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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09NASSAU400BAHAMAS: POLICE COMMISSIONER FERGUSON RULES OUT
[...] (C) During a June 25 Embassy-hosted luncheon to discuss joint law enforcement efforts, Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) Commissioner Reginald Ferguson down-played previously mentioned prospects for law enforcement cooperation between The Bahamas and Haiti. Ferguson rejected the idea of statio [...]
2009-06-30 20:58:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR SMIG PGOV KCRM HA BF
09NASSAU715NAS SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2009
[...] (U) This cable summarizes significant NAS and USG counternarcotics activities in The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands during the period of September/October 2009. ----- OPBAT ----- 2. (SBU) The Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF),the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police [...]
2009-11-18 13:23:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALSNAR SMIG PGOV PREL TK BF
09NASSAU753Pirates, Projects and Wish Lists: NORTHCOM Visit to The
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NORTHCOM officials representing 12 different sub-units visited Nassau from November 17-19 to discuss NORTHCOM engagement. The delegation's activities consisted of a one-day Piracy conference, meetings with Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) and with the National Emergency Manag [...]
2009-12-18 16:26:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL BF
09NIAMEY866 Niger: Counter-Narcotics Strategy
[...] Summary: Niger, while not a drug producing country or a significant consumer market for narcotics, should be characterized as a "developing" transit point for narcotics en route to North Africa and Europe. Mindful of the potential for increased drug trade, the Government of Niger (GON) has ta [...]
2009-11-06 08:55:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM PREL NG
09NIAMEY89NIGER -- ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW
[...] The following is Post's response to provide input to help further define law enforcement and judicial training needs. Below are Post's responses to the questions posed: A. What are the key internal or regional challenges the host government's non-military security apparatus confronts? (i.e [...]
2009-02-17 15:52:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM PARM PGOV PTER SNAR SOCI NG
09NIAMEY987 Niger: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism
[...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Qa'ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has demonstrated a greater interest in the Republic of Niger (RON) in 2009, with attempts to extend its influence into Nigerien territory from the largely ungoverned region bordering Mali and Algeria. The porous borders and u [...]
2009-12-16 13:31:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC SNAR PGOV SOCI KISL PHUM PREL NG
09NICOSIA235CYPRUS: GOC NEGATIVE REACTION TO INCSR
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ACTION REQUEST CONTAINED IN PARA. 5. 2. (SBU) On March 27, Embassy Econ Officer and Econ Specialist met with Eva Papakyriacou, Head of the local Financial Intelligence Unit (known as MOKAS) and Michalis Stylianou, Sen [...]
2009-04-03 13:21:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EFIN CY
09NICOSIA685CYPRUS: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2009-20010 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT INCSR PART I Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish militar [...]
2009-11-02 14:12:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CY
09NOUAKCHOTT24POLISARIO DISSIDENT VISITS
[...] (C) Summary: Sahrawi dissident Mahjoub Saleck of the Khat al-Shahid faction of POLISARIO saw a significant decrease in nationalist fervor among young Sahrawi in his first authorized visit to POLISARIO controlled areas of Western Sahara since 2006. Saleck saw a disturbing focus instead on mak [...]
2009-01-09 15:31:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR WI AG
09NOUAKCHOTT386MAURITANIA: A NEW DRUG-TRAFFICKING HUB IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Drug-trafficking in Mauritania is on the rise and becoming a concern not only for the country but also the region. Mauritania is a transit country for hashish resin and cocaine, two highly profitable drugs. Hashish resin is trafficked from Morocco to the Gulf States through t [...]
2009-06-11 12:20:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV MR SNAR PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT431MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This week in Nouakchott, the August 6 coup d'etat came to an official end with the formation of a Transitional Government of National Unity and President Abdallahi's resignation, in accordance with the Dakar Accord. The new government is up and running but maintaining consens [...]
2009-07-02 14:24:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SNAR PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT580MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR AUGUST 2009
[...] (U) Summary: The month of August saw Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, author of the August 6, 2008 coup d'etat, become the legitimately elected President of Mauritania. Aziz also received a visit from the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs and traveled to Libya on his first official visit. Taqado [...]
2009-09-14 13:39:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MR SNAR
09NOUAKCHOTT728OPPOSITION DENOUNCES CORRUPT ELECTORAL SYSTEM
[...] (C) Summary: For opposition leaders Ahmed Ould Daddah and Mohamed Ould Maouloud, the outcome of the November 8 senatorial elections is the living proof that Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz intends to squash all dissenting voices through widespread electoral fraud and intimidation. According to the [...]
2009-11-13 03:57:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR MR
09OTTAWA194CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR MEXICAN POLICE AND JUDICIAL
[...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency Canadian team will meet with counterparts in Mexico City on March 12 and 13 to see how Canada might better support President Calderon's efforts to reform the police, corrections, and judicial sectors. The mission, which National Security Advisor Marie-Lucie Morin [...]
2009-03-11 20:15:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR SNAR MX CA
09OTTAWA263CANADIAN CAPACITY ISSUES SHAPE MEXICAN SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a successful visit to Mexico (reftel),Canadian officials are now analyzing how best to help Mexico reform its police and corrections sectors. Canada will likely focus its assistance on revamping police recruit education, strengthening witness security programs, and buil [...]
2009-04-02 17:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR SNAR MX CA
09OTTAWA265CANADA-MEXICO SECURITY DIALOGUE SHARES BEST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Canada's and Mexico's bilateral security working group, established in February 2007, focuses on increasing cooperation and information exchange in the areas of migration, emergency management, marine security, and law enforcement. Public Safety Canada and Mexico's Center for Inv [...]
2009-04-02 21:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR SNAR MX CA
09OTTAWA267UPDATE ON DUBAI PROCESS ACTION PLAN FOR
[...] (C) Summary and comment. The Dubai process for enhancing Pakistan-Afghanistan cooperation, under Canada's facilitation, continues to move forward, as a March 27-29 workshop in Dubai underscored. There will be four new working groups -- on counternarcotics, managing the movement of people, [...]
2009-04-03 13:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SNAR ETRD PK AF CA
09OTTAWA622FURTHER PROGRESS ON DUBAI PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian officials, there was some -- but not much -- "concrete progress" at the most recent Dubai Process meetings, notably in that Afghanistan and Pakistan had agreed to call on international experts to assist them in drafting action plans, MOUs, and assessments for [...]
2009-08-11 21:27:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SNAR ETRD PK AF CA
09OTTAWA834Canada: 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy
[...] . (U) Summary In 2009, Canada continued to implement its National Anti-Drug Strategy, involving three action plans to reduce the supply of and demand for illicit drugs as well as associated crime. Canada remains a country of concern due to the amount of MDMA (3, 4-methylenedioxymethampheta [...]
2009-11-02 22:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CA
09OTTAWA840CANADIAN WARSHIPS COMPLETE COUNTER-NARCOTICS OPERATION
[...] (U) Summary: On October 30, two Canadian Forces (CF) warships completed operations in support of Operation CARIBBE, Canada's contribution to an ongoing U.S.-led, multi-national effort to interdict drug trafficking in Caribbean and east Pacific waters. The Canadian vessels provided surveillance [...]
2009-11-03 20:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS SNAR CA XL
09OUAGADOUGOU1136BURKINA FASO: MOD DISCUSSES WIDE RANGE OF REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge d'Affaires met with Minister of Defense (MOD) on December 3 to officially handover the Letter of Agreement (LOA) pertaining to the training and equipping of a Burkinabe Gendarmerie Battalion (COESPU) scheduled to deploy to Darfur under UNAMID leadership. Engaging in a wide [...]
2009-12-08 12:45:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MASS PTER SNAR UV
09OUAGADOUGOU1166BURKINA FASO: 2009-2010 INSCR PART II MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] (U) Per reftel request, below is Part Two of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report concerning Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. 2. (U) The following are the responses for Burkina Faso to the 2010 INCSR, Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes (paragraph numbers a [...]
2009-12-16 16:37:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UV
09PANAMA119PANAMA: SENAN SEIZES 2.5 TONS OF COCAINE IN GAME
[...] (C) Panama's National Aero-Naval Service (SENAN) police seized 2.46 tons of cocaine in a mangrove swamp February 1 that had been off-loaded from a go-fast vessel. The vessel had been hiding in the Lavaina river since January 28 after being trapped by SENAN vessels acting on information gener [...]
2009-02-10 13:45:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA16PANAMA: NEW AERO-MARITIME SERVICE DIRECTOR MAKES
[...] (S//NF) "Something is going on," Rigoberto Gordon, Director of the National Aero-Naval Service (SENAN),told EMBOFFs December 5, referring to apparent corruption among former National Maritime Service (SMN) members now in SENAN's ranks. (Note: SENAN, formed on December 22, combines the pervio [...]
2009-01-07 22:33:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA21EMBASSY ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING OUTREACH
[...] (C) Summary: Spearheading Mission Panama's anti-money laundering outreach, Ambassador Stephenson met with Colon Free Zone (CFZ) General Manager Nilda Quijano during a December 17 visit to Colon. Quijano described the competitive advantages of the CFZ for legitimate businesses and the steps be [...]
2009-01-08 21:03:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SNAR KTFN PM
09PANAMA236PANAMA: MERIDA AND PUBLIC MESSAGING
[...] (SBU) Summary: As we roll out the Merida Initiative in Panama, the Embassy has launched a public diplomacy campaign to inform Panamanians about the broad range of Merida programs, placing a special emphasis on crime prevention. Media coverage of drug-related violence in Mexico has cast Merida [...]
2009-03-20 16:45:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KPAO PM
09PANAMA242PANAMA: MURCIA ACCUSATIONS UNLEASH POLITICAL
[...] (C) The Panamanian Electoral Tribunal (TE) suspended the legal immunity of the leading presidential candidates Ricardo Martinelli and Balbina Herrera March 19, in addition to the front-running candidate for Mayor of Panama City, Roberto "Bobby" Velasquez and Martinelli's attorney, Alma Cortez [...]
2009-03-20 20:29:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA255LAWYERS VS. EVERYONE ELSE - GOP STRIVES TO PREEMPT
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Panama intends to announce financial transparency measures before the April 2 G20 Meeting to ensure that Panama is not placed on the OECD Blacklist of "tax havens." In a March 25 letter to the OECD, the GOP acknowledged that it does not want its financial center [...]
2009-03-26 20:14:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PM PREL SNAR
09PANAMA293PANAMA ANNOUNCES KEY TAX HAVEN SOLUTION - A PATH
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOP announced on April 7 that it intends to regulate bearer shares. This breakthrough, when fully executed, will solve Panama's most pressing transparency issue, fulfill the USG's most prominent financial crimes regulatory recommendation, and remedy Panama's sole grave rema [...]
2009-04-08 14:12:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN SNAR PREL PGOV PM
09PANAMA332PANAMA: THREE FARC MEMBERS HANDED OVER ON MATERIAL
[...] (C) The GOP handed over three alleged FARC members to the U.S. April 17 for prosecution on charges of providing material support to a terrorist organization, the first time the GOP has ever agreed to material support charges as grounds for a hand-over. This precedent setting step is part of [...]
2009-04-24 22:51:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR PM
09PANAMA343GOP AUTHORIZES "GRAY HULLS" ACCESS TO PANAMA'S TTW
[...] (S//NF) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos has agreed to allow U.S. Navy assets to patrol Panama's territorial waters on counter-narcotics missions. Torrijos asked the Ambassador April 15 for Embassy assistance organizing a DEA-funded "Operation Together" (Operacion Conjuntos) featuring U. [...]
2009-04-28 18:25:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER SNAR PM
09PANAMA367TORRIJOS BRIEFS MARTINELLI AS TIEA THREATENS FTA
[...] (SBU) Vice-President Lewis reported to the Ambassador that President Torrijos recommitted to his endgame (reftels) for the U.S.-Panama FTA (FTA) during his first meeting with President-elect Martinelli. That endgame calls for the Obama Administration to submit the FTA to Congress, after which [...]
2009-05-06 22:58:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL PGOV EFTA EFIN SNAR PM
09PANAMA37PANAMA HOSTS QUADRILATERAL SECURITY TALKS WITH
[...] (C) "We are trying to put in place information sharing and coordination mechanisms to expedite quick deportations, expulsions, and extradition of organized crime figures," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on January 15 in laying out his vision for the quadrilateral Panama-Colombia- [...]
2009-01-15 19:37:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS SNAR PM
09PANAMA373MARTINELLI'S U.S. AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE SUPPORTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Jaime Aleman, President-elect Martinelli's Ambassador-designate to Washington, told Ambassador Stephenson today (May 7) that Martinelli would support initiation of Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) negotiations with the United States soon as part of Panama's 2002 and 20 [...]
2009-05-07 23:23:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EFTA ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR
09PANAMA435PANAMA LAUNCHES CONTROVERSIAL FTA MEASURES AMID
[...] (C) Encouraged by front-page coverage of U.S. officials noting progress on the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) early in the week of May 18, the current (Torrijos) and in-coming (Martinelli) governments of Panama took actions on May 20 designed to pave the way for U.S. Congressional appr [...]
2009-06-01 17:37:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR
09PANAMA454PANAMA LAUNCHES CONTROVERSIAL FTA MEASURES AMID
[...] (C) Encouraged by front-page coverage of U.S. officials noting progress on the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) early in the week of May 18, the current (Torrijos) and in-coming (Martinelli) governments of Panama took actions on May 20 designed to pave the way for U.S. Congressional appr [...]
2009-06-05 18:45:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EFTA ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL SNAR
09PANAMA470PANAMA: GRAY HULL OPERATION CUTS COASTAL DRUG
[...] (S//NF) "Thank you for convincing us to support this operation. It has really worked," Panamanian President Martin Torrijos told the Ambassador June 5, referring to Operation Goal Line Stance (aka Conjuntos-09). This DEA-funded maritime drug interdiction operation used JIATF-South and Panaman [...]
2009-06-12 17:37:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA523PANAMA: EARLY INDICATIONS ON SECURITY POLICY OF
[...] (C) The incoming government of Panama will not/not dismantle the National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) or the National Aero-Naval Service (SENAN),two of the key security services created by the reforms of the outgoing government of Martin Torrijos (see reftel). This is one of Post's key con [...]
2009-06-30 21:12:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA625THE GANG THREAT ON PANAMA'S COSTA RICAN BORDER
[...] (S//NF) The border between Panama and Costa Rica has been described as a "no mans' land", where drugs flow across into Costa Rica and guns and money flow back into Panama. With parallel roads along either side of the border, over 200 possible crossing points, a free trade zone town sitting on [...]
2009-08-17 19:09:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA639MARTINELLI WIRETAP QUEST SHOWS DARK SIDE OF NEW GOP
[...] (S//NF) President Martinelli has reached out to the Embassy, among other actors, to request help in building infrastructure to conduct wiretaps against ostensible security threats as well as political opponents. The Ambassador has made it clear to the president that the USG will continue our succe [...]
2009-08-22 14:46:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PM
09PANAMA699MARTINELLI MOUNTS DOMESTIC SPY OPERATION, PUTS DEA
[...] (S//NF) President Martinelli is following through on his intention to expand the duties of Panama's Council of Public Security and National Defense ("Consejo") to include spying on domestic political enemies (reftel). Martinelli has told the Ambassador that he no longer needs USG help to estab [...]
2009-09-18 17:03:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA777PANAMANIAN INTEL DIRECTOR CONFRONTS DEA
[...] (S//NF) Olmedo Alfaro, Executive Secretary of the Council of Public Security and National Defense (Consejo),engaged in two tense encounters with DEA personnel last week, indicating continued tension over the Embassy decision to remove the Matador judicialized wiretap program from the contro [...]
2009-10-19 21:35:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM
09PANAMA829PLANS TO ESTABLISH FOUR MARITIME OPERATIONS CENTERS
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Government and Justice Jose Raul Mulino announced in late October that the GOP intended to establish four maritime operating centers to interdict narcotics and other illegal items transiting Panamanian waters. The operation centers would be jointly manned by security f [...]
2009-11-09 23:28:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS PINR ASEC SNAR PM
09PANAMA879Ambassador's November 25 Meetings with President, Vice
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Ambassador and DCM spent six hours in meetings with top government officials on November 25 to persuade them that neglecting to focus attention and resources on Panama's burgeoning crime and gang problems would be disastrous. The Martinelli Administration has taken [...]
2009-12-15 14:48:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MASS ECON SNAR ASEC PINR PM
09PANAMA881GOP Suspends Discussions with Security Firm Global CST
[...] (S//NF) Senior GOP leaders have told the Embassy that they have suspended discussions with the Israeli security firm Global CST. Minister of the Presidency Jimmy Papadimitriu told the Ambassador on December 13 that "the issue is closed" and that the GOP would not entertain further consideration [...]
2009-12-15 18:28:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC SNAR PINR PM CO
09PANAMA883DARIEN ACTIVITY UPDATE
[...] (S/NF) Embassy Panama is advancing on many fronts in our Darien strategy to deny the FARC and other Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) safehaven in the Darien. Built around our 1207 funding request, the strategy now includes significant additional resources from SOUTHCOM, JIATF-South, and [...]
2009-12-15 19:15:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SNAR PTER PM
09PANAMA889Martinelli Confirms Approval of Cross-Border Attack Plan
[...] (S//NF) President Martinelli told Ambassador on December 13 that he had given approval for Colombian forces to attack FARC forces that will be gathered for the holidays in Panama's Darien province (ref A). He confirmed that the plan had been discussed during a meeting on December 9 with visiti [...]
2009-12-17 18:11:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC SNAR PM CO PINR
09PANAMA891Ambassador's November 25 Meetings with President, Vice
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Ambassador and DCM spent six hours in meetings with top government officials on November 25 to work through a number of specific security issues, as well as to agree on a structure for better coordination on security issues. End summary/ introduction. The U [...]
2009-12-17 18:43:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MASS SNAR ASEC PINR PM
09PANAMA894Scenesetter for CODEL Boehner
[...] (SBU) Since the restoration of democracy after Operation Just Cause twenty years ago, Panama has established and consolidated a democratic, stable government, achieving a new confidence, dynamism, and psychological sovereignty that complements the 1999 completion of its territorial sovereignty. [...]
2009-12-03 14:17:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON SOCI ASEC SNAR PGOV KPAO CASC PM
09PANAMA901Intelligence Chief Proposes Reform to Severely Restrict USG
[...] (U) This is an action message, see paragraph 5. 2. (S//NF) The head of Panama's Council for Public Security and National Defense (Consejo, or CSPDN),Olmedo Alfaro, has told Embassy officers that the GOP plans to introduce new legislation soon that would make it unlawful for Panamanian gover [...]
2009-12-22 19:57:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL SNAR EAID ASEC PM PINR
09PANAMA905Guidance Request: DEA Wiretap Program
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 8. 2. (S//NF) Since July 2009, Embassy Panama has grappled with President Martinelli's desire to involve the USG in his efforts to construct a wiretap program that would target his domestic political opponents. Refs A, B and C document the sequence of eve [...]
2009-12-24 16:58:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SNAR PINR ASEC KJUS PM
09PANAMA907Supreme Court Appointees: Panama in Mourning for Justice
[...] (U) Summary: President Ricardo Martinelli and his cabinet's December 16 nomination of Alejandro Moncada Luna and Jose Abel Almengor as the two new Supreme Court justices sparked strong criticism from all major media outlets and from civil society organizations including the bar association and [...]
2009-12-29 14:06:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KJUS PINR PM SNAR
09PARAMARIBO149 CARIBBEAN-U.S. TECHNICAL SECURITY COOPERATION MEETING
[...] (U) Summary. The May 20 Caribbean-U.S. Technical Security Cooperation Meeting in Paramaribo, Suriname, concluded on a highly positive note, as U.S. and Caribbean representatives agreed to initiate a formal dialogue to develop and institutionalize a joint regional security strategy. Caribbea [...]
2009-05-22 19:57:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDMARR SNAR MASS MOPS PREL XL NS
09PARAMARIBO281SURINAME HEAD OF UNGA DELEGATION NOT ABLE TO
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post conveyed to Vice President Ramdien Sardjoe, head of Suriname's delegation to the UNGA, Secretary Clinton's invitation to meet with leaders of the Caribbean, on the margins of the UNGA. 2. (SBU) According to Juliette Redman, acting head of the International Organizatio [...]
2009-09-18 19:22:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA UN SNAR XL NS
09PARAMARIBO356Suriname: 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy
[...] (U) Post presents its 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. Suriname I. Summary Suriname is a transit zone for South American cocaine en route to Europe, Africa and, to a lesser extent, the United States. The Government of [...]
2009-11-05 20:09:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR NS
09PARAMARIBO36INL 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) Post is pleased to provide its 2008 End Use Monitoring Report. Cable is keyed to Ref A. 2. (U) PROCEDURES A. Inventory Management Post's EUM Program Coordinator: Geneve Menscher, Pol-Econ Chief, (597) 472-900 ext. 2205, MenscherGe@state.gov. Inventory System: Post does not hav [...]
2009-02-02 17:28:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NS
09PARIS1294FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS WEST AFRICA WITH DAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the MFA, Presidency, and MOD on September 17 expressed general agreement with AF DAS William Fitzgerald on a range of West African issues, including Togo (need to keep pressing for proper presidential elections),Benin (a success story but with serious corru [...]
2009-09-23 11:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PINR PGOV KCOR SNAR XY FR
09PARIS1357TOGO: AMBASSADOR HAWKINS'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the MFA, Presidency, and MOD generally agreed with U.S. Ambassador to Togo Patricia Hawkins's assessment of the situation in Togo concerning the importance of the presidential election in 2010, the weakness of the opposition, and the tensions that might arise [...]
2009-10-02 17:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM SNAR PINR TO FR
09PARIS324GUINEA-BISSAU: FRANCE THINKS ELECTIONS ARE THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France believes that it is imperative that presidential elections be held in Guinea-Bissau within the 60-day time-frame specified in the Guinea-Bissau constitution, MFA deskoff Ann'laure Hare said on March 4. The GOF is considering ways France can assist with elections but the [...]
2009-03-05 12:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SNAR PU FR
09PARTO40301(U) Secretary Clinton's March 25 Conversation
[...] (U) Classified by Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (U) 03/25/09, 1 p.m., Mexico City, Mexico 3. (U) Participants U.S. The Secretary Charge Bassett A/S Shannon Laura Pena, Senior Advisor to the Secretary Dan Restrepo, Senior [...]
2009-04-03 17:28:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL SNAR MX
09PARTO42301(U) Secretary Clinton's April 17, 2009 Meeting
[...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d) 2. (U) April 17, 2009; 9:45 a.m.; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Charge d'Affaires Roland Bullen A/S Thomas Shannon, WHA Cheryl Mills, [...]
2009-04-23 02:36:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL SNAR ETRD EAID
09PESHAWAR9NWFP: ATTACK ON PAKISTAN SECURITY FORCES IN MOHMAND BY
[...] (C) In an unprecedented move by militants, at least 200 fighters crossed the border from Afghanistan into Mohmand Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and attacked a paramilitary base of the Frontier Corps the evening of January 10. Government forces responded to the assau [...]
2009-01-13 12:24:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS SNAR PGOV PK
09PHNOMPENH203SECOND LARGE METHAMPHETAMINE BUST PUTS CAMBODIA ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the weekend of March 21-22 a police raid of four separate locations uncovered significant amounts of illicit chemicals and resulted in the arrest of 5 individuals, including 2 Chinese nationals. The amount of chemicals and plant substances seized in the raids, when combi [...]
2009-03-27 09:01:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC CB
09PHNOMPENH391MINI-DUBLIN GROUP DISCUSSES CAMBODIA'S DRUG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the embassies of Australia, U.S., France, EU, Japan, and Denmark met with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials June 4 to discuss the current situation, policies and donor coordination in relation t [...]
2009-06-11 07:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH45THE FIRST TO CONGRATULATE THE NEW PRESIDENT?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: King Norodom Sihamoni seized the occasion of the Ambassador's long-awaited presentation of credentials at the Royal Palace to be one of the first foreign leaders to congratulate President-elect Barack Obama on his inauguration day (with January 20 coming 12 hours earlier in Phno [...]
2009-01-20 11:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ETRD SCUL PTER SNAR CB
09PHNOMPENH926AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UIGHURS AND DRUG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rodley met December 17 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior (DPM) Sar Kheng to discuss the Uighur asylum seekers in Phnom Penh. The DPM expressed disappointment at an initial lack of cooperation by the local United Nations High Commission for Refugees ( [...]
2009-12-17 07:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR CB
09PORTAUPRINCE1016NAS Haiti November 2009 Monthly Report
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the month of November 2009, there were significant developments in the capacity building of the Haitian National Police (HNP),although significant organizational development issues continue to [...]
2009-12-09 17:44:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE103HAITIAN AUTHORITIES ACCUSED OF MISAPPROPRIATING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 18:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA SNAR KCRM
09PORTAUPRINCE122HAITI: ELECTORAL COUNCIL BARS LAVALAS, GUY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced late February 5 the exclusion of 40 of the 105 prospective candidates that had registered to compete in the April senatorial elections, including all 16 candidates representing Fanmi Lavalas. Leaders of Lavalas, the party of ou [...]
2009-02-06 18:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE13CODEL DURBIN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER
[...] (SBU) The Haitian President and Prime Minister told Codel Durbin December 17-18 that Haiti's main priorities after the August-September hurricanes are economic growth and job creation, infrastructure-building, education, environmental restoration, and strengthening Haiti's political institutio [...]
2009-01-07 17:10:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE14NAS HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE AND COAST GUARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: With a new Minister of Justice in place, there is new attention to corrections issues and control of the Haitian National Police (HNP). NAS infrastructure projects continue to encounter delays but are slowly progressing. Many of the delays result from slow action by the Gove [...]
2009-01-07 17:15:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE182LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PATRICE ISRAEL, HAITIAN NATIONAL
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting Commissar Patrice Israel, Director of the Haitian National Police/BLTS division, who has been nominated to participate in a U.S.-sponsored meeting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assis [...]
2009-02-18 15:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE216LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: HAITIAN COAST GUARD UNIT,
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting Haitian Coast Guard members of the Haitian National Police (HNP) who has been nominated to attend FY09 resident courses-International Military Education and Training Program [...]
2009-02-26 20:10:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA OPDC PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE277HAITI DEMARCHE ON U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT
[...] Ambassador delivered demarche per ref A to Minister of Justice on February 17 regarding opportunities for the Government of Haiti in USG programs to address illicit arms trafficking, including law enforcement training through International Law Enforcement Academies (ILEAS). The Minister of J [...]
2009-03-12 19:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HA KCRM SNAR
09PORTAUPRINCE318LEAKING LIKE A SIEVE: HAITI'S NORTHERN COASTLINE
[...] Summary (C) A UN Police technical advisor working in Cap Haitien believes that clandestine boat migration is a highly-organized business and that intercepted passengers almost always try to shield captains and trip organizers from detection and capture by maritime authorities. He also repor [...]
2009-03-20 19:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE330TREASURY DELEGATION ASSESSES RESULTS OF ONGOING USG TAX
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Technical Assistance Policy, Larry McDonald, visited Port au Prince February 4-5 to make an interim assessment of the results of the [...]
2009-03-25 14:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ASEC SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE33920TH POLICE PROMOTION GRADUATES WITH MIXED MESSAGE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On February 27, the Haitian National Police (HNP) graduated its 20th Promotion of 702 police officers, including 86 women. While speeches by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice focused on r [...]
2009-03-30 12:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE34020TH POLICE PROMOTION GRADUATES WITH MIXED MESSAGE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On February 27, the Haitian National Police (HNP) graduated its 20th Promotion of 702 police officers, including 86 women. While speeches by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice focused on r [...]
2009-03-30 12:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE386AMBASSADOR VISITS LES CAYES
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador visited Les Cayes March 26. The mayor portrayed his city as calm and relatively free of drug trafficking but lacking sufficient funding from the central government. The head of MINUSTAH's regional office emphasized that political instability and drug trafficking were con [...]
2009-04-08 15:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR ECON USAID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE387LEAHY VETTING REQUEST:PARTICIPATION OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the Director General of the Haitian National Police who has been invited to the Annual International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC),pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. [...]
2009-04-08 18:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE394CITE SOLEIL COMMISSARIAT INAUGURATED
[...] SUMMARY: The postponed inauguration of the USG-funded Cite Soleil Police Commissariat took place on March 25, 2009. With over 130 guests and members of the press in attendance at the event, the dedication of this impressive new building symbolized the positive changes in the Cite Soleil neighbo [...]
2009-04-09 19:08:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE398Cite Soleil's Door is Open: Proving the Concept
[...] Summary: The Haiti Stabilization Initiative's (HSI) integrated approach to civilian-led stabilization and reconstruction is bringing real, palpable change to Cite Soleil. Despite skepticism and stovepipes, it has done what it said it would do. Progress, as in the rest of Haiti, is fragile, u [...]
2009-04-13 14:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID PREL SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE408CORRECTED COPY OF PORT AU PRINCE 000330 - TREASURY
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Technical Assistance Policy, Larry McDonald, visited Port au Prince February 4-5 to make an interim assessment of the results of the [...]
2009-04-16 11:58:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ASEC SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE412LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR FOUR (4) OFFICERS OF THE HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following HNP Officers of the Haitian National Police who have been nominated to participate in a U.S.-sponsored workshop, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. Thi [...]
2009-04-17 19:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE437LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR EVINTZ ORELIEN, OFFICER OF THE
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following HNP Officer of the Haitian National Police who has been nominated to participate in a U.S.-sponsored workshop, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. This [...]
2009-04-27 14:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE451 HAITI: CODEL CONYERS MEETS PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified-please protect accordingly. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) A Congressional Delegation led by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers heard President Preval and Prime Minister Pierre Louis make the case that Haiti is at a turning point and ne [...]
2009-04-30 15:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SNAR EAID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE475HAITI: PRESIDENT PREVAL ON ELECTIONS, CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
[...] (C) President Preval says that the April 19 Senate elections were well organized. He claims to have expected the low turnout, but admitted that the Fanmis Lavalas boycott, associated threats, and the ban on public transportation deterred many voters. The President was pleased at the strong s [...]
2009-05-12 17:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE481LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- FIRST SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following first 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for the training of the 21th Promotion. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the vetting p [...]
2009-05-14 19:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE5LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JUNGLA COMMANDO COURSE
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates, of the Haitian National Police, who have been nominated to participate in counternarcotics training scheduled January 26 to May 29, 2009 in Colombia pursuant to the Leah [...]
2009-01-05 18:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM TRSY HA
09PORTAUPRINCE500HAITI: APRIL 2009 NAS MONTHLY REPORT
[...] The following summarizes Post's INL/NAS and counternarcotics activities in April 2009. 2. Merida Initiative: - On April 30, Ambassador Sanderson and Minister of Justice Exume signed the Letter of Agreement for 2,159,000 USD to fund four projects under Merida: a communications network for [...]
2009-05-22 14:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL EAID KCRM KJUS HA
09PORTAUPRINCE501LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR 16 HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE (HNP)
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 16 HNP female officers who will receive security training to form a new Prime Minister close protection detail. The session is scheduled to begin at the end of this month of May 2009 [...]
2009-05-22 14:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE507LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- SECOND SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited as part of the 21th Promotion to become HNP officers. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the v [...]
2009-05-28 19:00:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE514LEAHY VETTING REQUEST THIRD SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for training of the 21th Promotion to become HNP officers. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, [...]
2009-05-31 14:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE519LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOURTH SUBMISSION OF 49 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 49 cadets among the approximately 476 recruited as part of the 21th Promotion to become HNP officers upon completion of the training. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in Jul [...]
2009-06-01 15:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE520MINISTER OF JUSTICE DISCUSSES PRIORITIES FOR
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On May 27, Ambassador Sanderson paid a farewell call on Minister of Justice Exume. They discussed his priorities for the justice sector, including the judicial system, prisons and the Haitian Nat [...]
2009-06-01 19:10:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE540LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR 3 HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE (HNP)
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following three HNP Officers of the Haitian National Police who have been nominated to participate in U.S.-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. Th [...]
2009-06-08 14:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE552LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- FIFTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for the training of the 21th Promotion. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the vetting process [...]
2009-06-10 18:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE576LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- SIXTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for the training of the 21th Promotion. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the vetting process [...]
2009-06-16 18:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE579HAITI: MID-YEAR REPORT CARD FOR THE 2010 MAJORS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Haitian National Police (HNP) continue to progress slowly and overall crime is down in Haiti. The HNP are now in the fourth year of their five-year internationally-agreed reform plan. Coop [...]
2009-06-17 14:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE581LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- SEVENTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for the training of the 21th Promotion. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the vetting process [...]
2009-06-17 18:32:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE600HAITI: MAY 2009 NAS MONTHLY REPORT
[...] The following summarizes Post's INL/NAS and counternarcotics activities in May 2009. 2. Trilateral Conference a Big Success: On May 5-7, law enforcement, national security policy makers and prosecutors from Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic as well as U.S. officials met in Florid [...]
2009-06-23 17:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE602LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- EIGHTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for the training of the 21th Promotion. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the vetting process [...]
2009-06-23 19:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE613LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- NINTH SUBMISSION OF 50 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 50 HNP cadets among the approximately 476 recruited for the training of the 21th Promotion. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and therefore, the vetting process [...]
2009-06-27 13:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE615LEAHY VETTING REQUEST- TENTH SUBMISSION OF 24 HAITIAN
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 28 HNP cadets for the training of the 21th Promotion. This is the final submission of names that total 478 recruited. The 21st class is scheduled for graduation in July 2009, and the [...]
2009-06-30 11:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE643HNP DIRECTOR GENERAL'S MANDATE RENEWED BY
[...] (U) On July 14, President Preval forwarded to the Haitian Senate the letter to renew the mandate of the Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Mario Andresol for an additional three years. Andresol has already tasked his advisors (two of whom are funded by NAS) to begin preparing a t [...]
2009-07-15 16:46:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PHUM KPKO HA
09PORTAUPRINCE684LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MR. ANTOINE AUTORISTE,
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/CAR. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2-4. 2. POST REQUESTS THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANCE IN VETTING A GoH OFFICIAL (CIVILIAN MEMBER),HAITI MINISTRY OF INTERIOR(MoI),WHO HAS BEEN NOMINATED TO PARTICIPATE IN AN U.S.- REGIONAL DEFENSE COMBATING TERRORISM FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM EVENT, [...]
2009-08-03 14:05:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA OPDC PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE685LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: INSPECTOR WILLEM JOSEPH,
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/CAR. SEE PARAGRAPHS 2-4. 2. POST REQUESTS THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANCE IN VETTING HAITIAN COAST GUARD MEMBER OF THE HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE (HNP) WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED TO PARTICIPATE IN A U.S.- INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING (IMET) RESIDENTIAL [...]
2009-08-03 17:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA OPDC PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE705HAITI: JULY 2009 NAS MONTHLY REPORT
[...] The following summarizes Post's INL/NAS and counternarcotics activities in July 2009. --------------- Project Updates --------------- 2. DynCorp received notice to proceed on two important remaining Haiti Stabilization Initiative (HSI) projects this month: wall reconstruction at the n [...]
2009-08-11 16:04:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE710HAITI: JUNE 2009 NAS MONTHLY REPORT
[...] The following summarizes Post's INL/NAS and counternarcotics activities in June 2009. -------- Meetings -------- 2. On June 4, the Mini Dublin Group met for the first time in 18 months in Port au Prince in preparation for the Dublin Group meeting to be held in July. The group is now [...]
2009-08-11 16:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE731HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
[...] (U) Summary: The following is a brief overview of progress made by the Haitian National Police in the past two years and a summary of various perspectives on where the HNP should go in the future. This report represents the recommendations and analysis of the first full-time NAS Director, at [...]
2009-08-13 17:44:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE767HAITIAN JUSTICE MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT DRUGS AND
[...] (C) Summary. The Haitian Justice Minister echoed the President's and PM's pleas for increased U.S. counter-narcotics measures in Haiti as well as increased flow of information back to Haiti gleaned from trials of Haitians in the U.S. He also requested assistance to resolve an acute shortage [...]
2009-09-01 17:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE776LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR 27 HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE (HNP)
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following 27 HNP Officers of the Haitian National Police who have been nominated to participate a U.S.-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. 3. This t [...]
2009-09-04 17:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE827DEMARCHE ON CARIBBEAN LEADERS MEETING AND HAITI
[...] (U) Post extended invitations for the Caribbean Leaders meeting and the Haiti Key Players meeting to the appropriate members of the Haitian Delegation who plan to attend the UNGA. President Preval will be attending both meetings, according to the Secretary General at the National Palace, Frit [...]
2009-09-22 16:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA UNAUS SNAR XL KPKO UNSC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE834Leahy Vetting Request for 9 HNP officers & 7 Intelligence
[...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following nine (9) Officers of the Haitian National Police (Fight against Drug Trafficking Unit)and seven (7) members of the Ministry of Interior (Intelligence Unit) who have been nominated to [...]
2009-09-25 16:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE863PRESIDENT PREVAL DISCUSSES COURT REFORM AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY. During a September 30 - October 1 visit to Port-au-Prince, Department Counselor Cheryl Mills met with President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis. Preval discussed justice reform and his intent to replace potentially all (or all but one) Supreme Court judges. He als [...]
2009-10-06 17:47:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPGOV PREL EAID SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE94LEAHY VETTING RECONSIDERATION
[...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (S/NF) Post requests Department's reconsideration of a negative finding regarding Leahy vetting of the following individual in order to allow him to participate in future USG-sponsored training: Jean Brice (or Bryce),Ralph Stanley DOB: March 25, 1968 [...]
2009-01-29 17:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRET//NOFORNMARR PGOV PHUM SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE974NAS Haiti August 2009 Monthly Report
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. Summary: The month of August saw significant developments in several areas regarding Haitian National Police (HNP) development and capacity building. Organizational Development 3. (U) On Monday, [...]
2009-11-23 15:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE991TOGETHER WE'RE STRONG: LAVALAS, "QUALITY ROOSTER," AND SOME
[...] (C) Summary: Six days after the poorly-attended Lavalas demonstration (ref A),several high-profile and hard-line former Lavalas party members announced that they would support a new platform, "Ansamn Nou Fo" ("Together We're Strong," in Haitian Creole) in the upcoming 2010 parliamentary e [...]
2009-12-31 18:22:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRETPGOV PREL PINR ASEC KCRM PHUM SNAR HA
09PORTMORESBY87ANTI-CHINESE OUTBREAKS HIT PORT MORESBY AND LAE
[...] (U) Summary. A May 12 Port Moresby protest march against Chinese ownership of small businesses led to two days of looting and business shutdowns in some areas of the city. Just as calm was returning to Port Moresby, rioting and looting broke out in Lae, PNG's second-largest city. PNG politica [...]
2009-05-15 05:33:00Embassy Port MoresbyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV SNAR PTER CASC PP
09PORTOFSPAIN197 CODEL Engel meets LAC leaders at Fifth Summit of the
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representative Eliot Engel, Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led a Congressional delegation to the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago April 17-19, 2009. The delegation consisted of Representative Connie Ma [...]
2009-04-30 22:03:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG MARR SNAR TD
09PRAIA10CORRECTED COPY: THIRD CASE OF RELEASED MURDERER SHOCKS CAPE
[...] (SBU) According to the local press, an individual convicted of triple murder in Holland and sentenced to 25 years in a Cape Verdean jail, is set to be released due to a judicial error. The prisoner, who is currently being held awaiting appeal, by law must be released if the Supreme Court of Ju [...]
2009-01-22 17:22:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV
09PRAIA12JUSTICE REFORM AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The obstacles between government and opposition forces that had been blocking reform in the justice sector appear to have been overcome. On January 09, 2009, Prime Minister Josi Maria Neves and Movement for Democracy (MpD) opposition leader Jorge Santos reached an agreement on t [...]
2009-01-26 18:09:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV
09PRAIA211CAPE VERDE SUBMISSION FOR 2010 INCR REPORT, PART I
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Praia submits the following draft text for the 2010 INCSR report in addition to the e-mail version we have sent in for review. Please direct questions or comments to Dana Brown (browndml@state.gov) Cape Verde I. Summary Because of its location in the At [...]
2009-11-05 19:58:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL EFIN ASEC CV
09PRAIA22CAPE VERDEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTS TWO JUSTICES, DISCUSSES NEW
[...] (U) Summary. During the first parliamentary session of the year, ruling party PAICV and lead opposition party MpD reached agreements on a number of important issues, including choosing two Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) justices. Parliament also approved the composition of a commission to con [...]
2009-02-13 19:31:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV
09PRAIA25CAPE VERDE: LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING NEEDS
[...] (U) Responses are keyed to questions contained reftel. 2. (C) Cape Verde's greatest law enforcement challenge is the broad territorial waters under its jurisdiction and its very limited capacity to exert rule of law over those waters. Sitting astride major smuggling routes from South Americ [...]
2009-02-18 13:42:00Embassy PraiaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MASS MARR PREL KJUS CV
09PRAIA262CAPE VERDE 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 18:41:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN PTER SNAR ECON
09PRAIA39(C) HELPING CAPE VERDE MOVE FROM DATA TO INTELLIGENCE IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Post has engaged the GOCV in a sweeping dialogue on the future of GOCV interagency collaboration in interdicting drug smuggling, combating illegal fishing, and countering arms smuggling and related terrorist activities. At the heart of this dialogue is a two phase USG proposal to [...]
2009-03-03 11:45:00Embassy PraiaCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS SNAR PREL ETRD KJUS CV
09PRAIA63CAPE VERDE TO HOST ECOWAS GUINEA BISSAU ROUND TABLE; INVITES
[...] (C) Summary. Cape Verde Foreign Minister Jose Brito convoked Ambassador on 27 March for a briefing on the results of the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) that took place in Praia on Wednesday 25 March. According to Brito, the CPLP count [...]
2009-04-02 18:48:00Embassy PraiaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SNAR PU CV
09PRAIA65GOVERNMENT OF CAPE VERDE TO HOST A MEETING ON GUINEA-BISSAU
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 20:28:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO SNAR PU CV
09PRETORIA1135AIR CARGO TRADE GROWS AS AIRLINES EXPAND SERVICE BETWEEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Charge La Lime hosted a lunch on May 14 for Delta officials and representatives of the Commercial, Consular, Economic, and Management sections of the mission. Delta Southern Africa General Sales Manager Margaret Copeland and outsourced Cargo Manager Anne Sanders provided an upd [...]
2009-06-05 14:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV ETRD SOCI SNAR SF
09PRETORIA2127LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA 7579 - UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVES
[...] This ATA 7579 completed on October 14. Post requests that vetting be completed by October 30 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: Â [...]
2009-10-20 14:00:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC SA
09PRETORIA2157LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA 7579 - UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVES
[...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA 7579 - Underwater Explosives Incident Countermeasure Course, in Durbin, South Africa, which will begin November 2-20, 2009. Post vetting for the two individuals listed belo [...]
2009-10-23 07:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC SA
09PRETORIA2276SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CRIME STRATEGY REPORT
[...] Draft International Narcotics Control Strategy Report South Africa I. Summary  [...]
2009-11-09 06:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ASEC SF
09PRETORIA2277SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Draft International Narcotics Control Strategy Report South Africa I. Summary  [...]
2009-11-09 06:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ASEC SF
09PRETORIA2387SOUTH AFRICA: Request Funding Re-obligation
[...] Summary: This is a request for approval for the use of funding, previously obligated for the immigration and Border Patrol, under obligation code: 1911461022-0584-0584402002-2721-2156-142204. The re-obligated funds will be used for narcotics detection by the U.S. Customs and Border Protectio [...]
2009-11-23 06:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SF KCRM SNAR
09PRETORIA333SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS CREATES TASK TEAM TO PROBE SECOND
[...] (SBU) Summary. State-controlled South African Airways (SAA) announced the creation of a task team to probe a second drug bust of SAA crew members in London on suspicions of carrying five kilograms of cocaine. Crew members were detained in London and released to South Africa pending further in [...]
2009-02-23 12:30:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON KHLS SOCI SNAR SF
09PRISTINA480KOSOVO: 2009 INCSR REPORT PART ONE
[...] Following is Part One of Kosovo's 2009 INCSR report (narcotics and chemical control). 2. Begin report. I. Summary Though Kosovo is primarily a transit country for Afghan drugs destined for Europe, anecdotal evidence from the Kosovo Police (KP) suggests a growing domestic narcotics m [...]
2009-11-03 15:05:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM KV
09QUITO100CORREA ANGRY OVER CONDITIONS ON VETTED UNIT
[...] (C) Summary: During his February 7 weekly radio/TV address, an indignant President Correa, reading from a January 8 letter from the DHS/ICE Attache in Quito, rejected coordinated selection of personnel for an anti-smuggling/contraband unit and announced the Attache's expulsion, apparently un [...]
2009-02-09 21:33:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SMIG SNAR EC CO
09QUITO1005PRM DAS Robinson Visit to Quito and Ecuador's Northern
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) DAS David Robinson visited Ecuador on November 5-6 to discuss refugee programs and conditions. During meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Government and Police, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R [...]
2009-11-30 18:00:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09QUITO1012Request for Source/Origin Waiver: Procurement of Four
[...] Issue: Post requests a source origin waiver from geographic code 000 (United States only) to geographic code 935 (Special Free World) to permit the procurement of vehicles in the Host Country local market for operational use by the Ecuadorian National Police's Sensitive Investigative Uni [...]
2009-10-16 18:58:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AMGT KCRM
09QUITO103BACKGROUND TO CORREA'S ATTACKS ON U.S. COOPERATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A PAIS provincial leader and former Under Secretary of Government under Minister Gustavo Larrea, Ignacio Chauvin, turned himself in February 4 to face charges of narco-trafficking. Calling himself a revolutionary, Chauvin admitted to meeting deceased FARC member Raul Reyes. [...]
2009-02-10 23:25:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR SMIG SNAR MOPS EC CO
09QUITO1033Government Commission Report on Colombian Attack and FARC
[...] (C) Summary: A government-appointed commission's report revives allegations about the FOL's support (specifically in regard to satellite intelligence) for the 2008 Colombian military attack against a FARC camp in northern Ecuador, as well as allegations of inappropriate U.S. direction of loca [...]
2009-12-11 18:45:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS EC CO
09QUITO1045Government Commission Report on Colombia Raises Criticism
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A government-appointed commission on the 2008 Colombian military attack against a FARC camp in northern Ecuador admitted that its report was not exhaustive, but defended it against charges that it provided nothing new and lacked proof for its conclusions. The GOE has stressed th [...]
2009-12-18 20:18:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS EC CO
09QUITO1049Ecuadorian Navy Proposes Info-Sharing Agreement
[...] (C) Summary: Navy Commander Admiral Molestina approached the Embassy on September 1 to propose formalizing information sharing between the Ecuadorian Navy and USG. While Molestina's motivation for signing such an agreement may include protecting his own position and his personnel, other cont [...]
2009-12-21 20:12:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PINR SNAR MASS MOPS EC
09QUITO1108QUARTERS LEASE FOR POLICE
[...] (SBU) NAS requests authorization to sign a two-year lease for administrative facilities for a specialized police intelligence unit of the Ecuadorian National Police that cooperates with DHS/ICE. The police unit conducts operations against money laundering, trafficking in persons, human smuggli [...]
2009-11-13 21:09:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR
09QUITO112GOE REMAINS ON ATTACK AGAINST EMBASSY
[...] (C) Summary: Both President Correa and Minister Carvajal condemned the Embassy's actions with regard to vetted units publicly throughout the week of February 9. The Department's February 9 statement that the USG would work through diplomatic channels to address Correa's concerns and Carvaj [...]
2009-02-13 22:54:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PTER KCRM EC
09QUITO1204REQUEST FOR SOURCE/ORIGIN WAIVER: PROCUREMENT OF VEHICLES
[...] Issue: Post requests a source origin waiver from geographic code 000 (United States only) to geographic code 935 (Special Free World) to permit the procurement of vehicles in the Host Country local market for operational use by the Ecuadorian National Police Antinarcotics Units (DNA). [...]
2009-12-18 19:11:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AMGT KCRM
09QUITO126MFA CONVERSATIONS WITH AMBASSADOR ON PNG DECISION
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, in February 18 conversations with FM Falconi and Vice Minister Pozo, stressed the harm the expulsion of an Embassy officer would do to our relationship and her regret that she had not had an opportunity to try to address GOE concerns through diplomatic channels. [...]
2009-02-19 00:39:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR EC
09QUITO145FOREIGN MINISTER ON REBUILDING BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Foreign Minister Falconi told the Ambassador on February 26 that Ecuador wanted to move beyond the difficulties created by expelling two U.S. diplomats and continue counternarcotics cooperation. He said that the GOE is developing ideas on how the two countries can continue to [...]
2009-02-27 17:35:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL SNAR EFIN EC
09QUITO15WHITHER CORREA: A SHIFT FURTHER LEFT
[...] (C) Summary: President Correa's rhetoric and actions in the last two months have veered off the pattern we witnessed during much of his earlier presidency. A harder left orientation is evidenced by his trips to Iran and Cuba, debt default, and sharp attacks on the U.S. In the past, while c [...]
2009-01-14 00:18:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN PGOV SNAR MARR EAID EC VE CU IR
09QUITO160ECUADOR'S NEW VISION FOR RELATIONS WITH U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting, MFA U/S Orbe, speaking on instructions from FM Falconi, set the stage for Ecuador's vision for future relations with the U.S. He then called for a meeting between President Obama and President Correa to set a strategic agenda for future cooperation on the [...]
2009-03-05 16:19:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR EINV PGOV ETRD KJUS EC IR
09QUITO176GOE PEACE OVERTURES, THEN ANTI-U.S. JABS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The past week has seen President Correa veer from an awkward attempt to propose a new relationship with the U.S. to outbursts against the use of polygraphs and insinuations that the U.S. Embassy activities did not square with the Obama administration's policy. He also reiterated [...]
2009-03-10 22:56:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL SNAR KCRM PTER EC
09QUITO177ONE YEAR AFTER BREAK WITH COLOMBIA, GOE REMAINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Correa government ramped up its rhetoric against Colombia in recent weeks, spurred by a desire to defend itself against accusations of narco-politics, the first anniversary of the March 2008 Colombian attack on a FARC camp in Ecuador, and Colombian remarks. The GOE was deli [...]
2009-03-11 23:43:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PREF SNAR OAS EC CO
09QUITO227COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE 2008 COLOMBIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Correa government established a new commission to investigate the events surrounding the March 1, 2008 Colombian bombing of a FARC camp in northern Ecuador, as well as allegations of GOE ties to the FARC. The commission, whose members were chosen by Correa, will receive its [...]
2009-04-01 14:52:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS SNAR KCRM EC CO
09QUITO233POLICE UNIT INVESTIGATED WHILE CHAUVIN CASE INCHES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecuador's "narco-politics" scandal is playing out in perverse ways. The good guys ) key personnel of a specialized police unit that was responsible for most of the GOE's success against narco-traffickers ) are under investigation by the GOE for returning USG computers and fear [...]
2009-04-02 22:27:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PTER PREL PGOV KCRM EC CO
09QUITO246GOE EXPLAINS HIGH LEVEL TRIP TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: FM Falconi and Government Minister Jalkh on April 6 expressed concern to the Ambassador about an Embassy official's meeting with unsavory characters, and said that President Correa had asked a delegation to go to Washington to express GOE concern. The Ambassador made clear that [...]
2009-04-07 20:03:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL SNAR PINR MARR KCOR EC CO
09QUITO289Scenesetter for President Carter: U.S. Engagement in Ecuador
[...] Embassy Quito warmly welcomes former President Carter to Ecuador on April 27-29. Your visit comes at a time of change, as Ecuador prepares to install new national and local officials elected on April 26 and restructures its government institutions under the 2008 constitution. The Embassy's o [...]
2009-04-23 21:04:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS SNAR PTER EAID OVIP MOPS EC
09QUITO297SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT CARTER: U.S. ENGAGEMENT
[...] Embassy Quito warmly welcomes former President Carter to Ecuador on April 27-29. Your visit comes at a time of change, as Ecuador prepares to install new national and local officials elected on April 26 and restructures its government institutions under the 2008 constitution. The Embassy,s [...]
2009-04-27 12:09:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS SNAR PTER EAID OVIP MOPS EC
09QUITO299SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT CARTER: U.S. ENGAGEMENT
[...] Embassy Quito warmly welcomes former President Carter to Ecuador on April 27-29. Your visit comes at a time of change, as Ecuador prepares to install new national and local officials elected on April 26 and restructures its government institutions under the 2008 constitution. The Embassy,s [...]
2009-04-27 12:09:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS SNAR PTER EAID OVIP MOPS EC
09QUITO33GOE REQUESTS TIMELINE ON MANTA FOL
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy and GOE officials met January 14 to discuss planning for the USG's withdrawal from the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL). The GOE representatives were cordial and expressed an interest in joint coordination of the turnover of the FOL. The GOE noted that the Ecuador [...]
2009-01-20 18:20:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC
09QUITO344FM FALCONI ON POSITIVE TACK IN MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 7 meeting with the Ambassador, FM Falconi offered to assist in reaching agreements on USG cooperation with specialized Ecuadorian police units, seeking tax exemptions for vehicles the U.S. Forward Operating Location will donate to local charities, and concluding a bilat [...]
2009-05-12 17:21:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MARR ETRD SCUL UNESCO EC
09QUITO391LEGISLATORS VISIT U.S. FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION
[...] (C) Summary: Five Ecuadorian legislators, determined to dig up dirt against the U.S. Forward Operating Location (FOL) before it closes, visited the city of Manta on May 21-22 to meet with "aggrieved" local citizens. On May 22, the delegation visited the Eloy Alfaro Air Base and FOL. Ecuador [...]
2009-05-29 12:15:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MARR EC CO
09QUITO513LATEST ROUNDS OF ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While the GOE talked in Washington about expanding bilateral cooperation, the Correa government and its fellow travelers here in Ecuador continued to bash the U.S. Unsubstantiated allegations over the last few weeks included that the U.S. Forward Operating Location (FOL) caused [...]
2009-06-25 23:39:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SNAR PHUM OAS EC
09QUITO57GAS-AND-GO LOOKS LIKE A GO
[...] (C) Summary: At a wide-ranging lunch for the Ambassador on January 26, a warm and friendly President Correa gave a firm green light for discussion and development of a gas-and-go model for anti-narcotics cooperation with the U.S., following the shutdown of the Manta Forward Operating Location [...]
2009-01-27 12:33:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SNAR ETRD EC
09QUITO570FM FALCONI WITH AMBASSADOR ON BILATERAL DIALOGUE,
[...] (C) Summary: GOE officials laid out their thinking on the Bilateral Dialogue, including a new, so far poorly defined, security pillar, in a July 8 meeting with the Ambassador. The Ambassador emphasized the USG desire to move forward as soon as possible. She raised U.S. interest in a gas-an [...]
2009-07-09 23:35:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR EAID SENV MARR CVIS EC
09QUITO609ECUADOR: REFUGEE CONDITIONS IMPROVING, BUT
[...] (U) Ecuador hosts the largest refugee population in the Western Hemisphere with 25,000 registered refugees and another 135,000 Colombians living in a refugee-like situation. Colombian refugees have poured into Ecuador as a result of Colombia's conflict for the past nine years. The Colombia-E [...]
2009-07-20 21:34:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09QUITO616GOE DOESN'T APPEAR AT LAST COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 17, 2009, the Forward Operating Location (FOL) in Manta held a ceremony to commemorate ten successful years of cooperation in counterdrug operations at the FOL. Although many Ecuadorian government officials had been invited to the ceremony, the GOE chose not to send any [...]
2009-07-21 15:54:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC
09QUITO704FM FALCONI ON ECUADOR-COLOMBIA RELATIONS, US BASE
[...] (C) At Foreign Minister Fander Falconi's request, the Ambassador met with Falconi the morning of August 5 to discuss Ecuador-Colombia relations. Also in the meeting for the Foreign Ministry were Under Secretary for Bilateral Affairs, Jorge Orbe, and North American Affairs officer Cristina Cam [...]
2009-08-07 15:53:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SNAR EC CO
09QUITO707SCENESETTER FOR INAUGURATION DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) Embassy Quito warmly welcomes the delegation headed by Senator Bob Graham for the inauguration of President Correa on August 10, held on the 200th anniversary of Ecuador's first call for independence. While we do not agree with the Correa government on every issue, we have enjoyed stron [...]
2009-08-07 18:05:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID MARR OVIP EC CO
09QUITO865Ecuador: Demarche on Major List Determination for Bolivia
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA South America Bilateral Affairs Directorate on September 14 and followed up with South America Affairs Acting Director General Gonzalo Gonzales on October 1. Gonzales said he was familiar with the report last year and welcomed the USG's commitment [...]
2009-10-06 13:25:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR EC BL
09QUITO874QUARTERS LEASE FOR POLICE
[...] NAS requests authorization to sign a two-year lease on behalf of ICE for quarters to house DGI (Direccion General de Inteligencia),an anti-narcotics police intelligence unit, conducts operations on money laundering, trafficking in persons, human smuggling and transnational crimes of the Ecuado [...]
2009-09-15 19:16:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN AMGT
09QUITO880LEASE WAIVER FOR POLICE
[...] NAS requests authorization to sign a two-year lease for administrative facilities for a specialized police intelligence unit of the Ecuadorian National Police that cooperates with DHS/ICE. The police unit conducts operations against money laundering, trafficking in persons, human smuggling and [...]
2009-09-16 19:08:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN AMGT
09QUITO883Refugees Programs in Ecuador Risk Benefitting the FARC
[...] (S/NF) This is an action request. See para. 9. 2. (S/NF) Summary and Comment: Embassy Quito and the Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) request guidance on how to respond to information that suspected FARC members have manipulated Ecuador's Enhanced Registration Program implemented [...]
2009-10-15 20:44:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREF PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09QUITO887U/S Orbe on Ecuador-Colombia, Gas-and-Go, and Bilateral
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Under Secretary Orbe stressed that Ecuador remained committed to improving relations with Colombia, but said the process had moved faster than the GOE had expected. He seemed frustrated with the setback caused by an Ecuadorian ju [...]
2009-10-16 22:53:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR SNAR ECIN EC CO
09QUITO933Government Appointed Commissioner Warns of Narco-Democracy
[...] (C) Summary: Francisco Huerta, head of a government-appointed commission investigating the March 2008 Colombian bombing of a FARC camp in Ecuador, warned during October media interviews that Ecuador was becoming a "narco-democracy." A member of Huerta's commission told us on November 4 that [...]
2009-11-05 21:59:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR PGOV MARR EC CO
09QUITO935Embassies Quito and Bogota Seek to Improve Cross-Border
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An interagency group from Embassy Quito traveled to Bogota on September 24-25 to explore possibilities to improve regional USG coordination as well as opportunities to improve communication and cooperation between the governments of Ecuador and Colombia. The visit yielded a list [...]
2009-11-05 23:27:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS SNAR PTER ASEC EC CO
09QUITO992REQUEST FOR SOURCE/ORIGIN WAIVER: PROCUREMENT OF VEHICLE FOR
[...] Issue: Post requests a source origin waiver from geographic code 000 (United States only) to geographic code 935 (special free world) to permit the procurement of one vehicle in the host country local market for operational use by the National Police's DINAPEN unit, an anti-trafficking and hum [...]
2009-10-13 15:44:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SMIG AMGT KCRM
09QUITO999PRM DAS Robinson Visit to Quito and Ecuador's Northern
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) DAS David Robinson visited Ecuador on November 5-6 to discuss refugee programs and conditions. During meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Government and Police, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R [...]
2009-11-25 23:44:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09RABAT132TAOUNATE TOUGH ON CANNABIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following success in western Morocco, Morocco's anti-cannabis efforts now focus on Taounate, a province in the Rif mountains on the eastern side of the major growing areas. Provincial authorities are making strong efforts to educate local residents about the negative aspects [...]
2009-02-10 17:50:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCOR KCRM SP MO
09RABAT161ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW
[...] (SBU) The Mission has identified three key priorities for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) judicial sector and law enforcement support to Morocco: anti-corruption, counterterrorism (CT) and general technical support. These priorities reflect Government of Morocco (GOM) requ [...]
2009-02-23 10:58:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SNAR ASEC PTER SOCI KJUS KCRM MO
09RABAT178MAURITANIAN POLITICIAN CALLS ON U.S. TO RESTORE
[...] (C) Summary: On February 24, 2009, Mauritanian National Party for Development (PND) President and current opposition coalition leader Abdelkoudouss Abeidna, at his and Embassy Nouakchott,s request, called on Charge at the Embassy to discuss the ongoing political crisis in Mauritania. As lea [...]
2009-02-27 17:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PTER ECON PGOV SNAR MO MR
09RABAT212CHARGE AND MFA SECRETARY GENERAL DISCUSS FORUM FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Amrani told Charge March 17 that Morocco believes it is vital that the Secretary attend the Sixth Forum for the Future meeting this fall. The Government of Morocco (GOM) takes our concerns about a deteriorating human rights environm [...]
2009-03-17 18:46:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SNAR PTER PBTS KMPI AG IR WI MO US
09RABAT408OPENING UP AGAIN? MOROCCAN PRISON ADMINISTRATION
[...] (S/NF) Summary: This cable responds to Ref A request for information and provides a broader general update on Morocco's prison situation and the now year-old Prison Administration. Overcrowded and underfunded, Morocco's prisons are in a difficult, but changing situation. They have won increasing in [...]
2009-05-15 12:35:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPINR PHUM SOCI EAID SNAR PTER KCRM MO
09RABAT41EMBASSY RECOMMENDS MARITIME INTELLIGENCE EXCHANGE
[...] (C) Summary: This is an action request. Please see para 6. Embassy recommends development of an agreement between the United States Government (USG) and the Government of Morocco (GOM) authorizing the USG to pass "real world, real time" detection and monitoring (D and M) intelligence to th [...]
2009-01-15 18:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PHSA PINR PREL KCRM KTIA MO
09RABAT486GOM COUNTER-DRUG EFFORTS IN CHEFCHAOUAN HAVE
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan efforts to eradicate cannabis cultivation in the northern part of the country have been successful enough to prompt some voters to boycott the coming local elections. In the northern province of Chefchouan, heart of Morocco's cannabis producing region, various party ca [...]
2009-06-10 11:29:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALSNAR SOCI PGOV MO
09RABAT545PRIORITY AREAS FOR INL SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mission-wide meetings and encounters with the top Moroccan law enforcement and justice officials with INL and NEA/MAG confirm there is excellent prospect for expanded collaboration across the range of law and justice assistance programs. USG support for Moroccan judicial refo [...]
2009-06-26 22:25:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PHUM EAID EXBS KJUS ASEC KCRM MO
09RABAT620SHIPRIDER AGREEMENT APPROVED
[...] Mission received the GOM response to the proposed Shiprider Agreement via Diplomatic Note No. 5953, dated July 13. The GOM has concurred with the Shiprider Agreement, which will be in effect July 16-28, 2009. The language conformed to the requested language in the embassy,s original diplom [...]
2009-07-17 12:39:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS SNAR KTIA PHSA PTER SMIG MO
09RABAT752MOROCCAN DRUG INTERDICTION: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Since at least August 14, when according to Moroccan media police arrested 16 suspected drug barons in a major operation across the country, the press has been reporting regularly on some aspect of the GOM,s efforts to disrupt the drug trade and apprehend those suspected of i [...]
2009-09-06 19:35:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNSNAR PINS PINR MO SG KARIM WADE
09RABAT886MOROCCO 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) has achieved significant reductions in its cannabis and cannabis resin production in recent years. Advances in Morocco's counternarcotics efforts are a result of the GOM's comprehensive counternarcotics strategy, which emphasizes combining convention [...]
2009-10-30 09:58:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MO
09RABAT889DRUG TRAFFICKING IN NORTH AFRICA: MOROCCO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Morocco continues to be a major producer of cannabis and cannabis resin, although government eradication efforts have reduced the acreage under cultivation. According to the Moroccan government, South American drug smugglers continue to transport quantities of cocaine through th [...]
2009-10-30 14:37:00Embassy RabatSECRETSNAR PINS MO WI
09RABAT90MOROCCAN AUTHORITIES THWART MAJOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: In one of the nation's largest anti-drug operations to date, on January 13 Government of Morocco (GOM) officials arrested 81 individuals, including officers from the Royal Navy, Gendarmerie, and Auxiliary Forces, allegedly involved in an international drug trafficking ring in the [...]
2009-01-30 18:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR PINS KCOR KCRM SP MO
09RABAT94CDA HANKINS PROMOTES DEMOCRACY DURING MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Charge d'Affaires, a.i., in Nouakchott Dennis Hankins had productive consultations in Rabat on January 28 and 29. His most interesting exchange was with Director General of the external intelligence service Yassine Mansouri, who reiterated Moroccan concerns about stability [...]
2009-02-02 12:50:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS PTER PHUM SNAR KDEM MR MO
09RANGOON138Burma: GOB Publicly Criticizes U.S. Human Rights and
[...] (U) On March 5, the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper published two announcements by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticizing the USG's recently-released Human Rights Report (HRR) and International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). The MFA statement on the HRR "categorically [...]
2009-03-05 07:03:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SNAR BM
09RANGOON188BURMA: MEETING WITH MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS
[...] (C) During a March 24 meeting with visiting EAP/MLS Director Stephen Blake and Charge, Burmese Minister of Home Affairs and acting Minister of Immigration Major General Aung Oo reflected views we believe are typical among Burma's top generals. He described the country's need for stability an [...]
2009-03-26 05:33:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SNAR PINR ASEC KTIP BM
09RANGOON337BURMA: REPORT CARD FOR 2010 NARCOTICS MAJORS LIST
[...] (U) This message responds to Ref A request for a report on the Government of Burma's cooperation on narcotics control objectives in the context of the 2010 Narcotics Majors List. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of 2008 Certification Report Card: A. The USG asked the Government of Burma to take veri [...]
2009-06-08 08:15:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PINR PREL BM
09RANGOON704BURMA: A HEART-TO-HEART WITH THE WA
[...] (C) During a two-hour meeting on October 21, a representative of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) told us that the Wa did not participate in the August conflict between the Burma Army and the Kokang. The UWSA is shoring up its defenses but does not expect imminent conflict with the Burma Arm [...]
2009-10-22 10:43:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SNAR PINR BM
09RANGOON99BURMA MFA OFFICIAL ON ENGAGEMENT, VISITS, AND
[...] (C) The Government of Burma (GOB) has provided another signal that it wishes to engage with the Obama Administration, perhaps with a two-track, military and civilian approach. During a dinner the Charge hosted for MFA Americas Director Yin Yin Oo, she suggested initial topics for engagement [...]
2009-02-17 07:11:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR OREP OFDP ODIP PINR SNAR BM
09REYKJAVIK196 ICELAND: 2009-2010 INCSR SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Iceland's submission for the 2009-2010 INCSR: I. Summary Icelandic authorities confront limited, but increasing, levels of domestic drug production. The primary focus of law enforcement is on stopping importation and distribution, with a lesser emphasis on prosecuting for possession a [...]
2009-11-03 17:25:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM IC
09REYKJAVIK82 BIGGEST DRUG BUST IN ICELAND'S HISTORY REVEALS
[...] (U) Summary: Around midnight on Saturday, April 18, police arrested three men near the harbor town of Hofn in southeast Iceland on suspicion of smuggling more than 109 kg (240 pounds) of amphetamines, MDMA (ecstasy),hashish, and marijuana into Iceland by boat. The men had allegedly picked u [...]
2009-04-27 16:27:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC KCRM IC
09RIGA535LATVIA 2010 INCSR PART 1 DRAFT
[...] (U) Below is Embassy Riga's draft of the 2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part 1. Begin INCSR Report: _____________________________________________ _________ I. Summary As in previous years, the most widely used drug in Latvia was cannabis, followed by synthetic dr [...]
2009-10-30 08:49:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SNAR LG
09RIGA632008 END USE MONITORING REPORT - LATVIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-30 11:54:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN LG
09RIODEJANEIRO329COUNTER-INSURGENCY DOCTRINE COMES TO RIO'S FAVELAS
[...] (SBU) Beginning in December 2008, Rio de Janeiro Governor Sergio Cabral, with support from Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes, launched a comprehensive program to "pacify" Rio de Janeiro's violent favelas (i.e., vast shantytowns that are spread around the city's core) by establishing and maintaining a sus [...]
2009-09-30 18:18:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroCONFIDENTIALPINS SOCI SNAR ECON PBTS PREL BR
09RIODEJANEIRO334Rio Radar - Weeks of September 25 and October 2, 2009
[...] (U) Rio Radar is a weekly compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: U.S. DRAWS THOUSANDS AT BRAZIL'S PREMIER BOOK FAIR 2. (U) The United States was th [...]
2009-10-08 17:28:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET PHUM SOCI SNAR PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO353A VISIT TO A PACIFIED FAVELA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On 16 October 2009 Principal Officer and consulate officers joined Rio State Secretary of Security Beltrame and police officials for a visit to Dona Marta, the first favela formally considered "pacified" under the state government's Favela Pacification Program (ref b). Along wit [...]
2009-10-27 17:34:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI SNAR PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO357(C) WAR BY ANY OTHER NAME: RIO'S "INTERNAL ARMED CONFLICT"
[...] (C) Summary: Rio Principal Officer, accompanied by PAO, met on 23 October with XXXX (strictly protect),XXX for the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) in Rio. XXXX has long ICRC experience in conflict zones. It is his assessment that the situation in many Rio favelas today is, for al [...]
2009-11-03 14:11:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroCONFIDENTIALSOCI SNAR PGOV ASEC BR
09RIODEJANEIRO365RIO WEIGHS OPTIONS FOR NEXT FAVELA PACIFICATION
[...] (C) On October 29, the Superintendent for Operational Planning from Rio's State Security Secretariat said Rio Governor Sergio Cabral would decide by the end of November whether to "pacify" five less populated, lower-threat favela communities or focus on one largely populated, higher-threat fave [...]
2009-11-09 17:29:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroCONFIDENTIALSOCI SNAR PGOV ASEC BR
09ROME1222ITALY: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 15:22:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR IT
09ROME1349BANKS CLAIM ITALIAN TAX AMNESTY CONSISTENT WITH
[...] (U) Italian Banking Association officials have indicated to Post that Italian banks remain beholden to know-your-client and suspicious transaction reporting obligations when processing transactions pursuant to Italy's current tax amnesty. End Summary 2. (U) Econoffs met on November 25 Ita [...]
2009-12-10 08:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN SNAR KCRM IT
09ROME456VISITING AFGHAN GOVERNORS ASK ITALY FOR MORE
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Governors of Afghanistan's Farah and Bamyan Provinces visited Rome April 20-21 on the first leg of a tour of Europe co-sponsored by Embassy Kabul, USNATO and Embassies Rome and The Hague. In a very successf [...]
2009-04-22 15:43:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR KPAO MOPS NATO EAID SNAR IT AF
09RPODUBAI169DRUG USE IN IRAN DECLINING, U.S. MODEL CREDITED
[...] (C) Summary: A medical professor who consults for the IRIG on drug treatment and prevention programs said that demand reduction programs are showing results in reducing drug use in Iran. He said that Iran now models many of its demand reduction and addiction treatment efforts on programs deve [...]
2009-04-14 10:55:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI94IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY
[...] [S/NF] Russia Reportedly Provides Iran Missile Technology for ICBM: An Iranian businessman with strong links to government/security circles through his status as former IRGC commander in XXXXXXXXXXXX and former senior official for the XXXXXXXXXXXX told IRPO on February 22 that the Russians pro [...]
2009-02-24 12:14:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS KDEM SNAR IR
09RPODUBAI95IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - FEBRUARY
[...] [S/NF] Russia Reportedly Provides Iran Missile Technology for ICBM: An Iranian businessman with strong links to government/security circles through his status as former IRGC commander in Khuzestan and former senior official for the Bonyad-e Shahid told IRPO on February 22 that the Russians pro [...]
2009-02-24 12:44:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPINS PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM IR
09SANAA1517YEMEN: ROYG PREPARES FOR MENAFATF ANTI-MONEY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Anti Money Laundering Committee (NAMLC) is ramping up efforts to implement recommendations from the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force's (MENAFATF) 2008 report through the Anti Money Laundering Information Unit (AMLIU) at the Central Bank of Yem [...]
2009-08-15 07:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
09SANAA1604CONTRABAND AND CONFUSION IN THE GULF OF ADEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On an August 8 visit to Aden, PolOffs heard from a variety of sources that smuggling -- of drugs, diesel, weapons, alcohol, and human beings -- is thriving along Yemen's coasts. These illicit flows are difficult to disentangle from legal maritime activities, as well as piracy, [...]
2009-08-29 12:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEWWT MCAP PHUM PGOV PHSA PREF SNAR KTIP YM
09SANAA1629YEMEN: CENTRAL BANK MONITORS HAWALAS, BUT HAMPERED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Anti-Money Laundering Information Unit (AMLIU) at the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) estimates that more than 10,000 hawalas exist in Yemen, but has little information on their integration with the greater international hawala system. The CBY's relative willingness to crackdown [...]
2009-09-02 11:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
09SANAA259YEMEN: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] SUMMARY: ROYG institutions and Yemeni banks have made some progress on implementing Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) and Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force,s (MENAFATF) recommendations. A draft counter-terrorism finance (CTF) law remains lodged in the Finance Co [...]
2009-02-10 11:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
09SANJOSE107WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO COST RICA:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior MFA official candidly discussed a wide range of regional issues with WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe during the latter's February 9-11 visit to Costa Rica. Wolfe's interlocutor contrasted Costa Rica's frosty Nicaraguan relations with a warming trend with Panama, and [...]
2009-02-21 00:27:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS EFTA KSUM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
09SANJOSE1086Costa Rica's Judicial School Requests Curriculum Development
[...] The director of Costa Rica's Judicial School, Marvin Carvajal, contacted Post on November 19 to request USG assistance in developing new curriculum for its year-long training for new judges. The USG's top priority in Costa Rica is helping the government improve public security, which is negati [...]
2009-12-03 17:37:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR KIPR PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE1098COSTA RICA: POLICE EQUIPMENT DONATION TO QUEPOS MUNCIPALITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On November 23-24, we visited the city of Quepos on Costa Rica's Pacific coast to donate nearly $14,000 of police equipment as well as to conduct end-use monitoring of equipment previously donated to the coast guard station there. Although the police equipment was not purchased w [...]
2009-12-04 17:50:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PINR ASEC CASC CS
09SANJOSE1128COSTA RICA SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] Embassy San Jose reports that the United States does not have an established security dialogue with Costa Rica. However, in the context of counter-narcotics and law enforcement cooperation, Post entities such as DEA and the Office of Defense Representative (ODR) work closely with their counte [...]
2009-12-11 17:45:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MASS SNAR CS
09SANJOSE1156Embassy San Jose: December 2009 Merida Report
[...] Per Ref A, Post submits the following report detailing Embassy San Jose's Merida activities for November and December 2009. Issues for Washington 2. Post appreciates the support that we have received from NAS Mexico in their role as certifier of funds for all Merida Initiative-rel [...]
2009-12-17 21:12:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CS PGOV
09SANJOSE1166COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2009-2010 PART II MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 21:11:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN CS
09SANJOSE1174Extradition: SCHULTZ, Stephen Douglas
[...] (U) The extradition of American citizen Stephen Douglas Schultz was completed on December 3, 2009 AT 12:55 p.m. when he was transported to the U.S.in the custody of U.S. marshals on AMERICAN AIRLINES, flight number 988, from San Jose to Miami, Florida. 2. (U) The prisoner served 357 days in [...]
2009-12-21 16:13:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KJUS SNAR PREL CJAN CS KCRM
09SANJOSE217SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes Vice President and Dr. Biden and their delegation, and provides this broad overview as requested by the OVP. The Arias administration has made progress on key elements of its 2006-2010 agenda, most notably entering the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Repub [...]
2009-03-23 16:05:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCS ECON ETRD OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI
09SANJOSE277 COSTA RICA: TREASURY CONDUCTS FINANCIAL ENFORCEMENT
[...] (U) A three-person team from the Department of Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) met with key GOCR officials on financial crimes and enforcement issues from March 23-27. The team arrived, at the request of the Central Bank President, to find an environment ripe for financial crim [...]
2009-04-05 19:39:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR CS
09SANJOSE279COSTA RICAN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose continues to affirm the transparent fiscal management of Costa Rica's national budget. Minister of Finance Guillermo Zuniga leads a reform-minded ministry that is committed to advancing management and budgeting sophistication while providing public access to the Minis [...]
2009-04-06 14:56:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV PREL SNAR CS
09SANJOSE283Reaction: Vice-President Biden in Costa Rica
[...] Summary: Vice President Joseph R. Biden traveled to Costa Rica March 29-30 to meet with Central American leaders following a trip to Chile where he attended a Progressive Governance Summit in Via del Mar. There was an overwhelming interest in covering the Vice-Presidential trip to Costa Rica [...]
2009-04-06 17:46:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPAO KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANJOSE298VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 30 BILATERAL MEETING
[...] (U) March 30, 2009; 0955 am; San Jose, Costa Rica. 2. (U) Participants: USG: The Vice President Ambassador Peter Cianchette Anthony Blinken, NSA to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy NSA to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Director, Western Hemisphere Affairs, NSC Craig Kelly [...]
2009-04-08 21:54:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS EDU OVIP PGOV PINR PREL SNAR JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANJOSE478 COSTA RICA AND PANAMA - COOPERATION AND COMPETITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In contrast to its historically problematic relationship with Nicaragua, Costa Rica has deepening and positive political-economic ties with Panama. Both countries have abolished their militaries and are cooperating more closely on counternarcotics, law enforcement and disaster [...]
2009-06-05 14:19:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD KDEM SNAR MASS PA CS
09SANJOSE499COSTA RICA: SHIP VISITS IN A TIME OF INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USN and USCG ship visits to Costa Rica should now be able to resume, thanks to an agreement reached June 2 with the GOCR on the use of a health questionnaire introduced to track possible H1N1 cases. Starting in mid-May, the Health Ministry had insisted that disembarking crew mem [...]
2009-06-17 19:20:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MASS MARR SNAR CS
09SANJOSE715NATIONAL ASSEMBLY GETS BUSY - PASSES NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Costa Rica's National Assembly capped off an uncharacteristically productive month-and-a-half on August 11 by approving the final version of an Electoral Reform bill. This came after the Assembly passed a new Anti-Organized Crime bill in early July, and an Immigration Reform bi [...]
2009-08-24 08:21:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PINR PREL ASEC CVIS PTER SNAR PREF
09SANJOSE75COSTA RICA'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ILEA LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (U) Pursuant to action request in reftel, Costa Rica has accepted the ILEA Law Enforcement Development training opportunity. Costa Rican officials are in the process of identifying appropriate officers to attend. Once selection and vetting are complete, Post will notify ILEA and the department [...]
2009-02-06 17:53:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM CS PHUM SNAR
09SANJOSE772COSTA RICA: MERIDA SPOT REPORT #1: POLICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From August 26-28, Merida Information Technology (IT) Representative Frank Swain visited Post and host nation law enforcement authorities to validate Costa Rica's Merida Initiative-related communications/police equipment requests. We also validated the police equipment list tha [...]
2009-09-09 15:14:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR SNAR CS
09SANJOSE807COSTA RICA: MERIDA SPOT REPORT #2: FBI CAFE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From September 1-3, an FBI fingerprint team evaluated Costa Rica's various fingerprint programs as part of the Merida Initiative's Central American Fingerprint Exchange (CAFE). While noting the diverse levels of sophistication of Costa Rica's fingerprint programs depending on [...]
2009-09-23 13:46:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR SNAR CS
09SANJOSE812COSTA RICA'S CLOSE RELATIONS WITH COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Costa Rica has an expanding political and economic relationship with Colombia, which it currently sees as its second closest partner in Latin America, behind Panama. Politically, Presidents Arias and Uribe share a warm relationship, and the two countries coordinate closely on l [...]
2009-09-24 18:02:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PINR ASEC PTER SNAR PREF CO CS
09SANJOSE890COSTA RICA: VISIT OF SOUTHCOM AMB. TRIVELLI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 6-7, SOUTHCOM Civilian Deputy Commander Ambassador Paul Trivelli visited Costa Rica and met with senior GOCR officials, including President Arias. The consistent theme throughout Amb. Trivelli's visit was GOCR requests for further security-related assistance via the M [...]
2009-10-16 23:12:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS SNAR CS HO
09SANJOSE978COSTA RICA: MERIDA 2.0
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 22:10:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PINR MASS CS
09SANJOSE98WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT: MERIDA AND CAFTA
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) GOCR officials and legislators asked for additional Merida assistance for Costa Rica, and echoed the region's positive hopes for the Obama Administration in meetings with visiting WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe February 9-11. Key legislators made clear that the domestic po [...]
2009-02-18 20:27:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CS ETRD KIPR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
09SANSALVADOR1000EXTRADITION HIGHLIGHTS BILATERAL COORDINATION
[...] (U) Summary: Salvadoran Julio Eduardo Villatoro Monteagudo was successfully extradited from the U.S. to El Salvador October 20 in an operation that displayed exceptional coordination among U.S. agencies and the GOES. DHS agents escorted Villatoro Monteagudo from Miami to San Salvador, where [...]
2009-10-22 21:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS SNAR ES
09SANSALVADOR114EL SALVADOR INL END USE MONITORING REPORT 2008
[...] As requested in ref. A, INL San Salvador forwards the following additional information for the 2008 End Use Monitoring Report. 2. Location and date of on-site inspections performed: PNC/DAN Headquarters: Scheduled inspections performed 2/22/08; 8/25/08; 09/30/08; unscheduled inspections p [...]
2009-02-05 20:11:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC ES SNAR
09SANSALVADOR889EL SALVADOR'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL A COMPROMISE
[...] (C) Summary: El Salvador's Legislative Assembly chose Romeo Benjamin Barahona Melendez as its new Attorney General (AG) September 18 following a long power lacuna in the office. The AG has significant influence on law enforcement and security policy in El Salvador. Barahona promises a rene [...]
2009-09-22 17:05:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS SNAR SOCI ES
09SANTIAGO1002Santiago Oct. 22 Media Report
[...] The National Teachers Association will go on an indefinite national strike tomorrow that will affect public schools. Teachers claim the government owes them a special bonus to pay for the paychecks and jobs lost when the administration of public schools was moved from the Ministry o [...]
2009-10-22 18:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1014Santiago Oct. 23 Media Report
[...] Public school teachers began an indefinite strike today. In this context, the government instructed schools to remain open and deliver lunches, the Ministry of Education said it would deduct from teacher's paychecks those days they are on strike, and mayors said they would request l [...]
2009-10-23 17:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1016Santiago Oct. 26 Media Report
[...] The public school teachers' strike forced the government to postpone the national assessment test for fourth and eighth graders (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/24). U.S. Related News ---------------------- 2. Brazilian daily "O Globo" said yesterday that Pr [...]
2009-10-26 20:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1018Santiago Oct. 27 Media Report
[...] After three months of negotiation, the Ministers of the Environment and Finance signed an agreement with the heads of the political alliances in Congress to speed up the project that creates a ministry and regulatory agency for the environment. Senator Pablo Longueira (USI) labeled t [...]
2009-10-27 19:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1028Santiago Oct. 30 Media Report
[...] The Ministry of Education warned public teachers who are on strike that it could be forced to extend classes until December 29 to complete the days required for any given academic year (Conservative, independent, La Tercera, 10/30). Chile-U.S. 2. President Obama invi [...]
2009-10-30 20:04:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1032CHILE: INCSR 1 Submission
[...] Per reftel, please find below Embassy Santiago's INCSR 1 submission. Post will also submit via email. 2. Chile I. Summary Chile is a transit country for Andean cocaine shipments destined for Europe and has a domestic marijuana consumption problem. In a new development that surfaced [...]
2009-11-02 18:37:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CI
09SANTIAGO1034Santiago Nov. 2 Media Report
[...] Undersecretary of the Interior Patricio Rosende denounced the use of children as shields in illegal land occupations and demonstrations by Mapuche indigenous communities. Video material confirming his remarks was shown to the Senate's Constitutional Committee last week (Conservative, [...]
2009-11-02 20:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1058Santiago Nov. 4 Media Report
[...] An explosive device detonated at the Marriott Hotel's parking lot on Ave. Kennedy at 1:57 p.m. yesterday. The device was left in the hotel's bathroom but was taken outside by a hotel guard. One guard was injured and five other people suffered hearing trauma. No organization has c [...]
2009-11-04 17:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1062Santiago Nov. 5 Media Report
[...] The director of the Foreign Ministry's International Economic Relations Bureau, Carlos Furche, will file next Tuesday with the Chile-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Administrator a complaint on behalf of local wood producers over the tax exemptions that U.S. cellulose producers will start rece [...]
2009-11-05 19:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1064Santiago Nov. 6 Media Report
[...] Extensive coverage of the rampage at Fort Hood that left 12 dead (All dailies, 11/6). U.S.-Related News 2. Republican Senator Jim DeMint said he would lift the block on Arturo Valenzuela and Tom Shannon's nominations now that the Obama administration had ag [...]
2009-11-06 19:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO107 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 4
[...] Dailies highlight that former Air Force Commander-in-Chief Ramon Vega is free on bail in the Mirage aircraft case. Dailies also highlight the death of an 18-year-old woman who presumably fell off the balcony of a ninth-floor apartment owned by a promising young soccer player during an early mo [...]
2009-02-04 14:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1070Santiago Nov. 9 Media Report
[...] The national scholastic test for fourth graders shows that only 24% have the level of language skills required for that grade. The test also confirms that the gap that exists between private and public education remains unchanged; only 12% of low-income school students achieved adva [...]
2009-11-09 20:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1076Santiago Nov. 10 Media Report
[...] Television station Channel 13 aired its presidential debate last night. Unlike previous ones, this debate allowed the candidates to challenge each other and to respond. This brought to the forefront the most sensitive issues in this campaign. 2. Sebastian Pinera a [...]
2009-11-10 20:23:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1080Santiago Nov. 12 Media Report
[...] Centro de Estudios Publicos poll for the presidential election: Sebastian Pinera 36 percent, Eduardo Frei 26, Marco Enriquez Ominami 19, and Jorge Arrate 5 percent (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 11/12). U.S.-Related News 2. Arturo Valenzuela was sworn in yest [...]
2009-11-12 20:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1088Santiago Nov. 13 Media Report
[...] Today is the beginning of the electoral propaganda period for the December 13 presidential and parliamentary election (All dailies 11/13). U.S.-Related News 2. With a notification to Congress, the USG authorized the sale of 100 AMRAAM missiles to Chile. With the autho [...]
2009-11-13 17:27:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO109 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 6
[...] Dailies highlighted figures released by the Central Banks that economic growth for the last quarter of 2008 amounted to 1.1% of GDP, the lowest in six years. Coverage included another case of a falsely-identified disappearance victim from the Military government era. U.S.-Related News --- [...]
2009-02-06 15:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO11 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 3-5
[...] Dailies highlighted OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza's final decision not to run for the presidency of Chile; Israel's offensive in the Palestinian territories; and the case of relatives of detained and disappeared people who erroneously received increased government pension payments [...]
2009-01-06 12:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1102Santiago Nov. 16 Media Report
[...] Headline: "Bachelet and Obama Push Transpacific Trade" Sub-headline: U.S. President supports initiative to expand (commercial) trade in the Pacific Rim. If there was one topic that President Bachelet highlighted at APEC it was President Obama's support for developing a transpacific agreeme [...]
2009-11-17 15:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1108Santiago Nov. 18 Media Report
[...] President Bachelet said that Alan Garcia's remarks over the alleged espionage case are "offensive and bombastic and do not contribute at all to the integration and cooperation that should exist among neighbor countries" (El Mercurio, 11/18). Chile-Peru 2. In answ [...]
2009-11-18 18:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1116Santiago Nov. 19 Media Report
[...] The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate expressed their support to President Bachelet in the impasse with Peru and expressed concern over Lima's "communications offensive to portray Chile as an aggressive and bellicose country" (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record El Mercurio, 11/ [...]
2009-11-19 19:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1120Santiago Nov. 20 Media Report
[...] The Chilean Ministry began reviewing the dossier delivered by Peru on the alleged espionage case and said it would answer to Lima's verbal note of protest next week. Peru is assessing whether to recall its ambassador, which is a step prior to suspending diplomatic relations (Conserva [...]
2009-11-20 19:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1128Santiago Nov. 21-23 Media Report
[...] Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde said that the government of Peru was not responsible for leaking the information to the press about the alleged espionage. He added that his government does not agree with reviewing the FTA with Chile over this incident as proposed by [...]
2009-11-23 19:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1136Santiago Nov. 24 Media Report
[...] The dollar exchange rate dropped to 492 pesos, the lowest in the last 16 months. Meanwhile, copper reached a new record of 3.15????, the highest since September 2008 (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 11/24). 2. U.S.-Related News 2. In his debut before the OAS Permanent Co [...]
2009-11-24 19:31:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1142Santiago Nov. 25 Media Report
[...] Chile provided an answer yesterday to Peru's diplomatic note on the alleged espionage case (All dailies, 11/25). Chile-Peru 2. Chile handed Peru yesterday a diplomatic note responding to Lima's note over allegations of espionage. In its note, Chile objects to the tone of Pe [...]
2009-11-25 16:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1154Santiago Nov. 30 Media Report
[...] Just two weeks after the Fulbright commission questioned the method used by "Becas Chile" to issue scholarships, the German Academic Exchange Service has asked the Chilean organization to change its application system (Conservative, independent La Tercera 11/29). 2. The U.S [...]
2009-11-30 19:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO116 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 7-9
[...] Dailies had extensive coverage of Bachelet's trip to Cuba, of a possible meeting with Fidel Castro, and the disappointment of Cuban dissident organizations with whom the President will not meet. Dailies also reported on the demonstrations of the people of Chaiten in opposition to the governmen [...]
2009-02-09 19:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1162Santiago Dec 2 Media Report
[...] All Santiago major news dailies covered President Obama's announcement on Afghanistan. While both conservative, influential El Mercurio and conservative, independent La Tercera ran front-page headlines on the announcement, El Mercurio headline highlighted the withdrawal of troops starting [...]
2009-12-02 13:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1174Santiago Dec. 3-4 Media Report
[...] A Gallup poll conducted in 17 Latin American countries shows that in Chile 72% of those polled have a positive image of President Obama and 59% approve of the U.S. government. This is 30% higher than the same poll in 2008 when George W. Bush was in office. The positive perception of the US [...]
2009-12-04 18:15:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO118 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 10
[...] La Moneda spokesman Francisco Vidal criticized the banking sector for conducting massive layoffs and urged the private sector to do its share in helping lower the effects of the financial crisis. Vidal also urged the Central Bank to lower interest rates. Dailies continued to report on the dema [...]
2009-02-10 16:24:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1190Santiago Dec. 7 Media Report
[...] President Bachelet will meet with Governor Pawlenty next week in Santiago. Pawlenty is "the most probable Republican contender against Obama in 2012" (Conservative, afternoon daily La Segunda, 12/4). 2. Interview with Mary Wilson, president of the League of Women Voters entit [...]
2009-12-07 19:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1194Santiago Dec. 9 Media Report
[...] Governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty will meet with President Michelle Bachelet, Minister of Energy Marcelo Tokman, and Santiago Mayor Pablo Zalaquett on Thursday. Governor Pawlenty is heading a trade delegation of 30 businessmen and government officials. (Diario Financiero 12/7) Hond [...]
2009-12-09 20:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO12 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 6
[...] Dailies highlighted President Michelle Bachelet's announcement of a USD 4 billion program to reactivate the economy; and OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza's official statement declining to run for the presidency of Chile. U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. OAS Secretary [...]
2009-01-06 18:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1204Santiago Dec. 10 Media Report
[...] President Bachelet will celebrate the International Human Rights Day today with a visit to Talagante, the location where the first victims of the military regime were found in 1978. Bachelet and presidential candidate Eduardo Frei have been highlighting human rights in the final portion o [...]
2009-12-10 20:15:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1206Santiago Dec. 11 Media Report
[...] All presidential campaigns concluded last night with rallies in different parts of the city (All dailies, 12/11). U.S. and Latin America 2. The United States is fully aware of the "distancing" from Venezuela, but wants to establish a "positive" and "constructive" dialogue with [...]
2009-12-11 19:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1210Santiago Dec. 12-14 Media Report
[...] Results of Sunday's presidential election: Right-wing Sebastian Pinera 44.03%; center-left ruling coalition candidate Eduardo Frei 29.62%; independent Marco Enriquez-Ominami 20.12%, and Socialist Party candidate Jorge Arrate 6.21%. This means that Pinera and Frei will go to a runoff on Janu [...]
2009-12-15 11:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1216Santiago Dec. 15 Media Report
[...] Minister Carolina Toha, the government's spokesperson, resigned yesterday to head Eduardo Frei's campaign for the January runoff election (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 12/15). U.S.-Related News 2. Excerpts of an interview with U.S. Ambassador Paul Simons: "One of Presi [...]
2009-12-15 20:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1224Santiago Dec. 16 Media Report
[...] The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) officially invited Chile to join (All dailies, 12/16). OECD 2. After over two years of work and six million Euros spent on missions and reports, the Bachelet administration achieved one of its major goals: Chile [...]
2009-12-17 11:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1226Santiago Dec. 17 Media Report
[...] Paul Fontaine, chief economist of independent presidential candidate Marco Enriquez Ominami, joined Sebastian Pinera's campaign team. Cristian Larroulet, of Pinera's Economic Council, underscored similarities with Enriquez-Ominami's economic program, adding that some of those proposals cou [...]
2009-12-17 18:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1238Santiago Dec. 18 Media Report
[...] "Why didn't the FBI detect mustard gas in 2005, when Justice Madrid claims there are (traces of it)?" At the end of 2004, the judge investigating the death of former President Eduardo Frei Montalva, Alejandro Madrid, requested the FBI's assistance to confirm if the exhumed remains belong [...]
2009-12-18 19:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1246Santiago Dec. 22 Media Report
[...] The results o the National College Admissions Tests confirm once again the gap that exists between private and public schools (Conservative, afternoon La Tercera, 12/22). U.S.-Related News 2. Forensic expert Laura Borgel, owner of the Servitox laboratory, explained how it was t [...]
2009-12-22 17:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1250Santiago Dec. 24 media report
[...] Christmas sales are up 10% compared to 2008 and reached levels prior to the fall of Lehman Brothers, according to the National Chamber of Commerce (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 12/24). Former President Frei's Death 2. The Supreme Court's second Room has asked to see t [...]
2009-12-24 14:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1254Media Report December 25-28, 2009
[...] The FBI's report has gained unexpected prominence in the probe on the death of former President Eduardo Frei Montalva. While the plaintiffs lack its validity, the defendants cite it as a proof to delegitimize the thesis about his poisoning. The confusion rests on the confidentiality with w [...]
2009-12-28 16:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1256Media Report December 29
[...] For the first time in 13 years, the workers at Chile's state-owned copper mine Chuquicamata voted to go on strike and rejected a final wage and benefit offer. Work stoppage will start on December 31. (12/29) Chile-U.S. 2. Chile's Foreign Ministry released its pub [...]
2009-12-29 15:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1262Media Report December 30
[...] Chile's state-owned copper mine Codelco dismissed raising its final wage and benefit offer to avoid a workers' strike in Chuquicamata. The company is activating a contingency plan to face the work stoppage that will start on January 4. Arms Race 2. Minister of De [...]
2009-12-30 13:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO1268Media Report December 31 December
[...] The presidents of political parties PPD (Parties for Democracy) and PRSD (Radical Social Democratic Party) -both prominent members in the Concertacion government coalition-resigned their posts, triggering a controversy and division within the coalition. U.S.-Terrorist Threat [...]
2009-12-31 13:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO127 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 11
[...] Dailies highlighted that President Bachelet now has a scheduled meeting with Fidel Castro on Friday. Front page news included President Obama's rescue package, noting "disappointment" in the plan triggered a drop in stock markets worldwide. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In inter [...]
2009-02-11 16:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO13 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 6
[...] Dailies highlighted the December inflation rate of minus 1.2%, and the total 7.1% attained in Chile during 2008; the Paris-Dakar automobile race that this year is taking place in Argentina and Chile; and the Israeli military attacks in Gaza. U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. W [...]
2009-01-07 17:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO131FUNDING CABLE TO COVER TRAVEL COSTS FOR U.S. FUNDED
[...] Post received funds $16,000 for appropriation 70X0540 allottment 193309BCSSVJ602 to cover logistics for the Bulk Cash Smuggling Seminar held in Manila from December 3 to 5, 2008. Participants were not able to travel. Closure of the program indicates that Post has the remaining balance of $16,0 [...]
2009-02-12 15:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ABUD EFIN SNAR ID
09SANTIAGO132 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 12
[...] Dailies report that the Central Bank is likely to lower the interest rates today. Other front-page news highlighted the U.S. dollar exchange rate, which dropped below 600 pesos for the first time since late last year. Dailies also ran front-page photographs of Bachelet with Cuban President R [...]
2009-02-12 16:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO135 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 13
[...] Front-page news highlighted the Central Bank's decision to lower the interest rate to 4.75% (lowest in three years) and President Bachelet's meeting with Fidel Castro yesterday afternoon. Dailies also reported that private clinics failed to notify the central health authority of 104 HIV/AIDs [...]
2009-02-13 17:27:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO141 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 14-17
[...] Chilean dailies ran extensive coverage of reactions to Fidel Castro's column published after he met with President Bachelet, in which he endorsed Bolivia's maritime demand for access to the sea. Front-page news also highlighted a helicopter crash that killed 12 fire fighters who were being tra [...]
2009-02-17 20:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CU CI
09SANTIAGO142 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 18
[...] Stock markets worldwide fall due to doubts in the effectiveness of the bailout plan for the automobile industry in the United States. Finance Minister Andres Velasco's two-year old daughter accidentally fell into a swimming pool yesterday, and is on an induced comma to prevent further neurolo [...]
2009-02-18 14:35:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO145 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 19
[...] Chile and Bolivia scheduled a meeting of Foreign Affairs officials to lower the tension over the impasse created by Fidel Castro's endorsement of Bolivia's sea access claim and Evo Morales' subsequent remarks that he would like the international community to become involved. Dailies also repo [...]
2009-02-19 15:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO149 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 20
[...] The Chaiten volcano in southern Chile erupted again yesterday. The town was evacuated, except for several individuals who have refused to leave. Dailies also report that after a meeting with his Chilean counterpart in Santiago, the Foreign Affairs Deputy Secretary of Bolivia said his country [...]
2009-02-20 14:44:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO160 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 23
[...] Volcanologists warn that the Chaiten volcano in southern Chile could collapse, burying the town of Chaiten under ashes, volcanic material, and mud slides. The Minister of Interior underscores that that it is not possible at this stage to rebuild Chaiten and local government authorities starte [...]
2009-02-23 17:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO164 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 24
[...] Dailies highlighted an investigation in Uruguay that revealed an Argentine agent, Ivan Velazquez, had hacked into e-mails of at least eight Chilean government officials in 2007, including that of former Defense Minister Jaime Ravinet. The GOC has asked Uruguay for additional information. Ano [...]
2009-02-24 18:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO174 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 25
[...] A U.S. Federal court sentenced Chilean Felipe Moreno to 25 years in prison on charges of terrorism in connection to arms deals carried out by Monzer al Kassar. Dailies also reported on remarks by the FED President that the recession will end in 2009 and the economy will recover in 2010 if the [...]
2009-02-25 20:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO176 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 26
[...] Finance Minister Andres Velasco's two-year old daughter has come out of an induced coma and is interacting normally with her parents. Dailies also report the government's announcement to rebuild the town of Chaiten 12 kilometers from the volcano. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. T [...]
2009-02-26 16:48:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO178 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 27
[...] Two Chilean students were murdered and three others injured in a shooting spree by an emotionally disturbed man in Florida. Dailies also report on the GOC's reaction to the Department of State human rights report. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Two students from Chile in the Uni [...]
2009-02-27 16:27:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO187 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 2
[...] Weekend dailies ran extensive coverage on the murder of two Chilean students in Florida last week. Dailies also highlighted that the two-year old daughter of Finance Minister has no apparent neurological damage and was discharged from the hospital. Human Rights Report ------------------- [...]
2009-03-02 19:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO191 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 3
[...] Dow Jones industrial average dropped to its lowest level in twelve years, affecting stock markets worldwide. Chile's Central Bank anticipates lowering interest rate for a third consecutive time. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs [...]
2009-03-03 13:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO200 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 4
[...] The opposition in Peru claims the FTA signed by that country and Chile is unconstitutional because it was not approved by Congress. Several Deans criticize private universities that issue law degrees after just three years. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Interview with the Chairm [...]
2009-03-04 18:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO207 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 5
[...] Former government official Patricio Rojas testified in the framework of a long-lasting investigation regarding the autopsy of former President Frei (father of the current candidate) in 1982. The recent stabbing of a teacher by a student has prompted reports on violence against teachers. U.S [...]
2009-03-05 18:10:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO213 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 6
[...] The government is open to implementing yet another economic reactivation plan given the most recent economic statistics, which show the lowest growth rates in the last ten years. Adimark survey shows a 58% rate of approval for President Bachelet, the highest since 2006. U.S.-Related News [...]
2009-03-06 15:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO22 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 8-9
[...] Dailies highlighted the Central Bank's announcement of a historic interest rate reduction from 8.25% to 7.25%; the reprimand issued by the Senate Ethics Commission on PPD Senator Guido Girardi for his misconduct in a case involving a highway patrol officer; and the gathering of President Bush a [...]
2009-01-09 16:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO220 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 9
[...] One major Santiago daily reported that the Vice President Biden plans to attend the Progressive Leaders' summit in Chile, March 27-28. Consumer habits in Chile have changed drastically in view of the economic crisis. Lowering the consumer tax (IVA) is among the proposals in the government's [...]
2009-03-09 19:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO227 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 10
[...] The government is requesting Congress approve US$1.47 billion to finance Santiago's public transportation system through 2014. The Central Bank's economic growth estimates for 2009 dropped to 0.2%, down from 2-3% estimates. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editorial "Poisoned Grape [...]
2009-03-10 18:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO233 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 11
[...] Following yesterday's global market gains, Chile's stock market registered its most significant rise in the last five months. Dailies also report that according to a University of Lima survey, 59% of Peruvians approve of the free trade agreement between Peru and Chile. U.S.-Related News -- [...]
2009-03-11 19:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO241 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 12
[...] All dailies reported on UDI Senator Jovino Novoa's election as Senate President. Dailies also report that the government's announcement to hand out 15,000 computers to municipal schools triggered accusation of "electoral intervention" by the opposition alliance. U.S.-Related News -------- [...]
2009-03-12 19:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO245 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 13
[...] Late morning on-line dailies report that La Moneda confirmed Vice President Joe Biden's participation at the Progressive Governance Summit, March 27-28 in Chile. Dailies also ran extensive coverage on Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley's departure and the subsequent cabinet shuffle. Dailies al [...]
2009-03-13 15:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO248 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 16
[...] Dailies highlighted that Wall Street is beginning to show signs of economic recovery. Dailies also reported on the plebiscite held in the Municipality of Vitacura to vote on the community's urban development projects. This is the first ever such plebiscite held in Chile. U.S.-Related News [...]
2009-03-16 20:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO253 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 17
[...] Concerns have been raised over the appointment of a non-elected PPD official to fill the Chamber of Deputy seat vacated by Congresswoman Toha, who joined the Bachelet cabinet as press spokesperson. This has triggered debate about the replacement process and calls for it to be reviewed. Daili [...]
2009-03-17 15:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO255 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 18
[...] All dailies report on President Bachelet's trip to India and announcements that negotiations are underway for the signature of a Chile-India FTA. Dailies also reported on the increase in the construction of homes in the United States, which has "injected optimism" into global markets. U.S.- [...]
2009-03-18 17:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO262 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 19
[...] Dailies highlighted that Chile has 90 days to rebut Peru's claim at the International Court of Justice in The Hague regarding their maritime borders. Dailies also noted that on April 20, twenty state companies will publish the salaries of their CEOs, complying with a law on access to public i [...]
2009-03-19 17:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO272 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 20
[...] As anticipated, Peru filed with the International Court of The Hague a claim to change maritime and land borders with Chile. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. La Tercera published a letter to the editor by acting Minister of Interior Patricio Rosende, saying the daily had misquoted h [...]
2009-03-20 21:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO276 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 20
[...] The opposition alliance is pressuring Bachelet to meet with presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera to discuss Peru's maritime claim with The Hague. Lima made the content of its claim public. Progressive Governance Summit ----------------------------- 2. Interview with U.S. Ambassador Pa [...]
2009-03-23 19:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO281 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 24
[...] Stock markets worldwide reacted positively to President Obama's new financial plan. Dailies also reported on the seizure of more than a ton of the chemical ephedrine in an operation to dismantle a narcotics operation tied to Mexico. Chile's Rating Upgraded ----------------------- 2. Moo [...]
2009-03-24 17:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO297 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 31
[...] There was extensive coverage on the scandal caused by the revelation that Chile's most prominent pharmacy chains Ahumada, Salcobrand, and Cruz Verde, colluded to hike prices on more than 200 products since 2005. The National Economic Attorneys' Office is investigating the alleged collusion. [...]
2009-03-31 18:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO299MEDIA REPORT: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN IN CHILE
[...] Summary: Vice President Biden's participation at the March 27-28 Progressive Governance Summit in Vina del Mar and his bilateral with President Bachelet in Santiago produced extremely positive media coverage in Chile. Articles and TV news highlighted Biden's stature as the "second man in the [...]
2009-03-31 19:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO306 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 1
[...] The national unemployment rate for the December-February period reached 8.5 percent, which is 1.2 percent higher than in 2008. Chile plays Uruguay this evening and could qualify for the 2010 World Soccer Cup if it wins. U.S.-Related Articles --------------------- 2. Minister Counselor Ca [...]
2009-04-01 21:15:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO313 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 2
[...] Chile tied 0-0 with Uruguay yesterday in a qualifying match for the 2010 World Soccer Cup. Dailies continue to report extensively on the status of the collusion investigation of pharmacy chains that allegedly hiked prices beginning in 2005. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editoria [...]
2009-04-02 20:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO321 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 3
[...] Dailies noted the G-20 Summit agreement produced "euphoria" in global stock markets. Other stories highlighted that large agricultural producers in southern Chile are concerned with the appearance of bands of thieves in the region. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The U.S. Embassy [...]
2009-04-03 22:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO326 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 6
[...] The death of an 11-year old boy who was waiting for a heart transplant has brought to the forefront the problems with organ donations and transplants in Chile. The Llaima volcano has become active again and the Region of Araucania is on red alert. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. [...]
2009-04-06 21:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO330 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 7
[...] Economic activity in February declined 3.9%, the worst drop since 1999. The Llaima volcano continues to spew ashes and lava. One-hundred people have been evacuated from the surrounding areas. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. U.S. Royal Gold will buy the Andacollo gold mine in the [...]
2009-04-07 20:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO333 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 8
[...] Opposition presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera is setting up a blind trust to administer the holdings he has in several companies. All dailies report on the 25-year sentencing of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editorial: "Obama di [...]
2009-04-08 16:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO337 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 10
[...] The Central Bank's consistent decrease of interest rates since January has significantly lowered the costs of mortgage loans and increased real estate sales by up to 50 percent. U.S. - Related News ------------------- 2. Foreign Affairs Minister Mariano Fernandez has requested to meet wi [...]
2009-04-09 17:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO34 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 10-12
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted the detection of a new corruption network operating within Chilean courts; information identifying 10 Chileans with FARC ties provided by Colombia; and the Paris-Dakar automobile rally that is taking place in Argentina and Chile this year. U.S.-Related News ---- [...]
2009-01-12 17:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO342 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 13
[...] Final figures are not yet in, but Holy Week holiday is expected to leave close to US$200 million in profits for the tourism industry. Market analysts say that Chile's forestry and retailing sectors are most vulnerable to the economic crisis. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editor [...]
2009-04-13 21:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO344 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 14
[...] As part of an agreement with the Economic Prosecutor's Office, pharmacy chain FASA will be fined US$1 million for collusion with other pharmaceutical chains to hike prices. The agreement excludes FASA from further charges. Dailies also highlighted that the Health Ministry traced the recent o [...]
2009-04-14 18:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO354 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 15
[...] Presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera, who sought to console the family of a 16-year old girl who died from a gunshot wound, was told to leave a wake by the girl's relatives; they accused the candidate of using the event for political gain. Dailies also reported Congressmen contend the US$1 [...]
2009-04-15 20:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO361 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 16
[...] An elder woman died from bacteria a few days after the Health Ministry warned of an outbreak in Santiago. Dailies also reported on yet another corruption scandal involving Investigations Police (PDI); former PDI official denounced the presence of official cars outside a well-known and expensiv [...]
2009-04-16 21:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO364 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 17
[...] FASA pharmacy chain announced it would compensate consumers who bought any of the 220 products listed in the collusion suit. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. La Moneda views President Obama's meeting with UNASUR tomorrow as a validation of the bloc. However, it is concerned with th [...]
2009-04-17 19:11:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO377 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 21
[...] Dailies reproduced information published by government agencies of what their officials earn, in accordance the new Transparency law. Dailies also report that presidential candidate Eduardo Frei named 27-year old Sebastian Bowen to head his presidential campaign. Bowen is the former director [...]
2009-04-21 19:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO378 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 21
[...] Dailies reproduced information published by government agencies of what their officials earn, in accordance the new Transparency law. Dailies also report that presidential candidate Eduardo Frei named 27-year old Sebastian Bowen to head his presidential campaign. Bowen is the former director [...]
2009-04-21 19:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO383 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 22
[...] Information revealed under the new Transparency Law has ignited debate on how the government spends it funds. The information also revealed the practice among some agencies of hiring more contract workers than salaried employees, which is in violation of the law. U.S.-Related News -------- [...]
2009-04-22 19:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO390 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 23
[...] The IDB has frozen loans to Chile until the government reimburses the bank for a loan issued to finance the public transportation system, Transantiago. Dailies also reported that the new Transparency Law revealed that the government issued -- without a bidding process -- half a million dollar [...]
2009-04-23 18:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO393 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 24
[...] Unemployment figures in the Metropolitan Region reached a record high of 12.8% in March. Peak unemployment is expected between June and August during Chile's winter months. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Chile's Wood Corporation (CORMA),which encompasses about 200 private forest [...]
2009-04-24 16:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PTER ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO398 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 27
[...] Presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera placed all his assets into a blind trust, with the exception of television station Chilevision. Pinera did, however, resign from the TV station's board of directors. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. President Bachelet invited Governor Arnold [...]
2009-04-27 21:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO401 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 28
[...] Chile's Health Ministry has implemented nationwide measures, equivalent to the World Health Organization's (WHO) level 4 alert, to identify and contain any outbreak of swine flu in the country. Thus far, suspicious cases have all tested negative. Dailies also reported extensively on the impact [...]
2009-04-28 20:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO410 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 29
[...] Chile has no confirmed cases of swine flu. Dailies also report that Chile's Air Force bought 18 F16s from Holland, making Chile's fleet the largest in Latin America. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The President of industrial holding COPEC, Roberto Angelini, commented on the subsi [...]
2009-04-29 20:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO414 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 30
[...] Peru has confirmed its first case of H1N1 flu in a woman who recently traveled to Mexico. Dailies also report that Ecuador has aligned with Chile concerning Peru's maritime border claim. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Two weeks ago Foreign Affairs and Intellectual Property Institut [...]
2009-04-30 19:57:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO422 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 4
[...] Colombia has confirmed a case of AH1N1 influenza, the first in South America. Chile has no cases of the disease and high risk groups have been vaccinated for seasonal influenza. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The USTR placed Chile on its Priority Watch List for lack of IPR prote [...]
2009-05-04 21:37:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO425 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 5
[...] Polls show that PS Congressman Marco Enriquez-Ominami is just 14 points behind the Concertacion's presidential candidate Eduardo Frei. Dailies also report that a Mapuche organization has claimed responsibility for the arsonist attack on a building owned by the Association of Chilean Farmed Sa [...]
2009-05-05 17:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO434 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 6
[...] The government will announce a package of measures to help lower unemployment that would include a solidarity fund and a subsidy for low-income non-working women. Dailies also report that there are signs of economic recovery, as Chile's monthly economic growth rate for March declined significa [...]
2009-05-06 21:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO438 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 7
[...] The National Scholastic Test for fourth graders shows an overall increase in language skills, but not in math. Dailies continue to report on the decision of Senator Fernando Flores -- a former Allende government official and military regime political prisoner -- to join the campaign of right- [...]
2009-05-07 18:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO443 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 8
[...] The Saieh family holding bought 20% of the Ripley department store for an estimated US$170 million. The Saieh holding already owns a supermarket chain (Unimark) and six malls. The Central Bank lowered the interest rate to 1.25%. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Ambassador Simons s [...]
2009-05-08 17:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO450 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 12
[...] Former cabinet member, Ambassador, and strong opponent to the military regime -- Claudio Huepe (DC party) -- died yesterday from a heart attack in Venezuela. U.S.-Related News ------------------- 2. PA release: Ambassador Paul Simons will attend the 50th anniversary commemoration of the [...]
2009-05-12 18:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO452 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 11
[...] The National Scholastic Test (SIMCE) shows a significant gap between private and public school students, which increases largely during the sophomore year. Dailies also report that pharmacy chains will have to stock 255 generic products, making them available to the public at all times. U.S [...]
2009-05-12 21:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO455 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 13
[...] Health authorities are facing criticism for decreeing only a "preventive smog alert" in Santiago when the levels of pollution recorded was "critical" in the community of Cerro Navia and "poor" in fou others. As in previous years, the poorest areas of the city had the worst levels of air pollu [...]
2009-05-13 20:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO456 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 14
[...] The Central Bank projects an economic recession for 2009, with an estimated growth rate that ranges between -0.75 to 0.25%. Dailies also reported that all undersecretaries and 600 other high-ranking government offices will be drug tested regularly for use of illegal substances. Those who tes [...]
2009-05-14 19:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO482 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 20
[...] Health authorities confirmed 16 cases of AH1N1, which makes Chile the leader in South America for the number of cases. Dailies also report that Prison Guards are on strike, confining themselves in the prisons and refusing to take prisoners to the courts for their hearings. The government is [...]
2009-05-20 20:59:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO491 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 22
[...] All dailies highlighted the annual May 21 Presidential address to the nation, which Bachelet gave at the Congress in Vina del Mar. Dailies also noted health authorities confirmed 29 AH1N1 cases in Chile, the most in South America. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Captioned photograp [...]
2009-05-22 20:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO492 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 26
[...] A 27-year old anarchist died when an explosive device in his backpack detonated. Dailies ran extensive coverage of the incident itself, the funeral, and the investigation opened by the police on the possible ties with terrorist organizations abroad. Dailies also report that Health Authorities [...]
2009-05-26 19:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO495 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 27
[...] Health Authorities have confirmed 119 cases of AH1N1 nationwide, which ranks Chile number seven worldwide for the number of confirmations. Dailies also report the confession of a now-retired soldier who witnessed the assassination of singer Victor Jara in 1973 and who revealed the name of a l [...]
2009-05-27 17:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO498 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 28
[...] Health Authorities have confirmed 168 cases of AH1N1 nationwide and has moved to a new strategy. The disease is showing a very fast pace of contagion and except for two cases, mild symptoms. Dailies also report that former UDI presidential candidate Joaquin Lavin traveled to Caracas to attend [...]
2009-05-28 18:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO514 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 1
[...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 276 cases of AH1N1. Given the spread of the disease, the authorities are no longer screening at the airport and have instructed that now all cases of influenza as should be treated as if it were AH1N1. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Chilea [...]
2009-06-02 18:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO516 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 2
[...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 313 cases of AH1N1. All dailies report on the search operations to locate the Air France commercial flight that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In accordance to Chapter 19 of the Chile-U.S. FTA and the E [...]
2009-06-03 13:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO517 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 2
[...] Chilean health authorities have confirmed 313 cases of AH1N1. All dailies report on the search operations to locate the Air France commercial flight that disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. In accordance to Chapter 19 of the Chile-U.S. FTA and the E [...]
2009-06-03 13:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO521ALARM BELLS RING IN CHILE OVER EPHEDRINE LINKED TO
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Alarmed by recent events that culminated with the March 23 seizure of 1100 kgs of ephedrine linked to Mexico, the GOC is taking steps to strengthen precursor chemical controls. Ephedrine-based drugs now require a docto [...]
2009-06-04 13:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR PGOV CI
09SANTIAGO522 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 3
[...] A 37 year-old man suffering from heart problems died from the AH1N1[JLV1] virus. This makes Chile the first South American country to have a victim of the virus and the fifth worldwide. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The New York Times reports that President Obama has authorized [...]
2009-06-04 14:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO523 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - REACTION TO OAS RESOLUTION ON CUBA --
[...] The OAS resolution on reincorporating Cuba received front-page coverage. The media also reported on Chile's 369 cases of AH1N1. Of the seven patients in serious condition, six are from Puerto Montt, in Chile's far south. The Ministry of Health sent a team of experts to determine why the viru [...]
2009-06-04 22:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO524CHILE'S SURPRISE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: HERE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Marco Enriquez-Ominami, a 35-year old Socialist parliamentarian and former filmmaker, has burst onto Chile's presidential scene in recent weeks. Known as one of the "unruly" parliamentarians from the ruling Concertacion coalition, Enriquez-Ominami is running against his party (and the [...]
2009-06-05 13:44:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ECON SNAR CI BO
09SANTIAGO53 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 16
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted the death of a Hamas leader in Gaza, and the emergency water-landing of a U.S. Airways aircraft in New York's Hudson River. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Article on Chilean Finance Minister Andres Velasco's advisors in the United States. Taking into [...]
2009-01-16 14:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO530 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 5
[...] Chile has a total of 393 cases of AH1N1 influenza; 53% of them are 5-14 year olds. Dailies continue to report on a TVN special report that denounced an array of bad practices among congressmen in the Chamber of Deputies, such as leaving immediately after arriving, voting for others, surfing t [...]
2009-06-05 20:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO537 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 8
[...] A 56-year old man died from AH1N1, marking Chile's second casualty. He suffered from an array of heart and respiratory conditions due to his obesity. Chile now leads South America for AH1N1-related deaths. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Interview with Deputy Assistant Secretary [...]
2009-06-08 20:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO54 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 13
[...] Chilean Dailies highlighted: 1) dramatic losses affecting the Chilean Private Social Security System (AFP) during 2008; 2) Chilean physicians outranking their foreign counterparts in a national exam; and 3) Paris-Dakar automobile rally taking place in Argentina and Chile. U.S.-Related News [...]
2009-01-16 16:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO543 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 9
[...] President Hugo Chavez postponed an official visit to Chile in June. He rescheduled the event for July, coinciding with the next UNASUR summit. Dailies also report that Chile has 890 cases of AH1N1, 10 are considered to be in serious condition. Venezuela --------- 2. President Hugo Chav [...]
2009-06-09 16:01:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO546 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 10
[...] Chile has a total of 1,694 cases of AH1N1. Only 2 people have died from the virus, which is expected to reach its peak next week. While most have recovered (63%),less than 2% have needed hospitalization. Dailies report that health services are "collapsing" given the demands to address the AH [...]
2009-06-10 18:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO547 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 11
[...] Chile is on the verge of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup (soccer) with its 4-0 victory over Bolivia in Santiago last night. Dailies also reported Chile has a total of 1,694 cases of AH1N1, and an expert from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) from Atlanta arrived in Santiago to analyze the [...]
2009-06-11 18:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO55 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 14
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted the 41% drop in car sales in Chile last December; the participation of the Chairman of Chile's Production and Trade Confederation in the official delegation to Cuba; and the accidents and suspension of the last leg of the Dakar automobile Rally in Chile due to weath [...]
2009-01-16 16:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO557 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JUNE 12
[...] The Health Ministry issued a decree as a result of the WHO's declaration of a pandemic, placing human influenza as the first priority in terms of resources, allocation of medical personnel and medications. Dailies also report that the Investigations Police suspended six of its detectives in [...]
2009-06-12 17:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO558 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 15
[...] Chile has 2,335 confirmed cases of AH1N1, but only two deaths. The Health Ministry informed that it will stop the daily count of cases and will now issue reports only on Tuesdays and Fridays. President Bachelet signed the Health Emergency Decree that empowers the Ministry of Health special mea [...]
2009-06-15 19:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO56 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 15
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted an audit on Chile's National Registry Service that revealed repeated mismanagement and embezzlement during former Director Guillermo Arenas' administration; Chile's Central Bank's predictions of a 2% to 3% economic growth in 2009; and the latest developments in the [...]
2009-01-16 16:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO560 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 16
[...] Santiago dailies noted that the Government Coalition and the Communist Party (PC) signed an agreement to collaborate in the upcoming presidential campaign. Front pages also reported on President Michelle Bachelet's announcement to allocate approximately $34 million dollars to fully renovate th [...]
2009-06-16 16:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO564 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 17
[...] Front-page headlines: The Central Bank lowered the benchmark interest rate to 0.75 percent; sources in the salmon industry estimate the Chilean salmon industry's bulky debt to be USD 4 billion dollars, which could open a new flank in the financial crisis. U.S.-Related News ----------------- [...]
2009-06-17 15:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO570 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 18
[...] Front-page headlines: Chile's Investigative Police discharged two high-ranking officials for their involvement in a prostitution ring; the Chamber of Deputies is considering the dismissal of a legislator accused of mishandling funds assigned for office-space rental; President Obama launched the [...]
2009-06-18 16:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO573 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 19
[...] A Center for Public Studies (CEP) poll showed a tie in a runoff between opposition, conservative candidate Sebastian Piera (41%) and the current government coalition's nominee Eduardo Frei (39%). U.S.-Related News ---------------- 2. Presidents Michelle Bachelet and Barack Obama's meeting i [...]
2009-06-19 18:04:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO584 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- June 22
[...] The media highlighted President Michelle Bachelet plan to call for an early retirement of Investigative Police Director Arturo Herrera as a result of his undistinguished performance in removing high-ranking officials involved in a prostitution ring. Newspapers also noted the Chamber of Deputi [...]
2009-06-22 16:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO589 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- June 23
[...] The World Bank's forecast of a cut in global growth affected stock markets worldwide and in Chile. In addition, the dramatic drop in the rate exchange in Chile has caused exporters to react and claim for the Ministry of Finance's intervention. The Government of Chile will submit a draft bill to [...]
2009-06-23 19:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO592 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- June 24
[...] All dailies highlighted the first official visit to the United States by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, and focused on her meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office. Also widely reported were stories on the dramatic increase in the number of patients with respiratory diseases, incl [...]
2009-06-24 20:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO607 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 26
[...] The director of Chile's Investigations Police (PDI),Arturo Herrera, resigned yesterday amid a series of scandals involving PDI detectives since March. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Editorial: "The President with Obama": President Obama gave Bachelet a warm welcome. We saw appr [...]
2009-06-30 13:04:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO61 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 17-20
[...] Chilean dailies gave extensive coverage to inauguration preparations in Washington and President-elect Obama's activities. Newspapers also highlighted Israel's cease fire in Gaza and the arrest of Chile's Air Force (FACH) retired General Ramon Vega for allegedly receiving illegal payments duri [...]
2009-01-21 11:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO614 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 1
[...] National unemployment rate was 10.2% for March-May, the highest for this period since 2004. Six of the fifteen regions have two-digit unemployment rates and highest is in the 15-24 age bracket (23.4%). Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Chilean and U.S. government sources say that the bilateral m [...]
2009-07-02 13:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO618 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 2
[...] The prosecutor's office has made public an array of e-mails which reveal that pharmaceutical chains not only colluded amongst themselves to hike prices of medical products, but also with pharmaceutical laboratories, who suggested on their part to raise "base" prices of an array of medications. [...]
2009-07-02 21:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO62 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 21
[...] Chilean dailies prominently featured the Inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama. All newspapers highlighted the event with front-page headlines, photos, and excerpts of the President's inaugural address. U.S. -Related News ------------------ 2. The front-page headlines read: "T [...]
2009-01-21 16:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO623 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 6
[...] All dailies ran front-page stories on the latest development in Honduras, highlighting that demonstrations left at least two dead. Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Photo coverage of the July 4 reception at Ambassador Paul Simons' residence: "Hundreds of guests arrived at the residence for the r [...]
2009-07-06 19:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO625 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 7
[...] The monthly Economic Activity Index, IMACEC, shows an economic contraction of 4.4% in May compared to the same period in 2008. Dailies also report there are 8,160 cases of AH1N1 in Chile, but only 22 deaths. A team of experts from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) from Atlanta will arrive [...]
2009-07-07 15:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO632 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 8
[...] President BacheletQed a second dQree in a month related to AH1N1. The decree instructs clinics and hospitals to give priority to individuals with respiratory diseases and regulates the indiscriminate sale and distribution of antiviral medication. It also grants regional health officials the au [...]
2009-07-08 18:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO639 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 9
[...] The Health Ministry has instructed public hospitals to postpone 5,000 surgeries so that the respective physicians and resources can be used to treat the high number of patients with respiratory emergencies related to the outbreak of AH1N1. Chile-U.S. Military Sales ------------------------- [...]
2009-07-09 20:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO643 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 10
[...] The Central Bank lowered the interest rate from 0.75 to 0.5%, which will also lower the cost of consumer loans and mortgages. The bank will maintain this rate for at least six months. Chile-Russia Military --------------------- 2. Defense Minister Francis Vidal confirmed there have been t [...]
2009-07-10 18:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO652 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 13
[...] Secretary Hillary Clinton informed the Bachelet government that the United States would not support Jose Miguel Insulza's reelection to the OAS. The United States reiterated its position just before Bachelet's visit to Washington. Sources in Washington and of the GOC confirmed on Friday (7/1 [...]
2009-07-13 20:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO654CHILE'S SEMI-ANNUAL INL UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Chile demonstrated its commitment to anti-narcotics efforts in the first half of 2009, but several high-profile seizures revealed the difficult challenges facing Chilean law enforcement agencies. Chile's National Drug Control Commission (CONACE) assumed a lead [...]
2009-07-14 15:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AFIN KCRIM SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO656 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 14
[...] Several Investigations Police detectives under investigation for their participation in a children's prostitution network have been reincorporated into the force, igniting controversy. Chile-U.S. and Insulza ---------------------- 2. In answer to a request for an interview with Secretary C [...]
2009-07-14 18:35:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO664 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 15
[...] The government and the opposition reached an agreement to provide US$3.4 billion to finance the public transportation system (Transantiago) in the capital city until 2014. Insulza and the OAS ------------------- 2. Conservative sectors in the region are lobbying to discredit OAS Secretary [...]
2009-07-15 19:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO665NORTHERN EXPOSURE: COCAINE TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Law enforcement contacts in northern Chile report that cocaine trafficking from Bolivia to Chile has increased in the past six to eight months -- a development that some officials link to the departure of DEA agents from Bolivia. Chilean police complain that they lack sufficient [...]
2009-07-15 20:07:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KCRM CI
09SANTIAGO672 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- JULY 16-17, 2009
[...] 1. Secretary Hillary Clinton's letter to Chile's Foreign Minister regarding OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza's candidacy for reelection garnered front-page headlines in Chilean dailies. High importance was also given to the agreement reached by the opposition and the government coaliti [...]
2009-07-17 15:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC PREL SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO680 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 20
[...] Last week President Bachelet said she was willing to "review" the possibility of extending her authority to pardon convicted individuals to military officers sentenced for human rights violation, setting off a controversy that she tried to conclude yesterday by saying that she had had "never co [...]
2009-07-20 20:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO682 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 21
[...] The recent murder of a youth by a teenager promoted a group of congressmen to submit a draft bill that would extend the civil responsibility of individuals 16 years or younger to their parents (El Mercurio, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, 7/21). Honduras -------- 2. The d [...]
2009-07-21 17:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO686 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 22
[...] Health authorities report that Chile has 11,293 cases of AH1N1, and only 68 deaths. The number of cases is beginning to decline in all regions, except two: Arica-Parinacota and Vaparaiso (La Nacion, 7/22). Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Russian-American mathematician Boris Weisfeiler disappeare [...]
2009-07-22 14:58:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO689DHS-FUNDED APEC CASH COURIER WORKSHOP SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, JUNE 9-12, 2009 - USAGE OF FUNDS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 21:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON OTRA PTER PREL SNAR PE EINV
09SANTIAGO697 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 23
[...] Eduardo Frei's campaign advisors want National Television Network TVN to review anchorwoman Karen Doggenweiler's contract. The anchor, "a station symbol," is married to presidential candidate Marco Enriquez Ominami and "can be influential," they argue. The station backed Doggenweiler: "Karen h [...]
2009-07-23 19:15:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO707 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 24
[...] Unemployment in the Metropolitan Region is 11.9%, which is 0.9% lower than in March. This is the first drop since the end of 2008, and means that 30,800 people are no longer without a job (El Mercurio, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, 7/24). Survey ------- 2. The Market Res [...]
2009-07-24 20:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO714 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 27
[...] "La Tercera" telephone survey on 800 registered voters shows that in an eventual presidential election, Sebastian Pinera would receive 30%, Eduardo Frei 25%, and Marco Enriquez-Ominami 21% Frei (La Tercera, 7/26). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Last week, former military regime Jus [...]
2009-07-27 19:35:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO715 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 28
[...] The government has instructed the Undersecretary of Interior to travel to the Region of Araucania to review in person the actions taken by the police and local government authorities to confront the illegal land occupations and other acts of violence headed by radical indigenous Mapuche organi [...]
2009-07-28 18:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO72 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 22
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted President Barack Obama's first day in office. Front-page coverage also included the case of Chile's retired Air Force (FACH) General Ramon Vega, who was arrested for allegedly receiving illegal payments during the purchase of Belgian fighter jets in 1994. U.S.-R [...]
2009-01-22 16:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO720 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 29
[...] Fifteen hooded individuals ambushed an inter-urban bus in Temuco. They stopped the driver and passengers at gunpoint and spray-painted the exterior of the bus with insults against President Bachelet. The indigenous organization "Coordinadora Arauco Malleco" (CAM) claimed responsibility (La Te [...]
2009-07-29 17:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO726 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 30
[...] The Digital Country Foundation, the Ministry of Education and U.S.-based cable company VTR launched the free on-line computer program "Mingoville," which has proven to be a successful tool in other parts of the world to teach English to school children. The game is part of the government's "Ch [...]
2009-07-30 19:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO733 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 31
[...] The National Statistics Institute (INE) reported that the national unemployment rate for April-June was 10.7%. This is 2.3% more than for the same period last year. The port of Valparaiso has a 17.9% unemployment rate, one of the highest in the country. The workforce is defined as those who [...]
2009-07-31 20:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO736 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 3
[...] A Peruvian daily reported that four Chilean Air Force officers were victims of espionage in Lima. The man allegedly responsible is retired Navy officer Elias Ponce Feijo. Peruvian Ambassador Carlos Pareja informed the Chilean Foreign Ministry that Lima would investigate and sanction those res [...]
2009-08-03 20:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO742 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 4
[...] Two high-ranking army officers were indicted for receiving half a million dollars in bribes for Chile's acquisition of Leopard tanks from Holland in 1998. They were charged for illegal use of state funds in an investigation that began in 2005, related to finding the origin of General Pinochet' [...]
2009-08-04 20:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO753 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 6
[...] Bolivian President Evo Morales wrote a note apologizing for his criticism of right-wing presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera. The Foreign Ministry had issued on Tuesday a statement rejecting Morales' "intervention in Chile's internal affairs." Yesterday, after reading the apology, Foreign [...]
2009-08-06 19:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO757 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 7
[...] "Concertacion" presidential candidate Eduardo Frei outlined his political program to an exclusive group of entrepreneurs. One of the issues he emphasized was the need to assure a diversified energy matrix that must include nuclear energy, which he said is a "strategic" and "national security" [...]
2009-08-07 19:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO763 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 10
[...] Indigenous radical Mapuche groups set fire to a crane and a summer cabin in the Region of Araucania on the same day. The "Coordinadora Arauco Malleco" (CAM) claimed responsibility for the first incident and pamphlets alluding to the Mapuche cause were found in both locations (El Mercurio, cons [...]
2009-08-10 20:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO766 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 11
[...] The Public Ministry contradicted remarks made by Under Secretary of Interior Patricio Rosende who said that the radical indigenous Mapuche organizations Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM) was no longer operative now that its leaders were in prison (El Mercurio, conservative, influential newspape [...]
2009-08-11 20:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO775 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 13
[...] Three different polls -- CERC, Imaginaccion, and Direct Media -- show that Sebastian Pinera is ahead in the presidential race in either a first round or a runoff election with Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei and independent Marcos Enriquez-Ominami (El Mercurio, conservative, influential, 8/ [...]
2009-08-13 20:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO776 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 12
[...] The holding company responsible for HidroAysen, the largest electricity generation project in the country, will launch a nationwide campaign on television, Internet, and radio to inform the public of the project (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/13). Honduras -------- 2. The USG [...]
2009-08-13 20:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO78 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 23
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted the detention of the former National Registry Service Director for mismanagement and embezzlement; the more than 40% rate reduction for calls to cell phones; and the violent attack of an estate in the indigenous Mapuche area in southern Chile. U.S.-Related News - [...]
2009-01-23 15:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO781 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 14
[...] The death of an indigenous Mapuche when the police evicted him and others from a private estate in southern Chile has triggered violent incidents in the Region of Araucania. Eight policemen have been injured by shotgun pellets (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/14). Honduras -------- [...]
2009-08-14 19:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO786 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 17
[...] After three years, President Bachelet will enact the General Education Law this week. The new law answers some of the demands of the 2006 student revolt (La Tercera, conservative, independent, 8/16) Honduras -------- 2. Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez said that in his meeting [...]
2009-08-17 20:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO787 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 18
[...] Chile's Police Force officially supported the special unit agent indicted for the death of an indigenous activist in last week's clashes; new drop in stocks prices shakes global financial markets; President Obama's healthcare reform faces strong criticism in the United States. U.S.-Chile -- [...]
2009-08-18 13:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO788 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 19
[...] Opposition Deputy Gonzalo Arenas reacted aggressively against Minister of the Interior Edmundo Perez Yoma during his testimony at the Chamber of Deputies yesterday. Minister Perez Yoma was testifying on the violent events in Region Nine involving Mapuche indigenous, but his explanations did not [...]
2009-08-19 13:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO792 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 20
[...] An Ipsos survey shows a technical tie between Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei and independent Marco Enriquez-Ominami in a presidential race against Sebastian Pinera. The results were 22.9 for Frei, 20.6 for Enriquez-Ominami, and 35.6 for Pinera, (Independent, conservative, La Tercera, 8/20) [...]
2009-08-20 13:45:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO793 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 20
[...] An Ipsos survey shows a technical tie between Concertacion candidate Eduardo Frei and independent Marco Enriquez-Ominami in a presidential race against Sebastian Pinera. The results were 22.9 for Frei, 20.6 for Enriquez-Ominami, and 35.6 for Pinera, (Independent, conservative, La Tercera, 8/20) [...]
2009-08-20 14:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO800 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 24
[...] Tests show that the virus affecting two turkey breeding farms in the Fifth Region is the AH1N1 virus that affected humans this winter. This makes Chile the first country to detect the virus in turkeys. The World Health Organization (WHO) is also monitoring the two farms (Conservative afternoo [...]
2009-08-24 20:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO801 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 25
[...] Over the weekend Peruvian President Alan Garcia suggested in an interview that Chile and Bolivia had some type of secret agreement to provide the latter with access to the sea. In this context, Bolivian President Evo Morales and Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez denied the existence of [...]
2009-08-25 15:36:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO806 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 26
[...] The sale of retail products increased 8.8 per cent in July. The sale of clothing shot up 26.1 and shoes 17.4 per cent, spreading optimism in the business sector (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 8/26). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The Kennedy Amendment was the one issue tha [...]
2009-08-26 19:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO810 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 27
[...] The government is considering a constitutional reform to restrict residence visas for Easter Island, based on environmental sustainability. Island leaders, however, want an immediate solution to the problem (Conservative, independent La TErcera, 8/27). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2 [...]
2009-08-27 19:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO811 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 28
[...] President Alvaro Uribe will confront at a UNASUR meeting today Hugo Chavez' criticism of Colombia's agreement with the United States (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record, El Mercurio, 8/28). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The U.S. Embassy in Santiago opened a condolence [...]
2009-08-28 18:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO817 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 31
[...] The UNASUR summit was aired live and showed us a disorganized and seven-hour debate that concluded with upset presidents and a final declaration that made no reference to the U.S.-Colombia agreement. The declaration, however, states that "foreign military forces cannot threaten the sovereignty [...]
2009-08-31 20:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO823 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - SEPTEMBER 1
[...] The National unemployment rate is up to 10.8 percent for May-July. Valparaiso has the highest rate (18.5 percent),followed by Angol and Vina del Mar (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record El Mercurio, 9/1). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Austral Capital investment fund wi [...]
2009-09-01 17:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO825 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2
[...] Presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera launched his candidacy yesterday in an "Obama style" proclamation event in Santiago (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 9/2). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The National Economic Prosecutor's office, FNE, said it would go ahead and review [...]
2009-09-02 19:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO84 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 24-26
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted the cancelling or postponing of investment projects worth US$18 billion dollars, primarily in Chile's mining and real estate sectors, because of the economic crisis. Front-page coverage continued about the Obama administration's first week in office. U.S.-Relate [...]
2009-01-26 19:43:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO840Sept. 8 Santiago Media Report
[...] The rain caused three mudslides in the area of Farellones near Santiago. A woman died and her 2-year old remains missing (All dailies, 9/7). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Starting tomorrow, the capital of the Second Region, Calama, will be the center of the Des [...]
2009-09-08 21:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO844Sept. 9 Santiago Media Report
[...] Colombia displaced Chile as the best country in which to do business in Latin America, according to the Doing Business 2010 World Bank ranking. Colombia moved up 12 positions and Chile down 9 (Conservative, independent, La Tercera, 9/9). U.S.-Related News ------------ [...]
2009-09-09 20:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO848Santiago Sept. 10 Media Report
[...] A former Air Force officer stated that his brigade had paid approximately US$3 million to purchase spare parts for helicopters that were never received and for maintenance services that were never conducted. An investigation was opened for misuse of state funds (La Tercera, 9/10). [...]
2009-09-10 17:37:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO86 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 27
[...] Headlines noted Minister of Interior Edmundo Perez-Yoma will testify over the 1994 Belgium sale of Mirage aircraft to Chile. Former Air Force Commander-in-Chief Ramon Vega is one of several officers arrested on suspicion of embezzlement in this case. Dailies also highlighted that Eduardo Frei [...]
2009-01-27 20:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO870Santiago Sept. 16 Media Report
[...] Presidential candidates are preparing for their first television debate that will be aired by National Television TVN on September 23, at 10:40 p.m.. The debate will last 90 minutes and will be conducted by one journalist. One part of it will be for the candidates to answer a few questions [...]
2009-09-16 19:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO88 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 28
[...] Dailies continue to cover as front page news the 1994 Mirage purchase scandal and the economic crisis, highlighting that unemployment in Santiago is up to 9.7%. President Obama's interview with Al-Arabiya is also highlighted. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Headline: "Obama gives [...]
2009-01-28 15:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO886Santiago Sept. 17 Meda Report
[...] All dailies report on the array of events that the municipalities and the government are preparing in different parts of Santiago for the September 18-19 Independence Day holiday. U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. After inaugurating the Bicentennial and [...]
2009-09-17 20:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO89 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 29
[...] The Cencosud conglomerate stopped the construction of its US$600 million, three-tower Costanera Center project (located near the Embassy). The construction project employed thousands of workers who were building the highest tower in South America. Dailies also highlighted a 40-peso increase [...]
2009-01-29 15:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO890Sept. 21 Media Report
[...] Twenty-three people died in car accidents over the "Dieciocho" long holiday. All of them were related to alcohol consumption (Conservative, independent,La Tercera, 9/21). Salitre Exercise ------------------- 2. Background: At Unasur, Peru's President proposed that South American [...]
2009-09-21 21:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO896Santiago Sept. 22 Media Report
[...] Tension increases with Manuel Zelaya's return to Honduras and his request for refuge in the Brazilian embassy (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 9/22). U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. The poverty rate in the United States in 2008 was 13.2%, due to the [...]
2009-09-22 21:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO902Santiago Sept. 23 Media Report
[...] The rape of a 14-year old girl and the inability of her parents to find the morning-after pill in local pharmacies prompted the government to open an investigation. Drug stores claim they have no stock of the product, but the state Central Distribution Center says there are 14,000 doses o [...]
2009-09-23 21:17:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO908Santiago Sept. 24 Media Report
[...] All dailies ran extensive coverage of the first presidential debate aired last night on National Television TVN. American Competitiveness Forum ----------------------------------------- 2. In a video conference from Washington organized by the U.S. Embassy , Department of [...]
2009-09-24 21:06:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO91 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 30
[...] Dailies continued with extensive reporting on the effects of the Cencosud conglomerate's decision to stop construction of its US$600 million, three-tower Costanera Center project. The media is portraying this development as representative of Chile's economic crisis. Dailies also continue to [...]
2009-01-30 16:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO916Santiago Sept. 25 Media Report
[...] On Wednesday's presidential debate, Eduardo Frei cited a Transparency International (TI) report released the day before which mentions a fine levied by Chile's Securities and Stocks Regulator against Pinera for the use of privileged information to buy LanChile shares in 2006. Yesterday, [...]
2009-09-25 21:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO92 CHILE: 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] PROCEDURES Inventory Management EUM Program Coordinator Patrick Fischer, 56-2-330-3394, FischerPJ@state.gov Inventory System Post is able to take advantage of official travel for spot-checking on an ad hoc basis. However, on-site inspections are infrequent given the small size of the [...]
2009-01-30 18:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN SNAR CI
09SANTIAGO932Santiago Sept. 28 Media Report
[...] U.S. Secretary of Commerce to visit Chile for the Third Americas Competitiveness Forum that starts on Sept. 27 and will conclude on the 29th. Other key participants are President Bachelet and her Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom (Mercurio on line, 9/28). 2. The governor of Califor [...]
2009-09-29 20:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO936Santiago Sept. 29 Media Report
[...] At the opening of the Third Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF),Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke said the United States is "committed to resisting the temptation" of applying protectionist policies. "These kinds of policies might be well-intended, but inevitably fail," said Locke. The Sec [...]
2009-09-29 21:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO938Santiago Sept. 30 Media Report
[...] The Executive Office submitted a bill to Congress that creates a ministry for indigenous affairs and a new agency to implement indigenous policies (Government-owned La Nacion, 9/30). Secretary Locke -------------------- 2. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Loc [...]
2009-09-30 16:25:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO948Santiago Oct. 1 Media Report
[...] Jorge Navarrete, director of the local chapter of Transparency International (TI),"Chile, Transparente," resigned amid a controversy regarding the local organization's lack of thoroughness and impartiality (All dailies, 10/2). "Salitre" Military Exercise ------------------- [...]
2009-10-02 12:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO950Santiago Oct. 2 Media Report
[...] The Antofagasta Regional Environmental Commission (Corema) ordered gas company "Geotermica del Norte" to cease exploration activities near El Tatio geyser field in northern Chile. On September 8 operations resulted in a leak that sent water shooting 197 feet into the air, cau [...]
2009-10-05 12:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO958Santiago October 5 Media Report
[...] Gas company "Geotermica del Norte" was able to close the leak caused by its exploration activities near El Tatio geyser field in northern Chile on September 8 (All dailies, 10/5). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Women's National Service (Sernam) Ministe [...]
2009-10-05 21:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO962Santiago October 6 Media Report
[...] Chile ranked first in Latin America and 44th globally in the United Nations Development Program index on human development. The ranking includes variables such as life expectancy (78.5 years),per capita GDP, and access to health and education. Social and gender inequity were two var [...]
2009-10-06 18:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO97 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 2
[...] Dailies continue to highlight different aspects of the investigation of the 1994 Mirage aircraft purchases from Belgium. Dailies also highlighted the FARC's release of four hostages and President Obama's call to Bachelet, inviting her for a state visit. U.S.-Related News ----------------- [...]
2009-02-03 12:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO970Santiago Oct. 7 Media Report
[...] Congress passed a draft bill that creates a new corporative government for Chile's state-owned copper company Codelco. This is "the most significant" change the company has undergone since its creation in 1976 (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/7). U.S. Related News [...]
2009-10-07 21:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO972Santiago Oct. 8 Media Report
[...] The Distortions Committee, formed by Central Bank and finance, agriculture, foreign affairs, and economy ministry officials decreed a 15% temporary special duty on powdered milk and gouda cheese imports from Uruguay and Argentina (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 10/8). Salitre [...]
2009-10-08 17:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO974Oct. 9 Media Report
[...] Chile ranked fourth on the World Economic Forum financial stability index for 2009. The report included 55 countries, where the UK ranked first (Conservative, influential El Mercurio, 10/9). Salitre Exercise ------------------ 2. Chile changed the hypothetical backg [...]
2009-10-09 19:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO978Santiago Oct. 10-13 Media Report
[...] Chile played Colombia in Medellin and won 4-2, therefore qualifying for the World Cup (All dailies, 10/11). U.S.-Related News ----------------------- 2. After almost a month and a half of controversy over the "Salitre" exercise, the U.S. Embassy in Santiago commended [...]
2009-10-13 20:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO980Santiago Oct. 14 Media Report
[...] Under Secretary of Interior Patricio Rosende said the government will invoke the Anti-Terrorist Law to prosecute those responsible for burning two trucks, attacking a toll booth, and firiQt private vehicles in the community of Victoria, in southern Chile, over the weekend. The indiv [...]
2009-10-14 14:12:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO99 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -FEBRUARY 3
[...] Dailies highlighted that Chile will host the Summit of the Progressive Governance Network in Vina del Mar in late March, and the leaders of Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Argentina, and Brazil are expected to attend. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. 14-year old Marcos Ro [...]
2009-02-03 15:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO996Santiago Oct. 20 Media Report
[...] A protected witness revealed that the five individuals implicated in last week's attack in the Region of Araucania, where a toll booth was destroyed and several trucks were set on fire, were planning to attack trucks transporting gas and oil from Argentina (Conservative, influential [...]
2009-10-20 19:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO998Santiago Oct. 21 Media Report
[...] Hooded individuals carrying shotguns intercepted and burned two trucks in the Region of Araucania, where indigenous communities are reclaiming ancestral lands (All dailies, 10/21). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Chilean ambassador to the U.S. Jose Goni [...]
2009-10-21 17:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTODOMINGO1070SECRETARY AND CARIBBEAN LEADERS MEETING AT UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 16:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDXL PREL UNGA SNAR DR
09SANTODOMINGO1321SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF WHA P/DAS CRAIG KELLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Santo Domingo warmly welcomes you to the Dominican Republic. Your visit will reinforce our strong bilateral relationship that is based on extensive economic and commercial ties, military and law enforcement cooperation, and cultural links. President Leonel Fernandez has [...]
2009-12-08 18:48:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SNAR EAID DR
09SANTODOMINGO1339WHA P/DAS Craig Kelly's Discussions with President and
[...] (C) WHA P/DAS Craig Kelly, in a 12/10/09 meeting with President Leonel Fernandez and Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, and in a 12/11/09 meeting with Morales, encouraged the Government of the Dominican Republic (GoDR) to promote the Pathways to Prosperity initiative as a mechanism fo [...]
2009-12-22 18:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD SNAR SCUL EAID DR HA
09SANTODOMINGO1345GANGLAND-STYLE EXECUTION OF RETIRED POLICE LT. COLONEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 20:50:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL DR SNAR KJUS KCRM
09SANTODOMINGO1458LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MAAG COUNTERDRUG OPS. (1 NAME),
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following MAAG sponsored individual who has been selected for Counterdrug Ops. training, scheduled to start 06 January 2010. Post has no disqualifying [...]
2009-12-11 15:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR PGOV MASS SNAR DR
09SANTODOMINGO1472LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DEA TACTICAL RESPONSE (38 NAMES),
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 38 DEA sponsored individuals who have been selected for Tactical Response training, scheduled to start 04 January 2010. Post has no disquali [...]
2009-12-14 14:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR SNAR PGOV MASS DR
09SANTODOMINGO1474LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DEA CNIES (14 NAMES),D.R.,
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 14 DEA sponsored individuals who have been selected for CNIES training, scheduled to start 04 January 2010. Post has no disqualifying inform [...]
2009-12-14 14:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR PGOV SNAR MASS DR
09SANTODOMINGO1590LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - MAAG COUNTER DRUG OPS (2 NAMES),
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 2 MAAG sponsored individuals who have been selected for Counter Drug Ops training, scheduled to start 06 January 2010. Post has no disqualif [...]
2009-12-21 18:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MARR PGOV MASS DR
09SANTODOMINGO289SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MARCH 6,
[...] Movement on DR-Haiti Mixed Bilateral Commission 2. Fernandez Visits Cuba 3. HSV Swift Visit Brings Training and Humanitarian Outreach 4. Fernandez Hands Out the Spoils 5. Caribbean Discusses Drugs at UNODC Conference  [...]
2009-03-06 16:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MARR CU HA DR
09SANTODOMINGO308RULE OF LAW ROUND-UP MARCH 2009
[...] (U) Following an Independence Day (Feb 27) speech in which President Fernandez called for fighting "without fear" against corruption and narco-trafficking, the head of the National Police, Guillermo Guzman Fermin recommended to the President that some 700 other officers be sacked. In the last [...]
2009-03-12 17:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KJUS ECON SNAR DR
09SANTODOMINGO434MONEY LAUNDERING IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary: Years after appropriate legislation to combat money laundering was put in place, and with the support of various Embassy agencies, the GODR has begun mounting criminal cases involving financial misconduct. However, the prosecution of money laundering, per se, remains infrequent d [...]
2009-04-08 12:15:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV KCOR SNAR KJUS DR
09SANTODOMINGO648LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DEA INTL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following DEA sponsored individual who has been selected for an International Narcotics Enforcement Seminar, scheduled to start 14 June 2009. Post has n [...]
2009-06-05 13:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR
09SANTODOMINGO651NARCOTICS MAJORS LIST 2010 REQUEST FOR REPORT CARD
[...] (U) The Government of the Dominican Republic (GODR) continues to make progress in combating the transient flow of illicit drugs through the Dominican Republic en-route to the United States. Although the GODR expresses a desire to combat criminal activities and continues to cooperate with the [...]
2009-06-05 18:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR PGOV SNAR
09SANTODOMINGO672LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DEA JUNGLE TRAINING (3
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following DEA 3 sponsored individuals who have been selected for Jungle Training, scheduled to start 27 July 2009. Post has no disqualifying information. [...]
2009-06-10 16:26:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR
09SANTODOMINGO769LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - NAS COMANDO JUNGLA (6
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (U) Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following 6 NAS sponsored individuals who have been selected for Comando Jungla training, scheduled to start 27 July 2009. Post has no disqualifying info [...]
2009-07-14 13:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PGOV PHUM SNAR DR
09SAOPAULO558WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PCC?
[...] (SBU) Summary: For three days in May 2006, the imprisoned leaders of the Sao Paulo-based criminal organization, the First Capital Command (PCC),orchestrated uprisings in Sao Paulo's streets and in Brazil's prisons that killed almost fifty police, captured global headlines and paralyzed the n [...]
2009-09-22 17:29:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV PREL SNAR BR AVERY
09SAOPAULO98 INL ANTICRIME PROGRAM BEARS FRUIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The State of Sao Paulo is making improvements to its once-notorious juvenile detention system (Fundacao CASA, formerly known as FEBEM),in part thanks to USG support. The improvements became clear during a February 3, 2009 visit to two such facilities by International Narcotic [...]
2009-02-13 16:01:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
09SARAJEVO12412009-2010 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INCSR REPORT (PART I)
[...] (U) Below follows the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part One for Bosnia-Herzegovina. I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Bosnia") remain in a formative stage and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of l [...]
2009-11-02 14:44:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM BK
09SARAJEVO954BOSNIA: FY09 INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED LAW
[...] (U) The U.S. Government's core strategic objective in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) is to lock the country into a self-sustaining path towards Euro-Atlantic integration. A BiH inside NATO and the EU is the best guarantee that the country's future will be stable, democratic and prosperous. Strong l [...]
2009-08-04 14:35:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC SNAR KCRM KJUS SOCI BK
09SARAJEVO955BOSNIA: FY09 INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 14:39:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC SNAR KCRM KJUS SOCI BK
09SEOUL17442009-2010 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is provided in para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided in para 3 with the und [...]
2009-11-03 06:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KN KS
09SEOUL42008-2009 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is provided in para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the und [...]
2009-01-02 01:38:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KN KS
09SINGAPORE10622009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Post submits its draft 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Drugs and Chemical Control Section, Volume 1. 2. (SBU) Begin text. I. Summary The Government of Singapore (GOS) enforces stringent counter-narcotics policies through strict [...]
2009-11-02 04:38:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN
09SOFIA214BULGARIA: REVISED 2008 INL END USE REPORT
[...] The following is Embassy Sofia's revised 2008 End Use Monitoring Report, keyed to items listed in Reftel B. A. Inventory Management End Use Monitoring Report Coordinator: Joslyn Mack-Wilson, Political Officer, 359 2 937 5276, mack-wilsonjg@tstate.gov. B. Inventory System: Post mainta [...]
2009-05-11 09:36:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN KCRM KJUS BU
09SOFIA66BULGARIA: 2008 INL END USE REPORT
[...] PC model Pentium II (2) with 17-inch HP monitor (1) and 17-inch Sony monitor model HMD-A220 (1) 2. HP Copier/scanner/fax/printer (1) Computer Equipment at the NFI ----------------------------- The equipment was donated to the Institute in 2000 and is in use beyond is anticipated usef [...]
2009-02-13 14:17:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN KCRM KJUS BU
09SOFIA683BULGARIA: 2009-2010 INCSR, PART I
[...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following text for the 2009-2010 INCSR, Part 1. BEGIN TEXT Bulgaria I. Summary Bulgaria is a transit country for heroin and cocaine, as well as a producer of illicit narcotics. Astride Balkan transit routes, Bulgaria is vulnerable to illeg [...]
2009-12-02 15:53:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR BU
09STATE100988U/S OTERO,S SEPTEMBER 23 MEETING WITH BOLIVIA
[...] Classified by U/S Maria Otero (G). Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) September 23, 2009; 11:00; New York, USA. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Maria Otero WHA A/S Thomas Shannon Laura Pena Barbara Rocha (Notetaker) Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca UN Charge Pablo Solon 4. [...]
2009-09-28 20:56:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR BL
09STATE103113U/S BURNS' SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 CONVERSATION WITH
[...] (U) September 25, 2009; 4:00 p.m.; New York City, NY, USA. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES U/S Willian J. Burns DAS Christopher J. McMullen Sara Mangiaracina (WHA Notetaker) PERU FM Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde Luis Valdivieso, Peruvian Ambassador to the United States Luis Chavez [...]
2009-10-02 20:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETBR CU HO NU OVIP PE PINS PM PREL SNAR VE OAS
09STATE103558WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S SEPTEMBER 29,
[...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; New York, NY, USA. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon Anthony Miranda (WHA Notetaker) Nicaragua Foreign Minister Samuel Santos Lopez Ambassador Jaime Hermida Castillo, Deputy UN PermRep Roberto Leal Ocampo, Dir [...]
2009-10-05 18:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD HO NU OVIP PGOV PREL SNAR
09STATE103561UNDER SECRETARY BURN'S SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
[...] (U) September 25, 2009; 18:00; New York, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon Bert Kraaimoore (Notetaker) EL SALVADOR Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez UN PermRep Carmen Maria Gallardo Chief of Cabin [...]
2009-10-05 18:48:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN SMIG SNAR ES HO
09STATE104192RESPONSE TO COLOMBIAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please pass to NAS/Bogota. Please see paragraph three. 2. (U) Reftel requested instructions from Department on responding to an offer of assistance from the Colombian National Police (CNP) to help train the Counternarcotics Police of Afghanistan's Narcotics In [...]
2009-10-06 20:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR AF CO
09STATE109389UNGA: GUIDANCE FOR RESOLUTION ON UN CONGRESS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly will consider its resolution on the UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice the week of October 26 in New York. The resolution is expected to be adopted by consensus. 3.(SBU) ACTION REQUE [...]
2009-10-22 19:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL SNAR UNCRIME UNGA
09STATE109393UNGA: GUIDANCE FOR RESOLUTION ON UN AFRICAN
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly will consider its annual resolution on the United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI) the week of October 26 in New York. The UNAFRI resolution [...]
2009-10-22 19:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF AORC PREL SNAR UNCRIME UNGA
09STATE110970GUINEA: UNSC ADOPTION OF PRST
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Guinea to be adopted on October 28 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The Secu [...]
2009-10-27 22:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE113010GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC CONSULTATIONS NOVEMBER 5
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Guinea-Bissau November 5. 2. Begin points: --Key Objective: Reiterate our position that security sector reform (SSR) and counternarcotics work are paramount to [...]
2009-11-02 23:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE113299LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA 7579 - UNDERWATER
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of October 30, 2009 it possesses no credible information or gross violations of human rights by the security officers below: Name: Daniel Jacbos Norte Rank: Police Officer Date of birth: 02/14/1968 Place of birth: Mareesbur [...]
2009-11-03 16:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM SNAR SA
09STATE113517EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99295 THRU 99298
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2009-11-03 20:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEG MASS PHUM PM PREL SNAR
09STATE114026GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT FOR
[...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to join consensus in the Security Council on a Presidential Statement on Guinea-Bissau in paragraph 2. USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Presidential Statement to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2 [...]
2009-11-05 00:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE114630EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99267 THRU 99294
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2009-11-06 14:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEG MASS PHUM PM PREL SNAR
09STATE116083LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (TBILISI 1951 )
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend "Courtroom Testimony and Demeanor" training course at the MOIA Police Academy. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individual listed in reftel and possess [...]
2009-11-10 20:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SNAR GG
09STATE121356EGYPT LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING RESPONSE - 99299
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2009-11-25 02:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR EG PM
09STATE122615EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE - 99329 THRU 99341
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2009-11-30 20:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEG MASS PHUM PM PREL SNAR
09STATE122623LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 01165,
[...] (SBU) As of November 24,2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. 2. (SBU) Names of the proposed candidates are as follows: AGUILERA PEREZ, Marvin Javier POB: Tegucigalpa, Honduras DOB: 22 May 1974 ALV [...]
2009-11-30 20:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE12332HAITI'S PRESIDENT PREVAL MAKES CASE FOR GREATER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Clinton met with Haitian President Rene Preval on February 5. Preval described the economic devastation caused by the hurricanes and asked for additional USG assistance to help cover a $75 million budget shortfall. The Secretary assured Preval of continued U.S. supp [...]
2009-02-11 00:15:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EAID SNAR ECON SOCI HA
09STATE125208UN SECURITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 8 THEMATIC DEBATE ON
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the statement in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council thematic debate on Drug Trafficking in West Africa on December 8. USUN is also instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Drug Trafficking to be [...]
2009-12-07 23:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA XY UNCND UNIDCP SNAR
09STATE127191FOR RELEASE: Dip Note on Access to Colombian Extraditees
[...] (SBU) Washington requests Embassy Bogota deliver the below diplomatic note, at para 3, to an appropriate level of the Foreign Ministry. Please encourage the MFA to share the diplomatic note with relevant parts of the GOC and other governmental branches, sub-divisions and levels, as well as ind [...]
2009-12-11 19:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KJUS SNAR CO
09STATE127628LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (BELGRADE 1412)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Session 74 at the ILEA Training Academy in Budapest, Hungary from January 11, 2009 to March 4, 2009. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals [...]
2009-12-14 17:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS PHUM SNAR SR
09STATE129513IRAQI CHIEF JUSTICE MEDHAT VISITS U.S., SEEKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since 2003, Iraqi Chief Justice Medhat Al- Mahmoud has been working closely with the U.S. Mission to Iraq to strengthen the Iraqi judiciary and the culture of the rule of law in Iraq. With the aim of expanding his understanding of judicial best practices, earlier this fall Chie [...]
2009-12-18 18:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIZ KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV SNAR
09STATE130735EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE 99342 THRU 99365 AND
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2009-12-23 20:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEG MASS PHUM PM PREL SNAR
09STATE131695LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (TBILISI 2237)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the study tour sponsored by Project Harmony in Burlington and Montpelier, VT and Washington DC. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals listed in [...]
2009-12-29 21:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SNAR GG
09STATE131728(S) KUDOS ON ORGANIZED CRIME REPORTING
[...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE REF REPORTING ON BULGARIA'S MOST WANTED. THIS IS EXACTLY THE TYPE AND QUALITY OF REPORTING ANALYSTS LOOK FORWARD TO AND VALUE. ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON PROMINENT ORGANIZED CRIMINALS, THE ACTIVITIES THEY ARE INVOLVED IN, AND THEIR LINKS TO PROMINENT BUSINESS [...]
2009-12-29 22:03:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM PGOV SNAR BU
09STATE13944ECUADOR: MANTA FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION
[...] (U) The following points respond to Embassy Quito's request (reftel) for a timeline for the withdrawal from the Manta Forward Operating Location, as well as other information. Post may share these points with GOE counterparts. 2. (U) TALKING POINTS: MANTA FOL WITHDRAWAL ------------------ [...]
2009-02-13 21:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS SNAR EC
09STATE1589DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CHINA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ILEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified in paragraph 2 below. The individuals from the Guangzhou Anti-Smuggling Bureau listed below are candidates to attend [...]
2009-01-07 21:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM PTER PREL MARR SNAR HK CH TH
09STATE1623DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a JUSMAG IMET candidate to attend the Naval Staff College from January 8, 2009 thro [...]
2009-01-07 23:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE1725DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for the ILEA Bangkok Post Blast Investigations training session scheduled from Janu [...]
2009-01-08 15:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
09STATE1744DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for the ILEA Bangkok Clandestine Lab Investigations and Chemical Control training s [...]
2009-01-08 15:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
09STATE1801DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to attend the EXBS-Sponsored US Coast Guard Boarding Officer training [...]
2009-01-08 17:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE18632A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ECUADORIAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) A/S Shannon met Ecuadorian Ambassador Luis Gallegos for a discussion of President Correa's February 7 call to expel DHS Attache Armando Astorga from Embassy Quito. Gallegos was focused on finding a diplomatic solution to the matter. He attempted to explain Correa's sharp response to a let [...]
2009-02-27 18:47:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR EC
09STATE19032COMPLETED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. TRAINING
[...] As of March 2, 2009, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the Paraguayan citizens below. 2. The proposed candidates are: Candidate name: Hugo Christian Grance DOB: September 25,1974 POB: Fernando De La Mora Nationality [...]
2009-03-02 14:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PHUM PINR SNAR PY
09STATE205DEPARTMENT LEAHY VETTING CLEARANCE FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations for the following individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to attend Specialized English Language Training and Airfield Operations courses a [...]
2009-01-02 18:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PP
09STATE206DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CHINA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ILEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual from the State Forestry Administration, Department of Forest Police listed below. This individual is a candidate to att [...]
2009-01-02 18:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM PTER PREL MARR SNAR HK CH TH
09STATE207DEPARTMENT LEAHY VETTING CLEARANCE FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations for the following individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to attend the Intelligence in Combating Terrorism and Military Intelligence Basic [...]
2009-01-02 18:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PP
09STATE208DEPARTMENT LEAHY VETTING CLEARANCE FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations for the following individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to attend the First Sergeant's Course at Sergeant Major's Academy in Fort Bliss, [...]
2009-01-02 18:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PP
09STATE23798ENGAGING BRAZIL ON REGIONAL COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] (C) Summary: WHA and INL recently held an initial conversation to encourage the Government of Brazil to assume a greater role in regional counter-narcotics efforts. INL A/S Johnson solicited Brazilian views on how to increase cooperation in responding to regional drug trends. WHA DAS McMulle [...]
2009-03-12 21:13:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALBR KCRM PREL SNAR SOCI BO
09STATE25200IRANIAN CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE 2010 COMMISSION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Per Reftel, Iran has announced its intention to pursue the Chairmanship of the 2010 Commission on Narcotic Drugs and has been elected by the Asia Group to fill this role. A formal announcement is expected this week in Vienna [...]
2009-03-17 15:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL SNAR IR
09STATE262DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to attend the Pacific Rim Security Conference from January 10-15, 2009. [...]
2009-01-02 20:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM ASEC KCRM SNAR HK TH
09STATE263DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok - Post Blast Investigations Course scheduled [...]
2009-01-02 20:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM ASEC KCRM SNAR HK TH
09STATE264DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the EXBS-Sponsored US Coast Guard Boarding Officer train [...]
2009-01-02 20:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE265DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the EXBS-Sponsored US Coast Guard Boarding Officer train [...]
2009-01-02 20:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE26715(U) KUDOS FOR GUINEA-BISSAU REPORTING
[...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS SEND THANKS TO POST FOR REFTEL REGARDING THE CRISIS IN GUINEA BISSAU. AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT, ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FRENCH VIEWS ON THE SITUATION, PARTICULARLY VIEWS ON INTERIM PRESIDENT PEREIRA'S FITNESS FOR THE PRESIDENCY AND THE SUPPORT HE IS [...]
2009-03-19 21:47:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL SNAR PU
09STATE28032Deputy Secretary Lew's February 26, 2009
[...] (U) February 26, 2009; 1:15 p.m., Washington, D.C. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Lew INL A/S David T. Johnson WHA PDAS Craig Kelly Craig Lang (INL notetaker) Colombia Defense Minister Santos Ambassador Carolina Barco Silvia Constain (Deputy Chief of Mission) Juan Car [...]
2009-03-24 14:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR CO
09STATE3047DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in an ICITAP Standard Emergency Management System training [...]
2009-01-12 20:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
09STATE32018FY2010 DEMARCHE/OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJORS LIST
[...] This message is an action request (Paragraphs 7, 8 and 9). 2. Summary and Action Requested. This message provides guidance for posts to engage the host country through a demarche on USG narcotics control objectives. This process is in connection with the State Department coordinated ann [...]
2009-04-02 17:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PE PGOV PREL SNAR
09STATE3218DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the EXBS-Sponsored US Coast Guard Boarding Officer train [...]
2009-01-13 14:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE3219DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in ICITAP Forensics Program, Provincial Police, Forensic L [...]
2009-01-13 14:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
09STATE32283GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC CONSULTATIONS APRIL 2
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Guinea-Bissau April 8. 2. Begin Statement: -- First, the United States welcomes the successful transition in Guinea-Bissau to Parliament Speaker Raimundo Pereir [...]
2009-04-02 23:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE32590DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR SINGAPORE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Intellectual Property Rights Course scheduled from April 27, 2009 thro [...]
2009-04-03 15:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ASEC MARR MOPS SNAR MASS SN
09STATE34127GUINEA-BISSAU: INSTRUCTION FOR ADOPTION OF UNSC
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement on the Guinea-Bissau to be adopted on April 8 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The Sec [...]
2009-04-07 23:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE34680(U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) APRIL 6, 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES The Secretary WHA A/S Thomas Shannon PA Spokesperson Robert Wood S Staff Dorothy Ngutter (WHA notetaker) PERU Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde Ambassador Luis Valdivieso (Appointed) DCM Manuel Talaver [...]
2009-04-09 01:32:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNOVIP HILLARY CLINTON PREL PTER SNAR ECON
09STATE35745A/S SHANNON'S MEETINGS WITH ECUADORIAN OFFICIALS
[...] Summary. (S/NF) On April 1, A/S Shannon met Ecuadorian Justice Minister Jalkh, Vice Foreign Minister Pozo, and other GOE officials to discuss GOE accusations that an embassy official had taken actions to destabilize the government of Ecuador. Making clear the GOE's desire to work with the USG [...]
2009-04-10 19:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PINR SNAR EC
09STATE35837DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR SINGAPORE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to attend the "Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism" at the Asia Pacific Center for [...]
2009-04-10 21:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PHUM SNAR MASS SN
09STATE4196LEAHY VETTING FOLLOW UP FOR TRAINING AS PART OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 18:47:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNINRA MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR MASS HA
09STATE4351LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN
[...] (U) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of 1/15/2009 it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officer(s) listed below: Last Name: Ahmad First Name: Zabi Father's Name: Shir Ahmad Date of Birth: June 11, 1984 Pl [...]
2009-01-15 22:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PTER SNAR AF
09STATE4359GUIDANCE REGARDING INVITING CHINA TO THE FRIENDS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-15 22:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AU AORC PREL FR NATO AF RU PL CH
09STATE4368DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for a JUSMAG Title X Cobra Gold 2009 exercise scheduled from February [...]
2009-01-15 23:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE4369DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - DAO
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the units and commanders listed below. These units and commanders are candidates to participate in DAO Bangkok JCET Teak Torch 09-2 and Ba [...]
2009-01-15 23:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE4370DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for an APCSS Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism Course fun [...]
2009-01-15 23:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE4371DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for JUSMAG IMET Intelligence in Combating Terrorism Course and an Ins [...]
2009-01-15 23:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE4372DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for the JUSMAG CTFP International Intelligence Fellows Program schedu [...]
2009-01-15 23:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE4373DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for the JUSMAG IMET Army Medical Department Captains Career Course sc [...]
2009-01-15 23:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE47202ECUADOR: "GAS AND GO" NON PAPER AND DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) Reftels A and B noted GOE willingness to consider a "Gas and Go" civilian counter-narcotics air interdiction program in the Eastern Pacific, in the wake of the pending U.S. withdrawal from Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) later this year. This cable provides Embassy Quito with a non [...]
2009-05-08 18:08:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SNAR EC
09STATE4800DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are JUSMAG IMET candidates to attend an Information Systems Management course schedu [...]
2009-01-16 21:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE4802DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are JUSMAG IMET candidates to attend an Aerospace Medical Primary course scheduled f [...]
2009-01-16 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE4803DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are JUSMAG IMET candidates to attend a Specialized English Training/Flight Nurse cou [...]
2009-01-16 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE4804DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are JUSMAG IMET candidates to attend a Warrior Leader/Instructor Training course sch [...]
2009-01-16 21:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE4805DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for an ILEA Bangkok-ATA 6885 - Identifying and Developing Investigati [...]
2009-01-16 21:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
09STATE4808DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for an ILEA Bangkok-ATA 6885 - Identifying and Developing Investigati [...]
2009-01-16 21:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
09STATE4809DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for a Training on Interdicting Terrorist Activities course scheduled [...]
2009-01-16 21:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
09STATE4810DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at a Joint Operations Medical Managers training course conducted by [...]
2009-01-16 21:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
09STATE4811DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - DAO
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the units and commanders listed below. These units and commanders are candidates to participate in the JUSMAG Bangkok JCET Balance Torch 0 [...]
2009-01-16 21:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE4812DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in the JUSMAG Bangkok Special Operations Combating Terrorism C [...]
2009-01-16 21:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE4877DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in DAO-sponsored Language and Program on Terrorism and Securit [...]
2009-01-16 22:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE4878DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a JUSMAG Title X Program candidate to attend an Advance Security Cooperation course [...]
2009-01-16 22:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE4879DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR NEW ZEALAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to attend the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference in March 2009 [...]
2009-01-16 22:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE50101LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 364
[...] (SBU) As of May 14, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. MARIN PEREIRA, Abdiel DOB: 20 AUG 1965 POB: Panama RANK: Sub-Comisionado UNIT: SENAN GARCIA-TOVAR, Tomas DOB: 25 JUL 1955 POB: Panama RANK: D [...]
2009-05-15 18:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE50912VICE-PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH HAITI PRIME
[...] (U) April 16, 2009; 1045 EDT; Washington, D.C. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Vice President Vice President's Office Brian McKeon NSC Western Hemisphere Director Dan Restrepo WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon Ambassador to Haiti Janet A. Sanderson WHA/CAR Velia De Pirro, notetaker Ha [...]
2009-05-19 02:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR EAID CASC PHUM HA
09STATE51136LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 326 FORENSIC
[...] (SBU) As of May 15, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. UNIT: Honduran National Criminal Investigation Directorate AGUILAR Gonzales, Jose Alberto POB: La Paz, Honduras DOB: 8-Feb-1982 ROMERO Rodr [...]
2009-05-19 15:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE51139LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 341
[...] (SBU) As of May 15, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. UNIT: Honduran Navy ALBA Muoz, Elder Joel (PO1) POB: Atima, Santa Brbara DOB: 21Apr1978 ALEMAN, Roger Arnaldo (SN) POB: Jocon, Olanchito [...]
2009-05-19 15:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE52828LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 340 COMBATTING
[...] (SBU) As of May 20, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. ROBELO Valladares, Luis (LTC) POB: Jacaleapa, El Paraiso DOB: 20-Aug-1959 IDIAQUEZ Valladares, Eugenia Isabel (Ms) POB: Danli, El Paraso DO [...]
2009-05-22 16:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE54322LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 335 (NAS 026-09)
[...] (SBU) As of May 11, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed. BEJARANO ANDRADE, Julio DOB: 04 APR 1961 POB: Panama RANK: Captain UNIT: PNP DIAZ HERRERA, Alberto DOB: 09 JUL 1973 POB: Panama RANK: Sergeant [...]
2009-05-27 20:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE54335LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 399, (ODC-033-09)
[...] (SBU) As of May 27, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. CHANIS FOSTER, Nemesio Ricardo DOB: 09 SEPT 1976 POB: Panama RANK: Taniento UNIT: SENAN 2. (U) Post is therefore authorized to provide t [...]
2009-05-27 20:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE54778LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 398, 400, 401, 402
[...] (SBU) As of May 27, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the Panamanian Public Force individuals listed. MENDEZ JARAMILLO, Gilberto DOB: 25 NOV 1966 POB: Panama RANK: SUBCOMANDOR UNIT: SENAN SAMANIEGO MONTENEGRO, Jose Man [...]
2009-05-28 18:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE57099UNODC: INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO SUPPORT EXTENSION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 6-7. 2. (SBU) Reftel indicates that UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director and Director General of the UN Office in Vienna (UNOV) Antonio Costa may seek an extension of his current and second term which expires in May 2010. Cos [...]
2009-06-03 16:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR UN
09STATE58032LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE SAN SALVADOR 473, HUMAN
[...] (SBU) As of June 2, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. MORALES VISCARRA, Mario Anibal, SGM ILOPANGO AIR FORCE BASE Sonsonate, 27-May-09 2. (U) Post is therefore authorized to provide the followin [...]
2009-06-05 13:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR ES
09STATE58373LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE SAN SALVADOR 482 -
[...] (SBU) As of June 2, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. GARCIA OLIVA, Julio Armando, GEN ARMY STAFF El Salvador, 15-Mar-61 2. (U) Post is therefore authorized to provide the following statement t [...]
2009-06-05 20:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR ES
09STATE58374LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE SAN SALVADOR 474, HUMAN
[...] (SBU) As of June 4, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. ESCOBAR PORTILLO , Diego Balmore National Police La Libertad, 14-Sep-67 2. (U) Post is therefore authorized to provide the following statemen [...]
2009-06-05 20:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR ES
09STATE58375LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE SAN SALVADOR 478 - LAW
[...] (SBU) As of June 4, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. PERLA FLORES, Jaime Ernesto, Subinspector National Police SAN SALVADOR, 15-Nov-67 MORATAYA VIVAR, Julio Fernando, Subinspector National Polic [...]
2009-06-05 20:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR ES
09STATE58376LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 425 AIRCRAFT
[...] (SBU) As of June 2, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. SAVAL ZAMBRANO, Nicolas DOB: 5 MAY 1966 POB: Panama RANK: N.A. UNIT: SENAN 2. (U) Post is therefore authorized to provide the following [...]
2009-06-05 20:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE59128GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC PRESS STATEMENT FOR JUNE 9
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council press statement on Guinea-Bissau to be adopted on June 9 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the press statement to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The memb [...]
2009-06-09 14:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE60463LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 384, MONEY
[...] (SBU) As of June 8, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. UNIT: DNSEI AGUILAR Alvarez, Jose Antonio POB: Choluteca, Honduras DOB: 4-Feb-1989 ALMENDAREZ, Rosario POB: Comayagua, Honduras DOB: 1 [...]
2009-06-11 20:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE61116LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 383, NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) As of June 8, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. UNIT: Honduran National Criminal Investigation Directorate MARTINEZ PALMA, ROSA MARIBEL DOB: 10-Mar-1965 POB: TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS PAZ MOR [...]
2009-06-12 19:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE61640LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 438,(ODC #047-09)
[...] (SBU) As of June 4, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ, Javier DOB: 11 JUNE 1968 POB: Panama RANK: N.A. UNIT: PNP RODRIGUEZ MORALES, Boris DOB: 25 APR 1977 POB: Chiriqui, Pa [...]
2009-06-15 17:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE62908GUINEA-BISSAU: UNSC CONSULTATIONS JUNE 23
[...] (U)This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Guinea-Bissau June 23. 2. Begin points: -- Thank SRSG Mutaboba for his briefing. -- The United States emphasizes the importance of transparent, free and fai [...]
2009-06-17 23:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE6367LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN
[...] (U) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of 1/23/2009 it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officer(s) listed below: Name: Zulaikha Hotak DOB: 1970 Father's Name: Fakir Ahmad Grandfather's Name: unknown POB: Wa [...]
2009-01-23 20:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PTER SNAR AF
09STATE63883PANAMA 447 LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (NAS #030-09);
[...] (SBU) As of June 18, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. AGRAZAL CHEN, Iraida DOB: 15 MAR 1975 POB: Cocle, Panama RANK: Sergeant UNIT: DIJ ALTAMIRANDA AROSEMENA, Hermelo DOB: 4 AUG 1967 POB: P [...]
2009-06-19 17:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE6423(C) IRANIAN OUTREACH TO LATIN AMERICA
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ASSESS THAT TEHRAN IS REACHING OUT TO LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO REDUCE ITS DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION AND INCREASE TIES TO LEFTIST COUNTRIES IN THE REGION THAT TEHRAN PERCEIVES MAY SHARE ITS ANTI-US AGENDA. PRESIDENT AHMADI-NEJAD APPEARS TO BE THE DRIVING FORC [...]
2009-01-23 21:51:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR ETRD MARR PREL PTER SNAR AR BH BL BR CI CO CS
09STATE6424DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for the FBI Basic Fingerprint Training starts January 27-30, 2009 in [...]
2009-01-23 21:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
09STATE6425DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (U) Candidates: CPT Arturo D.L. Palma, Jr. DPOB: May 17, 1973; Pangasinan, Philippines Unit: Headquarters, Army Support Command, Philippine Army CPT Timoteo D. Carcueva, Jr. DPOB: January 19, 1973; Cotabato, Philippines Unit: Headquarters, 5th Infantry Division, Philippine Army 3. (U) [...]
2009-01-23 21:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE6431DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for an ATA 6452 Investigating Terrorist Incidents course, which start [...]
2009-01-23 22:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
09STATE64609EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...]
2009-06-22 21:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR EG PM
09STATE65577LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE SAN SALVADOR 565
[...] (SBU) As of June 23, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. CARLOS ROBERTO ESCAMILLA, LTC CODEM SAN SALVADOR, 06-JAN-63 2. (U) Post is therefore authorized to provide the following statement to [...]
2009-06-24 18:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR ES
09STATE66680GUINEA-BISSAU: INSTRUCTION CABLE FOR DRAFT
[...] USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the draft resolution on Guinea-Bissau that would establish the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office of Guinea-Bissau, included in its entirety in paragraph 2. If the text should change substantially before the vote, USUN should seek immediate guidance fro [...]
2009-06-26 21:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE669DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in an ICITAP Maritime Security Development Project Command [...]
2009-01-05 20:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
09STATE68807EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...]
2009-07-02 14:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR EG PM
09STATE6915DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in an RSO-ILEA Bangkok-DS/T/ATA-sponsored course: Identify [...]
2009-01-26 20:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
09STATE6918DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Supervisory Criminal Investigator Cours [...]
2009-01-26 20:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE6919DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate to attend the ODC - Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course scheduled from February [...]
2009-01-26 20:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
09STATE6920DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ODC - Integrated Maritime Security System "1206" Project sched [...]
2009-01-26 20:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
09STATE6922DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate to attend the ODC - Squadron Leaders Course scheduled from February 16, 2009 th [...]
2009-01-26 20:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
09STATE69221GUIDANCE RESPONSE: DEALING WITH THE MICHELETTI
[...] (C) The General Assembly of the OAS adopted a resolution condemning the detention and expulsion of President Zelaya. The resolution also declared "that no government arising from this unconstitutional interruption will be recognized," and instructed Secretary General Insulza to initiate diploma [...]
2009-07-02 22:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCVIS EAID ECON EFIN HO KDEM MARR PBTS PGOV PREL SNAR
09STATE6924DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate to participate in the ODC - Combined Force Maritime Component Commander Confere [...]
2009-01-26 20:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
09STATE6925DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for the ILEA Bangkok Supervisory Criminal Investigators Course scheduled from Febru [...]
2009-01-26 20:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
09STATE6926DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to participate in the ODC - Integrated Maritime Security System "1206" Proje [...]
2009-01-26 20:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
09STATE6927DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok/ATA 6886 - Fraudulent Travel Documents [...]
2009-01-26 20:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE6929DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok/ATA 6887 - Investigative Information Ma [...]
2009-01-26 20:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE70111LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 501
[...] (SBU) As of July 6, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. HERNANDEZ, Molluk Jairo DOB: 18 JAN 1977 POB: Veraguas, Panama RANK: 0-2 UNIT: UMOF CASTRO RODRIGUEZ, Jose DOB: 4 APR 1982 POB: Panama [...]
2009-07-07 18:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE7017ISRAEL AND UNODC
[...] (C) This is an action request. Drawing on the points below, UNVIE is requested to encourage Israeli contributions to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Embassy Tel Aviv is also requested to engage with their appropriate counterparts on this matter. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: In 2007, Israe [...]
2009-01-26 23:38:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM
09STATE71171LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 503 (NAS #058-09);
[...] (SBU) As of July 7, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. CASTILLO AVLARADO, Mario DOB: 12 MAY 1973 POB: Chiriqui, Panama RANK: Captain UNIT: DIJ CORREA SANCHEZ, Alberto Antonio DOB: 28 JUNE 1971 P [...]
2009-07-09 18:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE72007LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 545, CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) As of July 9, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. UNIT: CEINCO COREA Gomez, Elias POB: La Paz, Honduras DOB: 26-DEC-1974 ESTRADA Pacheco, Rommel Lenin POB: Tegucigalpa, Honduras DOB: 2 [...]
2009-07-10 19:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE72101LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE PANAMA 478 (RSO 050-09)
[...] (SBU) As of June 25, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. HERNANDEZ JURADO, Jose DOB: 5 AUG 1970 POB: Panama RANK: N.A. UNIT: PNP CANAL MORALES AVILA, Luis DOB: 20 JAN 1982 POB: Panama RANK: N [...]
2009-07-10 22:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE7285DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for the FBI Basic Fingerprint Training starts January 27-30, 2009 in [...]
2009-01-27 19:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
09STATE7432DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend a Vietnam-Thailand Exchange Program Workshop with the En [...]
2009-01-27 21:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE7433DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are JUSMAG CTFP candidates to attend the Seminar on Transatlantic Civil Security (ST [...]
2009-01-27 21:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE7434DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are JUSMAG candidates to attend the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies course [...]
2009-01-27 21:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE7435DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are JUSMAG candidates to attend the Combined Force Maritime Component Commander cour [...]
2009-01-27 21:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE7436DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a JUSMAG IMET candidate to attend a Specialized English Training/Senior Non-Commiss [...]
2009-01-27 21:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE7437DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are JUSMAG IMET candidates to attend an Amphibious Plan Senior Officer- Internationa [...]
2009-01-27 21:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE7438DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are JUSMAG IMET candidates to attend an Aerospace Physiology course scheduled from F [...]
2009-01-27 21:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE74787(C/NF) MEXICO SECURITY AND ECONOMIC TEAM
[...] (C/NF) PRESIDENT FELIPE CALDERON'S SECURITY AND ECONOMIC TEAMS CONTINUE TO ATTRACT HIGH-LEVEL ATTENTION IN WASHINGTON. WITH US-MEXICO SECURITY COOPERATION CONTINUING TO EXPAND, WASHINGTON POLICYMAKERS REMAIN HIGHLY INTERESTED IN THEIR MEXICAN COUNTERPARTS. WHILE MOST SENIOR FIGURES IN THE MEXI [...]
2009-07-17 18:05:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR EFIN PINS SNAR MX
09STATE75554LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 546, POLICE
[...] (SBU) As of July 17, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. UNIT: Preventive Police AGUILAR Corrales, Glenda Francisca POB: Choluteca, Honduras DOB: 8-MAR-1982 GARCIA Pavon, Lesly Suyapa POB: Cho [...]
2009-07-20 19:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE7648DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in an ICITAP, Cyber Crimes Project with the North Sumatra [...]
2009-01-28 17:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
09STATE7649DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ICITAP Trafficking in Persons Program for the East [...]
2009-01-28 17:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
09STATE7668DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at an International Senior Officer Amphibious Planning training cour [...]
2009-01-28 18:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
09STATE7669DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at a Flight Safety Officer/Jet Engine Mishap Investigation course fr [...]
2009-01-28 18:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
09STATE7748DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to participate in Department of Defense Title X-funded training provi [...]
2009-01-28 19:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM CB
09STATE7814DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for an APCSS Comprehensive Crisis Management Course starts April 22, [...]
2009-01-28 23:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE7815DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a JUSMAG IMET candidate to attend an International Purchaser course starting on Mar [...]
2009-01-28 23:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE7816DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to attend the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Foreign Military Attache [...]
2009-01-28 23:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE78196LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 563
[...] (SBU) As of July 23,2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. UNIT: DNSEI AVILA Ramos, Jose Raul POB: Tegucigalpa, Honduras DOB: 17-NOV-1977 CUADRA Espinal, Eli Noel POB: El Paraiso, Honduras DOB: 1 [...]
2009-07-27 19:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE78197LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 562
[...] (SBU) As of July 23,2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. UNIT: DNSEI AVILA Maradiaga, Denis Alfredo POB: Valle, Honduras DOB: 29-JAN-1985 CALDERON Martinez, Selvin Leonel POB: Choluteca, Hondur [...]
2009-07-27 19:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE8055DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for the ILEA Bangkok Identifying and Developing Investigative Information Course sc [...]
2009-01-29 15:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
09STATE81142LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 548, POLICE
[...] (SBU) As of July 23, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. UNIT: DNSEI AMADOR Barahona, Enil Reniery POB: Atlantida, Honduras DOB: 23-DEC-1982 AVILA Ortiz, Ronal Francisco POB: El Paraiso, Hondu [...]
2009-08-04 20:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE81650PANAMA 585 LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR ACCUSATORY
[...] (SBU) As of August 5, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed. 2. Names of the proposed candidates are as follows: CHEN MONROY, Moises Alfonso DOB: 11 JUNE 1975 POB: Panama RANK: Lieutenant UNIT: DIJ [...]
2009-08-05 19:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR PM
09STATE82536LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 509 MAXIMUM
[...] (SBU) As of July 9, 2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. UNIT: DNSEP ALVAREZ Pastrana, Josue Manrique POB: Tegucigalpa, Honduras DOB: 7-JUL-1976 ALVAREZ Rodriguez, Darwin Reniery POB: Choluteca [...]
2009-08-07 20:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE8303FURTHER GUIDANCE FOR THE UNGASS REVIEW
[...] (C) Per ref A, Department understands that Chairman Ashipala supports a cooling off period for discussions involving "harm reduction" and that she believes that the issue can be separated out from the other issues so that negotiations on the latter can continue. Department agrees that UNVIE s [...]
2009-01-29 23:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALAORC KCRM PGOV SNAR UN
09STATE83495LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE TEGUCIGALPA 498
[...] (SBU) As of July 13,2009 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed. GARCIA Munoz, Lisandro POB: Lempira, Honduras DOB: 23-Nov-1982 UNIT: Preventive Police STEVEZ Orellana, Jose Armando POB: Tegucigalpa, Hondu [...]
2009-08-11 20:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR HO
09STATE8663DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at a Tactical Logistics Officer Course training course from February [...]
2009-01-30 20:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
09STATE8684DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the units and commanders identified below. These units and commanders are candidates to participate in Lantern Piston 09-2 from April 1 [...]
2009-01-30 20:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
09STATE8685DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for a Supervisory Criminal Investigators Course, which starts Februar [...]
2009-01-30 20:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
09STATE8686DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at a Joint Aviation Supply Maintenance and Material Management train [...]
2009-01-30 20:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
09STATE8700DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to participate in the Cobra Gold 09 Field Training Exercise scheduled from F [...]
2009-01-30 20:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
09STATE8701DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to participate in the ODC - Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference to commenc [...]
2009-01-30 20:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
09STATE8703DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the RSO-ILEA Bangkok Supervisory Criminal Investigators [...]
2009-01-30 20:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
09STATE8712DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for the Advanced Boarding Officer Course (CG-17) from February 16-27, 2009, in Labu [...]
2009-01-30 20:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
09STATE8716DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR SINGAPORE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the unit and commander below. This unit and commander are candidates U.S. EX-IM Bank funding. 2. (U) Unit and Commander: Unit: Defence Science and [...]
2009-01-30 20:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PHUM SNAR MASS SN
09STATE8717DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR SINGAPORE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Supervisory Criminal Investigators Course scheduled from February 16, [...]
2009-01-30 20:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR MASS SN
09STATE8719DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR SINGAPORE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Post Blast Investigations Course scheduled from March 23, 2009 through [...]
2009-01-30 20:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR MASS SN
09STATE8730DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for an Instructor Development course starting February 5, 2009 in Man [...]
2009-01-30 21:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
09STATE87762LEAHY VETTING FAST TRACK THIRD TRANCHE AND
[...] This cable announces the third tranche of countries approved for Fast Track Leahy vetting status. It also consolidates all three fast track tranches into one list that will be re-approved annually. This cable constitutes re-approval of the first two fast track tranches for another year from t [...]
2009-08-24 13:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM MASS PHUM PREL SNAR
09STATE89300Career Opportunities in the Bureau of
[...] The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) offers unique opportunities at the senior and mid levels to manage some of the State Department's largest and most critical programs, many of which are at the forefront of U.S. foreign policy. INL positions offer the ch [...]
2009-08-26 22:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM AMGT APER
09STATE90222LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (PODGORICA 189)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to participate in a five-day course, to be held August 24-28, 2009 at the Muriqan/Sukobine Joint Border Crossing Point between Montenegro and Albania. 2. (U) The Department o [...]
2009-08-28 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS MW
09STATE94917JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR DEA SPONSORED
[...] (SBU) In response to reftels Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of info [...]
2009-09-11 22:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR JO CY
09STATE9563DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Computer Crime Investigations Course: S [...]
2009-02-03 14:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE9564DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in the JUSMAG Amphibious Plan Senior Officer International, Ex [...]
2009-02-03 14:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE9565DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in a JUSMAG Special English Training course at Lackland Air Fo [...]
2009-02-03 14:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE9566DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ATA 6887 - Investigative Information Management cour [...]
2009-02-03 14:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE9567DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - DAO -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in the DAO 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference in Fort W [...]
2009-02-03 14:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE9568DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ATA - Fraudulent Travel Documents Training Course - [...]
2009-02-03 14:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STATE9569DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to participate in the JUSMAG Bangkok - JCET Baker Torch 09-4 - BPP Special [...]
2009-02-03 14:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
09STOCKHOLM703 SWEDEN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Sweden is not a significant illicit drug producing country. However, police report that Sweden is increasingly becoming a transit country for illegal drugs to other Nordic countries and Eastern European states. The fight against illegal drugs is an important government priority and enjoys stro [...]
2009-11-09 13:29:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL KSEP SW
09STOCKHOLM704 SWEDEN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 13:30:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL KSEP SW
09STOCKHOLM705 SWEDEN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Sweden is not a significant illicit drug producing country. However, police report that Sweden is increasingly becoming a transit country for illegal drugs to other Nordic countries and Eastern European states. The fight against illegal drugs is an important government priority and enjoys stro [...]
2009-11-09 14:46:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL KSEP SW
09STOCKHOLM759SCENESETTER FOR WHITE HOUSE ONDCP DIRECTOR R. GIL
[...] (U) Embassy Stockholm warmly welcomes you to Sweden. Your visit provides an opportunity to further cement close and collaborative bilateral relations with a nation and a government whose outlook on key international issues closely matches ours. For example, Sweden's foreign and defense minis [...]
2009-12-04 14:38:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PTER AF SW
09STOCKHOLM802 ONDCP DIRECTOR KERLIKOWSKE'S STOCKHOLM VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director R. Gil Kerlikowske on 8 December met with Stockholm County Police Commissioner Carin Gotblad, the Youth Chapter of the Stockholm Police Narcotic Division, Minister of Public Health Maria Larsson, and World Forum Against Dru [...]
2009-12-29 06:21:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL KCRM AF SW
09SURABAYA55METHANOL SPIKED "ARAK" RESULTS IN MULTIPLE DEATHS IN BALI
[...] Indonesian authorities on the island of Bali have confirmed more than 50 cases of suspected methanol poisoning associated with consumption of apparent methanol-spiked "arak" (also referred to as "arrack"). Arak is a common home-brewed alcoholic beverage in Bali, but is also produced by a few [...]
2009-06-02 11:04:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC SNAR SOCI ETRD ID
09SURABAYA56METHANOL SPIKED "ARAK" RESULTS IN MULTIPLE DEATHS IN BALI
[...] Indonesian authorities on the island of Bali have confirmed more than 50 cases of suspected methanol poisoning associated with consumption of apparent methanol-spiked "arak" (also referred to as "arrack"). Arak is a common home-brewed alcoholic beverage in Bali, but is also produced by a few [...]
2009-06-02 11:04:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC SNAR SOCI ETRD ID
09TALLINN3522009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Tallinn's submission for the 2009 - 2010 (EUR) International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. (U) The seizures of large amounts of narcotic substances, detection of drug traffi [...]
2009-10-30 15:49:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EN
09TASHKENT1011UZBEKISTAN: OFF-SHORE DEA COUNTRY ATTACHE FINALLY GRANTED
[...] (U) Summary: On June 15, the Embassy was informed orally by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the accreditation request for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Country Attache has been approved. This is a major step forward and should usher in a new era of enhanced counternarcotics c [...]
2009-06-18 10:57:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR KCRM EAID UZ
09TASHKENT1023UZBEKISTAN: SWISS CONCLUDE DRUG HARM REDUCTION PROJECT AT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Swiss Embassy in Tashkent marked the end of what it saw as a successful six-year drug harm reduction project, which included provision of clean needles and condoms to thousands of drug users in Uzbekistan with the goal of stopping the spread of disease, particularly HIV and [...]
2009-06-19 10:31:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KHIV SNAR SZ DEA UZ
09TASHKENT1199UZBEKISTAN: INL PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In June, 2009 there was a major breakthrough in the counternarcotics situation in Uzbekistan when the host government finally accredited a DEA Country Attache, which presents an opportunity to pursue an important mutual interest. The strawman exercise resulted in limited fundin [...]
2009-07-13 10:53:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR EAID UZ
09TASHKENT129 UZBEKISTAN: A POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD FOR DEA'S RETURN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 27-28, Visiting Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Assistant Country Attache Chris Melink and Emboffs met with representatives from the Government of Uzbekistan to discuss further bilateral counternarcotics cooperation and the possibility of DEA's return to Uzbekistan. M [...]
2009-02-02 15:05:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL KCRM PGOV PBTS UZ
09TASHKENT135UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING FOR NATO-RUSSIA COUNTERNARCOTICS
[...] (SBU) Post has conducted an internal review of its files and has found no credible evidence that Uzbek individuals in reftel are responsible for committing gross violations of human rights. NORLAND To view the entire SMART message, go to URL http://repository.state.sgov.gov/_layouts/OSS Searc [...]
2009-02-03 12:07:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MARR ASEC NATO SNAR RS UZ
09TASHKENT147UZBEKISTAN: FERGHANA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS PUTTING
[...] (C) On January 21, Poloff and Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program Assistant visited Ferghana Province's Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD). Emboffs conducted end-use monitoring of counternarcotics equipment that the International Narc [...]
2009-02-06 10:12:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PREL PGOV PBTS UZ
09TASHKENT148UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING FOR NATO-RUSSIA CN TRAINING IN
[...] (SBU) Embassy has conducted a review of its files and verifies that it does not possess credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Uzbek security officers identified in reftel. NORLAND To view the entire SMART message, go to URL http://repository.state.sgov.gov/_layouts/ [...]
2009-02-06 11:15:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ASEC NATO SNAR UZ
09TASHKENT163UZBEKISTAN: CUSTOMS OFFICIALS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT FLETC
[...] (SBU) On February 4, Emboffs met with five representatives of the State Customs Committee to discuss the development of cooperation between Customs and the U.S. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). EXBS Advisor proposed that two Customs officers travel to the center for a one-week [...]
2009-02-11 13:43:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL ASEC SNAR KNNP UZ
09TASHKENT1958UZBEKISTAN: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan is a geographically strategic crossroads between South Asia and Europe. It is primarily a transit country for opiates originating in Afghanistan, with an estimated 95 tons of Afghan opiates passing through Central Asia each year. Well-established trade routes fac [...]
2009-11-03 14:23:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL UZ
09TASHKENT1964Uzbekistan: Leahy Vetting Request for Marshal Center Program
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (SBU) Post has been provided with names of 2 GOU officials nominated to participate in the Faculty Exchange Program at the Marshal Center during November 12 - December 2,2009 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The nom [...]
2009-11-04 12:06:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR ASEC PINR UZ
09TASHKENT2018Leahy Vetting for River Port Termez Unit, UNODC J-49
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (U) GOU officials nominated the River Port Termez Unit under the Surhandarya Customs and Border Committee for UNODC training course J-49 Targeting and Risk Management, to take place November 16-20. The training wi [...]
2009-11-11 02:23:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SNAR ASEC UZ
09TASHKENT2194UZBEKISTAN 2009 INCSR REPORT - PART II: FINANCIAL CRIMES AND
[...] Uzbekistan is not an important regional financial center and does not have a well-developed financial system. Corruption, narcotics trafficking and smuggling generate the majority of illicit proceeds. Local and regional drug-trafficking and other organized crime organizations control narcotics [...]
2009-12-11 08:13:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR UZ
09TASHKENT220UZBEKISTAN: 2008 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 05:32:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL ASEC AFIN EAID UZ
09TASHKENT291UZBEKISTAN: INL SPONSORS FORENSIC DELEGATION VISIT TO USA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),with the support of the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP),arranged as a part of a successful ongoing project the participation of Uzbek forensic experts in th [...]
2009-03-16 08:33:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PHUM PREL KCOR KCRM UZ
09TASHKENT437Uzbekistan: Counternarcotics Meetings for CENTCOM and DEA
[...] (C) Summary: Experts in counternarcotics, engineering, and contracting from the U.S. Army's Central Command (CENTCOM) as well as the visiting Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Ankara-based Country Attache participated in meetings with a wide range of law enforcement and military representa [...]
2009-04-03 08:25:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR KCRM MASS EAID PINR TI AF UZ
09TASHKENT601UZBEKISTAN: NARCOTICS SEIZURES NOW REGULARLY HIGHLIGHTED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the first of planned regular updates about narcotics seizures publicized in the Uzbek state-controlled mass media. Emboffs have noted a substantial increase recently in the number of articles and television news reports highlighting narcotics-related arrests and seizure [...]
2009-04-29 04:52:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM PHUM KCOR ASEC TI UZ
09TASHKENT765UZBEKISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS MEETINGS INDICATE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: On May 7, the Ankara-based Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Country Attache and poloff accepted an invitation to tour the National Canine Center, which is operated by the State Customs Committee. On May 8 meetings were held with representatives of the Ministry of Internal Af [...]
2009-05-14 13:12:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PINR AF UZ
09TASHKENT767UZBEKISTAN: UNODC HOSTS OPERATION TARCET PRECURSOR
[...] (U) Summary: On May 12-13, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office in Central Asia hosted a policy planning session in Tashkent in preparation for the second year of Operation TARCET, which is focused on interdicting precursor chemicals en route to Afghanistan. Th [...]
2009-05-14 13:12:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ASEC UZ AF ZK IR
09TBILISI1589GEORGIA: STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE POLICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The reform of Georgia's police forces has been one of Georgia's most significant successes since the Rose Revolution, resulting in a decrease in corruption and improved public image for the police. However, because of the many agencies and branches with overlapping jurisdiction [...]
2009-08-25 05:05:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KBTS KCRM GG
09TBILISI690Georgia: INL-funded Legal Socialization Program Launched
[...] Summary: The Georgia Legal Socialization Project (GLSP),funded by INL and implemented by Project Harmony, has successfully sent Ministry of Internal Affairs neighborhood and patrol police to ninth grade classes in order to work with teachers in implementing Project Harmony's "Lawful Culture" [...]
2009-04-08 11:41:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV GG
09TEGUCIGALPA1090 Merida 2.0 in Honduras
[...] The following is Mission Honduras' input for the revised Merida Initiative strategy. ------------------------------------ I. Security Environment - Assessment ------------------------------------ 2. Citizen security has become an increasing problem for Honduras over the past decade, a [...]
2009-10-29 15:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID MASS MARR KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1114 TFHO1 Gangs Wage War While Police Distracted By Street
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since a June 18 prison escape by leaders of a Honduras transnational gang, a street war has killed at least 42 people, including four police and nine civilian women and children, most in broad daylight. The 18th Street and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gangs are exploiting the curr [...]
2009-11-06 17:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SMIG PINS PINR SOCI PGOV CVIS HO KCRM KJUS
09TEGUCIGALPA1269HONDURAS: November 2009 INL Monthly Report
[...] Summary. With the Ambassador's approval, Regional Corrections Advisor has resumed working-level contact with Honduran prisons officials and is advising the architect/project manager of the maximum security building project. Post followed up on the interim report of an at-risk youth program gra [...]
2009-12-08 23:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1282TFH01: PROPOSED RESPONSE TO INCREASED DRUG
[...] (U) Summary: The Mission suspended some aspects of joint counternarcotics activity with the GOH as a result of the June 28 coup d'etat. Over the course of calendar 2009, narcotics trafficking through Honduras has significantly increased compared to 2008, a trend that had begun well before the [...]
2009-12-11 21:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PREL MASS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1283TFH01: DISARMAMENT DECREE CONTINUED AS CRIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: The de facto regime will keep in effect through January 2010 the disarmament decree it enacted on November 21. Violent crime continues to rise in Honduras and its rate is the highest in Latin America. Honduran police believe trans-national gangs have taken advantage of the cou [...]
2009-12-11 21:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PHUM HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1317HONDURAS: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] On June 28, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya was removed from office in a coup d'etat. The de facto government that took power was not recognized by the U.S. or any other country, and Honduras was suspended from the Organization of American States. Honduras's resulting international isolati [...]
2009-12-21 23:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM KJUS EFIN SNAR PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA1329HONDURAS: December 2009 INL Monthly Report
[...] Summary: Regional Corrections Advisor visited the correctional training facility in Xalapa, Mexico and attended the Third International Graduating Class in New Mexico Correction Department's Training Academy located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Frontier Police captured six members of a dangerous [...]
2009-12-29 14:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA15HONDURAS: SUPREME COURT SELECTION PITS CIVIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Honduran Congress will select the fifteen magistrates who will constitute the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) for the next seven years on January 25, after a process that, while by no means perfect, will have been the most open, transparent selection process for high governmen [...]
2009-01-08 22:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA176Mission Honduras Merida Priorities for FY 2009-10
[...] Summary: As Merida budgets are laid out for FY 2009 and FY 2010, Post seeks a shift away from a focus on expensive, high-tech equipment toward support that host governments with limited resources, such as the GOH, can sustain beyond the Merida mandate, rather than burdening them with recurring [...]
2009-03-16 14:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR PGOV KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA206 Ambassador visits Honduran cigar capital
[...] Ambassador Llorens visited Danli in El Paraiso, a poor province known for high-quality cigar production, February 13. Danli is host to a sizable population of Cuban emigres who transplanted their know-how to create one of the leading export industries of the country. El Paraiso is also the se [...]
2009-03-25 00:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD SCUL SNAR PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA214NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS RESULTS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a courtesy call on newly-installed Attorney General Luis Rubi and Assistant Attorney General Roy Urtecho, Rubi stressed to the Ambassador and Country Team members that the fight against drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime was his biggest challenge and prio [...]
2009-03-27 19:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKJUS SNAR SOCI PGOV HO
09TEGUCIGALPA249Drug confiscations in Honduras for 2009 already exceed 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the first quarter of 2009 USG-supported joint Honduran antinarcotics forces have confiscated more drugs and vehicles than in all of calendar year 2008. Many of the cases have garnered broad press attention, and have sparked increased discussion of the trafficking issue in [...]
2009-04-06 11:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA250HONDURAS: March 2009 INL Monthly Report
[...] The following summarizes Post's INL-supported activities in March 2009. 2. Donations: Four hard drives and cartridges were donated to the Polygraph Unit to increase their memory capacity to store polygraph sessions. Two air conditioners were donated to the San Pedro Sula Prison, one for t [...]
2009-04-06 11:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA270WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S MARCH 19 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas A. Shannon visited Honduras on March 19. He met with Honduran President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, Foreign Minister Patricia "Paty" Rodas, and the two major-party presidential candidates. President Zelaya praised U.S [...]
2009-04-15 22:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA327HONDURAS: April 2009 INL Monthly Report
[...] The following summarizes Post's INL-supported activities in April 2009. ------------------------- 2. Trafficking in Persons ------------------------- - POL NAS staff and the Military Information Support Team (MIST) met with Strategic Planning and Coordination Director from the Ministry [...]
2009-05-07 17:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA33HONDURAN JUSTICE: A NEW SUPREME COURT, ATTORNEY
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by Poloff, met with Attorney General Leonidis Rosa Bautista and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Vilma Morales on January 12. The main topics discussed were the nominating process for the new magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ as it is know [...]
2009-01-16 17:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV SNAR HO PHUM KJUS SOCI
09TEGUCIGALPA353 Mission Integrated Strategy to Fight Crime and Illicit
[...] Summary and Background: The Mosquitia is a huge swath of territory accounting for nearly 20 percent of Honduras' land mass on the eastern border with Nicaragua. The area is swampy, undeveloped, difficult to access and virtually uninhabited (only 60,000 people),which over the centuries has mad [...]
2009-05-15 00:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR PREL SOCI KCRM KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA354TWENTY-TWO HONDURAN POLICE KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN
[...] In just over the first four months of 2009 (through May 11),22 Honduran police officers have been killed in the line of duty, most in Northern Honduras where there is a higher incidence of narcotrafficking and organized crime. This number far exceeds the number of fallen officers in neighbori [...]
2009-05-15 00:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR PGOV EAID HO
09TEGUCIGALPA358PRESIDENT ZELAYA GIVES USD12.5 MILLION TO THE
[...] (C) Summary: On May 11 the Honduran government announced that President Zelaya had tasked the Honduran Military (HOAF) with the project of building a commercial terminal adjacent to the Honduran air force base at Soto Cano, which is home to the U.S. Joint Task Force-Bravo. The public announcem [...]
2009-05-15 22:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MOPS MARR SNAR PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA379YOUR TRIP TO SAN PEDRO SULA, HONDURAS, FOR THE OAS
[...] (C) Summary: We warmly welcome you to San Pedro Sula, Honduras. San Pedro is the business capital of the country, but not the seat of government, so both the Government of Honduras and the U.S. Embassy will be working out of temporary facilities there. Your visit provides an excellent opport [...]
2009-05-22 20:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR ECON EAID KCRM KCOR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA461HONDURAS: May2009 INL Monthly Report
[...] The following summarizes Post's INL-supported activities in May 2009. ----------------------------- Police/Prosecutor Training ----------------------------- 2. Post sent seven police officers and three customs agents from the Honduran Internal Revenue Office (DEI) to the ILEA course: Bo [...]
2009-06-15 18:37:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO
09TEGUCIGALPA50HONDURAS: GOH-Embassy Task Force Launched To Oversee Merida
[...] Summary: The Ambassador hosted the inaugural meeting of the Bilateral Merida Task Force at his residence on January 21. The meeting was an opportunity for the U.S. and Honduran inter-agency teams to meet, identify their roles and discuss both the context of the Merida effort and set common goa [...]
2009-01-23 10:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS EAID MOPS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA516GUIDANCE REQUEST: DEALING WITH MICHLETTI REGIME IN
[...] (C) Summary: Per reftels, President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti was sworn in yesterday at 14:15 local as President of Honduras. By 17:00, the Embassy had already been invited to the Congress to a celebration of the new Administration. The Embassy refused the invitation and immediately [...]
2009-06-30 01:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS EFIN SNAR ECON EAID MARR PBTS
09TEGUCIGALPA535HONDURAN COUP SITREP #10 (UNCLASSIFIED) 07/04/09
[...] (U) All demonstrations have remained peaceful. Today's pro-Zelaya protest, numbering approximately 4,000 to 5,000 people, began at the Pedagogical University, then moved to the Clarion Hotel and onward toward the Supreme Court building. That group, then numbering 10,000, proceeded to Toncont [...]
2009-07-04 22:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR MASS EAID KDEM PHUM SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA54HONDURAS MERIDA LOA SIGNING IS BIG EVENT
[...] Summary: Honduran Minister of Security COL Jorge Rodas Gamero and Ambassador Llorens signed the first Merida Letter of Agreement in the region on January 9 amidst more fanfare than previous LOAs have ever received. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya participated in the event and made certain to shi [...]
2009-01-23 20:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS EAID MOPS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA584HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 2
[...] (C) Summary: The Attorney General's (AG) aggressive pursuit of corruption charges against Zelaya administration officials seemingly outweigh his consideration for the deteriorating human rights situation. While the situation is not yet dire, civil liberties have been denied, arbitrary arrest [...]
2009-07-13 18:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA589HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 3
[...] (C) Summary: The human rights situation in Honduran appeared to deteriorate over the weekend as two pro-Zelaya political organizers were killed, a dissident member of Congress reported that her home was raided, and 11 Venezuelan reporters were arrested and then strongly encouraged to leave th [...]
2009-07-14 00:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA64HONDURAS CATCHES PLANE LADEN WITH COCAINE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Honduran armed forces and law enforcement personnel captured a Venezuelan-registered airplane bearing over 1500 kilograms of suspected cocaine and two go-fast boats in a USG supported joint Honduran operation in the early hours of January 28. The operation demonstrated the abili [...]
2009-01-29 20:01:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS PREL KJUS HO
09TEGUCIGALPA661CLASHES AT BORDER PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Conditions along the Honduras-Nicaragua border where pro-Zelaya demonstrators have congregated across from the encampment of President Zelaya have become a potential flash point for an escalation to violence in the Honduran political crisis. Human rights groups have lodged prot [...]
2009-07-28 00:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA687TFHO1: HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION POST-COUP UPDATE 5
[...] (C) Summary: The Honduran human rights situation continues to be difficult as tensions rise in the prolonged political uncertainty. Another aggravating factor has been the presence of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and the First Lady Xiomara Castro de Zelaya on opposite sides of the Honduran- [...]
2009-07-31 22:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA707TFHO1: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND EXPRESSION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The freedoms of expression and of the press in Honduras continue to be threatened as members of the de facto government intimidate and attempt to close media outlets, harass journalists, and seize the cameras of photographers and filmmakers. On an unofficial visit the UNHCR Spe [...]
2009-08-06 18:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI DS SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA731TFH01: Drug Trafficking Activity Before and After the
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a series of successful seizure operations in the first half of 2009, the political crisis in Honduras, triggered by the ouster of President Jose Manuel Zelaya on June 28, is already showing its effects by degrading the ability of the Honduran National Police to engage in co [...]
2009-08-11 19:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA90SOUTHCOM COMMANDER'S HONDURAS VISIT REINFORCES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Taking place on the heels of a near constitutional crisis over the election of the Supreme Court (Ref A),the visit of SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral James Stavridis on January 29-30 could not have been better timed to reinforce our message of democracy and civilian control of the mil [...]
2009-02-10 18:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR MOPS EAID KDEM SNAR HO
09TEGUCIGALPA95(C) IRANIAN OUTREACH TO LATIN AMERICA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 17:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPINR ETRD MARR PREL PTER SNAR
09TELAVIV1098ISRAEL: A PROMISED LAND FOR ORGANIZED CRIME?
[...] (SBU) Organized crime (OC) has longstanding roots in Israel, but in recent years there has been a sharp increase in the reach and impact of OC networks. In seeking a competitive advantage in such lucrative trades as narcotics and prostitution, Israeli crime groups have demonstrated their abil [...]
2009-05-15 14:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS SNAR CMGT KFRD KCOR KCRM KTIP PINR IS
09TELAVIV2377ISRAEL INCSR 2009 PART I
[...] (U) Israel is not a significant producer of or trafficking point for illicit narcotics. However, domestic demand fuels a diverse local drug market that relies on smuggling from both neighboring and more distant countries. Imported marijuana, hashish, ecstasy, heroin, cocaine, and LSD are all [...]
2009-10-28 14:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR IS
09THEHAGUE39NETHERLANDS: HR VETTING CENTCOM SOVEREIGN
[...] The following individual has been selected to attend a CENTCOM Sovereign Challenge Training Conference 16-19 March 2009. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by this individual. NAME - Colonel Hans Van der [...]
2009-01-16 15:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL
09THESSALONIKI12THESSALONIKI: INVITATION TO TRANSBORDER COOPERATION
[...] ConGen Thessaloniki is pleased to announce a training seminar for southeast European police officers and prosecutors on "Trans-border Law Enforcement Cooperation to Combat Cyber Crime" in the northern Greek border city of Drama on June 1-4, 2009. ConGen Thessaloniki is organizing the seminar [...]
2009-03-16 19:56:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ECPS SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI16THESSALONIKI: NORTHERN NOTES - MARCH 2009
[...] (U) On March 9, the President of the Exporters Association of Northern Greece Vassilis Thomaidis stated that local businesses have implemented reduced work hours in order to avoid substantial lay-offs. On March 17, Alumil S.A. President Giorgos Milonas announced that employees in his company [...]
2009-04-04 13:37:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU MK
09THESSALONIKI27NORTHERN NOTES - APRIL 2009
[...] (U) On April 1, the Thessaloniki Port Authority announced the cancellation of an earlier tender for the privatization of the port's Cargo Station. The decision followed weeks of deliberations on how to proceed, after the winning bidder Hutchison Whampoa withdrew its bid which was valued [...]
2009-05-08 07:29:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI29NORTHERN NOTES MAY 2009
[...] (U) On May 05, local media reported that the port of Thessaloniki's international role is gradually diminishing. Media stated that in the first quarter of 2009, only 8% of the containers handled by the Cargo Station were in transit for other countries, compared to 19% the year before. How [...]
2009-06-10 20:41:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR
09THESSALONIKI30THESSALONIKI: STRENGTHENING BALKAN COOPERATION ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's fourth annual regional seminar on Trans-border Law Enforcement Cooperation, which focused this year on Cyber crime, confirmed strong regional interest in tackling Balkan transnational crime. Police and prosecutors from Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Gre [...]
2009-06-30 15:35:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ECPS SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI31NORTHERN NOTES
[...] (SBU)In the June Euro-parliament elections, the governing center-right New Democracy party suffered its biggest losses ever in the traditional stronghold of northern Greece, declining by more than 10% since the last Euro-elections of 2004. Commentators attributed the result to rising popularit [...]
2009-07-02 12:42:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR
09THESSALONIKI34NORTHERN NOTES - JULY 2009
[...] (SBU) On July 29, local media reported the arrest of a Greek Muslim on charges of espionage for Turkey. The arrested man, who comes from Thrace, was allegedly approached by two Turkish people who were unknown to him and asked to photograph Greek military installations alongside a series of [...]
2009-08-05 06:02:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR TU
09THESSALONIKI4NORTHERN NOTES - JANUARY 2009
[...] Since January 20, farmers around Greece have kept national roads blocked in protest against the low prices they receive for their produce and their high production costs. In Northern Greece, farmers have also blocked the borders with Bulgaria and Turkey. Their actions infuriated truck dr [...]
2009-02-05 13:29:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EIND ODIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
09THESSALONIKI41NORTHERN NOTES - SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] (U) The following summary of last month's major developments in Northern Greece contains items on the following topics: Political: o Muslim Election Campaign Dynamics in Thrace o Poll Data on Importance of Macedonia Name Issue o Eastern Macedonia and Thrace SecGen Hosts Ifta [...]
2009-10-15 09:19:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SMIG SNAR ECON KCRM GR TU
09THESSALONIKI47NORTHERN NOTES OCTOBER 2009
[...] (U) Winner of this month's Greek national election PASOK (Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement) made substantial gains in traditionally conservative Northern Greece, too. In Thrace, the two current Muslim MPs were re-elected with PASOK, while the decision by the far-right LAOS leader Georgios K [...]
2009-11-06 16:13:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI GR
09THESSALONIKI57NORTHERN NOTES -- NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (U) The following summary of last month's major developments in Northern Greece contains items on the following topics: Political: o Local Reactions to New Opposition Leader Samaras o Papandreou Hosts Trilateral Environmental Meeting o Rainbow Party Opens Second Office o [...]
2009-12-29 15:28:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PTER SMIG SNAR ECON KCRM GR TU
09TIJUANA1275WAR BETWEEN CARTELS FLARES WITH A VENGEANCE: SURGE IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND CG COMMENT: The relative restraint that the two principal organized crime cartels struggling for control in Baja have shown for the past half-year was shattered this month by an apparent breakdown in the truce between "El Teo" and "El Ingeneiro". The renewed wave of gris [...]
2009-12-17 23:59:00Consulate TijuanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX CASC
09TIJUANA304EAC AMCONSULATE TIJUANA - ARREST OF SIGIFREDO NAJERA
[...] (SBU) On March 23, 2009, Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss potential impact relating to the arrest on Friday, March 20, 2009 in the Monterrey Mexico area of Subject, Sigifredo Najera Talamantes aka El Canicon. EAC participants included CONS/Acting CG, RSO, DEA, DHS- [...]
2009-03-23 21:37:00Consulate TijuanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC KCRM PTER PINS SNAR MX
09TIJUANA709LAW ENFORCEMENT HIGH JINKS IN TJ: HOW NARCOTRAFFICKERS EVADE
[...] (C) Mexican state and federal authorities have made impressive numbers of arrests and narcotics seizures over the last two years in Baja California, weakening, but not defeating, the organized crime syndicates that operate in the state. Despite these successes, the complex interact [...]
2009-07-08 23:51:00Consulate TijuanaCONFIDENTIALPINS SNAR KCRM MX
09TIJUANA732POLICE MURDERS SHOW THE DIFFIUCLTY OF BRINGING DOWN THE DRUG
[...] (C) The evening of July 6, two municipal police officers, one from Tijuana and one from Rosarito, were killed and a third policeman was injured in four separate attacks by presumed drug traffickers (a fourth police officer escaped unharmed). One of the bodies was found with a note threatening [...]
2009-07-14 17:29:00Consulate TijuanaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM MX
09TIRANA255 Albania End Use Monitoring Report for CY 2008
[...] The following is Albania's submission for the CY 2008 End Use Monitoring (EUM) report, which provides information on the disposition and use of all INL-funded program support provided under the International Narcotics Control and Law enforcement Programs. This report is submitted according to [...]
2009-04-23 14:42:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN KCRM AL
09TIRANA714ALBANIA INCSR SUBMISSION FOR 2009
[...] Albania is a transit country for narcotics traffickers moving primarily Afghan heroin from Central Asia to destinations around Western Europe. In 2009, seizures of heroin increased but seizures of marijuana declined. Cannabis continues to be produced in the remote mountain regions of Albania fo [...]
2009-11-05 05:48:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR SOCI AL
09TOKYO199TERRORIST FINANCE: IMPLICATIONS OF JAPAN,S POOR
[...] (S) Summary: The Financial Action Task Force,s (FATF) mutual evaluation of Japan,s illicit finance safeguards and countermeasures gives the country low marks that should be a call to action for Japanese government, financial regulatory, and financial institutions. The exhaustive assessment [...]
2009-01-28 01:14:00Embassy TokyoSECRETKCRM ECON KNNP SNAR PTER PINS EFIN IR JA
09TOKYO2379SINGAPORE PM LEE EXPRESSES CAUTION TO PM HATOYAMA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama exchanged views on overall bilateral ties, APEC, climate change, and his "East Asian Community" (EAC) vision during an October 6 meeting and lunch with visiting Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Lee underscored the importance of working clos [...]
2009-10-15 07:31:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR JA
09TORONTO168C$100 million of Heroin found in Ontario
[...] (U) On July 28, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's (RCMP) Ontario Division announced that a joint police forces group had executed one of the largest heroin busts in Canadian history a week earlier. The task force seized 117 kilograms of heroin with a street value of C$100 million and more th [...]
2009-07-29 20:34:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM CA
09TORONTO42South Asian Drug on Ontario Law Enforcement's Radar
[...] (U) Summary: Local authorities have begun to see an increasing number of cases involving doda, an opium-related drug popular in the local South Asian immigrant community. The drug's relative low cost and easy availability (the drug is made from the same poppy flowers used by florists) have add [...]
2009-03-02 17:23:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM CA
09TUNIS896TUNISIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] There is no discernible money laundering or terrorist finance activity occurring in Tunisia. Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving for [...]
2009-12-10 14:33:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR PTER TS
09ULAANBAATAR322DEMOCRACY, TRANSPARENCY AND MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) lacks the capacity to combat money laundering effectively. The staff of four must assemble, analyze, and maintain the FIU database of transaction reports as well as ensure compliance among financial institutions. Interagency cooperatio [...]
2009-11-06 08:59:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN SNAR MG
09UNVIEVIENNA1EU ON "HARM REDUCTION": THROW US A BONE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-05 13:35:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR UNODC UN
09UNVIEVIENNA100ISRAEL STILL CONSIDERING UNODC MAJOR DONOR STATUS,
[...] (C) Summary. At a meeting on March 11, DCM and MsnOff met with Israeli Anti-Drug Authority Deputy Director Eitan Gorni and Israeli MFA Director of the International Organizations Department Tibor Shalev-Shlosser to discuss Israeli participation in the CND and UNODC as well as consultative g [...]
2009-03-12 13:56:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM
09UNVIEVIENNA105UNODC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COSTA REITERATED CRIME
[...] (u) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 13. 2. (c) Summary. INL Assistant Secretary (A/S) David Johnson, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Acting Director (AD) Ed Jurith, and Ambassador Schulte met with Executive Director (ED) Antonio Costa March 13 on the m [...]
2009-03-16 11:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPGOV UNAUS KCRM SNAR AF UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA110Vienna Adopts International Roadmap for Fighting Drugs
[...] (U) The high-level segment of United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND) met March 11 and 12 in Vienna to conclude the review of the commitments emanating from the 1998 UNGA Special Session (UNGASS) on international drug control. The Commission adopted a Political Declaration and Actio [...]
2009-03-17 15:22:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM UNODC EAID SNAR UN AF RU
09UNVIEVIENNA117UNODC OFFICIALS DISCUSS PROGRESS IN AF-PAK AND
[...] (C) Summary. On March 18, INL/PA Director of the Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Program Tom Williams met with UNODC officials to discuss counternarcotics issues in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran, and to gain insight into UNODC's program plans and needs in the coming year. UNODC offici [...]
2009-03-20 15:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM EAID IR PK AF
09UNVIEVIENNA127 UN Commission Adopts Fourteen Drug Control Resolutions
[...] (U) Following on the High-Level Segment (Ref A),the regular session of the 52nd UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND),held March 16-20, adopted 14 drug control-related resolutions to guide the work of Member States and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the coming year. The Secreta [...]
2009-03-25 15:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV UN KCRM AF UNCND CU IR
09UNVIEVIENNA135Cuba, Perhaps Germany Contest for UNODC FinGov
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 11-20 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Cuba announced the candidacy of its Ambassador Norma M. Goicochea Estenoz for one of the two co-chairs of the UNODC Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov WG). The G-77 will not oppose her, nor allow for a competing candid [...]
2009-03-31 12:10:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC CU GR
09UNVIEVIENNA15 CHINA IN VIENNA'S FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN GROUP
[...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (SBU) Mission conveyed to the Permanent Mission of France, host of the January 22 meeting, Ref A instructions that the U.S. supports inviting Russia and Poland to the meeting, if the Afghan ambassador here concurs. According to the French Mis [...]
2009-01-16 08:33:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN CH
09UNVIEVIENNA152UNODC AND COUNTERNARCOTICS IN THE AF-PAK POLICY
[...] This is action request. Please, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador met UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on April 2, and discussed with him the Administration's new Af-Pak strategy and deployed the points in Ref A, highlighting our new regional emphasis and our interest in incorporati [...]
2009-04-08 12:18:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF AS CA IR IT JA PK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA159UN VIENNA CHIEF SEEKS EXTENSION OF TERM?
[...] (C) Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director General of UNOV, may seek to extend his current and second term, which expires in May 2010, to December 31, 2011, to coincide with the term of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Given USG advocacy [...]
2009-04-09 15:17:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAMGT KCRM SNAR IT UN
09UNVIEVIENNA170AFGHANISTAN: PAKISTAN NOT A FRIEND, FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to our Afghan embassy contact, Afghanistan does not want to invite Pakistan to the next Friends of Afghanistan meeting in Vienna,to be hosted by UK on April 28. The GOA is apparently concerned that inclusion of Pakistan could politicize the Group,and could be a precu [...]
2009-04-17 10:23:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF CA IR IPK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA172UNODC SUGGESTS COUNTERNARCOTICS VENUE FOR
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. On March 25, Ambassador and Msnoff met with UNODC Technical Cooperation Section Chief Roberto Arbitrio to discuss UNODC perspectives on cooperation with Iran and general Iran issues gained from Arbitrio's four and [...]
2009-04-17 12:51:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KNNP AF PA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA173UNODC HIGHLIGHTS URGENT FUNDING NEEDS FOR IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Presenting on the status of their programs in Iran on drug demand reduction, drug supply reduction, and rule of law efforts, UNODC officials on April 15 argued that most of their programs with Iran have been successful, but the overall program remains seriously underfunded, pu [...]
2009-04-17 12:55:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR KNNP PA SNAR AF
09UNVIEVIENNA175UNODC Director Costa on UN Crime Conventions
[...] (SBU) INL Deputy Assistant Secretary Liz Verville and UNVIE Ambassador used an April 16 meeting with UNODC Executive Director Costa to underline U.S. interest in making the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ),and the respective Conferences of Parties to the UN Conventi [...]
2009-04-21 07:00:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA195 Debriefing UNODC on ISAF Counternarcotics Activities --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has requested to be debriefed on NATO-ISAF counternarcotics activities so that UNODC can factor these activities into its ongoing analysis of Afghan opium cultivation and trafficking. UNVIE supports this request and [...]
2009-04-30 08:39:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NATO UN AF
09UNVIEVIENNA20 NEW AFGHAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FRIENDS GROUP, IAEA
[...] (SBU) Ambassador and DCM met with new Afghanistan ambassador Abdul Shoogufan on January 16 to discuss the Friends of Afghanistan Group, and UNODC and IAEA issues. Shoogufan stressed that most of Afghanistan's problems have been imported from neighbors and spoke at length about the challenge o [...]
2009-01-22 08:58:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL EUN NATO AF IR JA PK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA208PAKISTAN - IAEA AND UNODC EFFORTS TO HELP GOP COUNTER
[...] (SBU) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has several ongoing activities with Pakistan that deal with nuclear and radiological security, training, regulatory development, safety, and equipment certification. Another Vienna-based International Organization, UNODC, is engaged with Paki [...]
2009-05-07 15:30:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PTER KNNP ENRG TRGY IAEA KCRM SNAR PK
09UNVIEVIENNA217"Harm Reduction" Debate Politicizing INCB Elections?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on May 6, Koli Kouame Secretary of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB),expressed dismay over what he described as the NGO efforts to politicize the election of Board members. More specifically, Kouame believes the International Drug Policy Consortium ( [...]
2009-05-08 15:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA222UNODC and AFPAK STRATEGIES Loom Large for Vienna Friends of
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on April 28 chaired by the UK Ambassador, Vienna's Friends of Afghanistan heard a presentation by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on its 2009-2011 Afghanistan counter-narcotics strategy. UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa informed delegations he would [...]
2009-05-11 15:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AF PK UN PTER UK
09UNVIEVIENNA226UNODC/IRAN: SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. UNODC Head of the Europe and Central/West Asia Office Roberto Arbitrio on May 13 briefed Msnoffs on his trip the prior week to Afghanistan and Iran. Although the trip did not yield much substantive progress, it appears that joint counternarcotics cooperation under the Triangul [...]
2009-05-13 15:39:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR IR PAK AF
09UNVIEVIENNA242ITALIAN COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. On May 20, Msnoff met with an Italian counterpart, Marco Prencipe, who recently left a four-year post in Tehran to discuss the effectiveness of Iranian cooperation with the Italians on counternarcotics efforts. For the most part, cooperation has been successful, and Italy and [...]
2009-05-27 12:52:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR AF PAK IR IT
09UNVIEVIENNA249 EVALUATING PARIS PACT ON AFGHANISTAN: OPTIMIZING THE NEXT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A May 14 briefing for donor and participant countries by the consultant UNODC hired to assess the Paris Pact emphasized inefficiencies in expert roundtable meetings, the unsustainable Pact footprint, the Pact's enduring political utility, and under-utilization of the ADAM system, [...]
2009-05-29 14:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA258UNODC HEAD NOTES CHANGE IN IRAN,S TONE TOWARD U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S) UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on May 27 debriefed Ambassador Schulte on his trip the previous week to Iran to take part in a ceremony commemorating the completion of Iran,s physical border pr [...]
2009-06-05 10:00:00UNVIESECRETPREL SNAR AF IR PAK
09UNVIEVIENNA284 KEY PARIS PACT MEMBERS URGE RESULTS RATHER THAN MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an informal June 9 meeting, key Paris Pact members agreed to continue their support for the Pact. They also agreed to use 2010 to review the implementation of recommendations from three past roundtables -- precursors, financial flows, and cross-border management. In addition [...]
2009-06-18 09:11:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IT UK SW AS
09UNVIEVIENNA294UNODC URGES DONORS TO USE ADAM
[...] In a June 22 meeting with Charge and UK Ambassador, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa gave his positive response to the May 27 joint U.S.-UK letter requesting UNODC to expand its benchmarks for measuring counternarcotics successes in Afghanistan (Septel). In the course of this meeting, C [...]
2009-06-23 11:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR USAID AF UN
09UNVIEVIENNA296ASSESSING UNODC'S ANTONIO COSTA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),is scheduled to roll out UNODC's annual World Drug Report with the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske on June 24. Costa is an ambitious and energetic [...]
2009-06-23 11:26:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM UN AF PK
09UNVIEVIENNA3 AFGHAN MINISTERS TALK COUNTERNARCOTICS IN VIENNA
[...] (SBU) On the margins of the Paris Pact meeting in Vienna on December 15-16, Ambassador and DCM met with Afghanistan's Minister of Counternarcotics General Khodaidad, Deputy Minister of Interior General Daud Daud, and other Afghan officials. The Ministers complained about the lack of countern [...]
2009-01-09 08:26:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM PREL EUN NATO AF IR CA GM JA PK SW UN
09UNVIEVIENNA303 UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-25 12:59:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA304 UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 15 meeting, UNODC Deputy Director for Operations Bernard Frahi shared with us the terms of reference for his recent mission to Pakistan and UNODC's plans for its program there. (Mission report and terms of reference were emailed to the Department - IO/T, INL/PC, and SC [...]
2009-06-25 14:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA306SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY EXPECTATIONS FOR IAEA, CTBT
[...] (C) In anticipation of the Swedish EU Presidency, UNVIE held bilateral consultations June 24 with Swedish Mission counterparts to preview upcoming issues at the IAEA, UNODC and CTBTO; the Swedes also made a pitch for U.S. reentry into UNIDO. Sweden expects a difficult Presidency focused on ec [...]
2009-06-26 15:03:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PTER SNAR EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA31 Breaking the UNGASS Impasse on "Harm Reduction"
[...] (U) This is an action message for INL/PC and IO/T. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Negotiations for the UNGA special session have hit an impasse, created by EU insistence on adding the controversial term "harm reduction" to various parts of the draft UNGASS actio [...]
2009-01-27 16:21:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC UK CO RS JA CA FR SW GM
09UNVIEVIENNA323 FINLAND SEEKS TOP UNODC JOB
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finland's Ministry of Justice is considering naming its Director of International Affairs, Matti Joutsen, as a candidate to replace UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa, who is lobbying for an extension after his second term expires in May 2010 (Reftels). As several EU co [...]
2009-07-08 15:28:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK FI
09UNVIEVIENNA33 UNODC:Costa Welcomes Renewed Focus on Multilateral
[...] (SBU) In a candid January 27 review of upcoming priorities, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa described for Ambassador his interest in finding ways to better address the "transmission belt" of organized crime and smuggling that moves illegal drugs from producers to the markets. Costa expl [...]
2009-01-29 11:52:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM UN PGOV PREL AF KWMN PHUM SMIG
09UNVIEVIENNA358Increasing Speculation on Future of UNODC Executive
[...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations in Vienna are starting to discuss more openly their position on a potential one year extension of Executive Director Costa's term, as well as the possibility of other candidates. In the past week Charge has been approached by Canada, Sweden, Australia and France, al [...]
2009-07-27 12:21:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC PREL PTER EAID UN AF PK CA RU
09UNVIEVIENNA36UPDATE ON UNGASS NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Ambassador deployed Ref A guidance verbatim with Namibian Ambasssador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi. 2. (C) She asked if the pause involved the whole negotiations or just "harm reduction." Per guidance, Ambassador said that we were requesting a pause in negotiations. She said that she unde [...]
2009-01-30 13:34:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KCRM PGOV SNAR UN
09UNVIEVIENNA361UNODC'S MAJOR DONORS MEET; SEND STRONG MESSAGES TO COSTA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-29 14:54:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV SNAR UN
09UNVIEVIENNA386WHITHER A U.S. VISION FOR FINANCING AND GOVERNING UNODC
[...] Summary: Following a year of difficult negotiations surrounding its creation, the UNODC working group on finance and governance issues (FinGov) is poised to hold its first meeting before mid September. With Cuban Ambassador Norma Goicochea Estenoz as one of FinGov's co-chairs, the U.S. faces [...]
2009-08-13 07:00:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM UNODC CU
09UNVIEVIENNA405NAS Officers' Consultations in Vienna: Keep Them Coming
[...] Summary. UNVIE welcomed the opportunity to host incoming Embassy Dushanbe Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Officer Anne Carson for August 11-12 consultations with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). NAS Carson met with a range of UNODC experts involved in programs in Afghanistan and Cent [...]
2009-08-27 07:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN KCRM SNAR OEXC
09UNVIEVIENNA422StaffDel Nunez-Neto Meeting with UNODC Terrorism Prevention
[...] SUMMARY: At the request of Congressional staff delegation (staffdel) Nunez-Neto, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) officials provided the staffdel with background information on its findings related to the production and trafficking of illicit drugs and insurgency or terrorist activities. [...]
2009-09-10 15:02:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR PTER UN AF
09UNVIEVIENNA426UNODC Lays Out Vision for Eventual Realignment
[...] SUMMARY: Encouraged by member states to think more thematically, yet constrained by its biennial program plan, UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) management officials briefed the U.S. and select other member states on their latest attempts to rationalize UNODC's work, and their hopes to sec [...]
2009-09-14 15:08:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA46 HELPING UNODC TO HELP AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Among issues handled by the UN Organization for Drugs and Crime (UNODC),none looms larger in the U.S. national interest than the Afghan narcotics trade and its impact undermining stability and contributing to terrorist activity in the region. UNODC's Afghanistan strategy compliments an [...]
2009-02-03 15:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER AF
09UNVIEVIENNA462UNODC OPERATING ENVIRONMENT IN IRAN TOUGHER AFTER
[...] (C) UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Tehran Program Head Antonino de Leo emphasized recently that it is more difficult for him to carry out his job in Iran following the presidential elections. In addition to the challenges posed by international wariness regarding continued funding for [...]
2009-10-08 07:38:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR AF PAK SNAR
09UNVIEVIENNA54GUIDANCE DELIVERED ON UNGASS REVIEW NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Charge delivered verbatim reftel points to CND chairperson Namibian Ambassador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi on USG support for needle exchange programs as part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce HIV/AIDS. Per r [...]
2009-02-06 15:43:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA548Paris Pact Partners Launch Next Phase of Cooperation to
[...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted from November 26-27 a meeting of the 7th Policy Consultative Group of the Paris Pact Initiative during which more than 50 Paris Pact partners agreed to launch in 2010 the third phase of cooperation to target trafficking and consumption of [...]
2009-12-04 12:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN SNAR AF
09UNVIEVIENNA550Major Donors to UNODC Agree to More Systematic
[...] SUMMARY: At a November 30 meeting convened by the UK Mission to international organizations in Vienna the "Major Donor" countries to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) agreed to increase systematic coordination with one another. The U.S. delegation, led by IO Assistant Secretary Esther [...]
2009-12-04 12:46:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV UNCND
09UNVIEVIENNA558 APPROVED BUT AUSTERE UNODC BUDGET PREVENTS UNODC FROM
[...] SUMMARY: In a starkly worded assessment, Executive Director Antonio Costa indicated that the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) cannot honor the UN's commitments to fight drug control, crime, corruption and terrorism -- together forming one of the Secretary General's eight priorities for 20 [...]
2009-12-14 08:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV UNCND
09UNVIEVIENNA5702010: VIENNA,S YEAR OF IRAN?
[...] (C) This is an ACTION request. Please see paragraph 14. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) As we enter a new year in dealing with Iran across the UN organizations in Vienna, we thought it useful to take stock of where we stand at the end of 2009 and how that will affect the way forward [...]
2009-12-16 16:49:00UNVIESECRETPREL KNNP IR SNAR AF
09UNVIEVIENNA6PARIS PACT BREAKS NEW GROUND
[...] (SBU) The Sixth Policy Consultative Group Meeting of the Paris Pact Initiative was held in Vienna December 15-16, 2008. African states participated in this annual meeting for the first time. Members reviewed the 2008 roundtables and approved three for 2009. UNODC Executive Director Antonio Mar [...]
2009-01-12 12:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN AF FR IR CA PK UN RS ZK
09UNVIEVIENNA64ADVOCATING NEEDLE EXCHANGE AND MEDICATION-ASSISTED
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, Charge approached CND chair Ambassador Ashipala on Friday, Feb 6 to explain change in the USG position regarding the ongoing UNGASS review negotiations (Ref B). On the same day Missionoffs shared with Russia and Japan highlights of the new USG position: support fo [...]
2009-02-13 15:49:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA7 FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TO MEET AGAIN JANUARY 22
[...] (U) This is an action request for IO, INL and SCA. Please see Para 8. 2. (U) The French Mission will host the next meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan Group (Ref A) on January 22. The draft agenda includes corruption, precursors, UNODC Independence Evaluation Unit report on Afgha [...]
2009-01-12 14:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN
09UNVIEVIENNA72UNODC Financial Crisis: Tough Choices But Silver Lining?
[...] (SBU) Unexpected declines in UNODC's General Purpose Fund (GPF) contributions have created a financial crisis within the UNODC. Compounding that assessment are interest losses stemming from the world financial crisis and the inherent difficulties associated with managing an exploding Special P [...]
2009-02-20 14:08:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM EAID UN
09UNVIEVIENNA77 CALLING COSTA ON UNODC REORGANIZATION
[...] (U) Ambassador contacted UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on February 23 and delivered points in Ref A, noting in particular that the USG sought to maintain the current balance between the normative work of the Division of Treaty Affairs (DTA) and the programmatic work of the Division of [...]
2009-02-23 15:42:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM PREL EAID AF UN
09UNVIEVIENNA85Iran Poised to Chair 2010 Session of the UN Commission on
[...] (U) This is an action request for IO, INR and NEA, see Para 13. 2. (SBU) The chairmanship of the 2010 UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will rotate to the Asia Group. Iran has announced to the Group its intention to pursue the position. If no other Asian country seeks the chairmanship [...]
2009-02-27 10:43:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM UN IR
09UNVIEVIENNA97CND: MORALES TO REQUEST DELISTING OF COCA LEAF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 14:30:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALSNAR EAID PREL UN BL
09USNATO104VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] 1. (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Krygyz Ministry of Interior participants for the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics surveillance training to be held in Bishkek, Krygyzstan from March 30 to April 10, 2009 [...]
2009-03-17 16:09:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO112VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants for the NATO-Russia General Training Course to be held at the Domodedovo Centre of the Russian Federation in Russia from April 7 to 22, 2009. 3. (SBU) [...]
2009-03-20 11:50:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO206VETTING REQUEST FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE "TRAIN
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below for the "Train the Trainer" course in Domodedovo, Moscow from June 1-16, 2009. 3. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests the appropriate vetting be conducted on the propo [...]
2009-05-22 14:37:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS AF
09USNATO233VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants for the NATO-Russia Council Anti-Narcotics Training to be held in Asghabat, Turkmenistan from June 22 to 26. 3. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests the [...]
2009-06-05 15:42:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO25VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held in Russia from February 3 to 18. 3. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post req [...]
2009-01-27 14:57:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO270UNODC ASSURANCE ON LEAHY VETTING FOR U.S. FUNDS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Daalder received a letter dated June 16 from James Callahan, the Central Asia Regional Representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),regarding the distribution of USG funds within the NATO-Russia Council Counter Narcotics program. In the letter, Cal [...]
2009-06-22 15:11:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL NATO SNAR RS AF ZK
09USNATO34VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held at the Turkish International Academy Against Drugs and Organized Crim [...]
2009-01-30 14:22:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO37VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held at the Turkish International Academy Against Drugs and Organized Crim [...]
2009-02-01 10:56:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO397THE 2009 AFGHANISTAN OPIUM SURVEY: UNODC COSTA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 16:51:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS NATO PREL AF
09USNATO486VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Tajik participants for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held in Tajikistan from November 9-20. 3. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests the appropriat [...]
2009-10-29 12:23:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO83VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held at the Domodedovo Center in Russia from March 10-25, 2009. 3. (SBU [...]
2009-03-03 12:27:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO88UPDATED - VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Post previously submitted a vetting request for Afghan participants in the NATO-Russia Counter-narcotics training to be held in Russia March 10-25, 2009. (reftel) Post has received further identifying information on the parti [...]
2009-03-06 13:16:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO98VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics "Train the Trainer" training to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from March 16 to 27, 2009. [...]
2009-03-13 15:12:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO99CORRECTED - VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics "Train the Trainer" training to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from March 16 to 27, 2009. [...]
2009-03-13 15:13:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USUNNEWYORK1016CORRECTED COPY: GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In various UN and USUN meetings recently on Guinea-Bissau, UN officials have discussed the challenges facing both the country and the follow-on UN mission there. In the Security Council on November 5, UN Peacebuilding Su [...]
2009-11-12 15:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA
09USUNNEWYORK1157SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES DRUG TRAFFICKING AS A
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council held an open debate on December 8 to discuss, for the first time, international drug trafficking as a threat to international peace and security with a focus on West Africa. UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa highl [...]
2009-12-23 21:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UNCND UNIDCP KTIA KCOR KCRM SNAR XA
09USUNNEWYORK361BOLIVIAN CHARGE PLEDGES DIALOGUE, PUSHES "MOTHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Recently arrived Bolivian Charge d'Affaires Pablo Solon Romero paid a courtesy call April 6 on Ambassador Wolff, agreeing to pursue an open and constructive dialogue with USUN on issues of concern and avoiding the temptation to use the UN as a propaganda pulpit. Ambassador Wolff [...]
2009-04-07 20:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV SNAR UN BL
09USUNNEWYORK999GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL CONCERNED WITH
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Representative Joseph Mutaboba on November 5 told the Security Council in an open session that there has been progress on national reconcliation, especially sinc [...]
2009-11-06 20:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA
09VALLETTA490MALTA 2009-10 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Malta's 2009-10 INCSR Part I is submitted in response to reftel. 2. Text follows: I. Summary The Republic of Malta does not play a significant role in the transit, processing or production of narcotics and psychotropic drugs and other controlled substances. Surveys indicate that illici [...]
2009-11-06 10:09:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MT
09VALLETTA62MALTA: 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] The two eighty-seven foot "Protector" class patrol boats (P51 and P52) provided to the Armed Forces of Malta in November 2002 and July 2004 continue to be the backbone of the Maritime Squadron. To date, the boats have been kept in top condition by well-trained crews and an extensive supply of [...]
2009-02-05 15:22:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN MT
09VIENNA1442AUSTRIA INCSR PART I
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-10 12:05:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM AU
09VIENNA1448AUSTRIA 2009-2010 INCSR PART I
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 13:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM AU
09VIENTIANE419GOL PLEDGES REINFORCED COOPERATION RE AFRICAN
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 26 meeting, Minister to the President's Office Soubanh Srithirath, who is also Chairman of the Lao National Commission on Drug Control and Supervision (LCDC),told Ambassador that LCDC has been directed to reinforce its cooperation with U.S. DEA and the U.S. Embassy [...]
2009-08-28 08:42:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKCRM LA PREL SNAR
09VILNIUS5792010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] Below, in the format requested in the instructions, is the 2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Lithuania, Part I: Drugs and Chemical Control: I. Summary ----------- Synthetic drugs and cannabis are the most popular illicit narcotics in Lithuania. Lithuania remains a [...]
2009-11-03 14:26:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KSEP LH
09WARSAW1136POLAND: 2009-10 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Mission Poland's submission for the 2009-2010 INCSR Part I follows: Begin Text: I. Summary Poland has traditionally been a transit country for drug trafficking. As economic conditions improve, it is increasingly a more significant consumer of narcotics and producer of amphetamine [...]
2009-11-10 08:19:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM PL
09WINDHOEK459NAMIBIA: 2009-2010 INCSR PART I
[...] (SBU) While occasionally used as a drug transit point, Namibia is not a major drug producer or exporter. Statistics for 2009 showed a marked decrease in illegal drug seizures compared to previous years, with approximately $300,000 worth of drugs (589 kilograms of marijuana, plus extremely smal [...]
2009-12-11 11:11:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR WA
09YEREVAN331ARMENIAN POLICE CHIEF DEFENDS POLICE ACTIONS
[...] (C) On May 8 Armenia's Chief of Police, Major General Alik Sargsian, assured the Ambassador that the police would do all they can to ensure that the upcoming Yerevan municipal election is free and fair. Sargsian vowed the police would exercise impartiality and restraint in the face of provoca [...]
2009-05-15 15:33:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC KJUS KCRM SNAR CASC AM
09YEREVAN664AMBASSADOR RAISES REMAINING MARCH 1, 2008
[...] (U) The Ambassador joined Prosecutor General Agvan Hovsepian August 16 at the signing ceremony for amendments to the USG-GOAM Letter of Agreement on justice sector assistance. These amendments serve as an agreement on the projects to be implemented under the current year's budget for INL ass [...]
2009-09-23 13:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KFIN SNAR AM
09ZAGREB352CROATIA PLANNING EUROPE'S FIRST MAJOR REVERSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Croatian police are planning to undertake US-style reverse sting operations in the coming months, becoming the first European country to do so. The operations are a direct result of recommendations from post's ICITAP program to Croatian police to help strengthen their fight a [...]
2009-06-12 13:22:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM SNAR HR
09ZAGREB386CROATIAN DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE POLICE REMOVED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vladimir Faber, Director General (DG) of the Police, was removed from his post on June 19 and named as a State Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, after just eight months in charge of the police. The Croatian media speculated that that Faber's removal as DG was due to political [...]
2009-06-24 16:17:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM SNAR HR
09ZAGREB649CROATIA: INCSR 2009-2010, PART 1
[...] The following is the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009-2010, Part 1 for Croatia. BEGIN TEXT. Croatia I. Summary The Republic of Croatia is a transit point through which narcotics are smuggled from production countries to consumer countries. While smuggling occurs [...]
2009-11-03 15:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM HR
10ABUJA144NIGERIAN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION REQUESTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November 2009, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairperson Farida Waziri and her top staff travelled to the U.S. to meet with State, Justice and Treasury Department officials. Upon returning to Nigeria, the EFCC team developed a strategy document to move forw [...]
2010-02-01 19:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR ASEC EFIN EAID KCRM KCOR NI
10ABUJA179AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR CHANGE WITH NIGERIA'S NEW ATTORNEY
[...] (C) Within 24 hours of Vice President Goodluck Jonathan's designation as Acting President, Jonathan replaced controversial Attorney General and Minister of Justice Michael Aondoakaa with Minister of Labor and Productivity Adetokunbo Kayode on February 10. The Ambassador met with Kayode Februa [...]
2010-02-17 18:57:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER CJAN SNAR SOCI KCRM NI
10ACCRA103GHANA INSTALLS AIRPORT BODY SCANNER; BUSTS
[...] (U) Summary: On January 12, 2010, Dutch contractor OD Security completed installation of the INL funded full body scanner at Accra's international airport (KIA). Officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) and Ghana Airports Authority (GAA) were trained, and NACOB now maintains responsibi [...]
2010-02-02 15:42:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR GH
10ACCRA139PRESIDENT MILLS DISCUSSES OIL AND WEST AFRICAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a February 3 meeting with Assistant Secretary Carson, Ghanaian President Mills expressed his commitment to rule of law and transparency. He also stressed the importance of respect and openness in the way oil companies engage with Ghana, highlighting Kosmos Energy as a case where [...]
2010-02-16 16:30:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON ELAB EINV ENRG PGOV PREL SNAR IV
10ACCRA19TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT MILLS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with a relaxed and confident President Mills for 45 minutes on January 6. Mills promised cooperation on security issues and sought greater partnership, including a second body scanner for use at Kotoka Airport's VIP lounge. He expressed his concern about stabili [...]
2010-01-08 12:38:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EPET SNAR PTER MARR TO NI GH
10ACCRA93GHANA-2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U)Background A. EUM Program Coordinator EUM program coordinator is Raymond Stephens, +233-21-741-851; StephensRW@State.gov B. Inventory System Post relies on the previous year's EUM report for inventory retrieval. C. Staff member EUM Responsibilities Raymond Stephens is responsibl [...]
2010-02-02 07:16:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN GH
10ADDISABABA275USAU: FURTHERING COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since the start of the year, USG and African Union Commission (AUC) officials on several levels have been discussing the problem of drugs being trafficked through Africa on their way to Europe. On January 21, the two sides met at AU headquarters to launch technical discussions [...]
2010-02-10 13:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL AU
10ALGIERS105 November 2009 SUMMARY OF TERRORIST AND
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: This cable is a summary of major security-related activities, terrorist threats, and incidents for Algeria during the month of November 2009. The information was obtained from open sources, news reports, and RSO police contacts. Press-based information should not be taken [...]
2010-02-07 08:06:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS ASEC PGOV SNAR AG
10ALGIERS121 DECEMBER 2009 SUMMARY OF TERRORIST AND SIGNIFICANT
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: This cable is a summary of major security-related activities, terrorist threats, and incidents for Algeria during the month of December 2009. The information was obtained from open sources, news reports, and RSO police contacts. Press-based information should not be taken [...]
2010-02-11 11:44:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS ASEC PGOV SNAR AG
10ANKARA233TURKEY COMMITTED TO SENDING POLICE TO HAITI,
[...] (U) MFA UN Affairs Department Head Turhan Dilmac told us that Turkey's offer to send a formed police unit to Haiti (ref a) is formal and said Turkey's UN Mission has instructions to convey this to UNDPKO. Dilmac noted that the mission is a challenging one, but underscored Turkey's firm commit [...]
2010-02-11 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN
10ASHGABAT147 TURKMENISTAN: RED CRESCENT SOCIETY BROACHES SENSITIVE
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinator for the Red Crescent's Society's Drug Demand Reduction Project reported on the project's recent and upcoming activities. She gave a detailed overview, highlighting, in particular, the work tha [...]
2010-02-01 13:31:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT157TURKMEN POLICE, CUSTOMS OFFICERS VISIT LONDON
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An INL-funded familiarization trip for Turkmen Customs and Police officers to the UK took place from January 26-30, yielding positive results. While in London, the participants met with MP Viscount Waverly of th [...]
2010-02-02 11:46:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD SNAR AORC PGOV XG XT TX
10ASHGABAT19 TURKMENISTAN: SOLDIER ARRESTED WITH 50 KILOS
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A first sergeant in a military unit in Serdar district near the Iran border was reportedly arrested for drug smuggling last week. Immediately following the incident, the Minister of Defense gathered all militar [...]
2010-01-06 12:26:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PGOV SOCI TX IR
10ASHGABAT190 TURKMENISTAN: WOMEN INCREASINGLY INVOLVED IN
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief of the State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) reported at the February 5 session of the Cabinet of Ministers that two Ashgabat women had been arrested for heroin smuggling. No other details regarding [...]
2010-02-10 12:12:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PGOV SOCI TX IR
10ASHGABAT210 TURKMENISTAN: RED CRESCENT SOCIETY VOLUNTEERS
[...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: INL Assistant met recently with an instructor from the Red Crescent Society's Drug Demand Reduction Project, as well as local project volunteers. The instructor highlighted the project's educational activities w [...]
2010-02-12 13:11:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT245DRUG ADDICTION IN IRAN: THE SUCCESS OF TWELVE-STEP
[...] (C) An Iranian specialist in the treatment of drug addiction spoke to Iran Watcher this week about medical and legal approaches to the problem in Iran. xxxxxxxxxxxx (please protect),xxxxxxxxxxxx contrasted Turkmenstan's punitie and abstinence-based, rather than treatment-oriented, stance towards d [...]
2010-02-25 12:20:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM SNAR PREL TX
10ASHGABAT249TURKMENISTAN'S MOST ACTIVE BLACK MARKETS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Foreign currency, imported alcohol and tobacco, and pharmaceuticals are the three most prominent items sold on the black markets in Turkmenistan. Until the Turkmen Government unified the exchange rates in 2008 (Ref A),curre [...]
2010-02-26 09:48:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI SNAR TX
10ASHGABAT94TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In its most recent quarterly meeting, members of Embassy Ashgabat's Law Enforcement Working Group reported progress in their activities with the Turkmen government, as well as a few frustrations. All agencies reported that bilateral exchanges and training activities are continuing [...]
2010-01-20 14:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR MASS TX
10ASTANA251KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER
[...] (SBU) General Petraeus, on behalf of Ambassador Hoagland, and the Department of Defense and Embassy Astana country teams, we extend a warm welcome on the occasion of your upcoming visit to Astana, Kazakhstan. Visit overview 2. (S) The Office of the Defense Attache and your staff are working towa [...]
2010-02-22 07:03:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL ECON EPET PINR MARR SNAR KZ
10ASTANA275 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Rashid Tusupbekov to discuss ongoing legal reforms and the possibility of a general amnesty that could include jailed prominent Kazakhstani human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis. Tusupbekov praised cooperation with the [...]
2010-02-26 10:00:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR KDEM KTIP KZ
10ASUNCION39RELEASE OF KIDNAP VICTIM BOOSTS LUGO ADMINISTRATION
[...] (U) The Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) released wealthy cattle rancher Fidel Zavala Serrati January 18 after 94 days in captivity. EPP members seized Zavala at gunpoint from his rural ranch October 15 (reftel C). To comply with the EPP's three pre-release demands, the Zavala family paid [...]
2010-01-19 18:51:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR PA CO BR
10ASUNCION97GOP SEEKS TO IMPLEMENT NEW CELL PHONE INTERCEPT SYSTEM, BUT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Filizzola told the Ambassador February 10 that the GOP would soon be rolling out a new, expanded cell phone intercept program, which would continue to cover counternarcotics but would also include anti-kidnapping cases as the GOP ratchets up efforts to capture the [...]
2010-02-18 20:52:00Embassy AsuncionSECRET//NOFORNPGOV SNAR ASEC PREL PA
10ATHENS45GREECE: Ambassador Speckhard's Meeting with Hellenic Coast
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a 50-minute meeting on 20 January Vice Admiral Bousios spoke to Ambassador Speckhard about the ongoing reformation of the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG),which he has headed since late November 2009. Bousios said that the HCG was being reorganized to resemble the U.S. Coast [...]
2010-01-28 10:11:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL GR PGOV SMIG PBTS MCAP EWWT PHSA PTER SNAR
10ATHENS51Hellenic Police Chief on Security Service Reorganization,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on 21 January Hellenic National Police (HNP) Chief Ikonomou told the Ambassador that the reorganization of the Ministry of Citizen Protection was far from complete, but that the overall goal was to foster interagency cooperation across Greece's non-military [...]
2010-01-29 13:02:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR
10ATHENS57CITIZEN PROTECTION MINISTER UPBEAT ON REORGANIZATION, COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 15:33:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KTIP SNAR PINR SMIG KCOR KCRM KHLS GR
10ATHENS59Hellenic Police Chief on Security Service Reorganization,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on 21 January Hellenic National Police (HNP) Chief Ikonomou told the Ambassador that the reorganization of the Ministry of Citizen Protection was far from complete, but that the overall goal was to foster interagency cooperation across Greece's non-military [...]
2010-02-01 20:41:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR
10BAGHDAD322INL Baghdad January Highlights
[...] (SBU) Summary: INL Baghdad continues to see progress on its Judicial and Law Enforcement Assistance (JALEA) programs and police training transition efforts. The Police Transition Team (PTT) completed an initial, detailed assessment of basing and staffing options. JALEA's Iraq HJC Court Admini [...]
2010-02-07 15:47:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD42INL Assistant Secretary Johnson's Baghdad Visit Lays
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary Johnson utilized his December 11-15 Baghdad trip to advance the transition of the police development program from the U.S. military to the State Department. Johnson prev [...]
2010-01-07 13:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ
10BAKU14AZERBAIJAN: TREASURY A/S COHEN DISCUSSES AML/CTF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During his first visit to Baku, October 21-22, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, David S. Cohen, met with Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) officials and private sector business representatives. In meetings with the Minister Finance, Chairman of the [...]
2010-01-08 08:20:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN SNAR EIND PGOV PTER AJ
10BAKU63IRAN: CHILD MALNUTRITION, DRUG USE, DRUG LABS AFFLICT URBAN POOR
[...] (C) Baku Iran Watcher met with a two Iranian NGO leaders who focus on children's rights and drug addiction problems in poor areas on Tehran and other cities. Among other activities the NGO operates child-feeding programs that support approximately 4,000 families. The pair work in some of th [...]
2010-02-01 09:05:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAF AJ ECON IR PGOV PHUM SNAR UN
10BAKU65AZERBAIJAN: THREE AZERBAIJANI PROSECUTORS TRAINED AT USDOJ
[...] SUMMARY: In April 2009, three Azeri prosecutors went with the DOJ OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor on an INL funded study-tour to the DOJ National Advocacy Center (NAC) Columbia, South Carolina. Under the RLA's supervision, they took an intensive two-week trial advocacy course. Each of these thre [...]
2010-02-02 07:29:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ
10BAMAKO54NEW INFORMATION ON CRASHED DRUG PLANE
[...] (S) On January 12, [name redacted], provided PolCouns with copies of documents from the civil aviation authorities of Saudi Arabia and Guinea-Bissau he believed pertained to the Boeing 727 that crashed on take-off near the town of Tarkint in Northern Mali at the beginning of November 2009. The firs [...]
2010-02-01 11:59:00Embassy BamakoSECRETKCRM PGOV PINS SNAR ML
10BEIJING162REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: COMPUTER
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security,s Cyber Security Department. They have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory infor [...]
2010-01-22 06:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH
10BEIJING182REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK:
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security. They have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals. [...]
2010-01-25 06:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH
10BEIJING378DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRC CONTEMPLATING MINUSTAH
[...] (SBU) On February 12, PolOff conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Attache Jiang Bo reftel points seeking information on possible PRC contributions in support of MINUSTAH. Jiang confirmed that the PRC was considering providing assistance bu [...]
2010-02-12 08:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN
10BEIJING438REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR SOCOM FIFTH ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidate, who is currently serving as the Defense Attach at the People's Republic of China (PRC) Embassy in Washington, D.C. He has been nominated to participate in SOCOM's Fifth Annual Conference, "Threats to Sovereignt [...]
2010-02-24 07:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR PTER KCRM SNAR CH
10BEIJING446REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: POST BLAST
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security,s Public Order Control Department (POCD). They have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no der [...]
2010-02-25 04:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH
10BEIRUT15SCENESETTER FOR A/S JOHNSON'S JAN 10-11 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Beirut welcomes your January 10-11 visit as one of the first high-level visits to Lebanon of 2010. As Lebanon emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meeting with Interior Minister Ziad Baroud will reinforce the message that [...]
2010-01-06 14:11:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PBTS SNAR PREF PTER KPAL KCRM LE
10BELGRADE168SERBIA: 2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Belgrade's 2009 End Use Monitoring Report follows. Background A. EUM Program Coordinator Robert Norris, +381.11.306.4836, NorrisRE@state.gov B. Inventory System DOJ/OPDAT and DOJ/ICITAP do not use an automated inventory system to record and track the distr [...]
2010-02-03 15:58:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN SR
10BELGRADE35SERBIA: FINGERPOINTING CONTINUES IN MAJOR ORGANIZED CRIME
[...] (C) Serbian efforts to crack down on narcotics trafficking and organized crime have led to several arrests, including in the Operation Balkan Warrior case, which began with Serbian cooperation in seizing two tons of cocaine in October 2009. Montenegrin-born organized crime figure Darko Saric [...]
2010-02-24 17:37:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM SR MW
10BERLIN205GERMAN AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR MINUSTAH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 12:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO
10BOGOTA11SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S JAN 11-13 VISIT
[...] (C) Your visit is an opportunity to focus U.S. and Colombian efforts to consolidate Colombia's gains as the country enters a transition year. President Uribe will seek your reassurance of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. His decision on whether to [...]
2010-01-06 23:01:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL OVIP PGOV PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
10BOGOTA13Peace Commissioner Lays Out Way Ahead on FARC, ELN
[...] (S/NF) Colombian High Commissioner for Peace Frank Pearl told the Ambassador January 5 that his office is preparing "roadmaps" for the next Administration on how best to pursue peace agreements with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN). Pearl acknowle [...]
2010-01-07 13:44:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER SNAR PARM ECON CO
10BOGOTA130INL FLASH REPORT THROUGH DECEMBER 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 20:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN
10BOGOTA134SECOND QUARTER FOR OY4 DYNCORP CONTRACT
[...] The following funds are provided for DynCorp for the amount of USD 9,750,000.00 and fees of the contract for the amount of USD 97,500.00 for a total of USD 9,847,500.00. This is for the second quarter of the option year four for COLAR. CONTRACT COST COLAR Appropriation 19__79115400 [...]
2010-01-14 21:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN SNAR
10BOGOTA143GOC CONFLICTED OVER RISING URBAN HOMICIDES
[...] (C) Homicides in Colombia appear to be on the rise after several years of steady decline. The GOC's leading authorities on crime statistics reported sharply contrasting 2009 homicide rates, with police numbers indicating a 2% downtick and the national forensic examiner's data registering a 15% [...]
2010-02-03 18:53:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KJUS PTER CO KCRM ASEC SNAR
10BOGOTA165Mixed Reactions to Plan Colombia Cut, GOC to Lobby US
[...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia's (GOC) reaction to the announcement of cuts to USG Plan Colombia assistance has been measured and has recognized fiscal realities in the United States as well as Plan Colombia's natural tendency towards reduced assistance. Still, officials have expressed conce [...]
2010-02-05 23:25:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PTER SNAR EAID CO
10BOGOTA186DECEMBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Vice Minister of Defense Sergio Jaramillo's resignation leaves the USG without a key National Consolidation Plan (PNC) interlocutor and the GOC lacking a chief PNC strategist and spokesperson. Post is engaging GOC leaders to focus their attention on consolidation in light of upcoming ele [...]
2010-01-20 16:23:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
10BOGOTA201DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S JANUARY 12, 2010 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) January 12, 2010; 10:00 AM; Monteria, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador William Brownfield DAS Christopher McMullen, WHA DCM Brian Nichols USAID Mission Director Ken Yamashita Political Counselor Mark Wells (notetaker) NAS Director Dan Foote [...]
2010-02-09 19:10:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL OVIP EAID KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR ETRD SENV CO VE
10BOGOTA214AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: NOVEMBER 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for November, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 2,808 tracks during November. There were three Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks [...]
2010-01-21 21:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
10BOGOTA225COLOMBIA'S CONTRIBUTION TO UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN HAITI
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Emboffs spoke on February 11 with officials at the Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). These Government of Colombia (GOC) officials confirmed that there are currently 26 Colombian police officers in Haiti as part of MINUSTAH. The Colomb [...]
2010-02-11 21:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO HA CO
10BOGOTA232FUNDING FOR LOCKHEED MARTIN CONTRACT FY-2010
[...] Following funds are provided for Lockheed Martin contract. This is the third funding for FY 2009 in the amount of USD 7,000,000.00: CNP ARAVI Appropriation 19 9011540000 Allotment 0110 Obligation 0110008001 Function 2722 Object [...]
2010-01-22 16:39:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN
10BOGOTA238CODEL ENGEL DISCUSSES FTA AND DCA, ENCOURAGES COLOMBIAN
[...] (SBU) House Foreign Affairs Committee Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairman Eliot Engel led a Congressional delegation to Cartagena and Monteria, Colombia from January 7-10, 2010. At his private ranch in Monteria, President Uribe outlined Colombia's progress, with U.S. support, on counterna [...]
2010-01-22 18:30:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR EAID ETRD PHUM MOPS OREP CO
10BOGOTA239COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEMIEUX (FEBRUARY 17-19)
[...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Bogota and two Colombian military facilities 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. The possible referendum to allow Pre [...]
2010-02-12 18:58:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV MCAP MOPS PTER ETRD PHUM SNAR OREP CO
10BOGOTA244NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The aerial eradication team reached its CY-2009 goal of 100,000 hectares (ha) of coca sprayed, with a total True Ground Area Coverage of 101,573 ha for the year. Manual eradication of coca for 2009 totaled approximately 61,000 ha, short of the goal of 70,000 ha; total eradicati [...]
2010-01-22 21:32:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
10BOGOTA252CABLE COLOMBIAN ACCEPTANCE LEMDP PROGRAM APRIL 2010
[...] Colombia accepts the invitation, per Reftel, for ten (10) students to attend the Law Enforcement Management Development Program (LEMDP) at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in San Salvador, El Salvador, from April 12 to May 21, 2010. 2. Embassy Bogota POC for ILEA is: [...]
2010-01-25 18:21:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC KCRM PREL OTRA ES
10BOGOTA264CONSOLIDATION PROGRESS IN FORMER FARC STRONGHOLD IMPRESSIVE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite notable progress, including marked gains in public security, reduction of coca cultivation, and winning support of the local population for governmental institutions, the overall situation is fragile in the Macarena area of Meta Department -- the former heartland of the [...]
2010-01-26 21:46:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SENV KCRM PTER PGOV CO
10BOGOTA309SECOND EXTRADITION DENIAL ON GROUNDS OF JUSTICE AND PEACE
[...] (SBU) The Supreme Court denied the extradition request for former United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) leader Edwar Cobos Tellez (alias "Diego Vecino") on the grounds that it would compromise the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) and leave victims without recourse to truth and reparations re [...]
2010-02-19 17:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL PTER SNAR CO
10BOGOTA357DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COLOMBIA UNABLE TO SUPPLY SMALL ARMS TO
[...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Colombian Defense Ministry (MOD) officials on February 25. The officials responded that export of arms from Colombia is difficult if not impossible due to complex legal regulations. The officials also indicated that the MOD does not currently have exc [...]
2010-02-26 20:12:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO
10BOGOTA359DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COLOMBIA UNABLE TO SUPPLY SMALL ARMS TO
[...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Colombian Defense Ministry (MOD) officials on February 25. The officials responded that export of arms from Colombia is difficult if not impossible due to complex legal regulations. The officials also indicated that the MOD does not currently have exc [...]
2010-02-26 22:30:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO
10BOGOTA370PRESIDENT URIBE'S VICTORY AGAINST PERSONAL DRUG POSSESSION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: After five failed attempts, President Uribe succeeded in passing a bill through the Colombian Congress, amending the Constitution and repealing a 1994 Constitutional Court judgment that permitted possession of a minimum dose of drugs for personal consumption. President Uribe has [...]
2010-02-01 20:17:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER PGOV CO
10BOGOTA380EXTRADITION: LUIS EDUARDO MANJARRES-PUMAREJO - EXTRADITION
[...] The Embassy received official notification from the GOC on January 29, 2010, that the extradition of Colombian national LUIS EDUARDO MANJARRES-PUMAREJO has been approved on the count in para. 2 pursuant to Resolution No. 349, dated December 11, 2009. The individual did not enter an appeal. [...]
2010-02-02 14:54:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL CJAN CO KCRM KJUS
10BOGOTA442INL FLASH REPORT THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 13:18:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN
10BOGOTA600JANUARY COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The GOC made progress to secure adequate civilian ministry commitment to the National Consolidation Plan (PNC) but a great deal of work remains to be done. The Center for the Coordination of Integrated Action (CCAI) mapped consolidation regions down to the village level, which should fac [...]
2010-02-17 13:28:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
10BOGOTA672FOR RELEASE: FOR RELEASE: FUNDING FOR LOCKHEED MARTIN
[...] Following funds are provided for Lockheed Martin contract, this is the third funding for FY 2009 in the amount of USD 8,600,000.00: CNP ARAVI Appropriation 19 9011540000 Allotment 0110 Obligation 0110008001 Function 2722 Object [...]
2010-02-19 15:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN
10BOGOTA678FY 2010 NAS BOGOTA PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT BUDGET
[...] The Following is FY-10 PD&S Budget Requirements for NAS Bogota Object Description Actual Non Proposed FY-2010 Code FY-2009 Recurring Increases Plan Ob [...]
2010-02-19 18:38:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN
10BOGOTA686AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MEDICAL MISSION HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled to La Macarena, Meta, on February 2 to tour a SOUTHCOM-sponsored humanitarian assistance mission supplying medical services to more than 5,000 Colombian citizens. The operation in the former guerrilla heartland underlined the security gains made under Colombia's Na [...]
2010-02-22 17:42:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAGR EAID SNAR MARR CO
10BOGOTA728FUNDING FOR ARINC CONTRACT FOR ABD
[...] Following funds are provided to ARINC contract ABD program in the amount of USD 597,000 for the period April to June, 2010: ABD TO FUND ARINC CONTRACT Appropriation: 19 9011540000 Agency Bureau: 1900 BFY: 2009 [...]
2010-02-24 19:47:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN
10BOGOTA778AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CSDI TO NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR DANGEROUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting of the National Council for Dangerous Drugs (CNE) on February 11, the Ambassador presented the Embassy's Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) and reviewed our effort to align CSDI with the Government of Colombia's (GOC) National Consolidation Plan. The [...]
2010-02-26 19:10:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER PGOV CO
10BOGOTA91OPPOSITION CANDIDATE PARDO DISCUSSES ELECTIONS AND BILATERAL
[...] (C) Liberal Party Director and presidential candidate Rafael Pardo predicted that: the Uribe coalition would maintain its congressional majority in the March 14 election, independent Sergio Fajardo would have a tough time winning the presidency due to a lack of congressional support, President [...]
2010-01-27 13:22:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR ECON PTER PINR CO VE CU
10BOGOTA93BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: TAA 0361-04F AND TAA 4140-08D
[...] (S//NF) Summary. Blue Lantern Officer consulted with the Defense Attache Office, US MilitaryGroup (MILGROUP),FBI and DEA regarding the accuracy of intelligence reports listed in ref A. DEA confirmed the derogatory information in ref A, linking Vertical de Aviacion to Helitaxi, [...]
2010-01-27 18:09:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNETTC KOMC SNAR CO TH PM
10BOGOTA97International Donors Signal Future Support for Consolidation
[...] (C) On January 19, the Embassy's Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) working group hosted officials from the Dutch, German and Canadian Embassies to discuss CSDI, Colombia's National Consolidation Plan (PNC) and the status of support from those Embassies for the PNC. The chief con [...]
2010-01-27 19:36:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER EAID SNAR CO CA GM NL
10BRASILIA1142009 End-Use Monitoring Report: Brazil
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 12:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BR
10BRASILIA130FY 2010 NAS BRAZIL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT (PD&S)
[...] PER REFTEL, NAS BRAZIL PRESENTS ITS FY 2010 PROGRAM AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT BUDGET PLAN, AS FOLLOWS: SUB- ACTUAL NON- PROPOSED FY 2010 OBJECT FY-2009 RECURRING INCREASES PLAN CLASS OBLIG. ITEMS 1112 71,600 0 20,700 92 [...]
2010-02-05 16:43:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN BR AMGT KFSC
10BRASILIA146INL FLASH REPORT JANUARY 2010 - NAS BRAZIL
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 18:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN BR
10BRASILIA55BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, CN, AND UPCOMING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Institutional Security Office (GSI) Minister General Jorge Felix shared with Ambassador Shannon on February 9 Brazil's top security concerns, which include: assistance and cooperation in Haiti; increased drug trafficking in the region and consumption in Brazil; and security for the [...]
2010-02-18 21:47:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PTER SNAR ASEC BR BL HA DHS KOLY
10BRATISLAVA70SLOVAKIA DOES NOT INTEND TO CONTRIBUTE TO MINUSTAH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 15:08:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS
10BRIDGETOWN17BARBADOS PLEDGES CONTINUED SUPPORT TO COUNTER-DRUG
[...] (U) Public comments made by Prime Minister Thompson and Opposition Leader Mia Mottley regarding the need to continue supporting regional counter-narcotics efforts through the Barbados-based Regional Security System (RSS) exemplified Barbados' unified stance on the issue and its commitment to co [...]
2010-01-19 19:24:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS SNAR XL
10BRIDGETOWN35PM King: Rising Crime Threatens St. Lucia's Expanding
[...] (C) St. Lucia Prime Minister Stephenson King told the Charge in a February 10 meeting that his government is struggling to stem the tide of violent crime that has begun to adversely affect the country's vital but vulnerable tourism sector. He is hiring more police, weeding out corruption in t [...]
2010-02-24 17:18:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MASS SNAR XL
10BRIDGETOWN68Teamwork Produces Successful Results in the Eastern
[...] (SBU) The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Military Liaison Office, and the Narcotics Affairs Section are working with local and regional authorities to deter drug trafficking. Many operations have been successful; however, without consistent, reliable maritime assets to assist the Region [...]
2010-01-29 17:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL
10BUENOSAIRES107Argentina Fires Financial Action Task Force Representative
[...] (C) Summary: The GOA fired its Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Coordinator over the weekend, reportedly in response to Ecuadorian criticism of Argentina's vote to blacklist Ecuador at the recent Abu Dhabi Plenary. Argentina is under the gun itself in an ongoing peer assessment that seems l [...]
2010-02-24 19:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EC AR
10BUENOSAIRES110HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 19:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR SNAR AR
10BUENOSAIRES79Argentine Financial Intelligence Unit Further Compromised
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 14:34:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ECON KTFN KCRM KJUS PTER SNAR PREL PGOV AR
10CAIRO108CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99423 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy has [...]
2010-01-20 16:34:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO184CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99488 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy ha [...]
2010-02-02 06:29:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO250CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99533 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy ha [...]
2010-02-08 06:46:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO304CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99546 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy ha [...]
2010-02-16 15:28:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CAIRO358CAIRO REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - 99561 THRU
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Leahy Amendment, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Egyptian government personnel and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to the Embassy. 2. (U) Embassy ha [...]
2010-02-24 12:18:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MASS PREL SNAR PARM EG
10CANBERRA136YES ON COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS PROPOSAL
[...] Australia fully supports moving phenylacetic acid from Table II to Table I of the Annex of Chemicals to the 1988 UN Convention. The Department of Health and Aging's Acting Director for Treaty Compliance Darren Jones told us that Australia is will vote in favor of the change. Both the import [...]
2010-02-25 07:32:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SNAR UNCND
10CARACAS143Venezuela: Airlines Close to Deal with GBRV on Arrears
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reached an agreement with the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) to use the new 2.6 bolivares fuertes (BsF) to $1 exchange rate to liquidate foreign exchange requests pending with the GBRV from international airlines prior to the Ja [...]
2010-02-04 14:42:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD PREL SNAR VE BEXP EINT ETTC
10CARACAS161Venezuela Deports Three Fugitives, Justice Minister Asks for
[...] (C) Summary: On February 2, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) deported U.S. fugitive Salomon "Big Daddy" Camacho, as well as two fugitives wanted by France and Colombia. Minister of Justice El-Aissami told PolOff and Legatt that he had been instructed by President Chavez to return these [...]
2010-02-09 21:39:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR CO VE KCRM
10CARACAS209S/GWI Project Proposal - Venezuela
[...] Please find below a project proposal for the "Shelter for Victims of Gender-Based Violence" for the S/GWI small grants initiative, as announced in reftel. FundaSucre, a public foundation of the Sucre municipality of Caracas, would be the recipient organization, and this project would support [...]
2010-02-19 22:52:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE
10CARACAS49EU-Venezuela Counternarcotics Agreement: More Optics Than
[...] Summary. The 3.3 million euro EU-Venezuela counternarcotics cooperation agreement, signed on December 29, was largely a political gesture toward the European Union, according to the EU's cooperation director Marc Fiedrich. Because the agreement was pending signature for a year, it will [...]
2010-01-19 23:03:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALSNAR PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV VE
10CARACAS53FBI Fugutive Caught, Faces Return to U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Salomon "Big Daddy" Camacho Mora, an FBI fugitive since 2002, was captured January 13 in the Venezuelan state of Carabobo by the Bolivarian Intelligence Service, (SEBIN, formerly DISIP). Camacho is expected to be returned to the United States on January 26. This case il [...]
2010-01-20 19:15:00Embassy CaracasSECRETPREL SNAR CO VE KCRM
10CARACAS57TFHA01: Venezuela Continues Attacks on U.S. Haiti Relief;
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 resolution, the Venezuelan National Assembly characterized U.S. assistance to Haiti as a "military occupation," which it rejected as a threat to both Haiti and Venezuela. The GBRV Ministry of Communication and Information Vive website altered its January 18 articl [...]
2010-01-20 22:44:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE
10CARACAS85CHAVEZ TACKLES RISING CRIME WITH THE BOLIVARIAN NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: On December 20, about 950 members of the newly created "Bolivarian National Police" (PNB) deployed to the streets of Libertador, one of the municipalities of Caracas. President Hugo Chavez had officially inaugurated the PNB in a November 28 speech to PSUV party officials [...]
2010-01-26 17:27:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR CO VE KCRM
10COLOMBO79 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR
[...] Per reftel, below is the 2009/10 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Maldives. SUMMARY 2. The Government of the Maldives (GOM) estimates that as much as ten percent of its population of 350,000 uses illicit drugs regularly. The GOM is committed to targeting drugs traffic [...]
2010-02-02 05:21:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MV
10DAKAR228Possible Senegalese Additions to MINUSTAH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 13:16:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EFIN MARR MCAP PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR HA XL KJUS
10DHAKA71PACIFIC COMMAND SUPPORT FOR BANGLADESH SHOWCASED
[...] (C) A January 12-13 visit to Bangladesh by Professional Staff Members from the Senate Armed Services Committee highlighted the integration of U.S. Pacific Command programs with U.S. Mission Dhaka's efforts to support development, deny space to terrorists and extremists, and enhance democracy. [...]
2010-01-21 06:33:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS EAID PTER PHUM MASS MCAP SNAR BG
10DUSHANBE143EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY
[...] Site Assessments a) On January 20 the EXBS Staff and the ODC Counter Narcotics Program Manager visited Nizniy-Pyanj border crossing to meet the new Customs Port Director. The EXBS Staff examined the EXBS funded Rapiscan luggage x-ray scanner at the passenger processing terminal and the [...]
2010-02-02 11:59:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
10DUSHANBE149INTERIOR MINISTER - THAT'S NOT MY ANTI-AMERICAN SCREED
[...] (C) Summary: Following the issuance of a pamphlet claiming that the United States Government intentionally supported the narcotics industry in Afghanistan during the 1980s to destroy the Soviet Union, the Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) told Ambassador that the pamphlet was unauthorized and [...]
2010-02-03 11:49:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TI
10DUSHANBE44EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORT DECEMBER 2009
[...] Site Assessments a) On December 15 the Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. The Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Ass [...]
2010-01-08 12:37:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
10EFTOKABUL668Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks to be more
[...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen expressed optimism that the Afghan banking sector is implementing stronger controls against anti-money laundering and [...]
2010-02-23 11:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF
10FREETOWN61UPDATE ON NARCOTICS MATTERS IN SIERRA LEONE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 17:07:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDLI SL SNAR
10GUATEMALA134Embassy Guatemala Strongly Supports Continuation of the
[...] (SBU) Summary: NAS' Aviation Support Program is a critical element in the USG's fight against narcotrafficking and organized crime in Guatemala. It has been extremely successful in supporting law enforcement operations and eradication missions throughout Guatemala. The USG's ability [...]
2010-01-19 14:36:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS GT
10GUATEMALA148GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 135
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 16:39:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM PREL SNAR GT
10GUATEMALA236Embassy Guatemala: January 2010 Merida Report
[...] (U) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for January 2010. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Post conducted a review of Merida funding to date and found that some FY 2008 funds are still stalled in the procureme [...]
2010-02-04 22:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID GT
10GUATEMALA25Leading Human Rights Activist Prepares to Take on Police
[...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Pol/Econ Counselor, Guatemala's leading human rights activist, Helen Mack, discussed her plans for her new position overseeing police reform, for which she would seek international assistance. Mack warned the Embassy to be watchful as it administers a $2 [...]
2010-01-26 16:56:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ASEC KCRM SNAR GT
10GUATEMALA27Former President Portillo Captured, Refuses Extradition
[...] (C) Summary. Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo, indicted in the U.S. on money laundering charges and a fugitive from justice, was captured Jan. 26 as he was about to flee to Belize. The capture was the result of a joint operation involving CICIG, the Attorney General's Office, th [...]
2010-01-27 00:12:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM ASEC SNAR PREL PINR GT
10GUATEMALA300Guatemalan Response for Force Generation Issues to Reinforce
[...] In response to reftel, post received the following information from the Guatemalan Chief of the National Defense Staff General Juan Jose Ruiz Morales. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. a. Firmness: What is the status of each country's offer? The Government of Guatemal [...]
2010-02-17 00:18:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO
10GUATEMALA32Embassy Guatemala: December 2009 Merida Report
[...] (U) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for December 2009. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Allocation of Merida funding continues to be inconsistent and slow. Post requests Washington's continued ass [...]
2010-01-06 15:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID GT
10HAMILTON12CORRECTED COPY: BERMUDA'S 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] U.S. Consulate General Hamilton provides this corrected copy of the money laundering and financial crimes section of the 2009-2010 INCSR (REFTEL A). Post has updated responses to questions (45) and (55),see paragraphs 30 and 44.. GENERAL QUESTIONS 2. (18) Yes. An ov [...]
2010-01-15 21:47:00Consulate HamiltonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM EFIM KTFN SNAR PGOV BD
10HAMILTON15C O R R E C T E D C O P Y BERMUDA'S 2009-2010
[...] U.S. Consulate General Hamilton provides this corrected copy of the money laundering and financial crimes section of the 2009-2010 INCSR (REFTEL A). Post has re-numbered the paragraphs beginning with paragraph 40. GENERAL QUESTIONS 2. (18) Yes. An overseas territory o [...]
2010-01-19 20:03:00Consulate HamiltonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGIV BD
10HAMILTON6BERMUDA: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] U.S. Consulate General Hamilton provides the following answers in response to questions for the money laundering and financial crimes section of the 2009-2010 INCSR in REFTEL, referenced in parentheses. GENERAL QUESTIONS 2. (18) Yes. An overseas territory of the Unite [...]
2010-01-12 19:46:00Consulate HamiltonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGOV BD
10ISLAMABAD190PAKISTANI, AFGHAN, AND IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi hosted his Afghan and Iranian counterparts for a meeting in Islamabad on January 16. This was the third high-level gathering of the three countries in the past year -- which included a trilateral heads-of-state summit in May 2009 in Tehran. Th [...]
2010-01-26 14:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON SNAR PK AF IR
10JAKARTA136INDONESIAN FIU FEARS FATF SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21, Embassy RLA met with representatives of the Indonesian Financial Intelligence Unit (PPATK) to discuss concerns about a recent FATF review of the GOI anti-money laundering/counter terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regime. The PPATK interlocutors expressed concern that t [...]
2010-02-01 06:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC
10JAKARTA140INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT IN ADVANCE OF FATF
[...] (C) In a meeting January 29, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Rezlan Jenie told the DCM that Indonesia fully understands the need to improve its anti-money laundering/countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) efforts. MFA staff reported that the [...]
2010-02-02 05:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KTFN KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN SNAR PHUM
10JAKARTA173SUCCESS STORIES: INDONESIA STEPS UP ITS EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government is improving its operational effectiveness in combating trafficking in persons. Although much remains to be done, a recent TIP conference (see septel) in Surabaya highlighted several success stories. Police are successfully adapting their tactics to pursu [...]
2010-02-09 10:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC
10JAKARTA189 FORMER GRAFT BUSTER FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER
[...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) A South Jakarta court found former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Chief Antasari Azhar guilty of planning the murder of businessman Nasrudin Zulkarnaen on February 11, sentencing him to 18 years in priso [...]
2010-02-12 08:31:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS KMCA KCOR MCC ID
10JAKARTA199NGOs PRAISE COOPERATION BUT WANT MORE PROSECUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with a DOJ TIP conference (see septels) Embassy DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) met on February 2 with two anti-trafficking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Surabaya, East Java, to discuss the ability of local law enforcement to address trafficking [...]
2010-02-16 05:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC
10JAKARTA66EMBATTLED CORRUPTION BUSTERS SCORE VICTORY WITH
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) scored a major victory with the arrest of corruption suspect Anggodo Widjojo. The arrest not only fulfills the public's sense of justice, but d [...]
2010-01-15 10:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS KMCA KCOR MCC ID
10JAKARTA74INDONESIA-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive, but Unclassified - Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following is the draft text of the 2009-2010 Indonesia International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part 1, Drugs and Chemical Control for Indonesia. Please treat as Sensitive, but Uncla [...]
2010-01-19 10:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KMCA MCC ASEC ID
10KABUL219LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 3, 2010. 3. [...]
2010-01-23 11:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL220LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by January 31, 2010. 3. [...]
2010-01-23 11:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL339LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 8, 2010. 3. [...]
2010-01-27 09:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL437 Engaging Allies to Conclude MOUs on Life Support
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraphs 5 and 6. Background: ----------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kabul is in the process of significantly increasing the number of USG civilians at Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and other field locations, particularly District Support Teams (DST [...]
2010-02-03 15:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL EAID PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL490CURRENT STATUS AND NEXT STEPS ON AGRICULTURE CREDIT
[...] (SBU) Members of the Embassy Interagency Agriculture Team met with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) on February 3 to discuss the current status and next steps on addressing the agriculture credit constraints facing the small commercial farmer. MAIL reiterated its [...]
2010-02-09 08:22:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR ECON SNAR PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL544LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 24, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-13 11:47:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL545LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 18, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-13 11:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL546LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 18, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-13 11:48:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL547LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 27, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-13 11:49:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL548LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 28, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-13 12:12:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL549LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 24, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-13 12:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL550LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by March 1, 2010. 3. F [...]
2010-02-13 12:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL575ATMAR UNDER PRESSURE FOR NEW ANSARI HAWALA CASE
[...] (C) In a February 2 courtesy call on Interior Minister Hanif Atmar by visiting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Gil Kerlikowske, Ambassador Wayne thanked Atmar for his firmness on recent money laundering cases (Ref B). Atmar responded that the January 14 search of [...]
2010-02-15 12:28:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN KTFN KCOR KCRM SNAR AF
10KABUL594LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 24, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-17 11:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL595LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 24, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-17 11:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL628MINISTER OF INTERIOR REVIEWS POLICE TRAINING, CN POLICING
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 2 meeting, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) R. Gil Kerlikowske joined by Ambassador Wayne, discussed a range of current issues with Afghan Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar. Atmar expressed satisfaction with the steady developm [...]
2010-02-18 16:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL PINS PK RU AF
10KABUL639LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 28, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-21 12:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL665LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 28, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-23 10:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL666LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by March 15, 2010. 3. [...]
2010-02-23 10:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL668Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks to be more
[...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen expressed optimism that the Afghan banking sector is implementing stronger controls against anti-money laundering and [...]
2010-02-23 11:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL675NEW AFGHAN COUNTERNARCOTICS MINISTER ZARAR OUTLINES HIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) R. Gil Kerlikowske, joined by Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, met with Afghanistan's new Minister of Counternarcotics, Zarar Ahmad Moqbel. [...]
2010-02-24 03:41:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL703LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 13, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-28 06:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL704LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by March 15, 2010. 3. [...]
2010-02-28 06:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL706LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 17, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-28 06:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL707LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 15, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-28 06:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL711CORRECTED COPY: Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks
[...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen strongly encouraged the Afghan banking sector to implement stronger controls against money laundering and terrorist f [...]
2010-02-28 06:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF
10KAMPALA91UGANDA: PHENYLACETIC ACID DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 13:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC SNAR UG
10KATHMANDU118NEPAL: 2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Per the reporting requirements noted reftel, Post has an end-use monitoring to report for Calendar Year 2009. 2. BACKGROUND A. EUM Program coordinator: Denver H Fleming III, 977-400-7200, flemingdh@state.gov B. Inventory System: Standard INL-LOA handover forms and state departme [...]
2010-02-08 10:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NP
10KATHMANDU166NEPAL: COMMITTED TO SUPPORT MINUSTAH
[...] (SBU) Per demarche request (reftel),Embassy contacted Armed Police Force (APF) IG Sanet Basnet and Home Ministry Secretary Dr. Govind Kusum regarding Nepal's current offer to provide one Foreign Police Unit (FPU) for 12 months. Both Basnet and Kusum confirmed that Nepal is still willing to [...]
2010-02-25 12:18:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC
10KINGSTON114JAMAICA: PM LAMENTS LAW ENFORCEMENT PRIMACY IN USG
[...] (SBU) On the evening of January 27, the CDA met with Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding in his office at Jamaica House regarding the bilateral relationship in general and the status of recent USG extradition requests in particular. The PM expressed concern that, in recent years, the relationshi [...]
2010-01-29 19:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR MARR PREL SOCI EAID ASEC KCRM KCOR IMF AID
10KINGSTON174JAMAICA: EXTRADITION CASES OF PRESLEY BINGHAM AND
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 22:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR PREL SOCI EAID ASEC KCRM KCOR JM XL
10KINGSTON23JAMAICA: COKE EXTRADITION CASE; MFAFT REQUESTS USG RESPONSES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 18:23:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN SNAR PREL SOCI ASEC KCRM KCOR JM XL
10KINGSTON260JAMAICA: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CONDEMNS PRISON CONDITIONS,
[...] (U) Jamaica's detention facilities are "inhumane" and "reflect a complete disrespect for human dignity," according to Manfred Nowak, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel and Inhuman Treatment. Nowak, who had been invited by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to as [...]
2010-02-25 16:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM HURI ECON OFDP OVIP PGOV SCUL SNAR SOCI KCOR
10KINGSTON84JAMAICA: A GOOD WEEK FOR GOLDING, BUT DAUNTING CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding and his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)-led Government of Jamaica (GOJ) have enjoyed a much-needed string of policy successes in recent weeks: rapid progress on negotiations for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement, initiation of a debt-excha [...]
2010-01-22 19:38:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD ECON SNAR ASEC CJAN CVIS EAIR EFIN
10KINGSTON86JAMAICA: DENIAL OF EXTRADITION REQUEST: PRESLEY BINGHAM
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 20:37:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR SOCI ASEC KCRM KCOR JM XL
10KINGSTON9JAMAICA: COKE EXTRADITION CASE; IMF AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) On February 8, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Permanent Secretary (PS) Amb. Evadne Coye advised Charge that Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding wanted to meet with him the following day in the PM's Office. The PS advised that she was not aware of the subject [...]
2010-02-10 14:06:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN SNAR PREL SOCI EAID ASEC KCRM KCOR IMF IBRD JM
10LAGOS53DEBRIEFING OF CS-07-125859 ON FEBRUARY 1, 2010.
[...] THE LAGOS CO DEBRIEFED CS-07-125859 (CS) REGARDING THE ACTIVITIES OF NIGERIAN TRAFFICKERS OPERATING IN SOUTH AMERICA. NIFGERIAN NATIONAL WOLEX AND ASSOCIATES ARE CURRENTLY COORDINATING THE MARITIME AND AIR CARGO SMUGGLING OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF COCAINE FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO WEST AFRI [...]
2010-02-09 10:22:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR DEA
10LAPAZ21SOLIS, OTERO DISCUSS BILAT RELATIONS WITH BOLIVIAN FM
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, U/S for Global Affairs Maria Otero, and Charge met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Vice Minister for Social Defense Felipe Caceres on January 21 and reiterated the USG's desire to improve bilateral relations. Choquehuanca thanked the d [...]
2010-01-26 17:07:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR OVIP ODIP BL
10LAPAZ23Morales begins next administration in strong economic
[...] (U) SUMMARY. As President Morales is inaugurated into his second term in office, Bolivia enters 2010 with strong economic fundamentals. Although concerns remain about the investment climate, GDP continues its strong growth (6.1% in 2008, 3.25% in 2009),inflation fell significantly (from 11.8% [...]
2010-01-26 18:07:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON PREL BL EINV EFIN SNAR ETRD
10LAPAZ256HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Sovereign Challenge
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following member of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Post [...]
2010-02-08 16:03:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ258HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Search and Rescue Course, Feb
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]
2010-02-08 16:09:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ260HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Aircraft Technician course,
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]
2010-02-08 16:10:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
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