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09BRASILIA368	ARRESTS MADE IN PIRACY OF U.S. MILTARY SATELLITE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian Federal Police (DPF) executed 20 search and seizure warrants on March 18, 2009, concluding a 3 year investigation related to the piracy of U.S. military satellite frequencies. The operation's success was supported by U.S. Department of Defense-provided sa [...]	2009-03-25 14:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS MARR PINR BR

09BRASILIA375	"DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) First Secretary Carlos Eduardo Da Cunha Oliveira, in the Division of Human Rights of the Ministry of Exterior told poloff on March 25 that Brazil would abstain and offer an explanation of its vote. 2. (SBU)Oliveira explained that the Defamation of Religion Resolution underwent some ch [...]	2009-03-26 18:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF
09BRASILIA386	FAA FLIGHT STANDARDS CONSULATIONS/ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on March 25 between ANAC President Solange Vieira and Ambassador Sobel that addressed FAA's proposed consultations and follow-up assessment, Vieira respectfully declined FAA's offer of consultations and proposed that FAA move ahead with its IASA assessment and offer [...]	2009-03-27 20:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BR
09BRASILIA387	IRAN MAKES ENERGY OVERTURES IN BRAZIL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, during his March 25 - 26 visit to Brazil, sought opportunities for creating energy partnerships with Brazil. He was received cautiously by the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) at a meeting in which they discussed many opport [...]	2009-03-27 22:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PINR SCUL BR IR
09BRASILIA388	BRAZIL: PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR SEES [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian Presidency (Planalto) Foreign Policy Advisor Ambassador Marcel Biato (protect) discussed energy cooperation, touched on G20 and Summit of the Americas (SOA) preparations, and offered views on managing challenges in both the hemisphere and within the GOB in a discussion [...]	2009-03-27 23:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EFIN KSUM BR
09BRASILIA390	THEFT OF SMALL PLANE ACTIVATES SHOOTDOWN PROCEDURES [...] (S/NF) Ref B describes a March 12 incident in which a small private aircraft was stolen at gunpoint in Luziania (approximately 23 miles from Brasilia) and after two hours was intentionally crashed into a parking lot of a shopping mall in Goiania, approximately 90 miles from Brasilia. The inc [...]	2009-03-28 00:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR MOPS PGOV BR
09BRASILIA391	BRAZIL: GAZA PLEDGE, ARAB SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: [...] (C) Summary: President Lula's trip to Doha to attend the March 31 Arab-South American Summit will continue a year of intense Middle East diplomacy that kicked off when Amorim matched Brazil's largest foreign aid contribution by pledging USD 10 million for Gaza reconstruction. Following the Mar [...]	2009-03-28 00:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL BR
09BRASILIA395	Brazil: Open Skies and Privatization Update [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, outlined a detailed strategy for Open Skies negotiations with the U.S. during a March 26 meeting with Ambassador Sobel. The process involves ANAC reviewing a U.S. provided Open Skies eco [...]	2009-03-30 21:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA397	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL HOYER APRIL 8-10 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...]	2009-03-31 20:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA398	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL HOYER APRIL 8-10 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...]	2009-03-31 20:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA399	SENATOR CORKER LOOKS INTO CHALLENGES OF DEFORESTATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Robert Corker visited the State of Amazonas on March 20-21 and learned about the extensive deforestation problem in Brazil and efforts to address it. Governor Eduardo Braga explained his state's innovative program to pay forest dwellers a monthly payment to protect the [...]	2009-03-31 20:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP SENV EAID EAGR KGHG BR
09BRASILIA400	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 118 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2009-03-31 20:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA401	BRAZIL'S ENTHUSIATIC, THOUGH COMPLICATED, APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil has constructed a complex regime to govern access to and benefit sharing of genetic resources. Provisional Measure No. 2186-16 and its implementing rules and regulations establish the requirements in this field. The intended purpose for collecting the genetic resources [...]	2009-03-31 20:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR TBIO KPAO BR
09BRASILIA402	BRAZIL'S DEFENSE MINISTER PURSUING REGIONAL [...] (C) In a discussion with Ambassador Sobel March 28, Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim (protect) said he knew of President Lula's offer to President Obama during their March 14 meeting to look for ways that the region could work with the United States on counterdrug issues, possibly throu [...]	2009-03-31 21:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MOPS MARR XR BR
09BRASILIA403	BRAZIL-UK: ECONOMIC CRISIS, CLIMATE ARE KEY ITEMS AT LULA-BROWN MEETING [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Sobel March 28, British Ambassador to Brazil Alan Charlton provided a readout of the March 26 meeting between Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Charlton said that the economic crisis was the principal topic o [...]	2009-03-31 21:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN SENV ECON EAID KNNP BR UK PARM
09BRASILIA405	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL PASTOR APRIL 4-10 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...]	2009-03-31 21:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA41	THE FX2 COMPETITION -- THE GLIDEPATH TO SUCCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Boeing F18 Super Hornet has had success in establishing itself as a strong candidate to be Brazil's next generation fighter but still faces strong political opposition. To succeed, the USG and Boeing will need a coordinated strategy aimed at highlighting the Super Hornet's [...]	2009-01-09 19:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MARR BR
09BRASILIA422	PROMOTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Brazil views Dinah Shelton very favorably but may have to vote for another candidate to repay obligations incurred in another election. Counselor Marcia Adorno, head of the Ministry of Exterior Relations's Division of Human Rights, told poloff on April 2 that she was familiar with Dinah [...]	2009-04-06 16:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC
09BRASILIA426	BRAZIL WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil is pleased that the US will seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (reftel),but the director of the Human Rights Division in the Ministry of Exterior relations could not state whether Brazil will vote for the U.S. End summary. Pleased U.S. Is Coming Back - - - - [...]	2009-04-06 20:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BR
09BRASILIA428	BRAZIL: NO OBJECTION TO HRSA/HHS AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] Embassy Brasilia has no objection to the proposed agreement between the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) and REDOME (Brazilian Volunteer Bone Marrow Donor Registry.) 2. The Embassy would like to stress that this agreement should not be seen as authorizing the transfer of genetic resour [...]	2009-04-07 10:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA OSCI BR
09BRASILIA43	BRAZIL: AMORIM FLIES TO MIDDLE EAST AS ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions in Brazil to the crisis in Gaza continue (reftel) to focus almost exclusively on the suffering of the Palestinian population caused by Israel's response to HAMAS' attacks while at the same time minimizing Israel's concerns over its security. Criticism of Israel from [...]	2009-01-09 21:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IR BR
09BRASILIA431	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE [...] (SBU) Post approached the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture regarding the U.S. raw sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) and received the following response. Brazil plans to ship its full allocation of the FY2009 sugar TRQ to the United States for delivery by September 30, 2009. If there is a realloc [...]	2009-04-07 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD
09BRASILIA435	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING RAW SUGAR TARIFF RATE [...] (SBU) Post approached the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture regarding the U.S. raw sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) and received the following response. Brazil plans to ship its full allocation of the FY2009 sugar TRQ to the United States for delivery by September 30, 2009. If there is a realloc [...]	2009-04-08 13:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD
09BRASILIA445	CODEL HOYER MEETING WITH PRESIDENT LULA [...] (SBU) Summary. In a rare meeting granted by President Lula to a US congressional delegation, President Lula told CoDel Hoyer April 8 that he has high expectations of the Obama administration, sees a new era in U.S. relations with Latin America, and hopes for a positive gesture on Cuba at the S [...]	2009-04-13 13:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD OREP KSUM SOCI BR CU VE IR
09BRASILIA447	BRAZILIAN CITY'S SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS MAY BECOME [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-13 16:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO ECON PREL SOCI BR
09BRASILIA449	BRAZILIAN CITY'S SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS MAY BECOME [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 11:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO ECON PREL SOCI BR
09BRASILIA453	BRAZIL HAS NO RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG [...] (U) Charge delivered demarche (ref A) on April 8 to Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe, Under Secretary for Political Affairs in the Ministry for External Relations, who made no specific response on the North Korean rocket launch. Jaguaribe shared Brazil's views on North Korea in general and Brazi [...]	2009-04-14 20:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP KN BR
09BRASILIA454	BRAZILIAN REPLY TO REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (C) Charge delivered assistance request (ref A) on April 8 to Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, who had recently returned from the Hague Conference on Afghanistan. In response to the specific requests, he noted that the Brazilian congress recently reduced t [...]	2009-04-14 20:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR BR AF
09BRASILIA460	TOP BRAZILIAN CONGRESSMAN PRIORITIZES ANTI-SLAVE LABOR [...] (U) Summary. The president of the Chamber of Deputies wants the proposed constitutional amendment authorizing expropriation of lands used for slave labor to be passed as soon as possible. The nine year old bill has been languishing in the lower house since 2004, but the Chamber president inte [...]	2009-04-15 13:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM PGOV BR
09BRASILIA477	BRAZIL: IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT A PREVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's visit to Brasilia on March 26, reciprocating Foreign Minister Amorim's November 2008 visit to Tehran, served as a preview to a planned visit to Brasilia by Iranian president Ahmadinejad that the media is reporting will happen May 5-6. During his [...]	2009-04-15 21:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PINR SCUL BR IR
09BRASILIA480	BRAZIL: FAA FLIGHT STANDARDS CONSULATIONS/ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Per action request in reftel A, post held consultations with officials at Brazil's Civil Aviation Regulation Agency (ANAC) on April 14, 2009 and delivered a diplomatic note to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) on April 16, 2009 to request formally a reassessment of GO [...]	2009-04-16 21:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BR
09BRASILIA481	BRAZIL TERRORIST FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (U) Per reftel A, Post designates the following terrorist finance coordination officers (TFCOs): -TFCO Name: Melissa San Miguel Title: Economic Officer Phone: 55-61-3312-7185 Unclassified e-mail: sanmiguelma@state.gov Classified e-mail: sanmiguelma@state.sgov.gov -Deputy TFCO Name: Jav [...]	2009-04-17 13:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER BR
09BRASILIA491	BRAZIL'S PROPOSED AGENDA FOR RIO-PLUS-20 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 16:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV UNCSD UNEP BR
09BRASILIA497	CODEL HOYER BRAZIL VISIT PRODUCTIVE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and a delegation of nine members of the United States House of Representatives visited Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro April 8-10, with a focus on energy, the environment, and climate change. The delegation was granted a rare meeting with Brazilian Presid [...]	2009-04-22 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA507	BRAZIL ON THE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Overcoming some earlier concerns, Brazil has embraced the Major Economies Forum (MEF) process. Brazil will send its chief negotiator, Ambassador Vera Machado, the Ministry of External Relat [...]	2009-04-24 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG ECON KSCA BR
09BRASILIA516	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR MEETS MRE POLITICAL UNDER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met April 24, with Brazilian Under Secretary for Political Affairs Amb. Vera Machado on the eve of her departure for her first trip to Washington since taking over the position. In addition to leading the delegation to the Major Economies Forum (MEF),Machado will [...]	2009-04-27 20:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV SNAR SCUL UNSC KSUM BR
09BRASILIA517	BRAZIL AND THE SWINE FLU OUTBREAK: SITREP #1 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the worldwide swine flu outbreak. REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry has not reported any confirmed cases of swine flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of April 27, there were four cases of individuals who [...]	2009-04-27 20:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU SENV KSTH ECON CASC EAGR BR
09BRASILIA518	BRAZILIAN MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS CLARIFIES [...] (C) Following up on reports that Brazil submitted on opinion to the ICJ on Serbia's request that Kosovo's declaration of independence be regarded as illegal, poloff contacted Elizabeth-Sophie Mazzella, Director for Eastern Europe at the Ministry for External Relations (MRE). Mazzella explain [...]	2009-04-27 20:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR AORC
09BRASILIA523	MGSF01: H1N1 FLU OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL - SITREP NO.2 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 Flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry still has not confirmed any cases of H1N1 flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of Tuesday, April 28,tThe National Agency on Health Vigilance (A [...]	2009-04-29 10:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09BRASILIA526	U.S. FOREST SERVICE EXPLORES EXPANDED COLLABORATION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of experts from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) identified and prioritized a range of areas for two-way cooperation with Brazilian counterparts during their April 14-17 visit to Brazil. Officials from the young Brazilian Forest Service, the Brazilian Agricultural Researc [...]	2009-04-29 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA EAID KGHG EAGR BR
09BRASILIA530	MGSF01: H1N1 FLU AND BRAZIL: SITREP #3 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) The Health Ministry still has not confirmed any cases of H1N1 flu in Brazil. As of the afternoon of April 29 the Brazilian Health Ministry and National Agency on [...]	2009-04-30 10:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH CASC ECON EAGR AEMR ASEC KSAF KFLO
09BRASILIA533	AFTER 23 YEARS, BRAZIL RESUMES WORK ON ANGRA III NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. More than two decades after halting construction of Brazil's third nuclear reactor at Angra dos Reis, the Brazilian Government has resumed work. The estimated cost for completing the construction of Angra III has jumped from USD 1.8 billion in 1986 to USD 3.3 billion. The go [...]	2009-04-30 14:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG TRGY FCS BR
09BRASILIA538	MGSF01: SWINE FLU AND BRAZIL: SITREP #4 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which may be due more to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the ability to perform the necessary testi [...]	2009-05-04 10:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT KFLO
09BRASILIA542	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP # 5 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 influenza outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the ability to perform the necess [...]	2009-05-04 20:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL AMED CASC KFLO
09BRASILIA551	BRAZIL: AHMADINEJAD'S VISIT OFF, THEN ON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: One day before Iranian President Ahmadinejad was scheduled to arrive in Brasilia leading a delegation of more than 100 government and industry officials, Brasilia was awash in contradictory news reports and rumors of whether the visit would or would not be postponed. It was not [...]	2009-05-05 19:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PINR SCUL BR IR
09BRASILIA552	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #6 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the necessary materials to begin testing. T [...]	2009-05-05 20:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA560	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #7 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the necessary materials to begin testi [...]	2009-05-06 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA566	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #8 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (U) On Thursday, May 7, the Brazilian Ministry of Health reported that laboratory tests have confirmed four cases of the H1N1 flu in three Brazilian states - Sao Paulo [...]	2009-05-08 14:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA577	BRAZIL: OPEN MINEDED ON AUSTRALIAN PROPOSAL ON IMO SHIP [...] (SBU) On May 8, Post's Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) Counselor together with Australian Deputy Chief of Mission Tim Millikan delivered the joint demarche (per REFTEL) concerning the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Ship Recycling Convention to the Brazilian Mi [...]	2009-05-08 16:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIDN ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV BR
09BRASILIA578	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #9 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 19:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT KFLO
09BRASILIA579	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #9 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the afternoon of May 8 the Brazilian Ministry of Health continues to report four confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The four cases are spread thro [...]	2009-05-08 19:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT KFLO
09BRASILIA599	NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION: BRAZIL MAY SOFTEN ON IAEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. It appears that an internal turf battle between Brazil's Defense and External Relations Ministries led to Defense Minister Nelson Jobim's refusal to cooperate with the IAEA's request to interview a Brazilian scientist over his book on nuclear weapons. Minister Jobim now recognize [...]	2009-05-11 21:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP TRGY ETTC IAEA BR AR
09BRASILIA600	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #10 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the morning of May 11 the Brazilian Ministry of Health is reporting eight confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The eight cases are spread throughout [...]	2009-05-11 21:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA605	IAEA ELECTIONS: BRAZIL APPEARS POISED TO THROW ITS HAT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post delivered demarche (REFTEL A) about USG support for the Japanese candidate Amano to become the new Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and reasons why Brazil should do so too. Nonetheless, Brazil will support the South African candidate Minty. [...]	2009-05-13 13:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC JA SF BR
09BRASILIA606	CONFERENCES HIGHLIGHT SUCCESSES AND REMAINING CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two recent conferences in Rio de Janeiro highlighted both the successes and obstacles remaining in health cooperation between the United States and Brazil. Current bilateral cooperation programs that have staff actually working within Government of Brazil (GOB) health agencies [...]	2009-05-13 13:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA NIH CDC BR
09BRASILIA609	TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #11 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of May 13 the Brazilian Ministry of Health continues to report eight confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The eight cases are spread throughout five st [...]	2009-05-13 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA613	LAAD ,09 -- DEFENSE MODERNIZATION MEANS BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The April 14-17 Latin America Aerospace and Defense (LAAD) show in Rio de Janeiro provided evidence that despite the downturns in the economies of Brazil and its neighbors, defense manufacturers still see opportunities for business. As a result of Brazil's recently published a [...]	2009-05-15 12:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC BR
09BRASILIA615	Brazil's Broad Band Initiatives [...] (SBU) Summary: Internet broadband use in Brazil has soared dramatically over the past year, reflecting an increased interest in navigating sites that require greater connectivity speed such as socialization sites (facebook, myspace etc.),entertainment sites for streaming videos and music, bus [...]	2009-05-15 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT TINT BR
09BRASILIA616	BRAZILIAN SCIENTIST'S BOOK ON NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS OFFERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
09BRASILIA618	BRAZIL: CONFERENCE ON FINANCE FOR REDUCING DEFORESTATION - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An international conference, April 1-4, hosted by the Governor of Mato Grosso Blairo Maggi and the NGO Forest Trends, and co-funded by USAID, highlighted how far Brazil has come in recognizing its problem with massive, ongoing deforestation of the Amazon Forest. The conference [...]	2009-05-18 10:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA EAID EFIN ENRG BR
09BRASILIA625	CHILD LABOR IN BRAZIL - ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Labor Organization (ILO) office in Brasilia (protect) told poloffs on May 7 week that the profile of child labor in Brazil has shifted in recent years and is now predominantly an urban phenomenon. The ILO child labor expert stressed that Brazilian authorities [...]	2009-05-19 13:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ELAB SOCI BR
09BRASILIA634	BRAZIL'S FIGHTER PURCHASE: ENDGAME STRATEGY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. With two months remaining before the Government of Brazil decides on a next generation fighter aircraft, the U.S. competitor, Boeing's F18 Super Hornet is still perceived by many Brazilians in and outside the GOB as a likely second or even third-place finis [...]	2009-05-19 16:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS ETTC BR
09BRASILIA643	(S/NF) BRAZILIAN SCIENTIST'S BOOK ON NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS [...] (S/NF) Dalton Ellery Barroso, a Brazilian scientist working for the Ministry of Defense, has written a book entitled "The Physics of Nuclear Explosives" ("A Fisica dos Explosivos Nucleares"). Post has found that this book is offered for sale to the general public through an online Brazilian b [...]	2009-05-19 20:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY BR
09BRASILIA651	BRAZIL: TURTLE/SHRIMP 2009 CERTIFICATION UNDER [...] (SBU) On May 18, 2009, the Deputy Chief of Mission provided both the head of Brazil's Secretariat for Aquaculture and Fishing (SEAP) (which is a unit within the Presidency and separate from the Agriculture Ministry) Altemir Gregolin and the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Director of the [...]	2009-05-21 19:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIN ETRD BR
09BRASILIA654	BRAZIL: Treasury DAS Nancy Lee - G20 follow-up, political [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian private and public sector interlocutors in Brasilia and Sao Paulo told U.S. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Nancy Lee that Brazil's economic downturn may be bottoming out. Bankers, however, were unwilling to predict when investment levels would trend higher, which [...]	2009-05-22 17:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA655	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #12 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the afternoon of May 22, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has confirmed nine cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. A new case - the ninth altogether - was conf [...]	2009-05-22 19:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA657	UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 19:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM KN BR
09BRASILIA658	BRAZIL AND THE MIDDLE EAST: FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (C) Summary: In an April meeting with CDA between two trips by President Lula to the Middle East, Brazil's senior diplomat for Middle East issues, Under Secretary Roberto Jaguaribe discussed Brazil's positive reactions to President Obama's moves on the Middle East and subtly rejected Presiden [...]	2009-05-22 20:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL BR
09BRASILIA659	FINANCING FOR BRAZIL'S FIGHTER PURCHASE [...] (SBU) The Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) Finance Secretariat (SEFA) has been tasked to submit a report on financing arrangements being presented by the Governments of each of the three competitors (US, France, and Sweden) to support proposals for Brazil's next generation fighter (FX2). The financ [...]	2009-05-22 20:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL BR
09BRASILIA660	BRAZIL: UN Conference on Development Impact of Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: GOB interlocutors agree the current outcome document drafted by the President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) is not a helpful way forward in a discussion of the impact of the global crisis on the developing world. Brazil wants a consensus-based document that complements and r [...]	2009-05-26 10:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID UNGA BR
09BRASILIA667	BRAZIL POSTPONES OPENING PYONGYANG EMBASSY OVER [...] (U) Summary. In response to the May 25 DPRK nuclear test, Brazil is indefinitely postponing sending its Ambassador-designate to Pyongyang to open the Brazilian embassy (reftels). The Ministry of External Relations (MRE) issued an uncharacteristically strong note in which it "vehemently con [...]	2009-05-26 20:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM MNUC MCAP KN BR ZN
09BRASILIA670	BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING OASGA: ALL ABOUT CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazilian Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Director for International Organizations Carlos Duarte characterized Cuba as the dominant issue for the upcoming OAS General Assembly (OASGA). Brazil sees a resolution on Cuba as inevitable, he said, but will try to play a moderating [...]	2009-05-27 15:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PREL OAS
09BRASILIA671	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL THOMPSON MAY 27-28 [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is accelerating and being given added weight with the rapid growth of Brazil's regional and global eco [...]	2009-05-27 15:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PTER KCRM SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN
09BRASILIA677	BRAZIL WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN KOSOVO WORLD BANK VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: An official in the Ministry of Finance confirmed that Brazil will not cast a vote on Kosovo's World Bank application. The official told Econoff that the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) had directed Finance Minister Mantega not to vote on the upcoming Kosovo World Bank bid, a [...]	2009-05-28 15:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV BR
09BRASILIA679	BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER - AND POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR IAEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been press reports that Brazil's Minister for Exterior Relations Celso Amorim wants to be a candidate to become the next Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Although Amorim has denied any interest in the IAEA job, the persistence of the [...]	2009-05-28 20:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG ETTC EPET EINV KNNP IAEA IR BR
09BRASILIA68	BRAZIL'S DEFENSE MINISTER ON FIGHTER COMPETITION, [...] (C) The Brazilian Air Force's FX2 fighter competition is between the United States and France, Defense Minister Nelson Jobim told Ambassador Sobel on January 8. However, Brazil's defense relationship with the French is prospering because of French President Sarkozy's personal relationships an [...]	2009-01-15 10:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ENRG BR
09BRASILIA681	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #13 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) Mission Brazil is monitoring the situation of four American citizens who are being held in quarantine at a hospital in the city of Palmas, state of Tocantins, und [...]	2009-05-29 19:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA685	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #14 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. As of June 2, 2009 the Brazilian Ministry of Health is reporting 21 confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus spread throughout six of the country's 26 states and the feder [...]	2009-06-02 21:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA69	BRAZIL'S DEFENSE MINISTER ON FIGHTER COMPETITION, [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 10:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ENRG BR
09BRASILIA694	NORTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES "GENERIC" [...] (C) Summary and comment. Brazilian diplomatic sources assert that the May 9-13 visit of the North Korean Foreign Minister to Brazil had only a "generic political significance," the Koreans were not well prepared to discuss energy, one of their top priorities, and there was little substance t [...]	2009-06-04 10:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG BR KN
09BRASILIA697	BRAZIL: OPPORTUNITY TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. There are signs that within the Brazilian government there is increasing pressure to take a more pro-active role in the ongoing international climate change negotiations. To make progress in this area, Vice Minister for the Environment Izabella Teixeira in recent meetings with t [...]	2009-06-04 14:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG EFIN ECON BR
09BRASILIA698	BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...]	2009-06-04 18:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR
09BRASILIA700	BRAZIL -IAEA DEMARCHES ON BUDGET AND INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On June 4, Post delivered the two demarches and provided the referenced non-papers in REFTELS concerning the June 15-19 meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensiti [...]	2009-06-04 18:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA TRGY KNNP NPT PREL UN BR
09BRASILIA702	BRAZIL: MINOR LEAK AT ANGRA II NUCLEAR REACTOR; NO SERIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian National Commission on Nuclear Energy (CNEN) reported that a minor accident at the Angra II nuclear reactor on May 15 led to a small leak of low levels of radiation. CNEN tell Post that they have reviewed the situation and have decided to maintain the current poli [...]	2009-06-04 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP IAEA BR
09BRASILIA709	Brazil: Initial Reactions on Cairo Speech [...] (U) Summary: In Brazil, President Obama's address to Muslims worldwide has drawn praise for its even-handed approach to the issues of religion and politics in the Middle East from government, congressional, academic contacts and from members of the Brazilian Middle Eastern and Muslim communitie [...]	2009-06-04 22:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KPAO PREL PGOV ECON BR
09BRASILIA712	RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE AT [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazil has not decided whether to support a resolution on renewing the Sudan Special Rapporteur's mandate, and believes dialogue with Sudan and the African countries in a cooperative spirit must precede the presentation of any draft resolution. Brazil is willing to participa [...]	2009-06-05 13:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM PREL BR
09BRASILIA714	BRAZIL: RECOVERED SPACE-OBJECT SAFELY RETURNED TO U.S. AIR [...] (SBU) On June 2, 2009, Post received from the U.S. Air Force confirmation that a piece of an Atlas rocket that had broken off and landed in Brazil had completed its journey and arrived safely on May 27 at the USAF's Aerospace Materials Laboratory in El Segundo, California, for scientific anal [...]	2009-06-05 15:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA SENV KSCA BR
09BRASILIA716	BRAZIL: CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON WEAKNESSES IN MONITORING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At May 14 hearings before the Brazilian Chambers of Deputies expert witnesses disagreed over the seriousness and accuracy of the criticisms contained in a recent report by the Brazilian government accountability office (Tribunal de Contas da Uniao) finding faults and irregulari [...]	2009-06-05 15:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP IAEA ETTC EINV IR BR
09BRASILIA717	BRAZIL LAUNCHES A TEST ROCKET AS A STEP TOWARD REVIVING ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, Brazil launched a research rocket from the Alcantara Launch Center (CLA) in the northeastern state of Maranhao. Brazilian officials are considering the launch a success for the Brazilian space program, and an important step toward putting a satellite into orbit. Bra [...]	2009-06-05 19:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA SENV KSCA BR
09BRASILIA725	BRAZIL - WARMING UP TO A COMPROMISE ON AMENDING NSG [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is positive movement in Brazil's position regarding the proposed non-proliferation initiative at the Nuclear Suppliers Group concerning transfers of enrichment and reprocessing equipment and technology, according to the Ministry of Exterior Relations' Director of the Divisi [...]	2009-06-08 17:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY NSG AR BR
09BRASILIA73	BRAZILIAN SERVICE CHIEFS PRAISE DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 14, Ambassador Sobel hosted the Chiefs of the three Brazilian Services, Gen. Enzo Peri, ADM Julio Soares de Moura Neto and Brig. Juniti Saito for a discussion of the U.S.-Brazil defense relationship and possibilities for future cooperation. Each of the Chiefs said c [...]	2009-01-16 10:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETTC BR
09BRASILIA730	DEFENSE MINISTER JOBIM ON BRAZIL'S FIGHTER PURCHASE [...] (C) During his late May visit to the U.S., Brazilian MOD Jobim expressed greater confidence in the U.S. as a possible source for the purchase of Brazil's next generation fighter. Despite a long laundry list of past export control difficulties that Jobim delivered to DepSecDef Lynn, Jobim sai [...]	2009-06-08 19:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL ETTC BR
09BRASILIA735	VISIT OF S/CRS COORDINATOR JOHN HERBST [...] (SBU) S/CRS Coordinator Ambassador John Herbst visited Brasilia May 21 for consultations with the GOB on Brazil's growing stabilization capabilities and possibilities for future cooperation. In meetings with Brazil's Ministry for External Relations (MRE) and Brazilian Agency for Cooperation ( [...]	2009-06-10 14:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL BR
09BRASILIA743	BRAZIL EMBARKS ON PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relatively new Brazilian Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio),the agency responsible for national parks and protected area system, has launched a program to improve its park management. It seeks to introduce public use plans for its parks, and the [...]	2009-06-10 20:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA EAID KGHG EAGR BR
09BRASILIA750	BRAZIL: BILATERAL ACCORDS A KEY COMPONENT IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 11:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM NAR PREL BR
09BRASILIA755	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO TITLE III REQUEST [...] (C) Post responses to reftel A questions follow: Question 1): Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Post Response to Question 1): Yes, high level Brazilian officials, including Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and [...]	2009-06-15 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC BR CU
09BRASILIA757	BRAZIL: BILATERAL ACCORDS A KEY COMPONENT IN [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s strategy for dealing with the trafficking of illegal drugs has focused in part on creating a robust diplomatic framework in recognition that the "illegal traffic of narcotics represents a grave threat to the health and well-being of populations as well as a problem that a [...]	2009-06-16 19:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NAR PREL BR
09BRASILIA759	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS [...] (SBU) On June 12, Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Officer delivered the information and questions contained in REFTEL to Fabio Antibas, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Exterior Relations' Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies. 2. (SBU) Mr. Antibas received [...]	2009-06-16 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY BR
09BRASILIA76	Brazil Civil Aviation: OPEN SKIES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, has agreed to launch dialogues leading towards Open Skies (OS) negotiations with the US in 2009. During a recent meeting with Ambassador Sobel, Vieira commented that an OS agreement would [...]	2009-01-16 18:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR

09BRASILIA760	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL WHALING [...] (SBU) On June 10, Environment, Science, Technology, and Health (ESTH) Officer delivered the points in REFTEL to Andre Mourao from the Ministry of Exterior Relations' Division of Oceans, Antarctica, and Space. 2. (SBU) Mr. Mourao received the demarche, but did not provide a substantive respo [...]	2009-06-16 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC BR
09BRASILIA762	BRAZILIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. MOVES TOWARD JOINING THE [...] (SBU) On Friday, June 12, Econ Officer delivered the demarche contained in REFTEL to Rubem Barbosa, the Special Advisor for International Relations to the Minister of Mines and Energy. 2. (SBU) Mr. Barbosa stated the Government of Brazil (GOB) is aware of IRENA but that the GOB does not plan [...]	2009-06-16 19:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV BR
09BRASILIA765	BRAZIL: NEW OIL REGIME ALMOST READY FOR PRIME TIME; ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil is poised to finally unveil its long-awaited proposal for a new oil regime to administer its ultra deepwater (also known as "pre-salt")oil reserves. According to the Minister of Energy, the new proposed structure will include a small state-owned company under the auspices [...]	2009-06-17 14:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA766	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. MICHAEL FROMAN, DEPUTY NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic ties. Through the financial crisis, Brazil has played a constructive role in the G20 and has also prioritized concluding the Doha round of World Trade Organization (WTO) n [...]	2009-06-17 18:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA771	BRAZIL: CODEL THOMPSON DISCUSSES TERRORISM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson (D-MS),accompanied by other 4 Committee Members and some 20 staff, visited Brasilia on May 28. In addition to a country team and special session with Department of Homeland Security representatives (ICE, CBP, [...]	2009-06-18 19:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER OREP PGOV BR
09BRASILIA772	BRAZIL,S LULA: NO FRAUD IN IRANIAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR BR
09BRASILIA773	BRAZIL'S LULA: NO FRAUD IN IRANIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In reaction to the protests following the Iranian presidential elections, President Lula went beyond the usual Brazilian platitudes about not commenting on the internal affairs of other countries and defended the legitimacy of the vote in Iran while reiterating his invitation to A [...]	2009-06-18 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR BR
09BRASILIA78	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 116 [...] The following is number 116 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...]	2009-01-16 18:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA79	World Congress III Against Sexual Exploitation of Children, [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Brazil underscored its commitment to tackling complex social issues by hosting the World Congress III against Sexual Exploitation of Children. The Congress gathered more than 3,500 delegates from over 170 countries to discuss, among other issues, new forms of sexual [...]	2009-01-16 18:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB BR
09BRASILIA791	HOW SICK IS DILMA ROUSSEFF? [...] (C) Summary. Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's choice to succeed him as president in January 2011, cast doubt over her viability as a presidential candidate when doctors discovered in March that she has lymphatic cancer. Observers say the Presidential Palace is being transparent about her con [...]	2009-06-19 21:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BR
09BRASILIA795	INFLUENCING BRAZIL'S LEADERS TO BUY U.S. FIGHTERS [...] (C) With the June 10 submission of Boeing's best and final offer for Brazil's four billion dollar FX2 fighter competition, it is now up to Brazil's government to decide on an aircraft. A decision from the National Defense Council (President Lula and key Ministers) is expected at the beginni [...]	2009-06-22 16:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL BR
09BRASILIA796	BRAZIL'S EXPORT CONTROLS ON MILITARY SALES: HOW THEY WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilian policy supports increasing Brazil,s exports of military goods and technology as part of the development of Brazil,s own defense sector. Brazil currently has a system of export controls that has been effective in ensuring that Brazil,s limited military exports do not [...]	2009-06-22 17:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MASS PARM BR
09BRASILIA799	BRAZILIAN SENATE IN TUMULT OVER INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary. The Brazilian Senate is facing some tumult over internal management irregularities, and Senate President Jose Sarney has become the target of a media-driven campaign to force him out of the presidency. President Lula spoke in defense of Sarney but did not rein in senators from t [...]	2009-06-22 19:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR BR
09BRASILIA807	CHILD LABOR IN BRAZIL - ADDITIONAL COMMENT ON DOL [...] (SBU) Summary. Child labor specialist Renato Mendes (strictly protect) at the ILO Brazil office said child labor continues to be a problem in the footwear and pineapple industries, has largely been eliminated from sisal and cotton, and the situation in the rice industry is unclear. A signi [...]	2009-06-24 20:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EAGR SOCI KCRM BR
09BRASILIA809	BRAZIL - DEPUTY NATL SECURITY ADVISOR FROMAN DISCUSSES CEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Brazil (GOB) meetings with Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman in Brasilia June 18-19 focused on CEO Forum, G8 and G20 preparations, Major Economies Forum (MEF) and Doha. Casa Civil head Minister Dilma Rousseff and Mi [...]	2009-06-25 16:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG EINV BR
09BRASILIA824	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #16 - AMCIT [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS: 2. (SBU) Consular Section Sao Paulo is receiving early reports that a visiting American citizen has passed away in Rio Grande do Sul State. H1N1 is the suspected, bu [...]	2009-06-26 20:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA825	BRAZIL'S FIGHTER COMPETITION: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) In a private June 26 meeting with Ambassador Sobel on the margins of a lunch including Presidential Advisors Marco Aurelio Garcia and Gilberto Carvalho, MOD Jobim said he believes he has the information he needs to discuss Brazil's fighter purchase with President Lula once the Air Force m [...]	2009-06-26 20:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL BR
09BRASILIA828	BRAZIL'S TAX COLLECTION AGENCY NOT A CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNER [...] (SBU) Summary: A June 24 Brazilian-industry sponsored conference highlighted that Brazil's recent record of concluding bilateral tax treaties (BTT) lags far behind that of other Latin American and BRIC countries, and the Brazilian revenue collection agency responsible for tax treaty negotiatio [...]	2009-06-29 11:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
09BRASILIA836	BRAZIL: CEO FORUM - CO-CHAIR JOSUE GOMES DA SILVA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent conversations with CEO Forum Brazilian co-chair Josue Gomes da Silva, Presidente of Coteminas, prioritized infrastructure investment, private equity, and venture capital as Forum topics, emphasized interest in Brazilian access to Haiti HOPE II, welcomed energy cooperat [...]	2009-06-29 17:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG EINV BR
09BRASILIA841	PUBLIC MINISTRY OF LABOR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND FIGHT [...] (U) Consistent with President Lula's policy of reducing corruption in the Government of Brazil, the Public Ministry of Labor launched its Strategic Planning project on Wednesday, June 24, 2009, establishing the directives and goals of the institution until 2022. The Public Ministry of Labor is [...]	2009-06-30 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM PGOV BR
09BRASILIA844	BRAZIL PLEDGES COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1874 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (ref A) on June 29 to First Secretary Ricardo Portugal in Asia and Oceania Division II of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, who stated that Brazil was already working on complying with inspection-related provisions of UNSCR 1874. Portugal confirmed that Brazil [...]	2009-07-02 10:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN BR
09BRASILIA847	AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRAZIL AND EXPORT DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) The June 30 edition of Isto e magazine carried a story titled "Secret Agreement between Brazil and Iran" which reported on a memorandum (text in paragraph 3 below) of agreement between the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) and Iran aimed at promoting economic cooperation and [...]	2009-07-06 11:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL BR
09BRASILIA862	BRAZIL - DEPUTY ENERGY MIN ZIMMERMAN OUTLINES EXCELLENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 18 meeting, Brazil's Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Marcio Zimmerman outlined for Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman the areas of expansion and possible cooperation in the Brazilian energy sector - hydropower, biofu [...]	2009-07-09 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV SENV KGHG ETRD EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA864	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE REPONSE ON SUPPORTING NGO [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Secretaries Mariana Flores da Cunha Bierrenbach Benevides and Bruna Vieira de Paula of the Human Rights Division within the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Department of Human Rights and Social Themes. Secretary Vieira indicated that wit [...]	2009-07-09 21:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM BR
09BRASILIA871	H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #17 [...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS: - REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of July 10, 2009 the Brazilian Ministry of Health has confirmed 977 cases of the H1N1 virus spread throughout 25 of the country's 26 [...]	2009-07-13 10:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA872	BRAZIL: CALIFORNIA'S AND OTHERS' INITIATIVES TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. California is leading a group of states in the United States, Brazil and Indonesia, which are parties to a November 2008 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU),in developing the specifications for credit grade international offsets for avoiding deforestation under California's cap- [...]	2009-07-13 14:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ECON KSCA EAID ENRG BR
09BRASILIA880	NO ADVERSE FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS TO PROPOSED [...] Embassy Brasilia sees no foreign adverse foreign policy implications in awarding the grant, GEO-0916462, detailed in REFTEL D. 2. Since REFTEL D paragraph 9 indicates that human subject are involved, we emphasize the importance of complying with Brazilian laws on the export of data and b [...]	2009-07-15 17:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KSCA NSF OTRA BR
09BRASILIA890	BRAZIL'S CONTINUED RESISTANCE TO OECD GUIDELINES STALLS BTT [...] (SBU) Summary: Tax treaty negotiators from the U.S. Treasury and Brazil's revenue collection agency, Receita Federal (Receita),met via DVC on July 10 to assess the potential for renewed progress on a bilateral tax treaty (BTT),and to develop a consensus message to present to the CEO Forum in [...]	2009-07-16 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
09BRASILIA893	BRAZIL: CONTENTIOUS LAW ENACTED TO HELP CLARIFY MURKY LAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 25, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed legislation (Law No. 11952) that addresses a key factor underlying Brazil's serious deforestation problem, i.e., the lack of clear title to land in the Amazon region. This new law provides farmers and ranchers oc [...]	2009-07-17 13:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EINV ECON EAGR KSCA BR
09BRASILIA896	Brazil: Liberalization, Possibility of Expanded Frequencies [...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, provided a detailed update of Brazil's civil aviation sector during a July 8 dinner hosted by Ambassador Sobel that was also attended by several of Brazil's leading investment bankers. V [...]	2009-07-17 19:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA905	Brazil's 2010 Presidential Election: Early Snapshot [...] (SBU) Summary. The 2010 presidential election in Brazil, fifteen months out, currently looks like a two person contest between Minister Dilma Rousseff and Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra. Although Serra maintains his lead in the polls, Rousseff's steady rise in public opinion has some analysts [...]	2009-07-20 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
09BRASILIA92	BRAZIL'S STRATEGIC PLANNING MINISTER ON BUILDING BLOCKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following on his early January trip to Washington, Brazilian Strategic Planning Minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger laid out the elements for a broader, more robust bilateral relationship with the Obama Administration. These include cooperation in the areas of defense security, [...]	2009-01-22 18:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG SENV MARR KGHG EFIN BR
09BRASILIA928	BRAZIL: NO AGREEMENT WITH IRANIAN EXPORT [...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) was quick to dismiss claims made in Istoe magazine titled "Secret Agreement between Brazil and Iran," which reported on a memorandum of agreement between the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) and Iran aimed at promot [...]	2009-07-24 10:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL BR
09BRASILIA929	BRAZIL: NO AGREEMENT WITH IRANIAN EXPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 10:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL BR
09BRASILIA93	BRAZIL'S LULA OFFERS BOLIVIA'S MORALES TREATMENT [...] (C) In a conversation with Ambassador Sobel following the January 15, 2009 La Paz meeting between Brazilian President Lula and Bolivian President Morales, Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim (protect) confirmed an earlier rumor that Morales is suffering from a serious sinus tumor. Jobim t [...]	2009-01-22 18:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BO BR
09BRASILIA931	BRAZIL: SENATE SCANDAL TAKES A BREATHER...BUT IT'S [...] (C) Despite weeks of attacks and a continuous drip of negative stories in the media, former Brazilian president and current Senate President Jose Sarney (Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, PMDB- Amapa) remained in place as Congress left for a two week recess July 17. Although papers are car [...]	2009-07-24 19:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR BR
09BRASILIA946	BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. TODD STERN, SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of its relatively clean energy matrix, Brazil is a major greenhouse gas emitter primarily due to massive, ongoing deforestation. The Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) has pursued a cautious, defensive approach in international climate change negotiations, steering [...]	2009-07-31 10:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA947	KEY BRAZILIAN NEGOTIATOR SEEKS MODEST, SHORT-TERM, CLIMATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) leads the Brazilian delegation to the ongoing climate change negotiations. The key MRE negotiator on the delegation is Luiz Figueiredo Machado, who is also a Vice-Chair of one of the working groups under the UN Framework Convention on C [...]	2009-07-31 13:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ECON KSCA BR
09BRASILIA95	BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 21 meeting, Brazilian Presidential Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia told Ambassador Sobel that the GOB is very optimistic about relations with the Obama Administration. He stressed that President Lula is eager to meet President Obama. Energy, clim [...]	2009-01-22 20:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KSUM ENRG EFIN BR CU OAS
09BRASILIA952	BRAZIL,S AIR FORCE COMMANDER ASKS FOR STATE [...] (S/NF) At a July 30 dinner for visiting SouthCom Commander General Doug Fraser, Brazil,s Air Force (BRAF) commander, Brigadier Juniti Saito (protect),pulled Ambassador Sobel and Political Counselor aside to discuss the FX-2 Fighter purchase. He said that there was no question from a technic [...]	2009-07-31 20:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS PREL BR
09BRASILIA953	BRAZIL'S LULA GETS INTENSE RE: U.S.-BRAZIL [...] (S/NF) In a July 27 farewell call on Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, bookended by warm personal discussions with Barbara and me, Lula reflected at length and with great intensity on Brazil's role in the region and its implications for U.S.-Brazil relations. He believes the Uni [...]	2009-07-31 21:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS BR US
09BRASILIA960	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 4-6 VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been in recent decades, the result of the cordial personal connection already established between President Obama and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which is building on [...]	2009-08-04 12:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL BR
09BRASILIA99	NO ADVERSE FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS REGARDING NSF [...] REFTEL D requested the Embassy to review a National Science Foundation (NSF) proposed supplemental award (GEO-0907908) to the existing NSF research grant GEO-0745732 entitled "IAI Training Institute to Develop Capacity Building in Interdisciplinary Global Environmental Change Sciences." 2. [...]	2009-01-23 16:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TPHY NSF US BR
09BRAZZAVILLE285	BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - OCTOBER 1, 2009 [...] (U) President Denis Sassou Nguesso and a large delegation of sixty arrived in New York on September 17. Sassou, First Lady Antoinette, the Foreign Minister, the Minster of Forestry, the Minister of the Environment and 25 others travelled on a chartered plane via Cape Verde. 2. (U) In hi [...]	2009-10-01 12:56:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL CF
09BRIDGETOWN339	Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: May 2009 NAS Update [...] (SBU) The island nations that make up Embassy Bridgetown's area of responsibility - Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines continue to see a steady increase in the volume of narcotics destined for and transshipped th [...]	2009-06-09 16:28:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL
09BRIDGETOWN41	CUBA, DEPORTEES AND SECURITY TOP AGENDA IN [...] (C) During the Ambassador's January 8 farewell call on St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, he called on the U.S. to unconditionally end its economic embargo on Cuba. PM Gonsalves spoke at length about the deep, strong ties that bind the United States and the Caribb [...]	2009-01-22 11:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KCRM PGOV PREL XL ZL
09BRIDGETOWN438	Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: June 2009 NAS Update [...] (SBU) The island nations that make up Embassy Bridgetown's area of responsibility - Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines continue to see a steady increase in the volume of narcotics destined for and transshipped th [...]	2009-07-20 16:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL
09BRIDGETOWN6	CUBA, HUMAN RIGHTS, SECURITY COOPERATION AND [...] (C). During a December 19 farewell call on Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson, the Ambassador thanked Thompson for his efforts to work with us to strengthen regional security, urged him to reassess his government's approach to UN human rights resolutions, and reaffirmed U.S. support for co [...]	2009-01-05 19:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KCRM PGOV PREL XL ZL
09BRIDGETOWN617	(C-AL9-01941) LEADERSHIP PROFILE: BARBADOS PM [...] (C) Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson is a bland but competent leader who is maintaining his country's long-standing tradition of political pragmatism and fiscal responsibility. He is also committed to an independent foreign policy of "moderation and commonsense." This commitment, refle [...]	2009-10-06 20:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR INRB XL
09BRUSSELS1016	BELGIUM: COOPERATION URGED ON UNHRC [...] (U) Summary. With the U.S. a new member, and Belgium now president of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC),the time for coordination and consensus building is now, according to Belgian MFA human rights officer Nathalie Rondeux. Rondeux opposes wholesale changes to the UNHRC syst [...]	2009-07-24 11:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR UN BE
09BRUSSELS1028	EEB/ODF Director Nutter's Development Meetings with EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7-8, the Director of the Office of Development Finance (ODF) within State's Economic, Energy, and Business Bureau (EEB) held consultations with European Commission and European Union (EU) member states' development officials to discuss U.S.-EU development issues, includin [...]	2009-07-28 09:57:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SOCI EIND ETRD SENV TPHY TSPL EUN
09BRUSSELS1029	EEB/ODF DIRECTOR NUTTER'S DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7-8, the Director of the Office of Development Finance (ODF) within State's Economic, Energy, and Business Bureau (EEB) held consultations with European Commission and European Union (EU) member states' development officials to discuss U.S.-EU development issues, includin [...]	2009-07-28 10:45:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SOCI EIND ETRD SENV TPHY TSPL EUN
09BRUSSELS106	COPENHAGEN IS THE #1 ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY FOR [...] (U) On January 21, Czech Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment Martin Bursik appeared before the European Parliament's Environment Committee to discuss the priorities of the Czech Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers (running from January until June 2009). Bursik listed four [...]	2009-01-27 14:26:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY
09BRUSSELS1174	COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND [...] (SBU) This is a corrected version of BRUSSELS 1165 to correct for formatting. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Artur Runge-Metzger, Head of Unit for International Climate Negotiations in the European CommissionQs Directorate General for Environment, said that emissions targets for developed and developi [...]	2009-08-25 12:23:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY
09BRUSSELS1258	BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO UNGA 64 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] (U) PolEconOff and PolEconIntern met September 16 with Future MFA DG for UN Relations Marie Louise Vanherk to discuss reftel UNGA Priorities. Vanherk welcomed the information and provided a preview of the expected Belgian priorities as well as remarks on U.S. priorities. Belgian Priorities [...]	2009-09-18 07:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA BE
09BRUSSELS1263	EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (SBU) USEU Poloff met on 9/18 with EU Council Secretariat official Lene Lindholdt Hove to discuss EU efforts to broaden the chorus on Iran. Hove noted that EU member states' Foreign Ministers UNGA statements on Iran had been coordinated, the first time the EU had pre-coordinated its message o [...]	2009-09-18 17:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PTER EUN
09BRUSSELS1394	EPC GMO DEBATE : RISK OR OPPORTUNITY FOR EUROPE ? [...] SUMMARY: On October 15 in Brussels, the European Policy Center (EPC) hosted a lively debate on the role of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in European agriculture. Following largely pro-GMO remarks by European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Mariann Fischer Boel, spea [...]	2009-10-16 15:26:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB EAGR PGOV OPIC BE
09BRUSSELS1517	DG TREN seeks Bilateral Biofuel Discussions in the U.S. EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings October 15, 2009, Paul Hodson at the Energy and Transport Directorate General outlined his reasons for desiring bilateral discussions with the United States on what he called the technical aspects of biofuel legislation and which topics he thought the United States an [...]	2009-11-12 06:16:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ENRG EUN SENV TPHY TRGY
09BRUSSELS1647	US-EU OFFICIALS CONVENE ENERGY COUNCIL'S SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar and RELEX North America Director Alan Seatter co-chaired the first meeting of the U.S.-EU Energy Council,s security and markets working group in Brussels on November 18, 2009. The meeting established when and how the work [...]	2009-12-08 12:40:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL ECON TU IZ NI UP RU ZJ ZK XR
09BRUSSELS173	BELGIUM: WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF BELGIAN [...] (U) This is a combined message from Embassy Brussels and USEU Brussels. See action request paras 7-9. Background ========== 2. (SBU) Cooperation on aviation security measures between the United States and European authorities has a long-standing history, rooted in international treati [...]	2009-02-06 17:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAIR BE
09BRUSSELS244	BELGIUM: 2009 TIP REPORT -- CORRECTED COPY [...] (U) POC for Brussels is Political Officer Aaron Jensen. Email: JensenAW@state.gov; Office:33-2-508-2483. 2. (U) Hours spent by Embassy Brussels preparing this report by employee: Charge Wayne Bush (FE-MC):3 hours; Political-Economic Counselor Richard Eason (FO-01): 8 hours; Political Office [...]	2009-02-20 15:55:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09BRUSSELS417	EUROPE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC REPORT: March 20th, 2009 [...] (SBU) On March 23, the Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) Committee of the European Parliament (EP) is set to vote on the EC's proposed Regulation on Credit Rating Agencies. The ECON Committee is expected to broaden the scope of the regulation to cover all ratings (not just those used for re [...]	2009-03-24 12:26:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN
09BRUSSELS529	SENIOR EUROPEAN COMMISSION OFFICIALS AFFIRM [...] SUMMARY: During recent meetings with Acting USAID Administrator Alonzo Fulgham in Brussels, senior European Commission (EC) officials responsible for both policy and operational matters affirmed strong interest in elevating development to a more visible role within the ongoing trans-Atlantic [...]	2009-04-07 16:06:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IO EAGR EUN ECON EFIN
09BRUSSELS537	IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER CONSULTS KEY AMBASSADORS IN BRUSSELS REF: A. BRUSSELS 205 B. BRUSSELS 41 C. 2008 BRUSSELS 1468 D. BRUSSELS 101 [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 2 and 3 Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Glaser briefed EU-27 non-proliferation and Iran experts on U.S. sanctions against Iran's illicit conduct in the areas of nuclear proliferation and terrorism. On the margin of the formal briefing (reporte [...]	2009-04-08 12:24:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS
09BRUSSELS566	THE PLIGHT OF MON810: POLITICS TRUMPS SCIENCE IN THE EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, the German Ministry of Agriculture announced a ban on the cultivation and sale of Monsanto's GMO corn MON810, the only GMO varietal currently approved for cultivation in the European Union, in Germany. The German action follows the March 22 announcement by Luxembou [...]	2009-04-16 13:15:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV BE
09BRUSSELS811	SHIPPERS PROPOSE CLIMATE FUND TO AVOID CAP AND [...] In May 2009, the Danish Shipowners' Association (DSA) proposed a bunker levy on fuel as an alternative to inclusion of the maritime sector in emissions trading schemes (ETS). Under the proposal, suppliers of bunker fuel would be registered with the administrator of an international fund for gr [...]	2009-06-11 14:42:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENIV EWWT KGHG KTDB
09BRUSSELS859	U.S.-EU EXCHANGES ON SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: During the June 8 U.S.-EU meetings on South and Central Asia, SCA Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Owen stressed the need to work together to produce internationally credible elections in Afghanistan. The European Commission's James Moran responded the EU would do "whate [...]	2009-06-22 12:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAGR ETRD ETTC EU EUN IN KDEM MARR MOPS
09BRUSSELS894	EU-U.S. LATIN AMERICA POLICIES CONVERGING [...] (C) Summary: During biannual consultations on Latin American issues June 24, U.S. and EU officials agreed to seek opportunities to work together with select countries or regions, including, potentially, on counternarcotics and biofuels development in Bolivia and citizen security and renewable [...]	2009-06-30 08:34:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XM EUN
09BRUSSELS918	COMMISSIONER DIMAS OUT OF CLIMATE CHANGE PICTURE; [...] (C) Summary. As the EU intensifies efforts to secure a climate agreement in Copenhagen, the Swedes have asserted their leadership role while Environment Commissioner Dimas has taken himself out of the picture. Both Swedish and Commission officials agree that European criticism of U.S. emissi [...]	2009-07-06 09:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY
09BUCHAREST704	ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO GEOGRAPHICAL [...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (SBU) EconCoun delivered reftel demarche points on October 16 to Victoria Campeanu, Director General for Trade Policies under the Ministry of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Trade, and Business Environment. Campeanu appr [...]	2009-10-19 10:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EUN KIPR RO
09BUDAPEST310	REQUEST: HUNGARIAN HCOC OUTREACH [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (C) MFA Security and Non-Proliferation Department Deputy Chief, Gabor Horvath, contacted PolOff April 20 to request USG concurrence for their proposed outreach to several countries under the aegis of Hungary's current Hague Code of Conduct [...]	2009-04-21 12:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA HU
09BUDAPEST776	HUNGARY'S REPLY ON EC/SWISS POSITIONS ON [...] EconOff delivered demarche points to Dr. Laszlo Varkonyi, Director General of the Trade Policy Department of Hungary's Ministry for National Development and Economy. Varkonyi stated that while he appreciated the clarity of the U.S. position, Hungary sides with the EC/Swiss proposal. Varkonyi [...]	2009-10-22 15:29:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EUN KIPR HU
09BUDAPEST805	COMMERCE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH HUNGARIAN PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke met with Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on October 20 in Budapest. Expressing USG appreciation for the alignment of shared values and interests with Hungary and its support in Afghanistan, the Secretary complemented the PM for his effort [...]	2009-11-09 10:11:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV KGHG HU
09BUDAPEST896	HUNGARY - INPUT FOR THE QDR'S GLOBAL CONTEXT [...] (U) We welcome the opportunity to contribute to the Global Context section of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. Our input is coded to the questions posed by reftel. A. (U) To what degree will/can technology empower individuals, or civil society in Hungary to exercise a mo [...]	2009-12-17 14:17:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON SOCI HU
09BUENOSAIRES1026	ARGENTINA: THERE'S LIFE AFTER THE CASA ROSADA FOR [...] (C) Summary: Eight weeks after leaving Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) administration, former Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa told Polcouns that he parted on good terms with CFK and "not so good terms" with CFK's husband and power behind the throne, former president Nestor Kir [...]	2009-09-15 00:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL ELAB AR
09BUENOSAIRES1030	ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT DISMAYED BY DOL LIST OF [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Victorio Taccetti convoked Charge d,Affaires on September 14 to convey the GOA,s strong objection to the DOL List of Goods Produced by Forced and Child Labor. Taccetti complained that the extensive list of Argentine products on the list [...]	2009-09-16 19:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL PGOV EIND PHUM SOCI AR
09BUENOSAIRES1032	ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT SEEKS USG SUPPORT AGAINST [...] (C) During a meeting with Argentine Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Victorio Taccetti, who had convoked Charge d,Affaires on September 14 to discuss the Department of Labor's report on goods produced by child and force labor, Taccetti expressed concern about a proposal to marginalize the G20 [...]	2009-09-16 19:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN EINV ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1063	MEDIA REACTION: ZELAYA'S RETURN TO HONDURAS; PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories are focused on the implications of ousted President Zelaya's return to Honduras; as well as President Cristina Kirchner's first formal meeting with IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the framework of her trip to the US. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDI [...]	2009-09-23 15:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1078	MEDIA REACTION: UN CALL FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT; HONDURAS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international opinion pieces are focused on the UN call for nuclear disarmament; the implications of Zelaya's return to Honduras; and the status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "UN makes an historic [...]	2009-09-25 20:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1080	MEDIA REACTION: ARGENTINA AT THE G20 SUMMIT; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces are mostly related to Argentina's bid to position itself for a return to international capital markets; the status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; Iranian President Ahmadinejad's blunt rejection of Argentine President Kirchn [...]	2009-09-28 18:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1090	MEDIA REACTION: KRAFT FACTORY DISPUTE IN ARGENTINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories are focused on the Argentine Government's handling of the conflict at the Kraft factory; the Honduran crisis; and expectations over a rapprochement between the IMF and the Argentine Government. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - " [...]	2009-10-01 14:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1095	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SOLIS' VISIT TO ARGENTINA, OCTOBER 6-8 [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your October 6-8 visit to Argentina. I will have been in the country a little less than three weeks when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first visitors. The Government of Argentina will also be extremely interested in [...]	2009-10-02 14:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1097	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period September 28-October 1, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to b [...]	2009-10-02 16:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1103	ARGENTINA: TRAINING WORKSHOP BUILDS LOCAL CAPACITY TO [...] (U) Summary. A one-week USG-funded workshop on trafficking-in-persons (TIP) helped mobilize Argentine federal judges and prosecutors to address procedural shortcomings in Argentine TIP investigations. G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca and Department of Justice Federal Prosecutor James Felte kick [...]	2009-10-05 14:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB AR
09BUENOSAIRES1120	MEDIA REACTION: LATIN AMERICA MILITARY EXPENDITURES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories are related to the deep reductions in Argentina's defense budget; Argentina's "essential" need to reach a deal with the IMF; and the State Department background notes on Argentina. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Argentina, far fr [...]	2009-10-09 14:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1165	AMBASSADOR MEETS ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: In her introductory call on Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez (AF),the Ambassador thanked AF for his role in strengthening bilateral relations and expressed appreciation for GOA cooperation on law enforcement issues. AF said he had always had good relations with the Emba [...]	2009-10-27 18:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR KTIP SENV AR
09BUENOSAIRES1168	ARGENTINA TRIP REPORT OF A/S TREASURY DAVID COHEN [...] (U) Summary. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David S. Cohen traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 2 to address members of the U.S.-Latin America Private Sector Dialogue (U.S.-LA PSD) and conduct meetings with the Central Bank of the Republic o [...]	2009-10-28 15:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES1192	MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF OCTOBER 26-30; 11/03/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories last week were mostly related to: the Honduran deal whereby ousted President Manuel Zelaya could be restored to power; the UN General Assembly condemnation of the US embargo on Cuba, which was hailed by Argentine authorities, and Venezuelan Hug [...]	2009-11-03 17:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1207	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, OCTOBER [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period October 30-November 5, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to b [...]	2009-11-06 20:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1222	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS BUENOS AIRES MAYOR [...] (C) Summary: Buenos Aires city mayor Mauricio Macri let slip to the Ambassador that he intends to run for president in 2011. He criticized the Kirchners for the failure of their economic model, for the country's growing crime problems, and for alienating the United States. He also reiterated past c [...]	2009-11-12 20:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT AR
09BUENOSAIRES1223	AMBASSADOR RAISES PRESS FREEDOM, TIP ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a very warm, 70-minute meeting November 11, Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti welcomed the Ambassador and said he was pleased by news of the U.S. Senate's confirmation of WHA A/S Arturo Valenzuela's nomination. The Ambassador raised trafficking [...]	2009-11-12 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC KREC AMGT PTER ELAB KTIP AR
09BUENOSAIRES123	Argentina: Codel Costello Supports Expanding Bilat Ties, [...] (SBU) Codel Costello, a delegation of eight U.S. Representatives plus professional staff from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Civil Aviation Subcommittee, met with representatives of U.S. civil aviation companies and with senior GoA officials, including Planning Minister De Vido and [...]	2009-02-05 17:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL EAIR EWWT ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES1231	ARGENTINA RECEPTIVE ON NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE GOALS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During meetings in Buenos Aires on October 26-27, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation Susan Burk successfully identified areas of common interest and support going in to the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. Candid [...]	2009-11-17 19:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA ENRG AR KNNP
09BUENOSAIRES1237	ARGENTINA: INFORMATION FOR COUNTRY REVIEW REGARDING TITLE [...] (U) Post answers to questions in paragraph 5 of reftel A follow. 2. (C) "Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba." Answer: No. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner visited Cuba January 18-21 and did not publicl [...]	2009-11-20 17:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU AR
09BUENOSAIRES1244	ARGENTINA'S POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ESTOffs met on November 12 with the GOA's Climate Change Negotiator, Ambassador Silvia Merega, to ascertain Argentina's position and flexibility ahead of COP-15 in Copenhagen. From our conversation with Merega, it appears that the GoA's position is firmly in line with classic G [...]	2009-11-13 18:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG EIND TRGY PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES1254	MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 10-16; 11/16/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories last week were related to: President Obama's visit to China, Japan and South Korea; the war in Afghanistan; and Israeli President Shimon Peres' trip to Argentina and Brazil. 2. PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TRIP TO ASIA - "Obama accompanies the world [...]	2009-11-16 20:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1263	MTCR: UPDATE ON ARGENTINA'S SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE (SLV) [...] (C) Summary: ESTHCouns met on December 2 with Conrado Varotto, Executive Director of CONAE (the Argentine space agency),to discuss the latest developments in Argentina's space launch vehicle (SLV) program (reftel). Varotto reported three unsuccessful ground tests of the SLV engine and sa [...]	2009-12-03 17:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA AR
09BUENOSAIRES1268	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November 13-19, [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 13-19, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...]	2009-11-20 13:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES127	ARGENTINA: PLAN FOR ENGAGEMENT ON AIRCRAFT CARRIER [...] (U) This is an action request for State and Southern Command, see para 6. 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires is concerned that the decision to relocate one nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN) from Newport News, VA to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Mayport, FL, could be either misconstrued by Governm [...]	2009-02-05 19:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES1272	ARGENTINA: 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control [...] (U) Per reftel, Buenos Aires draft INCSR report follows, with partial changes suggested by INL Washington in response to first draft (ref. B). 2. (SBU) Argentina Part I. Summary Argentina continued to be an important transshipment route for Andean-produced cocaine during 2 [...]	2009-11-20 18:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR AR

09BUENOSAIRES1280	AMBASSADOR PURSUES MORE BILATERAL COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on November 19 with Science and Technology Minister Lino Baranao to inquire about the GoA's priorities and to discuss ways to expand bilateral cooperation. Baranao expressed his interest in moving Argentina from a culture of pure scientific research to one wh [...]	2009-11-23 17:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO TPHY PGOV PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES1300	MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 24-30; 11/30/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The most important international stories were related to: the outcome of the Honduran presidential election; expectations for the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit; and implications of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Brazil and Bolivia. 2. HONDURA [...]	2009-11-30 20:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1304	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, November 20-25 2009 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period November 20-25, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be incl [...]	2009-12-01 13:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1305	(C) Argentine MFA Shares Some Concerns About Brazilian [...] (C) Summary: Argentine MFA nuclear non-proliferation officials shared concerns about the direction of Brazilian security policy in the final years of the Lula Government during a meeting December 10. These were "yellow lights" only, but the Argentines were concerned by Brazil's outreach to Ir [...]	2009-12-24 16:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM PGOV BR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1311	(C) ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT TAKES UMBRAGE AT WHA A/S [...] (C) Summary: The GOA responded with heavy artillery to a remark WHA A/S Valenzuela made during a December 16 press roundtable. Immediately after the press roundtable, Argentine media started focusing almost exclusively on A/S Valenzuela's remark that the American business community in Argentina had [...]	2009-12-31 13:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP ECON KPAO
09BUENOSAIRES1328	MEDIA REACTION: WEEK OF DECEMBER 1 - 7; 12/07/09; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT International opinion pieces are mostly related to President Obama's Afghanistan address; expectations about the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit; the situation in Honduras; and the outcome of yesterday's elections in Honduras. 2. AFGHANISTAN ADDRESS - " [...]	2009-12-07 20:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL
09BUENOSAIRES1338	Argentina: Well-Received Visits by Shimon Peres and Mahmoud [...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) received separate visits from Israeli President Shimon Peres (November 16-18) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (November 23-24),and joined top GOA officials, and a wide range of Argentines, in offering both very warm recepti [...]	2009-12-10 15:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES134	ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT'S G-20 PRIORITY: IFI REFORM [...] (C) The GoA is focused intensely on G-20 meetings and preparations, and will continue its push for reform of the international financial institutions (IFIs),Economy Minister Carlos Fernandez told Ambassador February 4. Fernandez said the GoA will promote "reasonable, serious, and prudent ref [...]	2009-02-09 10:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV AR BR MX
09BUENOSAIRES1414	Scenesetter for Codel Engel Visit to Argentina, January 5-7 [...] (SBU) Mr. Chairman, on behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Argentina. I will have been in the country for about four months when you arrive, and I am honored to have you among my first Congressional visitors. The Government of Argentina is interested in [...]	2009-12-29 19:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP PGOV ECON ETRD ELAB PHUM PTER KTIP
09BUENOSAIRES1418	Argentina: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) Buenos Aires Country Report on Terrorism submission for 2009 follows. Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Ted Craig, at craigtj@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Argentina and the United States cooperated well in analyzing possible terrorist threat information. During 2009, Argentina [...]	2009-12-31 15:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL ASEC PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES144	ARGENTINA: PERONIST DISSIDENT DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In his first substantive meeting with Ambassador Wayne February 5, National Deputy and Peronist dissident Felipe Sola of the Peronist Union bloc discussed his 2011 presidential aspirations, this year's midterm elections, and the merits of a single ballot system. Sola is in the A [...]	2009-02-11 20:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR AR
09BUENOSAIRES153	ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER PREVIEWS ARGENTINA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with Foreign Minister Taiana and Vice Foreign Minister Taccetti to exchange views on how the USG and Argentina can work collaboratively in the coming months as President Obama's administration defines its priorities in the hemisphere. They noted that there we [...]	2009-02-13 10:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AR
09BUENOSAIRES163	TOP ARGENTINE BANKER SEES CHALLENGES AHEAD [...] (C) Ambassador lunched February 11 with Jorge Brito, President of Argentina's Banco Macro and also President of the Association of Argentine-owned private banks (ADEBA). Though Brito has good relations with the Argentine government, in private he is frank in his criticisms. Brito offered seve [...]	2009-02-13 19:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EAGR AR
09BUENOSAIRES168	Argentina: Finance Secretary on GoA Crisis Response and [...] (SBU) GoA Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino told a visiting Senate staffdel February 16 that Argentina's lack of access to international capital markets has insulated it from the impact of the global financial crisis, with Argentina thus far avoiding much of the "social fallout" evident in mor [...]	2009-02-18 12:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL KSUM PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES174	EX-PRESIDENT DUHALDE HANDICAPS THE NEW GENERATION [...] (C) Summary: Former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde predicted during a meeting with the CDA that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) will complete her term, but that the Kirchners were fast being eclipsed by new faces and new ideas in Argentine politics. After venting his spleen a [...]	2009-02-20 09:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES211	ARGENTINA: DOMINGO CAVALLO PANS GOA POLICIES, [...] (C) The post-crisis Kirchner model no longer works and Argentina is headed for "stagflation," according to controversial Argentine ex-Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo. During a meeting with the Ambassador, Cavallo suggested that returning to the IMF may be the only way to alleviate Argentina's [...]	2009-02-27 20:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES229	ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT TELLS STAFFDEL LEWIS IT WELCOMES THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina MFA Chief of Staff D'Alotto and Sub-Secretary for Latin American Relations Colombo Sierra told visiting U.S. Congressional Staffdel Lewis on February 16 that it welcomed a perceived opportunity to deepen and improve bilateral ties at the outset of the Obama Administrati [...]	2009-03-04 18:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR KTIP AR
09BUENOSAIRES231	Argentina: Production Minister Giorgi on G-20 and Bilateral [...] (SBU) Production Minister Debra Giorgi met with Ambassador February 25. The discussion included the G-20 process and related agricultural technical assistance the GoA is providing to poorer countries as well as outstanding bilateral trade frictions. Giorgi noted the significant increase in 20 [...]	2009-03-04 19:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES257	ARGENTINA: POST-MORTEM ON LOCAL REACTION TO INSCR [...] (C) Argentine press again stirred up tensions between the GoA and USG, running a story on U.S. criticism of Argentina's tax amnesty law included in the February 27 INCSR money laundering report. Press reports contrasted USG comments with the GoA's apparently successful defense of the law duri [...]	2009-03-10 15:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AR
09BUENOSAIRES261	MISSION BUENOS AIRES VIEWS ON ARGENTINA'S 2009 SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) In 2008, Argentine authorities responsible for providing "adequate and effective protection to intellectual property rights" made few meaningful improvements in IPR legislation, regulation and enforcement, and there remain serious weaknesses in each of these areas. Multiple law enforcem [...]	2009-03-11 14:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES284	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MARCH [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period March 2-6, 2009. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to be includ [...]	2009-03-13 19:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
09BUENOSAIRES287	ARGENTINA: ICE EXPERTS DELIVER TIP TRAINING [...] Summary. In an effort to strengthen the Argentine government's anti-trafficking efforts, Post,s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache Office in coordination with the political section brought down two ICE experts to address three conferences on trafficking in persons (TIP). The f [...]	2009-03-13 21:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB KWMN
09BUENOSAIRES294	Argentina: G7-Plus Ambassadors on Economy, Protectionism [...] (SBU) Local G7-plus representatives were upbeat on the ability of crisis-tested Argentina to weather the current economic downturn, at least through 2009, but complained about growing Argentine protectionism via non-automatic license non-tariff barriers. Ambassadors also agreed on the importanc [...]	2009-03-16 21:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES302	ARGENTINA'S CONSIDERABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL [...] Summary: Argentina is a potential world leader in renewable energy. Already a leading producer and exporter of biodiesel, Argentina's extensive forestry resources could provide ample biomass for second-generation biofuels (ref A). The country's southern Patagonia region enjoys some of the m [...]	2009-03-18 10:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV AR
09BUENOSAIRES333	ARGENTINA: NATIONAL DEPUTIES PLAN TRAVEL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met March 19 with congressional deputy Ruperto Godoy, chairman of the Argentine Lower House's Foreign Relations Committee, to discuss plans to lead a multipartisan delegation of seven national deputies to Washington in May. Godoy stressed that they are committed [...]	2009-03-23 12:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR AR
09BUENOSAIRES334	ARGENTINA VIEWS SUMMIT OF AMERICAS AS CRUCIAL TO [...] (C) Summary: U.S. SOA Coordinator Ambassador Hector Morales received GOA assurances March 5 that Argentina was committed to a positive outcome in Trinidad and Tobago and would work closely with the USG to that end. Argentina's Summit Coordinator, Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti, empha [...]	2009-03-23 13:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM EFIN ENRG ECON PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES366	Argentina: License For Nil - GoA Imposes New Import [...] (SBU) In a context of global concerns over increasing protectionist pressures, Argentina, which signed onto a November 2008 G-20 standstill agreement on new barriers to trade, is actively expanding a list of products which require non-automatic import licenses. U.S. firms and others importing [...]	2009-03-30 15:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES369	Argentina: On the Road to London G-20 [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK's) upbeat and cooperative participation in the March 27-28 Progressive Governance Summit in Chile should presage constructive GoA positions at the upcoming G-20 summit. GoA officials highlight CFK's "outstanding" bilaterals in San [...]	2009-03-30 22:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD KSUM PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES381	ARGENTINE JUSTICES TO VISIT U.S. IN MAY, HOST RULE OF LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Argentine Supreme Court is organizing a regional conference on rule of law issues in early September, bringing together Supreme Court justices from throughout the Americas, Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti and Associate Justice Juan Carlos Maqueda told Ambassador Wayne in a [...]	2009-04-01 19:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM KPAO AR
09BUENOSAIRES387	ARGENTINA'S CURRENCY SWAP WITH CHINA; WILL IT HELP [...] (C) The Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) and the People's Bank of China appear to have reached a preliminary agreement on a currency swap arrangement (Peso-Yuan) for the equivalent of about US$10 billion. However, there may be some internal disagreement on the Argentine side: while BCRA President [...]	2009-04-01 21:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES388	AMCHAM ARGENTINA'S EXECUTIVE BOARD DISCUSSES LOCAL [...] (U) On March 17, 2009, Ambassador Wayne met with Executive Board Members from the American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina. Present at the meeting were representatives from IBM, Dow Chemical, WalMart, Cargill, Ford, GE, and Duke Energy. The companies noted challenges they face due to the sig [...]	2009-04-01 21:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO AR
09BUENOSAIRES393	Argentina: February Drop in Trade Volumes Signals Economic [...] (SBU) Argentine exports dropped a sharp 24% y-o-y in February 2009, while imports declined 37% y-o-y, reflecting both lower volumes traded and also lower international prices. Decline in exports reflect both the loss of domestic industrial competitiveness and lower global demand, while the dro [...]	2009-04-03 14:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES406	INL-FUNDED ASSISTANCE IN ARGENTINA: 2008 END-USE [...] Embassy Buenos Aires' CY-2008 End-Use Monitoring Report follows below: 2. Inventory Management EUM Program Coordinator: Theodore J. Craig, Phone number 54-11-5777-4858, email address: craigtj@state.gov Post's Narcotics Program has to date not utilized PD&S funding and has been unable [...]	2009-04-06 14:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN AR
09BUENOSAIRES416	HUD SECRETARY DONOVAN MEETS WITH LEADING ARGENTINE HOUSING [...] (SBU) A lunch hosted by the Ambassador in honor of Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan was attended by a range of notable Argentines representing the development, architectural, financial, business, and government sectors, as well as by the DCM. After prior meetings with [...]	2009-04-08 17:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN PREL PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES436	Argentine Central Bank Joins Government in Objecting to [...] (SBU) In an April 6 letter to the Ambassador, Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado objected to Post's characterization in the latest Investment Climate Statement of BCRA policies' contribution to rising inflation (text provided below). During a subsequent telephone conversatio [...]	2009-04-14 14:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES461	ARGENTINA: MEDIA PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] (C) Summary: Argentine press reacted extremely favorably to President Obama's participation in the Fifth Summit of the Americas (SOA),describing the meetings as a new, positive beginning for U.S.-Latin American relations. In a press conference following the April 18 meeting between President [...]	2009-04-21 14:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM EFIN ENRG ECON PGOV CU AR
09BUENOSAIRES498	ARGENTINE FM TAIANA ON MOD EVICTION AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's April 22 letter asking Argentine FM Taiana to intervene with the MOD to help find suitable office space for the Military Group in advance of its eviction from MOD headquarters (ref A),Taiana said he had spoken with MOD Nilda Garre and suggested the [...]	2009-04-30 13:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ASEC KSUM PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES499	Argentina: International Donor Community [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador hosted a roundtable coffee with the international donor community to discuss the impact of the global economic crisis on international assistance to Argentina. The roundtable was co-organized with the Argentine Network for International Cooperation (RACI) and the [...]	2009-04-30 21:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON SOCI PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES509	Argentina Hosts Lugo and Morales for Signing of Final Act [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina hosted Paraguayan President Lugo and Bolivian President Morales for an April 27 ceremony to deliver the Final Record of the border commission in execution of the 1938 Peace Treaty between the two countries. The Ambassador attended as representative of one of the six g [...]	2009-05-04 17:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PA BL AR
09BUENOSAIRES520	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 16:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES593	ARGENTINA: CRISTINA HOSTS HUGO CHAVEZ, BUT BEGS TO [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Hugo Chavez paid a visit to Argentina May 15-16 to kick off a bilateral consultative process, sign some agreements, and see some sights near the Kirchners' home in El Calafate, Santa Cruz. During a 100-minute joint press conference, CFK denied she plans to sell [...]	2009-05-19 23:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON VZ AR
09BUENOSAIRES597	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON VISIT [...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina, which occurs one week before I leave post for my next assignment, in which I will oversee U.S. non-military assistance to Afghanistan. We propose to schedule meetings for you with Argentina's Minister o [...]	2009-05-21 13:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OREP ECON PTER MASS ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES603	ARGENTINA: A USEFUL PARTNER ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] Summary: With its reliance on agricultural exports and hydro-electric power generation, Argentina is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. As such, the country's plans tend to focus on adaptation rather than mitigation. Argentina was an early participant in the negotiations lea [...]	2009-05-22 11:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG ENRG PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES614	ARGENTINA: INFORMATION FOR COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Post responses to questions in para 5 of ref A follow: 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Answer: No. The GOA has not taken public or private actions in the past year to promote the advancement of [...]	2009-05-26 20:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU AR
09BUENOSAIRES627	Argentina: GoA Pension Fund Gives Credits to General Motors [...] (SBU) The GOA's national pension fund (ANSES) will provide GM Argentina up to US$ 70 million in credits to support the company's production of its new "Viva" compact car. The Viva will incorporate Brazilian parts and be targeted for export to other Latin American markets. President Cristina F [...]	2009-05-28 21:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND ELTN ETRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES632	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON CFK [...] (C) Summary and introduction: During his one-on-one May 27 farewell call on Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),the Ambassador orally delivered a message from the President of appreciation for Argentine cooperation at the recent summits (para 5). CFK thanked the Ambassad [...]	2009-05-29 17:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES65	ARGENTINA: ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY [...] (SBU) Overall Crime and Safety Situation. A. Crime Threat Levels. Crime is a serious problem in Argentina, but one that can be managed with common sense precautions. Street crime has become common and increasingly more violent, and often is perpetrated with a firearm or other deadly wea [...]	2009-01-21 15:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AR CASC
09BUENOSAIRES66	ARGENTINA: CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT DEFENDS [...] (C) Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado emphasized his success maintaining relative market confidence in the Argentine Peso in the face of four major financial crises since August 2007. In a January 16 meeting with Ambassador, he discounted market expectations of a large depreciation [...]	2009-01-21 19:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN AR
09BUENOSAIRES668	ARGENTINA ON IAEA FUEL BANK DISCUSSIONS AND IAEA [...] (SBU) Political Officer spoke June 5 with the Argentine Foreign Ministry's Director for International Security, Nuclear and Space Affairs (DIGAN),Gustavo Ainchil, to deliver Refs A and B demarches. 2. (SBU) Addressing the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) budget, Ainchil said that [...]	2009-06-09 13:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IAEA AR
09BUENOSAIRES67	CANADIAN AMBASSADOR ON ARGENTINE SUMMITRY, NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) A January 14 discussion between Ambassador Wayne and Canadian Ambassador Tim Martin covered Argentina's poor preparation for regional summits and the G-20, as well as Canada's nuclear energy and mining agenda with Argentina. 2. (SBU) Brazil's regional agenda and the Summit of the Amer [...]	2009-01-21 20:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN KSUM PREL CA AR
09BUENOSAIRES679	Staffdel Winters in Argentina - Piracy and Television [...] (U) This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels or in any public forum without the written concurrence of the originator. It should not be posted on the Internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Staffdel Winters visited Argentina [...]	2009-06-10 20:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON PGOV PREL AR
09BUENOSAIRES68	ARGENTINA: TECHINT CEO ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) On January 16, Ambassador had breakfast with Paolo Rocca, CEO of Argentine multinational Techint. The two reviewed Techint,s current problems with the Government of Argentina (GoA) over rescheduling debt payments of the regulated Argentine natural gas pipeline company TGN; over Techint's p [...]	2009-01-21 20:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ELAB EINV VZ AR
09BUENOSAIRES70	ARGENTINE REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 16:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES706	SUBJECT: (C) ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER "VERY [...] (C) Summary. On the instructions of Argentine FM Jorge Taiana, MFA Chief of Staff Alberto D'Alotto called CDA June 17 to express the GOA's irritation with the State Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report which placed Argentina on the Tier 2 Watch List. D'Alotto said Taiana was "ver [...]	2009-06-17 22:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIP KCRM ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
09BUENOSAIRES748	(C) ARGENTINA: H1N1 DEATHS SURGING [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's Ministry of Health (MOH) puts the number of confirmed H1N1 cases at 1486, 335 of whom are currently hospitalized. Officially, 23 patients have died, but several sources claim that there have been at least 15 additional deaths and a broader incidence of cases. Eighty [...]	2009-06-26 20:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AR AMED
09BUENOSAIRES787	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CFK RETURNS EMPTY-HANDED FROM [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) returned to Buenos Aires July 6 from a 60-hour trip that took her to Washington and El Salvador in a failed attempt to restore Manuel Zelaya to the presidency of Honduras. In El Salvador, CFK argued that she was on a missi [...]	2009-07-06 21:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM OAS HO AR
09BUENOSAIRES811	ARGENTINA: FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina experienced increased drug trafficking pressure during the first six months of 2009, with the apparently expanding use of small aircraft to traffic cocaine and marijuana across the country's northern borders. Cargoes are quickly offloaded at clandestine strips and dist [...]	2009-07-13 11:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL AFIN KCRM PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES817	ARGENTINE CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO SEEKS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daniel Filmus, Argentina's former Minister of Education, Science, and Technology, is now running for President of UNESCO 35th Conference. He seeks U.S. support for his candidacy. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) The Argentine MFA hosted a meeting for chiefs of mission on July 8 to pro [...]	2009-07-13 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL AORC UNESCO AR
09BUENOSAIRES827	NOW WHAT? THE KIRCHNERS' OPTIONS IN POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary/Introduction. More than two weeks have passed since Argentina's ruling first couple lost badly in mid-term congressional elections. It has taken President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband Nestor time to process the meaning of the debacle and respond. Though the GOA h [...]	2009-07-15 18:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES844	ARGENTINA: SECOND LARGEST NUMBER OF H1N1- [...] (U) SUMMARY: With 2,485 confirmed cases and 137 deaths, Argentina is now second only to the United States in the number of fatalities attributed to the H1N1 influenza outbreak. A USG donation of 120,000 treatment units of Tamiflu to Argentina was well-received, with the new Health Minister s [...]	2009-07-17 20:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL AMED ELAB CASC AR
09BUENOSAIRES86	Argentina - Scenesetter for Codel Costello [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina January 30 - February 1. We have arranged meetings for your Transportation Committee delegation with U.S. private sector civil aviation representatives and have requested meetings with senior Government of Argent [...]	2009-01-26 20:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR
09BUENOSAIRES876	ARGENTINA: ISRAELI FM VISITS ARGENTINA AND [...] (C) Summary: In what the Israeli Foreign Ministry called an effort to counter "Iran's heightened activity in South America," Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman visited Argentina July 23-26 during the first trip to South America by an Israeli FM in over two decades. Argentina was the second stop on [...]	2009-07-29 21:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS IR AR
09BUENOSAIRES911	ARGENTINA: URIBE VISIT POSITIVE BUT CANNOT HEAD [...] (U) Summary: Despite a relatively cordial exchange between visiting Colombian President Uribe and Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),Argentine Government sources told the press both before and after the meeting that Argentina opposed the Colombia-U.S. agreement allowing USG force [...]	2009-08-07 18:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS SNAR PARM PGOV CO AR
09BUENOSAIRES927	(C) ARGENTINA: TAIANA TRIES TO EXPLAIN CFK'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOA confirmed August 12 President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) August 10 invitation to South American heads of government to an August 28 UNASUR meeting on the Colombia-U.S. negotiations of a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). CFK made the invitation during UNASUR [...]	2009-08-13 22:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS SNAR PTER PARM PGOV CO AR
09BUENOSAIRES952	ARGENTINA: H1N1 INFLUENZA BEGINNING TO WANE [...] As of August 20, Argentina had confirmed 441 deaths due to H1N1 influenza. Official estimates indicated that more than 800,000 people had contracted the virus to date. According to Dr. Horacio Lopez, Head of Infectious Diseases at the School of Medicine and Medical Advisor to the City of Bue [...]	2009-08-21 16:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI PREL AMED ELAB CASC KIPR AR
09BUENOSAIRES964	ARGENTINA ENTHUSIASTIC AND RESPONSIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by White House Special Assistant and WMD Coordinator Gary Samore visited Argentina for consultations on August 10, generating significant goodwill and enthusiasm among Argentine interlocutors to continue bilateral consultations and cooperation on key nuclear arms [...]	2009-08-24 20:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER ENRG ETTC TRGY SENV AR
09BUENOSAIRES984	DAS MCMULLEN BRIEFS ARGENTINE OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary: WHA DAS Christopher McMullen visited Buenos Aires August 26-27 to brief Argentine authorities on the USG's Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with Colombia ahead of the August 28 UNASUR conference hosted by Argentina in Bariloche. He had excellent meetings with Cabinet Chief Min [...]	2009-08-28 22:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS SNAR PTER PARM PGOV CO AR
09BUENOSAIRES988	ARGENTINA'S CORDOBA GOVERNOR ON THE KIRCHNERS, [...] (C) Summary: Cordoba province Governor and Peronist dissident Juan Schiaretti engaged with the CDA on Argentina's First Couple, 2011 presidential candidates, and the province's budgetary woes. Schiaretti said that former President and First Spouse Nestor Kirchner (NK) sees a divided opposition as g [...]	2009-08-31 23:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR AR
09BUENOSAIRES999	TALES FROM BARILOCHE: ARGENTINA HOSTS A SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Summary and introduction: The August 28 summit meeting in Bariloche of South American Union (UNASUR) leaders is getting puzzled, mixed reviews. After seven hours of a rambling, inconclusive discussion (on live television) of the U.S.-Colombian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and other [...]	2009-09-02 21:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MASS AR
09CAIRO1220	U.S.-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE OF JUNE 7 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 03:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER SCUL PHUM SU SO IR AF PK SY
09CAIRO1601	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 17 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------------------------- Agriculture Products Irrigated by Sewage ---------------------------------------- 2. (U) Food safety continues to be a major concern in Egyp [...]	2009-08-18 03:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1749	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: September 10 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- -- Preparing for Free Trade Negotiations with MERCOSUR --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (U) Minister of Trade and In [...]	2009-09-10 08:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1760	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 15:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC EG
09CAIRO2247	EGYPTIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY REFLECTS ON DIFFICULT YEAR AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-06 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL EG
09CAIRO2259	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: December 7 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------- Stock Market Falls, Then Recovers --------------------------------- 2. (U) The Egyptian stock market plummeted 8%, the third largest single day lo [...]	2009-12-07 14:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EG
09CAIRO230	EGYPTIANS SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR G20 AND G8 MEETINGS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 15:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN OVIP PREL PGOV ECON IT UK EG
09CAIRO659	CODEL TAUSCHER APRIL 9 MEETING WITH THE EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Egypt's leading thinkers on non-proliferation urged the U.S. to support the concept of a nuclear-free Middle East zone, as a way to get past the Israel-Iran stalemate. -- Egyptian Council on Foreign Affairs proposes adding a seat for an Arab representative to the 5 plu [...]	2009-04-16 06:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL IS IR EG
09CANBERRA117	CHINALCO ACQUIRING RIO STAKE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian media is reporting that Chinese state-owned aluminum company Chinalco is negotiating with Rio Tinto to either increase its stake in Anglo-Australian resources giant Rio Tinto or buy specific resource assets. Reeling from falling commodities prices, Rio is scrambling t [...]	2009-02-03 21:04:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV AS CH
09CANBERRA136	VICTORIA WILDFIRES: CANBERRA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Though the worst of the fires appear to be over, Australia is reeling as rescuers discover more victims from Victoria's wildfires, with the death toll expected to pass 200 (ref B). Deputy PM Gillard termed the fires "one of the darkest days" in Australia's peacetime history. T [...]	2009-02-10 21:00:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID SENV AS
09CANBERRA525	MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM: AUSTRALIA PLANS FOR MEXICO [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian Climate Change Minister Wong will not attend the next Major Economies Forum (MEF) preparatory session in Mexico due to the need to shepherd domestic climate change legislation through the Senate that week. Parliamentary Secretary Greg Combet will lead the GOA delega [...]	2009-06-04 07:27:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG AS
09CANBERRA671	CONFLICTING AUSTRALIAN MEDIA REPORTS CHINA AS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The front page headlines of most major newspapers on July 17 highlighted Australia's growing obsession with China and the contradiction between the PRC's role powering the Australian economy and the uncertainty about what the relationship will mean for Australia. Two major nation [...]	2009-07-22 02:03:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON
09CANBERRA733	CHINA SEEKS INVESTMENT IN STRATEGIC RARE EARTHS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State-owned company China Non-Ferrous Metal Mining Corporation is seeking to buy a controlling stake in Australian rare earth company Lynas, which manages one of only two globally significant projects outside of China. The Foreign Investment Review Board extended its review of [...]	2009-08-10 21:59:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON AS
09CANBERRA847	AUSTRALIA CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE OF MTCR PLENARY [...] (C/NF) ) Australia agrees in principle with the four U.S. proposals (reftel) for the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) plenary, but has unsure about implementation. Australia is concerned that the Reinforced Point of Contact Meetings (RPOC) are under strain and appears reluctant to add [...]	2009-09-16 08:58:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL KSCA
09CAPETOWN152	DEBATE ON THE BUDGET VOTE OF THE PRESIDENCY [...] (U) On June 24 Poloff attended the budget vote of the Presidency in Parliament. This vote complements the State of the Nation debates held earlier this month. During the State of the Nation Address 10 priorities for government over the next five years were outlined and government made a com [...]	2009-06-29 13:46:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SF
09CAPETOWN57	EAST LONDON'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE SPEEDS [...] Summary: The East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ),established in 2002, is a South African Government initiative to encourage export-driven growth and to diversify the mostly rural Eastern Cape economy. Since its inception, the ELIDZ has grown quickly and now includes fourteen in [...]	2009-03-13 15:18:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV ETRD SA
09CARACAS1059	VENEZUELA'S AGENDA FOR THE AFRICA - SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela is hosting an Africa - South America heads of state summit on Margarita Island in September 2009. A chaotic July 20-23 coordination meeting in Caracas for South American and African representatives suggests Venezuela is planning to use its position as host to ram through a co [...]	2009-08-13 15:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1085	COLOMBIAN BEEF IS NOT WHAT IS FOR DINNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a result of chilly Venezuela-Colombia bilateral relations, food processors are pessimistic about Venezuela's future beef imports from Colombia. By presidential order, trade is effectively paralyzed, and some processors can only access raw materials from a domestic cattle her [...]	2009-08-17 19:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD VE PGOV
09CARACAS1110	VENEZUELA: VENAMCHAM SAYS SITUATION WORSENING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 17, the Ambassador attended the monthly meeting of the governing Executive Committee of the Venezuelan American Chamber of Commerce (VenAmCham). Following their normal business, the Executive Committee members, all Presidents of leading corporations, briefed the Ambassa [...]	2009-08-21 18:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV VE
09CARACAS1115	RAMPANT CRIME IN VENEZUELA - CHAVEZ'S ACHILLES [...] (C) SUMMARY. With a murder rate of 130 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, Caracas is generally considered the most dangerous city in Latin America, if not the world. Over 90 percent of homicides in Venezuela go unpunished, and recent polling suggests more Venezuelans may be starting to lay t [...]	2009-08-24 14:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON VE
09CARACAS1131	VENEZUELA: NEW PETROCHEMICALS LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela passed a limited-scope Petrochemicals Law in July that covers basic and intermediate sector activities. It permits the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) to enter into mixed companies with the private sector and attempts to preclude private company recourse to inte [...]	2009-08-27 13:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CU VE
09CARACAS1137	CHAVEZ SENDS TOUGH MESSAGE ON COLOMBIA PRIOR TO [...] (C) Summary. During an August 25 televised address, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro to start preparations for a rupture with Colombia. This latest episode of brinkmanship appears targeted at multiple audiences -- his domestic constituency, Colombia, [...]	2009-08-28 17:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE
09CARACAS1181	THE CUBANS IN VENEZUELA'S PORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post has comfirmed that a wholly Venezuelan government-owned company, Bolipuertos, is now charged with the management of Venezuela's ports. Cuba's ASPORT has a 49 percent share in Puertos del Alba, a separate company, which will reportedly be focused on business development. Contac [...]	2009-09-09 12:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD EINV MARR CU VE
09CARACAS1207	CHAVEZ DEMANDS OBAMA EXPLAIN DCA TO UNASUR [...] (SBU) Speaking in Madrid on September 11, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez repeated the suggestion, first raised by Brazilian President Da Silva at the August 28 UNASUR summit in Argentina, that President Obama publicly explain the purpose of the Defense Cooperation Agreement with Colombia. [...]	2009-09-15 21:13:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VE CO
09CARACAS1230	STILL NO AGREEMENT ON DRAFT DECLARATION FOR [...] (C) Summary: South African Ambassador Bhekizzizwe Gila told Ambassador Duddy on September 18 that South African President Zuma would attend the September 26-27 UNASUR -African Union Summit taking place on Venezuela's Margarita Island. Gila said the heads of state of Brazil, Libya, Algeria, and poss [...]	2009-09-18 20:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS1275	COLOMBIAN BEEF IS NOT WHAT IS FOR DINNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a result of chilly Venezuela-Colombia bilateral relations, food processors are pessimistic about Venezuela's future beef imports from Colombia. By presidential order, trade is effectively paralyzed, and some processors can only access raw materials from a domestic cattle her [...]	2009-10-02 13:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD VE PGOV
09CARACAS1284	AFRICA-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT SHORT ON SUBSTANCE, LONG ON HEADACHES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 20:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE UNCHC EAID
09CARACAS1286	SUGAR PROCESSORS ARE BRV FAVORITES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the BRV's overall negative attitude toward big business, Venezuela's large sugar processors have found official foreign exchange and import permits easier to obtain. A prime example is Centro Azucarero Portuguesa (CAPSA),the country's largest processor. However, facilitated ac [...]	2009-10-05 20:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON PGOV VE ETRD
09CARACAS1292	STUDENT HUNGER STRIKES ENDED, BUT APPEALS FOR OAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Student protests calling for a visit by the Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) of the Organization of American States (OAS) continue. However, an October 3 march was poorly attended and ended with students "mooning" National Guard troops. On October 5, 15 students in the bor [...]	2009-10-06 21:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1318	VENEZUELA: LOOMING POWER BLACKOUTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has not adequately invested in the electrical sector nor addressed its deteriorating infrastructure resulting in hundreds of isolated local power outages and regular nation-wide outages. Domestic electricity consumption has increased ov [...]	2009-10-14 15:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1373	CHAVEZ EXPROPRIATES TWO SUGAR MILLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 21, in a state television broadcast, Agriculture and Lands Minister Elias Jaua announced the 90 day occupation and planned expropriation of two sugar mills in western Venezuela. Jaua accused Central Azucarero Venezuela of illegally halting production and Central Azu [...]	2009-10-26 15:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EINV ENRG ETRD VE

09CARACAS139	GIVE US YOUR TIRED, WEARY, DISEASED,LIVESTOCK [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to knowledgeable industry representatives, Venezuela continues to import cattle without appropriate controls against animal disease. The most recent example brought to our attention is cows purchased from Cuba that suffer from leucosis, for which there are tests. Appa [...]	2009-02-03 13:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV VE
09CARACAS1401	VENEZUELA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY SEES "DARK HORIZON" [...] (C) Summary: In an October 28 breakfast meeting with the Confederacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Venezolanas (CAIV) Board of Directors, XXXXXXXXXXXX, said he privately encouraged Brazilian senators to allow Venezuela to join MERCOSUR. At the same time, Jewish community leaders told PolCouns th [...]	2009-11-02 21:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
09CARACAS1417	CHARGING OPPOSITION LEADERS AS SPIES, [...] (C) Summary: Over the past week, President Chavez and his supporters have stepped up attacks against two opposition governors, Cesar Perez Vivas (Tachira) and Henrique Capriles Radonski (Miranda). Chavez is blaming Perez Vivas for several highly-publicized violent incidents along the Colombian bord [...]	2009-11-05 19:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS1447	VENEZUELA'S STANDARDS REGIME IN DISARRAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The status of Venezuela's standards regime is uncertain after a June 2009 resolution abolished the relationship between the principal, non-profit industry standards setting entity, the Fund for Standardization and Quality (FONDONORMA),and the Government of the Bolivarian Republ [...]	2009-11-12 10:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EIND EINT EINV ETRD VE
09CARACAS1465	VENEZUELA: PDVSA'S REFINERIES AND NEW PROJECT PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's concept for the future development of the Faja heavy oil fields -- and particularly how to link the different joint venture projects together into a common infrastructure -- is still in its infancy. A senior PDVSA official described the company's numerous international ref [...]	2009-11-17 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1475	Venezuela: Deciphering the Current Electricity Crisis [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela's current electrical crisis is serious and complex, with problems that may yet present a "perfect storm" for policymakers. While acknowledging problems in maintenance delays and planning shortfalls in augmenting electricity infrastructure, President Chavez cites increase [...]	2009-11-20 15:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
09CARACAS1489	Students Occupy Embassies; Plan Second Hunger Strike [...] (C) On November 19 student activist Julio Rivas told Polcouns and Human Rights Officer that students would convene a demonstration in Caracas on November 21 in which they would announce their initiation of a second round of political actions, to include a hunger strike by about 50 student [...]	2009-11-20 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE
09CARACAS1517	Ambassadors Discuss Expulsion of Colombian Miners/Colombian [...] (C) Summary: On December 1, Ambassador met with Colombian Ambassador to Venezuela Maria Luisa Chiappe at the residence of Mexican Embassy Political Counselor Maria Elena Alcaraz, at the former's request. Ambassador Chiappe confirmed reports that late last week approximately 500 miners - m [...]	2009-12-02 18:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF CO VE
09CARACAS1559	C-AL9-02397 GBRV TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON COLOMBIAN IMPORTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, the Executive President of the Venezuelan-Colombian Economic Integration Board (CAVECOL),Luis Alberto Russian, told EconOffs that while custom offices remain open on the Colombian border the Venezuelan Government (GBRV) has erected a series of administrative barrier [...]	2009-12-16 13:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PINR PREL VE CO
09CARACAS1567	Venezuela: PDVSA Experiencing Quality Control Problems [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA is experiencing quality control problems with refined product and upgraded crude oil and is bearing significant costs due to these problems. The Venezuelan national oil company has prioritized the supply of gasoline and other petroleum products to its domestic market over it [...]	2009-12-17 17:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON CH VE
09CARACAS212	VENEZUELA'S 2009 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submits the following information for inclusion in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Venezuela. Political Officer Douglas Fisk is Embassy's point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8052; fax 58-212-907-8033; Email: FiskDA@state.gov Forty hours were de [...]	2009-02-13 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN
09CARACAS222	GBRV EXPELS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIAN OVER CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) forcibly expelled European Parliament member Luis Herrero February 13 after Herrero criticized both President Chavez and the Venezuelan electoral system. National Electoral Council (CNE) President Tibisay Lucena called [...]	2009-02-17 21:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP VE
09CARACAS26	VENEZUELAN SCIENTISTS SAY NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: In late 2008, Chavez once again made statements regarding his plans to develop a nuclear power program in Venezuela and went so far as to sign an agreement with Russia's Rosatom on nuclear energy cooperation. Several local nuclear physicists are skeptical arguing that nothing came [...]	2009-01-08 20:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PARM
09CARACAS338	SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: CHARGE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Charge met Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Ambassador to Venezuela Razi Ali March 17 to discuss the upcoming Summit of the Americas (SOA). Charge raised both the need to avoid any potential incidents with the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) given the volume [...]	2009-03-18 21:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM MASS TD VE
09CARACAS352	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT VERSUS U.S. COMPANY CARGILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cargill de Venezuela President Roberto Moro (strictly protect throughout) told the Charge on March 17 that although the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has informed the company that its rice plant would be nationalized on the grounds of "public utility," [...]	2009-03-20 19:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR VE
09CARACAS355	CODEL DELAHUNT MEETINGS WITH CHAVEZ AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: After a briefing by the Charge', Congressman Delahunt discussed bilateral relations alone with Foreign Ministry (MFA) officials and ALBA Bank President and former Ambassador to the United States Bernie Alvarez on March 19. He also met alone with President Chavez and Minister o [...]	2009-03-20 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR OVIP AMGT VE
09CARACAS356	FOREIGN MINISTRY PROMISES TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the March 19 visit of Congressman William Delahunt, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Temir Porras promised -- again -- to resolve persistent administrative issues impeding Embassy operations. Porras spoke directly with the Charge March 18 and [...]	2009-03-20 21:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AMGT VE
09CARACAS422	CHAVEZ AS HE SEES HIMSELF - THE REVOLUTIONARY [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez claims that he wants to improve relations with the new U.S. administration (Reftel),but his intolerance for what he perceives as criticism and his radical worldview continue to pose major hurdles to bettering bilateral relations. His perennial (mis)treatment [...]	2009-04-01 19:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PTER VE
09CARACAS511	CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL GIVES UP ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: NGO Conservation International closed its doors in Venezuela on March 31 saying it wanted to focus on countries where it can have an impact on host government environmental policies. The Venezuelan head of another US-based NGO, The Nature Conservancy, said the government would g [...]	2009-04-23 15:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR SENV VE
09CARACAS535	VENEZUELA CLAIMS PREPAREDNESS ON SWINE FLU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Venezuela's Health Ministry reported there are no actual or suspected cases of swine flu in Venezuela, and that local health authorities stand ready to screen incoming travelers from the United States and Mexico. No actions have been taken to restrict agricultural products fro [...]	2009-04-27 22:21:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EINV EAGR AMED SOCI VE
09CARACAS540	GRV RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM PERU AND WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) ordered its ambassador home from Peru on April 27 to protest the Peruvian government's decision to grant opposition leader Manuel Rosales asylum. On the same day, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro welcomed a senior Pal [...]	2009-04-29 18:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PE VE
09CARACAS680	WHERE'S HUGO? [...] (C) Summary: President Chavez disappeared from national view May 30, missing the last half of a planned four-day marathon speech and the June 1 inauguration of the incoming President of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes. State-owned media outlets claimed technical issues were to blame for the su [...]	2009-06-03 13:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
09CARACAS693	VENEZUELA HARASSES CLASSIFIED POUCH TRANSFERS [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan Protocol Director phoned Charge on June 4 to detail new procedures that compromise the ability of the Embassy to receive classified escorted diplomatic pouches. Despite claiming to be just "tidying up" procedures, this action represents renewed efforts to harass [...]	2009-06-05 16:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL AOPR AREP VE
09CARACAS70	CHAVEZ BREAKS RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL/JEWISH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) officially broke diplomatic relations with Israel on January 14. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced the rupture in diplomatic relations via a communique disseminated via state media that simultaneously condemne [...]	2009-01-16 21:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC VE IS
09CARACAS759	CHAVEZ USES TREASON ACCUSATIONS TO TARGET [...] (C) Summary: Taking a relatively new tact, President Chavez used accusations of treason and paramilitary involvement June 14 to target the opposition Governor of Tachira State Cesar Perez Vivas. Several days prior, the Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) announced it would investigat [...]	2009-06-17 21:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS809	CHAVEZ BLASTS HONDURAN COUPSTERS, BLAMES UNITED [...] (C) Summary: In typical style, Chavez sought June 28 to claim his share of the limelight in the aftermath of the coup that overthrew fellow leftist leader Manuel Zelaya of Honduras. Chavez likened the situation to the unsuccessful Venezuelan coup attempt against him in 2002 and pledged that [...]	2009-06-29 16:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
09CARACAS864	MIXED SIGNALS AT RETURN OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. US Ambassador Patrick Duddy returned to Venezuela July 1, following a nearly ten month expulsion and the 2008 recall of Hugo Chavez's Ambassador in Washington. On July 2, Ambassador Duddy hosted the annual Independence Day celebrations at the US Embassy in Caracas. Despite off [...]	2009-07-09 18:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC PGOV ASEC VE
09CARACAS994	CHAVEZ FREEZES RELATIONS WITH COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Chavez's July 28 announcement to "freeze" relations with Colombia, an Embassy contact within the Agriculture and Lands Ministry reported that she had been tasked to identify Colombian imports suitable for substitution and to compile a list of Colombian busine [...]	2009-07-30 22:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET
09CASABLANCA26	MOROCCO-RUSSIA ECONOMIC RELATIONS: ENERGY, [...] (SBU) Morocco's economic relationship with Russia, initially concentrated almost exclusively in the energy sector, has widened dramatically in recent years. Bilateral trade is flourishing in the agriculture and phosphate sectors, joining longstanding Moroccan reliance on Russia for petroleum [...]	2009-02-12 13:44:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	AG ECON EIND ETRD MO PGOV PREL RS
09COPENHAGEN139	Climate Conferences Build Toward COP-15 [...] (SBU) Summary: Denmark has recently been host to a flurry of climate-related conferences in the run-up to the UNFCCC's Conference of Parties (COP-15) meeting in December. One of them, sponsored by the International Association of Research Universities and held here in Copenhagen, attracted i [...]	2009-03-19 07:14:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG DA
09COPENHAGEN367	Danish Climate Minister on G-20, COP-15 [...] (U)This message contains an action request for OES/EGC--see para 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: In an August 27 courtesy call, the Ambassador assured Climate and Energy Minister Connie Hedegaard that the U.S. remains committed to seeking a successful outcome at COP-15 climate talks in Copenhagen [...]	2009-08-27 14:25:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG PGOV EFIN PREL DA
09COPENHAGEN372	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH THE DANISH PM - COP-15 THE [...] (C) Summary: During the course of an extended meeting with the Ambassador on August 26, Danish Prime Minister Lars-Lokke Rasmussen praised the state of U.S.-Denmark relations, welcomed US leadership on climate change negotiations and said that COP-15 was "at the top of my political agenda." [...]	2009-08-28 11:21:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV DA
09COPENHAGEN486	DANISH PM CALLS FOR POLITICAL AGREEMENT AT COP-15, [...] (SBU) Summary: Danish PM Lars Loekke Rasmussen delivered a speech on climate change to legislators from the G-8 and major developing countries gathered in Copenhagen on October 24 for an inter-parliamentary event. Rasmussen laid out a vision of a 'politically binding' agreement at COP-15 whic [...]	2009-10-30 15:44:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG PGOV PREL DA
09DAKAR25	GUINEA-BISSAU: 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Below is Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control, of the 2008 INSCR for Guinea-Bissau. The text is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. Guinea-Bissau, a tiny impoverished country in West Africa, has evolved into a major transit hub for narcotics trafficking from South America to Europe. [...]	2009-01-08 11:55:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PU SNAR XY
09DAKAR263	GUINEA-BISSAU: PRESIDENT AND ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the evening of March 1, the Chief of Staff for the Bissau-Guinean military was killed when a bomb exploded near his office. Approximately eight hours later, soldiers opened fire on the home of the president, ostensibly in retaliation for the assassination of the military chief. [...]	2009-03-03 07:37:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PU XY
09DAKAR286	BISSAU-GUINEAN INTERIM PRESIDENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bissau-Guinean interim President Raimundo Pereira, born on August 28, 1956 in Bissau, is a lawyer by training and an experienced public servant by profession. Armed with a law degree from the University of Lisbon, Pereira launched an impressive career in the Bissau-Guinean gover [...]	2009-03-05 17:16:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PU XY
09DAKAR34	SENELEC'S FINANCIAL BLACKOUT WORSENS SENEGAL'S ECONOMIC [...] Summary: The recent deterioration of Senegal's national electricity company's financial situation has returned much of Dakar to frequent electricity shortages, causing electricity outages in households and businesses for several hours a day. The situation is negatively impacting Senegal's ec [...]	2009-01-13 18:21:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ECON EPET EINV BTIO SG
09DAKAR416	Senegal-Ambassador meets the Minister of Renewable Energy [...] (SBU) On March 30, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Christian Sina Diatta, the Minister of Biofuels, Renewable Energy and Scientific Research, to discuss alternative energy possibilities and nuclear power in Senegal. End Summary Downbeat -------- 2. (SBU) Minister Diatta is a mathemati [...]	2009-04-01 15:17:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV BTIO KNNP SG
09DAKAR436	SENEGAL: CHIEF OF DEFENSE ON GUINEA-BISSAU AND THE [...] (U) This is an action request: See paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Although the situation in the Casamance region of Senegal is calm at the moment, the Senegalese Chief of Defense General Abdoulaye Fall expressed concern about the potential for recent events in Guinea-Bissau to destabilize [...]	2009-04-03 13:52:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KOCI PGOV PREL PU XY SG
09DAKAR666	GUINEA-BISSAU PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of the thirteen candidates that remain in contention for the presidency of Guinea-Bissau, Malam Bacai Sanha, Kumba Yala, Henrique Rosa and Baciro Dabo have emerged as the front runners. Despite reported tensions between Sanha and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior, most observer [...]	2009-05-29 14:03:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PU XY
09DAKAR716	Seniranauto: Senegal and Iran's white elephant. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seniranauto, a car assembly plant with an estimated 40 billion CFA (80 million USD) investment between Senegal and Iran's automaker Khodro, has been hit by a highly publicized scandal. Three years after its launching, the plant has no production but local media reports have put [...]	2009-06-11 08:57:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR EINV ECON KCOR SG
09DAKAR889	GUINEA-BISSAU: DIPLOMATIC CORPS AGREES THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 6 United Nations (UN) Representative of the Secretary General (RSG) Joseph Mutaboba chaired meeting of the diplomatic corps to discuss the presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau, as well as plans to integrate and augment the UN presence in Bissau and the international co [...]	2009-07-13 18:01:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XY PU UN
09DAKAR945	GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY SECTOR REFORM AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 14 and 15, PolCouns held meetings in Bissau with several African diplomats and other representatives from the international community resident in Guinea-Bissau to discuss the upcoming second round OF presidential elections on July 26, ongoing Security Sector Reform (SSR),[...]	2009-07-24 07:50:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV
09DAMASCUS188	JORDANIAN COMPANY REPORTEDLY LEASING AIRBUS A320 [...] (C) Civil aviation-related rumors are again rampant in Damascus one month after SARG officials publicly announced that Boeing had received U.S. export licenses to perform airframe overhauls (D-checks) on Syrian Air's two 747-SPs. On March 1, a semi-independent daily published a report that a J [...]	2009-03-12 05:52:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ETRD ETTC PTER PGOV CA JO SY
09DARESSALAAM747	TANZANIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 12:12:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL TZ
09DHAHRAN201	SAUDI ARABIA IS KEY G-77 COUNTRY IN CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS [...] (C) In an August 2 meeting, Abdullah Khalid Talwah (protect),a member of the official Saudi delegation to UN climate change negotiations, told EconOff that five countries hold sway over the G-77 and are thus key to a consensus on climate change: China, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and South Af [...]	2009-08-05 16:14:00	Consulate Dhahran	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KGCC SENV SA
09DHAKA1081	BANGLADESH RESPONSE: QDDR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION [...] (SBU) Mission Dhaka welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the QDDR process. Bangladesh is home to 150 million people crowded into an area the size of Wisconsin. This desperately poor nation faces immense challenges, including with regard to food security and climate change. Bangladesh i [...]	2009-12-01 04:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL SOCI BG
09DILI240	PARLIAMENT REVERSES COURSE AFTER PRESIDENT THREATENS TO [...] (SBU) President Jose Ramos-Horta threatened to resign as Timor-Leste's president on September 9 unless the national parliament reversed its vote disapproving of his planned travel to the United States for the UN General Assembly. The parliament, with unclear constitutional authority, voted aga [...]	2009-09-09 11:03:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TT
09DILI5	EMBASSY DILI ADVOCATES IMPORT OF U.S. BEEF AND POULTRY IN [...] (U) On December 12, Poloff met with Secretary of State for Livestock Valentino Varela from the Ministry of Agriculture to request lifting of a current ban on U.S. beef and poultry products into Timor-Leste. The ban came to our attention through two Dili supermarket retailers, who reported that [...]	2009-01-06 09:42:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD RP TT
09DILI86	RETURN OF THE PEACE CORPS TO TIMOR-LESTE [...] (SBU) President Ramos-Horta formally requested the Peace Corps to resume its program in Timor-Leste in a March 10 letter. Embassy Dili judges the security and stability conditions in Timor-Leste as safe and fully permitting the resumption of a Peace Corps Volunteer program. Much has changed [...]	2009-03-17 10:15:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ASEC TT
09DJIBOUTI148	DJIBOUTI'S MOST PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN AT ODDS WITH FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abdourahman Mohamed Mahamoud Boreh, long considered the richest and most influential businessman in Djibouti, is increasingly embroiled in a bitter dispute with President Guelleh and First Lady Khadra Mahamoud Haid. Boreh's status as Guelleh's perennial confidante and business pa [...]	2009-02-26 16:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV EWWT PINR DJ AE
09DOHA132	QATAR: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] Below is Part 2 of 2 of post's input for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) reported. Part 1 has been communicated by septel. 2. (SBU) PARAGRAPH 26: PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS: A. (SBU) What kind of protection is the government able under existing law to provide f [...]	2009-02-19 10:34:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB QA
09DOHA188	LONG-WINDED CHAVEZ EXPECTED AT MARCH 31 ARAB-SOUTH [...] (SBU) On March 31, Qatar will host in Doha the Second Arab-South American Summit. The timing of the Summit aims to take advantage of the presence in Doha of Arab League heads of state, who will be meeting here March 29-30. MFA Assistant Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Mohamed Al-Rumaihi told [...]	2009-03-17 12:37:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL WGG AL XR UY QA
09DOHA205	KEY TRENDS IN QATAR OVER THE NEXT 36 MONTHS - AN [...] (C) Embassy Doha's second interagency off-site was held March 3, 2009 at CENTCOM Forward HQ at Camp As-Saliyah (see ref A). This was the second such off-site (see ref B). These interagency off-sites will be held twice yearly, with the objective of reviewing and updating our field interagency [...]	2009-03-24 13:11:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	AMGT ASEC ECON KSPR PREL QA
09DOHA691	QATAR INVESTMENT AUTHORITY'S 2010 INVESTMENT [...] (C) At a November 24 meeting with Ambassador, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) Executive Board Member Dr. Hussain Al-Abdulla outlined Qatar's investment strategy for 2010. Also present at the meeting were FCS Chief Le and Poloff Caudill. In response to Ambassador Dr. Al-Abdulla said that for [...]	2009-11-25 11:44:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EINV AR BR CH
09DUBLIN89	IRELAND - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 17:32:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EI ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
09EFTOUSUNNEWYORK584	UK HOSTS LUNCH FOR UN COMMITTEE ON CONTRIBUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 4, 2009 the UK Mission hosted a lunch for members of the Committee on Contribution (COC) to discuss the scale of assessment models and general views of the committee on the scales debate. In addition to CoC delegates from Germany, Australia, the UK, Romania, Portugal, J [...]	2009-06-11 14:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT AORC UN
09FREETOWN216	PRESIDENT LAYS OUT SIERRA LEONE'S DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: On May 19, President Koroma presented his new poverty reduction strategy, the "Agenda for Change" focusing on four priority sectors: Power and Water Upgrades; Agricultural Output; Transportation Networks; and Human Development (Education and Health). President Koroma noted that hi [...]	2009-06-11 17:03:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL PGOV SL
09FREETOWN326	KOROMA MAKES FIRST VISIT TO BRAZIL [...] President Koroma is currently enjoying the first ever Sierra Leonean state visit to Brazil after landing in Brasilia on August 18. Accompanied by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Information, and Agriculture, Koroma will meet with President Lula da Silva on August 19 to sign a Memorandum of U [...]	2009-08-19 16:53:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SL BR
09FREETOWN344	U.S. COAST GUARD SEIZURE ENDS SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Combined U.S. Coast Guard Cutter LEGARE-Sierra Leone seizure of a 750 ton Taiwanese-flagged fishing vessel August 17th ended Sierra Leonean complacency on Fisheries, and may cost a Minister her job. The seizure was initially met with considerable jubilation by both the Min [...]	2009-09-02 07:50:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS PGOV PREL ECON SL
09FREETOWN355	AUGUST HIGHLIGHTS FROM SIERRA LEONE [...] SUMMARY: Sierra Leone hosted an African Caucus meeting for Bank Governors and Finance Ministers from around the continent, its largest conference since the conclusion of the war. The Independent Media Commission presented its annual report to President Koroma, who again pledged his support for [...]	2009-09-08 08:30:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SL
09FREETOWN434	OCTOBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: October highlights include an investigation into acts of political violence and intolerance, concern over the Bankole Thompson Commission of Inquiry report on the March riots, intra-party tensions, and new commercial interest in Sierra Leone from the Iranians. The country hosted a [...]	2009-11-03 18:13:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SL
09GABORONE371	GOB ON MADAGASCAR DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Nolan met with Botswana Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani on May 11 to deliver reftel Madagascar demarche. Ambassador was accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief and Skelemani was accompanied by MFA Director for Europe and the Americas Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi. Because Minister Skele [...]	2009-05-13 11:06:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MA BC
09GABORONE570	FRAUD SUMMARY: BOTSWANA JULY 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 09:51:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BC
09GENEVA1021	FIFTH IOM STANDING COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMS AND [...] (U) Summary: The fifth session of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Standing Committee on Programs and Finance (SCPF) took place October 27-28 in Geneva with Ambassador Mudaran (Venezuela),SCPF Chair, presiding. Member states continued discussion of the 2010 administrative b [...]	2009-11-16 10:06:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM SMIG
09GENEVA128	WHO: REPORT ON THE 124TH SESSION OF THE WORLD [...] Summary. The 124th Session of the Executive Board (EB) of the World Health Organization (WHO) met from January 19-26, 2009, in Geneva. This cable reports on the significant outcomes from the Board (and its Program, Budget and Administration Committee, which met prior to the EB),including re [...]	2009-02-12 17:27:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO WHO
09GENEVA133	DURBAN INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP - DAY 1 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) This cable reviews interactions that the USDel to the Durban Inter-Sessional Working Group (ISWG) had on February 16. 3. (U) As discussed on the evening teleconference with Washington, post requests the following actions: -- updated [...]	2009-02-16 20:41:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA230	MARCH 2009 TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF BRAZIL [...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of Brazil on March 9 and 11, 2009. The head of Brazil's delegation, Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, described the economy's sound fundamentals and the government's stimulative policy measures that would help ease the effects of the global cr [...]	2009-03-18 13:24:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
09GENEVA233	UNCTAD: Investment for Development [...] SUMMARY: UNCTAD experts, numbering approximately 50 member country and 40 field experts, focused on the development dimension of international investment agreements (IIAs) at a recent meeting in Geneva. The experts covered many areas of current debate in the international investment community [...]	2009-03-18 13:26:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV UNCTAD
09GENEVA257	SPECIAL SESSION OF THE TRIPS COUNCIL MARCH 5, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 10:16:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
09GENEVA259	WTO COUNCIL FOR GOODS APPROVES AGOA, CBERA AND [...] Summary: On March 24, 2009 the CTG agreed to waive WTO MFN rules to allow the U.S. to grant preferential access to the U.S. for AGOA, CBERA and ATPA beneficiary countries. With some reluctance, Bolivia joined the consensus on these waivers. They expressed their hope that the U.S. will restor [...]	2009-03-25 16:43:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR BL
09GENEVA269	Human Rights Council 10th Session - Postmortem [...] (SBU) The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its 10th session on March 27. The United States participated actively as an observer in the Council for the first time in nearly a year. Passing over 30 resolutions, the session produced mixed results, continuing some of the disappointing trends [...]	2009-03-31 15:47:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA273	ITC Export-led Poverty Reduction Programs [...] SUMMARY: The International Trade Centre (ITC) is achieving results with its Export-led Poverty Reduction Program (EPRP),which focuses on encouraging sustainable development through the creation of exports, including tourism. The EPRPs measure effectiveness by a program that incorporates thr [...]	2009-04-02 13:40:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN
09GENEVA293	MARCH 2009 INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS ON THE [...] Summary and next steps: On March 27, the Chairman of the WTO Working Party (WP) on the Accession of the Russian Federation (Russia) to the WTO convened an informal consultative meeting to discuss status of work and next steps in the Russian WTO accession process. WTO members also held pluril [...]	2009-04-08 11:12:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON WTRO USTR RS
09GENEVA416	Third Session of the WIPO Committee on [...] SUMMARY: The 3rd session of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) moved ahead (slowly) in its implementation of 45 recommendations concerning development and IP. These recommendations were approved by the WIPO General Assemblies (GA) in October 2007. In the fir [...]	2009-06-04 11:38:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR WIPO
09GENEVA458	JUNE 5, 2009 INFORMAL CHAIRMAN'S CONCULTATIONS [...] (U) Summary. Three and a half years after the last such meeting, WTO Members met with Belarus to discuss how negotiations for its WTO membership might be resumed. The meeting was called at the initiative of the Secretariat and Belarus. Belarus emphasized its interest in encouraging investm [...]	2009-06-11 08:24:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON WTRO USTR BLR
09GENEVA459	WTO METING TO MONITOR ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE GLOBAL [...] Summary - On April 14 the WTO held a meeting of the WTO's Trade Policy Review Body (TPRB) for the purposes of monitoring actions taken by WTO Members and observers in response to the global economic situation. The meeting was relatively low key and non-contentious. Members refrained from fin [...]	2009-06-11 08:25:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
09GENEVA507	Eighteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on [...] SUMMARY: Member States at the 18th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) agreed to continue without delay their work on facilitating the access of the blind, visually impaired persons (VIP) and other reading-disabled persons to copyright-protected works. [...]	2009-06-24 12:47:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR WIPO
09GENEVA597	WIPO on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and [...] SUMMARY: Member States at the 14th session of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (GRTKF),which was held in Geneva from June 29 to July 3, 2009, failed to reach an agreement on a recommendation to the 2 [...]	2009-07-20 09:33:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR WIPO
09GENEVA728	WIPO Conference on the Visually Impaired [...] (U) SUMMARY: WIPO held a conference on the morning of July 13 on access to reading material for the visually impaired. END SUMMARY. IMPROVING ACCESS TO COPYRIGHT CONTENT FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED ------------------------------------- 2. (U) WIPO's July 13 Conference on Improving Acce [...]	2009-09-03 14:26:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR WIPO
09GENEVA730	WIPO Conference on Public Policy [...] SUMMARY (SBU): During the July 13-14 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Conference on Intellectual Property (IP) and Public Policy Issues in Geneva, Switzerland, participants explored and clarified the connection between IP and several major public policy issues such as climate ch [...]	2009-09-03 15:58:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR SENV WIPO
09GENEVA880	ASSESSMENT OF U.S. ENTRY INTO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - [...] (SBU) The 12th Human Rights Council Session -- the first with the U.S. as a member -- concluded on October 2. Feedback on U.S. participation was positive, with many delegations noting our efforts to creatively address historically divisive issues, such as freedom of expression, country mandat [...]	2009-10-16 06:51:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA894	GAZA, GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION PASSES AT HRC SPECIAL SESSION [...] (SBU) The Human Rights Council Special Session passed a resolution endorsing the recommendations contained in the Goldstone Fact Finding Mission's report on the conflict in Gaza. By a margin of 25 in favor, 11 abstentions, 6 no votes, and 5 not voting, the Council adopted the resolution that [...]	2009-10-20 14:05:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA902	MEETING ON PA BID FOR WTO OBSERVER STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 16:50:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PREL KWBG IS
09GRENADA3	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR JANUARY 4 - 10, 2009 [...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. PM Thomas Promises Anti-Corruption and FOIA Implementation Prime Minister Tillman Thomas told media workers that his government [...]	2009-01-14 20:47:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM ETRD GJ
09GUADALAJARA77	GREEN GOLD" AND MORE: AN AGRICULTURE SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary: The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) oversees an inspection and preclearance program that has spurred impressive growth in the export of avocados, mangoes, and citrus fruit to the United States. The value of these exports in 2008 surpassed US$850 million and continu [...]	2009-03-04 23:36:00	Consulate Guadalajara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON MX
09GUANGZHOU375	Growth amid the Gloom - Some Companies Still Prospering in [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Factories are closing and migrant workers are unemployed, but there are still success stories in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). While the city of Dongguan with its heavy concentration of Hong Kong and Taiwan investment in labor-intensive export manufacturing has been h [...]	2009-06-17 09:16:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB CH
09GUANGZHOU627	CHINA'S 106TH CANTON FAIR SHOWS GRADUAL EXPORT RECOVERY [...] (U) Summary: Guangzhou's semi-annual Canton Fair concluded its 106th installment this week and reported that Chinese export orders continued to strengthen. However, orders have not recovered to pre-financial crisis levels, highlighting the need for China to further restructure the economy from [...]	2009-11-06 09:26:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON KIPR PREL EINV CH
09GUATEMALA1250	GUATEMALA PERFORMING ARTS INITIATIVE (PAI) PROPOSAL - [...] SUMMARY: Post proposes to program critically-acclaimed, U.S. Spanish-speaking jazz artist Luis Bonilla and ensemble to perform in the U.S.-Guatemala Binational Center's (Instituto Guatemalteco Americano, IGA) Tenth Annual International Jazz Festival, and Post seeks PAI funding for same. Guate [...]	2009-11-10 22:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL
09GUATEMALA162	COLOM'S FIRST YEAR HAS SUCCESS IN SOCIAL POLICY, [...] (C) President Colom's first year in office was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others. Controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom led the government's efforts to fulfill campaign promises of poverty alleviation and social inclusion of indig [...]	2009-02-20 11:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR ASEC SNAR EAID GT
09GUATEMALA197	GUATEMALA'S INPUT FOR 2009 TIP REPORT [...] Below is post input (keyed to ref B) on anti-trafficking efforts undertaken by the Guatemalan government between April 2008 and February 2009 in the areas of prevention, protection of and assistance to trafficked victims, and investigation and prosecution of traffickers. While challenges remai [...]	2009-03-03 17:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC GT
09GUATEMALA254	SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON'S MARCH 19-21 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Colom's tenure has been characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom leads the government's efforts to fulfill campaign promises of poverty alleviation and social in [...]	2009-03-18 18:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINR ASEC SNAR EAID GT
09GUATEMALA263	Making CAFTA-DR Produce in a Down Market [...] Summary: CAFTA-DR has substantially improved Guatemala's ability to participate and compete in global markets. Regulatory structures were modernized and wide swaths of the Guatemalan economy were opened to international competition. As a result, trade increased substantially, foreign direct [...]	2009-03-19 13:08:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON ELAB PGOV PREL GT
09GUATEMALA917	First Lady Prepares Controversial Bid for Presidency [...] (C) Although she has not publicly stated her intentions, it is clear that First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom intends to run for the Guatemalan Presidency in 2011. Torres, who is to the left of her husband, President Alvaro Colom, is a controversial figure. She is the most able manager in the governm [...]	2009-09-28 22:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM SOCI GT
09GUATEMALA977	Guatemalan MFA on Honduran Elections [...] (C) On November 10, Guatemalan Director General for Bilateral Affairs Carlos Raul Morales (protect) told Pol/Econ Counselor that FonMin Rodas was consulting with his Salvadoran counterpart on whether and under what conditions to recognize the outcome of the November 29 election in Honduras. M [...]	2009-11-13 14:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR HO OAS GT
09GUAYAQUIL52	ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: HUTCHISON PORT [...] (C) Summary. Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, which won the concession to operate the Port of Manta in February 2007, terminated its presence in Ecuador on February 27. The departure capped six weeks of turmoil over the concession?s future, after President Rafael Correa threatened du [...]	2009-03-06 17:35:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PGOV ECON EC
09HANOI1098	Ambassador Visits Father Ly in Prison [...] (SBU) SUMMMARY: Meeting with the Ambassador October 14, jailed political dissident Father Nguyen Van Ly reported that that he was "95 percent recovered" from his July 12 stroke. Ly said he remains isolated from other inmates but receives daily medical check-ups from prison physicians and main [...]	2009-10-16 07:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09HANOI737	VIETNAM: AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS CONTINUE TO GROW [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam's agricultural exports continue to show strong growth and Vietnam is now one of the world's leading exporters of a number of agricultural commodities like rice, pepper, cashews, and coffee. It is also beginning to focus on other products with higher margins. Ironically, [...]	2009-08-05 23:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON VM
09HAVANA110	DISSIDENTS: UN MEETING SHOWS CUBAN GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Several leading dissidents commented that the GOC successfully used its good relations with nations in the developing world to minimize criticism during the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council held on February 5 in Geneva. The official Cuban press reported [...]	2009-02-18 20:25:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09HAVANA154	WHA AREA DIPLOMATS IN HAVANA EXPRESS THOUGHTS ON [...] (C) On march 4, DCM hosted a lunch of colleagues from several western hemisphere embassies in Havana including Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, the Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago. Pol/Econ chief and ConGen also participated. 2. (C) Though the just-announced cabinet chan [...]	2009-03-06 20:54:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROV ECON CU

09HAVANA16	DR HILDA MOLINA AND THE VISIT OF ARGENTINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Though she would dearly like to travel to Argentina to visit her family, Dr Hilda Molina says she has little real hope that anything will come out of the upcoming visit to Cuba of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK). End Summary. 2. (C) Dissident neurosu [...]	2009-01-12 12:43:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	AR CU PHUM PREL
09HAVANA477	RAUL CASTRO DELAYS PARTY CONGRESS, DEFENDS [...] (C) To no one's surprise, Cuban President Raul Castro and the Communist Party's Central Committee announced on July 29 another delay of the Sixth Communist Party Congress intended for the end of this year. The official excuse is a lack of preparation, even though the Congress is already seven [...]	2009-08-06 11:16:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PINR CU
09HAVANA551	CUBA AND CHINA: THE BEST OF TIMES [...] (SBU) Bilateral relations between China and Cuba are at their historic best, according to China's top legislator Wu Bangguo. China and Cuba traded high level visitors this week as Wu visited Havana and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez visited Beijing to commemorate the 49th anniversary [...]	2009-09-08 17:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON CU CH
09HAVANA594	CUBA CHAMPIONS HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY -- AS [...] (C) Official Cuban voices have come alive with the events taking place in Honduras. After weeks where the news could not find much more to report than a baseball tournament in Europe and a music concert in Havana, the Government of Cuba has finally found a cause worth championing: the return [...]	2009-09-28 11:35:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU
09HAVANA694	UNHCR HAVANA HEAD OFFERS A LOOK AT THIRD COUNTRY REFUGEE [...] On 4 November, RefCoord called on Alberto Aragon Cao, head of the UNHCR office in Havana. Aragon, a Cuban national, has worked for UNHCR in Havana for 17 years and speaks English well. He previously worked in the Ministry of Education where he dealt frequently with UNHCR on cases of foreign s [...]	2009-11-17 18:06:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL CU
09HAVANA697	TRADING WITH THE ENEMY - DISAPPOINTING CUBAN TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of U.S. exporters told us they received an unusually cool reception from the Cuban Government at this year's Havana trade fair. While some exporters reported business more or less as usual, we heard more complaints than in previous years regarding everything f [...]	2009-11-19 17:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PGOV PINR PREL ECON CU
09HAVANA706	FEISTY LITTLE MISSIONS DENT CUBAâ€™S RECORD OF [...] (C) Summary. The Cuban Government has been able to stonewall its independent civil society from foreign visitors who have, for the large part, been all too ready to give in to Cuban bullying and give up on these encounters. A series of recent visits has shown the different approaches that foreign g [...]	2009-11-24 13:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CU
09HAVANA86	JAPAN SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON CUBA [...] (C) Japanese Ambassador Akira Takamatsu invited the COM to lunch on February 9, COM's first day in Havana following consultations. Takamatsu's main discussion point was to urge the USG to pursue a policy of "engagement" with the GOC, which he said Japan believed would be in the interest of the [...]	2009-02-10 21:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU JA
09HONGKONG2025	HONG KONG 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is not a major transshipment point for illicit drugs destined for the international market. Some narcotics shipments do transit Hong Kong's high volume port, but its efficient law enforcement efforts, the availability of alternate rou [...]	2009-11-03 09:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR HK
09HONGKONG2169	MACAU AS THE PRC'S BRIDGE TO LUSOPHONIA: [...] (C) Summary: Both Macau and the PRC have sought to use Macau's ties to the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world to boost trade for China and collateral business for Macau. While multilateral fora and trade missions have been held to considerable fanfare, the overall PRC-Lusophone trade volume [...]	2009-11-25 09:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM CH HK
09HONGKONG438	HK OFFICIALS LOOK TO G-20, REGIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong officials will participate in upcoming G-20 meetings as part of the Chinese delegation, focusing on advising senior PRC officials on regulatory and financial sector reforms, U.S. Treasury officials heard during a February 20-24 visit to Hong Kong. Comments by Treasury [...]	2009-03-10 11:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL HK CH
09ISLAMABAD1256	PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING UN ICSC VOTE [...] (C) PolOff delivered June 2 reftel demarche to MFA UN-III Director Dr. Ahsan Nabeel in support of the U.S. candidate for the United Nations International Civil Service Commission (UN ICSC). Nabeel noted that the ICSC election was not expected until November. While he committed to discuss the [...]	2009-06-08 16:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PK
09ISLAMABAD3043	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: DECEMBER 21, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 02:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
09ISTANBUL98	TURKS DISTRUST BOTH FOREIGNERS AND SHARIA LAW [...] (U) Summary: A poll released in February found that most Turks are distrustful of foreigners and fearful that the country will be divided by outside forces. The poll commissioned by the mainstream Hurriyet newspaper and conducted by well regarded polling firm Konda Research also found many T [...]	2009-03-09 10:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
09JAKARTA1641	WORKING WITH INDONESIA IN THE G-20 [...] (SBU) Summary. The United States can partner with Indonesia in the G-20 to advance our interests. Of the eleven countries in the G-20 who are not in the G-8, Indonesia is arguably the one with whom we have the least developed ties and the one least prepared institutionally to actively partici [...]	2009-10-01 08:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN ECON ID
09JAKARTA1970	Climate Change Funds for Southeast Asia Best Spent in [...] (SBU) The Department should invest limited U.S. funds for climate change where potential gains are the greatest. In Southeast Asia, that place is Indonesia. I urge that the proposed Asia Regional Center for Excellence on Climate Change (ARC) be put in Indonesia. Political Rationale ------- [...]	2009-12-02 08:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID
09JAKARTA26	IN ANNUAL SPEECH, FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a review of Indonesian foreign policy priorities, Foreign Minister Wirajuda portrayed Indonesia as a "bridge and consensus builder" and defender of fundamental principles, particularly in the United Nations. He highlighted Indonesia's role as a key emerging economy and a voi [...]	2009-01-07 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA765	The EPA in Indonesia: Growing Partnership Opportunities [...] (U) Summary: A recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) visit to Indonesia has highlighted clear opportunities for environmental cooperation. Indonesian officials appreciated USEPA reengagement, and are eager to participate in the Methane-to-Markets program. The Indonesian Steerin [...]	2009-04-30 10:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG ENRG PREL ID
09JERUSALEM2050	MIXED MESSAGES ON PLO UNSC STATEHOOD INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Palestinian officials have been sending mixed messages about the seriousness and speed of the PLO's call for a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution declaring a Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital. PLO Chief Nego [...]	2009-11-16 14:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM2099	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/23): Progress on Prisoner [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM2256	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/11): Additional Funds For [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-11 13:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09JERUSALEM664	PA OFFICIALS MAINTAIN CONTROL OF COMMERCIAL [...] (C) Summary: The majority of the 100-115 truckloads/day that enter Gaza are not donations or humanitarian relief supplies, but are private sector shipments imported on a commercial basis. ConGen contacts estimate the value of commercial goods that enter Gaza daily at approximately USD two m [...]	2009-04-14 13:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD IS KWBG PGOV PHUM
09JERUSALEM685	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (04/22): PALESTINIANS EXPRESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 10:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
09KAMPALA955	POPULATION GROWTH: UGANDA'S TICKING TIME BOMB [...] (SBU) Summary: Population trends in Uganda are creating a demographic time bomb that is undermining the country's recent gains in economic and social development and threatening its longer-term political, economic, and environmental viability. Few countries in the world are growing as fast as [...]	2009-08-21 08:57:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PINS PGOV PREL UG
09KATHMANDU1122	MEDIA REACTION: HOPE IN HOPENHAGEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 11:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU410	NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the months of March and April 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Direct Investment Plunges -- Government Revenue Grows Faster Than Expenditures -- Exports Rise, But Imports Rise Faster -- Electricity Crisis A [...]	2009-05-14 07:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU705	NEPAL: POTENTIAL NEPALI AMBASSADOR TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has nominated Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma as Ambassador to the United States. Sharma is a longtime economic advisor to the government and has been an adviser to the Koirala family. Political factors may derail the nomination, which must be approv [...]	2009-07-30 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM OFDP PGOV PHUM PREL NP
09KHARTOUM115	KENANA, WHITE NILE PROJECT LEAD PLANS TO DEVELOP SUGAR AS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25-26, econoff visited Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) and the nascent White Nile Sugar Project, the center of government plans to turn sugar into a strategic industry and propel economic growth in White Nile State. Built in the 1970s, Kenana stumbled upon opening but hit i [...]	2009-01-30 12:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KINGSTON184	JAMAICA: CODEL ENGEL DISCUSSES ECONOMY, ENERGY, AND [...] (U) From February 20-22, a CODEL led by WHA sub-committee Chair Eliot Engel was in Kingston, Jamaica, meeting with government officials and civil society representatives to discuss energy, environmental, and law enforcement cooperation issues. In addition to Chair Engel, the CODEL included R [...]	2009-03-11 17:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON253	FRAUD SUMMARY - KINGSTON (OCT 08-MAR 09) [...] (U) SUMMARY. In the first half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FPU at [...]	2009-04-02 11:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON269	JAMAICA: MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Representatives from the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank conducted a site visit with Emboffs to a USD 225 million wharf redevelopment project to bring Genesis-class cruise ships to the city of Falmouth; -- U.S. Treasury provided technical assistance to help the Governmen [...]	2009-04-07 14:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV ETRD TRSY OPIC OAS IBRD XL JM
09KINGSTON320	JAMAICA: 2009 HERBERT SALZMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 20:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ECON BEXP ETRD AMGT EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF CDB IBD
09KINGSTON325	JAMAICA: APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Sporadic roadblocks, with some violent incidents emerged to protest a recent US 10 cent per liter gas tax, but appear to have passed for now. -- Rising aluminum inventories and a 58 percent global price decline since July, 2008 are putting a strain on Jamaica's already weaken [...]	2009-04-29 15:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON445	JAMAICA: MAY ECONOMIC REVIEW 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Plans for large-scale casinos face delays from tightened credit markets and a slow legislative process. -- Ministry of Energy will rewrite its 2006 National Energy Policy to reflect changes needed in the sector with an eye to reducing dependence on oil imports. -- The sugar [...]	2009-06-04 11:38:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EFIN EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY
09KINGSTON45	JAMAICA: UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON [...] (SBU) The global financial crisis has begun to impact Jamaica, with economic growth for July to September 2008 falling by 0.2 percent -- the second consecutive quarter of decline. Continued stagnation in the real sectors was again responsible for the downturn. The economy is bound to fall dee [...]	2009-01-20 16:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON467	JAMAICA: OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CUBA MUST [...] (U) Summary: In an informal June 5 press conference in Kingston, Organization of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary General (ASG) Albert Ramdin of Suriname described as "historic" the recently-concluded 39th General Assembly (GA) session in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, that saw the rescindi [...]	2009-06-12 13:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ASEC SOCI PGOV OAS JM
09KINGSTON666	JAMAICA: U.S. REQUEST TO EXTRADITE POWERFUL "DON" [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-02 19:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR
09KINGSTON892	JAMAICA: SUCCESSFUL CARIBBEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY FORUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jamaica hosted a successful Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) which included a U.S. Government (USG) delegation, consisting of officials from the Departments of State and Energy and the Overseas Private Investment Cooperation (OPIC). The forum, held in Montego Bay from Octobe [...]	2009-10-23 19:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG SENV EMIN SOCI ETRD TRSY DOE OPIC OAS IBRD
09KINGSTON97	JAMAICA: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS; [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 13:53:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV EFIN EINV ETRD TRYS IADB IBRD PGOV
09KINSHASA161	DRC: RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL [...] (U) This message contains Embassy Kinshasa's responses to questions in reftel, paragraphs 23-27, on trafficking in persons. 2. (SBU) Begin responses to paragraph 23: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) t [...]	2009-02-18 15:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CG
09KINSHASA498	WHO INVESTIGATES POSSIBLE H1N1 CASES IN DRC [...] (U) USAID's Dr. Emile Bongo was able to contact a representative from the World Health Organization (WHO) today (May 26, 2009) and obtained the following update on the three possible cases of Swine FLU (H1N1) that were being investigated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2. (U) The p [...]	2009-05-26 17:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI TBIO PGOV CG
09KUALALUMPUR12	GAZA REACTION: MALAYSIAN PM TAKES CREDIT FOR [...] (SBU) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Foreign Minister Rais Yatim are touting Malaysia's role in persuading UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to call the UN General Assembly (UNGA) into an emergency session. Motivated by Malaysia's perception that United Nations Security Council ( [...]	2009-01-08 23:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR34	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON PRE-SHIPMENT END-USE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 05:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY
09KUALALUMPUR345	EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Advisor attended training at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA and conducted consultations with INS/ECC staff in Washington,DC. Advisor initiated contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a follow up to a meeting held in March concerning a Department of Justice workshop schedu [...]	2009-05-08 06:00:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR489	MALAYSIA'S INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR CONFERENCE AND [...] (SBU) The Nuklear Malaysia (Note: formerly known as the Malaysian Institute of Nuclear Technology or MINT. End note.),the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI),the Malaysian Nuklear Society, and the Malaysian Radiation Protection Association are hosting the International Nu [...]	2009-06-17 09:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IR KNNP MY
09KUALALUMPUR977	GOM ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING IAEA VOTE [...] (C) The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement late on December 5 regarding the November 27 vote on the German resolution at the IAEA (see para. 2). The statement appears to be the GOM's public response to repeated requests in Washington and by the Ambassador to correct the [...]	2009-12-07 23:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA IR MY
09KUWAIT1170	KUWAITI FOOD SECURITY: LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE... [...] (SBU) Key Points -- Despite high profile press reports, the GoK has not invested in buying farm land in developing countries. -- The Kuwait Fund and the Arab fund have both provided loans and grants to support agricultural sectors in developing countries. -- There is some interest in ag [...]	2009-12-15 10:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD EAID KU
09KYIV1878	IMF AT ANOTHER UKRAINE IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations between the IMF and Ukrainian authorities appear to have stalled over a bloated budget and the uncertain fate of a new social spending law which, if signed by the President, would represent a "red line" for the Fund. According to the IMF's Kyiv-based resident repre [...]	2009-10-27 15:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2140	DPM NEMYRIA'S CASE FOR UKRAINE IMF TRANCHE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria made a strong pitch to the Ambassador for the disbursement of a fourth IMF loan tranche to Ukraine. He talked of unreasonable IMF demands for the passage of a 2010 budget, explained why the central bank could not monetize for budget and gas payments [...]	2009-12-16 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2182	UKRAINE: SPACE DEAL WITH BRAZIL UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary. During his December visit, Brazilian President Lula de Silva announced that Ukraine and Brazil would move ahead to launch the Ukrainian-designed and built Cyclone-4 space launch vehicle from Brazil's Alcantara launching pad. Ukraine and Brazil signed a cooperation agreement in 20 [...]	2009-12-22 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA ETRD ECON BR UP
09LAGOS138	NIGERIA: DELTA STATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: Gary Akpobire, Director of the Delta State Integrated Development Agency (DIDA) told Pol-Econ Chief on February 17 that Delta State's development plans are proceeding apace. The state plans four new gas-fired power plants to drive industry, but Akpobire seemed unaware of problems [...]	2009-03-18 08:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS177	NIGERIA: LPG MARKET STILL DORMANT DESPITE HUGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Organizers and participants in the All-Africa Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) conference held in Lagos 30-31 March said Nigeria has made little progress in introducing LPG into the domestic market since the last meeting in 2006. Despite producing 2,000,000 metric tons per year, d [...]	2009-04-08 05:51:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EPET ECON EINV NI
09LAGOS191	NIGERIA: LEADING NIGER DELTA ACTIVIST BRIEFS [...] (C) Summary: Patrick Utomi, Director of the Center for Applied Economics at the Lagos Business School (LBS) and 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADP),and originally from Delta State, told Ambassador, while she was in Lagos on March 23, that he is working, as Chair o [...]	2009-04-17 12:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS320	NIGERIA: LAGOS BUS RAPID TRANSIT TWO YEARS AFTER [...] (U) Summary: Two years after the introduction of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) program in Lagos, more Lagos car owners are leaving their cars for faster bus rides into Lagos's business districts. Lagos Bus Asset Management Company (LAGBUS),one of two companies running the service, has covered ab [...]	2009-07-29 11:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EINV ETRD PGOV NI
09LAGOS393	EXPERTS ASSESS NIGERIAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY BILL [...] (SBU) Industry experts continue to review the pros and cons of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Increased GON revenue, and excluded credits for security, contracting, and finance costs remain key concern for oil companies. The GON has retained the consulting services of an oil and [...]	2009-10-19 15:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
09LAGOS397	NIGERIAN POWER PROJECTS SHOW PROMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Various types of electrical power projects that derive power from coal, gas and even waste sludge are appearing in Nigeria. However, regulations make it difficult to finance such projects, and the diesel generator cartel presents a formidable obstacle to true change. END SUMMAR [...]	2009-10-23 07:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS476	FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS [...] (SBU) Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 145 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP/person is 1,500 dollars, and [...]	2009-12-14 12:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI
09LAGOS487	FRAUD SUMMARY - LAGOS [...] (SBU) Background: Nigeria covers 356,669 sq miles and has a population of approximately 149 million. The major languages are English (official),Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa. Approximately 60% of the population is below the poverty line for Nigeria. The current GDP is 1,500 dollars, and the inf [...]	2009-12-29 07:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI
09LAGOS72	PETROBRAS EXEC SAYS NIGERIA PRODUCING BELOW ITS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 06:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL BR NI
09LAGOS85	PETROBRAS EXEC SAYS NIGERIA PRODUCING BELOW ITS [...] (C) Summary: The head of Petrobras Nigeria said on February 9 that Nigeria is producing 80,000 barrels of oil per day less than its current OPEC quota. He expected the Total-led Akpo project, in which Petrobras has a 40 percent stake, to come on stream before April 1. Once Akpo comes on str [...]	2009-02-25 15:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL BR NI
09LAPAZ1028	BOLIVIA: 2008-09 COUNTERNARCOTICS PERFORMANCE MIXED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morales Government,s 2008-2009 counternarcotics performance continues to be mixed, with slowly rising eradication levels and increased seizures in interdiction, but with legislative reform on hold until after the December 2009 presidential elections. UNODC,s recent coca sur [...]	2009-07-13 11:55:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID BL
09LAPAZ1046	SPECIAL ADVISOR ECHAVESTE VISITS BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Maria Echaveste, Special Advisor to the Secretary, traveled to Bolivia June 27-28 to meet with GOB officials including President Evo Morales, Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana, and Government Minister Alfredo Rada to convey the Secretary,s commitment to improving bilateral [...]	2009-07-17 18:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ECON SNAR EAID EINV
09LAPAZ1141	BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: TRANSPORTATION GRIDLOCK [...] (C) Bolivia's ground transportation infrastructure is either in complete disrepair or the standard by which South America should be measured, depending on one's perspective. Seventy percent of Bolivia's 50,000 KM (31,000 miles) of roads are in need of repair, yet the 3521 KM (2188 miles) of [...]	2009-08-04 20:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ1146	HOLY FRIJOLE: BOLIVIA'S ALBA TRADE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part two of a three-part series on the trade and economic situation in Bolivia. While Bolivian President Evo Morales continues to alienate his neighbors (ref C) his government publicly continues to rely on Bolivia's membership in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas [...]	2009-08-07 11:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL CU VZ IR EAGR
09LAPAZ1166	BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: ELECTRIC INERTIA [...] (C) The Government of Bolivia (GOB) began negotiations in late July with the country's electric generation and distribution companies to reportedly nationalize the sector by the end of the year. As negotiations move forward, the GOB will find it is acquiring a sector that received no invest [...]	2009-08-11 21:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ117	BOLIVIA: MUTED REACTION TO USG STATEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: President Evo Morales used a substantial portion of his January 22 state of the union address (marking the beginning of his fourth year in power) to repeat baseless attacks on the USG, forcing Charge to leave the speech early (reftel). After leaving the event, Charge spoke with t [...]	2009-01-27 18:03:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1184	RESPONSE ON DRAFT E.O. 13126 LIST [...] Following review of the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft revised EO 13126 list of products for Bolivia (reftel),post has concluded that child labor in Bolivia in the sugar cane and Brazil nut sectors does not constitute forced or indentured labor as defined in E.O. 13126. 2. Post understa [...]	2009-08-14 21:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1196	BOLIVIA: SPECULATION, LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: After initially blaming a range of potential actors for two letter bombs that exploded August 12 in La Paz (reftels A - C),the GOB now seems to be downplaying the attacks. Some embassy sources suggest the bombings could be the result of differences within President Morales' rulin [...]	2009-08-19 21:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ1233	BOLIVIA: BRAZIL'S LULA BACKS MORALES FOR [...] (C) Summary: At an open-air event August 22 in one of Bolivia's principal coca-growing regions, Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivered a public endorsement of Bolivian President Evo Morales, reflecting Brazil's conclusion that Morales' re-election is all but inevitable. Lula and Morales [...]	2009-08-26 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD ENRG PINR BR BL
09LAPAZ126	BOLIVIA POST-ATPDEA: WOOL COATS TO CARACAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of December 15, Bolivian exporters can no longer use the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) to send their goods tariff-free to the United States. While most goods can enter the United States under the General System of Preferences (GSP),many exporters, m [...]	2009-01-28 18:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB KTEX VN BR
09LAPAZ127	BOLIVIAN GAS: LOWER SALES MAY HURT MORALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Evo Morales called in favors the first weeks of January, after Brazil announced it would cut its demand for natural gas by one-third (a potential loss of $600 million for Bolivia in the first four months of 2009). Morales sent delegations to both Brazil and Argentina in a [...]	2009-01-28 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ1321	PANDO SETTLEMENTS UPDATE: C-AL9-01687 [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Poloff traveled to Bolivia's Pando department on September 11-12 to discuss GOB resettlement programs with local sources. The GOB maintains the settlements are necessary to reinforce its border with Brazil and "re-establish sovereignty" in the region, while cr [...]	2009-09-17 15:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1327	NEW VIDEO CASTS DOUBT ON PANDO "MASSACRE" [...] (C) Summary: On the one-year anniversary of the September 11, 2008 clash in Pando department that left 11 dead, local opposition groups released new video evidence that casts doubt on the GOB's version of events. Poloff traveled to the site of the conflict on September 11 and 12 to interview a [...]	2009-09-18 16:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1412	FM CHOQUEHUANCA ON BILAT TALKS, USAID, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In two conversations on September 30 and October 2 with Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) discussed the second round of bilateral talks, Iranian presence in Bolivia, continuation of USAID's municipal strengthening program, USG approval of Brazilian helicopter [...]	2009-10-05 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SNAR EAID PARM BL IR
09LAPAZ1541	EU WEIGHS ITS COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Our exchanges with European Union representatives and an EU working group paper underscore growing European recognition of the need for intensified cooperation on counter-narcotics in Bolivia. The Europeans note increases in coca production, fear the introduction of third country [...]	2009-11-10 15:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EU BO
09LAPAZ1553	CAMPAIGN UPDATE: MAS GAINS MOMENTUM IN COCHABAMBA [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party of President Evo Morales is likely to do well in the December 6 elections in Cochabamba Department, a highland area southeast of La Paz that includes the coca-growing Chapare region. This reflects its strength in rural areas, an al [...]	2009-11-18 14:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1587	BOLIVIA: WHAT LIES AHEAD IN A SECOND MORALES TERM [...] (C) Summary: With a sweeping victory increasingly likely for Bolivian President Evo Morales and his MAS party in December 6 elections, the political focus in Bolivia has already shifted to how Morales will approach his next five years in office. Morales's outreach to opposition voters and (re [...]	2009-12-03 20:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BL
09LAPAZ1589	MORALES, MAS WIN RESOUNDING ELECTION VICTORY [...] Summary: President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) won a resounding victory in national elections on December 6. Parallel vote counts show Morales won re-election with approximately 63 percent of the vote and that the MAS won at least 24 of 36 Senate seats. L [...]	2009-12-07 19:29:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1597	President Morales will Travel to COP-15 to Advocate for [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Morales confirmed December 8th that he will attend the 15th Conference of the Parties under the UN Climate Change Convention (COP-15). He will travel to Denmark from Cuba where this weekend he will attend the ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas) 5th Anniversa [...]	2009-12-11 13:02:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG BL
09LAPAZ1599	BOLIVIA - MOVING FORWARD WITH LITHIUM PRODUCTION ON ITS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian government is moving forward with its ambitious plans to produce 100,000 tons a year of lithium carbonate by 2013, starting with President Morales' inauguration of a pilot lithium processing plant on October 30. The GOB has made it clear it is not interested in inter [...]	2009-12-14 18:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV BL EMIN EINV
09LAPAZ1605	GOB TO JAIL OPPOSITION LEADER REYES VILLA? [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Manfred Reyes Villa confirmed to local press December 16 that he is in hiding from GOB authorities but said he had not fled the country. Reyes Villa labeled himself a victim of political persecution and said President Morales sou [...]	2009-12-18 17:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1609	DECEMBER ELECTIONS SHOW MAS GAINING IN OPPOSITION DEPARTMENT [...] (C) Summary: The opposition remains strong in Beni, but the ruling Movemiento al Socialismo (MAS) party made considerable inroads in the December elections. The increase reflected the MAS' substantial investment in its Beni campaign, its increased appeal to poorer voters, and a weak oppositi [...]	2009-12-23 13:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1611	BOLIVIA: NEGATING "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Bolivia regularly votes for the Organization of the Islamic Conference's UN resolutions against "defamation of religions," most recently on December 18 in the UNGA plenary session. Given our thorny bilateral relationship, the GOB's ALBA membership, and its growing ties with Iran, [...]	2009-12-23 14:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KISL OPDC BL
09LAPAZ163	MORALES: "DEA PLANNED MY ASSASSINATION" [...] Summary: President Evo Morales and his ministers are calling for improved bilateral relations even as he continues to state publicly that the USG has tried, is trying, and will try to kill him. In the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil, Morales called for a "world revolution to end the north [...]	2009-01-30 21:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BL
09LAPAZ1730	Bolivia CN Update November 09 [...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Year-to-date seizures of precursors and labs rose substantially; seizures of cocaine base rose slightly; and cocaine HCL seizures declined. In a series of 43 joint operations called "Plan Inca," Bolivian and Peruvian Counter Narcotics (CN) forces seized 100 [...]	2009-12-11 14:14:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BL KJUS PHUM
09LAPAZ1784	BOLIVIA: COUNTER-NARCOTICS NEWS AND TRENDS [...] 1. Summary and comment: Bolivian Counternarcotics (CN) officials have voiced public concern over a number of negative trends, including a sharp rise in the number of cocaine laboratories seized, the GOB's inability to track the rising number of small aircraft used to transport drugs to ne [...]	2009-12-17 21:50:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BL KJUS PHUM
09LAPAZ183	BOLIVIAN MINING: WORLDWIDE WOES AND LOCAL LAMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. presence in Bolivian mining will change dramatically over the next few years. Denver-based Apex Silver has announced the sale of all its San Cristobal Mine stock to former partner Sumitomo Corporation, which will take over full ownership of the largest silver mine in Bo [...]	2009-02-04 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ232	ALLEGED GOVERNMENT LAND GRAB AFFECTS U.S. RANCHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently, the Bolivian Government and landowners in the Cordillera province of Santa Cruz have clashed violently concerning land rights. The government acuses the landowners, including a high-profile AmCit rancher, of labor abuses and serfdom against the resident Guarani popula [...]	2009-02-11 16:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV PHUM EINV CACS BL
09LAPAZ271	A/DCM VISIT TO SANTA CRUZ [...] (U) During a February 12-13 visit to Santa Cruz, Acting DCM: --escorted two youth from the Yungas region of La Paz, who won scholarships from the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),to the Tahuichi soccer academy; --announced English scholarships for 50 disadvantaged high school students to study [...]	2009-02-19 14:56:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KPAO EAID SNAR BL
09LAPAZ294	EVO BLAMES CIA FOR YPFB SCANDAL; POLICE'S MILGP BAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite overtures to the Obama Administration in general, President Morales and Government Minister Rada continued the GOB's now familiar barrage of U.S.-blaming and blasting February 20-21. This time the target was the CIA, blamed for the corruption and murder scandal involving [...]	2009-02-26 14:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PROP EAID EPET MARR OFDP
09LAPAZ389	BOLIVIA: SENATE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR INT'L HELP [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate President and opposition leader Oscar Ortiz on March 12 publicly called on the diplomatic community to "remain engaged" and encourage the Morales administration to negotiate in good faith regarding the new constitution's implementation, Congress' role during the transitio [...]	2009-03-12 22:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ412	BOLIVIAN CORRUPTION: MORE SCANDALS LIKELY [...] (C) As the Bolivian state extends its participation in the economy well beyond its capacity, corruption scandals are likely to surface across any number of the poorly managed and highly politicized state enterprises. The state hydrocarbon company (YPFB) is far and away the largest of these c [...]	2009-03-17 18:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ434	BOLIVIA: CONTINUED MIXED MESSAGES [...] (C) Summary: While official media give extensive coverage of Foreign Secretary David Choquehuanca's March 19 announcement that Bolivia seeks to "rebuild mutual trust" with the USG, President Evo Morales' March 20 statement that he will "personally investigate the presence of external agents" [...]	2009-03-20 19:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ472	GAS SCANDAL TOUCHES TARIJA AND SQUEEZES OPPOSITION [...] (C) As corruption scandals swirl around President Morales and his administration, corruption may also provide a mechanism for a power-grab in the southern, gas-producing state of Tarija. Ironically, the same company, Catler-Uniservice, that was presumably making the payoff to Santos Ramirez [...]	2009-03-27 12:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ478	BOLIVIA: A VIEW FROM THE BANKS [...] (C) Bolivian bank executives report that the sector is currently solid, but bracing for more difficult economic times ahead. While weaker commodity prices and reduced remittances will take their toll on the real economy in 2009, the banker's greatest fear is that pressure on the Bolivian cu [...]	2009-03-30 18:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN PINR ASEC
09LAPAZ522	BOLIVIAN GAS: ACTIVITY RETURNS TO THE GAS FIELDS [...] (C) Despite the controversy surrounding Santos Ramirez's tenure as head of Bolivia's state hydrocarbon company (YPFB),he was able to clarify partially the operating environment for the major players in the Bolivian gas sector. As a result, activity has returned to many fields. That said, [...]	2009-04-06 15:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ6	FEARS OF CLOSING CONGRESS FOR EARLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Alternate Senator Rafael Loayza (Podemos, La Paz) told PolOff he anticipated Bolivian President Evo Morales would shut down Congress sometime before mid-summer. Loayza argued that Morales will use the "inevitable" approval of a constitutional referendum January 25 to j [...]	2009-01-05 19:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ601	MORALES PRAISES OBAMA, BLASTS DEA [...] (SBU) Bolivian President Evo Morales gave a press conference with foreign press April 21 to express his views on the Summit of the Americas (SOA) in terms of the U.S.-Bolivian bilateral relationship. He highlighted his brief encounters with President Obama at the SOA, saying that Bolivia "saw [...]	2009-04-23 11:06:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ640	CN DEMARCHE: OBAMA OPTIMISM AMIDST CN NEGATIVITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered the annual certification counternarcotics (CN) demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez on April 28, 2009. Post highlighted that the legal cultivation of coca needs to be regulated, no concessions should be made to coca producers in the Chapare [...]	2009-04-30 18:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID KJUS KCRM BL
09LAPAZ69	BOLIVIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Bolivia remains a difficult place to do business. Economic activity is often disrupted by social unrest resulting from centuries of economic, political, and social inequality, and indigenous, labor, and anti-globalization organizations have recently targeted private investment )- particula [...]	2009-01-15 17:10:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	BL EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB PGOV ELAB

09LAPAZ695	POSITIVE TARIJA EVENTS: BOOKS, OREGANO, BASEBALL [...] Building on the positive relationship enjoyed between the Embassy and the southern, gas-producing Department (state) of Tarija, the A/DCM traveled to the region May 7-8 to host a variety of events. A PAS book donation was attended by the mayor of Tarija, Oscar Montes and well over 100 red, wh [...]	2009-05-12 19:51:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV BL EAID OEXC OPRC EAGR
09LAPAZ799	BOLIVIA: USG-BACKED CONFERENCE SPURS TIP [...] Summary: On April 21 and 22 the Embassy's Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),in a joint initiative with the United Nations, Office of International Migration (OIM) and the Attorney General's Office, organized Bolivia's first International Conference on Trafficking in Persons in the city of Cochab [...]	2009-06-02 18:12:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KDEM ASEC KJUS BL
09LAPAZ844	HOW GOB COULD BLAME US FOR ALLEGED TERROR CELL [...] (S) Summary: The USG has not yet been directly accused of involvement with an alleged terrorist cell in Santa Cruz. However, there are several factors that could induce the GOB to connect us to suspected extremist groups in Santa Cruz: the petition of political asylum from alleged terrorist Hug [...]	2009-06-08 20:52:00	Embassy La Paz	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ867	BOLIVIA: NEIGHBOR RELATIONS NOT SO NEIGHBORLY [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are enmeshed in diplomatic flaps with neighbors, including: a growing feud with Peru over asylum approvals for four former GOB ministers and allegations of GOB support for a June 5 Peruvian indige [...]	2009-06-10 22:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ90	SANTA CRUZ "NO" CAMPAIGN WORKING FOR EVERY VOTE [...] (C) With less than a week before the January 25 constitutional referendum, both the pro-government "Yes" and the anti-government "No" campaigns have stepped up efforts in Santa Cruz Department (state). Pro-government Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) forces have a higher campaign budget in Sant [...]	2009-01-22 11:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ASEC CONS BL
09LAPAZ934	THE U.S.- BOLIVIA TRADE RELATIONSHIP [...] SUMMARY. This is the first of a three part series on Bolivia's economic and trade situation. In 2008, Bolivia was the United States 105th highest trading partner, while the U.S. was Bolivia's third. Despite concern over the potential permanent removal of Bolivia from the Andean Trade Preferenc [...]	2009-06-24 21:32:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL EAID KTIA KTDB PE
09LAPAZ94	SENATE MURDER PLOT TURNS INTO PANDO "TELL ALL" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian television networks aired testimony January 19 from the supposed organizer of the pro-government, September 11, 2008 campesino (peasant farmer) march in Pando Department that accuses Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana of arming the group with the purpose of violently [...]	2009-01-22 22:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR VN BL
09LAPAZ96	BOLIVIA'S REFERENDUM: MARGIN OF VICTORY MATTERS [...] (C) Summary: With the January 25 constitutional referendum rapidly approaching, all signs point to victory for President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Although the opposition has made inroads into the MAS lead, most national polls point to between 54 and 60 p [...]	2009-01-23 13:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ968	BOLIVIAN GAS: PURGATORY [...] (C) Over the past three years investments in the Bolivian gas fields have been minimal; this is changing, as companies have begun to make significant investments to guarantee enough gas for both domestic demand and exports to Brazil (with any excess going to Argentina). Moments of optimism [...]	2009-06-30 14:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LIBREVILLE139	SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - UPDATE ON MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Senior political leadership in Sao Tome and Principe (STP),including the president and prime minister, remain committed to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) threshold program but frustrated over what they perceive as a lack of progress. MCC Threshold Programs Director Malik Ch [...]	2009-04-06 09:50:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD ECON KMCA TP
09LIBREVILLE14	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - GABON [...] Per reftel, following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Gabon. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Gabon is generally open to foreign investment, with foreign firms controlling the country's three main sources of inco [...]	2009-01-13 10:56:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC USTR KTDB EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE365	SAO TOME: ELECTION TIMING UNRESOLVED, ECONOMIC [...] (C) Dates for country-wide National Assembly and Presidential elections in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) are unresolved due to the severe lack of funds of the Sao Tomean Government. Originally scheduled for summer 2009, the Government announced in June that it did not have the required 2 millio [...]	2009-08-05 13:16:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PGOV PREL TP
09LIBREVILLE539	GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO SAYS HE WILL FOCUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 05:02:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPL SENV GB
09LILONGWE152	MALAWI: AN ACRIMONIOUS START TO TOBACCO SEASON [...] SUMMARY: Malawi's tobacco auction season began on March 16 in conflict and confusion. By far the country's most important export, tobacco plays a critical role in the country's economy. President Mutharika's attempt to fix minimum floor prices in this election year has further increased farm [...]	2009-03-20 07:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN ETRD ECON MI
09LIMA1114	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Peru is a close U.S. partner in a complicated South American region. Our bilateral relationship is anchored in a shared vision of opportunities and challenges - specifically, that a pro-growth strategy is best suited to reduce poverty and that strengthening institutions is the [...]	2009-08-04 19:13:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PHUM USAID OVIP PE
09LIMA1177	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM ON COLOMBIA AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with FM Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde on August 11 to discuss the Colombia "non-bases" issue and Honduras. Garcia Belaunde imparted two key messages: (A) We are not out of the woods on the Colombia DCA controversy, and B) the USG needs to be seen as doing conside [...]	2009-08-14 14:00:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SNAR CO HO PE
09LIMA123	Smugglers Already Targeting Korean VWP Travel [...] SUMMARY: On January 21, 2009, the Peruvian National Police (PNP) arrested eight PRC nationals for allegedly planning to smuggle Chinese asylum-seekers to the U.S. with phony Japanese passports. A raid of the ring's "labs" in Lima suggests they were also targeting Korea's VWP program, by conco [...]	2009-01-28 22:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS ASEC SMIG KFRD PE
09LIMA1269	AUGUST TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade - Peru and Singapore FTA Enters into Force - Peru and EU, Difficulties with IPR - Government Says Peru-Chile FTA Not Unconstitutional - One More Year for Peru-Mexico Agreement - Peru Seeks Customs Cooperation wi [...]	2009-08-31 16:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE
09LIMA1389	AMAZON WORKING GROUPS: FRUSTRATIONS AMID DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Following the deadly June 5 Amazon clashes in which 24 police officers and 10 civilians were killed, then-PM Yehude Simon signed accords with indigenous groups that established the National Coordinating Group for the Development of Amazon Populations ("Grupo Nacional" -- reftels) [...]	2009-09-17 21:47:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ETRD ECON PE
09LIMA1398	PERU'S TAKE ON ECUADOR UNASUR MEETING [...] (C) Summary: DCM met September 18 with MFA Undersecretary for the Americas Javier Leon to discuss the September 15 UNASUR ministerial meeting in Quito. Leon described the meeting as "difficult and unproductive," mainly because Colombia had dug in its heels over Brazil's request for further as [...]	2009-09-18 20:38:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA145	PERU'S TRADE AGENDA: REACHING ACROSS THE GLOBE [...] (U) In 2008, Peru made significant strides towards diversifying its trading partnerships. Peru signed trade agreements with Canada and Singapore and concluded negotiations with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Visits by leaders participating in the European Union - Latin American [...]	2009-02-03 21:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN ECON PREL PE
09LIMA146	GARCIA AT THE HALF-WAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: At the ... id: 190261 date: 2/3/2009 22:13 refid: 09LIMA146 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: P 032213Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9983 INFO AMEMBASSY ASUNCION PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BOGOTA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIO [...]	2009-02-03 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PINR ECON EFIN ETRD PE
09LIMA1611	PERU AND ECUADOR: GOOD VIBES AT 3RD BILAT [...] (C) Summary: Presidents Alan Garcia and Rafael Correa presided jointly over the Third Binational Ministerial that concluded in Piura, Peru on October 22. According to press accounts and our MFA contacts, bilateral discussions were infused with good feelings and helped advance two of Peru's ke [...]	2009-10-29 23:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KHDP EC PE
09LIMA1635	Garcia's Peace Initiative Gathering Steam [...] (C) Summary: MFA interlocutors have told us that President Garcia's recent "Peace and Security Cooperation" initiative is a serious effort to promote regional stability and contain defense costs at a time of global economic distress. Garcia's proposals seek to prevent an arms race in the regi [...]	2009-11-09 15:34:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS MARR PBTS PE
09LIMA1665	Peru Response to Review for Suspension of Title III of the [...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. GOP EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) Peru's leadership, including President Garcia, has taken an ambivalent approach to promoting a democratic [...]	2009-11-20 19:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ETTC ETRD PREL CU PE
09LIMA1669	SCENESETTER FOR USSOUTHCOM COMMANDER, GENERAL DOUGLAS M. [...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy Lima warmly welcomes you to Peru. You will arrive at a time of strong GOP interest in expanding security cooperation with the United States. Under President Alan Garcia, Peru has been a reliable U.S. partner and played a constructive role in a complicated South America chara [...]	2009-11-25 20:48:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MASS MOPS SOCI PE
09LIMA1699	PERU: CHINESE TANKS, PEACE PROPOSALS AND U.S. MILITARY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Peru is reportedly poised to purchase Chinese tanks with an eye towards replacing its aging tank fleet and building up its "dissuasive" defense posture, and to buy aircraft from Brazil as well as MANPADS and anti-tank weapons from other countries. These defense acquisitions [...]	2009-12-15 23:08:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PARM PTER SNAR PBTS CI PE
09LIMA1740	Peru Environment Minister Lists Priority Concerns and Hopes [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 2, Post's ESTH bilateral and regional teams met Environment Minister Antonio Brack, to formally introduce the new ESTH Officer for Peru and the ESTH Hub Officer for South America, as well as to discuss priority environmental issues for Peru and the Region. We engaged [...]	2009-11-14 01:43:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID EMIN ETRD SENV PE
09LIMA1836	Peru Environment Minister Lists Priority Concerns and Hopes [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 2, Post's ESTH bilateral and regional teams met Environment Minister Antonio Brack, to formally introduce the new ESTH Officer for Peru and the ESTH Hub Officer for South America, as well as to discuss priority environmental issues for Peru and the Region. We engaged [...]	2009-11-25 20:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID EMIN ETRD SENV PE
09LIMA345	ALLEGED ARMY CORRUPTION -- A PERSPECTIVE [...] (S/NF) Introduction and Summary: The Garcia Administration's efforts to combat narcotrafficking have been stronger than under past administrations, and have included a National Anti-Drug Strategy partly supported with government funds, solid progress combatting coca production in the Upper Hua [...]	2009-03-12 21:57:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SNAR KCRM PE
09LIMA452	PERU AND THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (C-AL9-00153) [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding Government of Peru perspectives on the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. The answers are keyed to reftel paragraphs. 2. (S/NF) The Government of Peru looks forward to the Obama administration's active engageme [...]	2009-03-30 16:48:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR PGOV VZ BO CU CO OAS PE
09LIMA480	Fraud Summary: Lima [...] (U) Post is submitting its semi-annual fraud summary for September 2008 - February 2009. Responses are keyed to paragraph markers in reftel. Post continues to submit septel spot reports on specific cases of interest. ITEM A: COUNTRY CONDITIONS -------------------------- 2. (U) Peru's e [...]	2009-03-31 22:23:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PE
09LIMA717	PERU REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. GOP EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) Peru's leadership, including President Garcia, has taken an ambivalent approach to promoting a democratic tra [...]	2009-05-19 20:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD PREL CU PE
09LIMA77	PERU 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The Government of Peru (GOP) seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),signed by President Bush and President Garcia on December 14, 2007, and set to enter into force on February 1, 2009, sh [...]	2009-01-21 18:52:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
09LIMA847	SCENESETTER FOR DASD FRANK MORA [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Lima welcomes Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Frank Mora to Peru and to the June 18-19 Peru-US Defense Bilateral Working Group (BWG). Peru is a close U.S. partner in a complicated South American region. Our bilateral relationship is anchored in a shared vision of op [...]	2009-06-15 16:49:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MOPS SOCI PTER SNAR PE
09LISBON100	PORTUGAL: ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (C) Due to its small size and reach, Portugal has chosen to limit its international ambitions to three foreign policy pillars: transatlantic relations, former Portuguese colonies (the Lusophone world),and the European Union. In 2008, the GOP added a fourth focus - economic diplomacy - in orde [...]	2009-02-13 17:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL PGOV PO
09LISBON101	PORTUGAL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] The Monitoring Center for Trafficking in Persons; 2. The Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF); 3. The High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (ACIDI); 4. The Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV); 5. The International Organization for Migration (IOM); 6. The [...]	2009-02-17 16:22:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD KTIP ASEC PREF ELAB
09LISBON141	PORTUGAL: DISAPPOINTING BRIEFING ON GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (SBU) The Portuguese Foreign Ministry on March 9 briefed the Lisbon diplomatic corps on recent activities in Guinea-Bissau. Portuguese MFA number two, Secretary of State Joao Cravinho, last week led a delegation of the Lisbon-based Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) to Bissau, [...]	2009-03-10 11:25:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PO
09LISBON233	AMBASSADOR HOSTS ISAF MEETING IN LISBON [...] (C) Ambassador Stephenson on April 22 hosted a meeting of several ISAF-country ambassadors in Lisbon to review the outcomes of the recent NATO Summit and to assess strategies for encouraging the Portuguese government to continue to contribute to ISAF in a meaningful way. Present were Lisbon-b [...]	2009-04-27 10:14:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PO
09LISBON266	MEETING WITH JORGE SAMPAIO ON ALLIANCE OF [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Former Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio, currently the UN HiRep for the Alliance of Civilizations and the UN Special Envoy against Tuberculosis, met with Ambassador Stephenson at the embassy on May 15. Sampaio gave a re [...]	2009-05-19 11:55:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN PO
09LISBON29	PORTUGAL'S NEWSPAPERS SHOW SURPRISING STRENGTH [...] SUMMARY. Newspaper readership may have declined in recent years in the U.S. and other western countries, but in Portugal circulation of daily newspapers increased by six percent from 2007 to 2008. Media consolidation has only started here in recent years, but those newspapers that are part [...]	2009-01-15 14:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SCUL ECON SOCI PO
09LISBON36	PORTUGAL WELCOMES ENGAGEMENT ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) On January 7, WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon visited Lisbon as part of a series of visits to international partners engaged in Latin America. Shannon met with Portuguese officials in the Prime Minister's office, the Foreign Ministry, and with Ambassadors from European and Latin American partne [...]	2009-01-16 16:49:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PO XM
09LISBON510	PORTUGUESE ELECTIONS -- SOCIALISTS AHEAD, STILL [...] (U) Summary: With the September 27 parliamentary elections just days away, the Socialists (PS) led by Prime Minister Jose Socrates have a three-point lead over the Social Democrats (PSD) led by Manuela Ferreira Leite. However, a significant portion of the electorate -- 24 percent of those int [...]	2009-09-23 15:40:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI PO
09LISBON534	FRAUD SUMMARY - PORTUGAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 11:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS PO
09LISBON549	PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON EC/SWISS POSITIONS ON [...] PoleconOff delivered reftel demarche to Antonio Miguel, Director of European Affairs and International Relations, and Maria Pastor, Chief of the Division of Foreign Relations and Cooperation, at the Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture on October 20. PoleconOff clarified the U.S. position regard [...]	2009-10-21 13:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL EUN KIPR PO
09LISBON565	PORTUGAL INCSR PART I: DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] Summary: Portugal once again saw a significant decline in cocaine seizures as shipments to Europe are increasingly being routed through African nations rather than northern Atlantic routes. As a result, seizures of cocaine decreased from 2.6 metric tons in the first six months of 2008 to 1.6 me [...]	2009-11-02 08:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL SOCI PO
09LISBON608	IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT DOMINATED BY HONDURAS DISPUTE [...] (U) Delegations from twenty-two Iberian and Latin American nations attended the nineteenth Ibero-American Summit in Estoril, Portugal November 29-December 1. The summit's theme was "Innovation and Knowledge" and featured discussions on technology and innovation collaboration, social developm [...]	2009-12-04 07:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN PREL AN XM CU DR SP PO
09LISBON614	CUBAN DOCTORS IN PORTUGAL [...] (U) Portugal's thirty-year-old public health system is facing organizational and administrative changes as part of the government's health care reform. One of the biggest challenges is the shortage of family physicians, particularly in rural areas. Recruiting foreign doctors is a temporary sol [...]	2009-12-07 15:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON PGOV PO
09LISBON71	PORTUGAL: INFORMATION ON GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - [...] (U) This message responds to the reftel questions concerning Portugal's information collection, screening, and sharing practices. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? Which ministr [...]	2009-02-03 07:35:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PO
09LJUBLJANA12	2009 SLOVENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to reftel, the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Slovenia follows: A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- A European Union member since May 1, 2004 and a eurozone member since January 1, 2007, Slovenia has a strong mix of qualities to recommend [...]	2009-01-15 17:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB USTR OPIC KTDB SI
09LOME18	JANUARY 13: A CELEBRATION/COMMEMORATION FOR TOGO [...] (SBU) Summary. January 13 is a symbolic date in Togolese history. It is the anniversary of the 1963 assassination of Togo's first President, Sylvanus Olympio, and the 1967 accession to power of Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled until his death in 2005. As in recent years, the GOT downplayed the ev [...]	2009-01-16 12:10:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV TO
09LONDON1104	HMG HAS NOT DECIDED WHOM TO SUPPORT FOR IAEA [...] (S/NF) Summary. HMG has not decided whom to support for Director General (DG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),Simon Manley, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Director, Defense and Strategic Threats, told the Political Minister Counselor May 11. The issue of whom [...]	2009-05-11 13:24:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP AORC IAEA PREL UK AR IR
09LONDON207	IRAN - ANALYST KHAJEHPOUR ARGUES FOR: BROADENING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iran's leadership is committed domestically to low-grade enrichment but is not irretrievably committed to creation of a nuclear weapon, in the view of Tehran-based political risk analyst Bijan Khajehpour, who met privately in London with U.S Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte ac [...]	2009-01-23 15:56:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS KPRP LE PGOV PHUM PINS PREL UK IA SW
09LONDON217	AGREEMENT TO LAUNCH THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. Energy Ministers (or representatives) from major energy consuming countries (G8, Brazil, the People's Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico),along with the European Union (EU) and International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed on December 18, 2008 to launch the [...]	2009-01-26 12:05:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL UK
09LONDON219	ITALY PRESENTS ENERGY PRIORITIES FOR ITS G8 [...] (SBU) On the margins of the UK-hosted December Energy Ministerial, on December 18, the Government of Italy discussed with other G8 governments its energy policy priorities for its upcoming 2009 G8 Presidency. Sergio Garriba, Advisor to the Minister of Economic Development, outlined the main t [...]	2009-01-26 14:19:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EINV UK
09LONDON2199	(C/NF) P5 HEADS OF DELEGATION SIDE-MEETING ON NPT [...] (C/NF) Summary: On Friday, September 4, in conjunction with the UK-hosted P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disarmament, UK Del head, Mariot Leslie, convened a side meeting of the P5 heads of delegation (HOD) to discuss preparations for the UN Security Council Summit on [...]	2009-09-22 14:28:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP UK CH FR RS IR EG PK
09LONDON2465	FUTURE U.S.-UK AND U.S.-EU TRADE COOPERATION TO CENTER ON INNOVATION, COMPETITIVENESS [...] (SBU) Europe, International Trade and Development Director at the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Claire Durkin discussed with EMIN and Econoff October 29, 2009, UK desire for a swift conclusion to the Doha Round (DDA) of trade negotiations, trade priorities with the EU, pot [...]	2009-11-02 16:10:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD UK EU
09LONDON2676	IMO: 14TH SESSION OF THE DANGEROUS GOODS, SOLID [...] Summary: The fourteenth session of the IMO Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers (DSC) Sub Committee (S/C) met in London from 21-25 September 2009, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Olga Pestel-Lefevre (France). The session was attended by delegations from fifty-nine member states, one as [...]	2009-12-01 17:03:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT IMO IR PHSA SENV UK
09LONDON2769	ECOWAS: CHAMBAS' DEC 7 VISIT TO LONDON [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 17:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MASS PGOV PINR EAID NI NG GV GA XY UK
09LONDON289	UK TO ISSUE UPDATED NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY BY [...] (SBU) As part of its National Security Strategy (NSS) updating process, HMG is conducting a series of 12 workshops, with the goal of developing material to update each of the 12 strategic challenges identified in the NSS released in March 2008. The workshops are being conducted by the Cabine [...]	2009-02-03 08:28:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UK
09LONDON584	UK RECEPTIVE TO DEMARCHE CONCERNING IRANIAN [...] (S) Our (USG) demarche contains "a persuasive message" to share with Namibia and HMG "should be willing" to remind the Namibian government and Rio Tinto about UNSCR 1737 prohibitions on the sale or transfer of uranium to Iran, Simon Mustard, the Head of Regional Issues in the Foreign and Commo [...]	2009-03-05 17:18:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY UK WA
09LONDON67	IMO: LEGAL COMMITTEE, REPORT OF THE 94TH [...] SUMMARY: The Legal Committee (LEG) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) held its ninety-fourth session at the IMO Headquarters in London, 20-24 October 2008, under the chairmanship of Professor Lee-Sik Chai (Republic of Korea). The Legal Committee discussed, among other issues, p [...]	2009-01-12 14:17:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT AORC ELAB PHSA PHUM UK
09LONDON707	PM BROWN PRESSES FOR SAFE NUCLEAR POWER, COMPLIANT [...] (C/NF) Summary. PM Brown affirmed in his March 17 International Nuclear Fuels Conference keynote speech the UK's commitment to a reduction in its nuclear arsenal, eventual global nuclear disarmament, and the use of nuclear power to meet its energy security needs. PM Brown said Iran could be [...]	2009-03-23 10:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA IR UK
09LUANDA249	CABINDA: SECURITY INCIDENT PROVOKES STERN REACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda-Armed Forces of Cabinda (FLEC-FAC) claimed responsibility for an attack on three Chinese-operated trucks in Cabinda province in which one Chinese national died. Despite a 2006 cease-fire with the rest of FLEC and [...]	2009-04-14 16:30:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV AO
09LUANDA69	ANGOLA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Angola's 2009 Investment Climate Statement -- Openness to Foreign Investment -- Conversion and Transfer Policies -- Expropriation and Compensation -- Dispute Settlement -- Performance Requirements and Incentives -- Right to Private Ownership and Establishment -- Protection of Property Righ [...]	2009-02-05 16:12:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB
09LUSAKA208	BIOTECH: PRESIDENT OPENS A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Over the past three months, numerous Zambian Government (GRZ) officials -- beginning with President Banda -- have privately expressed some openness to loosening Zambia's restrictions on biotechnology. Agriculture Minister Chituwo said the President had ordere [...]	2009-03-26 13:16:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR TBIO ZA
09LUSAKA72	COMESA PREPARES TO HARMONIZE BIOTECH POLICY, [...] (SBU) Summary. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat intends to launch a high-level outreach program on biotechnology that is geared to COMESA heads of state as well as agriculture and trade ministers. Although the primary objective of the program is to arri [...]	2009-02-03 08:59:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ETRD PREL
09LUXEMBOURG11	LUXEMBOURG INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] The following is Luxembourg's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg offers a very favorable and welcoming attitude toward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). FDI reflects how [...]	2009-01-13 12:27:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR LU
09MADRID1043	SPAIN WILL BRIEF ON IRAN, AND POSSIBLY PAKISTAN, [...] (C) POLOFF on October 16 delivered to Monica Colomer de Selva, Counselor for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism, Reftel A-E releasable papers and proposals that the USG will present at the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary in Rio [...]	2009-10-23 15:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA PREL SP
09MADRID1074	WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING: EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 meeting with Spanish Ministry of Culture official Carlos Guervos (septel),senior U.S. Copyright Office official Maria Pallante raised the mid-December meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyrights and Neighboring Rights (SCCR). The conversation focused [...]	2009-11-04 10:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR WIPO SP
09MADRID1121	SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Per request in reftel A, Post provides the following for use in assessing whether to recommend that the President continue to suspend Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Solidarity (Libertad) Act. The information in this message is keyed to questions posed in reftel A, paragraph 4 and updates in [...]	2009-11-23 10:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL SP
09MADRID1157	CHARGE D'AFFAIRES DECEMBER 2, 2009, MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. The Charge d'Affaires met December 2, 2009, with Spanish SYG of the Presidency Bernardino Leon. They discussed Afghanistan, the police training mission for Iraq, the King's request for a meeting with President Obama, Spain's EU Presidency, Kosovo, Honduras, Venezuela, and Cuba. [...]	2009-12-03 10:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF IZ KV HO VE CU SP
09MADRID1165	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV SP
09MADRID1196	SPAIN: MFA SHARES VIEWS ON RUN-UP TO NPT REVCON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a candid bilateral meeting on preparations for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference (RevCon),Spanish MFA non-proliferation officials appeared well disposed to cooperate with the USG regarding the RevCon and explicitly asked how Spain, as rotating EU Pr [...]	2009-12-18 11:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA
09MADRID1210	SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR'S MADRID ENERGY SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 16:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EU RU SP UK
09MADRID187	NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR SPAIN [...] (SBU) Pursuant to REFTELS, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Post will need to supply an update cable to incorporate additional legal and judicial statistics. Embassy POC is Political Officer Hugh Clifton, Te [...]	2009-02-20 20:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP KT
09MADRID205	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: LICENSE 05-1000934 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 17:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC BR SP
09MADRID286	SPAIN AND RUSSIA FORGE NEW AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian President Dimitri Medvedev visited Madrid March 1 - 3, 2009 at the invitation of King Juan Carlos and signed a number of agreements with the Spanish government aimed at enhancing bilateral relations. The visit and resulting agreements reinvigorated the countries' economi [...]	2009-03-18 12:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SP RS
09MADRID298	SPAIN: SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FOR NINTH ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 18:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
09MADRID434	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, APRIL 27-30 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 06:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG SP
09MADRID59	JANUARY 8-9 VISIT BY WHA A/S SHANNON REAFFIRMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon's January 8-9 Madrid program and subsequent media play were characterized by bilateral goodwill and Spanish optimism for a new phase in U.S.-Spanish cooperation in Latin America despite significant challenges in the region. He highlighted U.S. engagement in the Americas, [...]	2009-01-16 16:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KSUM AR BL CU SP
09MADRID84	TELEFONICA GIVES PERSPECTIVE ON ITS LATIN AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Post met with Telefonica Latin America leads January 16 to discuss perspectives on Latin America and to raise ref A labor concerns on Telefonica subsidiary Atento Mexico. Eduardo Navarro, Director of Strategy and Regulation for Telefonica International, expressed a positive outl [...]	2009-01-26 16:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS SP
09MADRID850	SPAIN WEIGHS BRIEFING AT MTCR PLENARY INFORMATION [...] (C) POLOFF on August 21 delivered Ref demarche to Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism. Torres did not provide a definitive answer as to whether the GOS would be available to brief on any of the proposed topic [...]	2009-08-21 15:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA SP
09MADRID944	ANDEAN PRESIDENTS CHAVEZ, MORALES DISCUSS U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol-Mil Officer conveyed talking points (ref A) on the September 15 determination that Bolivia had "failed demonstrably" in meeting its international counter narcotics obligations. MFA interlocutors reported that during recent visits, both Venezuelan President Chavez and Bolivi [...]	2009-09-22 15:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP
09MADRID969	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 21-25 [...] The grant program has replaced earlier tax incentives for wind farms and covers 30% of the qualifying costs of investments. (ABC, 9/23; Treasury statement, 9/22; Iberdrola statement, 9/23) Santander's Brazilian Subsidiary Plans Big Share Offering 6.(U) The Brazilian subsidiary of Banco S [...]	2009-09-28 06:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG SP
09MANAGUA1105	NICARAGUA INTERESTED IN ATTENDING ENERGY AND CLIMATE MINISTERIAL OF THE AMERICAS [...] (SBU) On November 19, Econoffs met with Emilio Rappaccioli, Nicaragua's Minister of Energy and Mines (MEM),and delivered an invitation to attend the Energy and Climate Ministerial of the Americas, April 15-16, 2010, in Washington, D.C. (Ref A). The Minister expressed interest in attending; h [...]	2009-11-25 14:21:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV ECON NU EAGR KGHG KSUM
09MANAGUA1153	Suggestions for Defamation of Religion in the UN [...] (C) President Daniel Ortega's government generally votes against the U.S. position in the United Nations, and in 2008 voted against the U.S. position in the important issues as described in the Department's "Voting Practices in the United Nations 2008." As noted in ref E, Nicaragua (along wit [...]	2009-12-22 13:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC NU
09MANAGUA245	ORTEGA CALLS FOR ANTI-U.S. ORGANIZATION OF LATIN AMERICAN STATES AND PLEDGES TROUBLE AT THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (U) In a March 4 speech at a Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) rally following the presentation of credentials by ambassadors from Brazil and Finland, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega called for the creation of an Organization of Latin American and Caribbean States to counter the n [...]	2009-03-06 21:34:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NU
09MANAGUA314	VISIT NICARAGUA! DECREE TEXT AND REVISED COUNTRY [...] (U) Late on March 18, 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) released the official text of Decree 07-2009 that changed Nicaragua's visa policy. Our unofficial English translation appears below. The decree's fundamental change to Nicaragua's visa regime is that citizens from countries in "C [...]	2009-03-24 18:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS ASEC PGOV SMIG PREL NU
09MANAGUA323	CODEL ENGEL VISITS NICARAGUA [...] (C) On February 18-20, Rep. Elliot Engel, Chair of the House Western Hemisphere Sub-Committee visited Nicaragua for meetings with the Nicaraguan government, opposition and civil society leaders, and to visit USAID assistance projects. Engel was accompanied by Representatives Jean Schmidt, Virg [...]	2009-03-26 17:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA912	DEATH TO THE YANQUI - ORTEGA LAMBASTES U.S. AT [...] (U) On September 12, Nicaragua conducted ceremonies to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Nicaraguan Army. Ambassador Callahan, Major General Keith Huber, U.S. Army South, Brigadier General Dominic Cariello, Wisconsin National Guard, USMILGRP, and the Marine Marching Platoo [...]	2009-09-17 22:04:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NU
09MANILA1000	FOREIGN SECRETARY PRAISES REGIONAL DISASTER RELIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private breakfast May 8, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo exuded pride at the Philippines' successful hosting of the ASEAN Regional Forum disaster response exercises, which concluded this week (septel). He expressed deep appreciation that EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot [...]	2009-05-08 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1262	RALLY AGAINST CONSTITUTIONAL REVISIONS DRAWS ONLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political opponents of President Arroyo who believe her supporters seek to amend the Constitution to keep her in office staged a modest demonstration in Manila's business district June 10. While the rally paled in significance and size to the People Power demonstrations that ous [...]	2009-06-11 09:20:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RP
09MANILA1317	PHILIPPINES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 [...] (C) Per reftel, Ambassador and other Embassy staff engaged in a robust outreach effort June 22 to senior-most levels of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) regarding the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1874 on North Korea. In the absence of Philippine Foreign [...]	2009-06-22 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	KN MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RP
09MANILA965	EMBASSY MANILA'S ENVIRONMENTAL OUTREACH [...] SUMMARY: Mission Manila engaged in vigorous outreach efforts on an array of environmental issues during April 2009. Ambassador led the way with two provincial trips in April with an environmental focus and events in Manila on Earth Day, April 22. In addition, Embassy invited American scientis [...]	2009-05-06 08:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV ENRG TRGY TSPA EAGR RP
09MAPUTO1023	MOZAMBIQUE LEADERSHIP - RISING STARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third in a three part series on Mozambican leadership. Future leaders of Mozambique are impossible to predict as several factors are in flux and could alter the course of elections in 2014. A change is FRELIMO structure is possible, which could open the way for the [...]	2009-09-16 07:33:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MZ
09MAPUTO1145	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - MOZAMBIQUE [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy Maputo submits the following updated AGOA eligibility information. 2. Country: MOZAMBIQUE Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Between October 2008 and October 2009 the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) continued efforts to establis [...]	2009-10-22 14:53:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ELAB ETRD MZ PGOV PREL PTER
09MAPUTO1236	MOZAMBIQUE HOPING TO CASH IN ON WORLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than 250 days to the FIFA Soccer World Cup in South Africa, the largest event to be held on the African continent. Mozambique's preparations for the World Cup highlight the country's progress, or lack thereof, on a number of developmental challenges, including a lack of r [...]	2009-11-06 10:07:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND MZ SCUL EINV
09MAPUTO1277	MOZAMBIQUE 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-09 13:02:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR KCRM ASEC MZ
09MAPUTO1291	IMPORTANT DRUG TRAFFICKING TRANSIT POINT FOR EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug trafficking is a growing problem in Mozambique, with illegal drugs entering via air and sea routes from South Asia and South America. Porous borders, lack of law enforcement resources, and rampant corruption allow drug traffickers to freely transit the country. END SUMMA [...]	2009-11-16 07:05:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET	PGOV PREL KCOR SNAR MZ

09MAPUTO1309	IMPORTANT DRUG TRAFFICKING TRANSIT POINT FOR EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug trafficking is a growing problem in Mozambique, with illegal drugs entering via air and sea routes from South Asia and South America. Porous borders, lack of law enforcement resources,and rampant corruption allow drug traffickers to freely transit the country. END SUMMAR [...]	2009-11-19 12:17:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET	KCOR MZ PGOV PREL SNAR
09MAPUTO634	AFRICOM COMMANDER VISITS MOZAMBIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 14-15 visit to Mozambique, General William "Kip" Ward, Commander of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM),met with President Armando Guebuza, Minister of Defense Filipe Nhussi and other military officials, as well as members of the diplomatic community, to discuss Mozambiqu [...]	2009-06-04 12:37:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO65	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MOZAMBIQUE [...] Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investors to Mozambique and should be a potential investor,s primary contact with the government. CPI is particularly interested in increasing investment in the central and nor [...]	2009-01-22 14:25:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MZ
09MAPUTO73	BIOTECHNOLOGY IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Charge and Embassy Science Fellow recently met with Mozambique's Minister of Science and Technology, Venancio Massingue, to discuss advancement of biotechnology in the country. The Fellow highlighted the need for Mozambique to significantly increase the level of education a [...]	2009-01-27 10:17:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR ECON EAID TBIO MZ
09MAPUTO966	U.S.-BRAZIL COOPERATION IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Mozambique's considerable assistance needs offer an array of opportunities for joint U.S.)Brazil cooperation. While the health sector continues to be the most promising, additional collaboration is now proposed in food security and agriculture, and is also possible in energy, [...]	2009-08-31 09:08:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KHIV EAGR ETRD ECON SOCI KPKO SMIL
09MEXICO1034	SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IP A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy, with the financial support of the Department of Justice (DOJ),the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO),and the Copyright Office, sponsored the Second International Conference on Intellectual Property, held in Monterrey from March 25- 27. This event, organi [...]	2009-04-08 21:00:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD MX
09MEXICO1131	MX 2009-153, LEGAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Legat, on FBI National Academy Association Retrainer, Brazil, May 8, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]	2009-04-21 19:44:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR MX
09MEXICO160	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - MEXICO [...] Mexico is open to foreign direct investment (FDI) in most economic sectors and has consistently been one of the largest recipients of FDI among emerging markets. In recent years, Mexico has become increasingly aware of its loss of competitiveness relative to other emerging economies, notably Ch [...]	2009-01-21 22:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB MX
09MEXICO1841	GOM FOCUSES ON MEXICO'S COMPETITIVENESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released "The Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009," which provides a comprehensive overview of the country's current competitiveness and highlights Mexico's strengths and weaknesses. Ranked 60th in the Global Competitiveness Index 2008 [...]	2009-06-26 18:00:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
09MEXICO2079	O CANADA, WE STAND ON GUARD FOR THEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 13, 2009, Canada announced that it will implement a visa requirement on travelers from Mexico and the Czech Republic, effective at 12:01 am, July 17. The putative reason, according to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is to quell the flow of applicants from both countri [...]	2009-07-16 19:46:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL PREF ECON PGOV SMIG MX EZ CA
09MEXICO2195	INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITH MEXICO'S NATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: On July 8, an international delegation of legislators and union officials arrived in Mexico for a five-day visit to review the circumstances surrounding the long running dispute between Mexico's National Miners Union (SNTMMSRM),the Mexican mining industry and the GOM. The delegatio [...]	2009-07-24 23:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV ENGR PINR PHUM MX
09MEXICO2339	ZELAYA ANGLES FOR MEETING WITH POTUS [...] (C) Rodolfo Pastor, the Honduran Minister of Culture under President Zelaya, told Poloff August 6 that Mexican President Calderon agreed to pass a letter from Zelaya to President Obama at the upcomining Guadalajara Summit. The communique requests a state visit in Washinton with POTUS. It may [...]	2009-08-07 00:07:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MX XK
09MEXICO2483	CALDERON PLAYS TO DOMESTIC AUDIENCES IN SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: President Calderon visited Colombia, Uruguay, and Brazil August 12-August 17 to advance economic and political interests. The Mexican press published flashy headlines from Calderon's stops in Colombia and Brazil -- one speaking to an ongoing bilateral program on security and an [...]	2009-08-21 18:06:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	BR CO ECIN ECON EINT EPET MX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO2616	MEXICO READY TO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Secretariat officials told State/WHA's visiting Director for Economic Policy and Summit Coordination that Mexico supports the Economic and Climate Change Partnership (ECPA). The GOM wants to highlight an ongoing initiative to promote North American standards for househol [...]	2009-09-02 17:34:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO2677	MEXICO ON NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] (U) Poloff discussed Government of Mexico (GOM) views on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT),negotiation of a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT),and U.S.-Russian arms control efforts (ref. A) with Julian Juarez Cadenas, Deputy Direct [...]	2009-09-09 22:30:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MEXICO2755	MX 2009-448, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days October 2, 2009 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI on Counterterrorism Regional Conference, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, beginning October 5, 2009. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...]	2009-09-21 17:15:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR ASEC MX
09MEXICO2891	MEXICO'S TAKE ON USG'S UNGA 64 GOALS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel A demarche on UNGA to a variety of interlocutors from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE),receiving the most detailed response on disarmament, climate change, human rights, and civilian post-conflict response. The GOM will engage actively with part [...]	2009-10-06 13:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX PREL UNGA PINR
09MEXICO3061	DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DENNIS BLAIR'S [...] (S/NF) Summary. DNI Dennis Blair met with President Calderon for about forty minutes at the Presidential Palace on October 19. The bulk of the discussion focused on cooperation on intelligence sharing and the integration of operations by Mexican intelligence and law enforcement authorities. Ca [...]	2009-10-23 20:57:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3090	MEXICAN VIEWS ON CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 21 tour d'horizon of the climate change negotiations from the Mexican perspective, Mexican Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, Special Negotiator for Climate Change at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) called the US-Mexico climate change relationship 'frank, [...]	2009-10-27 22:12:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KGHG SENV MX
09MEXICO3382	CONGRESS APPROVES 2010 SPENDING LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 17, the Mexican Congress approved the 2010 budget, voting 437-25 to pass the spending bill, which includes MX$3.18 trillion (US$244 billion) in outlays. The budget for 2010 implies a deficit of 0.75% of GDP excluding debt from state oil monopoly Pemex, but with Pe [...]	2009-12-01 20:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
09MEXICO3387	MEXICO HEDGES ON HONDURAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOM has generally preferred to react to events to Honduras as part of the larger voice of regional organizations such as the Organization of American States or the Rio Group. At another such gathering of Latin leaders, the November 30 Iboamerican Summit, surrounded by co [...]	2009-12-02 13:43:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR MX HO
09MEXICO3455	U/S OTERO LEADS USG TO HRC "REFLECTION GROUP" [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico and France hosted a meeting in Mexico City October 29-30 on strengthening the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) and to discuss the 2011 Review of its mandate by the General Assembly. A hand-selected group of HRC Member States, representing its five regional grou [...]	2009-12-09 13:22:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MX PHUM PINR PREL PGOV
09MEXICO3504	MEXICO: VISIT OF A/S VALENZUELA (DEC 06-08) [...] (SBU) Summary: During his two day visit to Mexico (Dec 6-8),A/S Arturo Valenzuela met with senior Mexican officials including key counterparts from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, Governance, Federal Police and several key economic ministries. A visit to several Federal Police installation [...]	2009-12-14 16:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MASS ECON ETRD MX
09MEXICO509	MEXICO LOOKS TO COLOMBIA AS SECURITY, REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Mexico's increased outreach to Colombia is driven by a number of factors, principally by both countries' shared security struggles. Mexico's outreach to its South American neighbor probably also is part of a desire to increase its influence in the hemisphere and cultivate Latin A [...]	2009-02-23 19:01:00	Embassy Mexico	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO685	CODEL ENGEL DISCUSS SECURITY ISSUES WITH MEDINA [...] (U) Summary. On February 16, Attorney General (AG) Eduardo Medina Mora received U.S. Representative Eliot Engel and members of the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Sub-committee. The AG was accompanied by Attorney General's Office (PGR) Special Advisor Oscar Rocha, Deputy Attorney G [...]	2009-03-10 13:54:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO822	U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING [...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]	2009-03-20 20:40:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO823	U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING [...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]	2009-03-20 20:40:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO826	MEXICO VIEWS TIMING OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reaction to the announcement of President Barack Obama's first official visit to Mexico scheduled for April 16-17 has been generally positive. Media commentators expect Obama's meeting with President Felipe Calderon to focus on shared efforts to confront organized crime, econom [...]	2009-03-20 20:43:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ECON MX
09MEXICO827	U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING [...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]	2009-03-20 21:06:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO869	MEXICO ON THE 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C) Summary. Mexico believes future prospects for the Summit of the Americas (SOA) very much rely on the success of U.S. President Obama in injecting a new sense of purpose for the gathering. To Mexico's view, it is imperative the summit tackle the ongoing financial crisis. Interestingly, [...]	2009-03-24 21:04:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV OAS PHUM VZ CU MX
09MONTERREY206	MEXICAN AUTO INDUSTRY HIT HARD BY U.S. RECESSION BUT EXPECTS [...] (U) Summary. The deep U.S. recession has dramatically reduced demand in the Mexican auto industry, a key source of industrial production and exports. Mexican auto producers are in an ornery mood, strongly criticizing the importation of used U.S. cars and their government's lack of su [...]	2009-06-02 15:47:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MX
09MONTERREY351	NUEVO LEON BUSINESS LEADERS SHARE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador's September 2 - 4 trip to Monterrey offered him opportunities to receive varied perspectives on the state of the economy in Nuevo Leon, during sessions with the Group of Ten (leaders representing some of Mexico's largest industrial and financial conglomerates),th [...]	2009-09-23 19:58:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV MX
09MONTERREY438	NUEVO LEON BUSINESS COMMUNITY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT NEW FISCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Reaction to the passage of the modified 2009 Fiscal Law in Nuevo Leon ranges from stoic to pessimistic. Local business leaders and economists cite decreasing competitiveness, growing uncertainty, uncontrolled spending, and a failure to broaden the tax base among their stronges [...]	2009-11-23 22:46:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ECIN EFIN EINV MX
09MONTERREY441	MEXICO BUSINESS SUMMIT FOCUSES ON THE FUTURE [...] (U) The 2009 Mexico Business Summit, "Beyond the Crisis, Creating a Vision for a New Era," held in Monterrey November 8 - 10, brought together prominent leaders from business, government and academia. Major topics at this year's Summit included North American economic development (particularl [...]	2009-12-01 16:27:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV PGOV ASEC ECON MX
09MONTERREY442	MEXICO BUSINESS SUMMIT FOCUSES ON THE FUTURE [...] (U) The 2009 Mexico Business Summit, "Beyond the Crisis, Creating a Vision for a New Era," held in Monterrey November 8 - 10, brought together prominent leaders from business, government and academia. Major topics at this year's Summit included North American economic development (particularl [...]	2009-12-01 18:40:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EINV PGOV ASEC ECON MX
09MONTERREY445	NUEVO LEON AND ZACATECAS GOVERNORS SEEK INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Mexico Business Summit, held in Monterrey November 8-10 (reftel),the Ambassador met (separately) with the Governors of Nuevo Leon and Zacatecas. During a November 10 meeting, the Ambassador and Nuevo Leon Governor Rodrigo Medina (PRI) discussed innovati [...]	2009-12-07 20:53:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV SOCI ASEC EAID ECON MX
09MONTERREY456	NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH TAKING ROOT IN NUEVO LEON [...] (SBU) Summary. Nuevo Leon's Nanotechnology Incubator, the state's newest addition to its nanotechnology infrastructure, is nearing completion and promises to provide pilot scale production facilities to multiple institutes working together to further nanotechnology initiatives in northeastern [...]	2009-12-14 20:24:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV PGOV TSPL MX
09MONTEVIDEO104	URUGUAY PROPOSES NEXT STEPS FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY [...] SUMMARY. Emboffs discussed the current state of Uruguay's energy sector and potential next steps within the framework of the U.S.-Uruguay alternative energy MOU in a meeting with the Uruguayan National Directorate of Energy and Nuclear Technology (DNENT) February 18. Uruguay seeks to reduce [...]	2009-02-20 15:56:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PREL SENV UY
09MONTEVIDEO105	CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT LAYS OUT GOU'S ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Bank President Mario Bergara told the Charge d'Affaires that Uruguay remains relatively well-positioned to confront the worldwide economic slowdown -- its banking sector remains healthy, consumer spending is solid, and its fiscal house is in order. While some in the bu [...]	2009-02-20 16:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO106	ARGENTINE DEPOSITS IN URUGUAY ON THE RISE [...] Deposits by non-residents -- mainly Argentine nationals -- in Uruguayan banks rose by a significant 41 percent in 2008 to USD 2.5 billion (equivalent to 18 percent of total deposits). The increase is largely attributed to a perception by depositors of an increase in instability in neighboring [...]	2009-02-20 16:44:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ARG UY
09MONTEVIDEO107	CHRONIC DISEASES INCREASING IN URUGUAY [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel, post prepared the following report to examine the impact of chronic diseases (or Non-Communicable Diseases, NCDs) in Uruguay and to inform the Department about policy related developments and the capacity of the local health sector to address those diseases. Uru [...]	2009-02-20 16:56:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TBIO KPAO WHO UY
09MONTEVIDEO121	URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ TO TRAVEL TO BRASILIA [...] (C) President Vazquez plans to travel to Brasilia March 10 for a meeting with President Lula. That summit is expected to produce agreement on several issues, according to FM Gonzalo Fernandez, including commitments to eliminate a longstanding tariff problem between the two countries and to in [...]	2009-03-03 16:23:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN EINV ETRD
09MONTEVIDEO142	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)- [...] (C) Summary: The Spring 2009 Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) reflects continued lack of police resources and concern over a very porous border. In general, anti-US protests have declined in size and intensity since March 2007. END SUMMARY Post provides the following nu [...]	2009-03-11 13:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER UY
09MONTEVIDEO145	URUGUAY 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Summary: Post provides herein Embassy Montevideo's CY-2008 End Use Monitoring Report in response to reftel. No new equipment was purchased with INL funds in CY-2008. All previously INL-provided material was used appropriately by the GOU to effectively enhance counter-narcotics and law enfor [...]	2009-03-13 16:29:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO178	URUGUAY: HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] President Vazquez made his first Presidential visit to China March 21-26, leading a delegation of ministers, government representatives and over fifty entrepreneurs. Vazquez's trip was the fifth presidential visit to China since both countries established diplomatic relations in 1988. During [...]	2009-04-01 14:05:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EINV PGOV CH UY
09MONTEVIDEO182	URUGUAY: NEW RULES FOR CAMPAIGN FINANCE [...] SUMMARY. On the 2nd March, Uruguay's Senate passed draft legislation detailing the rules for financing campaigns during Uruguay's 2009 election cycle. Although, as in past years, the proposal only covers this year's election cycle, if made into law, it would mark the first time in Uruguay's h [...]	2009-04-02 12:54:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON
09MONTEVIDEO187	URUGUAY ENDORSES OECD STANDARDS ON TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) Uruguay formally endorsed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) standards on transparency and exchange of information in immediate response to its place [...]	2009-04-06 16:18:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO193	URUGUAY: FM GONZALO FERNANDEZ ON RECENT TRAVELS, [...] (C) FM Fernandez told the Charge April 2 that President Tabare Vazquez had an excellent meeting with VP Biden March 27 in Chile; that Uruguay is strengthening commercial ties with China; that he hopes to use an April 6 meeting with the Secretary to invite her to Uruguay; that Uruguay is not in [...]	2009-04-07 16:47:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO270	URUGUAY: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM FERNANDEZ [...] (C) In a May 5 meeting with Charge, Uruguayan FM Gonzalo Fernandez formally requested that President Obama visit Uruguay in August 2009, in conjunction with a possible trip to Brazil. Charge and Fernandez also discussed preparations and possible dates for an upcoming U.S.-Uruguay Trade and Inv [...]	2009-05-14 19:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO312	Staffdel Meacham visit to Uruguay [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Staffdel Meacham visited Uruguay May 26-28 to explore ways to expand trade and political ties with Uruguay. GOU officials expressed their interested in continuing and strengthening ongoing Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) discussions. GOU officials emphasized [...]	2009-06-05 19:26:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO316	ENCE Sells Forestry Holdings, New Owners Announce an [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spanish forestry firm ENCE announced on May 22 the sale of most of its forestry plantations to a consortium formed by Finnish-Swedish Stora Enso and Chilean Arauco, and that it will not continue with plans to build a $1.2 billion cellulose plant. Stora Enso/Arauco announced they [...]	2009-06-08 13:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO318	PRESENTATION BY NASDAQ MANAGING DIRECTOR ON URUGUAYAN [...] SUMMARY: Steven Phillips, Managing Director of NASDAQ and an experienced financier, came to Montevideo to participate in the Innovation Forum (reftel) and to discuss ways in which Uruguay could revitalize its moribund capital markets. In a presentation to the Capital Markets Development Grou [...]	2009-06-08 21:52:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO319	URUGUAY: VAZQUEZ REPLACES INTERIOR MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 12:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO32	MONTEVIDEO PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY SPEAKER ON [...] Summary: Post has prepared a proposal for the organization of a biofuels speaker program in Uruguay in FY2009. Given Uruguay's interest in energy diversification and our recent bilateral alternative energy MOU, post believes this funding possibility could spur development of Uruguay's biofu [...]	2009-01-21 10:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ENRG EAGR ECON PGOV KPAO ETRD UR
09MONTEVIDEO328	URUGUAY'S TEXTILE SECTOR FACES TOUGH TIMES [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) GOU officials and private sector representatives told Staffdel Meacham that Uruguay was interested in getting preferential access on textiles and apparel. This cable provides background information on the situation of the sector, beset by challenges such as China's trade and the [...]	2009-06-12 11:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO359	NATIONAL PARTY STRENGTHENING IN SWING STATE [...] (U) Summary: Leading up to the June primaries, Emboffs met with four of the five congressmen from Maldonado, the third-most populous Uruguayan department and the home of Punta del Este, considered by many to be the face of Uruguay, to discuss the department's primary issues and the likely res [...]	2009-06-24 13:55:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO388	Uruguay: Macroeconomic Roundup [...] Uruguay's economy grew 2.3 percent in QI/09 over QI/2008. Despite the year-over-year increase, the economy is now shrinking, and seasonally-adjusted GDP dropped 2.9 percent in QI/2009 from QIV/08. Analysts expect GDP to continue falling in the second quarter and zero to slightly negative grow [...]	2009-07-02 13:18:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO401	URUGUAY'S POTENTIAL AS A RENEWABLE ENERGY LEADER IN THE [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Uruguay has the potential to become an alternative energy-based economy if it continues its current effort and improves the policy environment and needed infrastructure. I [...]	2009-07-13 12:45:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGY EAGR UY
09MONTEVIDEO402	URUGUAY ADVANCES IN COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary. On June 24, Uruguay's Anti-Drug Commission released a National Plan Against Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering, which aims to better coordinate the counternarcotics efforts of the varied agencies involved in fighting organized crime. Uruguay has recently created special tribu [...]	2009-07-13 14:32:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO403	URUGUAY: STEPS TOWARD MEETING TAX TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary - - - - 2. (SBU) Uruguay's tax policy chief David Eibe told the Charge July 10 that Uruguay is moving forward on its commitment to meet OECD standards on transparency and exchange of tax informat [...]	2009-07-13 15:46:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO418	H1N1 FLU: DEATH TOLL HITS 15 [...] As of July 15, Uruguay has 15 confirmed deaths from H1N1 influenza, with more than 1,500 cases suspected throughout the country. Despite an increase in numbers, public health officials continue to emphasize preventative measures, and only a few public activities have been suspended throughout [...]	2009-07-16 16:27:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU
09MONTEVIDEO422	EVO MORALES SEEKS INCREASED TRADE AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Bolivian President Evo Morales came to Uruguay on July 13. During a seven-hour visit, he met separately with President Tabare Vazquez, Vice President Rodolfo Nin Novoa, and Governor of Montevideo Ricardo Ehrlich, and then gave a midnight press conference before his departure. The most [...]	2009-07-17 19:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR EPET UY
09MONTEVIDEO437	URUGUAYAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOSE MUJICA SAYS [...] (C) Governing Frente Amplio coalition presidential candidate Senator Jose Mujica told the charge July 23 that the U.S. should count on him as a friend. He noted that he has relationships with and access to leaders within the hemisphere that have difficult relations with the USG, and said that [...]	2009-07-27 17:15:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO455	Uruguayan Priorities as Mercosur President [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Uruguay assumes the pro tempore presidency of the Mercosur trade bloc, President Vazquez signaled a measured approach to dealing with commercial barriers the GOU claims its two dominant neighbors have imposed. Uruguay's priorities include pressing Argentina to allow Mercosur [...]	2009-08-07 15:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ENGY UY
09MONTEVIDEO468	URUGUAY: MUJICA 2.0 UNVEILED IN BRAZIL? [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The FA may have regained some lost ground in the ongoing presidential race with the party's ticket, Jose Mujica and Danilo Astori, making a high-profile three-day visit to Brazil [...]	2009-08-13 19:21:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO483	URUGUAY: MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALDERON PROMOTES [...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican President Felipe Calderon visited Uruguay August 13-15 to honor an invitation he received last year when President Tabare Vazquez was in Mexico and for the purpose of broadening commercial and political ties between the two countries. President Calderon also demonstrate [...]	2009-08-19 13:31:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EAGR MX UY
09MONTEVIDEO489	URUGUAY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ARGENTINA: NOT THE [...] (C) The relationship between Uruguay and Argentina, which has been strained since early 2006 by a dispute over the installation of a cellulose pulp plant on the Uruguayan shore of the Uruguay River, has continued to deteriorate. Political tensions, which range from the three-year long blockade [...]	2009-08-21 14:48:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EFIN EINV ARG UY
09MONTEVIDEO498	URUGUAY: DAS MCMULLEN EXPLAINS U.S.-COLOMBIA [...] (C) WHA DAS Chris McMullen visited Montevideo August 26 to provide background and information on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to Foreign Minister Fernandez and to the Uruguayan public. Fernandez told him that Uruguay would do what it could to ensure the success of the [...]	2009-08-27 19:14:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MOTT UY
09MONTEVIDEO508	URUGUAY: ALLEGATION OF VENEZUELAN FINANCING [...] (U) An Uruguayan judge has initiated an investigation into the sale of books at enormously inflated prices to Venezuela by a company with possible ties to ruling Frente Amplio (FA) presidential candidate Jose Mujica, leading to accusations by opposition politicians that the money may have been [...]	2009-09-03 16:04:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	UY VE PREL
09MONTEVIDEO513	URUGUAY'S ECONOMY MINISTER: MUJICA AND ASTORI ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Economy Alvaro Garcia told the charge September 3 that "no question" should remain that ruling Frente Amplio coalition Presidential candidate Jose Mujica and his running mate Danilo Astori "are on the same page" on Economic policy. Garcia explained that the Frente Amp [...]	2009-09-08 14:07:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO514	URUGUAY'S ECONOMY MINISTER: MUJICA AND ASTORI ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Economy Alvaro Garcia told the charge September 3 that "no question" should remain that ruling Frente Amplio coalition Presidential candidate Jose Mujica and his running mate Danilo Astori "are on the same page" on Economic policy. Garcia explained that the Frente Amp [...]	2009-09-08 14:45:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO558	URUGUAY AVOIDS ECONOMIC RECESSION, GOU THRILLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uruguay's GDP grew by a mild 0.5 percent in the second quarter of 2009, thus avoiding an economic recession. Growth was widespread among sectors, with only agriculture and electrical generation declining. The rise was led by rising public expenditure and public investment, whi [...]	2009-09-25 19:31:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO560	URUGUAY: CONTROVERSIAL MUJICA INTERVIEWS PROMPT [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) A number of controversial statements by Frente Amplio (FA) coalition presidential candidate Jose Mujica have led to a press firestorm and criticism of the candidate both from th [...]	2009-09-28 13:33:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO578	URUGUAY: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM VAZ [...] (SBU) Charge Matthewman called on Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz October 1 to discuss the trip to the U.S. that President Vazquez, FM Vaz, and Economy Minister Alvaro Garcia made from September 13-25. Vaz said all members of the Uruguayan delegation was very satisfied with their reception and with [...]	2009-10-09 12:12:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PLEC PREL UN EAGR HA KPKO UY
09MONTEVIDEO580	URUGUAY: DAS BASTIAN TOUTS U.S. BUSINESS' ROLE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce DAS Walter Bastian stressed opportunities for commercial and technical exchange with Uruguay, especially at the state level, and emphasized to U.S. business representatives the importance of corporate social responsibility and their roles as representatives [...]	2009-10-09 12:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO584	URUGUAY: DAS BASTIAN TOUTS U.S. BUSINESS' ROLE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Department of Commerce DAS Walter Bastian stressed opportunities for commercial and technical exchange with Uruguay, especially at the state level, and emphasized to U.S. business representatives the importance of corporate social responsibility and their roles as representatives [...]	2009-10-13 17:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO592	URUGUAY: BORDABERRY: LOOKING FAR BEYOND OCTOBER 25 [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. SUMMARY - - - - 2. (U) With the electoral coverage mostly focused on frontrunners Luis Alberto Lacalle and Jose Mujica, the presidential electionQs third place contender, Colorado Party candidate Pedro B [...]	2009-10-21 09:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON UY
09MONTEVIDEO614	Uruguay 2009-02010 INSCR Part I (draft) [...] (U) Following is Embassy Montevideo's draft text for the INCSR Part I which was also submitted by email per reftel instructions. BEGIN URUGUAY INSCSR DRAFT TEXT: Uruguay 2010 I. Summary Uruguay is not a major narcotics producing or transit nation. Foreign [...]	2009-11-03 16:06:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
09MONTEVIDEO615	700 Illegal Weapons Found in Uruguay [...] (S) Uruguayan police confiscated over 700 firearms October 30- November 1, including handguns, shotguns, military style rifles, grenades, rocket propelled grenades, and ammunition from what appears to have been an arms trafficking operation. At least five of the confiscated weapons are rep [...]	2009-11-05 19:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	SNAR ASEC MASS PGOV UY BR
09MONTEVIDEO641	Uruguay: A/S Valenzuela's December 16-17 Visit [...] (C) During A/S Valenzuela's December 16-17 visit to Uruguay, he met with Uruguayan President-elect Jose "Pepe" Mujica, Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz along with five other ranking Uruguayan career diplomats, and with Minister of Defense (and former foreign minister) Gonzalo Fernandez. Mujica t [...]	2009-12-31 13:16:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO700	UPCOMING MERCOSUR SUMMIT UNLIKELY TO SCORE MUCH PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 8, Montevideo will host Mercosur's 38th Presidential Summit. The GOU's main targets at the beginning of its pro-tempore presidency were on the commercial, external relations and institutional fronts. Achievements seem to have fallen short on every front and no majo [...]	2009-12-04 15:20:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ETRD BR AR PA UY
09MONTEVIDEO714	Scenesetter for Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December [...] ( SBU) Embassy Montevideo warmly welcomes your December 16-17 visit. You will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Uruguay during the Obama Administration. Arriving shortly after Uruguay's Presidential elections, your visit will allow us to recognize the excellent collaboration we h [...]	2009-12-09 12:03:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO718	Uruguay: President-Elect Mujica's Debut at Mercosur Summit [...] (U) The December 8-9 38th summit meeting of MERCOSUR, provided an appropriate platform for Jose Mujica's regional debut as president elect. Mujica was warmly received by the delegates and, thanks in particular to high profile meetings with Christina Kirchner and Hugo Chavez, managed to attract [...]	2009-12-10 19:41:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO726	MERCOSUR SUMMIT PREDICTABLY SHORT ON ECONOMIC PROGRESS, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 8, heads of state of Mercosur's four full members and aspiring member Venezuela gathered in Montevideo for the bloc's 38th Presidential Summit. As expected, (ref A) dialogue at the summit focused more on regional politics and less on tangible progress of the economi [...]	2009-12-11 19:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ETRD UY
09MONTEVIDEO730	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) Emboffs conducted ref A Blue Lantern re-license check at the main office of Glock America S.A. (Plaza Independencia 831, Montevideo) on November 30. Emboffs were received by Glock America Vice President Luiz Horta. Responses to reftel questions follow: 2. (SBU) Glock America was [...]	2009-12-15 16:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC ES UY
09MONTEVIDEO734	INCSR II -- URUGUAY [...] Post submits the 2009-2010 INCSR II report. An e-mail copy with tracked changed was delivered by e-mail, per reftel instructions. 2. While the level of money laundering and related crimes is considered relatively low in Uruguay, the country's financial system remains vulnerable to th [...]	2009-12-17 16:57:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR UY
09MONTEVIDEO760	URUGUAY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This is a CORRECTED COPY of 09 Montevideo 760. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol/Econ officer Eric Theus. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (SBU) Uruguay is a willing partner of the U.S. in counterterrorism efforts. It supports the fight agains [...]	2009-12-22 15:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM KPAO KHLS EFIN UY
09MONTEVIDEO78	URUGUAY: FM LAUDS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, [...] (C) Getting to know officials in the new U.S. administration and helping them understand Uruguay's excellent relationship with the U.S. is a priority for President Vazquez during his last year in office, Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez told the Charge February 6. Complicating that challenge [...]	2009-02-10 15:13:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TBIO UY
09MONTEVIDEO89	URUGUAY 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] SUMMARY: There is a relatively low incidence of trafficking in persons in Uruguay but the government is nonetheless undertaking robust efforts to improve public consciousness, detection, prosecution and protection of victims, to the extent possible with existing resources. These efforts to ta [...]	2009-02-13 16:55:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG UY
09MONTEVIDEO9	URUGUAYAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS NOT DEFINITIVE [...] Uruguay is increasingly interested in diversifying its energy sector, potentially including the use of nuclear power. Currently, the implementation of such a program is prohibited by law, but President Tabare Vazquez authorized feasibility research of a civil nuclear program and its implication [...]	2009-01-12 19:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO UY
09MONTREAL115	RESULTS OF ICAO'S TWENTIETH AVIATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING [...] Summary. Transportation Security Administration officials led the U.S. delegation to the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Twentieth Aviation Security Panel of Experts (AVSECP) meeting and presented two U.S. working paper proposals and an information paper on the supply chain [...]	2009-04-07 18:47:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON PREL PTER ICAO XX
09MONTREAL80	ICAO COUNCIL CAUTIONS DPRK ON CIVAIR SAFETY AND SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 9, 2009 the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council, which is the governing body constituted of 36 representatives of ICAO Contracting States from all regions of the world, discussed the DPRK announcement that North Korea cannot guarantee the safety o [...]	2009-03-09 23:55:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KS KN IC ICAO
09MOSCOW1111	FM LAVROV DISCUSSES MISSILE DEFENSE AND IRAN WITH [...] (S) Summary. Foreign Minister Lavrov told visiting Codel Levin April 15 that arms control issues were Russia's top priority. Noting that Moscow was waiting for concrete proposals, including specific language, from the U.S. on a post-START treaty agreement, Lavrov said he recognized that the [...]	2009-04-29 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR KACT IR RS
09MOSCOW1148	RUSSIA-UKRAINE: "COMPLICATED" ENERGY TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, MFA Second CIS Director Viktor Sorokin repeatedly described Tymoshenko's April 29 energy talks with Putin as "complicated." In one-on-one, small group, and the plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Economic Cooperation, it was decided that Ga [...]	2009-05-05 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EFIN RS UP
09MOSCOW13	A/S SHANNON AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS RUSSIA-LATIN [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon discussed ways in which the U.S. and Russia could constructively engage on issues related to Latin America. Both sides agreed on the need to cast o [...]	2009-01-08 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS ECON ECIN EIND EINV ENRG
09MOSCOW1450	COOPERATION ON RUSSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS: [...] (C) Despite the economic crisis, in recent months President Medvedev has kept up a steady flow of initiatives to combat corruption, his signature issue in the presidential campaign last year. Medvedev has largely focused these initiatives on corruption by officials, including declarations of [...]	2009-06-03 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL RS
09MOSCOW1556	WORLD GRAIN FORUM IN ST.PETERSBURG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 6-7 the Government of the Russian Federation hosted its first World Grain Forum in St. Petersburg. With approximately 1,500 representatives from over 40 countries ranging from Agriculture Ministers to grain industry experts the forum focused on the role of grain produc [...]	2009-06-15 06:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW1696	FIRST BRIC SUMMIT OFFERS NO CONCRETE RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Though labeled a resounding success by Russian President Medvedev, the first formal BRIC summit offered few concrete results. While downplaying the future role of the group, Russian MFA officials stressed that BRIC was a consultative forum that aims to address pressing global pr [...]	2009-06-29 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN BR CH IN RS
09MOSCOW1730	CUBA-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP (C-AL9-00784) [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 16:09:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV CU RS
09MOSCOW1732	CUBA-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP (C-AL9-00784) [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 05:00:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV CU RS

09MOSCOW1835	DFM RYABKOV TAKES STOCK FOLLOWING "VERY GOOD" [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told the Ambassador July 16 that the Russian government viewed the Obama-Medvedev summit as a "very good visit," and said the MFA was preparing next steps for post-START negotiations, the ballistic missile joint threat assessment, and the bilateral [...]	2009-07-17 10:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR MARR MNUC PARM IR RS
09MOSCOW2	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS COMPLAIN U.S. HAS BETRAYED RUSSIA'S TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: A roundtable of Russian analysts described -- often in emotional terms -- for visiting Representatives Ellen Taushcer, Doug Lamborn, Rick Larsen, and Loretta Sanchez, the deep displeasure with which many Russians view the U.S. government. They blamed much of this on America's f [...]	2009-01-01 07:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR OREP PINR RS
09MOSCOW20	A/S SHANNON AND DFM RYABKOV DISCUSS RUSSIA-LATIN [...] (C) Summary: On December 22, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon discussed ways in which the U.S. and Russia could constructively engage on issues related to Latin America. Both sides agreed on the need to cast o [...]	2009-01-09 06:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS ECON ECIN EIND EINV ENRG
09MOSCOW2015	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR ANGARSK [...] (C) On August 5, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Robert Einhorn delivered reftel demarche to MFA DVBR Deputy Director Oleg Rozhkov and Ambassador at Large and IAEA Governor Grigoriy Berdennikov, who expressed appreciation and stated that our demarche showed that the U.S. [...]	2009-08-07 07:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ENRG KNNP RS TRGY IAEA
09MOSCOW2366	RUSSIAN ILLEGAL LOGGING -- AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG has an opportunity to work with Russia to combat illegal logging, and increasing reasons to do so. Russia contains more of the world's forested area than any other country -- approximately 20 percent -- and between 10 and 30 percent of wood is harvested illegally. Illeg [...]	2009-09-15 11:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR KGHG EAID KCRM SOCI PREL RS
09MOSCOW267	RUSSIAN VET SERVICE DELISTS 9 MORE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) advised via official letter that 9 additional U.S. pork facilities will be delisted as of February 10 ostensibly due to clerical errors found on documentation that accompanied meat shipments to Russia. [...]	2009-02-03 16:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS
09MOSCOW2834	RUSSIA MAINTAINS POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT EU SUMMIT, [...] (C) Swedish diplomats in Moscow concluded that EU-Russia relations were "stuck on the major issues" at the November 18 EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm (ref A). However, they and European Commission (EC) contacts welcomed "surprise" positive GOR pronouncements on climate change and WTO accession [...]	2009-11-20 13:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS SW EUN
09MOSCOW3083	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND TRADE- HARMONIZED TARIFFS [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the second in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable reviews the principal points regarding tariffs and non-tariff [...]	2009-12-23 09:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3084	THE CUSTOMS UNION AND A UNIFIED WTO ACCESSION [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. The first cable covered the major structure and decision-making proce [...]	2009-12-23 10:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO
09MOSCOW3122	U/S TAUSCHER-DFM RYABKOV DECEMBER 7 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U/S Ellen Tauscher met with DFM Sergey Ryabkov in Moscow on December 7, 2009 to address P-5 coordination in advance of the NPT Review Conference and missile defense cooperation. They also discussed how to establish a political framework that would allow practical steps in strateg [...]	2009-12-28 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KACT PARM PREL START MCAP RS IR
09MOSCOW333	RUSSIA MOVING INTO HIGH GEAR ON NANOTECHNOLOGY; ACTIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Russia's preeminent manager Anatoliy Chubays became Director General of Russia's Corporation of Nanotechnologies (Rusnano) on September 22, 2008 Rusnano has both bolstered its international reputation and begun investing in nanotechnology in Russia. To showcase Russia's c [...]	2009-02-11 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TNGD TPHY ETRD BTIO TSPL PREL KIPR KTIA RS
09MOSCOW4	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS COMPLAIN U.S. HAS BETRAYED RUSSIA'S TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: A roundtable of Russian analysts described -- often in emotional terms -- for visiting Representatives Ellen Taushcer, Doug Lamborn, Rick Larsen, and Loretta Sanchez, the deep displeasure with which many Russians view the U.S. government. They blamed much of this on America's f [...]	2009-01-01 07:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR OREP PINR RS
09MOSCOW747	RUSSIA'S "TRUST BUSTER" EXERCISES ITS AUTHORITY [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, the Chief of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly (FAS) Service Igor Artemyev said the FAS had made signifcant headway in implementing Russian antitrust legislation. The second antimonoply package, recently passed by the Duma, further expanded the FAS [...]	2009-03-25 14:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET RS
09MUMBAI431	INDIA'S OVERLOADED JUDICIAL SYSTEM: CAN MAHARASHTRA [...] Summary. The state of Maharashtra has the biggest backlog of criminal cases in India, with over one million cases winding through the courts. Like other Indian states, Maharashtra's judiciary suffers from a lack of resources, a shortage of judges, and only the most basic case management sys [...]	2009-11-10 08:52:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM IN KDEM PGOV KLIG
09MUSCAT161	Ambassador and MinFin Macki Talk Economy-- Oman's [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an hour-long discussion with the Ambassador, one of Oman's most influential ministers reviewed the global, regional, and domestic economic situation, making a strong case, buttressed by recent Moody's and S&P assessments, that Oman was on a strong financial footing that would p [...]	2009-03-03 13:46:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV MU
09NASSAU172	BAHAMAS: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (C-AL9-00153) [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: GCOB officials will voice their opposition to the proposed Anti-Tax Haven Act at the 2009 Summit of the Americas (SOA). During a meeting on March 13, MFA Permanent Secretary Patricia Rogers told the Charge that the GCOB plans to raise the issue, noting that The Bahamas has ma [...]	2009-03-18 21:03:00	Embassy Nassau	SECRET	PINR PGOV PREL BF
09NEWDELHI104	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 12-16, 2009, including the following: -- Trade Roundtable with Canada, EU, NZ, Australia -- Update on the Pension Sector -- FDI Slows in November -- Aviation Industry Likely to Fare Better in 20 [...]	2009-01-16 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
09NEWDELHI1099	GOVERNMENT SIGNALS PERFORMANCE IS PARAMOUNT IN KEY ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) announced the remainder of its 79-member council of ministers on May 28, who join the earlier round of ministers announced on May 22 (see reftel). The week-long process of selection seems to have placed more weight on capable [...]	2009-05-29 14:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1277	SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) General Jones: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit comes on the heels of Under Secretary Burns' successful trip to India and in the run-up to a July visit by Secretary Clinton. You will be coming at a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian [...]	2009-06-18 14:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1464	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary: Mission India warmly welcomes you to India. This is an opportune moment in the relationship between the world's largest democracies. The Congress Party's strong showing in the April elections allowed formation of a new and strong Indian government--freed from the constrain [...]	2009-07-15 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	EAGR EAID ECIN EFIN EINT EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC
09NEWDELHI1812	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi. This is an opportune moment as we seek a truly global partnership with India and build upon the Secretary's highly successful July visit (Ref). Secretary Clinton and her counterpart, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, formally launche [...]	2009-08-31 14:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP LEW PREL EAGR EAID IN
09NEWDELHI1861	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 31 - September 4, 2009, including the following: -- India Hosts WTO Mini-Ministerial to Re-energize Doha -- India's Own Trade Continues to Plunge -- More Investment Options for Foreign Venture Cap [...]	2009-09-08 03:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR
09NEWDELHI2078	MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISIT, [...] "OBAMA TURNS HIS BACK TO INDIA," editorial in October 9 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "U.S. President Obama has often shown high regard for India, Indian culture and values. In his presidential election campaign, he often mentioned the image of the Hindu god Lord Hanuman that is close to [...]	2009-10-09 10:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2280	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Buzz Misleads on WTO Government Procurement Agreement -- RBI Audits Could Lead to Further Opening of the Banking Sector -- Corporate Profits Up, Sales Not [...]	2009-11-13 09:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI2344	U/S OTERO ENGAGES INDIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the Global Issues Forum held November 5 (Reftel),Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Otero met with Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)Secretary Sharma on November 6 to discuss areas for global cooperation on environmental issues including forestry [...]	2009-11-20 03:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI2500	MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN SUMMIT, POTUS NOBEL [...] "COMMON GROUND," editorial in December 14 centrist Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "India and China have different concerns and strategies in Copenhagen. Copenhagen offers a great chance to these two big emerging economies to forge an understanding, not only on climate change but on strategic is [...]	2009-12-15 11:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI252	INDIAN AUTO INDUSTRY IN FOR A BUMPY RIDE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 01:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTO
09NEWDELHI2530	INDIA-RUSSIA CIVILIAN NUCLEAR DEAL DOMINATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: During an annual India-Russia summit on December 6-8 in Moscow, Prime Minister Singh and President Medvedev inked six bilateral agreements that included a civil nuclear deal and pacts focused on military relations, cultural exchanges, and trade. The joint statement was warm in to [...]	2009-12-18 15:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2539	MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "COPENHAGEN'S FAILURE," op-ed in December 20 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is difficult to understand why President Obama called a face-saver accord a useful and unprecedented success! No unanimous agreement could be reached at Copenhagen, because of the Obama Administration [...]	2009-12-21 11:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2540	MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "COPENHAGEN'S FAILURE," op-ed in December 20 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is difficult to understand why President Obama called a face-saver accord a useful and unprecedented success! No unanimous agreement could be reached at Copenhagen, because of the Obama Administration [...]	2009-12-21 11:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2558	Industry, GOI on WTO, Government Procurement, SAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Assistant Secretary General Manab Majumdar, who is responsible for trade policy, said FICCI is a strong believer in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and understood that India would be poorer without a Doha Deve [...]	2009-12-24 07:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD ECON EINV IN
09NEWDELHI2559	MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ISSUES, COPENHAGEN, [...] "SECURITY OVERLOOKED IN U.S. INTEREST," op-ed article by leftist leader Prakash Karat in December 23 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "The proposed Nuclear End Use Bill is brought by the government to meet U.S. demands... It is noteworthy that Russian and French suppliers have not raised such demands. [...]	2009-12-24 07:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2575	MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, HEADLEY CASE; NEW [...] "WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE," editorial in December 17 Bhubaneswar Oriya centrist SAMAYA:"It is good to see that America, responsible for maximum environmental pollution, is eager to reduce emission of greenhouse gases. The Copenhagen summit should take into account the views of developing count [...]	2009-12-29 10:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI370	INDIA-IAEA: SHARED CONCERN ON IRAN-SYRIA REPORT, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ministry of External Affairs Director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs Gaddam Dharmendra shared February 28 India's perspective on Iran-Syria and India's Additional Protocal, two items on the agenda of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Govern [...]	2009-02-27 14:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY IN PINS ENRG
09NEWDELHI670	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, TERRORISM, [...] "OBAMA'S PAKISTAN POLICY" op-ed in April 5 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "Now Pakistan will obtain U.S. aid only if it delivers against the Taliban. America is isolating Pakistan, putting together a 'contact group' and getting Muslim countries like [...]	2009-04-06 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI877	INDIA SELECTS HARDEEP SINGH PURI AS ITS NEW UN [...] (C) The GOI announced the selection of Hardeep Singh Puri on April 16 as the new Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Puri replaces Nirupam Sen, who has served India as Permanent Representative since 2004, and was a dyed-in-the-wool Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) advocate who made coo [...]	2009-05-01 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IN
09NIAMEY1005	Niger: ECOWAS MEDIATOR AND GON PRIME MINISTER OPEN THE [...] Summary: On December 21, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Mediator, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie, co-presided over the opening ceremony of the Inter-Nigerien Political Dialogue (INPD). The aim of the INPD is to arr [...]	2009-12-22 08:10:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PHUM NG XY
09NICOSIA6	CYPRIOT FM TO VISIT CARACAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his second official foray to Latin America -- his first took him to Havana in September -- Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will visit Caracas on January 10 for two days of meetings with BRV officials, then fly to Panama, Brazil, and possibly Costa Rica. A working-l [...]	2009-01-09 14:32:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY VE
09NOUAKCHOTT386	MAURITANIA: 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 12:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MR SNAR PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT639	TURKEY TO OPEN EMBASSY IN MAURITANIA [...] (U) According to press reports published on October 1, Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Davat Ogloo announced his country's intention to open an embassy in Nouakchott to strengthen Turkish-Mauritanian cooperation. This declaration followed Ogloo's meeting with Mauritanian Foreign Affai [...]	2009-10-06 13:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR TU
09NOUAKCHOTT708	MAURITANIA: AZIZ' 1ST QUARTER REPORT CARD -- A LOW [...] (C) Summary -- Three months into the democratically elected Aziz government, the new President has begun to change opinions of some of his critics with very strong performance in addressing corruption and terrorism and a good effort in addressing humanitarian/social emergencies. Foreign polic [...]	2009-11-03 11:35:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM MR
09OSLO513	NORWAY COUNSELS THE NEED TO PROMOTE THE IAEA [...] (C) Summary: In discussions about the Nuclear Fuel Bank with Norway's Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, the official emphasized the hesitance of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries and offered his counsel that Fuel Bank supporters such as the U.S. and Norway must present the proposal "attra [...]	2009-08-18 14:30:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG UEU KNNP IAEA KU NO AE SW
09OTTAWA161	CANADA: INFORMATION FOR LONDON G-20 MEETINGS [...] (sbu) Ref a requested information regarding Post's outlook on the continuing impact of the economic and financial situation on Canada, as well as Canada's expected priorities and objectives for the London G-20 Summit on April 2. Econcouns John Carwile (carwilejl@state.sgov.gov) and EMIN Eric B [...]	2009-03-04 20:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON EFIN
09OTTAWA291	CANADA AND THE AMERICAS [...] (C) Summary: Under Prime Minister Harper, Canada has devoted more of its diplomatic and aid attention to the Americas, notably a 2007 high-profile Latin America trip by the PM, as well as other high level visits. The government has apparently abandoned an initial effort to develop a strategic [...]	2009-04-15 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID XM BR CA
09OTTAWA468	CANADA'S DEMOCRACY PROMOTION COMMUNITY ACTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Several government-funded Canadian organizations are active around the world in promoting human rights and good governance, whose work the government's proposed creation of a new Canadian democracy promotion agency focused on political party development would comp [...]	2009-06-16 12:04:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN AORC EAID CA
09OTTAWA581	Canada's Foreign Investment Reforms Create A More Open [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's July 17 federal court action against U.S. Steel attempts to force the company to meet the production and employment commitments it made to the Federal Government in 2007 in exchange for permission to take over Canada's Stelco. At that time, the GOC exercised its legal r [...]	2009-07-27 19:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND PREL CA
09OTTAWA616	MTCR: CANADA ON-BOARD FOR ONE OR MORE [...] (C) Canada will pleased to offer "at least one but perhaps more presentations" at the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Rio Plenary Information Exchange in November, according to Phillip Baines, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Missiles, Space Se [...]	2009-08-07 21:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC MTCRE ETTC KSCA TSPA CA
09OTTAWA634	CANADIAN OPINION LEADERS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Canadians have noted a new tone in U.S. foreign policy and have responded enthusiastically, according to a group of Canadian opinion leaders who met with the Charge on August 13. They praised the Secretary's recent Council on Foreign Relations speech and commented the new rheto [...]	2009-08-18 21:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO CA AF
09OTTAWA716	CANADA: RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP NON-PAPERS [...] (C) Summary: Canada sees no immediate problem with the proposals contained in the non-papers drawn from reftel, but is concerned about the system for classification of AG documents, given that there are now 41 members. Canada sees no advantage in inviting Russia to join the AG, but foresees [...]	2009-09-15 15:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC CA
09OTTAWA748	Treasury Discussions with Canada Regarding Export Credits [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 2, Treasury DAS for Trade and Investment Sharon Yuan, Treasury Director for Trade Finance Steve Tvardek, Embassy EMIN, Embassy Commercial MC and Senior ECON FSN met with officials from key GOC departments and representatives from Canada's export financing agency to [...]	2009-09-25 19:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EFIN EAIR ECON EINV PREL CA
09OTTAWA771	S/CIEA Goldwyn visit to Ottawa - Energy security, [...] (U) Summary: S/CIEA David Goldwyn's September 17-18 trip to Ottawa was immensely successful and has continued to reap positive engagement from Canadian interlocutors. Goldwyn's message of Canada as a pillar of U.S. energy security was embraced by the Government of Canada and by a Canadian pub [...]	2009-10-02 21:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET SENV CA
09PANAMA713	Commentator Urges Martinelli To Cancel 'Clownish' Panamax [...] (SBU) On September 18, in the middle of the annual Panamax exercise, leading daily La Prensa ran an op-ed by I. Roberto Eisenmann Jr. titled "An Irresponsible, Unnecessary Militaristic Stunt Returns." Eisenmann has long been an anti-military voice in Panama. He is one of the founders of La [...]	2009-09-24 18:44:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR KPAO PREL PM
09PANAMA765	POTENTIAL SCANDAL BREWING FOR MARTINELLI [...] (S//NF) Failed PRD candidate for president Balbina Herrera publicly alleged September 24 that Secretary of State for Security Jose Almengor had withheld evidence during the past presidential campaign that incriminated President Martinelli in the David Murcia scandal. That scandal contributed [...]	2009-10-14 18:06:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA873	ILLEGAL AFRICAN MIGRATION POSES CHALLENGE TO PANAMA [...] (U) The number of illegal African migrants smuggled through Panama has grown six-fold in 2009. Somali and other Horn of Africa migrants are a particular concern for Panama, which has shown no inclination to accept them as refugees, yet is struggling to find a humane response to the increase. [...]	2009-12-10 20:17:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM SO SMIG PREF
09PARAMARIBO256	DELIVERY OF SECRETARY,S UNASUR SUMMIT LETTER, [...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes, who is currently accompanying Major General Steve Doohen, The Adjutant General of the South Dakota National Guard, on an official trip outside of Paramaribo, Deputy Chief of Mission, Susan T. Bell, delivered demarche to Jane Aarland-N [...]	2009-08-28 19:39:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR OPDC CO NS
09PARAMARIBO32	SURINAME: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] (U) Post submits the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) welcomes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country and has on several occasions identified it as key in achieving [...]	2009-01-26 12:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV USTR NS
09PARAMARIBO356	Suriname: 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 20:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NS
09PARIS1039	FRANCEâ€™S POSITION ON NUCLEAR ISSUES IN THE RUN-UP [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: French officials have made clear that nuclear issues enjoy the sustained attention of President Sarkozy and have become a major foreign policy priority, especially in the run-up to the spring 2010 Review Conference (RevCon) of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). France's concerns go [...]	2009-07-31 06:59:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MNUC IR CH UK FR
09PARIS1047	PARIS CLUB - JULY 2009 MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During the July Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to voluntarily go beyond the terms of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative to forgive 100 percent of their claims pertaining to Haiti, which reached completion point under the Initiative on June 30. The Club a [...]	2009-08-03 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARIS1097	IRAN: FRENCH COMMENTS ON DEALING WITH HOSTAGES [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy's Strategic Affairs Advisor Franois Richier and MFA Middle East Director (A/S equivalent) Patrice Paoli told Political Minister Counselor in separate meetings August 11 that the French approached their hostage situations in Iran by first seeking an immediate, beh [...]	2009-08-12 14:02:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PGOV PREL CASC FR
09PARIS1183	FRANCE AND THE NPT: SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the run-up to the 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT RevCon),France will continue to be a critical P3 ally while on certain issues also maintaining tactics or positions different from our own. Post deals extensively with the GOF on nuclear iss [...]	2009-08-28 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09PARIS1227	UNGA 65: FRANCE'S PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy's August 26 speech to French ambassadors provides clear insight into France's priorities for UNGA and the Pittsburgh G20 summit. These include, greater "global governance," including economic regulation and broader efforts to address climate change; UN refor [...]	2009-09-09 10:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR AORC KNPR APER UNGA FR
09PARIS1250	FRANCE: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France concurs with a large part of U.S. key goals for the 12th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) and solicits United States support for initiatives that they are sponsoring, according to MFA Assistant Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Cecile Vigneau, wh [...]	2009-09-15 10:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC EU FR
09PARIS1254	A/S GORDON'S MEETINGS WITH POLICY-MAKERS IN PARIS: A TOUR D'HORIZON OF EUROPE AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary. During Assistant Secretary Gordon's visit to Paris on September 11, he met with a number of French policy-makers including: Elysee Diplomatic Advisors Jean-David Levitte, Damien Loras, and Francois Richier, Assistant Secretary equivalent for Continental Europe Roland Galharague, and Ac [...]	2009-09-16 07:34:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP BH SM MK GR FR
09PARIS1387	SEPTEMBER 2009 PARIS CLUB MEETING; NEGOTIATION WITH CAR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 15, the Paris Club and the Central African Republic (CAR) negotiated a new debt relief agreement recognizing that country's completion of the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. Creditors agreed voluntarily to go beyond HIPC terms to forgive [...]	2009-10-14 11:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARIS1443	FRENCH PRIORITIES FOR THE 64TH UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France is on the same page as the United States with respect to country-specific and thematic resolutions for the UNGA Third Committee and seeks USG support for French sponsored initiatives, stated MFA desk officer for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Cecile Vigneau, who s [...]	2009-10-28 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN FR
09PARIS1473	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO PARIS -- NOVEMBER 8, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Madam Secretary, your Paris Embassy and the French are eager to welcome you to France. FM Kouchner quickly invited you to lunch or a meeting on Sunday, which is not a usual practice. He looks forward to talking with you about key issues, including Afghanistan, Iran, and rel [...]	2009-11-03 11:39:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO PARM MOPS SENV KGHG AF FR RU PK
09PARIS1499	Promoting France's Competitiveness in the Health Industry [...] (U) Summary. President Sarkozy plans to make France the priority destination for foreign investment in medical research, with the healthcare industry becoming "a centerpiece of French competitiveness" on par with France's aerospace and luxury goods sectors. With new investment funds, business [...]	2009-11-09 14:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR FR
09PARIS1520	France and Brazil Join Forces for "Bold and Audacious" [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Saturday, November 14, French President Sarkozy and Brazilian President Lula da Silva held a press conference in Paris to announce an agreement on a "Common Position on Climate Change," guided by the principles of fairness and equity. At the press conference, President Sarkozy [...]	2009-11-16 17:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG KGHG FR
09PARIS1526	FRANCE AND BRAZIL: THE START OF A LOVE AFFAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Considered "a love fest" by the MFA, the growing Franco-Brazilian relationship under Presidents Sarkozy and Lula is likely to result in more political, diplomatic, economic, and military engagement in the next three years and throughout Sarkozy's time in office. Committed to exp [...]	2009-11-17 15:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS BR FR
09PARIS1545	More on France - Brazil Climate Pact [...] (SBU) Gwenaelle Huet, Chief of staff to Brice Lalonde, French Ambassador for climate change negotiations, commented to ESTH Counselor November 19 on the "Common Position" announced by Presidents Sarkozy and Lula da Silva last week. She said that that Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo thin [...]	2009-11-20 13:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG FR
09PARIS1553	FRANCE/BRAZIL: THE ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Behind the cultural exchanges and warm diplomatic relations with Brazil (Ref A),France is embarking on a long-term strategy to court a country it sees as a resource-rich future global powerhouse and foothold in Latin America. Since the 2005 "Year of Brazil in France," commercial tie [...]	2009-11-23 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV BEXP ETRD EAID SENV FR BR
09PARIS1565	FRANCE: TOTAL SA LEADS THE NORTH CASPIAN OPERATING COMPANY [...] (C) Summary. The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) will oversee planning and development of Kazakhstan's rich North Caspian petroleum resources, but the seven NCOC partner companies are on their own to get the crude to the market. NCOC faces numerous challenges: a harsh climate, sensit [...]	2009-11-24 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG BEXP FR KZ ETRD PREL
09PARIS1610	GABON: PRESIDENT ALI BONGO'S VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ali Bongo of Gabon enjoyed a successful visit to France November 18-20, according to MFA DAS-equivalent Stephane Gruenberg. The visit marked for both sides Bongo's assumption of the presidency and his initial steps to develop his own identity as national leader apart [...]	2009-12-02 08:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV GB FR
09PARIS1638	PRESIDENT SARKOZY: THE KEY DECISION-MAKER WHO CAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. At the mid-point of his five-year term, French President Sarkozy continues to be the dominant, virtually unchallenged, political force in France. Slowed in domestic reform efforts by entrenched interests and the world-wide financial crisis, Sarkozy is increasingly focused on success [...]	2009-12-04 11:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV FR
09PARIS1714	FRENCH MINORITIES AND NATIONAL IDENTITY -- AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In early November 2009, President Sarkozy launched a national debate on what it means to be French -- that is, the French "national identity." Confronting an increasingly globalized world and struggling with self-identity issues, including whether Muslim "burqas" should be bann [...]	2009-12-17 12:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF FR
09PARIS1716	FRANCE QUERIES ON IRANIAN INVESTMENTS [...] (C) Summary. French MFA official note increased activity in Iran's energy sector by Chinese and Indian companies but no new investments by French industrial firms. The MFA confirms that it has contacted Sofregaz, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Italian company Maire Technimont, to discourage [...]	2009-12-17 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETTC ECON ENRG IR FR
09PARIS1720	FRANCE'S "YEAR OF" PROGRAM FINDS CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY Cultural exchanges serve as a vehicle for French commercial diplomacy and a key feature in its foreign affairs strategy. Through the semi-public agency CulturesFrance, France dedicates a calendar year or a shorter "season" to cultural cooperation with a chosen country in order to b [...]	2009-12-17 16:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ETRD SCUL FR
09PARIS1745	FRANCE: US PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS AGENDA [...] (U): Ambassador Rivkin met with the board of AGIPHARM, the association of American pharmaceutical subsidiaries in France to review the results of President Sarkozy's pharmaceutical strategy conference (CSIS) held on October 26. AGIPHARM considers that the CSIS yielded important breakthroughs [...]	2009-12-23 10:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR FR
09PARIS177	FRENCH TRADE POLICY - PROTECTIONISM REDUX? [...] (C) Summary: The February 9 visit to Washington of French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier comes just before he leaves his post to head-up President Sarkozy's UMP slate of candidates for the European Parliament. His departure may provide an opening to re-engage with the French, who are in [...]	2009-02-05 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PREL EU FR
09PARIS204	P-3 SHARE UNSC, UNESCO, HRC AND DURBAN CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Acting IO A/S Jim Warlick joined French IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Bermann and UK IO Director Paul Johnston, along with MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini, IO DAS-Equivalent Fabien Penone, and Pol M/C for a P-3 exchange of views on February 6. Among topics of note, France led t [...]	2009-02-10 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC SO FR
09PARIS284	PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors agreed to consider committing up front to a debt reduction for Seychelles, although they agreed that conditions should be stringent. While Haiti's situation was challenging, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believ [...]	2009-02-26 12:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARIS403	FRANCE PLEDGES CAUTION ON CUBA, LAMENTS MISFIRE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy appointed former Socialist Minister Jack Lang to be Special Envoy on Cuba in order to drive forward French and EU dialogue with Cuba but also, on the domestic front, as outreach to a prominent French opposition party member, according to French Presidential Advis [...]	2009-03-19 13:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CU MX BR FR
09PARIS410	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENTâ€™S BILATERAL MEETING [...] (S/NF) Key points: -- Your visit comes at a historic time. Nicolas Sarkozy is the most pro-American French President since World War II and is, at the moment, arguably the most influential leader in Europe. Sarkozy,s goodwill and your prestige give us an unprecedented opportunity to cement the posi [...]	2009-03-20 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO FR AF RU
09PARIS499	PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 10, 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon covered Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic (CAR),Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Grenada, Haiti, Iraq, Jamaica, the Seychelles, and Sri Lanka. Creditors provided "financing assurances" f [...]	2009-04-03 16:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARIS629	PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2009 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors agreed to consider committing upfront to a debt reduction for Seychelles, although they agreed that conditions should be stringent. While Haiti's situation was challenging, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believe [...]	2009-05-07 07:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARIS715	PARIS CLUB - MAY 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the May 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors were willing to extend Afghanistan's debt treatment, but Russia blocked the move. Paris Club members expressed concerns about Brazil's proposed loan to Argentina's state-owned airline Aerolineas Argentinas, but agreed to seek more [...]	2009-05-28 14:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARIS726	IO/RHS KESHAP DISCUSSES UNHRC, SECURITY COUNCIL, [...] (C) Summary: IO/RHS Director Atul Keshap met on May 14 with French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet and desk officers Cecile Vigneau and Emanuel Pineda to discuss several issues affecting UN agencies and regional issues in Sri Lanka and Sudan, in advance of a May 15 MFA-led [...]	2009-06-02 10:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KAWC UN FR
09PARIS961	IO A/S BRIMMER REVIEWS UN AGENDA WITH FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Assistant Secretary Dr. Esther Brimmer discussed the campaign to select a new UNESCO Director General, the Human Rights Council (HRC),UNSC Reform, and Peacekeeping/Peacebuilding operations with her MFA counterpart Sylvie Bermann and separately with MFA Special Advisor Eric Ch [...]	2009-07-17 06:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM UNESCO FR
09PARIS973	PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2009 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's June 23 meeting, the U.S. opposed a proposal to give new seniority status to crisis-related bilateral financing. Russia dropped its opposition to extending Afghanistan's Club treatment, clearing the way for continued debt relief as Afghanistan implements its [...]	2009-07-20 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
09PARIS986	FRENCH MFA MID-EAST DIRECTOR ON IRAN, PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Patrice Paoli emphasized to WE Office Director Maureen Cormack July 16 the importance of persuading European and USG allies around the world to recognize, and act to prevent, the destabilizing consequences of a nuclear-arm [...]	2009-07-21 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL FR
09PARISFR1137	UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE ENTERS THE LAST LAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's Farouk Hosni leads the pack in the race to be UNESCO's next Director-General. He appears to have 20-25 votes of the 30 needed to obtain the endorsement of UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board. Notably, he has recently picked up support from India which, added to Brazil [...]	2009-08-18 15:26:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO EG AU EC BU LH RS BN
09PARISFR1301	BOKOVA WINS JOB AS UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Bulgaria's Irina Bokova defeated Egyptian Farouk Hosni to become UNESCO's first woman Director-General in a 31-27 vote in the final round of voting held on September 22. The defeat was a major shock to Egypt, given President Mubarak's personal efforts to ensure a Hosni victory. [...]	2009-09-24 06:40:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1373	HONDURAS: REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Committee (Bureau) of UNESCO's 35th General Conference was unable to reach consensus as to whether the draft resolution on Honduras (see text paragraph 8) should be added to the agenda for the General Conference. The President, therefore, opted to forward the issue [...]	2009-10-09 13:13:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1382	HONDURAS: Item Inscribed/Working Group Formed [...] (U) Summary: The Plenary of the General Conference today approved inscription of a Honduran item on the General Conference's agenda after extensive negotiations led by General Conference President Hepburn. The item was immediately referred to a working group charged with preparing a resolution [...]	2009-10-13 06:18:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1406	UNESCO Subsidiary Bodies - Election Results [...] Summary: Elections for UNESCO's subsidiary bodies were held on 16 October 2009 during the organization's General Conference. The U.S. was elected to the Legal Committee, the IHP (Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme),and the IBE (Council of the UNESCO Intern [...]	2009-10-19 06:08:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1407	HONDURAS: LANGUAGE ADOPTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The working group dealing with the Honduras draft resolution agreed to language acceptable to both sides October 15, after lengthy negotiating sessions led by Ambassador Killion. The resolution was adopted under an agenda heading entitled, "Impacts on the Education system and f [...]	2009-10-19 06:08:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1452	UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: NATURAL SCIENCES [...] Summary. A Ministerial Round Table on Oceans and UNESCO's Natural Sciences Commission met October 12-16 as part of UNESCO's 35th General Conference. The Ministerial focused on ocean governance, ocean monitoring and climate change. The Natural Sciences Commission primarily focused on existin [...]	2009-10-29 14:55:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1458	WORLD HERITAGE ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Elections were held October 26 during the 17th meeting of the World Heritage General Assembly at UNESCO to replace 12 of the 21 Member States on the World Heritage Committee. Changes in the Rules of Procedure were adopted including a voluntary reduction in term length to four yea [...]	2009-10-29 15:38:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR1474	UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: EDUCATION MINISTERIAL AND [...] Summary: At UNESCO's 35th General Conference, approximately 70 Education Ministers and Vice-Ministers participated in the Ministerial Roundtable October 9-10 to discuss education policy issues. The Education Commission met October 13-15 and considered the UNESCO education sector's budget for [...]	2009-11-03 12:19:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO HO

09PARISFR1481	UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: SOCIAL AND HUMAN [...] Summary: The October 16-21 meeting of the Social and Human Sciences Commission was the scene of some of the most heated debates at UNESCO's 35th General Conference. The Commission began its work by discussing whether to initiate negotiation of a proposed "Universal Declaration of Ethical Pri [...]	2009-11-04 17:41:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY PREL PHUM UNESCO
09PARISFR200	GAZA RELIEF EFFORTS AT UNESCO BEGIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Promising to coordinate closely with UN system sister agencies, UNESCO held an information meeting on February 6 to lay out its plans to lend assistance in Gaza, concentrating on education but also including protection of journalists. Fundraising for Gaza relief efforts will be [...]	2009-02-10 09:36:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO PREL PHUM MARR KWBG KAWC IS
09PARISFR211	MUGHRABI GATE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Tension over Middle East issues is high at UNESCO, due in part to the emotions aroused by the Gaza conflict. Deputy Director General Barbosa feels this will make it all the harder to manage the Mughrabi Gate issue (reftel). There has been no change in the situation since the is [...]	2009-02-11 14:55:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KWBG JO IS
09PARISFR219	DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION: BRAZIL SEEKS VIEW OF THE NEW [...] (SBU) Brazil's UNESCO Ambassador Joao Carlos de Souza-Gomes asked to see Charge urgently February 11 to discuss the UNESCO Director-General race. Ambassador Souza-Gomes had a copy of the talking points in our December demarche on this issue (reftel) and wanted to know whether the assessment in [...]	2009-02-12 12:54:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO BR
09PARISFR319	JERUSALEM TAKES DECISION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: The Jerusalem Planning Commission has taken a decision approving design plans for the reconstruction of the Mughrabi Gate, according to Israel's Ambassador to UNESCO. While appeals to the High Court in Israel are possible, the decision, once made public, will guarantee the start [...]	2009-03-04 17:09:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KWBG JO IS
09PARISFR368	WORLD HERITAGE EMBLEM MEETING [...] (U) UNESCO held an expert meeting on the World Heritage emblem on February 24. The session was one of three meetings held at UNESCO headquarters (24-27 February) in an attempt to prepare the ground for the upcoming World Heritage (WH) Committee meeting in Seville, June 22-30, 2009(septels). T [...]	2009-03-13 09:40:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR370	FEBRUARY 2009 FUTURE OF WORLD HERITAGE EXPERTS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: A disconnect between theory and reality marked the February 2009 experts meeting on the World Heritage Convention's future. With the WH List continuing to grow at a rapid rate, resources static, and the conservation of WH sites, d the Convention's prime purpose, alm [...]	2009-03-13 09:41:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR693	UNESCO 181ST EXECUTIVE BOARD: FIRST STEPS TOWARD NEW [...] UNESCO's Executive Board at its 181st session in April 2009 took a decisive step toward future adoption of a new UNESCO Recommendation (or non-binding standard-setting instrument) on conservation of the historic urban landscape. The Board proposed that the 35th session of UNESCO's General Con [...]	2009-05-26 12:14:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
09PARISFR695	KONDO WORKING GROUP - FINAL MEETING ON WORLD HERITAGE [...] Summary: The open-ended Working Group on the Reflection on the Procedures for the Election of the Members of the World Heritage (WH) Committee, chaired by former Japanese Ambassador to UNESCO Seichi Kondo, met for its final session on 19 May 2009. Kondo won agreement to a three-tiered electi [...]	2009-05-26 16:31:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
09PARISFR730	OFFICIAL LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 31 deadline for nominations to succeed Koichiro Matsuura (Japan) as UNESCO's next Director-General has passed. UNESCO's Executive Board will have nine candidates from which to choose when it meets next September. After many months in which there were only four candida [...]	2009-06-02 15:18:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO
09PARISFR734	WORLD HERITAGE EMBLEM WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] Summary: A brief pre-Seville meeting to continue to review the use of the World Heritage emblem ended with no decisions taken, other than the need to request the WH Committee to authorize funding (US$30,000) for a study on good practices and trade marking the logo. The key decision, accordin [...]	2009-06-04 08:37:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
09PARISFR760	PROPOSAL FOR A NEW UNESCO STANDARD-SETTING INSTRUMENT ON [...] Summary. UNESCO's Executive Board at its 181st session adopted a decision that ignored three of its previous decisions that had set the holding of an experts' meeting and a consultation with indigenous peoples as key pre-conditions for further consideration of a possible new UNESCO standard-s [...]	2009-06-08 15:31:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO PREL CU VE
09PARISFR766	MUGHRABI GATE: FROM UNESCO'S EXECUTIVE BOARD TO THE SEVILLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ARAB STATES ARE LIKELY TO RAISE ONCE AGAIN AT THE JUNE 22-30 WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE MEETING IN SEVILLE ISRAEL'S PLAN TO RECONSTRUCT THE ASCENT TO THE MUGHRABI GATE ON JERUSLAEM'S TEMPLE MOUNT. THE DECISION ADOPTED AT UNESCO'S APRIL 2009 EXECUTIVE BOARD REQUESTS THAT THE DESIGN [...]	2009-06-09 13:06:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KWBG JO IS
09PARISFR767	UNESCO AVOIDS IGNITING A ROW OVER CULTURAL PROPERTY [...] Summary. At its 181st session in April 2009, UNESCO's Executive Board barely averted a dramatic and politically damaging showdown over the issue of cultural objects displaced in connection with the Second World War (WWII). At the core of the dispute was whether the Board should adopt or endo [...]	2009-06-09 14:35:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO JA CH IN
09PARTO22610	(U) Secretary Clinton's February 18, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d). 2. (U) Thursday, February 18, 2009; 4:15 p.m.; Jakarta, Indonesia. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Cameron R. Hume A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. Paul J [...]	2009-02-26 19:16:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP CLINTON HILLARY KGHG ID
09PARTO41407	Conference on Afghanistan, March 31, 2009, The [...] SUMMARY: This cable summarizes -- by theme -- statements by national delegations and NGOs during the March 31 Afghanistan Conference in The Hague. The Secretary and the UN Special Representative both used the event to bring the international community together around the U.S. strategy and to m [...]	2009-04-14 22:54:00	US Delegation, Secretary	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL EAID AF NL
09PARTO43007	(U) Secretary Clinton's April 25, 2009 Meeting [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reasons 1.4.(b & d) 2. (U) April 25, 2009; 1:45 p.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Ambassador Christopher Hill NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman Jo [...]	2009-04-30 14:46:00	US Delegation, Secretary	SECRET	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PGOV PREL IZ IR
09PERTH24	WA PINS IRON ORE HOPES ON CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Iron ore miners in Western Australia (WA) are expecting to take a big hit on prices in this year's annual contract negotiations, but they remain optimistic about economic recovery in the state's key export market, China. Miners' representatives told the Consul General they expe [...]	2009-04-08 09:03:00	Consulate Perth	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON PREL CH AS
09PHNOMPENH114	2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 06:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CB ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09PHNOMPENH373	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION AND US [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and talking points June 5 to NAO Thouk, IWC Alternate Commissioner for Cambodia and Delegate of the Royal Government of Cambodia in Charge of Fisheries Administration, Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, and Fisheries. Mr. Nao praised Commissioner Dr. Hogar [...]	2009-06-05 06:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC CB
09PORTAUPRINCE1016	NAS 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 17:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE14	NAS 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 17:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE169	CORE GROUP REPS MEET WITH PREVAL ON SENATE [...] (C) Summary. Representing the Core Group, the UNSRSG and the ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, Germany (as EU president),and the United States met with President Preval February 13 for 90 minutes to discuss the current Senatorial election issue. The group urged Preval to ensure that the election [...]	2009-02-16 18:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
09PORTAUPRINCE172	CORE GROUP REPS MEET WITH PREVAL ON SENATE [...] (C) Summary. Representing the Core Group, the UNSRSG and the ambassadors of Brazil, Canada, Germany (as EU president),and the United States met with President Preval February 13 for 90 minutes to discuss the current Senatorial election issue. The group urged Preval to ensure that the election [...]	2009-02-17 13:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
09PORTAUPRINCE245	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE'S MARCH 11-14 [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as democratic consolidation and economic progress have stalled, as the Haitian President and his new Prime Minister face difficult challenges in the aftermath of the April 2008 food riots and a devastating 2008 hurricane season. Although President Preval alloc [...]	2009-03-04 17:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE371	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CONYERS'S VISIT TO HAITI, [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as the Haitian President and his new Prime Minister face difficult challenges in the aftermath of the April 2008 food riots and a devastating 2008 hurricane season. The storms and resulting flooding displaced hundreds of thousands of people and made Haiti's al [...]	2009-04-03 16:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE372	HAITI: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USNS COMFORT [...] (SBU) The government and people of Haiti will warmly welcome the visit of the USNS Comfort. The medical services you will provide are badly needed in this, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, where a large portion of the population has virtually no access to medical services. Your [...]	2009-04-06 11:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE404	THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary. As the first Secretary of State to travel to Port-au-Prince since 2005, your visit on Thursday sends Haitians a clear signal of continued, indeed intensified, U.S. support for a neighbor and friend in need. Haitians, both within the government and without, will respond positively [...]	2009-04-14 20:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL OVIP CLINTON HILLARY HA
09PORTAUPRINCE489	HAITI MONTHLY: POLITICAL, APRIL 2009 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various political topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) VISIT BY BRAZIL MINISTERS OF DEFENSE/CHIEFS OF STAFF. During [...]	2009-05-19 16:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV HA PREL KCOR
09PORTAUPRINCE589	HAITI SENATE ELECTIONS: TEPID CAMPAIGNING, SOME [...] (SBU) Campaigning in the lead-up to the June 21 second round of voting in Haiti's partial Senate elections has been lukewarm, as candidates lack money and voters remain apathetic. Four days before the vote, the government announced state campaign financing for candidates -- too late to revive [...]	2009-06-19 18:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE592	MINIMUM WAGE DEMONSTRATIONS BECOME VIOLENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Demonstrators confronting Haitian National Police and MINUSTAH units that began June 3 have become violent and taken on an anti-government and anti-MINUSTAH character. Initial demands by university students for changes in the curriculum and improvement of conditions at the State Uni [...]	2009-06-19 19:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA PREL
09PORTAUPRINCE705	HAITI: 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 16:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE731	HAITIAN 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 17:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE818	HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 7 TO SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Budget ------ 2. (U) The lower house of the Haitian parliament voted in the FY10 budget with numerous changes on September 9 (septel). 3. (U) The European U [...]	2009-09-21 12:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE961	Donor Ambassadors Initiate Dialogue on Election Support [...] (C) Summary: At a December 1 meeting of Ambassadors representing the election donor group (US, Canada, UN, EU and Brazil),there was general agreement that the international community should provide assistance to help carry out the upcoming elections in Haiti despite donor frustration over the dec [...]	2009-12-04 16:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE977	Preval Seeks International Donor Support for Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: President Preval convoked the diplomatic corps, the board of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and several members of his Cabinet to a 16 December meeting at the Palace to discuss arrangements for the upcoming parliamentary elections. He asked potential donors to confirm [...]	2009-12-17 17:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE994	Fanmi Lavalas Excluded from Elections, but Given Another [...] (SUB) Summary. Early 25 November the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) withdrew its earlier, provisional, authorization for former President Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas to register candidates for February's parliamentary elections, due to inconsistent and insufficient documentation. At [...]	2009-11-25 20:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR AID HA
09PORTOFSPAIN119	SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: PRIME MINISTER MANNING [...] (C) Prime Minister Patrick Manning met CDA Charles Shapiro March 16 to discuss Summit of the Americas issues. Manning envisions a major role for the President, including an event in Port of Spain's main park (the Savannah) for 100,000s. The PM will make a quick March 18-21 trip to six natio [...]	2009-03-17 10:33:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM MASS TD
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 22:03:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG MARR SNAR TD
09PORTOFSPAIN460	CLIMATE CHANGE TO HEADLINE COMMONWEALTH MEETING [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago hosts the 21st biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) November 27-29 in Port of Spain, with several related forums beginning as early as November 20. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip are to pay a state visit just before the event, and the Qu [...]	2009-11-19 20:29:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KGHG KSUM EINT TD
09PORTOFSPAIN482	COMMONWEALTH DECLARES CLIMATE CHANGE THE CHALLENGE OF OUR [...] SUMMARY. Commonwealth heads of government issued a declaration November 28 that called climate change the "challenge of our time." The declaration, ironed out by leaders participating in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) after presentations by special guests French President [...]	2009-12-04 21:27:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KGHG KSUM TSPL TD
09PORTOFSPAIN54	SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: MEETINGS OF AMBASSADORS MORALES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USOAS Ambassador and National Summit Coordinator Hector Morales, Jr. and WHA/DAS Ambassador David Robinson visited Trinidad February 3-4 to discuss Summit of the Americas preparations. In addition to a session with Prime Minister Manning (septel),the Ambassadors met with the Na [...]	2009-02-10 17:56:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KSUM MASS TD
09PRAGUE89	Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report - Czech [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Czech Republic is meeting the Minimum Standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons as set forth in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005, in that: a) The government provide [...]	2009-02-12 15:24:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09PRAIA211	CAPE 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 19:58:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL EFIN ASEC CV
09PRAIA262	CAPE VERDE 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 18:41:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR ECON
09PRAIA63	CAPE 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 18:48:00	Embassy Praia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SNAR PU CV
09PRAIA65	GOVERNMENT OF CAPE VERDE TO HOST A MEETING ON GUINEA-BISSAU [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 20:28:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO SNAR PU CV
09PRETORIA1129	ZUMA'S CABINET IS BRILLIANT POLITICALLY, BUT WILL [...] (C) Newly elected President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet is settling in following the swearing in ceremony on May 11. Most political analysts and pundits have praised Zuma's selections -- lauding some for their managerial skills, some for their willingness to bring new ideas to government, and some f [...]	2009-06-04 15:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1134	DELTA AND SAA INCREASE SERVICE BETWEEN U.S. AND AFRICA TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge La Lime hosted a lunch for Delta officials on May 14. Delta Southern Africa General Sales Manager Margaret Copeland and outsourced Cargo Manager Anne Sanders discussed Delta's expansion strategy in Africa and provided an update on the impact of the global economic crisis [...]	2009-06-05 14:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1615	South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...]	2009-08-07 14:04:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF
09PRETORIA1808	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 4, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 34 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Consumers in Debt Trouble - Outlook for Vehicle Sales Brightens - National Broadband Policy Expected "Shortly" - Governme [...]	2009-09-04 14:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV
09PRETORIA1810	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-09-08 06:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1921	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 13-SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau, the POL newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, or to m [...]	2009-09-19 13:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2	SOUTH AFRICA: AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES [...] (C) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation confirmed that Pretoria will respond mid-January to the U.S. criteria-based proposal for enhancing control over transfers of enrichment and reprocessing equipment and technology. DFA [...]	2009-01-02 09:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGV
09PRETORIA2070	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 5-OCTOBER 9 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-10-09 15:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2103	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 13-OCTOBER 16 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-10-16 16:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2170	SOUTH AFRICAN VIEWS ON CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Per action request in Ref A, post requested a meeting with South African climate negotiators, but was told they are not available until November. In the meanwhile, this cable lays out context for South Africa's negotiating positions to date, based on Septemb [...]	2009-10-26 07:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG SF
09PRETORIA22	SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES EXPECTED TO SIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: Several members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique and Angola) are expected to sign the interim EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement when the EU Trade Commissioner visits Southern Africa in February. Tariff [...]	2009-01-07 15:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD SF
09PRETORIA2245	AMBASSADORâ€™S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's first official call with Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was warm and frank. Mashabane thanked the USG for its partnership and support through PEPFAR and acknowledged past mistakes in HIV/AIDS policies. The Ambassador thanked [...]	2009-11-03 15:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ASEC KHIV SF ZI
09PRETORIA2276	SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CRIME STRATEGY REPORT [...] Draft International Narcotics Control Strategy Report South Africa I. Summary Â [...]	2009-11-09 06:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR ASEC SF
09PRETORIA2277	SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Draft International Narcotics Control Strategy Report South Africa I. Summary Â [...]	2009-11-09 06:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR ASEC SF
09PRETORIA2542	SOUTH AFRICAN MINISTER SAYS CHINA TRADE SHOULD [...] (U) In a forum on China-Africa economic relations, SAG Minister for Economic Development Ebrahim Patel said trade with China must be aligned to the SAG's domestic priorities, especially job creation and economic diversification into higher-value manufactured goods. China is now South Africa's [...]	2009-12-10 06:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2565	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 7-DECEMBER 11 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2009-12-11 13:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2581	COMMUNIST PARTY ANNUAL CONGRESS MORE ABOUT [...] (C) The South African Communist Party (SACP) held its second annual special congress on December 10 at the University of Limpopo-Turfloop campus in Polokwane. Lengthy speeches, predictable displays of solidarity with traditional allies such as China and Cuba, and pointed questions (without a [...]	2009-12-15 10:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	SF PGOV
09PRETORIA2605	SOUTH AFRICAN MINISTER SAYS CHINA TRADE SHOULD [...] (U) In a forum on China-Africa economic relations, SAG Minister for Economic Development Ebrahim Patel said trade with China must be aligned to the SAG's domestic priorities, especially job creation and economic diversification into higher-value manufactured goods. China is now South Africa's [...]	2009-12-18 15:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SF
09PRETORIA539	PART 2 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------ (C) WHO IN THE ANC DO THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS SUSPECT OF SYMPATHIZING WITH COPE? --------------------------------------------- [...]	2009-03-23 06:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA544	PART 2 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------ (C) WHO IN THE ANC DO THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS SUSPECT OF SYMPATHIZING WITH COPE? --------------------------------------------- [...]	2009-03-23 07:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA631	SAG'S FOREIGN POLICY: TRADING PRINCIPLES FOR POWER? [...] In a March 25 forum assessing South Africa's foreign policy from the standpoint of global human rights, prominent political commentator Professor Adam Habib acknowledged that the SAG's stances in multilateral fora often disappointed local and international rights advocates. The underlying ca [...]	2009-03-31 11:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SA
09PRETORIA872	SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, April 2009, Volume 4, Number 4, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- ANC OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN ABALONE BUST -- SADC SKIPPER FINED R1.5M FO [...]	2009-04-30 10:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI ETRD SF
09PRETORIA990	INDUSTRY APPLAUDES CREATION OF DEDICATED TOURISM MINISTRY [...] (U) Summary. President Zuma announced a split in the existing Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) when he revealed his cabinet on May 9. Former Minister of DEAT Marthinus van Schalkwyk will head the new Department of Tourism. Industry analysts welcomed the creation of a ca [...]	2009-05-14 16:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD SENV PGOV SF
09QUITO1005	PRM 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 18:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09QUITO1009	UNASUR Establishes Confidence Building Mechanism [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 27 UNASUR meeting of foreign and defense ministers managed to reach agreement on a resolution establishing a "confidence building mechanism," with provisions designed to improve transparency and information sharing, provide guarantees regarding the use and/or threat [...]	2009-12-01 22:43:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AORC EC CO XM XR
09QUITO1011	Delivery of Letters on U.S.-Colombia DCA [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered Ref B letters under cover of a diplomatic note to the Foreign Minister's office, as well as the MFA's Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Coordination Office and Directorate General of North America, by e-mail on November 25, and delivered the original on the m [...]	2009-12-02 14:23:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KTIA AORC US CO EC
09QUITO1026	ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: ECONOMY CONTRACTS, BALANCE OF [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...]	2009-10-20 19:37:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC
09QUITO1053	Ecuador Gradually Solidifies Relationship with Iran's Export [...] (C) The Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) continues to make inroads in Ecuador, according to press reports, although it appears to face resistance at mid-levels in the Ecuadoran government and Central Bank - and even more so in the private sector. In delivering Ref A demarche on EDBI, and [...]	2009-12-22 19:22:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP
09QUITO1057	Power Blackouts Continue in Ecuador [...] (SBU) Having failed to end energy blackouts by Ecuadorian President Correa's arbitrary deadline of December 15, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Resources Esteban Albornoz resigned December 16 and was replaced by Miguel Calahorrano. In the face of continuing energy shortages, President Cor [...]	2009-12-23 22:12:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ENRG ECON EC
09QUITO1061	Progress on Finalizing Agreement on the New Quito Airport [...] (SBU) Summary: Although numerous hurdles remain, negotiations between Quiport, the private consortium building the new Quito International Airport, the project lenders (including OPIC and Ex-Im),and the Mayor of Quito led to a release of funds on December 7 for continued construction of [...]	2009-12-24 15:46:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR EFIN ECON PREL IDB EXIM OPIC EC
09QUITO1110	GOE STRUGGLING IN FACE OF ENERGY CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. Shrinking reservoirs caused by a delay in the start of seasonal rains have reduced output of Ecuador's hydroelectric plants, causing a severe electrical power shortage and prompting the government to ration electricity usage throughout the country. The government is negotiat [...]	2009-11-13 21:09:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV EC
09QUITO1148	ATPDEA Still Key to Many Ecuadorian Industries and Jobs [...] (U) Ecuador has benefitted substantially from the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) program since its inception in 1991. ATPA currently provides duty-free access to the U.S. market for approximately 5,600 Ecuadorian products. According to GoE estimates, approximately 350,000 jobs are tied [...]	2009-11-30 14:04:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL EC AGR FAS EPET EMIN
09QUITO117	ANALYSTS OFFER DIVERGENT VIEWS ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The diversity of the Ecuadorian political debate was on display during a breakfast with WHA/AND Director Whitaker. Some analysts saw President Correa staking out the electoral center amidst waning voter interest, while another participant highlighted what he considered successfu [...]	2009-02-17 16:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EC CO IR
09QUITO13	GOE TALKS OF TERMINATING FRENCH, ITALIAN OIL CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Petroleum Minister announced January 8 that the GOE would terminate oil contracts with two European oil companies, Perenco (French) and AGIP (Italian),in order to comply with an OPEC-mandated production cut. Minister Palacios justified terminating the contracts becaus [...]	2009-01-13 19:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC
09QUITO178	HIGH-LEVEL CHINESE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met privately with Chinese Ambassador Cai Runguo on February 27 to discuss the February 13 visit by Vice Prime Minister Hui Liangyu in Ecuador, as well as the Ecuador-China relationship more generally. Ambassador Cai downplayed the importance of the visit, and was [...]	2009-03-12 14:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EAID ETRD ENRG SMIG CVIS EC CH
09QUITO216	SLOW-ROLLING THE GOE REQUEST TO PURCHASE F-16S [...] (C) Summary: The Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) Commander signed an official memorandum on November 25, 2008 requesting a quote from the U.S. on the cost of purchasing 24 F-16 C/D Block 50 Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) aircraft, with the intention of replacing its outdated fighter fleet. Post delayed [...]	2009-03-27 19:48:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS EC
09QUITO257	DESPITE DELAYS, QUITO HOPES TO COMPLETE ROAD TO NEW AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from Quito's municipal government told EconOff on March 31 that, despite delays, they still hoped to complete a road to Quito's new airport in time for the airport's scheduled inauguration on August 10, 2010. The representatives detailed progress in securing lan [...]	2009-04-14 21:18:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BTIO EAIR EAID EINV ECIN EC MARR MCAP
09QUITO36	ECUADOR'S 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to State 123907, Embassy Quito reports the following update for its 2009 Investment Climate Statement. This update has also been sent to EB/IFD/OIA (J. Nathaniel Hatcher) by email. Openness to Foreign Investment Ecuador can be a difficult place in which to do business, althoug [...]	2009-01-20 21:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR EC
09QUITO455	ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT MAKES ACCUSATIONS ABOUT U.S. TELECOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the May 30 presentation of his weekly radio address, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa sharply criticized U.S. telecommunications companies ATT, MCI, and Sprint, accusing them of "swindling" Ecuador out of millions of dollars of long-distance fees. ATT maintains that the ac [...]	2009-06-15 18:56:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EINT ETRD EC
09QUITO510	ECUADOR ANNOUNCES BOND BUYBACK "A SUCCESS" [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 11, Ecuador's Minister of Finance presented the results of the GOE's bond repurchase, which resulted in the repurchase of 91% of the country's 2010 and 2030 Global bonds at a 65-70% discount. Although President Correa called the repurchase a success, some critics questi [...]	2009-06-25 13:16:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EC
09QUITO563	POST SUGGESTIONS FOR DELEGATION TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 14:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
09QUITO571	EMBASSY SUGGESTIONS FOR DELEGATION TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 16:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
09QUITO645	ECUADOR NEWS: CABINET CHANGES; TAX REFORM; SAFEGUARDS ON [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Cabinet Changes --------------- 2. (U) On July 15, 2009, President Correa designated Ramon Espinel as the new Minister of Agriculture, replacing Walt [...]	2009-07-27 15:49:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EC
09QUITO70	QUITO'S NEW AIRPORT MAKES PROGRESS BUT FACES BIG [...] (SBU) Summary: The construction of Quito's new airport has made significant progress. The project is large and complex, however, dealing with an unpredictable political environment, sensitive community relations, and environmental challenges. The builders have made several recent missteps th [...]	2009-01-29 19:28:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EAID EINV ECIN EC MARR MCAP
09QUITO703	ECUADOR'S UNASUR AGENDA: AN ANTI-AMERICAN TONE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the 200th anniversary of its so-called "First Call for Independence" on August 10, Ecuador will assume the rotating presidency of UNASUR on the same day that President Correa is inaugurated. The MFA announced the GOE's objectives and planned projects for UNASUR on August 3, w [...]	2009-08-07 15:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ECIN MARR EC CO XM XR
09QUITO704	FM 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 15:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR EC CO
09QUITO707	SCENESETTER 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 18:05:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID MARR OVIP EC CO
09QUITO715	UNASUR SUMMIT: NO CONSENSUS ON U.S.-COLOMBIAN DCA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several presidents from the region condemned the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement at the ceremony where President Bachelet transferred the rotating presidency of UNASUR to President Correa (reftel). Presidents Chavez and Correa claimed that U.S. military presence at C [...]	2009-08-12 16:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ECIN MARR EC CO XM XR
09QUITO736	ECUADOR SECURITY MINISTER EXPLAINS "PERCEPTIONS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his visit to attend President Correa's August 10 inauguration ceremony, DAS Christopher McMullen met with Security Minister Miguel Carvajal and MFA Under Secretary Jorge Orbe regarding the ongoing negotiation of a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement. McMullen prov [...]	2009-08-17 16:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS EC CO XM XR
09QUITO815	QUITO MAYOR STRUGGLES TO LAND NEW AIRPORT DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's recent Constitutional Court ruling that all airport fees are government property threatens to derail Quito's new airport. If implemented, the project lenders, including OPIC and Ex-Im Bank, have indicated they will halt construction funding and seek international arbitrat [...]	2009-09-11 22:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ECON EFIN EC
09QUITO817	QUITO MAYOR STRUGGLES TO LAND NEW AIRPORT DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's recent Constitutional Court ruling that all airport fees are government property threatens to derail Quito's new airport. If implemented, the project lenders, including OPIC and Ex-Im Bank, have indicated they will halt construction funding and seek international arbitrat [...]	2009-09-11 23:26:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ECON EFIN PREL EC
09QUITO871	Constitutional Court Ruling Keeps Airport Negotiations Alive [...] (C) Summary: On October 5 the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court released a ruling designed to "clarify" its July 23 decision that threatened to scuttle the new Quito airport construction project. While not as clear or expansive as hoped by the project lenders, OPIC staffers told econoff on [...]	2009-10-07 21:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR EFIN ECON PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM
09QUITO905	Ecuador's Plans to Terminate All Bilateral Investment [...] (C) The Government of Ecuador is preparing to terminate existing Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with seventeen countries, including the United States, with the goal of replacing them with investment agreements that do not/not include national treatment, allow only local or regional disput [...]	2009-10-27 22:20:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EC PREL ETRD EINV

09QUITO943	Ecuador Minister states that the GoE will not do business [...] (C ) Summary: Ecuador's Coordinating Minister for Economic Policy, Diego Borja, assured EconCouns November 4 that the GoE will not maintain commercial relations with the Export Development Bank of Iran, a USG-designated entity. Borja asked EconCouns if the USG could provide background informa [...]	2009-11-09 20:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP
09QUITO999	PRM 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 23:44:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09RABAT195	MOROCCO'S TALLY OF COUNTRIES REJECTING/SUPPORTING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Morocco continues to work to persuade countries around the globe to de-recognize the Polisario Front's declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or at least freeze relations, beyond which they want countries to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Saha [...]	2009-03-06 18:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV WI UNSC MO
09RABAT484	ISRAELI DIPLOMATS EXPECT MORE FROM MOROCCO [...] (S/NF) Summary: Morocco and Israel took advantage of Israeli participation in the June 3-5 Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism seminar in Rabat to re-launch a diplomatic relationship that had been on ice since the Israeli military action in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. [...]	2009-06-09 17:50:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EAIR KPAL MO IS
09RABAT651	MOROCCAN MINISTER OF FINANCE AND G20 COMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 22, the Minister of Economy and Finance and the British Ambassador organized a working lunch for G-20 ambassadors and charges to discuss the impact of the world economic crisis on Morocco, as well as individual countries' and collective responses to the crisis. The Mi [...]	2009-07-27 14:34:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON MO
09RABAT950	OECD-MENA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 23, MARRAKESH [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The November 23 OECD-MENA Ministerial Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, brought government, business, and civil society leaders together to debate policy responses to the global economic crisis as well as government and business climate reforms in the Middle East and [...]	2009-12-04 15:20:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON EINV SOCI MO
09RANGOON61	BURMA'S CENSOR BOARD: STANDING IN THE WAY OF PRESS [...] (C) The Press Scrutiny and Registration Board (Censor Board) continues to exert a powerful and negative influence on Burma's media, despite the emergence of many privately owned newspapers and magazines in recent years. Editors complain of heavy-handedness and arbitrary censorship and see n [...]	2009-02-03 04:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CVIS CASC BM KPAO
09RECIFE17	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR SEVERE FLOODING IN MARANHAO - [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Ambassador has determined, based upon information from Brazil's Secretariat for Civil Defense and Maranhao State Government, that the severe destruction due to recent record Rains and flooding is of sufficient magnitude to warrant USG em [...]	2009-05-01 19:15:00	Consulate Recife	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO SENV BR
09RECIFE60	LULA TOUTS JOBS AND CAMPOS IN NORTHEAST [...] Summary (SBU) During a visit to the Suape port on September 11, President Lula heaped praise on Governor Eduardo Campos (PSB),in his fifth visit to Pernambuco this year, fueling speculation that PT will offer Campos a high profile role - possibly the vice-presidency - in the upcoming preside [...]	2009-09-24 17:33:00	Consulate Recife	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR PGOV ECON EPET
09RECIFE63	DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUE IN RECIFE: DEEPER ENGAGEMENT SOUGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a broad off-the-record discussion of U.S.-Brazil foreign policy issues hosted by the PO and Recife's PD section a select group of Pernambuco opinion leaders attended a breakfast meeting and expressed their points of view about the foreign policy of the Obama administration [...]	2009-09-30 16:17:00	Consulate Recife	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL PGOV ECON EPET ETRD EIND SCUL SENV
09REYKJAVIK49	NINTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Pol Officer (FS 02) 18 hrs - Pol Assistant 50 hrs - DCM 1 hrs T [...]	2009-03-06 16:25:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KTIP KFRD PREF IC
09RIODEJANEIRO14	US OIL COMPANIES ONE STEP CLOSER TO PRE-SALT OIL DISOVERY [...] U.S. oil companies Exxon and Hess, together with Brazilian partner Petrobras, have found evidence of oil in their highly anticipated pre-salt exploration block in Brazil's Santos Basin. Exxon, which operates the well, and Hess each own 40 percent of the concession while 20 percent is held by P [...]	2009-01-21 15:23:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EINV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO151	EXIM MEETING WITH BRAZIL MINING GIANT VALE [...] Begin Summary: On May 11-12, U.S. Export-Import Bank (ExIm) officials, accompanied by Ambassador Sobel, met with finance executives from Brazilian mining conglomerate Vale to discuss access to ExIm financing. Vale has expressed a preference for using ExIm financing to purchase equipment and ca [...]	2009-06-22 18:35:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN EFIN EINV EIND ETRD BR
09RIODEJANEIRO161	Media Reaction, Jornal do Brasil Newspaper, Brazil: Between [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 19:48:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO190	Petrobras Probe a Potential Political Free for All [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 6, the Brazilian Senate will begin an investigation (Comissao Parlamentar de Inquerito, CPI) into allegations of corruption in state-controlled oil company Petrobras. Members of the PSDB, the lead government opposition party, allege that Petrobras engaged in tax and p [...]	2009-07-22 11:11:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO285	Rio Radar - August 21, 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: CLEANING UP THE FAVELAS: ECONOMIC BENEFIT TRUMPS COSTS ------------------------------ [...]	2009-08-24 09:58:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV EIND EPET EWWT PHUM PINS SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO288	RIO'S OIL PLAYERS REACT TO SPECULATION ON PRE-SALT [...] (C) While the Government of Brazil (GOB) has yet to publicize its regulatory framework for the exploration of pre-salt reserves (reftel),Petrobras executives, petroleum industry representatives, and Rio de Janeiro-based managers of American oil firms have expressed concern over the main provi [...]	2009-08-27 15:15:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	BR ECON ENRG PREL
09RIODEJANEIRO290	Rio Radar - August 28, 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: PRESALT OIL ROYALTIES ISSUE DIVIDES GOVERNORS IN RIO CONSULAR DISTRICT 2. (U) On [...]	2009-08-28 20:08:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PHUM SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO302	Rio Radar - Weeks of September 4 and 11, 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 report's subjects: NARCO-TRAFFICKING GANGS ATTACK POLICE IN SALVADOR 2. (U) On September 7, narco-t [...]	2009-09-11 16:17:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EPET PHUM SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO311	Rio Radar - September 18, 2009 [...] 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: RIO MAYOR WANTS FURTHER COOPERATION WITH USG 2. (U) On September 11, Principal Officer m [...]	2009-09-22 09:58:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EAIR EINV EPET ENRG PREL PHUM SOCI BR
09RIODEJANEIRO329	COUNTER-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 18:18:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SOCI SNAR ECON PBTS PREL BR
09RIODEJANEIRO334	Rio 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 17:28:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PHUM SOCI SNAR PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO335	SEMINAR REVEALS WIDE SKEPTISM OVER PRE-SALT REGULATORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a conference entitled "Pre-salt Oil Risks and Opportunities," sponsored by Rio de Janeiro Federation of Industries (FIRJAN) on September 21, sitting and retired politicians, petroleum executives, and energy analysts debated the merits and deficiencies of the regulatory framew [...]	2009-10-08 18:21:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PREL BR
09RIODEJANEIRO348	Rio Radar - October 16-23, 2009 [...] Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. Subjects for 16-23 October: AECIO NEVES ON PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS 2. (SBU) In a 20 October call on Minas Ger [...]	2009-10-23 09:22:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PHUM SOCI PGOV BR
09RIODEJANEIRO353	A 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 17:34:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI 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 14:11:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SNAR PGOV ASEC BR
09RIODEJANEIRO363	A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH MRE POLITICAL UNDERSECRETARY GENERAL [...] (SBU) On October 22, 2009, WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon met with Ambassador Vera Machado, Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs from the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) in Salvador, Bahia, on the margins of the Third Steering Group Meeting for the Joint Action Plan to Elimi [...]	2009-11-09 10:57:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CASC UNSC IR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO364	Rio Radar - November 4, 2009 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular 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: FARC ARMS TRAFFICKING PIPELINE TO RIO DE JANEIRO? 2. (SBU) On October 22, [...]	2009-11-05 15:25:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN KNNP SOCI PTER EAIR TSPL CO BR
09RIODEJANEIRO365	RIO 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 17:29:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SNAR PGOV ASEC BR
09RIODEJANEIRO368	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Just for looks (Climate [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 19:19:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO369	CAN THE OIL INDUSTRY BEAT BACK THE PRE-SALT LAW? [...] (C) Although major international and independent oil companies continue to view the regulatory framework to develop Brazil's offshore Pre-salt oil and gas reserves as potentially debilitating to their future exploration and production (E&P) operations here, the Rio de Janeiro-based industry gr [...]	2009-12-02 21:12:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV BR CO
09RIODEJANEIRO384	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro, Chavist Blackout [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 20:05:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO388	Rio Radar - November 19 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular 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: NATION-WIDE BLACKOUT 2. (U) On November 10, a massive power outage affect [...]	2009-11-19 14:30:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PHUM ASEC EMIN SENV EIND BR
09RIODEJANEIRO394	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Ethics and Diplomacy [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 19:34:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO396	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Dubious and Risky Diplomatic [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 19:46:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO400	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Honduran Saga [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 20:36:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO404	Rio Radar - December 3 [...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular 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: BLACKOUTS HIT RIO DE JANEIRO...AGAIN AND AGAIN 2. (U) Beginning the afte [...]	2009-12-03 17:23:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ASEC PGOV TBIO EAIR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO414	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian Diplomacy--A [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 22:07:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO416	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: May the climate remain good [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 13:40:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO420	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Ground Zero (COP 15) [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 20:40:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO422	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Risk of Contagion (Chavez and [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 20:57:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO438	Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Setback [Honduras] [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 19:28:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO440	DOES RIO'S FAVELA PACIFICATION PROGRAM RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS? [...] (SBU) Human rights and favela community representatives generally support Rio de Janeiro's Favela Pacification Program and report no killings related to the 450 Pacification Police Unit (UPP) officers that patrol the four favela shanty towns now under "pacification." While acknowledging there [...]	2009-12-11 17:22:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC BR
09RIODEJANEIRO69	Media Reaction, Jornal do Brasil Newspaper, "Automakers [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 20:54:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO7	O GLOBO NEWSPAPER ON GAZA CONFLICT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 15:56:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO92	Media Reaction, O Globo newspaper, Economic Recovery [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 20:39:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO96	Media Reaction, O Globo newspaper, Obama overshadows [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 18:39:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIYADH903	SAUDI OPEC GOVERNOR PROVIDES CODEL TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) met OPEC governor for Saudi Arabia Dr. Majid Al-Moneef with DCM June 29. Moneef provided an unusually detailed tour d'horizon of his views on the oil business and OPEC. He expressed satisfaction that the price of oil was moving back [...]	2009-07-10 13:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL OVIP OPEC SA
09ROME1118	FRAUD SUMMARY - ROME [...] (U) Italy is a highly developed European nation. Despite recent negative economic growth, Italy remains a popular destination for labor coming from eastern European countries, especially Romania. 2. (U) In the past two years, the population of Romanian residents in Italy has almost double [...]	2009-09-30 15:58:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CVIS CPAS CMGT KFRD
09ROME1141	Climate Change - Italy Supportive on MEF and Emerging [...] (SBU) Summary: Italian officials involved in international climate negotiations feel the September Major Economies Forum (MEF) meeting went well, and recommend close U.S.-EU coordination before the October 18-19 MEF meeting. They confirmed that Italian Environment Minister Prestigiacomo had p [...]	2009-10-08 11:51:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG TRGY KSCA UN IT
09ROME1240	G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING [...] (C) The last Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting of Italy's G8 Presidency was held October 28 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Rome. Chaired by Minister Filippo Formica, deputy director of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Political Affairs, the agenda covered regional i [...]	2009-11-10 16:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM
09ROME141	ITALIAN G8 OUTREACH APPROACH CLARIFIED; SOUS SHERPA [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 3, Italian Sous Sherpa Guido La Tella briefed DCM and Science Counselor on the GOI approach to G8 Summit structure. While noting that consensus has not yet been reached among G8 members, La Tella sai [...]	2009-02-05 15:56:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KGHG SENV ENRG OTRA IT
09ROME1414	ITALY FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: NEW POLICY MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary. Italian Fisheries Under Secretary Buonfiglio stressed to DCM some significant recent changes in Italian fisheries policies, including more centralized enforcement and enhanced monitoring and data collection; a "point system" for fishing licenses; a 50-percent reduction in the bl [...]	2009-12-28 07:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV ETRD ICCAT IT
09ROME159	SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S FEBRUARY 13-22 [...] (C) Madame Speaker, I would like to extend a warm welcome from Team Italy in anticipation of your upcoming visit. Your trip comes at a critical moment as the Berlusconi government seeks to understand how it fits into the new Administration's reengagement with Europe. Berlusconi's close person [...]	2009-02-10 15:58:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT
09ROME171	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 - ITALY [...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. A January 2008 article in London's Financial Times likened investing in Italy to "driving with the brakes on." It cited the dearth of global [...]	2009-02-12 11:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
09ROME204	ITALY: 2008 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM PHUM PREF KWMN KFRD SMIG IT XX
09ROME342	G8 LABOR MINISTERIAL: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, I would like to extend a warm welcome from Team Italy in anticipation of your trip to participate in the G8 Labor Ministerial. The Labor Ministerial will be the first full G8 ministerial and it offers an excellent opportunity to highlight the new Administration's polic [...]	2009-03-24 07:54:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IT
09ROME352	ITALY: 2008 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 15:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM PREF KWMN SMIG IT
09ROME358	ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (U) Summary. Your visit to Rome comes at an important period in our relationship with Italy. As Italy's leadership undertakes engagement with the new Administration, Italians are eager to show that Italy remains committed to maintaining a strong relationship with the U.S. and is ready to co [...]	2009-03-27 16:18:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP IT
09ROME653	ITALY PROPOSES LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION WITH [...] Summary. At a May 26 low-carbon technology conference organized by the Embassy and Italian co-sponsors, Environment Director General Corrado Clini called for Italy-U.S. collaboration in developing and deploying clean energy technology in China and other countries. He highlighted three sector [...]	2009-06-09 13:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG KGHG TRGY KSCA KPAO CH IT
09ROME661	U.S./ITALY/CHINA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR CLIMATE AND [...] (SBU) Italian Environment Director General Corrado Clini, a pillar of Italy's climate negotiations for over 15 years, in recent months has strongly called, both in private and publicly, for Italy-U.S. collaboration in developing and deploying clean energy technology in China and other countrie [...]	2009-06-11 06:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG TRGY KSCA CH IT
09ROME754	U/S BURNS' JUNE 25 MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: In a June 25 meeting with U/S Burns, Russian FM Lavrov expressed confidence that key Moscow summit deliverables would be finalized. On a post-START framework agreement, Lavrov expressed concern that specifying a range of reductions would create an expectation that the lower ta [...]	2009-06-26 16:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KNNP AF RS IR
09ROME755	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: This G8 Summit in L'Aquila is the culmination of a busy year for the Italian G8 Presidency. Prime Minister Berlusconi is very pleased to host this event, to host you, and to demonstrate his role as elder statesman of the G8 ""club."" In Italy, all eyes will be on Berlusconi [...]	2009-06-27 08:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT
09ROME812	Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern's Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern on the margins of the G8 Summit, United Nations Secretary General (UNSYG) Ban Ki Moon thanked the U.S., and President Obama in particular, for leadership on the issue of climate change. Ban asked that th [...]	2009-07-16 08:06:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG TRGY KSCA UN IT
09SANJOSE146	EUROPEANS STEP UP WHA REGIONAL CLIMATE DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Europeans are lavishing greater attention on Costa Rica and other regional players with a view to shaping Latin America's engagement at the December 2009 Copenhagen negotiations on climate change. Through a Feb. 23-24 visit, France's climate envoy signed a joint statement with C [...]	2009-03-05 12:51:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KSUM PREL CS FR
09SANJOSE156	Costa Rica Optimistic About New U.S. Administration [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 20, the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica voted unanimously to pass a resolution congratulating the U.S. Congress and the American people on the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The resolution and the comments in support thereof lauded the election as a reaff [...]	2009-03-06 18:28:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CS PINR PGOV PREL
09SANJOSE23	MAGNITUDE 6.2 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES COSTA RICA, [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 8, a localized but devastating 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Costa Rica about 30 kilometers north of San Jose, near Poas volcano, a popular tourist destination. As of January 14, there were 23 known dead, nearly 100 injured and 11 still missing. The killer earthquak [...]	2009-01-16 14:50:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS PGOV SOCI EAID AEMR ASEC PHUM SEVN
09SANJOSE338	COSTA RICAN AIRPORTS: NO EVIDENCE OF A [...] Post confirms that there is no discernible evidence of discrimination confronting U.S. suppliers or bidders regarding airport construction projects. Currently, the GOCR is working with the Airport Development Corporation/Houston Airport Systems (ADC/HAS),an American, Canadian, and Brazilian [...]	2009-04-27 16:44:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE364	COSTA RICAN PORTS: ANOTHER CAFTA SAGA IN THE MAKING? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Stakeholders in the operation of Costa Rica's major port, the Limon-Moin complex on the Caribbean, struggle to find a solution to the competing interests of delivering international port services, developing the impoverished Limon region, upgrading long-neglected port plant and [...]	2009-04-30 21:52:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EWWT ELAB PGOV PREL CS
09SANJOSE497	U.S.-CHILEAN JOINT INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE LAUNCHES IN [...] From May 18-21, a Treasury Department team from the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) met with Costa Rican government leaders and private sector officials to consider how to meet Costa Rica's national infrastructure challenges. The meetings represented the first step of Treasury's and the [...]	2009-06-17 12:35:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CS CI
09SANJOSE498	LULA'S VISIT TO COSTA RICA - PROMOTING TRADE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Costa Rica June 2-3 to advance cooperation between the Mercado Comun del Cono Sur (MERCOSUR) and the Sistema de Integracion Centroamericana (SICA),of which Costa Rica will assume the Presidency in July, and to strengthen bil [...]	2009-06-17 16:33:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PREL BR CS
09SANJOSE651	GOCR'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES: SICA, UNSC AND A [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, Costa Rican MFA Director of Foreign Policy Alejandro Solano gave a presentation to representatives of the diplomatic corps on Costa Rica's foreign policy priorities over the next six months. Solano focused on Costa Rica's six-month presidency of the Central America [...]	2009-07-31 14:22:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IO KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CS
09SANJOSE703	CAN COSTA RICA FINISH MODERNIZING ITS AIRPORT? [...] SUMMARY (U) Modernization of Costa Rica's main international airport, San Jose's Juan Santamaria, stalled for over five years as a result of contract disagreements between the GOCR and the operator/developer Alterra. Realizing that an acceptable solution would be impossible to reach, Alterra s [...]	2009-08-19 12:27:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EFIN EIND EINV PREL PGOV CS
09SANJOSE917	COSTA RICA: OPIC FINANCE APPLICATION FOR JUAN [...] Embassy San Jose fully supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (OPIC) plan to provide a USD 55 million loan to Alterra Partners Costa Rica, S.A. (APCR),the operator of San Jose's Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO). The loan -) in addition to a USD 45 million Inter-Am [...]	2009-10-27 01:02:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	CS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EINV
09SANJOSE973	Georgia seeks Latin American allies on territorial integrity [...] (SBU) As part of its campaign to prevent additional Latin American countries from recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a delegation from Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited Costa Rica November 16-18. MFA Head of the Americas Department Otar Berdzenishvili told us that Georgia was [...]	2009-11-27 20:11:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CS GG
09SANSALVADOR1008	RESTREPO ASSURES FUNES HIS SUCCESS MATTERS TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Latin America Daniel Restrepo told President Funes October 23 his government's success was important to the White House and praised Funes' Honduras policy. Funes noted the challenge of deteriorating public security and said divisions in (conservative, oppo [...]	2009-10-26 21:08:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HO ES
09SANSALVADOR1043	SALVADORAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE'S NOVEMBER 8-14 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With national polices promoting the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and biofuels stalled in the GOES, the Novemeber 8-14 visit of El Salvador's Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG),Manuel Sevilla, to Iowa and Washington, will provide an excellent opportunity [...]	2009-11-05 16:15:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EAGR ETRD ES
09SANSALVADOR1069	Your Visit to El Salvador [...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador warmly welcomes you to El Salvador. Your visit reinforces the U.S. policy of active engagement with the GOES, which strengthens the moderate, pragmatic elements in the new government. President Mauricio Funes has stated his desire to make the U.S. and Brazil [...]	2009-11-17 20:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR1099	Your Visits to El Salvador [...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador warmly welcomes you to El Salvador. Your visits will reinforce the U.S. policy of active engagement with the left-of-center GOES, which strengthens the moderate, pragmatic elements in the new government. President Mauricio Funes has an 80 pct approval rating; [...]	2009-12-07 22:41:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS ECON ES
09SANSALVADOR206	MARCH 15 SALVADORAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 24. 2. (C) Summary and action request: March 15 marks the culmination of El Salvador's hotly-contested presidential campaign. (Left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) candidate Mauricio Funes has held a significant le [...]	2009-03-11 14:29:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR229	FUNES TAKES PRESIDENCY IN SMOOTH, EFFICIENT [...] (C) Summary: (Left-wing) Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) candidate Mauricio Funes has won the presidency of El Salvador. Funes claimed victory at approximately 9:30 PM local time, after 90 percent of the votes had been counted. As of the morning of March 16, the Supreme Elec [...]	2009-03-16 22:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR244	EL SALVADOR: ENGAGING PRESIDENT-ELECT FUNES [...] (S) Tom, your visit here had great impact, building upon President Obama's congratulatory call to President-Elect Funes, and Embassy's aggressive engagement of Funes and the FMLN for the past year. For most of that time, and even now, everyone has been speculating over whether a Funes-led GOES [...]	2009-03-20 16:40:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD PINR ES
09SANSALVADOR272	FMLN AND PCN: INTERNAL JOCKEYING FOR POWER [...] (C) Summary: FMLN President-elect Mauricio Funes exerted his authority March 21, declaring in paid, full-page advertisements in all four major newspapers that he will be the only person authorized to speak publicly about his administration's policies during the transition period. The pronounc [...]	2009-03-26 20:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR321	GOES DISCUSSES TRANSITION AND PATHWAYS WITH A/S [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held separate meetings March 18 with President Saca, Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta, President-elect Mauricio Funes and ARENA Presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila. He also attended several press conferences and a reception with private business sec [...]	2009-04-07 19:54:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD OVIP SHANNON ES
09SANSALVADOR322	A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES TRANSITION WITH FUNES AND [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held separate meetings March 18 with President Saca, Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta, President-elect Mauricio Funes and ARENA Presidential candidate Rodrigo Avila. He also attended several press conferences and a reception with private business sec [...]	2009-04-07 20:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD OVIP SHANNON ES
09SANSALVADOR335	EL SALVADOR INTERESTED IN ENERGY AND CLIMATE [...] Post delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Economy energy advisor Salvador Rivas and Felix Ulloa, who is coordinating Ministry of Foreign Affairs' preparations for the Summit of the Americas. Rivas expressed strong interest in the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) [...]	2009-04-15 22:16:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM ECON ENRG SENV
09SANSALVADOR359	WILSON CENTER DELEGATION VISITS EL SALVADOR [...] (C) Summary: The Woodrow Wilson Center's Wilson Center on the Hill program sponsored a non-official Congressional delegation to El Salvador, April 13-15, to explore security and trade in Central America. During their visit, Congressmen Sensenbrenner, Roskam, and Nunes met with President-elect [...]	2009-04-23 14:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR445	YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador welcomes you to El Salvador and considers your visit a timely and necessary exertion of U.S. influence over a new Salvadoran government that is still seeking its own identity. President-Elect Mauricio Funes, who ran as a U.S.-friendly moderate, has stated hi [...]	2009-05-21 15:36:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR462	FUNES MEETS WITH CHAVEZ, RELATIONSHIP WILL IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: Salvadoran Foreign Minister-designate Hugo Martinez told PolCouns May 21 that he and President-elect Mauricio Funes approached their May 20 meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with trepidation, but Chavez was welcoming and respectful, and the meeting went smoothly. Marti [...]	2009-05-22 23:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR47	EL SALVADOR: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of El Salvador views foreign investment as crucial for economic growth and development and has taken numerous [...]	2009-01-15 22:28:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR ES
09SANSALVADOR494	FUNES INAUGURAL ADDRESS PROMISES RELIEF FOR POOR, [...] (U) Summary: Mauricio Funes, of the left-wing FMLN, was sworn in as President of El Salvador on Monday, June 1. Addressing a full house of invited heads of state and government, foreign ministers, diplomats, local dignitaries, and the public, Funes announced plans for an ambitious program of " [...]	2009-06-03 15:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ES PGOV PREL
09SANSALVADOR531	GOES TO WAIT BEFORE DECIDING ON SUPPORT FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 21:34:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA ES
09SANSALVADOR6	OAS AND IOA HOLD REGIONAL CONFERENCES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] SUMMARY: The OAS and the Institute of the Americas (IOA) organized two USG-funded regional conferences on renewable energy in San Salvador on December 11-12. At the December 11 OAS conference, delegates from Central and North America discussed their current energy matrices and policies to imp [...]	2009-01-06 14:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV EPET ES
09SANSALVADOR647	NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE OUTLINES VISION FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. New Minister of Agriculture Manuel Sevilla discussed his Ministry's role in the Government of El Salvador's (GOES) "anti-crisis" plan and his views on agricultural assistance during a June 25 courtesy call. The Ministry of Agriculture's anti-crisis program will focus on a combina [...]	2009-07-08 21:46:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PGOV SOCI EFIN ES
09SANSALVADOR686	NEW GOES UNDECIDED ON FUTURE OF BIOFUELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to new Minister of Economy Hector Dada, the Government of El Salvador (GOES) is undecided about its biofuels policy but appreciates the assistance provided under the U.S. - Brazil Biofuels Initiative. The National Energy Council (CNE) will be developing an overall ene [...]	2009-07-20 22:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR PREL EAID ES
09SANSALVADOR802	YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (S) Summary: Embassy San Salvador warmly welcomes you to El Salvador. Your visit reinforces the U.S. policy of active engagement with the GOES, which strengthens the moderate, pragmatic elements in the new government. President Mauricio Funes has stated his desire to make the U.S. and Brazil [...]	2009-08-26 16:22:00	Embassy San Salvador	SECRET	PGOV MARR ES
09SANSALVADOR813	ARMS DEALER SAYS POLICE MOVING AWAY FROM US WEAPONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to one of El Salvador's largest arms dealers, the National Civil Police (PNC) is moving away from US-made weaponry and shifting suppliers to a prominent backer of President Funes. The Salvadoran military, however, remains committed to purchasing US-made equipment. Nei [...]	2009-08-28 19:07:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ASEC MCAP PARM ES
09SANSALVADOR816	EL SALVADOR STILL UNDECIDED ON JOINING PETROCARIBE [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister for External Cooperation Jaime Miranda told Econcouns August 28 that President Funes remained undecided on whether to join Petrocaribe. The Salvadoran press had reported in early August that Miranda would be starting negotiations with the Government of Venezuela, but [...]	2009-08-28 21:52:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EAID ENRG PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR864	SALVADORAN MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The newly appointed Salvadoran Minister of the Environment, Herman Rosa Chavez, will be in Washington on September 21 to meet with OES A/S Jones and EPA officials. USAID is sponsoring this trip to discuss El Salvador's interest in pollution control and prevention and to further [...]	2009-09-17 12:58:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EAGR ETRD ES
09SANSALVADOR880	LAUNCHING OF VITAL VOICES EL SALVADOR [...] Summary: On September 17, Salvadorans launched their Vital Voices Global Network Affiliate Chapter, with the goal of identifying, mentoring and developing the next generation of women leaders in business, politics, civic society and the media. The president and vice president of the Salvadora [...]	2009-09-21 20:25:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KPAO PGOV ECON ES

09SANSALVADOR908	CLOSER TIES TO BRAZIL MAY SPUR APPROVAL OF ETHANOL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Funes' recent trip to Brazil has placed biofuels prominently on El Salvador's national economic agenda. Taking advantage of the renewed GOES interest in crafting a biofuels policy, including mandating a 10 percent ethanol mix for domestic gasoline supplies, Post hosted [...]	2009-09-25 21:32:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR PREL EAID ES

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