a USD 109 million loss from the price it paid Ecop [...]	2009-03-05 22:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV PGOV CO
09BOGOTA792	COMMISSION OF FORMER LATIN PRESIDENTS SUGGESTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV KJUS CO
09BOGOTA852	DON MARIO CONSOLIDATES POWER AS GOC INTENSIFIES [...] (C) GOC officials believe that leading narcotrafficker Daniel Rendon Herrera (aka "Don Mario") has consolidated control over most narcotrafficking in Antioquia and Choco, and has ALSO made major inroads in northeast Colombia. Rendon may also be starting to expand southward to gain access to tr [...]	2009-03-16 13:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA958	COLOMBIA'S NATIONAL AIRLINE: BRACING FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Amid worsening economic conditions, Colombia's national airline, Avianca, is re-assessing its routes and frequencies for 2009. The company has already postponed planned route additions and fleet acquisitions. Meanwhile, Avianca still expects to receive 13 new Airbus planes in [...]	2009-03-19 18:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO
09BOGOTA970	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the first Cabinet Secretary of the new administration to visit Colombia, you trip comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. Evidenced by its hosting of the Inter-American Development Bank's 50th Annual Meeting in Medellin, Colombia has progressed from a [...]	2009-03-20 18:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA981	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 6-8 VISIT OF CODEL HOYER AND [...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and delegation to Colombia. Your visit comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. As many members of the delegation know from previous visits, in ten years Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and ter [...]	2009-03-24 22:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD KJUS PHUM PTER CO
09BRASILIA1	BRAZIL: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS BROAD INDIAN LAND [...] (U) Summary. The Federal Supreme Court (STF),in a partial vote cast by eight of the 11 judges, ruled on December 10 that the Raposa Serra do Sol (RSS) Indian reservation in Roraima state should exist with a single continuous border. The decision will put an end to non-indigenous farming i [...]	2009-01-02 13:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BR
09BRASILIA1009	BRAZIL: FAA REQUEST FOR IASA FINAL DISUCSSION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Per action request in reftel A, post held consultations with officials at Brazil's Civil Aviation Regulation Agency (ANAC) on August 7, 2009 and delivered a diplomatic note to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) on August 10, 2009 to request that the GOB agree to hold a [...]	2009-08-14 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BR

09BRASILIA1012	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (C) Post delivered the reftel points to Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Director for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Santiago Mourao. Mourao responded that Brazil was considering making a presentation at the plenary IE but had not yet decided on what subject. 2. (C) As the [...]	2009-08-14 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA
09BRASILIA1017	BRAZIL: PATENT DENIED, GOB PAVES WAY FOR GENERIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In July, the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) rejected a patent application by California-based Gilead Sciences for its HIV drug Viread (scientific name: tenofovir). During a trip to Brazil to discuss the case with GOB officials, senior Gilead represen [...]	2009-08-17 18:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
09BRASILIA102	BRAZIL: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS GANG TAKEN DOWN IN [...] (U) Summary: On the week of 11 January, the Brazilian Federal Police (DPF) arrested five persons (four Brazilians, one man and three women, and a Swiss man) who were suspected of trafficking women to Switzerland for prostitution. The four-year-old DPF operation, which was conducted jointly wit [...]	2009-01-23 19:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PREF ASEC SMIG PHUM BR
09BRASILIA1026	CIVAIR BRAZIL: USAIRWAYS APPLICATION FOR FREQUENCIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 14, Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) confirmed that the August 11 ANAC Board of Directors' meeting granted US Airways legal approval to work in Brazil. This approval allows for US Airways to begin contracting personnel, registering the company and acquiri [...]	2009-08-19 10:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BR
09BRASILIA1038	VISIT OF WMD COORDINATOR SAMORE TO BRASILIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. NSC WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Brasilia August 6-7 to hold discussions with senior Brazilian officials on North Korea, Iran and strengthening international nonproliferation and disarmament efforts. Samore approached the Brazilians as potential partners in nonprolifera [...]	2009-08-20 18:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNUP PARM PREL NPT IAEA MNUC BR
09BRASILIA1040	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) REVIEW [...] (C) Post has recently held extensive conversations with Brazilian authorities on the NPT revcon, particularly in connection with the August 5-6 visit of NSC WMD coordinator Samore (reported septel). Brazil believes that a successful revcon will be in its interest but defines success as the [...]	2009-08-20 20:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL
09BRASILIA1041	BRAZIL'S THINKING ON COLOMBIA-US DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOB has started to backtrack on its negative and kneejerk response to the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and appears open to conversations to set straight the disinformation campaign produced by Brazil,s more left-leaning neighbors. After his August 6 meetin [...]	2009-08-20 21:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1042	BRAZIL IPR: GOB STRENGTHENS ENFORCEMENT BUT SOME IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary: On August 18, the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE),Division of Intellectual Property (DIPI),hosted a presentation to interested members of the diplomatic community by the National Anti-Piracy Council (CNCP). Chaired by the Ministry of Justice, CNCP brings together [...]	2009-08-21 16:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
09BRASILIA1044	TRIPARTITE DIALOGUE RESULTS IN AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE LABOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Responding to international concerns over poor working conditions and forced labor in the sugarcane sector, Brazil's President Lula signed on June 25, 2009, the National Commitment to Improve Labor Conditions in Sugarcane Activity. A tripartite dialogue between organizations repre [...]	2009-08-24 10:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ENRG PGOV ELAB BR
09BRASILIA1059	SECC STERN'S VISIT TO BRAZIL HIGHLIGHTS AREAS OF POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Envoy Todd Stern's visit to Brazil provided a valuable opportunity for him to meet with a variety of Brazilian counterparts and hear the range of views within Brazil regarding the on-going climate change negotiations. Stern's conversations highlighted a strong Brazilian [...]	2009-08-26 13:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1066	BRAZIL: LAUNCH OF OES-FUNDED PROJECT CONCERNING LAND-BASED [...] (SBU) Embassy Brasilia, in conjunction with the Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science (OES),has awarded a USD 75,000 grant to support the reduction of land-based sources of marine pollution in Brazil. The request for proposals was issued on February 20, 2009 and there were four responses [...]	2009-08-27 16:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV EAGR KSCA BR
09BRASILIA1076	WHA DAS MCMULLEN,S CLEARS THE AIR ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher McMullen,s visit to Brazil and briefings to GOB officials on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) helped ease Brazilian concerns over the issue and spurred new dialog aimed at greater bilateral and multilateral cooperation [...]	2009-08-27 20:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1081	BRAZIL H1N1 UPDATE - AUGUST 2009 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. OVERALL SITUATION 2. (SBU) H1N1 flu has caused a considerable amount of concern among the Brazilian population. Doctors anecdotally report that their patients are coming in for minor cold an [...]	2009-08-28 18:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA1084	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE/LETTER DELIVERED ON U.S.-COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel letter on the U.S.- Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Head of the United States/Canada/Inter-American Affairs Department Carlos Abreu on August 27. Later that day, Abreu confirmed that FM Celso Amorim ha [...]	2009-08-28 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OPDC PREL CO BR
09BRASILIA1092	HIGH LEVEL ENERGY DICUSSIONS IN BRAZIL REVEAL OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High-level U.S. policy makers explored opportunities for bilateral energy cooperation with Brazil, ranging from oil exploration to civilian nuclear power, in multiple meetings during the week of August 4 - 8. White House National Security Advisor General Jones discussed with the [...]	2009-08-31 17:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV SENV PREL MNUC BR NI
09BRASILIA1093	BRAZILIAN VIEWS OF 2009 UNGA [...] Brazil's priorities for this year's UNGA are little different than in previous years: UNSC reform, Haiti and stability in Latin America. With recent controversy in the region surrounding the announcement of the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement, Ministry for External Relations (MRE [...]	2009-08-31 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA BR
09BRASILIA1094	BRAZIL FIGHTER COMPETITION: UNDER SECRETARIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the same time that National Security Advisor Jones highlighted the importance of U.S.-Brazil partnership (reported septel),Under Secretary of State for International Security and Arms Control Ellen Tauscher and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Log [...]	2009-08-31 19:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS BR
09BRASILIA1097	BRAZIL: DATA COLLECTION OF BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL post gathered the following information regarding the Government of Brazil's (GOB) interventions and actions aimed at dealing with the convergence of the H1N1 outbreak and the Southern Hemisphere's annual flu season. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS 2. (SBU) H1N1 flu [...]	2009-09-01 16:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BR
09BRASILIA1098	BRAZIL'S CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM FIVE YEARS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A little more than five years into its existence, Brazil's conditional cash transfer program Bolsa Familia (PBF) continues to stir debate over its effectiveness. PBF aims to alleviate poverty both by providing for beneficiaries' short-run basic needs and by creating conditions [...]	2009-09-01 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SCUL EFIN ECON PREL BR
09BRASILIA1100	QUESTIONS ABOUT SUBMARINE PURCHASE COULD IMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim has made modernization of the armed forces one of his top priorities, particularly in terms of the acquisition of advanced military equipment. One the key acquisition initiatives has been the purchase of submarines from France, leadi [...]	2009-09-02 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MASC BR
09BRASILIA1104	DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUE IN BRAZIL: WAITING ON OBAMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a broad off-the-record discussion of U.S.-Brazil foreign policy issues hosted by the CDA as part of U/S McHale's Diplomatic Dialogue Initiative (ref A),the select group of invited Brazilian opinion leaders were unanimous in stressing that, although they have been pleased wi [...]	2009-09-03 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV SCUL ECON PREL BR
09BRASILIA1105	BRAZIL: EMBASSY BRASILIA'S SUGGESTED THEMES FOR UPCOMING [...] (SBU) In preparation for the November ministerial-level Joint Commission Meeting on Science and Technology (JCM) Embassy Brasilia has identified three potential areas that could be used to advance U.S. Government (USG) priority interests building on the robust and on-going science and technolo [...]	2009-09-04 10:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA BR
09BRASILIA1112	BRAZIL MORE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. ARAB-ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE or Itamaraty) has no immediate response to our request in ref A to provide $10 million in direct budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The relevant MRE department heads were receptive to the idea of a further Brazilian co [...]	2009-09-04 20:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN EAID KWBG OPDC IS
09BRASILIA1113	AUGUST 4-5 VISIT OF U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: In an August 4-5 visit to Brasilia dominated by Brazilian concerns over USG intentions and the regional implications of expanded U.S. access to Colombian military bases, National Security Advisor General James L. Jones assured senior GOB officials that President Obama desires a tr [...]	2009-09-04 21:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD EFIN KNNP XM XF IR BR
09BRASILIA1114	BRAZIL: AMAZON DEFORESTATION RATE SET TO BE THE LOWEST IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The rate of deforestation of the Amazon Forest decreased 46% for the August 2008-July 2009 annual period compared to the previous 12-month period based on preliminary data released by the Brazilian National Space Research Institute (INPE). The results of high-resolution satell [...]	2009-09-08 10:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1120	BRAZIL: POTENTIAL FOR WORKING CLOSER WITH BRAZIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Biotechnology and genetic resources are issues that have divided the Brazilian ministries, with the Agriculture Ministry vigorously supporting increased use of biotechnology and freer flow of genetic resources, and until recently, the Environment Ministry expressing skepticism [...]	2009-09-08 14:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ECON KSCA KIPR EAID ETRD BR
09BRASILIA1124	LULA FAVORS FRENCH FIGHTERS -- SITUATION SERIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a surprise announcement during the September 7 visit of French President Sarkozy, President Lula said Brazil would begin negotiations to purchase French-made Rafale fighter aircraft. The President,s step short circuited the Brazilian Air Force,s technical evaluation proces [...]	2009-09-09 10:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASC ETTC BR
09BRASILIA1127	LULA'S ALLIANCE WITH PMDB: MORE TROUBLE THAN IT'S [...] (C) The last couple of months have added new challenges to President Lula's bid to put his Casa Civil Minister Dilma Rousseff into the Planalto Palace as his successor in 2011. By leveraging his support for corruption-tainted Senate President Jose Sarney to reinforce a core electoral alliance [...]	2009-09-10 14:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BR
09BRASILIA1129	BRAZIL: SCENE SETTER, USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK VISIT TO SAO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic and trade ties. Excellent opportunities for increased bilateral trade cooperation exist, including issues raised in the recent CEO Forum. Brazil has also prioritized concl [...]	2009-09-11 10:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIRP ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1130	BRAZIL'S FIGHTER PURCHASE: "EVERYTHING'S CONFUSED" [...] (C) The period following President Lula's surprise September 7 announcement that he wanted to negotiate with France for the purchase of Rafale aircraft has seen a dizzying series of turnabouts, a remarkable variety of rumors and little in the way of solid information. It is clear that the G [...]	2009-09-11 10:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASC ETTC BR
09BRASILIA1131	BRAZIL: UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recommendation to proceed with creation of a program under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) is being considered at the highest levels of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). The Environment Ministry, the environmental community, and the Embassy have been urgi [...]	2009-09-11 10:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1134	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: BRAZIL TO TABLE [...] On September 10, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nathanael Souza e Silva of the MFA's Human Rights Division and provided him a copy of the text of the draft freedom of expression resolution. Souza will personally attend the 12th session of the UN Human Rights Council and has also attended [...]	2009-09-11 17:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KIPR ETRD ECON UN BR
09BRASILIA1136	BRAZIL: "WE WILL HAVE AN AMBITIOUS NUMBER" FOR EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) will go to Copenhagen with an ambitious emissions reductions number as part of the negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),according to the Minister of External Relations Celso Amorim. In an early September inte [...]	2009-09-11 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1140	KEEPING LIT BRAZIL AND BOLIVIA'S FLICKERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials raised Bolivia,s nascent interest in trilateral counternarcotics cooperation with the United States and Brazil during a late August meeting with U.S. officials. In follow-up discussions with PolOffs, Itamaraty,s Head of the Departm [...]	2009-09-14 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR BR BO
09BRASILIA1141	BRAZIL: VIEWS ON PROPOSED NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - INTERESTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil is interested in discussing further the proposals for nuclear fuel banks. In particular, it has concerns about possibly restricting a country's right to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and also about under what criteria a country could draw on [...]	2009-09-14 19:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1142	2009 RECOMMENDATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In accordance with ref a instructions, Post has conducted an extensive review of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (ABD)/Shootdown program. Building on the information received from the GOB last year (ref c) and the importance ref a placed on confirming that Brazilian procedures as [...]	2009-09-14 21:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL MOPS BR
09BRASILIA1149	BRAZIL NO LONGER SEEKS TO SEND LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL A, on September 11 Science Counselor and Science Officer discussed with Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Acting Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Fabio Simao Alves the proposal to transfer of low-level radioactive items fro [...]	2009-09-15 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP KSCA TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1156	BRAZIL: PLANNING TO SEND ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF HEU [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL A, on September 11 Science Counselor and Science Officer met with Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Acting Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Fabio Simao Alves to request written assurances from the Brazilian Government that [...]	2009-09-16 17:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1167	JOINT ACTION PLAN TO ELIMINATE RACISM (JAPER) [...] Summary: In a September 8-9 technical meeting of the Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Discrimination and Promote Equality (JAPER) in Brasilia, the USG and GOB agreed on the following: -- an agenda for the October 22-23 Steering Group Meeting in Salvador featuring high-level [...]	2009-09-17 21:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL BR
09BRASILIA1170	BRAZIL ON IRAN: A SOFT VOICE IN THE CHORUS [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian MRE Undersecretary for Political Affairs Roberto Jaguaribe, recently returned from a diplomatic mission to Tehran, told Charge D'Affaires on September 16 that additional dialogue rather than sanctions will be most the most effective means of pressuring Iran to develop [...]	2009-09-18 15:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC BR
09BRASILIA1174	BRAZIL FINALLY RATIFIES ANTARCTIC TREATY CONSULTATIVE [...] (SBU) On September 17, 2009, Fabio Vaz Pitaluga, the Director of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Space, informed Science Counselor and Science Officer that the Brazilian Senate finally had ratified Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) Measu [...]	2009-09-18 19:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC AY KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY BR
09BRASILIA1175	BRAZIL - GROWING RECOGNITION OF IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) and the private sector have identified promoting innovation as a key priority. Many of the Mission's governmental interlocutors view innovation as pivotal to accelerating Brazil's continued development and economic success. Working with the GOB [...]	2009-09-21 10:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TSPL TPHY TNGD TINT KIPR KSCA NSF BR
09BRASILIA1182	BRAZIL: BRAZILIAN AVIATION REGULATOR'S CONFIRMATION OF [...] (SBU) Post received confirmation from Brazil's Civil Aviation Regulation Agency (ANAC),per action request in reftel B, to hold a formal final discussion with the FAA on October 28-29 to review the noted safety oversight deficiencies and any corrective measures the GoB has taken since the IASA [...]	2009-09-22 15:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BR
09BRASILIA1184	BRAZIL SHARES UPDATE ON SITUATION IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Head of Mexico and Central America Division First Secretary Renato de Avila Viana told Poloff on September 22 at 14:00 EDT that, with power and water cut off and 70 pro-Zelaya protesters now also trapped on the compound, the situation [...]	2009-09-23 10:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO
09BRASILIA1186	BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) is concerned about Iran's and Syria's nuclear activities and wants all parties to work with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to answer the outstanding questions. The GOB does not see the latest IAEA reports on these countries as closin [...]	2009-09-23 16:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY PREL BR
09BRASILIA1188	BRAZILIAN UNDERSECRETARY TALKS AFRICA, [...] (C) Summary. In his September 21 introductory lunch with the Charge D'Affaires, Ambassador Piragibe Tarrago, the recently named Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Under-Secretary for the newly created Middle Eastern and African Affairs portfolio, provided insight into Brazil's evolving dev [...]	2009-09-23 18:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON IS
09BRASILIA1191	BRAZIL: FOLLOW-UP ON PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) On September 23, Science Officer met with officials from the Brazilian Ministry of Health's International Affairs Office to discuss REFTEL, which concerns an agreement by Brazil and certain other countires to work in concert with the United States and the World Health Organization to mak [...]	2009-09-24 11:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KFLU WHO BR
09BRASILIA1194	BRAZIL, HRC, AND GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) On September 23, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Eduardo da Cunha Oliveira, interim chief, Human Rights Division, Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Cunha Oliveira disputed some of the points in the demarche and agreed with others. 2. (U) ONE-SIDED AND BIASED REPORT: [...]	2009-09-24 18:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS BR
09BRASILIA1195	BRAZIL REQUESTS MORE HELP IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Head of Mexico and Central America Division First Secretary Renato de Avila Viana told Poloff on September 24 that while the immediate threat to the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras has diminished, the GOB needs assistance getting their p [...]	2009-09-25 10:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO
09BRASILIA1201	BRAZIL: USTR Amb Kirk Sept 16-17 Visit to Brasilia and Sao [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with the private sector and labor representatives, as well as government officials, USTR Ambassador Ron Kirk achieved significant success in re-framing the tone of the U.S.-Brazil trade and investment relationship. Common themes, including the need for a Bilateral T [...]	2009-09-28 14:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EFIN BR
09BRASILIA1202	BRAZIL: SUPPORTS GOALS BUT NOT MEANS IN U.S.-CANADA-MEXICO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) understands and is concerned by the growing use of HFCs to replace HCFCs. Nonetheless, it is opposed to both the U.S.-Mexico-Canada and the Mauritius and Micronesia proposals to the Montreal Protocol to address this problem. The GOB sees such pro [...]	2009-09-28 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1206	BRAZIL: POLICE PUBLICLY ADMIT AL QAEDA'S PRESENCE; [...] (U) Summary: The head of the Brazilian Federal Police,s (DPF) intelligence division admitted publicly during a Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, hearing on terrorism July 7 that an individual arrested in April on hate crimes-related charges was in fact linked to al Qaeda (AQ),the first time a Br [...]	2009-10-01 15:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR BR
09BRASILIA1210	BRAZIL LACKS STRATEGY IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: Brazil, which had pinned much of its hope for a quick resolution of the Honduras crisis on the success of an OAS or Costa Rica President Arias, mission to Tegucigalpa, now seems at a loss of how to protect its Embassy in Tegucigalpa and negotiate itself out of the standstill in Ho [...]	2009-10-02 10:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO
09BRASILIA1211	BRAZIL: NON-COMMITAL RESPONSE TO U.S. CANDIDACY AT THE [...] (SBU) On September 25 Science Officer delivered the demarche per REFTEL A requesting Brazil's support the U.S. candidacy at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to Second Secretary Andre Tenorio Mourao of the Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Outer Space at the Ministry of External [...]	2009-10-02 14:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK BR
09BRASILIA1216	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 5-7 VISIT OF S/CT [...] (C) The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been in recent decades, the result of the cordial personal connection already established between President Obama and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which is building on Lula,s excel [...]	2009-10-02 21:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR BR
09BRASILIA122	ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE U.S.-BRAZIL FRAMEWORK SPACE [...] (SBU) On January 29, 2009, ESTH Counselor delivered to the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),Division for the Sea, Antarctica and Space, the diplomatic note (no. 49),per REFTEL, agreeing to the Brazilian proposal that the U.S.-Brazil Framework Agreement on Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses [...]	2009-01-30 14:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL BR
09BRASILIA1224	BRAZIL: EXTENDING THE U.S.-BRAZIL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON [...] (SBU) On September 17 Counselor Fabio Vaz Pitaluga, head of the Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Space (DMAE) of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),met with Science Counselor and Science Officer to discuss the options for the renewal of the U.S.-Brazil Framework Agreement on Cooperat [...]	2009-10-06 10:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA KSCA NASA BR
09BRASILIA1228	BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN IN [...] (C) Post delivered the reftel message October 5 to Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Director for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Santiago Mourao. Mourao was well informed on the issue but was curious about the details of the proposal to provide fuel for the Teheran Research React [...]	2009-10-06 20:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM BR
09BRASILIA123	BRAZIL: INTERMINISTERIAL BATTLES LEAVE NEEDED REFORM OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A divided Brazilian cabinet was unable to resolve its differences in order to make urgently needed reforms of the Forest Code. First, Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes and Environment Minister Carlos Minc could not agree on a common approach for legislation to replace th [...]	2009-01-30 16:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR KSCA BR
09BRASILIA1230	QOM REPORT GETS THE BRAZILIANS THINKING [...] (C) Summary. During an October 1 meeting with poloff, Ministry of Foreign Relations (MRE or Itamaraty) Central Asia (including Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India) Director Ricardo Luis Pires Ribeiro da Silva acknowledged that the September 24 report to the IAEA on the Qom nuclear facility ch [...]	2009-10-07 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP BR IR
09BRASILIA1234	BRAZIL HELPING GUYANA WITH ENERGY IN VENEZUELA BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazil is in talks with Guyana to build a hydroelectric plant on the border region of the two countries, in the territory disputed between Venezuela and Guyana. International Advisor to Brazil's Minister for Mines and Energy Edison Lobao, Ambassador Rubem Barbosa told Econoff on [...]	2009-10-09 14:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL BR GY VZ
09BRASILIA1239	HANDLING VISA REQUEST FROM BRAZILIAN INVOLVED IN [...] (U) This is an action request--see paras 2 and 10. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: Consulate General Sao Paulo on October 6 issued a visa to Paulo de Tarso Venceslau, who after the fact was identified in Brazilian media as one of the kidnappers of the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil in 1969, s [...]	2009-10-15 17:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER CVIS BR
09BRASILIA124	COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragaph five. 2. (C) Embassy Brasilia appreciates the opportunity to comment on the draft TVPRA list of products using child and/or forced labor. The draft list of Brazilian products is only partially accurate and Mission is concerned that this [...]	2009-01-30 18:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI BR
09BRASILIA1250	BRAZIL'S 2010 ELECTIONS: ONE YEAR OUT [...] (SBU) Summary. One year before Brazil's October 2010 national elections, Social Democratic Party (PSDB) presidential candidate Jose Serra continues to lead Labor Party (PT) hopeful Dilma Rousseff in the polls, while PMDB, Brazil's largest party, uses its bargaining leverage to maintain its a [...]	2009-10-21 14:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BR
09BRASILIA1254	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based. There exists a solid foundation of scientific and technological (S&T) ties, which offers excellent opportunities for increasing bilateral - and possible trilateral - cooperation. The bilatera [...]	2009-10-22 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA EAGR EAID SENV TBIO BR
09BRASILIA1261	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 27-30 VISIT OF SPECIAL REP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The visit of the Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Ambassador Susan Burk, comes at an important time. Brazil is reviving its long dormant civilian and military nuclear energy programs. It closed down its nuclear weapons program in 1990 and j [...]	2009-10-23 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC BR
09BRASILIA1262	BRAZIL STILL LACKS A STRATEGY IN HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary: A six-member Brazilian Congressional delegation traveled to Tegucigalpa September 30 to October 2 to support the Brazilian community in Honduras and met with Zelaya and Micheletti government officials. According to two members of the delegation, Zelaya appeared to be "fragile" and [...]	2009-10-26 19:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO
09BRASILIA1263	BRAZIL: URIBE ALLAYS LULA,S CONCERNS OVER [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1264	BRAZIL: URIBE ALLAYS LULA'S CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian President Lula is now comfortable with the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),following a successful meeting and visit to Sao Paulo by Colombian President Uribe on October 19, according to Colombian Ambassador in Brasilia Tony Jozame. On October 21 Jozame [...]	2009-10-26 20:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1265	BRAZIL: MEETING OF BILATERAL PROTECTED AREAS WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The first meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Protected Areas Working Group on September 10 highlighted existing areas of cooperation and identified possibilities for future activities. These new possibilities include assistance with preparing economic studies on concessions, developing [...]	2009-10-27 13:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1267	BRAZIL: TSA ACHIEVEMENTS IN CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: After almost a 3 year absence in Brazil, TSA successfully resumed airport security visits in Brazil on August 10, 2009, and is poised to expand this important relationship through technical exchanges and increased cooperation in other civil aviation related security areas. With t [...]	2009-10-27 18:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ASEC BR
09BRASILIA127	NEW U.S. SPINY LOBSTER RULE APPLAUDED BY BRAZILIAN GOVT; [...] (SBU) On January 28, ESTH Counselor briefed the Director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Environment Division, Fernando Coimbra, about the new U.S import regulation for Caribbean Spiny Lobster (REFTEL). Coimbra said that the Brazilian Government also was concerned about [...]	2009-02-02 19:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV CITES BR
09BRASILIA1271	BRAZIL: SMALL VICTORY IN THE 40 YEAR STRUGGLE FOR A BTT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies' Constitutional Committee (CCJ) approved the Tax Information and Exchange Act (TIEA) with the United States. The TIEA, which the Government of Brazil (GOB) considers an important pre-element of progress toward a Bilateral Tax Tre [...]	2009-10-29 09:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
09BRASILIA1272	BRAZIL: STAFFDEL MEECHAM - IFI/MDBs REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from both the Government of Brazil (GOB) and international financial institutions (IFIs) and multilateral development banks (MDBs) operating in Brazil described for Carl Meacham, Senator Lugar's senior foreign policy advisor on Latin America, a shift from national lev [...]	2009-10-29 13:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA1276	REQUEST TO BRAZIL TO RESETTLE CUBAN MIGRANTS [...] On October 16, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and left nonpapers in English and Portuguese with Gilda Mattos Santos Neves, head of the United Nations Division of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),who promised to shepherd our request through the GOB. Neves said she would check with t [...]	2009-10-30 15:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	BR CU PREF SMIG
09BRASILIA1280	BRAZIL RESPONSE: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] On October 30, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nathanael Souza e Silva of the Human Rights Division of the Ministry of External Affairs (MRE). Poloff also provided nonpapers on: no-action motions, Iran, Burma, DPRK and the elections resolution. 2. NO-ACTION MOTIONS: Brazil opposes [...]	2009-10-30 19:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM PREL BR
09BRASILIA1281	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-COLOMBIA DCA [...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered Ref A demarche on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) October 30 to Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Pol/Mil Advisor to the Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Marcos Pinta Gama, United States/Canada/Inter-American Affairs Department Head [...]	2009-10-30 19:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OPDC PREL CO BR
09BRASILIA1282	BRAZIL: ILLICIT FINANCE CONFERENCE USES THE "T" [...] (SBU) Summary: An S/CT funded regional conference entitled "Illicit Financial Crimes" held in Rio de Janeiro during October 4-9, 2009, successfully brought together representatives from Brazil,s federal and state law enforcement community and countries from throughout Latin America. The week [...]	2009-10-30 20:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR BR
09BRASILIA1287	BRAZILIAN RESPONSE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] On November 3, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Eduardo da Cunha Oliveira of the Human Rights Division of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Poloff stressed that, because of our serious concerns about the Goldstone Report, the USG sought to prevent passage of a harmful Genera [...]	2009-11-04 13:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL PREL PHUM PTER BR
09BRASILIA1292	Third Meeting of the Steering Group of the U.S.-Brazil [...] Summary: In an October 22-23 Steering Group meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality, the USG and GOB agreed on the following: -- the public launching of a $400,000 Small Grants Program for educational and cultural proj [...]	2009-11-05 13:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI BR
09BRASILIA1298	BRAZIL: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS: UPDATED [...] Per REFTEL, Post's officers responsible for handling requests for marine scientific research authorizations are as follows: - Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Counselor Richard J. Driscoll - tel. 55 61 3312-7401, email DriscollRJ@state.gov (through summer 2010) - ESTH [...]	2009-11-06 12:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC EWWT KSCA SENV BR
09BRASILIA1299	NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION HEAD D'AGOSTINO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on the August meeting between Gary Samore from the National Security Council and General Jorge Felix, Minister of the Brazilian Cabinet for Institutional Security (GSI),the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),Thomas D'Agostino, ha [...]	2009-11-06 12:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL NPT IAEA MNUC PARM BR
09BRASILIA1300	BRAZIL ON AHMADINEJAD, IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AND [...] (U) Paragraphs 2 and 8 contain Mission Brazil action request. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. With Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's November 23 visit approaching, President Lula has not adopted a position on the IAEA (P5 1) Geneva proposal or the Iran nuclear program as a whole [...]	2009-11-06 12:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF KNNP CVIS BR IR
09BRASILIA1308	BRAZIL'S CLIMATE POSITION IS IN FLUX AND COULD STRENGTHEN; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) is finalizing its position for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. Despite earlier signals that it might announce an economy-wide emissions reduction target, President [...]	2009-11-09 18:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA131	TELECOMMUNICATION TRADE AGREEMENTS 2009: BRAZIL'S 3.4-3.6 [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's telecommunications regulatory agency, ANATEL, will be auctioning spectrum in the 3.5 GHz frequency band once a determination is made whether to allow for full mobility within the designated spectrum and whether to place additional obligations on 3.5 GHz licensees. Jefe [...]	2009-02-03 14:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EINT ETRD ETTC TINT BR
09BRASILIA1313	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE ON IICA MEETING FOR BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL [...] Per REFTEL, Post discussed with Government of Brazil (GOB) officials Brazil's participation at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) regional meeting in Santiago, Chile on November 12 and 13th, 2009. Marcus Vinicius Coelho, Office of Agricultural Protection (SDA),[...]	2009-11-10 19:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR SENV ETRD TBIO BR
09BRASILIA1314	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] (C) On November 13, Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Abreu, minister responsible for the United States in the Ministry of External Affairs (MRE),and poloff simultaneously delivered the demarche to Nathanael Souza e Silva of the MRE's Human Rights Division. Charge gave A [...]	2009-11-13 21:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA BR
09BRASILIA1315	CHARGE DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION, FIGHTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 9 meeting, Charge Kubiske and Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim discussed next steps in the United States-Brazil bilateral security relationship, the potential sale of U.S.-origin fighter aircraft and regional security. Jobim showed strong interest in furthering s [...]	2009-11-13 21:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MASS BR
09BRASILIA1318	BRAZIL INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF MALAYSIAN BANK AND BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 14:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR BR
09BRASILIA1319	BRAZILIAN CIVIL AVIATION LIBERALIZATION: PERSPECTIVES FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's abilities to accommodate strong passenger air traffic growth, prepare for the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, and enact market liberalization measures hinge upon its successful resolution of pressing capacity constraints, particularly at Sao Paulo's Guarulh [...]	2009-11-16 14:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA132	BRAZIL: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] This cable transmits the text of the Brazil Investment Climate Statement for 2007. BEGIN TEXT: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Brazil is open to and encourages foreign investment. According to a recent United Nations report, Brazil is the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) re [...]	2009-02-03 16:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BR
09BRASILIA1320	AMB. SUSAN BURK MEETS WITH BRAZILIANS IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. During meetings in Brasilia on October 28, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-proliferation Susan Burk garnered support from Brazilian counterparts for the U.S. approach to the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. The Brazilian Ministry of [...]	2009-11-16 14:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA ENRG BR
09BRASILIA1321	SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S.-BRAZIL JOINT COMMISSION MEETING ON [...] SUMMARY: Brazil - the giant of South America - has stepped on to the world stage as a major economic power and is a key player in regional and multilateral matters. What has been less noticeable is that Brazil has put itself on a track to eventually become a global scientific and technologic [...]	2009-11-16 14:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KSCA EAGR EAID SENV TBIO NSF BR
09BRASILIA1322	BRAZIL AND FRANCE ANNOUNCE COMMON POSITION ON UN FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) During their meeting in Paris on November 14, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Lula) and French President Nicholas Sarkozy issued a joint press release detailing their two governments' common position on the upcoming UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotia [...]	2009-11-17 09:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA KGHG ENRG BR
09BRASILIA1324	USAID/BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM MEETING. [...] SUMMARY: On October 27-30, 2009, USAID/Brazil Environment Program held its annual meeting in Belm, State of Par. The objective of the event was to promote cooperation and better integration among Program partners, as well as to discuss current themes of sustainable development in the Amazon reg [...]	2009-11-17 16:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV BR
09BRASILIA1338	BRAZIL IPR UPDATE: PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian judicial and legislative branches are in the process of examining two key pharmaceutical patent-related issues - the role of the national health vigilance agency (ANVISA) in reviewing pharmaceutical patent applications and the constitutionality of Brazil's pipeline [...]	2009-11-20 13:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
09BRASILIA1341	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: MANAGING THE VISIT OF IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary. CDA met separately November 18 with Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs II (Asia) Roberto Jaguaribe and Foreign Policy Advisor in the Presidency Marcel Biato to deliver demarche regarding the November 23 visit to Brazil of Iranian [...]	2009-11-20 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AORC CASC BR IR
09BRASILIA1342	NEW BRAZILIAN DEPUTY FM SEES NEED TO STEP UP [...] (C) The CDA paid a courtesy call November 18 on Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE or Itamaraty) Secretary-General (Deputy Minister) Antonio Patriota. Patriota has just taken up his duties following three years as Brazil,s ambassador to Washington. Patriota said he sees great poten [...]	2009-11-20 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN SENV BR
09BRASILIA1343	BRAZIL'S MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERROR FINANCE SYSTEM: [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil has established generally adequate anti-money laundering mechanisms but lacks basic legislation criminalizing the financing of terrorism as an autonomous crime. The Financial Action Task Force evaluating Brazil this year is expected to make recommendations regarding the ef [...]	2009-11-23 09:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC PTER PINR EFIN KCRM PREL BR
09BRASILIA1360	BRAZIL ON U.S.-BOLIVIA DIALOGUE, ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY. In a meeting November 19 with PolCouns, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) South America 1 (Southern Cone) Department head Minister Joao Luiz Pereira Pinto (protect) described Brazil-Bolivia relations as frustrating and indicated a continuing interest in trilateral counte [...]	2009-11-24 18:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR AR BR BL PY

09BRASILIA1368	AHMADINEJAD VISIT READOUT: A WELL-SCRIPTED AFFAIR [...] (SBU) This message covers our initial readout of the visit to Brazil by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Follow-up messages will be sent once we obtain a more in-depth readout of the conversation between President Lula and President Ahmadinejad. Summary ------- 2. (C) President [...]	2009-11-25 19:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AORC CASC BR IR
09BRASILIA1369	(S/NF) BRAZIL'S INVOLVEMENT IN CONFLICT BETWEEN [...] (S/NF) Below is initial post response to questions posed ref A regarding Brazil's involvement in the conflict between Venezuela and Colombia. Assessments are based on a number of meetings with and public statements by senior officials over the last several weeks, as well as a meeting November [...]	2009-11-25 20:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL BR CO VE
09BRASILIA1370	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - BRAZIL THINKS THE IDEA IS PREMATURE [...] (SBU) On November 25, Science Counselor discussed the proposal for establishing a nuclear fuel bank (per REFTELS B and C) with the Director of Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao. As indicated in REFTEL [...]	2009-11-27 09:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RS BR
09BRASILIA1371	BRAZIL ON IRAN AT IAEA: NOT SUPPORTIVE OF P5+1 TABLING [...] (C) Science Counselor discussed reftel points and key messages on November 25 with Santiago Mourao, the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies. A very well-informed Mourao said that Brazil still does not have a positi [...]	2009-11-27 09:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA IR BR
09BRASILIA1381	BRAZIL: LATEST ON CLIMATE CHANGE OFFER AND PRE-COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 13, the Government of Brazil (GOB) unveiled its position for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. The GOB has announced that it will seek to reduce its economy-wide greenhouse gas emissio [...]	2009-11-30 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1382	BRAZIL: BLACKOUT -CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S)SUMMARY: On November 10 at 22:13, Brazil experienced a blackout that plunged 18 of Brazil's 27 states into darkness for periods ranging from 20 minutes to 6 hours. A government commission is investigating, with a draft report and recommendations expected mid-December. GOB has recently begu [...]	2009-12-01 10:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ENRG ECON KSEC ECIP EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA1383	BRAZIL: BLACKOUT -CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S)SUMMARY: On November 10 at 22:13, Brazil experienced a blackout that plunged 18 of Brazil's 27 states into darkness for periods ranging from 20 minutes to 6 hours. A government commission is investigating, with a draft report and recommendations expected mid-December. GOB has recently begu [...]	2009-12-01 11:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	ENRG ECON KSEC ECIP EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA1384	BRAZIL: ASSURANCES RECEIVED FOR EXPORT OF HEU SAMPLES TO [...] (SBU) Per Ministry of External Relations Diplomatic Note DDS/105/ENER BRAS EUA, dated November 5, 2009, the Government of Brazil as requested (REFTEL A) provided the assurances to the U.S. Department of Energy regarding the handling of a small quantity of highly enriched uranium (HEU) material [...]	2009-12-01 11:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1385	BRAZIL: SCENE SETTER, USTR/MRE BCM DECEMBER 9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic and trade ties. The visit provides an important opportunity to highlight the potential for increased bilateral cooperation, emphasizing that specific trade disputes need n [...]	2009-12-01 15:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIRP ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1386	BRAZIL: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 16:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO EAID BR
09BRASILIA1388	BRAZIL: OPIC LETTERS ON HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS DELIVERED TO [...] On November 25, 2009, Post delivered the letters and attachments from Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Acting Vice President for Investment Policy Berta Heybey to Brazilian Minister for the Environment Carlos Minc, which notified the Environment Ministry of OPIC's consideration o [...]	2009-12-02 12:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC EINV SENV ENRG BR
09BRASILIA1391	PERES AND ABBAS VISITS IN PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary. The November visits by Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, both shortly in advance of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's visit (ref A),led to few substantive results but helped Brazil craft its narrative as a hopeful emerging player in the Middl [...]	2009-12-02 17:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHUM KPAL IS IR
09BRASILIA1400	Brazil's National Broadband Plan [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Minister of Communications (MOC),Helio Costa, unveiled Brazil's national broadband plan (NBP) aimed at addressing Brazil's soaring broadband usage demand (reftel) on November 24. The proposal, entitled "A national plan for broadband - Brazil at high speed," lays out MO [...]	2009-12-03 19:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT BR
09BRASILIA1401	BRAZIL ON THE WAY FORWARD IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: The GOB's outlook on Afghanistan is pessimistic, and it is skeptical that additional military forces can make the situation better. The GOB nevertheless believes in the Obama Administration's "good intentions," and Brazil is willing to participate in Afghanistan's "civil [...]	2009-12-03 20:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AF PK BR
09BRASILIA1402	BRAZIL: U/S MACHADO ON GOB'S CLIMATE POSITION GOING INTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of External Relations Under Secretary for Policy Vera Machado and her deputy, Special Ambassador for Climate Change Sergio Serra, told Charge that Brazil is more optimistic about the outcome for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Co [...]	2009-12-04 11:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EFIN EAGR EAID BR
09BRASILIA1406	SYMPOSIUM ON BIOSECURITY AND DUAL USE RESEARCH ENCOURAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The First International Symposium on Biosecurity and Dual Use Research held in Brazil brought together Latin American experts and policymakers dealing with biosecurity. The conference highlighted the national security threats emerging from the advances in the biological science [...]	2009-12-04 16:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA BR
09BRASILIA1407	Brazil: Center-Left Presidential Candidates Compete for [...] (SBU) Summary. While the gap between front-running presidential candidates Jose Serra (PSDB) and Dilma Rousseff (PT) appears to be tightening, parties within President Lula's PT-led governing alliance are quietly considering other options besides supporting Dilma. Ciro Gomes (PSB) entered [...]	2009-12-09 11:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BR
09BRASILIA1408	BRAZIL ANNOUNCES LOWEST RATE OF DEFORESTATION OF AMAZON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 12, Brazilian Environment Minister Carlos Minc announced Brazil's lowest ever Amazon deforestation rate since monitoring began in 1988. A total of 7,008 square kilometers of forest were cleared, which represents a 45 percent drop from the previous annual period. O [...]	2009-12-04 17:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA EAGR BR
09BRASILIA141	BRAZIL: AUTOMOBILE SECTOR MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Brazil, in addressing the global economic downturn's negative impact on its automotive sector, has implemented several measures aimed at freeing up credit lines, stimulating domestic demand and protecting domestic production. Reduced industrial product taxes on [...]	2009-02-04 13:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR
09BRASILIA1411	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR THE DECEMBER 13-14 VISIT OF WHA [...] (C) Mission Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia. It is more than a courtesy to say that your trip comes at a significant time for U.S.-Brazil relations. A promising start with the new U.S. Administration is beginning to ebb as high-level initiatives have been delayed and Brazil ha [...]	2009-12-10 16:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP BR
09BRASILIA1412	Brazil: Scenesetter - Economic Partnership Dialogue December [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 22:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN BR
09BRASILIA1414	BRAZIL: STAS DR. NINA FEDOROFF PROMOTES SCIENCE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dr. Nina Fedoroff, Science and Technology Advisor for the Secretary of State and USAID (STAS) visited Brazil on October 25-30. In her meetings in Sao Paulo, Brasilia, and Rio de Janeiro with academics, private sector representatives, and government officials she promoted incre [...]	2009-12-07 13:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TBIO TPHY EAGR KSCA EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1418	BRAZIL: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (SBU) On December 2, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Glaucia Gauch, head of the Department of Human Rights and Social Affairs of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Poloff followed up by delivering a copy of the "Defamation of Religions" non-paper to Nathanael de Souza e Silva [...]	2009-12-07 17:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UN UNGA BR
09BRASILIA142	ANTARCTIC TREATY: BRAZIL UNLIKELY TO APPROVE 2003 ATCM [...] (SBU) On January 29 and again on February 3, ESTH Counselor met with key officials in the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) to press for Brazil to approve by early April the 2003 Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) Measure 1, which would create the Antarctic Treaty Secretariat (REF [...]	2009-02-04 13:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TPHY SENV AORC KSCA PREL BR
09BRASILIA1421	Brazil: EDBI Demarche Delivered [...] (S) Econoff delivered talking points in reftel to Bernardo Mota, Chief of Staff of the Brazilian financial intelligence unit (COAF),on December 14. Mota said that Brazil is fully compliant with UNSCR 1803 and that he is unaware of any presence or economic activity in the country by any [...]	2009-12-15 17:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR PINR PARM PREL BR
09BRASILIA1426	BRAZIL: NEW LEADERSHIP GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO CREATING A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) on November 30 informed the U.S. Government (USG) that it wants to establish a debt-for-forest program under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA). The GOB submitted specific changes it wanted to make in the proposed text of an agreement cr [...]	2009-12-08 12:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1427	SUBSIDIARY BODIES AT THE 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-18 17:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA BR
09BRASILIA1428	USAID/Brazil and Brazil's Agency for Cooperation Visit Haiti [...] SUMMARY: From November 22-26, USAID/Brazil, together with the Brazilian Agency for International Cooperation (ABC) visited Port-au-Prince to identify opportunities for trilateral cooperation in Haiti. Activities including project site visits and stakeholder meetings with Government of Haiti of [...]	2009-12-08 17:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI KSCA HA ECON
09BRASILIA1429	Brazil: DEM, Corruption, and the Decline of the Right [...] (C) Summary. Federal District (Brasilia) Governor Jose Arruda, caught on camera accepting bribes in late November, continues in office to fight the charges against him, ensuring a drawn-out and damaging scandal for the DemC3cratas (DEM),Brazil's leading center-right opposition party. The [...]	2009-12-18 19:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR BR
09BRASILIA143	BRAZILIAN MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SEES GOOD [...] (SBU) At a meeting on January 13, Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology (MCT) Sergio Rezende stressed to Ambassador Sobel that climate change and the related issue of energy are excellent areas for cooperation between the Brazil and the United States. Rezende said that although climate [...]	2009-02-04 13:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR
09BRASILIA1435	Strategy for Engaging Brazil on Defamation of Religions [...] (C) Summary: Brazilbs position on the bDefamation of Religionsb issue in the UN Human Rights Commission reflects a compromise between its objection to the concept on human rights grounds and its desire not to antagonize OIC countries with which it is trying to build relationships and which it s [...]	2009-12-22 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC BR
09BRASILIA1439	2016 Rio Olympics - The Future is Now [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilians greeted the October 1 announcement that the 2016 Summer Olympics were awarded to Rio de Janeiro with an outpouring of national pride, a party on Copacabana beach and a sense of relief that the country is gaining some long overdue recognition as a regional and interna [...]	2009-12-24 13:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR KOLY ASEC PGOV
09BRASILIA1443	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO TITLE III REQUEST [...] (C) Post responses to reftel questions follow: Question 1): Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Post Response to Question 1): Yes, while Brazil has refrained from raising these issues publicly, high level [...]	2009-12-24 14:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC BR CU
09BRASILIA1447	WHA A/S VALENZUELA RECEIVED BY EAGER BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. On his first visit to Brazil as Assistant Secretary, Arturo Valenzuela was received December 14 by senior government officials eager to minimize differences and demonstrate their interest in working with the USG on a range of topics. Meetings with the Presidential Foreign Policy A [...]	2009-12-29 17:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
09BRASILIA1460	BRAZIL: AMAZON FUND AND OTHER FUNDS TO PROTECT THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Amazon Fund created in August 2008 and funded by a US$1 billion pledge from Norway has just announced its first block of approved projects to help monitor and reduce deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region. Brazil also has now passed a law that will establish a National Cl [...]	2009-12-15 15:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID KGHG EAGR EFIN NO BR
09BRASILIA1468	Trafficking in Persons and Child Sex Exploitation in the [...] Summary: The state of Goias, which surrounds Brasilia, has one of the highest incidences of human trafficking in Brazil; it also has a number of officials in the state with a strong commitment to dealing with the problem. In light of impending direct flights between Brasilia and Atlanta, whi [...]	2009-12-15 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI KTIP BR
09BRASILIA1472	U.S.-Brazil Project on Racial Profiling by the Police -- [...] Summary: In meetings in Brasilia December 2-4, three U.S. technical experts, together with representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, Ministry of External Relations, Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR) and Police Academy of the State of Santa Catarina, [...]	2009-12-16 14:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB SNAR SOCI KCRM BR
09BRASILIA1476	Brazil approves Venezuela's entry into Mercosul [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 15, the Brazilian Senate approved the Protocol to admit Venezuela as a member to the Southern Cone trade bloc Mercosul (Mercosur). The issue now moves to Paraguay for ratification by its Congress. In Brazil, there was some debate and political maneuvering to delay [...]	2009-12-16 21:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EINT BR PA VE PREL
09BRASILIA1480	FY 2010 INITIAL ICASS INVOICES - ICASS TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-18 10:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD ASEC AMGT AFIN KICA
09BRASILIA1486	BRAZIL: AECIO NEVES WITHDRAWS FROM PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (SBU) In a press conference on December 17, Minas Gerais governor A????cio Neves officially terminated his "pre-candidacy" for the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) nomination in Brazil's 2010 Presidential elections, effectively leaving the PSDB field to Sao Paulo governor Jose Serra. [...]	2009-12-18 19:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
09BRASILIA1498	BRAZIL: USTR/MRE BCM POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, led the U.S. delegation during a positive and productive meeting of the Bilateral Consultative M [...]	2009-12-21 18:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1500	BRAZIL: AUSTR VISIT TO RECIFE HIGHLIGHTS PURSUIT OF [...] (SBU) On December 10 and 11, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, visited Recife (in the Northeastern state of Pernambuco) to discuss the economic potential of Bra [...]	2009-12-21 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1516	BRAZIL IS PROUD OF ITS AMBITIOUS APPROACH TO COPENHAGEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) expressed disappointment and frustration with the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva principally blamed the position of the United Sta [...]	2009-12-23 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EFIN EAID EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1540	BRAZIL: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The Brazilian government continues to cooperate in countering terrorism and related activities that could contribute to the facilitation of attacks in the region or elsewhere-to include investigating potential terrorism financing, document forgery networks, and other illicit activity. Opera [...]	2009-12-31 13:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV BR
09BRASILIA156	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: MAKING THE 3 PLUS 1 [...] (C) Summary: The 3 Plus 1 Mechanism on Security in the Triborder Area (TBA) of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay remains, six years after its initial plenary session, the only instrument available to discuss counterterrorism (CT) with regional partners at the policy level. Given the likelihood t [...]	2009-02-06 15:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PTER EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KTFN PA AR BR
09BRASILIA157	BRAZIL: VICE ENVIRONMENT MINISTER ON CHALLENGES AHEAD, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 22, Brazilian Vice Minister for the Environment Izabella Teixeira expressed interest in a new, broader agenda between the United States and Brazil. She highlighted Brazil's need to address the interlinked challenges of energy, climat [...]	2009-02-06 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG EFIN BR
09BRASILIA158	Hemispheric Energy and Brazil? Depends who you ask [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel recently met with Brazil's Under Secretary equivalent for Energy and Technology at the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),Ambassador Andre Amado, to discuss continuing bilateral biofuels efforts. Over the course of the meeting, the idea of hemispheric energy co [...]	2009-02-06 17:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KSUM ECON BR
09BRASILIA16	Brazil Civil Aviation: Airport Privatization - the players [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil is studying several concession models to raise capital for much needed airport infrastructure improvements before hosting the World Cup in 2014. Private and public sector proposals have been received during the comment period phase, with most comments advocating private [...]	2009-01-06 14:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA167	PMDB WINS TOP CONGRESS POSTS, COULD GET 2010 VEEP [...] (C) Summary. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) consolidated its position as kingmaker for the 2010 presidential election after winning the presidencies of both houses of Congress on February 2. While the PMDB will remain faithful to President Lula and the Workers' Party (PT) [...]	2009-02-10 12:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BR
09BRASILIA177	UNDERSTANDING BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PART 1: [...] (C) Summary. As Brazil takes an increasingly prominent place on the international stage, its Foreign Ministry, known widely as Itamaraty after its headquarters building, finds itself under the influence of four powerful personalities whose ideologies are shaping its foreign policy priorities [...]	2009-02-11 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON OIIP BR
09BRASILIA178	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 117 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2009-02-12 13:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA180	UNDERSTANDING BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PART 2: [...] (C) Summary: As Brazil takes an increasingly prominent place on the international stage, its Foreign Ministry, known widely as Itamaraty after its headquarters building, finds itself in a difficult transition, with new institutional challenges. Itamaraty is struggling to meet President Lula's [...]	2009-02-12 20:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON OIIP BR
09BRASILIA188	BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION, THE BALKANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's position on Kosovo recognition has not changed: the GOB would prefer a clear UN consensus in favor of Kosovo independence. Serbia is lobbying Brazil and other key UN members to file briefs at the ICJ in its favor. The Foreign Ministers of Macedonia and Bosnia have rec [...]	2009-02-13 15:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC NATO RS AL BK KV MK BR
09BRASILIA190	UNDERSTANDING BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PART 3: [...] (C) As Brazil takes an increasingly prominent place on the international stage, its Foreign Ministry, known widely as Itamaraty after its headquarters building, finds itself facing unaccustomed inter-agency competition. Still Brazil's most prestigious ministry and the unquestioned lead on fo [...]	2009-02-13 16:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BR
09BRASILIA193	UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE [...] (C) On February 6, 2009, Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) Counselor and Assistant Air Attache delivered the USG response (REFTEL A) to the Ukrainian proposal (REFTEL B) to help the United States obtain Brazilian congressional approval of the 2000 U.S.-Brazil Technology Saf [...]	2009-02-13 19:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR
09BRASILIA195	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS UNDER [...] (SBU) On February 11, Post delivered the concerns expressed in REFTEL A to the key Brazilian players involved in handling the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB). The Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Director of the Environment Division, Counselor Fernando Coimbra, leads the Government [...]	2009-02-13 19:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BR
09BRASILIA196	BRAZIL RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES ABOUT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao, to stressed that Brazil would like to see a consensus document come out of the 2010 Review Conference concerning the Nuclear Nonproliferat [...]	2009-02-13 19:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP PARM UNGA IAEA NPT BR
09BRASILIA198	PUBLIC LAUNCH OF THE U.S/BRAZIL JOINT ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Summary: Following the March 2008 signing of the US/Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality (JAPR),Brazilian Racial Equality Minister Edson Santos and WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held the first steering committee meeting and [...]	2009-02-17 11:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ELAB BR
09BRASILIA201	KEY BRAZILIAN NUCLEAR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES POSSIBLE WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 4, Othon Pinheiro, Director-President of Eletrobras Termonuclear S.A., briefed the Ambassador on a new concept for indirect monitoring rather than intrusive inspections as a way to provide the IAEA with assurances about the nature of Brazil's nuclear activities. This [...]	2009-02-17 18:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY ETTC AR BR
09BRASILIA202	BRAZIL'S REVISED CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATING TEAM AND VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian climate change negotiating team for 2009 is significantly different than the one for 2008. Most importantly, Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Policy Everton Vargas (who is going to Germany) will be replaced as head of the team by Ambassado [...]	2009-02-17 19:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EAGR EFIN ECON BR
09BRASILIA209	BRAZIL: PRELIMINARY RESPONSE - NOT YET APPROVED HRSA/HHS [...] The Embassy cannot yet sign off on the agreement proposed in REFTEL. Due to Brazilian sensitivities on health related issues, the Embassy's ESTH office is seeking more information from the Brazilian partner (REDOME) before it can provide a definitive response. 2. The Embassy POC for this [...]	2009-02-19 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
09BRASILIA216	BRAZIL FX2 COMPETITION: THE BIDS ARE IN; NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the February 2 submission of bids for Brazil's FX2 fighter competition, the Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) will begin the process of technical evaluation. The U.S. competitor, Boeing's F18 Super Hornet, submitted a proposal that complied with Brazilian technical requiremen [...]	2009-02-20 18:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PREL MARR ETTC
09BRASILIA222	ANTARCTIC: INVITATION DELIVERED; GOB SEEKING APPROVAL OF [...] (SBU) On February 18, Post delivered to the Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) the invitation letter (REFTEL E) to Minister Celso Amorim from Secretary Clinton to attend the ministerial-level event in Washington on April 6, 2009, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty and [...]	2009-02-20 19:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KSCA KTIA PREL SENV TPHY AY BR
09BRASILIA224	BRAZIL: U/S FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vargas told Ambassador Sobel that when FM Celso Amorim meets the Secretary next week, he will want to stress the importance of building on the progress [...]	2009-02-21 19:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM ENRG BR
09BRASILIA229	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The CJCS visit to Brazil comes at an important time for our strategic partnership. With Nelson Jobim as Defense Minister, Brazil has, for the first time, effective civilian leadership and a mandate to modernize its armed forces. With a new defense strategy published in Decembe [...]	2009-02-26 10:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS BR PREL
09BRASILIA231	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT ACT [...] Please find below answers for Brazil to questions in reftel questions at para nine. Per ref b, in general only new information not in ref C is provided below. 2. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor. -What laws have been promulgated on child labor in the co [...]	2009-02-26 12:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB BR
09BRASILIA233	BRAZIL: STATE TACKLING CHILD AND SLAVE LABOR, TIP: [...] (U) Summary: The Northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhao ranks among the jurisdictions in Brazil with the highest incidence of domestic child labor, forced labor, and trafficking in persons (TIP). As one of Brazil's poorest states, resource constraints, coupled with neglect by state governme [...]	2009-02-26 21:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PREF ASEC SMIG BR
09BRASILIA234	BRAZIL: DIFFICULT TO PROSECUTE TIP CASES; BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Socioeconomic conditions in the state of Para are among the worst in Brazil, and as a result, the state acts as a source for slave and domestic child labor and trafficking in persons cases. Belem international airport is a major transit point for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) ne [...]	2009-02-26 22:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PREF ASEC SMIG BR
09BRASILIA24	ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT - - FOR EMBASSY [...] (U) THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES TO THE ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT ARE KEYED TO REFTEL: I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE CRIME AND SAFETY THREATS FACING AMERICANS IN COUNTRY. A. CRIME THREATS; VEHICLE THEFTS, PERSONAL ROBBERIES AND RESIDENTIAL THEFTS. C [...]	2009-01-07 16:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT APER
09BRASILIA244	BRAZIL: TWO NEW PRAGMATIC STEPS TO ADDRESS ILLEGAL AMAZON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Brazil (GOB) plans to take two steps - each quite pragmatic - to address the serious problem of settlers illegally clearing the Amazon Forest and the challenge of settlers occupying public land in the Amazon: The first measure - currently a proposal - would r [...]	2009-02-27 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV EAGR KSCA BR
09BRASILIA250	BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, [...] (SBU) (U) The Full Inventory of TIP Legislation: Laws prohibiting trafficking are contained in the Brazilian Penal Code, Articles 231, 231-A, 206, and 207, and the Statute of Children and Adolescents. In addition, Article 149 of the Brazilian penal code prohibits "reducing someone to a condi [...]	2009-03-02 11:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA251	BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, [...] (SBU) While adult prostitution is legal (an adult is defined by Brazilian law as a person 18 years of age or older),various associated activities, such as operating a brothel and pimping, are illegal. The degree to which these laws are enforced varies from place to place in Brazil based on lo [...]	2009-03-02 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA252	BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil continued to be a source country for internationally and domestically trafficked women, children, and men, and a destination country for forced factory labor in metropolitan cities. Brazil was not a significant Trafficking in Persons (TIP) transit country. Forced or sl [...]	2009-03-02 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA253	SOME AVENUES FOR REGIONAL ENERGY COOPERATION WITH BRAZIL ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings, both Brazil's Minister for Mines and Energy and his Deputy Minister have recently reconfirmed their interest in hemispheric energy cooperation. While other parts of the Brazilian government have been less positive in their assessments of the chances, or ind [...]	2009-03-02 11:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON KSUM BR
09BRASILIA254	BRAZIL: 2009 Special 301 Recommendation [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the 2009 Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil be maintained on the Special 301 Watch List. GoB actions demonstrate a strong, inter-agency commitment to anti-piracy policy and consumer ed [...]	2009-03-02 19:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
09BRASILIA265	ENVIRONMENT MINISTER MINC PRAISES APPOINTMENT OF S/E STERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Minister of the Environment, Carlos Minc, sees the twin issues of climate and energy as an opportunity for increased USG and Government of Brazil (GOB) cooperation. He sees Brazil as playing the role of a bridge between the developed nations and the G-77 in upcoming climate n [...]	2009-03-06 20:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA ENRG TBIO BR
09BRASILIA270	BRAZIL: ENORMOUS AMAZONAS STATE PLANS AMBITIOUS APPROACH ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. By December of this year, the State of Amazonas - which contains nearly half of the remaining Brazilian Amazon Forest - plans to announce its own climate change plan and state-wide target for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To accomplish this goal Governor Eduardo Bra [...]	2009-03-10 11:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA TSPL EAID ENRG NOAA NASA BR
09BRASILIA273	SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: AMBASSADOR MORALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 6, USG Summit of the Americas (SOA) Coordinator Ambassador Hector Morales met with a team from the Brazilian Ministry for External Relations (MRE) led by Secretary General for Political Affairs Ambassador Vera Machado and including Brazilian Summit Coordinator Carlos D [...]	2009-03-10 13:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENGR PREL ETRD EFIN EAGR
09BRASILIA278	OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIPS IN BRAZIL [...] SUMMARY. Public security is Brazil's top social concern, making Brazil an increasingly eager partner for the United States on law enforcement matters. The year ahead will present even more significant law enforcement challenges and opportunities for South America's dominant country. The f [...]	2009-03-10 14:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BR ASEC KCRM
09BRASILIA28	WORKING WITH BRAZIL ON CLIMATE CHANGE - AN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil has a central role in the climate change arena, not only because it controls 70% of the Amazon rainforest, but also because it plays a pivotal role in the on-going UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations. USG efforts to have India and China assume [...]	2009-01-08 13:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG EAID EFIN BR
09BRASILIA282	BRAZIL: OFFICIALS DISCUSS CUBA, BOLIVIA, ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 19, Jessica Lewis, Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Caroline Tess, Professional Staff Member and Senator Bill Nelson,s designee to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence met with Brazilian government officials from the offic [...]	2009-03-10 20:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
09BRASILIA288	Message from Ambassador Clifford Sobel to Acting FAA [...] (SBU) I strongly recommend that FAA HQ Flight Standards Office work cooperatively with ANAC to select technical consultation dates to take place after the May ICAO inspection rather than March 16-17 as currently proposed. Insisting that consultations happen March 16-17 or not at all risks unde [...]	2009-03-11 17:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BR
09BRASILIA290	BRAZIL: SPACE COOPERATION POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE) Technology Director Marco Antonio Chamon sees many opportunities for cooperation with the USG and with U.S. space businesses. Brazil is open to supplying for free the USG with the remote sensing information from the Brazil- [...]	2009-03-11 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA ETTC SENV ECON KSCA BR
09BRASILIA296	BRAZIL: FALLEN SPACE OBJECT RECOVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 5, Post recovered from the Brazilian authorities the component of a U.S. space launch vehicle that fell in the State of Goias, Brazil, in late March 2008. The object, a composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV),is in remarkably good condition and is stored at the [...]	2009-03-12 11:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA SENV KSCA BR
09BRASILIA297	BRAZIL: REQUEST FOR USG HELP IN REPATRIATING TURTLES [...] On March 6, 2009, Mr. Anderson Luis do Valle from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Resources (IBAMA) contacted Post's Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) office. Mr. Valle is the Coordinator of IBAMA's Center for Triage of Wild Animals. He explained tha [...]	2009-03-12 18:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TBIO BR
09BRASILIA298	BRAZIL: DELIVERY OF INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On 4 March 2009, EST officer delivered REFTEL invitation for Brazil to participate in the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG) annual meeting in Vienna, Austria, 29 June to 2 July 2009, to the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's (MRE) Disarmament and Sensitive Technolo [...]	2009-03-12 18:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PINS ENRG KCRM PARM BR
09BRASILIA303	BRAZIL: LIFTING OF OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS AT RIO'S SANTOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC) announced March 4 that it would lift operational restrictions placed on Rio's Santos Dumont airport. The decision opened a torrent of angry and combative comments by Rio's Governor Sergio Cabral and Rio's Mayor Eduardo Paes, w [...]	2009-03-13 10:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA305	BRAZIL: TRANSMITTAL OF USDOC/NOAA/NMFS [...] (SBU) On March 4, Post delivered REFTEL letter from Acting National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Assistant Administrator James Balsiger to Aldemir Gregolin, Brazil's Minister of Aquiculture and Fishing. Post followed up by informing Osvaldo Barbossa, the International Affairs Advisor for t [...]	2009-03-13 13:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV BR
09BRASILIA310	Supporting Educational Improvements in Brazil: Public [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several international comparative measures demonstrate that Brazil's education system lags behind that of most of its Latin American neighbors, global competitors such as the BRIC countries, and more developed countries, which is causing a shortage of skilled labor and could be [...]	2009-03-13 18:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL ECON PREL PGOV BR
09BRASILIA312	Perceptions of President Obama, as Reflected in the [...] (U) SUMMARY: In Brazil, there is a great deal of public and media interest in President Barack Obama, going back to his emergence as the Democratic frontrunner in the middle stages of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. Obama's electoral victory and inauguration were covered very positively b [...]	2009-03-13 18:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO BR
09BRASILIA322	FOLLOW UP ON BRAZIL'S SHARM AL SHEIKH PLEDGE [...] (U) On 10 March, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Counselor Claudio Cesar Nascimento, chief of the Middle East Division I of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Nascimento confirmed the USD 10 million pledge made by Foreign Minister Amorim at Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, and noted t [...]	2009-03-16 17:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN BR
09BRASILIA330	GOLD MINING POSES HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS IN GUYANA [...] SUMMARY Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has seen exponential growth in the South American countries of the Guyana Shield (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil) since the early 1980's, owing to dramatic gold price increases and limited government presence in the remote i [...]	2009-03-17 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EMIN EAID TBIO SOCI BR XR
09BRASILIA331	ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (SBU) In ref A, Post noted that we could not confirm child or forced labor for certain products. At this time we can provide additional information on those products. 2. (U) Bananas and Talc: After further research, Mission does not/not believe these should be on the DOL List of Goods beca [...]	2009-03-17 20:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM BR
09BRASILIA337	RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 11:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS BR
09BRASILIA34	BRAZIL,S NEW DEFENSE STRATEGY--STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. On December 18, President Lula signed the National Defense Strategy, concluding a fifteen month drafting exercise. The document was principally drafted by Minister for Strategic Planning Roberto Mangabeira Unger, and it provides a security policy framework tha [...]	2009-01-09 16:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR
09BRASILIA347	Brazil: PAC Investment Program Two Years Later: Mixed [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian Growth Acceleration Program ("PAC"),a government run public works program funded with federal, parastatal, and private investment, celebrated its second anniversary in February. In a recently released PAC executive summary report, the GOB highlighted past, present [...]	2009-03-20 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA348	BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, [...] This message provides additional information on trafficking in persons in Brazil not previously reported in refs B, C, and D. With the exception of paragraph 4, the new information was provided by the National Secretariat of Justice (SNJ),which has been very cooperative and helpful to the Mi [...]	2009-03-20 19:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA349	BRAZIL: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS BROAD INDIAN LAND [...] Summary. In a landmark Indian land rights case, the Supreme Court on March 19 reached a final decision in favor of sweeping land rights for Indians on the Raposa Serra do Sol (RSS) reservation in Roraima state (reftel). Non-indigenous rice growers will have to abandon their plantations insid [...]	2009-03-20 20:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BR
09BRASILIA35	BRAZIL,S DEFENSE STRATEGY -- MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ref a reported on the strategic aspects of Brazil,s new Defense Strategy document, signed by President Lula on December 18. While the main purpose of the strategy as written by the Minister for Strategic Planning, was to place Brazil,s military and defense sector in the framewo [...]	2009-01-09 17:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PREL MARR
09BRASILIA362	BRAZIL'S RELATIONS WITH AFRICA -- SELECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Reftel reported on Brazil's interest in Africa both as a matter of ethnic and cultural ties and of the policy of the Lula government to seek more global influence by cultivating other developing countries, the so called south-south policy. One year later, Africa retains its st [...]	2009-03-24 15:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PREL PGOV ETRD

09BRASILIA364	(U) 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (C-AL9-00153) [...] (C) Ref B reports on Summit of the Americas (SOA) Coordinator Ambassador Hector Morales meetings with Brazilian officials, notably the increased Brazilian focus on the SOA. According to Brazilian Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Undersecretary Vera Machado, Brazil views the SOA as comple [...]	2009-03-24 20:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	BR PINR PGOV PREL

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