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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00HARARE3084 |
DETENTION OF CUBAN DEFECTORS BY ZIMBABWE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. 2. (C) PER REFTEL INSTRUCTION, ON JUNE 8 AMBASSADOR MCDONALD TELEPHONED MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY MACHIVENYIKA MAPURANGA, THE HIGHEST AVAILABLE OFFICIAL, TO REGISTER THE USG'S SERIOUS CONCERN WITH THE W [...] |
2000-06-08 11:41:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CMGT ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3096 |
ZIMBABWE MAKES NO DECISION ON REFUGEE STATUS, [...] (C) UNITED NATIONS RESIDENT COORDINATOR CARLOS LOPES INFORMED AMBASSADOR MCDONALD LATE ON JUNE 8 THAT THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT REFUGEE COMMITTEE HAD DELIBERATED ON THE CASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS PENA MARTINEZ FOR THREE HOURS AND TOOK NO FORMAL DECISION. INST [...] |
2000-06-08 16:28:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CMGT ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3105 |
CUBANS STILL IN JAIL, INS OFFICER ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) ON JUNE 8 AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE WITH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY MACHIVENYIKA MAPURANGA TO REITERATE OUR DESIRE TO SOLVE QUICKLY THE REFUGEE CASE OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS PENA MARTINEZ. THE AMBASSADOR INFORMED THE PERMANENT SECRETARY THAT [...] |
2000-06-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF CMGT ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3112 |
CUBAN DOCTORS TO FLY TO NAIROBI TO COMPLETE [...] (SBU) REGIONAL INS OFFICER SANJEETA VARSANI ARRIVED IN HARARE FROM NAIROBI THE MORNING OF JUNE 9 AND WAS MET BY CONSUL. THE PAIR WENT DIRECTLY TO UNCHR. JOHN ADU, WHO INFORMED THEM THAT THE GOZ HAD NOT YET AUTHORIZED THE MEETING WITH THE CUBANS, GREETED CONSUL AND VARSANI. ADU THEN IMMEDIAT [...] |
2000-06-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL CU ZI |
| 00HARARE3160 |
ZIMBABWE REPORTEDLY WANTS CUBANS DOCTORS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR OFFICIALS ADU AND SALOMONS CONTINUED IN THEIR QUEST TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS JUNE 12, AT ONE POINT TELLING THE INS OFFICER TO LEAVE THEM TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY. THEY HAD NO OBJECTION TO [...] |
2000-06-12 17:25:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3162 |
KENYANS REFUSE TO ISSUE TRANSIT VISAS FOR CUBAN [...] (C) ON JUNE 13, AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE WITH AMBASSADOR DR. HUKKA WARIO, HIGH COMMISSIONER OF KENYA TO ZIMBABWE, TO SECURE THE LATTER'S ASSISTANCE IN ISSUING TRANSIT VISAS FOR CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ. OVER THE JUNE 10-11 WEEKEND HIGH COMMISS [...] |
2000-06-13 09:18:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU KE |
| 00HARARE3164 |
UNHCR LAWYER SKETCHES OUT POSSIBLE END GAME FOR [...] (C) A DOWNCAST MICHIEL SALOMONS (PROTECT) BRIEFED DCM ON JUNE 13 ON WHAT HE VIEWS AS A WORSENING OUTLOOK FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ. SALOMONS, WHO CONTINUES TO GET THE RUNAROUND FROM ZIMBABWEAN AUTHORITIES, ALSO [...] |
2000-06-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3231 |
UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) ON JUNE 14 LUSAKA-BASED UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT HE HAD MET WITH A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS IN HARARE WITH RESPECT TO THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PEN [...] |
2000-06-14 17:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3263 |
UNHCR: PRESIDENT MUGABE TO MAKE DECISION ON [...] (C) ON JUNE 15 LUSAKA-BASED UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT HE HAD MET WITH A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS IN HARARE WITH RESPECT TO THE CASES OF CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PEN [...] |
2000-06-15 18:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3264 |
ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT MAKES NO DECISION ON [...] (C) ON JUNE 16 UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED NO INFORMATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE ON A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL DECISION TO RELEASE CUBANS DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ TO THE CUSTODY OF THE UNHCR. UNHCR REGIONAL REP [...] |
2000-06-16 08:54:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3277 |
CUBAN DOCTORS SHUFFLED TO ANOTHER IMMIGRATION [...] (C) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 17 THAT CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM GOROMONZI REMAND CENTER TO ANOTHER, UNDISCLOSED (TO US) LOCATION WITHIN HARARE, STILL UNDER THE CONTROL [...] |
2000-06-19 11:38:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3323 |
HANDING OVER CUBAN DOCTORS' PASSPORTS TO UNHCR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUESTED MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) DCM AND CONSUL MET WITH UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS THE MORNING OF JUNE 20 IN RESPONSE TO HIS REQUEST THAT THE PASSPORTS OF CUBAN DOCTORS' LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ BE GIVEN TO U [...] |
2000-06-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3344 |
UNHCR TO PROPOSE RESETTLING CUBAN DOCTORS IN [...] (C) UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD ON JUNE 20 THAT HE WOULD BE DELIVERING THAT DAY A LETTER FROM UNITED NATIONS DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES SOREN JESSEN-PETERSEN TO ZIMBABWEAN VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH MSIKA THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIR [...] |
2000-06-20 16:05:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3349 |
THE UNHCR EFFORT TO FREE THE CUBAN DOCTORS [...] (C) UNHCR ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS INFORMED CONSUL ON JUNE 21 THAT DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ NOW HAVE VISAS STAMPED IN THEIR CUBAN PASSPORTS ALLOWING TRAVEL TO THE UNSPECIFIED COUNTRY WILLING TO RECEIVE THEM. HE SAID THAT IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ATTEMP [...] |
2000-06-21 09:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3485 |
CUBAN DOCTORS LIKELY TO BE RETURNED TO [...] (C) ON JUNE 26 UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE TOLD CONSUL THAT CUBAN DOCTORS LEONEL CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ AND NORIS DEL CARMEN PENA MARTINEZ WERE STILL AT THE RHODESVILLE REMAND CENTER, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT HAD MOVED THEM ON JUNE 17. HE THOUGHT THAT THE CUBANS WOULD BE RETURNED T [...] |
2000-06-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE3563 |
ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DEFER [...] (C) IN INTRODUCING CONSUL TO DOMINIC BARTSCH, UNHCR SENIOR DURABLE SOLUTIONS OFFICER (THE UN OFFICER REPLACING ATTORNEY MICHIEL SALOMONS), UNHCR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OLUSEYI BAJULAIYE SAID THAT MOVEMENT ON THE RELEASE OF THE CUBAN DOCTORS HAD GROUND TO A HALT. HE TOLD US THAT THERE HAD BEEN [...] |
2000-06-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ZI CU |
| 00HARARE5969 |
ZIMBABWE LIKELY TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF CUBA'S UN [...] (C) CHARGE DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE ON OCTOBER 24 TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 05969 241346Z SENIOR MFA ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND ACTING AMERICA'S DESK OFFICER ARTHUR CHINGONO IN THE ABSENCE OF MORE SENIOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS. DRAWING ON REFTEL TALKING PO [...] |
2000-10-24 13:49:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI CU |
| 01HAVANA4690 |
CUBA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2001-12-14 13:43:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CU |
| 01VATICAN1436 |
CARITAS INTERNATIONAL ON CUBA - "CAUTIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY OFFICERS MET 2/7 WITH VATICAN NGO "CARITAS INTERNATIONAL" CUBA SPECIALISTS FOR A CONVERSATION ON CARITAS' HUMANITARIAN WORK IN CUBA. THE OFFICIALS WERE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY AND THE ROLE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. THEY CLAIMED CARITAS CUBA ENJOY [...] |
2001-03-14 16:48:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF CU |
| 01VATICAN3619 |
CUBA - POPE ATTACKS US EMBARGO AND COMMUNISM [...] POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS RE-ISSUED A STRONG CONDEMNATION OF THE US ECONOMIC EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA. SPEAKING AT A JULY 6 AUDIENCE WITH CUBAN BISHOPS VISITING VATICAN CITY THE POPE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03619 091432Z REPEATED HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBARGO A [...] |
2001-07-09 15:16:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID ETTC CU VT |
| 02ABUJA1254 |
58TH UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: CUBA [...] (C) Further to Ref A, PolCouns April 19 passed a copy of the draft Cuba resolution and diplomatic Note to Principal Secretary to President Obasanjo, Stephen Oronsaye. PolCouns SIPDIS emphasized that GRULAC states had come forward to sponsor and support the resolution and that the resolution [...] |
2002-04-22 12:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM UNHRC PREL AORC CU NI |
| 02AMMAN6609 |
CUBA/UNGA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] (U) On November 11, Poloff conveyed reftel demarche urging Jordan to oppose, or at least abstain on, Cuba's anti-embargo UNGA resolution to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's IO Department. Aamiri promised that the MFA would review the information we provided and share it with Jordan's [...] |
2002-11-12 10:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM JO CU UNGA |
| 02HAVANA7763 |
(CUBA) 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL. 2. A) THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM. THE GOC REMAINS OPPOSED TO THE U.S.-LED COALITION PROSECUTING THE WAR ON GLOBAL TERRORISM AND IS ACTIVELY CRITICAL OF MANY ASSOCI [...] |
2002-11-15 16:16:00 | US Interests Section Havana | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CU |
| 02ROME1649 |
(C) ITALY: LUKEWARM SUPPORT FOR PROJECT VARELA [...] (U) POLOFF DELIVERED REF A DEMARCHE MARCH 26 TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 01649 031054Z AMBASSADOR NICCOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. GORETTI IS A FORMER AMBASSADOR TO NICARAGUA. 2. (C) ACCORDING T [...] |
2002-04-03 10:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU IT UNHRC |
| 02ROME3669 |
ITALY PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO CUBANS SELECTED BY [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICA NICOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI TOLD POLOFF JULY 23 THAT THE GOI PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO CUBANS AS PART OF A FIFTEEN-YEAR OLD CULTURAL-SCIENTIFIC ACCORD BETWEEN THE GOI AND GOC. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE ACCORD, THE GOC CH [...] |
2002-07-25 07:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID CU IT UN |
| 02ROME3672 |
ITALY WILL GET OUT THE VOTE IN ECOSOC ON CHR CUBA [...] (C) ON JULY 23, IN SEPARATE MEETINGS AT THE MFA, POLOFF PRESENTED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO NICOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI AND EMANUELE PIGNATELLI, RESPECTIVELY OFFICE DIRECTORS FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. PIGNATELLI CONFIRMED THE GOI'S INTENTION TO VOTE FOR THE RESOLUTION AGAIN AND TO [...] |
2002-07-25 11:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02ROME5355 |
GOI COMMITTED TO BUT PESSIMISTIC ABOUT EU-CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO A HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS NICOLO' GORETTI SHARED INFORMATION ON HOW THE GOI AND OTHER EU MEMBERS VIEWED CUBA AND THE EU DIALOGUE WITH IT. HE LOCATED ITALY IN A "PRO-ENGAGEMENT" GROUP ALONG WITH OTHER " [...] |
2002-10-31 14:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02ROME5543 |
CUBA/UNGA: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO A DEMARCHE ON THE CUBAN ANTI-EMBARGO RESOLUTION, MFA COUNSELOR GORETTI STATED THAT THE GOI WOULD VOTE THE AGREED EU POSITION. HE DISAGREED WITH U.S. POINTS ON THE SCOPE OF THE EMBARGO, ITS IMPLEMENTATIO [...] |
2002-11-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM CU IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3076 |
(S) CUBAN NOMINEE FOR AMBASSADOR TO HONDURAS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9. 2. (S) Summary: A Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs official has told the Embassy that the GOH has accepted the Cuban nomination of Dr. Elis Alberto Gonzalez Polanco, Chief of the Cuban Medical Brigades in Honduras, as the first Cuban [...] |
2002-11-07 23:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETTC PINR PTER ASEC EAID HO CU |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3132 |
(S) HONDURAS HAS MANY CUBAN DOCTORS; MADURO [...] (S) Summary: There are approximately 100-225 Cuban doctors and nurses in Honduras. A bilateral treaty between the GOH and the GOC governs the program. In addition, there are approximately 500 Hondurans studying medicine in Cuba on GOC scholarships. President Ricardo Maduro told Ambassador [...] |
2002-11-15 21:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PREL EAID PGOV ETTC PINR SMIG ASEC HO CU |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3145 |
(S) HONDURAS HAS MANY CUBAN DOCTORS; MADURO [...] (S) Summary: There are approximately 100-225 Cuban doctors and nurses in Honduras. A bilateral treaty between the GOH and the GOC governs the program. In addition, there are approximately 500 Hondurans studying medicine in Cuba on GOC scholarships. President Ricardo Maduro told Ambassador [...] |
2002-11-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PREL EAID PGOV ETTC PINR SMIG ASEC HO CU |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3206 |
HONDURAN FM TELLS AMBASSADOR GOH HAS ACCEPTED [...] (C) Ambassador met with Honduran Foreign Minister Guillermo Perez-Cadalso Arias November 21 at Perez-Cadalso's request. FM Perez-Cadalso told Ambassador that the GOH had decided to accept the Cuban nomination of Dr. Elis Alberto Gonzalez Polanco, Chief of the Cuban Medical Brigade, as the fir [...] |
2002-11-22 23:10:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PREL EAID PGOV ETTC PINR ASEC HO CU |
| 02VATICAN1152 |
SANT'EGIDIO THANKS UNCLE SAM AND CHIDES [...] (U) ANDREA RICCARDI, FOUNDER OF THE SANT'EGIDIO COMMUNITY, HOSTED AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS 2/19 AT A DINNER IN RECOGNITION OF THE ORGANIZATION'S CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 01152 051435Z USG. RICCARDI EXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR CONTINUIN [...] |
2002-03-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CO CU IT MZ PHUM PREL SOCI VT ZL |
| 02VATICAN298 |
VATICAN REPORTS EYES ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) THE VATICAN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN DESK OFFICER ADVISED POLOFF 1/16 THAT U.S. TREATMENT OF DETAINEES AT THE GUANTANAMO BASE AND ELSEWHERE HAD BECOME A SALIENT QUESTION IN HIS VATICAN MEETINGS, BOTH IN-HOUSE AND WITH FOREIGN DIPLOMATS. IN PARTICULAR, MSGR. LUIS MARIANO DE MONTEMAYOR, [...] |
2002-01-18 16:30:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | AG CU MOPS PHUM PREL VT |
| 02VATICAN5471 |
HOLY SEE CAUTIOUS ON CUBAN DISSIDENTS [...] (C) HOLY SEE DIRECTOR OF CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS PAINTED A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 05471 01 OF 02 080949Z PICTURE OF A DEFENSIVE CUBAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN A NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH POLOFFS TO DISCUSS CUBA AND VENEZUELA (VENEZUELA REPORTED SEPTEL). MSGR. GIORGIO [...] |
2002-11-08 08:39:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CU VT VTPREL |
| 03AMMAN7088 |
DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S RESOLUTION AGAINST U.S. [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel talking points October 30 to Ayman Al-Amiri, Acting Head of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Amiri promised to closely review our request to oppose or abstain on the resolution, but admitted that it was "unlikely" that [...] |
2003-10-30 16:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD CU JO UNGA |
| 03ANKARA6747 |
DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-28 10:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CU ETTC PREL TU |
| 03BRASILIA3069 |
BRAZIL: LOOSE TALK ABOUT BNDES CREDIT FOR CUBA [...] (U) Some local media late last week reported that President Lula's upcoming call on Castro in Havana would feature the announcement of a USD 400 million line of credit from BNDES, Brazil's national development bank. Though loosely headlined as GoB "aid," the money in question by all appearanc [...] |
2003-09-23 15:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN ECON BR CU |
| 03BRUSSELS3186 |
EU CUBA POLICY: EMPHASIZING THE "CRITICAL" IN THE [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 10. 2. (C) Summary: On June 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche (ref a) and discussed the EU's announced reevaluation of its common position on Cuba. Karl Buck (protect) of the EU Council Secretariat, said that the visit to Cuba of the Austrian Just [...] |
2003-06-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03BRUSSELS5113 |
EU ON CUBA: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, Poloff discussed EU Cuba policy with Karl Buck, Latin America Division Chief in the EU Council Secretariat. He said the EU Latin America Working Group (COLAT) had affirmed unanimously on November 4 the punitive measures the EU had announced in June in response to [...] |
2003-11-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03BUENOSAIRES1747 |
ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER TAKES OFFICE WITH PREDICTABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: NESTOR KIRCHNER'S MAY 25 INAUGURAL ADDRESS WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIS CAMPAIGN MESSAGES ADVOCATING A GREATER STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY WHILE AT THE SAME TIME MAINTAINING FISCAL DISCIPLINE. HE REPEATED HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO GIVE PROMINENCE OF PLACE TO ARGENTINA'S RELATIONS WITH [...] |
2003-05-28 20:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL AR CU |
| 03COLOMBO1852 |
Demarche opposing Cuba's UN Resolution against [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-27 09:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA ETRD CE MV CU |
| 03COLOMBO499 |
Cuba: Mission conveys points on crackdown [...] (C) Per Reftel, Mission has conveyed points requesting the government of Sri Lanka to call for the release of those arrested in Cuba's crackdown against the opposition. The GSL has not yet responded to our points. 2. (U) Minimize considered. WILLS [...] |
2003-03-25 10:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE CU UN |
| 03COLOMBO626 |
Ambassador presses Foreign Minister to support [...] (C) Ambassador Wills spoke to Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando this morning (April 10) and urged the GSL to support the resolution re Cuba now before the UNCHR. Fernando remarked that Sri Lanka had traditionally abstained on the Cuba vote. The Ambassador reviewed Ref A talking p [...] |
2003-04-10 06:55:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CE CU UNCHR |
| 03COLOMBO639 |
Foreign Secretary indicates that GSL plans to [...] (C) Following up on his conversation with FM Fernando yesterday (see Ref A), Ambassador Wills spoke to Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo today (April 11) re the resolution on Cuba now before the UNCHR. Rodrigo said the GSL's current plan was to abstain on the vote while issuing a "s [...] |
2003-04-11 05:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CE CU UNCHR |
| 03COLOMBO782 |
Mission conveys urgent talking points re [...] (U) Classified by Lewis Amselem, Deputy Chief of Mission. Reasons 1.5 (b, d) 2. (C) Per Reftel, Mission has conveyed the urgent talking points re countering Cuban misinformation to the Sri Lankan government and the government of the Republic of Maldives. WILLS [...] |
2003-05-12 03:27:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CE MV CU |
| 03COLOMBO847 |
Mission conveys Secretary Powell's letter to Sri Lanka re [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-21 09:26:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC PHUM CE CU |
| 03GUATEMALA1066 |
CUBA VOTE PROVOKES LARGELY POSITIVE REACTIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Unlike previous years, Guatemala's vote in favor of the 2003 Cuba resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission drew favorable editorials in the press. Cuba's repression of dissidents and the execution of the three hijackers led to a steady stream of press criticism of Castro's [...] |
2003-04-24 15:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR GT CU |
| 03GUATEMALA275 |
GUATEMALAN COSPONSORSHIP OF CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) I have misgivings about our seeking Guatemalan co-sponsorship of the UNHRC resolution on Cuba (seeking a yes vote would be different). There is the question, first, whether Guatemalan support would be a genuine asset to the effort in Geneva. As the Department is aware, violence and thr [...] |
2003-01-31 20:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PHUM PREL GT UNCHR |
| 03GUATEMALA2759 |
GUATEMALA ON CUBAN EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT UN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-29 18:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CU GT UNGA |
| 03GUATEMALA317 |
RULING PARTY OFFICIAL CALLS FOR SUPPORT FOR CUBA [...] Aristedes Crespo, Floor Leader for the ruling FRG party in Congress, used the visit of three Cuban legislators to announce in Congress that the FRG would press President Portillo to support Cuba at this year's UNCHR in Geneva. Crespo said his remarks were in response to Cuba's long-standing so [...] |
2003-02-05 21:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CU GT UNCHR |
| 03GUATEMALA511 |
FEBRUARY 25 DINNER WITH PRESIDENT PORTILLO [...] (S) Summary: In a one-on-one dinner, President Portillo committed to making his decision on the UNHRC Cuba issue "in a calm moment," promised to energize his Labor ministry on issues of labor justice, issued instructions to his Agriculture Minister (by phone during dinner) to get the Mediter [...] |
2003-02-26 16:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CU ELAB PHUM SNAR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA533 |
VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO CUBA SPURS SPECULATION [...] (C) Summary: A glowing press conference by Vice President Reyes after an official visit to Cuba fueled speculation that some in the GOG are reconsidering Cuba policy. Reyes hinted that Guatemala would abstain on the Cuba vote at the UNCHR, did not rule out voting with Cuba, and said that he b [...] |
2003-02-27 18:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU GT UNCHR |
| 03GUATEMALA636 |
MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) Ambassador met one on one for a few minutes with FM Gutierrez March 7 on the heels of the fourth high-level working group meeting on narcotics, which the two had just chaired. That meeting is being reported septel. Following is a quick rundown: Gutierrez in Washington -------------- [...] |
2003-03-10 22:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS BEXP GT CU KICC |
| 03GUATEMALA770 |
MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PROTILLO [...] (C) Summary: Over dinner at the residence March 22, President Portillo acknowledged that Guatemala ought to support a UNHCR resolution on Cuba but said he has a problem with General Rios Montt's resentment over U.S. opposition to his presidential candidacy. Portillo said Guatemala agreed with [...] |
2003-03-24 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELAB PGOV KTIA MARR SNAR KDEM PHUM EFIN ETRD CU IR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA784 |
GUATEMALA RESPONSE TO CUBAN CRACKDOWN AGAINST [...] (C) In a March 22 meeting with President Alfonso Portillo, the Ambassador raised USG concerns (Ref A) over the Cuban crackdown against the opposition. As noted in Ref B, Portillo acknowledged that the arrests carried out by the Cuban Government were worrisome, but stopped short of committing [...] |
2003-03-25 22:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU GT UNHRC |
| 03GUATEMALA890 |
EMBASSY DISCUSSES IRAQ AND CUBA WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary: Embassy and USAID Officers met with Guatemalan human rights leaders Frank LaRue, Claudia Samayoa and Orlando Blanco on April 2 to discuss developments in the establishment of CICIACS (septel) and to express Embassy disappointment with the participation of members of their organizatio [...] |
2003-04-03 16:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ASEC IZ CU GT |
| 03GUATEMALA932 |
GUATEMALA STILL NON-COMMITTAL ON UNHRC CUBA [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez on April 3, and raised reftel talking points requesting GOG co-sponsorhip of a UNHRC resolution on Cuba. The Ambassador noted that, to avoid unnecessary controversy, the draft resolution presented by three Latin American countries di [...] |
2003-04-08 15:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU GT UNCHR |
| 03GUATEMALA955 |
EMBASSY CALLS ON RULING PARTY TO URGE PORTILLO TO [...] (U) On April 9, the Guatemalan Congress passed an unscheduled resolution calling on President Portillo to abstain in the upcoming UNCHR resolution on Cuba. Only one independent congressman, Emilio Saca, voted against the measure, saying that the Government of Cuba should be censured for its d [...] |
2003-04-09 23:05:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR CU GT UNCHR |
| 03HANOI264 |
VIETNAM'S "TRADITIONAL FRIENDS" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vietnam has strived to maintain good ties with a number of the world's most troubling states, including Cuba, Iraq, North Korea (DPRK), Iran, Libya, Sudan, and Syria. With the exception of Sudan and Syria, all have embassies in Hanoi. These relations are largely an outgrowth [...] |
2003-02-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD PTER CU IR IZ KN SU SY VM DPRK |
| 03HANOI462 |
VIETNAM: CASTRO VISITS HANOI - ACCORDING TO A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cuban President Fidel Castro and an entourage of over 100 government and business officials made a "successful" and carefully scripted visit to Hanoi from February 21-23, on his way to the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Kuala Lumpur. This was Castor's third visit to Vie [...] |
2003-02-26 08:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER CU VM |
| 03ISTANBUL1617 |
ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH CONTEMPLATES CUBA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarchate leadership confirms that Patriarch Bartholomew is considering a trip to Cuba on January 21, 2004 to dedicate a new Orthodox Church. Now aware of USG concerns about the trip, the Patriarch may reconsider. Action request in para 5. End Summary. 2. (C) [...] |
2003-11-03 05:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM TU CU |
| 03ISTANBUL1710 |
ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH CONFIRMS CUBA TRAVEL PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew still plans to travel to Cuba in January, 2004, to attend the opening of an Orthodox church in Havana. Bartholomew did not take USG and international concerns into account in deciding on this trip, focusing instead on competition with the Russian [...] |
2003-11-17 10:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU CU |
| 03NASSAU2124 |
BAHAMIAN DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVES TO CUBA AND CHINA [...] (C) Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell is pursuing a new activist foreign policy focused around overtures to both Cuba and the People's Republic of China. Both Havana and Beijing should be pleased. Reportedly, The Bahamas will send a resident consul general to Havana and, in addition t [...] |
2003-10-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV BF CU UK |
| 03OTTAWA1018 |
CANADA-CUBA: FOREIGN MINISTER STRONGLY PROTESTS [...] (C) On April 7, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham called in Cuba's ambassador to Canada to formally protest the recent arrests and trials of Cuban opposition members. According to Louise Branch, DFAIT's Deputy Director for Central America and Cuba, who was present at the meeting [...] |
2003-04-09 13:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU CA UNCHR |
| 03OTTAWA1109 |
CANADA SUPPORTS COSTA RICAN AMENDMENT TO CUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-16 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CU CA UNHRC |
| 03OTTAWA2028 |
CANADA APPRECIATES REAL STORY ON FIVE CUBAN SPIES [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-17 14:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU CA |
| 03OTTAWA897 |
CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO RAISE OPPOSITION ARRESTS IN [...] (C) Post delivered ref A talking points to Kimberly Cowan, Cuba desk officer in DFAIT's Latin America and Caribbean Bureau, on March 24. In a follow-up discussion March 27, Cowan advised poloff that Canada is responding as follows to the arrests of the opposition members. First, Canada has exp [...] |
2003-03-27 17:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU CA UNHCR |
| 03OTTAWA964 |
CANADA TO CO-SPONSOR CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-03 21:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CU CA UNCHR |
| 03ROME241 |
ITALIAN MFA ON CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE AND [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST (PARA 4). 2. (C) POLOFF DELIVERED REF A AND B MESSAGES JANUARY 16 TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN NICOLO' GORETTI DE FLAMINI. IN RESPONSE TO REF A, THE ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE, GORETTI REPLIED, "DON'T QUOTE ME, [...] |
2003-01-21 12:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU IT CACS HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 03ROME3516 |
CUBAN CHARGE RESPONDS TO ITALIAN DEMARCHE: "NOBODY [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IN REF EMAILS, ON JULY 30 EMBASSY ROME PASSED THE DEPARTMENT'S STATEMENT ON IMPRISONED CUBAN DISSIDENT MARTA BEATRICE ROQUE'S HEALTH TO MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BONIVER'S OFFICE AND TO MFA OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS NICCOLO [...] |
2003-08-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IT CU HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 03ROME4439 |
ITALY: EU PRESIDENCY WILL WORK TO DISSUADE EU REP [...] (C) POL M/C AND POLOFF MET WITH MFA CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES OFFICE DIRECTOR, NICOLO GORETTI AND MFA LATIN AMERICA EU LEAD MINISTER GIULIO CESARE PICCIRILLI AND DELIVERED POINTS (REF) ON KARL BURK'S PLANS TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL SUMMIT ON CUBA. POL M/C STATED THAT IT WAS UNFO [...] |
2003-09-26 18:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CU IT EUN |
| 03ROME4924 |
CUBAN RESOLUTION AGAINST US EMBARGO: EU WILL VOTE [...] (U) ANDREINA MARSELLA, MFA CUBA DESK OFFICER, TOLD POLOFF ON OCTOBER 29 THAT, ALTHOUGH HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN CUBA, THE EU WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE CUBAN RESOLUTION. MARSELLA INFORMED POLOFF THAT THE DECISION HAD BEEN REACHED DURING AN EU LATIN AMERICA WORKING [...] |
2003-10-29 15:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CU IT UNGA |
| 03ROME5583 |
CUBAN CHARM OFFENSIVE: USUAL AUDIENCE PRIMED, BUT [...] (C) WE REVIEWED DEVELOPMENTS IN CUBA WITH MFA UNDER SECRETARY MARGHERITA BONIVER DECEMBER 9 IN THE COURSE OF A WIDE-RANGING CONVERSATION, NOTING THAT WE'D SEEN SOME INDICATIONS THAT CASTRO WAS POISED TO LAUNCH A NEW CHARM OFFENSIVE. BONIVER SAID SHE'D SEEN NO INDICATION OF ANY PROPOSED VI [...] |
2003-12-15 10:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6327 |
GODR ON CUBA AT THE UNGA AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-05 14:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CU DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO7444 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY NORIEGA DISCUSSES CUBA WITH EU [...] (C) The Ambassador and Assistant Secretary Noriega Hertell met December 11 with the EU Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Miguel Amado, who also has responsibility for Cuba. Noriega expressed his hope that the USG and the EU could work together on Cuban issues, and emphasized our effort t [...] |
2003-12-18 12:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU |
| 03STATE75175 |
CUBA LAUNCHES CRACKDOWN AGAINST OPPOSITION - MORE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY. THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING OUT ITS MOST SIGNIFICANT CRACKDOWN AGAINST THE OPPOSITION IN YEARS; SO FAR OVER 70 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. POSTS ARE ASKED TO REQUEST HOST GOVERNMENTS TO JOIN US IN CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF THESE [...] |
2003-03-21 22:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR CU |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2490 |
HONDURAS STILL FAR AWAY FROM NAMING ABMASSADOR TO [...] (C) President Maduro's National Security Advisor, Ramon Medina Luna, informed PolCouns October 21 that the Government of Honduras (GOH) was still a long way from naming an ambassador to Cuba. Medina Luna assured PolCouns that selecting an ambassador to Cuba was not a pressing issue, nor was i [...] |
2003-10-23 23:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM CU HO OAS |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2564 |
HONDURAN AMBASSADOR TO CUBA NOT IN THE OFFING, BUT [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Deputy Chief of Mission and Political Counselor met with Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Anibel Quinones on October 28 to deliver points in ref B. Quinones was already aware of USG concerns as raised with Government of Honduras (GOH) [...] |
2003-10-31 22:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ETRD CU HO UNGA |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2866 |
DRL PDAS KOZAK MEETS WITH HONDURAN OFFICIALS TO [...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Kozak, DRL/MLA Deputy Director Sicade, and EmbOffs met November 19-20 with senior GOH officials, including Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista, to discuss U.S. cooperation with Latin American countries on human rights resolutions at the United Nations Commission on H [...] |
2003-12-08 21:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU HO UNGA |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA425 |
DEMONSTRATIONS IN TEGUCIGALPA: FOCUS IS ON GOH [...] (SBU) Political demonstrations continue off and on in Tegucigalpa, led by various small organizations, the loose political alliance known as the Popular Block, secondary teachers (COPEMH), and others. Sometimes the protests are staged outside the Embassy, but more commonly they are held downt [...] |
2003-02-13 17:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB ETRD PHUM PINR SOCI ASEC CU HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA619 |
GOH OPEN TO CUBA RESOLUTION IN GENEVA; REITERATES [...] (C)SUMMARY: WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Dan Fisk discussed Cuba in meetings with President Maduro, Foreign Minister Perez-Cadalso and Minister of Defense Fred Breve during his February 6-7 visit to Honduras. Foreign Minister Guillermo Perez-Cadalso indicated that Honduras might be willing [...] |
2003-03-07 21:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC PINR ASEC EAID HO CU |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA856 |
POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO SERVE AS FIRST HONDURAN [...] (C) The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has not yet named a Honduran ambassador to Cuba. Several names have been circulating as potential candidates. As noted in reftel B, first among these is Rene Arturo Bendana, former Ambassador to Spain and to the U.S. under past President Raf [...] |
2003-04-08 18:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ETTC PINR CU HO UNHCR |
| 03THEHAGUE1450 |
DUTCH REACTION TO CUBAN CRACKDOWN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-06 14:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU NL |
| 03THEHAGUE1627 |
DUTCH TO DEPORT CUBAN ASYLUM APPLICANT ON JUNE 30 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) Embassy received a letter from United States Senator Bob Graham on June 18 requesting action on behalf of a constituent regarding a Cuban citizen who had applied for asylum and was being held in detention in The Netherlands. Dutch governme [...] |
2003-06-24 15:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU NL PHUM PREF PREL PGOV |
| 03THEHAGUE1677 |
UPDATE ON DUTCH DEPORTATION OF CUBAN ASYLUM [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (C) In discussions with the attorney, Mw. mr. W.M. Hompe, who is representing Cuban asylum applicant Jose Manuel Vargas Martin, PolOff was informed that no appeal had been filed after the original denial of asylum. Vargas Martin was represented [...] |
2003-06-27 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU NL PHUM PREL PREF PGOV |
| 03THEHAGUE2114 |
PDAS SOUTHWICK DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HAGUE [...] (C) Summary: DRL PDAS Michael Southwick met with Dutch interlocutors on August 18 to discuss US-led and multilateral efforts in the field of human rights. The Dutch exchanged EU goals for the UNGA 3rd committee as well as thoughts on Cuba, CHR WEOG rotation scheme, and US-EU cooperation on h [...] |
2003-08-22 08:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM BM CG TH CH ZI CU NL UNHRC UNGA |
| 03THEHAGUE2723 |
DUTCH/EU LIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBA RESOLUTION [...] Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) While the EU has yet to make a decision on the upcoming Cuba resolution in the UNGA. However, Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, Dutch MFA Senior Policy Advisor on Cuba, noted that the GoNL will support a "yes" vote during EU dis [...] |
2003-10-29 11:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CU UNGA |
| 03VATICAN1401 |
HOLY SEE HOPES BRIGITTINE CONVENT IN HAVANA WILL [...] (C) MFA CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR MONS. GIORGIO LINGUA TOLD US MARCH 28 THAT THE HOLY SEE STILL HOPED THAT THE MARCH 8 OPENING OF THE BRIGITTINE SISTERS' HOUSE IN HAVANA, DEVELOPED WITH CASTRO'S COOPERATION, WOULD HELP PAVE THE WAY TO GREATER CHURCH ACCESS TO THE CUBAN PEOPLE. THE HOLY SEE [...] |
2003-04-02 11:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF CU VT VTPREL |
| 03VATICAN1406 |
HOLY SEE'S PASSIVE APPROACH TO GOC DISSIDENT [...] (C) DCM CONVEYED REF (A) DEMARCHE CONCERNING THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT'S ONGOING DISSIDENT CRACKDOWN MARCH 26 TO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER PIETRO PAROLIN. PAROLIN INDICATED THE HOLY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 01406 01 OF 02 021354Z SEE WAS FOLLOWING THE CRACKDOWN [...] |
2003-04-02 13:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CU VT VTPREL |
| 03VATICAN1775 |
POPE DECRIES EXECUTIONS AND ASKS CASTRO FOR [...] (U) SEE ACTION REQUEST PARA. 5. 2. (U) IN A DEPARTURE FROM THE HOLY SEE'S NORMALLY CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO CUBA, POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS PUBLICLY DECRIED THE EXECUTION OF THREE HIJACKERS AS WELL AS THE HARSH SENTENCES RECENTLY HANDED DOWN AGAINST CUBAN DISSIDENTS. THE POPE'S APRIL 13 APPEA [...] |
2003-04-28 15:56:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU VT |
| 03VATICAN4429 |
CUBA STEPPING UP PRESSURE ON CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] (SBU) "FIDEL CASTRO SEES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AS AN ENEMY," HAVANA'S CARDINAL JAIME ORTEGA ASSERTED IN DESCRIBING CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS ON THE COMMUNIST ISLAND DURING A RECENT VISIT TO ITALY. INTERVIEWED BY ITALIAN BISHOPS' DAILY "AVVENIRE," THE CARDINAL SUMMARIZED THE CHURCH'S SITUATION [...] |
2003-09-26 14:50:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CU VT |
| 03VATICAN5111 |
CUBA: HOLY SEE TAKES TRADITIONAL VIEW ON UNGA [...] (C) Reviewing the recent UNGA vote on the U.S. embargo on Cuba, the Holy See reaffirmed its opposition to the embargo, while affirming its distaste for the regime's human rights abuses. MFA Caribbean Affairs Office Director Giorgio Lingua repeated the Vatican's view that the embargo is ineffec [...] |
2003-11-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD PHUM PREL VT UNGA |
| 04ABUDHABI2415 |
ECOSOC CUBA TERRORISM RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] Poloff discussed reftel talking points with MFA International Organizations Deputy Director Ghanim Al Mazroai on July 19. Al Mazroai said he would relay the U.S. position to the UAE/UN PermRep in New York. The UAE PermRep is consulting with decisionmakers in Abu Dhabi and UN representatives [...] |
2004-07-19 13:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA CU TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3643 |
Demarche opposing Cuba's UN resolution against the [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD UNGA CU TC |
| 04AMMAN8592 |
CUBA'S RESOLUTION AGAINST U.S. EMBARGO: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-18 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CU JO UNGA |
| 04ANKARA4134 |
TURKEY: LABOR FEDERATIONS UNLIKELY TO TAKE ACTIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU TU |
| 04ANKARA5823 |
DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] (U) We presented reftel demarche October 8 to Turkish MFA's Latin America Head of Department Cen Onder. As instructed in the cable, we asked that Turkey consider abstaining if it could not support the U.S. request. 2. (U) Onder indicated that Turkey would check with the European Union cou [...] |
2004-10-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CU TU UNGA |
| 04ANKARA6052 |
URGING EU MEMBERS TO PRESERVE COMMON POLICY ON [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-25 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM TU CU |
| 04ANKARA6815 |
CUBA: NON-EXISTENT TURKISH INVESTMENT; GOT [...] (C) Reftel requested information on GOT policies in support of democracy and human rights in Cuba, as well as on an Turkish investments in Cuba. The Turkish MFA maintains that it has raised democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms with Cuba, though there have been no specific initiati [...] |
2004-12-08 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETTC PHUM PREL TU |
| 04ANKARA6955 |
DEMARCHE ON EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche on December 15 to MFA Americas Department Head Onder. We emphasized ref B points that released dissidents attribute their release to international pressure, not the Spanish, and that dissidents oppose Spanish proposals to not invite them to national day recept [...] |
2004-12-15 10:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU CU |
| 04BOGOTA12326 |
CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COLOMBIA REVIEW [...] (C) Concern over potential Cuban support for armed guerrilla groups affects Colombia,s cautious Cuba policy. While Colombia has cut off and reestablished diplomatic relations to Cuba multiple times in the past, the bilateral relationship is currently stable, with Colombia generally exercising [...] |
2004-12-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU CO |
| 04BOGOTA1388 |
MAYOR GARZON'S UNEVENTFUL FIRST MONTH IN OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: Leftist Bogota mayor Luis Eduardo "Lucho" Garzon's first month in office was largely uneventful. Garzon has not attempted to steal President Uribe's limelight, and has been virtually silent on security issues. Instead, Garzon has talked up social issues. Thus far, however, he h [...] |
2004-02-11 13:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CO CU |
| 04BRASILIA755 |
BRAZIL POSITIONS ON CUBA, CHINA, AND OTHER CHR [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Division, Brazil will abstain on any Cuba or China resolutions and on a Chinese "no-action" motion. (Note: Ambassador will raise the Cuba and China resolutions at a more senior level again March 29. End note [...] |
2004-03-29 21:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU PREL BR UNHRC TIP |
| 04BRATISLAVA1109 |
SLOVAKIA ON CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY [...] (C) Summary. In advance of reftel, poloffs had been discussing Cuba policy with a range of GOS and NGO interlocutors. GOS Cuba policy centers on the "critical dialogue" approach: The GOS must have contact with Cuban government officials to be prepared for an inevitable democratic transition a [...] |
2004-12-13 12:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV LO CU |
| 04BRATISLAVA324 |
SLOVAKIA CAN SUPPORT CUBA RESOLUTION, NOT CHINA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CU CH LO CHR |
| 04BRATISLAVA672 |
SLOVAK ACTIVISTS ON CUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-15 05:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV EAID LO CU |
| 04BRUSSELS2859 |
CUBA -- EU RESPONSE ON LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III [...] (C) We discussed reftel points with Karl Buck, Head of the Council Secretariat's Latin America Division, on July 2. Buck immediately asserted that he had not heard of any such paper but could not exclude the possibility of some member-states having prepared their own reports. The EU would d [...] |
2004-07-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2930 |
EU RESPONSE ON LIBERTAD TITLE III AND VENEZUELA [...] (C) The European Commission is still considering whether or not to send an election observer mission to Venezuela. The EU also remains concerned about the possible outcome of the White House decision on suspension of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. The EU still plans to raise this issue at the [...] |
2004-07-09 09:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD CU VE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS3131 |
ICFTU AND ETUC LIKELY PARTNERS ON CUBA LABOR [...] (C) In response to reftel action request, Post has identified the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) as union organizations possibly willing to raise the issue of Cuban labor rights violations at regional labor meetings an [...] |
2004-07-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB CU ILO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4347 |
EU VOTE FOR CUBAN ANTI-EMBARGO RESOLUTION EXPECTED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-08 13:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD CU UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2894 |
POSSIBLE KIRCHNER VISIT TO CUBA STILL UNDER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: At a luncheon on October 6, Under Secretary for Foreign Policy Garcia Moritan told the Ambassador that Cuba was lobbying hard for an official visit from either President Nestor Kirchner or the first lady but that no visit would be contemplated until Cuban scientist Hilda Molina wa [...] |
2004-10-13 14:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU AR MOLINA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3364 |
SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT: [...] (C) The GOA continues to pursue what it refers to as a policy of constructive engagement toward Cuba on democracy and human rights issues. The Presidency and Foreign Ministry argue that engagement and the influence that comes with it -- however limited -- is the best way to promote reform in [...] |
2004-12-01 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU AR MOLINA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3489 |
MOLINA INCIDENT CREATES TURMOIL WITHIN ARGENTINE [...] (U) Following the Molina incident at the Argentine embassy in Havana on December 16, Chief of Cabinet Alberto Fernandez told reporters on Friday that a "clarification" would be made later in the day regarding the status of the Argentine ambassador to Cuba, Raul Taleb, and the MFA chief of cabi [...] |
2004-12-17 20:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL AR CU MOLINA |
| 04CARACAS2455 |
VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT AND NGOS UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez's support for Fidel Castro and antagonism towards the United States is well documentd and makes GOV support for a democratic transition in Cuba unfeasible. The cooperation that exists between Castro and Chavez is extensive, as evidenced by the over 10,000 Cuban doctor [...] |
2004-08-03 12:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU VE |
| 04CARACAS3779 |
VENEZUELA: RESPONSE ON TITLE III OF CUBA LIBERTAD [...] (C) In response to tasking in ref a, Post sees no evidence that the GOV has undertaken policies or actions to advance democracy, human rights, or fundamental freedoms in Cuba over the last six months. President Hugo Chavez is a close ally of Fidel Castro and often praises Cuba as a "bastion of [...] |
2004-12-07 20:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC VE CU |
| 04CARACAS884 |
INCREASED OIL SALES TO CUBA? [...] (C) Venezuela's crude and refined product exports to Cuba have been increased by an additional 25,000 b/d for an official total of 78,000 b/d, according to a maritime industry contact. Another Embassy source asserts that Cuba is now paying a larger portion of its debt to Venezuela with bonds [...] |
2004-03-15 13:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON VE CU |
| 04COLOMBO526 |
CHR: Mission provides GSL with draft Cuba [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 25 meeting at the Sri Lankan MFA, Polchief reviewed talking points and provided a copy of the draft CHR resolution on Cuba. MFA contact was non-committal, noting that the GSL was in a state of flux due to the April 2 elections. Overall, we think moving the GSL to a "y [...] |
2004-03-25 09:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR CE CU CH CHR UN |
| 04GUATEMALA1811 |
GUATEMALA UNLIKELY SOURCE FOR ASSISTANCE ON CUBA [...] (C) The Berger Administration is unlikely to push actively or publicly for democratic reform in Cuba. Its primary focus is on internal reform and housecleaning. Its roots are conservative, but it is trying to be seen as non-ideological, bringing business leaders and human rights activists s [...] |
2004-07-21 21:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2636 |
GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-18 18:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM CU GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA355 |
GUATEMALA ON CUBA UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, called a meeting with Poloffs on February 11 to discuss the Cuba Resolution at the 60th CHR. This is the first time in our collective memory that the GOG has reached out to us on the Cuba resolu [...] |
2004-02-13 17:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CU GT CHR |
| 04HELSINKI1006 |
FINLAND: BOLSTERING SUPPORT FOR LABOR RIGHTS AND [...] (C) As reported in Ref C, almost all official contact between Finland and Cuba has ceased, and Finland does not maintain an embassy in Havana. 2. (C) We are not aware of any current activity by the Finnish Government, or by Finnish NGOs, to support elements of Cuban civil society and encour [...] |
2004-08-03 10:46:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB CU FI ILO |
| 04HELSINKI1535 |
FINLAND: NO CHANGE IN CUBA POLICY [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Veikko Suralahti in the Office for Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and confirmed that there has been no change in Finland's policy toward or contacts with Cuba since Ref. B was drafted. Finland does not have an Embassy in Havana and has little co [...] |
2004-12-08 12:36:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU FI |
| 04ISTANBUL71 |
PATRIARCH AGREES TO HUMAN RIGHTS DIMENSION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I plans to travel to Cuba to accept title to a rebuilt Greek Orthodox Church in Havana. He has undertaken to raise human rights concerns both publicly and privately while in Cuba, and has agreed to a reception hosted by U.S., Greek, and Turkish d [...] |
2004-01-12 11:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU PHUM TU |
| 04KATHMANDU554 |
NEPAL UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS ON CUBA AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU NP UNHRC |
| 04KINSHASA1908 |
DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Clementine Shakembo, Director of the Western Hemisphere section at FonMin, on October 8. Shakembo agreed with U.S. position that the embargo was a bilateral issue, but indicated that the GDRC would have to consider its position regarding the C [...] |
2004-10-14 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CU CG UNGA |
| 04MADRID1079 |
SPANISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CHR 60 RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff met with Augustin Nunez, MFA Director General for UN Affairs (A/S equivalent) on March 26 to follow up on our initial March 23 approach to senior MFA officials regarding the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Cuba and China resolutions (reftels A and B). We stressed our [...] |
2004-03-30 16:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU SP UNHRC |
| 04MADRID1832 |
SPAIN: MFA OFFICIAL SEES NO CHANGE IN CUBA POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met May 18 with Pablo Gomez de Olea, the MFA's deputy director general for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Gomez assured us the Zapatero government will maintain a tough stance on Cuba and will not unilaterally backtrack on the EU's strict common position on C [...] |
2004-05-19 16:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CU SP |
| 04MADRID2492 |
SPAIN: LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The previous Spanish government under President Jose Maria Aznar was long in the forefront within the EU and on its own in criticizing Cuban human rights abuses, lack of movement toward democracy and absence of fundamental rights for Cuban citizens. The current government under Sociali [...] |
2004-07-01 16:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETTC PREL PHUM SP |
| 04MADRID2528 |
SPAIN: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW CLARIFICATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-02 15:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PREL CU SP |
| 04MADRID2700 |
SPAIN AND CUBAN OUTREACH [...] (C) Ref A sought post's view on the likelihood the GOS or Spanish NGOs would participate in outreach to Cuban civil society to pressure the Castro government to hasten democratic transition on the island. We discussed Cuba with new MFA Director General for Latin America Sandomingo (Ref B). [...] |
2004-07-15 15:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
| 04MADRID3022 |
CUBAN VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS FROM MADRID [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid wanted to examine overstay rates of applicants issued visas for tourist travel to the United States. Because of the wealth of information available on Cuban applicants, the Cuban community's travel patterns were studied. Post initiated a validation study to det [...] |
2004-08-10 13:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CMGT CU SP |
| 04MADRID3914 |
CUBA: MFA ON INVITING DISSIDENTS TO SPANISH [...] (C) Poloff contacted MFA Deputy Director General for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pedro Gomez de Olea on 10/7 to discuss reports that the Spanish Embassy in Havana was planning to break with EU policy by not inviting dissidents to its national day reception on 10/12. Gomez de Olea, wh [...] |
2004-10-07 11:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
| 04MADRID4115 |
CUBA: SPAIN CONFIDENT IT CAN OVERTURN EU MEASURES [...] (C) Summary. Spain is determined to roll back key elements of the June 2003 EU "restrictive measures" on Cuba implemented in the wake of Castro's crackdown on the opposition. MFA officials are confident they have sufficient support within the EU to do so. The GOS counts the UK, France, Swed [...] |
2004-10-22 15:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CU SP |
| 04MADRID4500 |
MFA CLAIMS SURPRISE AT CUBA'S NORMALIZATION OF TIES [...] (C) Summary. MFA DG for Latin America Sandomingo told Polcouns that the GOS had been surprised by the Cuban Government announcement that it would resume official contacts with the Spanish Embassy in Havana after more than 17 months of having "frozen" such ties. Sandomingo cast the move as a [...] |
2004-11-26 16:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU SP |
| 04MADRID4550 |
SPAIN/CUBA: REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Summary. Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on suppo [...] |
2004-12-01 12:41:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU SP |
| 04MADRID4553 |
SPAIN/CUBA: REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Summary. Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on suppo [...] |
2004-12-01 12:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU SP |
| 04MADRID4554 |
SPAIN/CUBA: REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Summary. Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on support for [...] |
2004-12-01 12:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU SP |
| 04MADRID4827 |
LOCAL NGO PRESSURES SPAIN ON CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. On 12/21, Poloff met with Rafael Rubio, head of the Spanish NGO "Cuba en Transicion" (Cuba in Transition), a human rights organization dedicated to raising public awareness in Spain about human rights abuses in Cuba. Rubio, who generally works with the Popular Party (PP) but has [...] |
2004-12-22 14:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU SP |
| 04MADRID998 |
CHR 60 - DEMARCHE REQUESTS FOR RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (C) Political Counselor conveyed reftel points March 23 to Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Ramon Gil-Casares, stressing the importance of passage of these resolutions for the USG. We also passed our points to MFA's Human Rights and International Organizations Departments. Juan Manuel Cabre [...] |
2004-03-24 14:50:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU SP UNHRC |
| 04MANAMA1595 |
BAHRAIN: OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST [...] (U) Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche October 12 on opposing Cuba's UN resolution against the embargo to MFA Director for International Organizations Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho said that Bahrain always votes in favor of the resolution because of Cuba's steadfast support for resolutions o [...] |
2004-10-19 13:14:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD BA CU UNGA |
| 04NASSAU1400 |
BAHAMAS PLANS TO UPGRADE DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN [...] (C) On Friday, July 16, 2004, Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell and Under Secretary for Consular Affairs Carlton Wright returned from a Caricom meeting in Cuba, and held a conference during which Foreign Minister Mitchell reiterated his hope that The Bahamas will be able to open a consulate/emba [...] |
2004-07-19 19:12:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP PREL CU BF |
| 04NASSAU1535 |
THE BAHAMIAN SENATE: INFLUENCE WITHOUT POWER [...] (C) Charge, Acting DCM, and Political Officer hosted groups of senators from the governing Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) and the opposition Free National Movement (FNM) on July 27 and August 4, 2004, respectively. The senators, who were unusually frank in their assessments, discussed Baham [...] |
2004-08-13 13:42:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CU BF |
| 04NASSAU1936 |
UNCONFIRMED TUBERCULOSIS AND ABUSE ALLEGATIONS AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 18, 2004, Amnesty International released a report alleging the abuse of two Cuban asylum-seekers and several Haitian detainees at the Carmichael Road Detention Center in Nassau. Severe conditions including deprivation of food and water, an outbreak of tuberculosis, an [...] |
2004-10-20 11:10:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG PGOV PHUM CU BF |
| 04NASSAU2336 |
RIOT AND FIRE AT MIGRANT DETENTION CENTER [...] (C) Detained Cuban migrants set fire to a dormitory at the Carmichael Road Detention Center the morning of December 9, 2004, with three detainees temporarily escaping. Violence broke out between some of the migrants and the Bahamian personnel attempting to regain control of the situation. 11 [...] |
2004-12-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG PREL PGOV PHSA CU BF |
| 04NASSAU2369 |
MIXED MIGRATION FLOWS: IOM/UNHCR CONFERENCE IN [...] The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) co-hosted the second annual regional seminar in Nassau, The Bahamas on November 8-12, 2004. Entitled "Contingency Planning for Mixed Migratory Flows in the Caribbean: Effective Pr [...] |
2004-12-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA SMIG PHUM CU HA BF |
| 04NASSAU2407 |
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL RENEWS CALL FOR DETENTION [...] (C) 37 Cuban nationals remain in detention in The Bahamas after a December 9 fire at a Nassau immigration facility following a disturbance initiated by detainees. Amnesty International continues to call for an independent inquiry into the fire and accompanying melee, in which 11 Royal Bahami [...] |
2004-12-22 16:24:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG PREL PGOV CU BF |
| 04PANAMA1704 |
PANAMA'S FM ARIAS NONCOMMITTAL ON REQUEST TO [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by Polcouns, delivered reftel talking points to Panamanian Foreign Minister Harmodio Arias Cerjack on June 30, 2004. With two months left for this government, Arias was (not surprisingly) noncommittal on whether the GOP would be willing to accept protected Cuban and Hait [...] |
2004-07-01 19:43:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PM CU HA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA2176 |
PANAMA PARDONS ANTIâ€CASTRO CUBANS [...] (SBU) Late on August 25, outgoing President Mireya Moscoso signed an executive decree pardoning four anti"Castro Cuban prisoners "" Luis Posada Carriles and AmCits Gasper Jimenez, Guillermo Novo, and Pedro Remon (see Reftels) and 163 others, as one of her final acts as president. The GOP imme [...] |
2004-08-26 22:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM CU HO LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2943 |
PANAMA AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama offers the following information and analysis in response to Reftel A tasking. CUBA AND PANAMANIAN POLITICS ----------------------------- 2. (C) Six days before leaving office, late on the evening of August 25, 2004, Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso pardoned fou [...] |
2004-12-07 19:52:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PGOV EFIN ETRD PM CU POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA672 |
FATE OF ANTI-CASTRO CUBAN AMERICANS IN THE HANDS [...] NAME: NOVO, GUILLERMO; REMON, PEDRO; JIMENEZ, GASPAR 2. SEX: MALE 3. DOPB: JUNE 08, 1939, CUBA; SEPTEMBER 13, 1944, CUBA; OCTOBER 06, 1935, CUBA 23. (SBU) REMARKS: After nearly three and one-half years of incarceration, prosecutors and defense attorneys completed the argume [...] |
2004-03-22 20:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CJAN SNAR PHUM CU PM NOVO GUILLERMO REMON PEDRO JIMENEZ GASPAR CONSULAR AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA925 |
PANAMA COURT SENTENCES ANTI-CASTRO CONSPIRATORS, [...] (SBU) On April 20, Panama's Fifth Penal Court convicted six anti-Castro conspirators, including three AmCits, for endangering public safety and sentenced them to seven and eight-year jail terms for a November 2000 plot to kill Fidel Castro. (See Refs A and B.) Luis Posada Carriles, currently [...] |
2004-04-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CJAN CASC SNAR CU PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PARIS4951 |
TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT WAIVER: FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel, we met June 24 with the MFA Cuba Desk Officer, who noted that France had been sharply critical of Cuba's human rights record bilaterally and as an EU member. Even before Havana unilaterally refused EU and French assistance, France had reevaluated its posit [...] |
2004-06-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC FR CU PREL |
| 04PARIS5419 |
GOF/NGOS AND CUBAN OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: The GOF shares USG goals of facilitating a transition towards democracy, supporting Cuban Civil society, and preparing for a post-dictatorship Cuba. The GOF, French public, and NGOs, however, are critical of the US embargo of Cuba. France's Cuba policy remains anchored in the EU [...] |
2004-07-19 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU FR |
| 04PARIS7539 |
CUBAN ANTI-EMBARGO RESOLUTION: FRENCH RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CU FR UNGA |
| 04PARIS8227 |
FRANCE'S EU/CUBA POSITION [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA Cuba Desk Officer Eric Chaux and U.S. desk officer Jean-Charles Bou on November 12. Chaux opened by saying that even if there were a change in the EU common policy toward Cuba, the GoF would remain critical of the Castro regi [...] |
2004-11-12 17:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL FR CU |
| 04ROME1190 |
ITALY: CHR CHINA CUBA RESOLUTIONS - G-77 MAIN [...] (C) AMBASSADOR SPOKE WITH MFA SECRETARY GENERAL UMBERTO VATTANI REGARDING REFTEL POINTS AND POL MC DELIVERED POINTS, RESOLUTION TEXT AND NON-PAPER TO MFA DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO AND MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR GIUSEPPE CALVETTA. VATTANI THANKED THE AMBASSADOR AND ASSURED HIM [...] |
2004-03-25 11:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH CU IT UNHRC |
| 04ROME1546 |
ITALY OPPOSES CUBA RESOLUTION ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, CLAUDIO BISOGNIERO AND MFA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE DIRECTOR, CARLO CAMPANILE TOLD POL M/C THAT ITALY STRONGLY AGREES WITH REFTEL POINTS AND QUESTIONS CUBA'S CREDENTIALS AND MOTIVATION. MFA OFFICIALS STATED THAT ITALY WILL OPPOSE [...] |
2004-04-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU IT UNHRC |
| 04ROME2517 |
ITALY - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW [...] (C) MISSION BELIEVES RENEWING THE TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT WAIVER WOULD ENHANCE THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASED US-ITALIAN COOPERATION ON CUBA AND HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON ALREADY STRONG BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH ITALY. ITALIAN POLICY TOWARDS CUBA FOLLOWS THE EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA, WHICH IS BAS [...] |
2004-06-28 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME3055 |
ITALIAN LABOR UNIONS HAVE CONDEMNED HUMAN AND [...] (U) Italy has three primary labor union confederations, the General Confederation of Italian Labor (CGIL), the Italian Confederation of Workers' Unions (CISL), and the Italian Union of Labor (UIL). All three are more or less left-leaning, with CISL (with roots in Catholic social doctrine) t [...] |
2004-08-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU IT ILO HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4165 |
CUBAN RESOLUTION AGAINST US EMBARGO: EU/ITALY WILL [...] (U) Paolo Miraglia, MFA Central America and Caribbean Office Director, told PolOff that, although highly concerned about the human rights situation in Cuba, Italy will support the EU position and vote in favor of the Cuban resolution. Miraglia stated that the Dutch presidency will deliver an e [...] |
2004-10-27 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CU IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4198 |
ITALY: EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-02 09:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04ROME4474 |
ITALY - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III WAIVER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. Mission believes renewing the Title III Libertad Act waiver would enhance the possibility of increased US-Italian cooperation on Cuba and have a positive impact on already strong bilateral relations with Italy. Italian policy towards Cuba follows the EU Common Position, which is b [...] |
2004-11-24 11:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC CU IT UN |
| 04ROME4648 |
ITALIAN REQUEST TO UPDATE NICKEL EXPORT AGREEMENT [...] Action Request -- See Paragraph 5. 2. The GOI recently contacted embassy regarding their interest in updating a 1982 agreement on issuance of certificates of origin for the export of nickel-bearing material to the U.S. The agreement was intended to ensure that such exports did not contain [...] |
2004-12-07 05:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ETTC IT CU EXPORT CONTROLS |
| 04ROME4699 |
ITALY: EU COMMON POSITION ON CUBA: ENCOURAGE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-13 12:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04SANTODOMINGO1567 |
DOMINICANS SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. POSITION FOR MARCH [...] Upon receipt of reftel March 9 the Ambassador telephoned Dominican Foreign Minister Guerrero Prats, who expressed interest in U.S. position. At Guerrero Prats' request, Embassy delivered text of non-paper immediately to help MFA formulate the Dominican instructios. 2. Ambassador also rai [...] |
2004-03-10 12:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR ETRD PREL SENV DR CU PHUM |
| 04SANTODOMINGO2318 |
DOMINICAN PRESIDENT INSTRUCTS FONMIN TO VOTE FOR [...] (SBU) Dominican President Hipolito Mejia instructed ForMin Frank Guerrero Prats at 16:00 today, Wednesday, to tell the Dominican delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission to vote in favor of the Honduras-sponsored resolution on human rights in Cuba. 2. (C) The Ambassador had asked for [...] |
2004-04-14 21:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM CU DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO2619 |
ILO: CUBA AND VENEZUELA REPRISALS AGAINST [...] Dominican Minister of Labor Milton Ray Guevara mentioned to EcoPol counselor on April 28 at the dedication of a Dept of Labor sponsored program that the Venezuelan and Cuban missions in Geneva are lobbying against his candidacy to chair the ILO annual meetings, specifically because they perce [...] |
2004-04-29 22:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ELAB DR CU |
| 04SANTODOMINGO3825 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - CUBA: COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY [...] (U)The Dominican Government this year provided decisive support to the cause of improving prospects for human rights and democracy in Cuba. Secretary Powell sent a letter to President Mejia (Ref B) thanking him for the Dominican Republic's "yes" vote on the Cuba resolution in the 60th Human R [...] |
2004-06-29 10:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETTC CU DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO4200 |
REACHING OUT TO GOVERNMENTS AND NGOS ON CUBA: [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-19 18:36:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO5888 |
DOMINICAN POLITICS #7: THE VANISHING LEFT [...] (SBU) This is #7 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The Vanishing Left ** Despite current economic hardships, Dominicans have shown no interest at all in radical political solutions. This year's presidential election emphasized the eclipse of the left. With a t [...] |
2004-10-27 16:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL DR VE CU CH TW |
| 04SANTODOMINGO6466 |
CUBA: COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW RE SUSPENSION OF [...] (SBU) In response to para 6 Ref A, Embassy finds there has been no marked change in the Dominican Republic's situation with regard to Cuba since our last report (Ref B). 2. (SBU) The administration of President Fernandez, which took office August 16, has so far taken a low profile on Cuban [...] |
2004-12-02 17:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU ETTC DR |
| 04SAOPAULO493 |
SPECIAL ENVOY REICH'S MEETING WITH JOSE DIRCEU [...] (C) SUMMARY. White House Special Envoy for the Western Hemisphere Otto Reich met with President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu on Sunday, March 21 at a private residence in Sao Paulo. During the course of the relaxed and open 90-minute conversation, the two touched o [...] |
2004-03-26 12:12:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CO BL CU VE BR UNHCR US |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA1106 |
CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO HONDURAS ALLEGES COMING U.S. [...] (U) Cuban Ambassador to Honduras Alberto Gonzalez Polanco, in public statements May 12, claimed that the GOC was at military alert for a potential U.S. invasion. He told reporters that the GOC feared such an attack was "closer than ever." He added that Cuban citizens were well prepared to re [...] |
2004-05-13 23:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA1461 |
TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE TO NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW [...] (C) The Government of Honduras (GOH) has actively worked to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. On April 15, the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) passed a Honduran-sponsored resolution calling for greater respect for human rights in Cuba. The Government of [...] |
2004-06-29 22:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA1597 |
GOH, BUT NOT HONDURAN CIVIL SOCIETY, OPEN TO [...] (C) As noted in ref C, the GOH has actively worked to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. On April 15, the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) passed a Honduran-drafted resolution calling for greater respect for human rights in Cuba. The Government of Cuba (G [...] |
2004-07-19 22:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB CU HO ILO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2297 |
HONDURAS GIVES TENTATIVE YES TO RESETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met October 8 with Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista to follow-up on his September 15 meeting with WHA A/S Noriega and the Honduran Embassy in Washington's communications with the Department October 5 regarding the resettlement of protected Cuban migrants at Guant [...] |
2004-10-14 13:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG MARR CU HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2393 |
DETAILS OF RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED CUBAN [...] (C) Summary: Post continues to work closely with the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the proposed resettlement of 20 protected Cuban migrants in Guantanamo to Honduras. While the GOH has repeatedly said yes to the resettlement in general, the details of the resettlement, incl [...] |
2004-10-26 19:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG MARR CU HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2719 |
TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE TO NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW [...] (C) The Government of Honduras (GOH) has actively worked to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. On April 15, the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) passed a Honduran-sponsored resolution calling for greater respect for human rights in Cuba. The Government of [...] |
2004-12-06 14:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2722 |
HONDURAS SEEING INCREASING NUMBERS OF CUBAN [...] (SBU) Honduras, for various reasons, is emerging as a new, preferred port for Cuban migrants by sea. Primarily, Honduras acts as a way station for Cubans on their way to the U.S. The route appears to usually be the same: migrants leave from Comaguey in the Santa Cruz province of Cuba, stoppi [...] |
2004-09-24 10:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREF PGOV PREL MARR CU HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA365 |
HONDURAS UNWILLING TO TAKE LEAD IN DRAFTING UNCHR [...] (U) Deputy Chief of Mission and Political Counselor met with Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Anibel Quinones and Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Foreign Policy Advisor Policarpo Callejas on February 18 to further discuss GOH willingness to draft this year's Cuba human right resoluti [...] |
2004-02-19 01:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA468 |
HONDURAS STILL UNWILLING TO TAKE LEAD IN DRAFTING [...] (C) Ambassador and Political Counselor met with Minister of Presidency Luis Cosenza on the draft resolution (Ref C) on February 25 and 26. (Note: President Ricardo Maduro and Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista were in Guatemala at a Central American Summit on Feb. 25.) Cosenza reviewed [...] |
2004-02-27 23:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA503 |
HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO LEAVES DOOR OPEN ON [...] (C) Ambassador met March 1 with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro on the issue of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. DCM, Minister of the Presidency Luis Cosenza, and Presidential Advisor Ramon Medina Luna were also present. The meeting followed Ambassador and Polit [...] |
2004-03-02 21:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA531 |
HONDURAN VICE FM REITERATES CONCERNS ON TAKING LEAD IN DRAFTING UNCHR CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-04 20:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | CHR-1 CU HO KDEM PHUM PINR PREL |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA574 |
HONDURAN VICE FM GIVEN INPUT FOR DRAFTING UNCHR [...] (C) DCM and PolOffs met March 10 with Vice Foreign Minister Anibal Quinonez and MFA Senior Advisor Policarpo Callejas on the issue of drafting the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. The meeting followed the Secretary's March 9 meeting with President Ricardo Maduro in [...] |
2004-03-10 22:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA595 |
HONDURAN VICE FM GIVES EMBASSY WEAK DRAFT UNCHR [...] (C) DCM and PolOffs met March 12 with Vice Foreign Minister Anibal Quinonez, MFA Senior Advisor Policarpo Callejas, and Legal Advisor to the FM Carlos Lopez Contreras (a former FM himself) to receive the first Honduran draft of a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. Quinon [...] |
2004-03-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA738 |
HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR GOH [...] (C) Ambassador spoke March 29 with Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista to discuss Honduran actions to support their draft UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba (text in ref D). Ambassador emphasized the need for the MFA to issue instructions to the Honduran Mis [...] |
2004-03-30 20:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA741 |
HONDURAN FM TELLS AMBASSADOR GOH WILL ANNOUNCE [...] (C) Ambassador spoke March 30 with Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista to seek confirmation of Honduran Ambassador Mario Canahuati's statement to WHA Acting DAS Trivelli that the GOH would publicly announce its decision to table a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution o [...] |
2004-03-30 23:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA759 |
HONDURAS RELEASES TEXT OF UNCHR CUBA RESOLUTION; [...] (U) Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista called Ambassador just prior to 11:00 a.m. to inform Ambassador that the MFA had released the text of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) Cuba Resolution. The text was included in a press release that laid out the GOH's reasons for sp [...] |
2004-04-01 20:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA766 |
TEXT OF HONDURAN PRESS RELEASE ON UNCHR CUBA [...] Below is Embassy's unofficial translation of the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release on the UNCHR Cuba resolution, issued at 12:00 p.m. E.S.T. on April 1. 2. Begin text: Ministry of Foreign Relations Republic of Honduras Press Communique No. 5 The Ministry of Foreign [...] |
2004-04-01 23:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA781 |
MEDIA REACTION ON RESOLUTION AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...] |
2004-04-02 22:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU OIIP KPAO HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA787 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...] |
2004-04-05 17:27:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA793 |
MADURO ADMINISTRATION SHARPLY CRITICIZED BY [...] (C) Summary: President Ricardo Maduro and his Administration have come under tough criticism from political opponents and left-leaning nongovernmental organizations since the GOH publicly announced that it had drafted a UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) resolution on Cuba. Much of this c [...] |
2004-04-05 22:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA802 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 3/31 entitled "Let it not be true". "We hope that the claims of the Cuban government that Honduras has been designated by the U.S. to table a resolution to condemn Cuba for human rights violations isn't true. We hope the Honduran [...] |
2004-04-05 23:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA803 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 4/3 entitled "The resolution." "President Maduro and the Minister of Foreign Affairs have stated that in the Cuba affair Honduras is acting as a sovereign state, in accordance with the U.N. Charter." "We're going to take their wo [...] |
2004-04-05 23:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA810 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-Ed by regular columnist Juan Ramon Martinez in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/6 entitled "Why do you offend us Presi Maduro?" I'm more surprised than Oswaldo Ramos Soto (National Party ) and more indignant than Omar Cerna (Liberal) because of the position of subordinatio [...] |
2004-04-06 19:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA813 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-Ed by regular columnist Juan Ramon Martinez in Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" on 4/6 entitled "Why do you offend us `Presi' Maduro?" I'm more surprised than Oswaldo Ramos Soto (National Party) and more indignant than Omar Cerna (Liberal) because of the position of subordinati [...] |
2004-04-06 23:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA853 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 4/14 entitled "Ours and theirs." "To take to Congress the resolution presented by Honduras to the UNCHR will stir a meaningless discussion when we have other issues and laws that, despite their importance, are being ignored by our [...] |
2004-04-14 22:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA854 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-ed by Rafael Delgado in the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" on 4/7 entitled "Foreign policy and subordination." "President Maduro and his ministers have said it: our foreign policy hasn't changed, which means that the current administration has maintained the same approach o [...] |
2004-04-14 22:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA855 |
MEDIA REACTION ON UNCHR RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Op-ed by Julieta Castellanos in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" on 4/13 entitled "The aggression towards Cuba." "The last foreign policy move has placed our country in the disgraceful situation of becoming the backyard of a powerful country. Public officials are losing credibil [...] |
2004-04-14 22:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM CU HO CHR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA858 |
CODEL BALLENGER DISCUSSES CUBA, IRAQ, CAFTA, [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 12, CODEL Ballenger met with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro. Issues discussed at the meeting included Cuba, Iraq, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), narcotrafficking, and humanitarian/development assistance. Representative Ballenger expressed U.S. [...] |
2004-04-14 22:50:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP ETRD SNAR PGOV PHUM EAGR CU HO |
| 04THEHAGUE1639 |
SUBJECT: DUTCH/CUBA: STRONG ON HUMAN RIGHTS; [...] (C) The EU Common Position forms Dutch policy toward Cuba. While the Dutch prefer a policy of engagement to one of isolation, they are resolute that Cuba must first improve human rights before any thaw in EU-Cuban relations -- even to pre-2003 "constructive engagement" as usual. Besides this t [...] |
2004-06-30 07:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EAID ETTC NL PHUM PREL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE1692 |
DUTCH/CUBA: MISINFORMATION REGARDING LIBERTAD ACT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-06 14:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU NL |
| 04THEHAGUE1737 |
ECOSOC: DUTCH SEEK PROCEDURAL DEATH FOR CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are receptive to finding a procedural solution to block the Cuban draft ECOSOC resolution (reftel) in their national capacity, and will seek EU support for such an approach as EU president. Visiting DRL PDAS Kozak and IO DAS Lagon found Dutch interlocutors responsive t [...] |
2004-07-13 11:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NL CU |
| 04THEHAGUE1876 |
NETHERLANDS/CUBA: DUTCH NGO AND TRADE UNION [...] As noted in Ref C, the Dutch government actively supports Cuban civil society and peaceful democratic opposition. The Dutch consider their (bilateral and EU) objectives with regard to Cuba to be parallel to those of the U.S., but are sometimes wary of appearing too closely linked to specific [...] |
2004-07-26 09:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CU NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2590 |
NETHERLANDS/EU/UN: PLANNING TO VOTE FOR CUBAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche October 8 to Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, MFA's Policy Advisor on Cuba and Caribbean Issues. Groenemeijer responded that while the U.S. and Europeans certainly agree on many aspects of the human rights and political situation in Cuba, he did not foresee any chang [...] |
2004-10-08 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD CU UNGA |
| 04THEHAGUE2728 |
NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH TALK THE TALK, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Cuba's refusal to allow entry to two Dutch MPs and one Spanish MP on October 15 focused public attention sharply on Cuba's human rights record and the EU's Cuba's policies, with many MP's weighing in in favor of a stronger EU approach. FM Bot called in the Cuban Ambassador to co [...] |
2004-10-22 11:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2758 |
CUBA/NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH HOPE EU WILL PRESERVE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch support retaining the EU's June 2003 measures to pressure Cuba on human rights, but as EU president they feel bound to seek a "consensus" position. As the EU is currently split on the issue, according to Dutch contacts, a consensus to change the current measures may not [...] |
2004-10-27 11:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE3006 |
CUBA/NETHERLANDS/EU: NO CONSENSUS (YET) TO CHANGE EU POSITION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-19 08:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU EUN NL PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 04THEHAGUE3074 |
DUTCH PARLIAMENT REITERATES OPPOSITION TO LIFTING [...] (U) At a regular hearing in the Dutch parliament on November 18 prior to the monthly EU foreign ministers' meeting (GAERC), spokesmen for the main political parties reiterated their opposition to the lifting of the EU's China arms embargo. Encouraged by the recent vote in the European Parliam [...] |
2004-11-24 07:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CU NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE3182 |
NETHERLANDS/CUBA/LIBERTAD ACT: REVIEW OF POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: Dutch government and society puts primary emphasis on human rights and freedoms in policies and activities toward Cuba. While the Dutch adhere to the EU Common Position on Cuba, the GoNL is currently resisting Spanish-led efforts to unconditionally revise EU relations with Cuba. [...] |
2004-12-07 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETTC PREL NL EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE3243 |
NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH GRAPPLE WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch will chair the December 14 EU working party meeting on Latin America (COLAT), at which they expect to discuss four or five Member State proposals for amending current EU policy toward Cuba. There is consensus that the present policy is unsustainable. The Dutch emphasiz [...] |
2004-12-13 15:01:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE3285 |
NETHERLANDS/EU/CUBA: DUTCH PREVENT INVITATIONS TO CUBAN [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch confirmed on December 15 that the EU COLAT Working Group agreed on December 14 to recommend a temporary suspension of the June 2003 measures for increased engagement with the Cuban opposition. A Dutch MFA contact described the COLAT's recommendation as intended to [...] |
2004-12-16 16:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NL CU EUN |
| 04VATICAN1300 |
HOLY SEE RECEPTIVE TO U.S. CONCERNS ON CHINA AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-02 04:45:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH CU KIRF PHUM VT UNHRC |
| 04VATICAN2767 |
HAITI: HOLY SEE AWAITS NEW NUNCIO [...] (SBU) Holy See Country Director for Haiti Monsignor Giorgio Lingua told us July 15 the Vatican was eager for new Papal Nuncio (Ambassador) Mario Giordano to take the reins in Port au Prince. Giordano was just ordained an archbishop and is due to begin work in Haiti "any day now." Lingua was [...] |
2004-07-16 04:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU EAID EFIN ETRD EU HA PHUM PREL VT |
| 04YEREVAN1589 |
ARMENIA: ACTION REQUEST ON CUBA TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-16 10:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU AM UNGA |
| 04YEREVAN1628 |
GOAM INDICATES IT MAY VOTE NO ON CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-22 11:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU AM UNGA |
| 04YEREVAN2242 |
ARMENIAN RESPONSE TO CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD CU AM UNGA |
| 04YEREVAN699 |
GOAM ON CHR 60 CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) We delivered demarche and talking points to the MFA Chief of International Organizations Department Valery Mkrtumian March 22 and Head of Americas Department Lilit Toutkhalian March 23 per instructions in reftel A. Both Mkrtumian and Toutkhalian reiterated comments made by FM Oskanian dur [...] |
2004-03-25 03:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU AM UNHCR |
| 04YEREVAN917 |
ARMENIA WITH U.S. ON GUANTANAMO CHR RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-20 06:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU AM |
| 04ZAGREB516 |
CHR-60: CROATIA ON CUBA AND CHINA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) ON MARCH 23, THE AMBASSADOR DELIVERED TALKING POINTS WITH BACKGROUND ON THE CHINA AND CUBA RESOLUTIONS (REFS A,C) AT THE CHR TO MFA STATE SECRETARY (DEPUTY MINISTER EQUIVALENT) BISCEVIC. AMBASSADOR STRESSED THE GREAT IMPORTANCE THE U.S. PLACES IN BOTH RESOLUTIONS AND SOUGHT CROATIAN SUPPO [...] |
2004-03-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH CU HR UNCHR |
| 05ALMATY1992 |
ILO CONFERENCE DEMARCHES DELIVERED; KZ DELEGATION [...] (U) Econoff delivered Reftel A and B demarches and talking points to Askar Akhmetov, Head of the Division for Specialized International Organizations of the Kazakhstani MFA. Akhmetov acknowledged the demarche but did not have an immediate substantive response. 2. (U) Akhmetov informed Econ [...] |
2005-05-27 01:33:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PGOV PHUM BB CU KZ |
| 05AMMAN4102 |
DEMARCHE ON ILO BUDGET AND CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR ILO [...] Poloff delivered ref A and B demarches to Foreign Ministry Legal Advisor Bishar Khassawneh regarding the upcoming International Labor Conference in Geneva. Khassawneh noted that Jordan shares U.S. concerns over International Labor Organization (ILO) budgetary increases. Poloff urged that the J [...] |
2005-05-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL AORC BB CU JO ILO |
| 05ANKARA238 |
EU/CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CU PHUM PREL TU |
| 05ASUNCION1026 |
INITIAL REACTIONS TO NEWS OF SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S [...] (C) Summary: In response to news of Secretary Rumsfeld's planned visit to Paraguay, local media reported heavily this week that the visit marks a further shift in policy for the Duarte Frutos administration, towards the U.S. and away from leftist governments in the region. Some sectors of the [...] |
2005-08-13 19:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PA VE CU BR AR |
| 05ASUNCION1107 |
PARAGUAY: CANDIDATE FOR ECOSOC VACANCY, ASKS FOR U.S. SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-01 21:22:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CU PA UNGA PHUM |
| 05ASUNCION1154 |
PARAGUAY'S VICE PRESIDENT VISITS SENATE TO EXPLAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On 9/7, at the "invitation" of Senate President Carlos Filizzola (PPS), Vice President Luis Castiglioni explained to Senate leaders in closed session the reasons for the recent SECDEF visit to Paraguay. Castiglioni reiterated that there was no secret agenda behind the visit, su [...] |
2005-09-13 11:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR MARR KCRM BR AR VE CU |
| 05ASUNCION1449 |
PARAGUAY ON CABRAL INSTRUCTIONS [...] (SBU) On 11/25, Charge delivered ref message to Acting FM Gimenez in FM Rachid's absence. Charge noted that he previously delivered the message to VP Castiglioni and Presidential Advisor Walde and spoke to FM Rachid by phone, and that the Department had delivered the message to Ambassador Spa [...] |
2005-11-28 11:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PA CU VE |
| 05ASUNCION212 |
CUBAN MEDICAL SUPPORT TO PARAGUAY AND AN OPENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ending of the Cuban Doctor program by the GOP, and concurrent GOP fears of increased ominous leftist influence and activities, presents an opportunity for the USG to draw President Duarte farther away from the allure of Cuba and Venezuela. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Reftel note [...] |
2005-02-10 17:05:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR CU CO VE PA |
| 05ASUNCION411 |
PARAGUAY ANNOUNCES PLANS TO INTRODUCE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On March 17, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Martinez publicly announced the GOP's plans to introduce a Mercosur human rights protocol that would provide for the suspension of any member state that violates human rights. The GOP hopes to garner other members' support for the protocol [...] |
2005-03-23 20:22:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR CU CO PA VE |
| 05ASUNCION455 |
CUBA RESOLUTION AT UNCHR: PARAGUAY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-04 15:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PA CU CHR |
| 05ASUNCION533 |
PARAGUAY WILL NOT SUPPORT RESOLUTION ON GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-20 15:45:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CU PA UNHCR |
| 05ASUNCION699 |
PARAGUAY ON CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-25 20:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU PA ILO |
| 05ASUNCION711 |
PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21-27 [...] (U) Summary: ----------------- -- Congress approves military exercises with the US -- Paraguay to sign Open Skies with Panama -- Bangladeshi nationals arrested -- Presidential cabinet shuffle -- Brazilian troops control border with Paraguay -- Venezuela and Cuba seek deeper ties Congre [...] |
2005-05-27 16:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM MOPS VE CU PM PA |
| 05ASUNCION735 |
PARAGUAY LEANING TOWARD CUBA FOR ILO GOVERNING [...] On 6/2, Julio Peralta, MFA's Director for International Organizations, signaled to polcouns Paraguay was leaning towards supporting Cuba's candidacy for the ILO Governing Body. He advised that Cuba had weighed in early and often pushing its candidacy. Further, Paraguay felt compelled to tak [...] |
2005-06-02 23:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU PA ILO |
| 05ASUNCION841 |
MERCOSUR SUMMIT: LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-30 18:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECIN EFIN EPET ETRD KIPR CU PA KICC VZ |
| 05ASUNCION875 |
PARAGUAY: VP CASTIGLIONI DISCUSSES SECURITY [...] Action request: State/USUN see paras. 2 and 7. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. On 6/30, Ambassador met with Vice President Castiglioni to discuss his recent trip to the U.S. The Ambassador stressed the need for progress on money laundering and counter terrorism legislation. Post r [...] |
2005-07-11 11:26:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM EAIR ECON CVIS VE CU PA UN |
| 05BOGOTA9305 |
SUPPORT FOR HUMANITARIAN PAROLE FOR THREE CUBAN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Embassy was contacted by Ms. Liduine Zumpolle, a Dutch national who works with the pro-democracy NGO "Cuba Futuro" about the case of three Cuban nationals who worked in harsh conditions in a shipyard in Curacao. Zumpolle said [...] |
2005-09-30 17:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF CU CO |
| 05BRASILIA1636 |
ACTIVITIES OF THE BRAZILIAN FIRM SOUZA CRUZ IN [...] (U) Recently the Brazilian magazine Epoca published an article recounting the experiences of the Souza Cruz company (controlled by British American Tobacco) in doing business in Cuba. The article, a translation of which is set forth below, is instructive as it speaks of the day-to-day diffi [...] |
2005-06-20 13:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC BR CU |
| 05BRASILIA3008 |
BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI UNDER FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Brazil's Finance Minister, Antonio Palocci, considered by many the anchor of GoB economic policy, has been coming under increasing fire in recent days as new allegations have surfaced that he had a role in illegal fund-raising activities by the ruling PT party and kn [...] |
2005-11-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL EFIN BR CU |
| 05BRASILIA3043 |
BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI'S 11/16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Antonio Palocci categorically denied accusations of corruption during his tenure as mayor of the city of Riberao Preto and of illegal financing of President Lula's 2002 presidential campaign (including an alleged $3 million contribution from the Government of Cu [...] |
2005-11-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL BR CU |
| 05BRASILIA3092 |
BRAZIL - FINANCE MINISTER PALOCCI ON SOMEWHAT [...] (SBU) Summary: After another marathon session in front of one of Congress' economic oversight committees, Finance Minister Antonio Palocci appears to have solidified his political position, allowing him some temporary respite from the political and scandal-related crossfire he has been receivi [...] |
2005-11-23 17:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN PREL BR CU |
| 05BRASILIA3130 |
SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT - [...] (C) Brazil enjoys a close relationship with Cuba and the GoB has refused to criticize directly the Castro regime's human rights policies. In a rare public statement on Cuba in April 2005, President Lula implied criticism of Castro when he told the press that "Brazil can help build a democratic [...] |
2005-11-30 12:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL BR CU |
| 05BRASILIA737 |
BRAZIL: UNHCR-61 AND CUBA [...] (C) Poloff delivered CHR talking points to Christiano Figueroa, Acting Chief for an under-manned Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Human Rights Division. Referring to press reports regarding GOB Human Rights Secretary Nilmario Miranda's not-so-veiled criticisms of the USG in a March 15 co [...] |
2005-03-17 13:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU BR PREL CHR |
| 05BRASILIA766 |
BRAZIL: CUBA CHR RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-21 18:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU BR PREL CHR |
| 05BRATISLAVA135 |
SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 17, 2005 [...] (SBU) Parliament approved a new, additional mandate February 10 for Slovakia's participation in the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). The GOS will initially send two MOD trainers to Iraq and an additional three at the first troop rotation. The MOD sent the first trainers to Italy to prep [...] |
2005-02-17 07:29:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IZ CU LO NATO |
| 05BRATISLAVA398 |
SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON CUBAN [...] (U) On May 24, 2005, Embassy delivered reftel points to Pavol Juhas, Director of the International Affairs Department at the Ministry of Labor. Juhas confirmed that Slovakia is sending a delegation to the upcoming International Labor Conference in Geneva, and expressed his support for the U [...] |
2005-05-25 05:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ELAB BB CU LO ILO |
| 05BRATISLAVA442 |
SLOVAK RESPONSE ON EU CUBA POLICY AND JUNE 13 [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief shared ref A points on Cuba with MFA on June 6, and discussed the points with Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent, along with pre-GAERC points in ref B on June 7. Rehak thanked us for providing our point-of-view before each GAERC, saying the discussions with emboffs are [...] |
2005-06-09 12:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU PARM LO EUN |
| 05BRATISLAVA45 |
PARLIAMENT LEADER PRINCIPLED ON CUBA, TIP [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hrusovsky told Charge d'Affaires January 20 he would continue to make support for Cuban dissidents one of his personal priorities, and was discussing with Vaclav Havel nominating three dissidents for the Nobel Peace Prize. He discussed the difficulties [...] |
2005-01-27 06:12:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EU CU LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA79 |
SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 02, 2005 [...] (SBU) Adolfo Franco, Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean at USAID and David Mutchler, Cuba Senior Advisor, met with Slovak NGO and governmental representatives January 14 on Cuba issues. Franco said the highlight was his meeting with Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hruso [...] |
2005-02-02 12:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CU LO RU |
| 05BRATISLAVA922 |
SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS CUBAN DISSIDENTS, NOTES SPANISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 8 Embassy sponsored discussion, GOS officials told us that Slovakia is working hard to promote democracy and "do the right thing" in Cuba. They outlined efforts being made by Slovak NGOs, members of parliament, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the island, an [...] |
2005-11-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL LO CU |
| 05BRUSSELS1530 |
CUBA: EU COMMISSIONER MICHEL BOLSTERS CUBAN FONMIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to his adviser on Cuba, European Commissioner for Development Louis Michel believes the EU must bolster Cuban FM Felipe Perez Roque as the best hope for improved EU-Cuba relations. During his March 24-27 visit to the island (REFS B-C), Michel offered Perez Roque better [...] |
2005-04-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR EAID CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS2146 |
CZECH FONMIN PUSHING IDEAS TO TOUGHEN EU CUBA [...] (S) On the margins of a European Parliament conference on Cuba on June 2, Czech FonMin Cyril Svoboda told us he had "four or five" specific proposals for toughening the EU's stance on Cuba. In the run-up to the June 13 EU FonMins meeting, at which Cuba policy will be reviewed, Svoboda is tryi [...] |
2005-06-06 13:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PHUM PINR CU EUN |
| 05BRUSSELS2165 |
CUBA: FURTHER CHANGES IN EU POLICY UNLIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a key EU Council official (protect), the EU will almost certainly continue the suspension of the June 2003 restrictive measures against Cuba and seek "constructive" dialogue with the Cuban authorities. This is the principal message of the draft EU policy declaration [...] |
2005-06-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS3353 |
EUR PDAS VOLKER ENGAGES EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his September 7-8 EU-related meetings in Brussels, EUR PDAS Kurt Volker stressed the need for a pragmatic U.S.-EU partnership, based on our common values, to solve problems globally. With all of his interlocutors, he discussed the importance of working together to promote demo [...] |
2005-09-14 08:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID VE CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BRUSSELS555 |
EU-CUBA: BACK TO FULL "CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT?" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU's January 31 decision to suspend its June 2003 restrictive measures (ref B) against Cuba should "increase EU engagement with the Cuban opposition" according to EU HighRep Javier Solana's Adviser on Latin America (protect). It is difficult to see how that will actually pla [...] |
2005-02-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05BUENOSAIRES373 |
GOA CALLS IN AMBASSADOR TO COMPLAIN ABOUT CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET; CUBA DISCUSSED [...] (U) Reacting to sensationalist stories in Clarin and La Nacion about the description of Argentina in the Consular Information Sheet on February 16 (reftel), Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa and Tourism Secretary Enrique Meyer held a press conference that night to take issue with our Consular In [...] |
2005-02-17 21:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL PGOV AR US CU |
| 05CARACAS1666 |
GOV UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION IN [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez,s support for Fidel Castro and antagonism toward the United States is well publicized and makes GoV support for democratic transition in Cuba improbable. The cooperation that exists between Castro and Chavez is extensive, as evidenced by the over 10,000 Cuban doctors [...] |
2005-06-03 15:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC CU VE |
| 05COLOMBO606 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LTTE "AIR FORCE", TSUNAMI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Kadirgamar discussed how to deal with newly-revealed LTTE air capability and Sri Lankan reports of possible additional Tiger aircraft purchases. Kadirgamar, who had just returned from a two-week trip abroad, was uninformed about GSL moves to bring [...] |
2005-03-28 11:40:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM MCAP EAID CE CU ID UNHRC LTTE |
| 05COLOMBO635 |
NORWEGIANS: JOINT MECHANISM ABOUT TO HAPPEN! [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Ambassador thinks both sides are close to agreement on Joint Mechanism, but it may not be finalized until after mid-April holidays. "Off shore" issue is sole remaining dispute. Kumaratunga may conclude agreement as President, not on behalf of current government. Both [...] |
2005-03-31 10:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS CU NO LTTE |
| 05DJIBOUTI544 |
DJIBOUTI'S RESPONSE TO CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated that while Djibouti appreciates the U.S. requesting assistance on its neighbor's behalf and explaining why it will be supporting a particular candidate, it has a hard time su [...] |
2005-06-07 07:07:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU DJ ILO |
| 05GUATEMALA806 |
BERGER ON CAFTA ISSUES CUBA OAS SECGEN ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: At lunch March 30, Berger took on board the Ambassador,s arguments that he needs to do something about the lack of effective labor inspection (in the context of the U.S. CAFTA debate) and that he needs to answer the mail from U.S. organizations protesting alleged repression of pea [...] |
2005-03-30 23:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SNAR CU GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA81 |
GUATEMALA ON CUBAN CANDIDACY TO CHR WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-12 17:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM GT CU UNCHR |
| 05HANOI1284 |
Vietnam: Country Review of Cuba [...] (SBU) The following responds to reftel request for information on Government of Vietnam efforts to promote democracy in Cuba and Vietnamese investments in Cuba. 2. (SBU) The GVN does not take actions to advance democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. In addition, the GVN [...] |
2005-06-02 05:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU ETTC PREL VM |
| 05HELSINKI1203 |
FINLAND: CUBA LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Poloff spoke with officials in the Office for Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and confirmed that there have been no changes in Finland's policy toward Cuba since Reftel was drafted in May. There have been no high-level contacts between Finnish and Cuban officials [...] |
2005-11-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
| 05HELSINKI320 |
FINLAND: CHR RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CU FI UNCHR EUN |
| 05HELSINKI587 |
FINLAND: CUBA LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Poloff spoke with officials in the Office for Caribbean and Central American Affairs at Finland's MFA and confirmed that there have been no changes in Finland's policy toward Cuba since Ref B was drafted. There have been no high-level contacts between Finnish and Cuban officials in the [...] |
2005-05-26 06:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FI |
| 05KINGSTON1447 |
NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any recent measures taken by the GOJ to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Post has no evidence that the GOJ has substantially changed its policies or actions toward Cuba in the six months since the submission of our last assessment in [...] |
2005-06-06 20:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ETRD CU JM TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1486 |
CURRENT STATUS OF ALLEGED TERRORIST LUIS POSADA [...] (SBU) On June 8, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Caribbean and Americas Director Joy Wheeler to convey reftel talking points, a copy of which he provided her. He emphasized the USG's commitment to handle the Posada case consistent with U.S. law an [...] |
2005-06-10 19:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAIR KJUS CU VE JM |
| 05KINGSTON2508 |
TRANSMITTAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR PERMANENT [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of IOM package containing applications for Canadian resettlement for 17 Cubans and one Haitian currently under U.S. protection at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay (Ref A), Polcouns met on November 3 with Carina Parnham, Counselor and Manager (Immigration), Canadian High Co [...] |
2005-11-04 20:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | CA CU HA PREF SMIG JM |
| 05KINGSTON2618 |
NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any recent measures taken by the GOJ to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Post has no evidence that the GOJ has substantially changed its policies or actions toward Cuba in the six months since the submission of our last assessment in [...] |
2005-11-30 20:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL JM |
| 05KINGSTON462 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONCERN OVER MEXICO HUMAN [...] (SBU) On February 16, Poloff called Sheila Sealy-Monteith, Director, International Organizations Department (IOD), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT), to deliver reftel talking points. Sealy-Monteith accepted the information and then responded at lenghth. First, she asked [...] |
2005-02-18 18:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM PHUM CU MX CHR |
| 05KINSHASA601 |
Congo/B: UNHCR - Demarche [...] (U) Post was sent Department reftels only on April 1, and executed demarches at the first available opportunity April 4. For future UNCHR Collective cables please send to Kinshasa slugged "Pass to Brazzaville" since Post does not have access to either Department's unclassified or classified s [...] |
2005-04-11 05:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CF CU UNCHR |
| 05KINSHASA610 |
CONGO/B: UNCHR DEMARCHE UPDATES [...] FOLLOWING UNCHR APRIL 4 DEMARCHE ON MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) NUMBER TWO AMBASSADOR SERGE BALE, AMBASSADOR EXECUTED ADDITIONAL DEMARCHES APRIL 5-8 WITH THE ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER (MINISTER OF JUSTICE ENTCHA-EBIA); PRESIDENTIAL PUBLIC RELATIONS COUNSELOR LEMBOUMBA (ALSO PRESIDENT'S SAS [...] |
2005-04-11 14:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CF CU |
| 05KINSHASA769 |
CONGO/B: MEETINGS WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER AND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-06 13:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CF CU IMF |
| 05KUWAIT5007 |
CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (C) The following is post's response to reftels on implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) Cuba has a diplomatic presence in Kuwait, but the GOK does not maintain a mission in Cuba. Relations between the two countries have been strained since the 1990-91 Gulf War when Cu [...] |
2005-12-05 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD CU PREL ETTC KU |
| 05LIMA992 |
Mexican Summary of Meeting on Mexican HR Initiative [...] (SBU) Post transmits verbatim text received from the Peruvian Foreign Affairs Ministry of a summary, prepared by the Mexican Foreign Ministry, of the GRULAC working meeting in Mexico regarding Mexico's proposal to develop an informal mechanism for cooperation among GRULAC countries on human r [...] |
2005-03-02 17:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CU MX PE UNHCR |
| 05LJUBLJANA178 |
SLOVENIA LIKELY TO CO-SPONSOR CUBA CHR RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief met with Jasna Lhotka of the MFA's Office of UN affairs on March 17, 2005 to discuss reftel. Slovenia co-sponosored last year's Cuba resolution. Lhotka said that, barring any unforseen obstacles, Slovenia was likely to co-sponsor the CHR resolution on Cuba put forth by [...] |
2005-03-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU PHUM SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA344 |
SLOVENIA ON CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING [...] On 24 May, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Jana Testen, Head of the International Department at the Ministry of Labor, Family, and Social Affairs. After hearing reftel points supporting the Barbados candidacy, Testen said she had just received a fax advocating the candidacy of Cuba [...] |
2005-05-25 04:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL SI CU |
| 05LJUBLJANA366 |
SLOVENIA: WILL SUPPORT COMMON EU POSITION ON CUBA [...] (C) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA EU Department staffers Peter Grk and Vesna Hojnik on 06 June. Grk pointed out that Cuba is "not in Slovenia's strategic interest zone" and that Slovenia would only weigh in on the debate surrounding suspension of restrictive measures in or [...] |
2005-06-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SI EUN |
| 05MADRID1030 |
SPAIN ON CUBA CHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Charge met with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy (P equivalent) Rafael Dezcallar to discuss reftel points and urge Spain to co-sponsor the Cuba human rights resolution at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights. Dezcallar noted that Spain is not a voting member on the CHR this year, [...] |
2005-03-16 18:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU SP |
| 05MADRID1118 |
MFA ON CUBA CHR RESOLUTION, CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo requested a meeting with poloff on March 21 to discuss Spain's position on the USG draft Cuba human rights resolution and to provide a readout on the recent visit of Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. On the draft Cuba UNCHR [...] |
2005-03-22 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU SP |
| 05MADRID2114 |
EU CUBA POLICY: SPAIN CONTINUES TO FAVOR INCREASED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on June 6 to MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo and requested GOS views on Cuban government actions over the last six months and how the EU should respond. Sandomingo said that the GOS remained confident in its long term strategy toward [...] |
2005-06-03 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
| 05MADRID2131 |
SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on support for democracy [...] |
2005-06-06 14:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD |