Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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03AMMAN4931 |
CPA Iraqi Mobile Telecom Tender Conference [...] (U) SUMMARY: CPA telecommunications officials held a conference in Amman July 31 for prospective bidders on licenses to provide mobile telecommunication services in Iraq, attracting over 400 participants. During the conference, attendees expressed frustration over the short bid submission pe [...] |
2003-08-06 08:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS JO ENV |
04CARACAS3979 |
LAND "INTERVENTIONS" PRESAGE REDISTRIBUTION [...] (C) Venezuelan Governors in Cojedes and Monagas States have issued decrees ordering land "interventions" and charging committees of government and goverment-allied officials to review the ownership rights of over three dozen ranches and rural properties. The first decree, issued by Governor [...] |
2004-12-30 18:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR VE ENV |
05CARACAS160 |
CHAVEZ'S LAND REFORM JUGGERNAUT [...] (C) Summary: President Hugo Chavez signed a decree to "Reorganize the Use and Tenure of Agricultural Land" before thousands of cheering supporters January 10. Prior to the decree, several governors issued decrees to register property or otherwise assist the land reform process. The Nationa [...] |
2005-01-18 20:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAGR KDEM VE ENV |
06DUSHANBE2177 |
TAJIKISTAN'S WATER PROBLEMS HAVE A DIRECT EFFECT ON HEALTH [...] SUMMARY: Nowhere is the theme of this year's United Nations' Human Development Report entitled "Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the Global Water Crisis" more fitting than in Tajikistan. Despite an abundance of water in Tajikistan's many rivers and enormous hydroelectric potential, Tajiki [...] |
2006-12-05 13:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAID EAGR ENV TI |
07GUANGZHOU1094 |
USITC Studies the Benefits of Doing Business in South [...] (U) SUMMARY: Access to credit, tax benefits, historical and cultural ties, and the presence of a well-developed transportation system were among the reasons cited by executives from enterprises in Guangdong for doing business in South China during conversations with a visiting U.S. Internationa [...] |
2007-09-28 08:38:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND ENV PGOV CH |
07PANAMA921 |
PANAMA: CODEL MEEKS MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] CODEL Meeks and Panamanian President Martin Torrijos discussed issues that would arise during the U.S. Congress' debate on whether to approve the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) such as poverty reduction, tax collection, anti-discrimination laws, the Panama-Colombia relationship, [...] |
2007-06-04 16:31:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PGOV ETRD ENV SOCI PHUM PM |
07PHNOMPENH551 |
MONDULKIRI PROVINCE: TRADITION, ELECTIONS AND THE CHINESE [...] (U) Summary. During the Embassy's recent election monitoring program, Emboffs visited Cambodia's remote Mondulkiri Province on the Vietnamese border. Mondulkiri is a rapidly-changing region that encapsulates most of the major issues affecting Cambodia and its minority population -- property [...] |
2007-04-13 08:41:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM ENV CB |
07YEREVAN1311 |
MINING ARMENIA'S TEGHUT FOREST - AN INEVITABILITY? [...] (C) The GOAM is set to approve a much-criticized clear-cutting and strip-mining operation in the Teghut Forest. Critics, decrying environmental damage, have asserted that the GOAM,s approval process fails to meet international commitments, and violates Armenian law. Suspicions of official cor [...] |
2007-11-01 08:17:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AM ECON ENV |
08BEIJING2076 |
SED Ambassador Alan Holmer Previews SED IV During [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Ambassador Alan Holmer discussed plans for the fourth round of the SED with Chinese officials during a May 22-23 visit to Beijing. In his discussion with NPC Vice Minister Wu Xiaoling, Holmer praised Chi [...] |
2008-05-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ENV CH |
08SAOPAULO260 |
BRAZIL'S ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN PRECARIOUS EQUILIBRIUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Brazil's 2008 electricity supply will just cover demand, leaving the county in a state of precarious equilibrium. President Lula is lucky that it has been raining sufficiently over the last six years to feed Brazil's hydroelectric reservoirs (which account for approximately 80 pe [...] |
2008-05-28 14:24:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ENV PREL BR |
08SAOPAULO392 |
BIOELECTRICITY THE NEXT BIOFUEL - ELECTRICITY SERIES #4 [...] (SBU) Summary: As the next big development in Brazilian biofuels, bioelectricity has been touted as the short-term solution to Brazil's potential electricity shortages. It is a clean source of electricity that requires little start-up time and is complementary to Brazil's predominately hydro [...] |
2008-07-24 09:32:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EAGR ENV BR |
08SAOPAULO594 |
DESPITE FINANCIAL DOWNTURN, GLOBA FINANCIAL PLAYERS SEE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Country Managers for four major international financial firms - Morgan Stanley, Carlyle roup, American Insurance Group (AIG), and Rabobank consistently voiced concerns over the near to medium- term impact of the financial crisis and how it would affect their individual sect [...] |
2008-11-04 10:09:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENV ECON EFIN ETRD EAG BR |
09BRIDGETOWN347 |
READY TO DRILL (FOR STEAM NOT OIL): DOMINICA [...] (U) On 14 March 2009, poloff, met with Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Utilities, Energy, and Ports Vincent Philbert to discuss the Summit of the Americas, focusing on the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (EPCA). Philbert advised us that representatives from Domin [...] |
2009-06-11 12:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | XL ECON ENV EINV ENRG SENV TRGY |
09KINGSTON626 |
JAMAICA ENERGY MINISTRY: PLANNING AND CHANGING, AGAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marcia Forbes, the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Energy, resigned on August 20 after serving only four months. She became PS when Minister James Robertson took over the portfolio in April from then-Minister Clive Mullings (reftel A). The PS position has yet to be [...] |
2009-08-24 18:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ENV ECON ETRD EIND EMIN PINR IADB IBRD |