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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 01VATICAN4659 |
AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON BEGINS CREDENTIALING PROCESS: [...] (C) AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON BEGAN THE VATICAN'S FORMAL CREDENTIALING PROCESS MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 6 BY PRESENTING COPIES OF HIS LETTERS OF CREDENTIAL TO ARCHBISHOP LEONARDO SANDRI, "SUBSTITUTE" FOR VATICAN PM EQUIVALENT SODANO. THE AMBASSADOR WILL HAVE THE FORMAL PRESENTATION TO POPE JOHN PAUL [...] |
2001-09-06 15:02:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE IS MX VT |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5992 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FM ON ECONOMIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic channels to restore normal relations with Venezuela after President Chavez downgraded them in September. Trade/economic adviser (and daughter of President Meji [...] |
2003-10-24 19:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6002 |
DEMARCHE ON COLOMBIA AND OAS SPECIAL CONFERENCE - [...] Post on October 24 delivered talking points reftel, regarding the proposed side declaration of support for Colombia at the OAS Special Conference on Security, to MFA acting director of international organization affairs Ambassador Radhis Abreu de Polanco. She informed us that our points had b [...] |
2003-10-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CO DR MX PGOV PREL PTER |
| 04BOGOTA153 |
SENATOR FRIST'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Ambassador Wood met with President Uribe in Cartagena on January 4. Uribe made a pitch for additional helicopters and more efficient delivery of spare parts and inquired about the possibility of A-10 Warthogs for the counternarcotics fight. [...] |
2004-01-08 17:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER SNAR ECON CO EC MX PGOV |
| 04GUATEMALA3270 |
GUATEMALA/MEXICO BORDER ISSUES, STAFFDEL MEACHAM [...] Summary: SFRC Staffdel Meacham visited Guatemala to discuss a broader North American security architecture and Guatemala's role as the southern border state of that area. Based on meetings with the country team, Ministry of Foreign Relations, Migration, and the Ministry of Defense, Staffdel M [...] |
2004-12-27 16:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OREP PREL SMIG CVIS MASS GT MX CA |
| 04OTTAWA2989 |
GETTING TO KNOW YOU: MEXICAN PRESIDENT FOX VISITS [...] (U) Introduction and Summary: Mexican President Vincente Fox marked the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the 10th anniversary of NAFTA with a working visit to Canada October 24-26. Accompanied by eight cabinet-level officials, three senators, and about 40 business leaders, the [...] |
2004-11-08 19:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON EINV CA MX |
| 04SANTODOMINGO863 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: UN'S INSTRAW GETS NEW DIRECTOR [...] Dr. Carmen Moreno, the recently arrived new director of the UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), briefed local diplomats on her plan to revitalize the UN entity, at a breakfast hosted by the Spanish ambassador February 3. Moreno, former Mexi [...] |
2004-02-10 19:43:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN DR MX |
| 05ASUNCION215 |
PARAGUAY ON MEXICO HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVE [...] (C) February 10 Charge raised ref points with VFM Martinez (FM Rachid had not yet returned to the office from travel) stressing the importance of the issue. Progress on human rights, as Paraguay knows well from its own recent history, depends on holding all governments accountable in internat [...] |
2005-02-10 18:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MX PA CHR |
| 05BOGOTA1775 |
ELN PEACE TALK'S ADVANCES AND RETREATS [...] (C): Mexican facilitator for the peace process with the National Liberation Army (ELN) Andres Valencia met with the Ambassador on February 18 to report on progress this year. Although January saw positive commitments by both the ELN and GOC on negotiation pre-requisites (ref a), the process stalle [...] |
2005-02-24 16:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER CO MX ELN |
| 05BOGOTA3726 |
PEACE PROCESS WITH ELN STALLS [...] (C) On April 15, the Ambassador met with Mexican facilitator for the peace process with the National Liberation Army (ELN) Andres Valencia and Mexican Ambassador Chacon. Valencia said the peace process remained stalled due to the ELN's unwillingness to renounce kidnapping during talks. Neverthele [...] |
2005-04-19 20:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL CO MX ELN |
| 05BOGOTA5616 |
ELN'S HEROES OF ANORI BLOC DEMOBILIZES [...] (U) Summary: Twenty-nine members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Antioquia surrendered to the Colombian Army's Fourth Brigade on June 1 and agreed to demobilize. The ""Heroes and Martyrs of Anori"" became the first ELN members to demobilize in a mass ceremony. Although the desertions wil [...] |
2005-06-13 15:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS MX CO ELN |
| 05BRASILIA763 |
BRAZIL RESPONSE TO OAS SOCIAL CHARTER DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On March 21, Poloff delivered reftel demarche --regarding the chairmanship of the OAS Working Group to draft the OAS Social Charter and Action Plan-- to Counselor Mariangela Rebua, Head of the Division of Social Affairs, and her Deputy, Adriano Silva Pucci, at Brazil's Foreign Ministry. [...] |
2005-03-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI BH GY MX XL XM NS |
| 05CAIRO2801 |
EGYPT: SUA CONVENTION AND NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 11 with Adel Ibrahim, Director of the Office of Arms Control and Disarmament at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ibrahim was generally familiar with U.S. goals pertaining to nonproliferation aspects of the SUA convention (Convention for t [...] |
2005-04-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EG |
| 05GENEVA2378 |
MEXICO WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Mission has received note OGE04632 from the Mission of Mexico, dated September 29, withdrawing Mexico's note of August 19 announcing Mexico's candidacy to chair the next Human Rights Commission. The note has been faxed to IO/SHA and WHA/MEX. 2. Begin text: The Permanent Mission of Mex [...] |
2005-10-04 09:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MX UNHRC |
| 05HERMOSILLO440 |
HERMOSILLO - ARMED ATTACK AT COUNTRY CLUB LINKED TO HOSPITAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an early morning raid on November 10th, approximately eighteen men shot their way into the exclusive Los Lagos neighborhood in Hermosillo, firing about 400 high-caliber bullets into the house of a local resident. Although they did not shatter the bulletproof windows of the hou [...] |
2005-11-16 22:08:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC ALOW PREL SNAR MX CASC |
| 05HERMOSILLO456 |
HERMOSILLO: RIOT IN JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 8, 2005, a group of fifteen individuals started a riot at the primary juvenile detention facility in Hermosillo. Two Amcit minors are currently detained in this facility. Neither of them were primary participants or seriously harmed, although one was slightly burned o [...] |
2005-11-22 18:28:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC MX |
| 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 |
| 05LAGOS578 |
SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) On April 12 AmEmbassy Abuja delivered text of reftel non-paper to the Nigerian Ministry of Transportation (MOT). AmConsul Lagos delivered the same non-paper to National Maritime Authority (NMA) Director General (DG), Engineer Festus U.C. Ugwu, and NMA Secretary and Legal Advisor, M.E. E [...] |
2005-04-17 16:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL |
| 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 |
| 05MEXICO6479 |
FELIPE CALDERON WINS PAN PRIMARY [...] Summary: Former Energy Secretary Felipe Calderon won PAN,s third regional primary election on Sunday, October 23 with 58 percent of the vote, and avoided a run-off election by winning just over 50 percent of the cumulative vote. Both former Interior Secretary Santiago Creel, once thought to b [...] |
2005-10-24 21:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MX |
| 05MEXICO7321 |
CALDERON'S CAMPAIGN TAKES SHAPE [...] (U) Summary: Coming off his victory in the PAN primary, Felipe Calderon has been enjoying good times. He officially became the PAN's candidate in a ceremony conducted December 4. Recent polls show his numbers rising as those the PRD's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and the PRI's Roberto [...] |
2005-12-07 19:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MX |
| 05OTTAWA1364 |
Security and Prosperity Partnership in Canada - A [...] (SBU) Summary - From a distance Mission Canada is heartened by the effect and attention given to the SPP in Washington, throughout our government. We are hearing from Canadians most affected that this is precisely what is needed. Because of the political situation now in Canada, we can affor [...] |
2005-05-05 19:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EIND ELTN ECON PGOV PREL CA MX |
| 05OTTAWA1384 |
CANADA: MISSION PERSPECTIVE ON SPP SECURITY GOALS [...] SUMMARY: Mission Canada appreciates the opportunity to comment on the interagency effort under way to identify a coherent and forward looking security road map for North America. We must continue to search for security weaknesses and identify areas where our three countries can strengthen ou [...] |
2005-05-06 20:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA ECON ETRD MX PGOV PREL EWWT SMIG SNAR SOCI |
| 05OTTAWA2047 |
U.S./CANADA ENVIRONMENTAL DISCUSSIONS AND CEC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the 12th annual meeting of the Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in Quebec City June 21-22, EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson reviewed a wide rang [...] |
2005-07-07 19:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG CA MX |
| 05OTTAWA2112 |
U.S. EMBASSY OTTAWA RECEIVED DIP NOTE #JLAB-0107 [...] On July 11, 2005 the U.S. Embassy Ottawa received DipNote #JLAB-0107 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa, Canada. The original is being sent to WHA/CAN. 2. Begin text of note: The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade presents its compliments to the Embassy of [...] |
2005-07-12 20:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD CA MX |
| 05OTTAWA2650 |
CANADIAN VIEWS ON CHAVEZ AND THE SOCIAL CHARTER [...] (C) DCM spoke with Jamal Khokhar, FAC Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, to elicit Canada's views on Chavez and the Social Charter. Khokhar said that prior to the event, Venezuelan Ambassador Perez was called in for Canadian officials to deliver the message that the way Ven [...] |
2005-09-02 21:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | BH GY MX XM KSUM SOCI |
| 05OTTAWA3103 |
SPP: FIRST FINANCIAL SERVICES WORKING GROUP [...] Introduction and Summary: Treasury DAS for International Monetary and Financial Policy Mark Sobel led the U.S. delegation to the first Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) Working Group meeting and the 11th NAFTA Financial Services Committee meeting near Ottawa on October 4, 2005. The [...] |
2005-10-17 20:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL CA MX |
| 05OTTAWA3404 |
NOVEMBER 8 MEETING OF THE NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the United States, Canada and Mexico attended the ninth meeting of the North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG-9) on November 8 in Montreal, reviewing a broad range of commo [...] |
2005-11-16 17:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND CA MX KTRD |
| 05OTTAWA3726 |
TRILATERAL REGULATORY COOPERATION MEETING UNDER [...] On December 9, Canadian, Mexican and U.S. officials met in Ottawa to discuss possibilities for regulatory cooperation under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP). The Canadians, who had proposed and organized the meeting, seem enthusiastic about the prospects for eng [...] |
2005-12-21 20:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV CA MX SIPDIS |
| 05OTTAWA531 |
CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE CONCERNING MEXICO [...] (C) Poloff delivered demarche (per reftel) regarding Mexico's regional human rights initiative and our concerns that this might serve to undermine Cuba-specific (or other country-specific) resolutions at the UN's Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to Katherine Verrier-Frechette, Senior Human Ri [...] |
2005-02-18 19:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MX CA CHR |
| 05PANAMA680 |
PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL RENZI [...] Embassy warmly welcomes Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ), member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), who will visit Panama during April 1-3, 2005. Embassy also welcomes committee professional staff member Mr. Robert Myhill and former HPSCI staffer Brant Bassett. 2. Emba [...] |
2005-03-24 17:03:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX PM |
| 05PANAMA688 |
PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LT COL VINCENT C SMITH [...] Embassy warmly welcomes Lt. Col. Vincent C. Smtih, USAF, as the Escort Officer for Codel Renzi, which will visit Panama during April 1-3, 2005. 2. Embassy Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Karen Covert, telephones: office (507) 207-7131, residence (507) 225-2850, cell (50 [...] |
2005-03-28 19:50:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX PM |
| 05PARIS6984 |
60TH UNFC: FRANCE AGREES AD HOC COMMITTEES A BAD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-11 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | CA MX AORC PARM PREL MNUC |
| 05QUITO346 |
NOTES ON NEW ECUADORIAN AMBASSADOR TO UN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM met with newly-named Ecuadorian Ambassador to the UN, Jaime Moncayo Garcia, to express USG interest in a collaborative relationship at the UN. Separately, PolChief raised deep USG concerns over a Mexican human rights initiative (RefTel). Moncayo express [...] |
2005-02-11 22:21:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV CU MX EC CHR |
| 05RIODEJANEIRO30 |
MAYOR-ELECT ACCUSED OF LEADING SMUGGLING RING [...] (SBU) The respected Brazilian daily Folha de Sao Paulo reports that the mayor-elect of a small city in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is leading a family- run smuggling operation that sends Brazilian nationals to the United States via Mexico. According to Folha, [...] |
2005-01-06 10:02:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS ASEC PINR MX BR |
| 05SANSALVADOR2577 |
OPIC LOAN TO BAJA SALT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-16 22:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV MX ES |
| 05SANTODOMINGO758 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON MEXICO HUMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy officer delivered talking points in paras 5-6 reftel to MFA director for UN affairs Michelle Cohen and separately to deputy director Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, who will go to Geneva for the annual UN Human Rights Committee meeting. Embassy expressed particular appreciation for the [...] |
2005-02-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CU MX DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO971 |
DOMINICANS OUTLINE APPROACH TO HAITI, CAFTA, U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, bilateral relations with the United States, CAFTA ratification, promoting consensus on a new OAS secretary general, more active participation in regional and SIPDIS multilateral diplomacy, foreign investment and technology are priorities for the Dominican administration [...] |
2005-02-24 15:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KIPR EFIN EPET CJAN PHUM PGOV DR HA CU MX XM |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA893 |
SEAS WITHOUT FRONTIERS; OIL DRILLING WITHOUT FEARS: [...] On April 18th, Mexico and Honduras signed a maritime delimitation treaty for waters in the Caribbean. Both countries agreed to share all information that will assist in finding petroleum deposits and to formalize an agreement for an efficient and equitable exploitation of such deposits. Forei [...] |
2005-04-27 16:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL PGOV ECON EPET EWWT SENV SNAR MX HO |
| 05TORONTO2804 |
Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program Benefits [...] Summary: Seasonal Mexican Workers form the backbone of Ontario's multi-million dollar greenhouse farming sector. Mexico's bilateral agreement with Canada defines its sole official guest worker program. The program has expanded over the past thirty years throughout Canada, but workers are conc [...] |
2005-10-25 11:56:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM CA MX |
| 05VATICAN552 |
IMMIGRATION ON FRONT BURNER FOR MEXICAN BISHOPS, VATICAN [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for the U.S. and Mexico Paolo Gualtieri received with interest points on the President's plans for immigration reform and applauded the President's initiative in tackling the problem. He told us that every group of Mexican bishops visiting the Vatican this fall [...] |
2005-12-12 17:02:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PREL VT MX |
| 05VATICAN562 |
VATICAN WARY OF LEFTIST LATINOS [...] (C) The Ambassador shared ref (a) points on Venezuela's nefarious influence in the region with Holy See internal affairs chief (Vatican number three) Archbishop Leonardo Sandri December 17. Some points were news to Sandri, but he was not surprised and said he shared U.S. concerns about Chav [...] |
2005-12-23 11:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL VT MX VE |
| 05WELLINGTON792 |
60TH UNFC: NEW ZEALAND RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Largely because of frustration over the lack of progress in the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, the New Zealand government supports the draft resolution in the UN First Committee that would establish Ad Hoc Committees under the UN General Assembly. However, New Zealand does not want the [...] |
2005-10-13 02:13:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL MNUC CA MX NZ |
| 06ASUNCION1071 |
PARAGUAY: DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-24 21:42:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PTER SMIG OAS XM MX PA |
| 06BEIJING23954 |
NOVEMBER 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the November 21 MFA Press Conference were: - A/S Hill and VFM Wu Dawei held talks on resumpion of the Six-Party Talks but no date has been set for the Talks to resume. -- The MFA Spokesperson had no comment on reports of the "unfreezing" of DPRK accounts in Macao or about th [...] |
2006-11-21 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN IN CH MX CO |
| 06BOGOTA2282 |
BLUE LANTERN: EAVESDROPPING EQUIPMENT LICENSE [...] SUMMARY: Post visited the offices of Eagle Commercial on Wednesday, March 8th to verify the information requested reftel. The company was founded in Bogota, Colombia by Arquemidis Bonilla Vega in 1997 and is a registered distributor, importer, exporter, and retailer of electronic and communic [...] |
2006-03-14 13:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC MX CO US |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2782 |
ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER TAIANA ON CHINA, [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana December 14 discussed with Ambassador a broad range of topics. Taiana commented on his trip to China and the GoA's interest in developing Chinese markets for Argentine exports. Taiana said the GoA is pleased with the U.S. Congress' recen [...] |
2006-12-19 17:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL UNESCO AR BL MX CH |
| 06CARACAS2832 |
VENEZUELA REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE ELECTED MEXICAN [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez announced publicly September 12 that Venezuela does not yet recognize the elected Calderon government in Mexico. Chavez also criticized EU observer missions as having been excessively lax in Mexico and severe in Venezuela. Mexico and Venezuela, which downgraded [...] |
2006-09-15 21:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE MX |
| 06GUATEMALA534 |
FOREIGN MINISTERS' DECLARATION ON U.S. IMMIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Foreign Ministers of Central America, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic met in Antigua, Guatemala, on March 15, 2006. They reiterated their call for an hemispheric conference to promote "best practices" in temporary worker programs. They agreed to lau [...] |
2006-03-17 16:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM CVIS SMIG GT XK CO DR EC MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO100 |
PRESIDENT FOX IN HERMOSILLO FOR SECOND RECENT VISIT [...] (U) Summary: President Vicente Fox returned to Hermosillo on March 7, his second visit in four days. He engaged briefly with miners demonstrating for his assistance outside the Government Palace. The President told reporters that he had no intention of firing the Secretary of Labor and that [...] |
2006-03-08 19:55:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB ECON MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO166 |
SPIKE IN DRUG VIOLENCE IN HERMOSILLO [...] (U) Summary: Over the past several months there appears to be a trend of increasing violence in the area in and around Hermosillo, Sonora, culminating with several events during Holy Week. The violence appears to be largely confined to rival drug trafficking groups. Although there is no elemen [...] |
2006-04-22 00:20:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR ASEC CASC MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO228 |
MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS VISIT SONORA [...] (SBU) Summary. All three major presidential candidates campaigned in Sonora over the last two weeks, with none of them making a big splash. The calculated distancing of Governor Bours from Robert Madrazo was obvious. However, the Governor still studiously avoided an irrevocable split with Ma [...] |
2006-05-31 02:18:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO24 |
HERMOSILLO: MULTIPLE FAILURES LEAD TO PRISON BREAK [...] (U) Summary: On January 15, at approximately 11:30 am, three highly dangerous prisoners broke out of the Centro de Readaptacisn Social I (CERESO) (Center for Social Readaptation, i.e. prison) in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. For one of them, it was his third prison break in as many convict [...] |
2006-01-20 17:10:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC ALOW CASC MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO274 |
CULIACAN CONFERENCE EXPLORES REFORM ALTERNATIVES FOR MEXICAN [...] (U) Summary: On May 25, little more than a month before Mexico's national elections, the annual binational academic conference in Sinaloa on democratic development comparatively examined presidential and parliamentary systems. Participants reviewed the strengths and weaknesses of Mexico's p [...] |
2006-06-27 00:31:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EINV OEXC MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO286 |
HERMOSILLO -- OBSERVATION OF JULY 2 NATIONAL AND LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The voting process in Hermosillo, as observed by Consulate teams, was clean and fair and managed well at neighborhood polling stations. Transit voters at "casillas especiales" experienced long delays and frustrations but showed an admirable determination to vote, some waiting [...] |
2006-07-03 22:24:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO29 |
SONORA PRI AND PAN PARTIES PREPARE FOR 2006 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Electoral politics are beginning to grab the local headlines in Sonora. In a state where the National Action Party (PAN) is strongest, Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Governor Bours has visibly asserted his local political identity and independence from the PRI nation [...] |
2006-01-21 01:18:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO36 |
PRD AND "ALTERNATIVA" PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN IN [...] (SBU) Summary. PRD presidential candidate Lopez Obrador made his first official campaign swing through Sonora state January 27. His visit culminated in political rally in Hermosillo, which was well attended, but not as large as claimed. He made 32 promises to Sonoran voters - local media fo [...] |
2006-01-31 03:48:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG SNAR MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO55 |
CONSULATE HERMOSILLO EAC MEETING, FEBRUARY 10, 2006 [...] (SBU) The Consulate Hermosillo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met February 10 to discuss a surge during the last week of drug-related violence and developments in the city and the state of Sonora. Some of the events that drew post's attention were: -- On February 7, beginning at 0830 hrs, [...] |
2006-02-11 06:31:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC ALOW SNAR CMGT MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO79 |
PRISON CONDITIONS IN SONORA: JUST AS BAD AS ALWAYS, ONLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: After the prison break of January 15 in Hermosillo (Ref A), Governor Eduardo Bours Castelo fired top management and ordered a review of the entire state prison system. The investigation uncovered serious irregularities in 15 of the 16 prisons in Sonora. As a recent visit by Cons [...] |
2006-02-25 01:34:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV ASEC ALOW MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO82 |
PRI PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MADRAZO CAMPAIGNS IN SONORA [...] (U) Summary: Roberto Madrazo, presidential candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), held a large political rally February 26 in southern Sonora. He warned of water shortages and promised better economic development programs if elected. Sonora Governor Eduardo Bours did not a [...] |
2006-02-27 23:44:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO9 |
SONORA STATE OFFICIALS SEE 5 PERCENT ECONOMIC GROWTH IN [...] (U) Summary. Sonora economic officials are projecting that the state's economic growth rate for 2006 will be 5 percent. This would match 2005, when the Ford Company's major expansion of its automobile assembly operations in Hermosillo gave Sonora a major boost. Plans for a new LNG terminal i [...] |
2006-01-10 23:24:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EINV EPET MX |
| 06HERMOSILLO95 |
PRESIDENT FOX BRIEFLY VISITS HERMOSILLO [...] (SBU) Summary: President Vicente Fox made a lightning visit to Sonora March 4, ostensibly for ribbon cuttings on two highway infrastructure projects in Hermosillo. Local media described the visit as a low-key campaign stop on behalf of the National Action Party (PAN), which it seemed to be, [...] |
2006-03-07 00:42:00 | Consulate Hermosillo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB MX |
| 06MEXICO1002 |
POLLSTERS SAY HOLY WEEK POLLS MAY PREDICT NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on 2/21 with four leading Mexican pollsters who, in a lively discussion found a few things to agree on -- including the fact that Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) continues to lead the race. They also agreed tha [...] |
2006-02-24 14:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO1080 |
RADIO AND TELEVISION PROPOSAL FAVORS MEXICAN [...] (U) Summary: The Mexican Chamber of Deputies unanimously passed legislation in December to reform the Radio and TV Law and change the composition of the Mexican Federal Telecommunications Commission (COFETEL). The Mexican Senate recently held a series of hearings on the bill and is expected t [...] |
2006-02-28 17:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON MX EINV |
| 06MEXICO1123 |
CEO SAYS UNFAIR TO LABEL TELMEX A MONOPOLY [...] (U) Summary: In meeting with Econ Mincouns and Econoff February 10, Jaime Chico Pardo, CEO of Telmex, refuted accusations that Telmex and Telcel are monopolies. He claimed Telmex has experienced a major decline in revenue and currently controls only 38 percent of traffic. Chico Pardo focused [...] |
2006-03-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON MX |
| 06MEXICO1124 |
IN TELEVISA FORUM, ANALYSTS JUDGE CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Mexican broadcaster Televisa created a TV program in which a group of well-known and respected analysts and think tanks study and comment on various proposals made by the three main presidential candidates. The analysts concluded that none of the proposals of the three candidates would [...] |
2006-03-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO1174 |
IS MEXICO RUNNING OUT OF OIL? [...] (SBU) Production from Mexico's Cantarell complex of offshore oil fields, responsible for 61 percent of the nation's oil production, has begun to decline. Recent press reports suggest the decline rate could be as high as 25 percent per year. However, Pemex officials and industry analysts pla [...] |
2006-03-03 18:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
| 06MEXICO1177 |
ECOTOURISM IN MEXICO LACKING GOVERNMENT SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY. Mexico has experienced record years in tourism in both 2004 and 2005. Always looking for areas to improve the already strong industry, many in Mexico support ecotourism with hopes that the diversity of Mexico's environment can assist in the economic advancement of local and indigen [...] |
2006-03-03 20:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV MX |
| 06MEXICO1277 |
ALL CANDIDATES LOOKING TO SPEND ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), Felipe Calderon and Roberto Madrazo have at least one shared plan: increase investment in infrastructure as the catalyst to spur economic growth, generate employment, improve competitiveness, and promote regional development. Funding their plans will [...] |
2006-03-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO1310 |
AGAINST THE WALL: US AND MEXICAN CONGRESSMEMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the 45th U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary (IPG) meeting members of Congress from both countries exchanged perspectives on border security and migration. The Mexican delegation stressed shared responsibility for border matters and the contribution Mexican migrants make t [...] |
2006-03-09 21:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO1311 |
ACT II: AMLO KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN'S SECOND STAGE [...] (U) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), presidential candidate for the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), held a campaign event on 02/26 that filled Mexico City's central plaza (Zocalo) with approximately 70,000 to 120,000 supporters. The event marked the end of a successful first stage of th [...] |
2006-03-09 22:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO1370 |
LEFT GAINS IN KEY MEXICO STATE ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) appears to have won a narrow plurality in the March 12 Mexico state elections, the left-of-center Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) made impressive gains, easily displacing President Fox's National Action Party (PAN) as [...] |
2006-03-13 21:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO1456 |
THE FOX ADMINISTRATION'S FINAL BI-NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Fox Administration officials see this fifth and final BNC of their term as a chance to highlight bilateral achievements, institutionalize successful mechanisms, and prepare for the heads of state meeting in Cancun. President Fox, who recently announced imminent extraditions o [...] |
2006-03-17 18:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ELAB CVIS EAID MX |
| 06MEXICO1461 |
AMLO READY TO MAKE FOREIGN POLICY STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-17 20:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO1462 |
MEXICO: SRE DOES NOT SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Marta Vasquez, Assistant Director for International Cooperation Against Narcotics-trafficking and Corruption, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Vasquez and Director General for Global Themes, Ernesto Cespedes, are the SRE's lead officials [...] |
2006-03-17 20:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MARR MASS CVIS OAS MX |
| 06MEXICO1463 |
MEXICO PLANS TO SIGN MDA ADOPTION WITHIN A MONTH [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Liliana Lopez Ortiz, Assistant Director for International Law, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Lopez reminded Poloff of Mexico's long tradition of supporting international rights and that the GOM was happy to vote in favor of the adopt [...] |
2006-03-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF MX |
| 06MEXICO1464 |
MEXICO HAS NOTHING TO SAY OVER U.S.-INDIA CIVIL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Alicia Buenrostro Massieu, Assistant Director General for Africa and Middle Eastern Affairs, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Buenrostro thanked Poloff for the information and said she would look it over carefully. She confirmed that th [...] |
2006-03-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC MX |
| 06MEXICO1473 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOL BRIAN BLASHICH [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Labor Official Brian Blashich for travel to Palau, Coahuila, Mexico from March 19-23, 2006. Embassy confirms that no further assistance is required. 2. Mexico does have health concerns. You should take normal tourist precautions [...] |
2006-03-17 21:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ELAB MX |
| 06MEXICO1476 |
LOPEZ OBRADOR'S "ADVISORY COUNCIL" [...] (SBU) PRD co-founder Porfirio Munoz Ledo leads an "Advisory Council" created to feed economic proposals to the AMLO campaign. The council includes some prominent PRD economists whose views tend toward more government intervention in the economy. The extent of the council's influence on AMLO, [...] |
2006-03-17 22:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO1492 |
MEXICO ENERGY: PEMEX CFO ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE [...] (SBU) The CFO of Pemex, the Mexican oil parastatal, Juan Jose Suarez Coppel painted a rosy picture of the chances for passage of a bill that will allow the firm to operate more autonomously from the government. The proposal would replace most government secretaries and union bosses on the boa [...] |
2006-03-20 16:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
| 06MEXICO1509 |
ROSARIO GREEN ANALYZES PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation, Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Secretary General and former Foreign Minister Rosario Green offered to poloff her analysis of Mexico's presidential race. She attributed Madrazo's current electoral problems in part to the fact that the PRI [...] |
2006-03-20 22:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO1515 |
MEXICAN ELECTIONS - CANDIDATES PROMISE TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) Commemorating the 68th anniversary of Mexican Government's nationalization of oil company assets on March 18th, candidates publicly discussed their energy plans. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) promise to reduce energy rates provoked criticism from analysts and GOM officials who que [...] |
2006-03-22 14:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO1522 |
NEW PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY IN [...] (U) Two new, potentially confrontational, efforts to combat contraband and piracy have recently been announced. On March 6, President Fox issued a decree to create a new Inter-Ministerial Commission to better coordinate enforcement of contraband and the illegal economy among GOM agencies and t [...] |
2006-03-22 17:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV KIPR MX |
| 06MEXICO1526 |
MEXICO ENERGY: PRD DEPUTY ON PEMEX CORPORATE [...] (SBU) Francisco Carillo, the senior member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), on the Chamber of Deputies' energy committee, told us March 16 that a Pemex corporate governance bill would likely pass before the end of April. The three political parties have already agreed informal [...] |
2006-03-22 18:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX |
| 06MEXICO1536 |
EFFECT OF VIOLENCE ON MEXICAN INVESTMENT [...] SUMMARY. Following the Mexican Competitiveness Institute's (IMCO) announcement that Mexico loses 15 percent of GDP, or USD 1.8 billion due to crime, business leaders including the presidents of CCE (Business Coordination Council, an umbrella group of trade associations); Coparmex (the Nationa [...] |
2006-03-22 20:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KTDB PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO1609 |
FORGING OPPORTUNITIES WITH CARLOS SLIM'S GRUPO [...] SUMMARY. The Ambassador hosted a breakfast March 16 with CEOs from various divisions of Mexican mogul Carlos Slim's Grupo Carso to discuss how the U.S. Mission in Mexico can assist U.S. companies (particularly small- and medium-sized companies) in entering the Mexican market, and form allianc [...] |
2006-03-27 21:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON EIND EINV ENRG MX |
| 06MEXICO1626 |
ANALYSTS GIVE CANDIDATES' PROPOSALS LOW MARKS [...] (SBU) A group of forty prominent political and economic experts brought together by a new Mexican think-tank analyzed the three main presidential candidates' proposals in a report called "Evaluate and Decide." The analysts found candidates' proposals incomplete, with all failing to identify f [...] |
2006-03-28 18:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO1656 |
FORUM HIGHLIGHS CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES IN MEXICO- [...] The UN Economic Commission for Latin America, the Mexican Senate, and Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Relations hosted a bilateral forum March 6-7 on Sino-Mexican economic relations. Participants in "Opportunities in the Economic and Commercial Relations: China - Mexico in the Latin American C [...] |
2006-03-29 21:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX CH |
| 06MEXICO1716 |
SENATE PASSES CONTROVERSIAL BROADCASTING AND TELECOM [...] (SBU) On March 30, with 81 votes in favor, 40 against, and 4 abstentions, the Mexican Senate approved controversial reforms to Broadcasting and Telecommunications Laws. Previously, on December 1, 2005, the Chamber of Deputies had unanimously passed the bill. It has now been sent to President F [...] |
2006-03-31 21:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINV PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO1758 |
MEXICO STILL WAITING FOR RESPONSE ON INCB CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Julian Juarez Cadenas, Assistant Director General for Security and Judicial Affairs, at the Foreign Relations Secretariat's (SRE) Office of United Nations Affairs. Juarez reminded Poloff that Mexico also had a candidate for the International Narcotics [...] |
2006-04-04 20:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR AORC UN MX |
| 06MEXICO1776 |
MEXICO'S BANKING SECTOR CONTINUES EXPANSION IN 2005 [...] (U) In 2005, Mexico's banking sector enjoyed continued rapid expansion in both loans and profits. Mortgage and consumer credit grew 35% and 48% respectively, while loans to businesses grew a modest 5%. Banking profits grew 83% over 2004 to USD 4.4 billion, prompting criticism that the banks [...] |
2006-04-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO1797 |
AMLO ADVISOR TALKS "FISCAL DISCIPLINE" WHILE [...] (SBU) While economist Rogelio Ramirez de la O tried to soothe concerns about Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (PRD) intentions for the country's fiscal and monetary policies; Felipe Calderon (PAN) and Roberto Madrazo (PRI) adopt populist tints in their own speeches. Ramirez de la O said AMLO wil [...] |
2006-04-06 15:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO1798 |
MEXICAN RESPONSE TO HONDURAN FUEL IMPORT ANNOUNCEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-06 15:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET HO MX |
| 06MEXICO1839 |
MEXICAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS REALISTIC, SOMETIMES [...] Representatives from various Mexican agricultural organizations gave us their views on U.S.-Mexican agricultural cooperation and trade. The groups held varying views on NAFTA's current impact on their producers and the potential impact of further liberalization, particularly of corn and beans [...] |
2006-04-07 15:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO1884 |
MADRAZO'S ECONOMIC POLICIES: TWO VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, two factions of the PRI's economic brain trust offered competing economic visions of the GOM's likely economic policy should PRI candidate Roberto Madrazo win the presidency. Jorge Chavez Presa, Madrazo's chief economic advisor, described Madrazo's pla [...] |
2006-04-10 17:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO1889 |
SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RUMSFELD'S [...] (C) Summary: Mexico is the essential partner in U.S. homeland defense, and while the Mexican Navy (Marina) has been an enthusiastic player, the Mexican military (SEDENA) has only recently begun to acknowledge the benefits of cooperation. This visit marks the opportunity to realign our ow [...] |
2006-04-10 19:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO2026 |
MEXICO STILL EVALUATING PSI COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Julian Juarez, Assistant Director General for United Nations Affairs, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Juarez explained that the PSI issue was undergoing serious discussion within the SRE, but stated that Mexico would most likely not suppo [...] |
2006-04-18 21:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC PHSA MX |
| 06MEXICO2042 |
REMITTANCES AND MIGRATION PART I: A VIEW FROM [...] (SBU) Summary. Immigration to the U.S. and the subsequent transfer of wealth through remittances is having a major social and economic impact in rural Mexico, as financial transfers are the primary source of income in many areas. While emigration has been common since the 1970's, the rate has [...] |
2006-04-19 17:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD SMIG MX |
| 06MEXICO2097 |
REMITTANCES AND MIGRATION PART II: THE FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite record amounts of remittances flowing from the U.S. to rural Mexico, sustainable economic development in those regions has been largely elusive. One factor inhibiting productive investment of remittances has been a scarcity of reliable financial services in rural areas [...] |
2006-04-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD SMIG MX |
| 06MEXICO2123 |
MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES PART III: HOMETOWN [...] (SBU) Summary. There has been a significant growth in the influence of migrant organizations based in the U.S., often known as "hometown associations" (HTAs). While Mexican immigrants have long supported their communities of origin, HTAs are now larger and better organized, and increasingly [...] |
2006-04-24 12:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN EINV SMIG MX |
| 06MEXICO2154 |
MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES PART IV: CROSS BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. According to Mexican authorities, the number of people immigrating illegally to the U.S. in the first three months of 2006 grew to 275,792, an increase of 20 percent compared to the same time period in 2005. Many of these migrants have traditionally lacked financial and invest [...] |
2006-04-25 11:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN MX SMIG |
| 06MEXICO2182 |
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PREPARE FOR FIRST POLITICAL [...] (SBU) As the presidential candidates prepare for their first debate April 25 in Mexico City, the four partipants are emphasizing Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (PRD) refusal to attend, while Roberto Madrazo, Patricia Mercado and Roberto Campa take every opportunity to attack the current adminis [...] |
2006-04-26 10:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO2220 |
TEN ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING MEXICO'S NEXT PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Whoever wins Mexico's presidential election on July 2 will inherit both the economic strengths built and bolstered during the Fox Administration and the daunting challenges that Fox leaves unfulfilled or simply unaddressed. Fox's major economic legacy will be the macroeconomic stability [...] |
2006-04-26 19:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO2240 |
CALDERON SCORES BIG IN FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As measured both by the polls and the pundits, National Action Party (PAN) presidential candidate Felipe Calderon emerged the big winner in yesterday's presidential debate, offering a national audience a polished, well-organized and engaging summary of his platform. His princ [...] |
2006-04-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO2279 |
MEXICO: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. Mexico continues to have difficult relations with Cuba despite the return of diplomatic envoys in July 2004. Seasoned diplomat Jose Ignacio Pina Rojas replaced Roberta Lajous as Mexico's a [...] |
2006-04-27 20:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU ETRD ETTC PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO2280 |
PROPOSED LAW TO LIMIT FOREIGN INVESTMENT DEAD FOR [...] SUMMARY: The Mexican Chamber of Deputies rejected a bill passed by the Senate on April 4 that would have limited foreign neutral investment (i.e. investment in non-voting shares) to trusts, mutual funds, and other investment funds. Although the law would likely have affected investors from E [...] |
2006-04-27 20:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON MX |
| 06MEXICO2297 |
BENEFITS OF MAQUILA SHELTER PROGRAM ATTRACTS [...] SUMMARY. The state of Sonora has become the aerospace capital of Mexico, with one third of the aerospace companies in the country having operations there. The port of Guaymas, in particular, has become a hub for the industry. The success may stem, in part, from the services offered by the [...] |
2006-04-28 17:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND EINV ETRD MX |
| 06MEXICO2333 |
PUNTA COLONET PORT AND RAILROAD PROJECT LOSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Dep Econcouns and Econoff met February 17 with Union Pacific Railroad's Director General for Mexico Juan Manuel Carreon to discuss the Punta Colonet port development project in Baja California, Mexico. Carreon believes Union Pacific and partner, Hutchison Port Holdings, a Hong [...] |
2006-05-02 17:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MX EINV BTIO ETTC ETLN EAIR ETRD ENRG |
| 06MEXICO2407 |
MEXICO: U.S. DOESN'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT MEXICO'S [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Julian Juarez, Assistant Director General for Security and Judicial Affairs at the Foreign Relations Secretariat's (SRE) Office of United Nations Affairs. Juarez reiterated the SRE's earlier statement that Mexico would not negotiate votes on Human Right [...] |
2006-05-04 23:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR PHUM UNHRC MX |
| 06MEXICO2408 |
AMLO: FOREIGN POLICY STAYS THE SAME BUT CAMPAIGN [...] (C) On Tuesday 05/02, leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) chaired a foreign policy program hosted by the Consulting Council for an Alternative Project for the Nation. The Council is led by former Mexican Ambassador to the United Nations and AMLO advisor Porfirio Munoz Ledo and [...] |
2006-05-04 23:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO2409 |
NEW POLLS SUGGEST PAN CANDIDATE CALDERON MAY CROSS [...] (C) Summary: A flurry of post-debate polls puts National Action Party (PAN) candidate Felipe Calderon ahead of former front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO)(Democratic Revolution Party - PRD) by between 1-7 percentage points, depending on the poll. PAN party President Manuel Espino [...] |
2006-05-04 23:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO2460 |
WHAT AILS THE PRI? [...] (C) Summary: After its considerable successes in the 2003 midterm elections and in state and local races since then, many in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) expected that 2006 would be the year of its restoration, particularly given the public's disappointment with the Fox Admini [...] |
2006-05-09 14:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO2517 |
SAN SALVADOR ATENCO RIOTERS DRAW BRUTAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary. A May 3-4 riot in San Salvador Atenco was the result of long-simmering local political rivalries. We see no direct relation to the coming presidential election, and the group that precipitated the violence appears to have no reach beyond its community. Nevertheless, the GOM dec [...] |
2006-05-11 17:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MX |
| 06MEXICO255 |
"I'M GOING TO WIN" PAN CANDIDATE FELIPE CALDERON TELLS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: A confident Felipe Calderon and key campaign advisors Ernesto Cordero and Josefina Vasquez Mota told the Ambassador January 10 that recent polls showed Calderon slightly ahead of Democratic Revolution (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). The National Action Party candida [...] |
2006-01-18 22:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | MX PGOV PREL |
| 06MEXICO2555 |
MEXICO: SUPPORT FOR MDA STILL STRONG, DELAYED [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Liliana Lopez Ortiz, Assistant Director for International Law, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Lopez Ortiz was happy to hear that the Ambassador's meeting had gone well and reiterated Mexico's support for the initiative. Lopez Ortiz explain [...] |
2006-05-12 20:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM AORC PREF ICRC MX |
| 06MEXICO2559 |
MEXICAN TRUCKERS FEAR COMPETITION [...] SUMMARY. Representatives of the trucking industry in Monterrey expressed frustration with inefficient and unsafe operations of Mexican customs facilities in Nuevo Laredo. Although the GOM is improving and updating border crossings, the road system that feeds into them remains substandard caus [...] |
2006-05-12 21:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON EIND EINV ELTN ETRD MX |
| 06MEXICO2577 |
THE CALDERON ECONOMIC PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Senior staffers Ernesto Cordero and Carlos Montano confidently described National Action Party (PAN) presidential candidate Felipe Calderon's economic platform the week national polls showed Calderon capturing the lead from Party of the Democrat Revolution (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel [...] |
2006-05-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO2595 |
FRANCHISING IN MEXICO PART I: AN OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Buoyed by increased purchasing power, a commercial real estate boom, and greater investor confidence, franchises are transforming the retail sector in Mexico. The franchise industry is an increasingly important component of the Mexican economy, creating thousands of new jobs a [...] |
2006-05-15 22:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN EINV MX |
| 06MEXICO2633 |
FRANCHISING IN MEXICO PART II: PRESENT AND FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. Being driven by domestic and foreign investment, the franchise industry grew by 17 percent in 2005. While U.S. companies presently comprise most of the foreign-based franchises in Mexico, a substantial increase in the presence of Central and South American, European, and Chine [...] |
2006-05-16 22:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN EINV MX |
| 06MEXICO2637 |
WAITING FOR THE WHOLE ENCHILADA: MEXICO REACTION [...] (SBU) Fox administration officials responded immediately to President Bush's 5/15 speech by stressing there was no "militarization" of the border, the shared responsibility for border security, and their concern over the lack of legislative progress on migration. Mexican commentators focused [...] |
2006-05-16 22:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO2702 |
AMLO'S THIRD ACT: NON-VIOLENCE AND THE MIDDLE [...] (U) As the campaign season enters its final fifty days, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) prepares to shift his strategy into high gear. After fumbling through March and April, AMLO now finds himself in second place in most polls and looks to [...] |
2006-05-18 23:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO2708 |
NEW COMPETITION LAW BRINGS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite significant opposition to proposed changes to Mexico's competition law, the Federal Competition Commission (CFC) negotiated an agreement with the business community led by the Mexican Business Coordination Council (CCE), an umbrella group of trade associations. This [...] |
2006-05-19 23:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD MX |
| 06MEXICO2711 |
MEXICAN CONGRESS DEMONSTRATES INDEPENDENCE, NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The final session of the 59th Congress ended on April 28, with the modest results that have become its hallmark under a divided government. Some, including Eduardo Perez Motta, head of the Federal Competition Commission (CFC) believe that the new competitiveness law will become [...] |
2006-05-20 00:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO2758 |
BORDER REACTION: MEXICO WORRIES ABOUT "THE WALL" [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and Consulates continued intensive outreach on border issues with key media figures, the campaigns and political parties. While the GOM initially maintained a remarkably unified public line accepting U.S. border security initiatives, the attitude changed dramatic [...] |
2006-05-23 15:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO2759 |
MEXICANS FAVOR IMMEDIATE PASSAGE OF INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) As instructed reftel PolMinCouns joined Amb. George Troup of New Zealand and Australian First Secretary Jessica Lucas to demarche Foreign Relations (SRE) officials 5/19 regarding the proposed Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Ambassador Troup presented reftel points ora [...] |
2006-05-23 19:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MX |
| 06MEXICO2888 |
MEXICO: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM'S CONCESSION IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-30 18:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ETRD EINV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO2958 |
MEXICO WILL SUPPORT GRULAC CANDIDATE NOT IRAN FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Norma Diaz, Director for International Organizations at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat's (SRE) Office of United Nations Affairs. Diaz explained that the GOM has no official position on Iran's candidacy for Chairman of the International Organiz [...] |
2006-06-01 20:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SMIG AORC MX |
| 06MEXICO2960 |
OAS: MEXICO WILL PERSIST WITH TRADE RESOLUTION [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Astrid Diaz-Infante, Acting Director General for OAS Affairs at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Diaz-Infante agreed that opening up the text of Mexico's "trade and investment" resolution would undo years of negotiations and said that the GOM i [...] |
2006-06-01 20:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO3035 |
POLLSTERS SEE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AT "CRITICAL" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador again convened four pollsters (reftel) who concurred that Democratic Revolution (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) and National Action Party (PAN) candidate Felipe Calderon were virtually tied, making this a critical moment for the campaign. Wh [...] |
2006-06-05 19:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO3069 |
CALDERON AT MOUNT SINAI [...] (U) Summary: On May 31, Felipe Calderon, presidential candidate of the ruling National Action Party (PAN), addressed over 500 members of Mexico,s Jewish community, the first of the three major presidential candidates to publicly appear before this community. In his remarks, Calderon focused [...] |
2006-06-05 22:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO3081 |
PAN LEGISLATORS OPINE ON CAMPAIGN/PARTY DYNAMICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with TDY Poloff, both Senator Maria Luisa Calderon (sister of ruling National Action Party (PAN) presidential Candidate Felipe Calderon) and Federal Deputy German Martinez (party representative to the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE)), expressed their frustr [...] |
2006-06-06 13:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3136 |
VOLATILITY IN MEXICAN FINANCIAL MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the week of May 29 econoffs and FSN ECON specialist talked with a broad range of analysts and economists from foreign banks and the Mexican Stock Market. Their reading was that the recent volatility in Mexican financial markets was directly tied to capital flight from eme [...] |
2006-06-07 20:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MX |
| 06MEXICO3148 |
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: CALDERON ON POINTS, AMLO ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the second and final of the presidential debates, front-running candidates Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) of the Party of the Democratic Revolution were widely perceived to have debated to a near draw. The debate f [...] |
2006-06-07 23:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3165 |
SONORA PROVIDES SOFT LANDING TO NEW FOREIGN [...] SUMMARY. The State of Sonora, often one of Mexico's largest FDI destinations due to its proximity to the U.S. border, has boosted its success in business and capital attraction with its Soft Landing Program. Created as part of the state's incentive package to attract Ford to Hermosillo, the [...] |
2006-06-08 23:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV ETRD MX |
| 06MEXICO3196 |
BLAST FROM THE PAST: FORMER PRESIDENT ECHEVERRIA [...] (C) Summary: In a July 5 breakfast with poloff, former Mexican President Luis Echeverria Alvarez (1970-76) offered his views on the state of U.S.-Mexican relations and the current election campaign. He expressed concern about the damage the migration issue was doing to U.S.-Mexican relations and ab [...] |
2006-06-09 17:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3267 |
OHCHR RUNS SLIM OPERATION IN MEXICO [...] (U) Summary: Minister Counselor for Political Affairs (MCCA) and PolOff met with the representative in Mexico of the United Nation's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Amerigo Incalcaterra. The OHCHR's strategy in Mexico is to promote a human rights agenda by working wit [...] |
2006-06-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3296 |
ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON [...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. We have an effective relationship with Mexico when it comes to counter-terrorism, particularly on special interest aliens (SIAs) and alien smuggling. The first transition challenge will be to make the n [...] |
2006-06-15 00:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MX |
| 06MEXICO3297 |
ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON LAW [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. We suggest three overarching messages on law enforcement for the new administration. First, the steadily improving cooperation over the last six years represents a baseline, not an aberration. Second, w [...] |
2006-06-15 00:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM SNAR MX |
| 06MEXICO3302 |
AMLO ANNOUNCES A SUBSIDIES PROGRAM [...] (SBU) On May 30, Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced on national TV some details of a comprehensive subsidies program aimed at increasing Mexican families' income and their purchasing power by up to 20%. AMLO expects the plan would spur [...] |
2006-06-15 17:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO3305 |
ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON [...] (C) Summary: This is the third in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. We need to intensify the effort begun this year to engage Mexico in a constructive approach to border violence that yields a real-time law enforcement response to emergencies. Mexico also needs to impro [...] |
2006-06-15 19:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG MX |
| 06MEXICO3309 |
FEDERAL ELECTORAL INSTITUTE COUNSELOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) Counselor Arturo Sanchez shared with us June 14 some insights on the coming election. He was adamant that despite the usual glitches, election day would be relatively smooth. Nevertheless, he expected a tight race with judicial challenges to fol [...] |
2006-06-15 20:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO3321 |
ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the fourth in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. Modern infrastructure, including energy, transport, and telecommunications; respect for the rule of law; and vigorous and open trade under NAFTA will provide the foundation to build a competitive Mexi [...] |
2006-06-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD MX |
| 06MEXICO3322 |
ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the fourth in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. Modern infrastructure, including energy, transport, and telecommunications; respect for the rule of law; and vigorous and open trade under NAFTA will provide the foundation to build a competitive Mexi [...] |
2006-06-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD MX |
| 06MEXICO3324 |
ENGAGING THE NEW MEXICAN ADMINISTRATION ON [...] Summary: This is the fifth in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. The central development challenge for Mexico - and perhaps the main challenge for its new president -- is reducing the poverty that continues to afflict so many here and which drives so many to emigrate. Com [...] |
2006-06-16 15:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SENV MX |
| 06MEXICO3325 |
LEADING POLLSTER GIVES EDGE TO AMLO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 15 meeting, Maria de las Heras, one of Mexico's most respected pollsters, told poloff that she believed that if the election were held today, the Party of the Democratic Revolution's (PRD) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) would defeat the National Action Party's (PAN) [...] |
2006-06-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3338 |
EMBRACING THE WINNER AND RETHINKING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: This is the last in a series of six cables on transiti issues in Mexico. Washington should embrace the winner of the July 2 presidential election early and often (this is all the more important i the winner turns out to be Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador). We hope that senior USG of [...] |
2006-06-16 21:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MX |
| 06MEXICO3351 |
LEADING ANALYST OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTION PROCESS, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion, leading political analyst Denise Dresser told poloffs that while she was optimistic Mexico's electoral machinery would work, she questioned whether President Fox's successor -- whoever it would be -- would be capable of reforming the Mexican state. S [...] |
2006-06-19 20:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO3378 |
MEXICO'S EXPANDING TIES TO ASIA [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of A/S Shannon's visit to Asia post met separately with Japanese and Chinese embassy and Foreign Ministry (SRE) officials, all of whom welcomed increased consultation with the U.S. on Mexico's relations with Asia. Japanese diplomat Noriteru Fukushima echoed Tokyo off [...] |
2006-06-19 23:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EINV MX |
| 06MEXICO3422 |
ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL DISCOUNTS "NULLIFICATION" RUMORS [...] (C) Summary: While Mexican media have in recent days lingered on the possibility the Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) might annul the 2006 presidential voting, six of the seven members of the TEPJF assured us such a decision was virtually impossible. In a meeting June 20 TEPJF President Leonel C [...] |
2006-06-21 19:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO3423 |
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CONFERENCE IN MEXICO LAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: With support from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Mexico's National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) sponsored a comprehensive conference on trafficking in persons (TIP) in Tapachula, Chiapas, June 14-15. [...] |
2006-06-21 19:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO3438 |
EMBRACING THE WINNER AND RETHINKING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: This is the last in a series of six cables on transition issues in Mexico. Washington should embrace the winner of the July 2 presidential election early and often (this is all the more important if the winner turns out to be Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador). We hope that senior USG [...] |
2006-06-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MX |
| 06MEXICO3465 |
A ONCE MIGHTY PRI STRUGGLES FOR RELEVANCY [...] (C) Summary: With Election Day ten days off, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) remains divided and debilitated, struggling to maintain its relevance in a political scene it once dominated. On the one hand, party insiders tell us that presidential candidate Roberto Madrazo appears [...] |
2006-06-23 13:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3486 |
FINAL POLLS GIVE NARROW LEAD TO LOPEZ OBRADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last several days, Mexican polling firms have released the results of the final round of polls to be published before the July 2 election. The five most influential polls in Mexico all give a narrow lead of between two and four percent to the Party of the Democratic [...] |
2006-06-23 22:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3494 |
SUBJECT: A CONVERSATION WITH AMLO,S INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) Summary: Carlos Robles-Gil, a key infrastructure advisor to PRD presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), discussed AMLO's economic team and proposals related to budget and finance, infrastructure, energy, and trade policy. Robles-Gil said the PRD campaign expects AMLO to [...] |
2006-06-23 23:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EAIR ELTM ETRD PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3572 |
TEACHERS' STRIKE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT VOTING IN [...] (C) Summary: As Election Day draws near, public school teachers in the state of Oaxaca remain on strike, with some continuing to threaten to block voting unless a resolution is reached by July 1. What began some five weeks ago apparently as a routine labor action in pursuit of increased wages [...] |
2006-06-27 21:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MX PINR PREL PHUM |
| 06MEXICO3574 |
TEACHERS' STRIKE RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT VOTING IN [...] (C) Summary: As Election Day draws near, public school teachers in the state of Oaxaca remain on strike, with some continuing to threaten to block voting unless a resolution is reached by July 1. What began some five weeks ago apparently as a routine labor action in pursuit of increased wages [...] |
2006-06-27 22:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MX PINR PREL PHUM |
| 06MEXICO3609 |
CALDERON'S 100 ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Only a few days prior to the Presidential election Felipe Calderon, candidate of the National Action Party (PAN), presented 100 actions that he will take during his first 100 days as president. These actions divide into five main themes: public security, economics, equal opport [...] |
2006-06-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MEXICO3623 |
MEXICAN RESPONSE TO WTO DOHA ROUND DEMARCHE [...] (U) On June 19, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Kenneth Smith Ramos, Economy Secretariat Director General of International Trade Negotiations under Undersecretary Villalobos. Smith reiterated that the GOM supports the ambitious U.S. agenda for the Doha Development Round and said he would [...] |
2006-06-29 19:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD MX WTO |
| 06MEXICO3635 |
ECONOMIA OFFICIAL REACTS TO TRUCKING PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: On the side of a June 29 lunch meeting to discuss DDA negotiations, Ken Smith Ramos, Economia Director General of International Trade Negotiations under U/S Villalobos, expressed to Econoff Economia's strong frustration regarding the U.S. decision to postpone the pilot trucking pr [...] |
2006-06-29 22:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MX |
| 06MEXICO3638 |
NEW MANZANILLO LNG PLANT: MEXICO PUTS OUT BIDS FOR [...] (SBU) The GOM published June 6 a solicitation for bids to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and re-gasification plant at Manzanillo on Mexico's west coast, and another solicitation to supply LNG to the plant. Bids are due in by January 16, 2007. GOM officials and experts identi [...] |
2006-06-30 15:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
| 06MEXICO3662 |
NO WINNER IN MEXICO'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS UNTIL [...] (U) Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) announced July 2 that frontrunner presidential candidates Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (Revolutionary Democratic Party -- PRD) and Felipe Calderon (National Action Party -- PAN) were effectively neck and neck after both exit polls and quick count [...] |
2006-07-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3672 |
MEXICAN ELECTORAL UNCERTAINTY -- INITIAL MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary. Following Sunday's indeterminate election results, the Mexican Stock Market (Bolsa) opened July 3 up 4.17% where it remains at midday. The peso rose Monday morning to between 11.10 and 11.20 to the dollar after having closed June 30 at 11.42. While some observers point to o [...] |
2006-07-03 20:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO3676 |
ELECTION DAY IN MEXICO: NOT OVER YET [...] (C) Summary: Election day was calm in Mexico, marked by good turnout and an orderly process. But even a good process does not always provide an immediate result with a closely divided electorate. Electoral authorities insist the country will have to wait for the July 5 official count to know [...] |
2006-07-03 20:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO3715 |
MARKETS ARE UP BUT WILL REMAIN VOLATILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a rough day Wednesday when the Mexican stock market dropped 4.01 percent as a result of Wall Street,s slide and temporary indications that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) was ahead in the official election count, Mexican stocks and bonds have rallied today as Felipe [...] |
2006-07-06 20:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO3747 |
CALDERON DECLARED WINNER; AMLO TO CONTEST RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: On July 6, the Federal Electoral Institute's (IFE) district councils completed their retabulation of the votes cast in last Sunday's election. The official results show Calderon with 35.88% and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) with 35.31%, a margin of 0.57%. We understand that [...] |
2006-07-07 13:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO3832 |
AMLO TAKES TO THE STAGE: HOLDS FIRST MEETING WITH [...] Presidential candidate for the Coalition for the Good of All, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), held his first post-electoral "informative meeting" in Mexico's central plaza, the Zocalo, on Saturday, July 8. AMLO used the venue to express his concerns with the election process and the Feder [...] |
2006-07-11 18:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO3834 |
SRE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7, the SRE held its second post-electoral briefing for the diplomatic community. The briefing was presided over by Foreign Secretary Derbez, although Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) Counselor Alejandra Latapi, one of the two IFE representatives in attendance, led th [...] |
2006-07-11 18:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3840 |
HACIENDA'S (MEXICAN TREASURY) NEW BUDGET AND [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Fox administration continues to take protective measures to shield the Mexican economy from profligate spending. Hacienda's (Treasury) Budget and Fiscal Responsibility Law, which entered into force this April is an example of a cautionary move to ensure t [...] |
2006-07-11 23:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3865 |
ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL RECEIVES FIRST TRANCHE OF [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, poloffs met with the head of public relations for the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Power (TEPJF) to discuss the legal challenges to the presidential election results brought by PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). Although as of the time of [...] |
2006-07-12 21:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO3879 |
AMLO'S FRIEND SPECULATES ON THE CANDIDATE'S [...] (C) Poloffs met early July 4 with Jose Maria Perez Gay, a personal friend of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) tapped to be Foreign Secretary if AMLO had won July 2. Perez Gay said he was perplexed by apparent inconsistencies in preliminary numbers released by the Federal Electoral Institu [...] |
2006-07-13 19:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO3904 |
MEXICAN STOCK MARKET ECONOMIST MUSES ON INTERNAL [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary. After a week of political uncertainty and speculation over the market,s reaction to Mexican political events, Econoff met with the deputy director of the Mexican Stock Exchange, Alejandro Reynoso. He confirmed previous common views that market volatility was no [...] |
2006-07-14 16:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MEXICO3905 |
POLITICAL CHANGES BRINGS UNCERTAINTY TO MEXICAN [...] (U) The Mexican Congress' passage in March 2006 of the Radio and Television Law has brought some uncertainty to Mexico's communication sector. All of the previous Federal Telecommunications Commissioners resigned shortly after its passage leaving the Federal Telecommunications Commission (CO [...] |
2006-07-14 17:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON MX ECPS ETRD EINV |
| 06MEXICO3907 |
LOOKING FOR FRAUD IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES? [...] (C) Summary: In a July 12 meeting with poloffs, officials of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) offered an impassioned defense of their work in conducting the July 2 presidential elections. Although they had not yet seen the specific complaints submitted by the PRD (or, for that matter, [...] |
2006-07-14 18:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3913 |
AT&T OFFICIALS WITH CALLING PARTY PAYS WOES [...] (U) AT&T officials met with Econoff June 29 regarding Mexico's transition to a Calling Party Pays (CPP) system for national and international long distance calls where the destination is a user of the mobile local service. Controversy surrounding the recent passage and implementation of the n [...] |
2006-07-14 18:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON MX ETRD EINV |
| 06MEXICO3953 |
AT MASS RALLY, LOPEZ OBRADOR CALLS FOR CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, July 16, Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) presided over a mass march and "informational meeting" at which he demanded a complete, nationwide recount of the results of the Mexican presidential election. [...] |
2006-07-18 00:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO3961 |
PRI GOVERNORS NEEDED TO ACHIEVE STRUCTURAL REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: Given the upcoming Mexican government transition and the slim margin with which a new president will take office, this is a good time to review federal-state relations and their implications for Mexico's prospects for structural change. The views expressed in this three-part seri [...] |
2006-07-18 18:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO3962 |
MEXICO'S ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES - A [...] (C) Introduction and Summary. Mexico,s Central Bank Deputy Governor Jose Julian Sidaoui provided a snapshot of the country,s economic situation following the July elections. He said that the surprisingly favorable reaction of Mexican markets, despite political uncertainty, is mainly the resul [...] |
2006-07-18 18:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MEXICO3999 |
NGO CITES ELECTION "IRREGULARITIES," SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: On July 14, poloffs met with Silvia Alonso, Executive Secretary of the influential NGO Alianza Civica (Civic Alliance), to discuss the findings of her organization's election observation mission. She called on the electoral tribunal (TEPJF) to give greater credibility to the el [...] |
2006-07-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO4000 |
NGO CITES ELECTION "IRREGULARITIES," SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: On July 14, poloffs met with Silvia Alonso, Executive Secretary of the influential NGO Alianza Civica (Civic Alliance), to discuss the findings of her organization's election observation mission. She called on the electoral tribunal (TEPJF) to give greater credibility to the el [...] |
2006-07-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO4019 |
INFLUENCE OF STATES AND GOVERNORS OVER FEDERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: State governments have limited ability to influence national policies. The local legislature of each state enacts legislation that applies only within its territorial boundaries. However, state legislatures do have a constitutional right to introduce legislation in the nationa [...] |
2006-07-19 22:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO4020 |
REVIEW OF MEXICAN STATE DEPENDENCE ON [...] (SBU) States and municipalities depend for the vast majority of their revenue on federally collected value-added tax and petroleum revenue funds, but the Fiscal Coordination Law prohibits the GOM from conditioning transfers. On average, 90 percent of state revenue and nearly 75 percent of mun [...] |
2006-07-19 22:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO4100 |
PRI BOSS HOLDS FORTH ON ELECTION, PARTY'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Federal Deputy Manlio Fabio Beltrones, recently elected to head the PRI faction in the incoming Senate, told poloff that his party would be willing to cooperate on specific issues with the administration of Felipe Calderon, although he doub [...] |
2006-07-25 16:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO4139 |
LOCAL PRD OFFICIALS CLARIFY PARTY POSITION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with poloffs on July 21, Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) deputies from the Mexico City Legislative Assembly discussed their party's position towards the contested presidential election. Led by Deputy Lorena Villavicencio Ayala, the PRD committee expressed its con [...] |
2006-07-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO4144 |
BANK OF MEXICO CONFERENCE ON POVERTY CHALLENGES, [...] (SBU) Mexican economic leaders and World Bank economists discussed the causes and potential solutions for the country,s persistent poverty at a July 19 Mexico City conference &Growth and Reduction of Poverty in Latin America: Virtuous Cycles and Vicious Cycles.8 At the conference, Central Ban [...] |
2006-07-26 17:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MEXICO4189 |
LEADING MEXICAN ECONOMIST ON TAX AND FISCAL REFORM [...] (C) Econoff met with Dr. Fausto Hernandez, Economics Professor at Mexico,s Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE), to discuss Mexico,s fiscal policy. Dr. Hernandez has done extensive research and published numerous studies on the subject. He discussed the origins of low tax collect [...] |
2006-07-27 18:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MEXICO4217 |
COPARMEX' PROJECT TO REDUCE MEXICO'S REGIONAL [...] (SBU) The Mexican Employers Confederation (Coparmex) is working on a joint plan with universities, unions, municipalities, states, and the banking sector to alleviate poverty, promote investment and create infrastructure in the less developed and "abandoned" south of Mexico. The chair of the [...] |
2006-07-31 18:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MEXICO4222 |
EMBASSY MEXICO CITY 2006-2007 IPR PROTECTION [...] (U) Despite the increases in raids and seizures carried out over the last year by Mexican Customs (Aduanas) and the Specialized IPR Unit within the Attorney General's office (PGR), markets selling counterfeit goods are ubiquitous and abuse of intellectual property rights (IPR) remains rampant. [...] |
2006-07-31 21:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KPAO WTRO MX |
| 06MEXICO4238 |
AMLO URGES SUPPORTERS "TO SAVE DEMOCRACY" [...] (SBU) Summary: At his third mass "informational meeting," Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO, presidential candidate of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), called on his supporters to begin a continuous vigil until the electoral tribunal (TEPJF) issues its final decision with respect [...] |
2006-08-01 14:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO4239 |
PLAYING WITH A CRYSTAL BALL: PREDICTING CALDERON'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Even as AndrQs Manuel L"pez Obrador continues to challenge the July 2 election results, Felipe Calder"n is quietly planning his transition to power, leading to speculation as to who will be invited to join his future administration. Although we believe it is generally too ear [...] |
2006-08-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MX PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MEXICO4266 |
MEXICAN MARKETS DIP ON CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday July 30, 2006 Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) again summoned thousands of followers in a "peaceful meeting" in the Zocalo to demand that the electoral tribunal recounts ballots. As part of the protest, AMLO's supporters camped along Paseo de la Reforma, the avenue t [...] |
2006-08-02 13:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MX |
| 06MEXICO4267 |
FORMER MAGISTRATE SEES FULL RECOUNT AS UNLIKELY [...] (U) The Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE) recently held its third post-electoral briefing for the diplomatic community, in which Fernando Franco Gonzalez, former Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) magistrate and current head of the Public Law Studies Center at the Autonomous Technological Insti [...] |
2006-08-02 13:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO4288 |
MEXICAN TRANSPORT U/S ON CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) Econ Mincouns and Econoff met with Mexican Undersecretary of Communications and Transport (SCT) Aaron Dychter on July 31, 2006. Dychter is concerned that leaks about a proposed cross-border trucking pilot program could have negative effects on the ability to implement the program in the [...] |
2006-08-02 23:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EINV MX ECIN ELTN ETRD PBTS |
| 06MEXICO4290 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR RE-ELECTION OF PROFESSOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-03 01:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PREL PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO4291 |
(CORRECTED COPY) PLAYING WITH A CRYSTAL BALL: [...] (SBU) Summary: Even as Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador continues to challenge the July 2 election results, Felipe Calderon is quietly planning his transition to power, leading to speculation as to who will be invited to join his future administration. Although we believe it is generally too ear [...] |
2006-08-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MX PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06MEXICO4292 |
A VISIT TO THE PROTEST'S GROUND ZERO [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 31 and August 2, Poloffs visited Mexico City's central square or Zocalo to observe ground zero in the ongoing protest of the supporters of PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO). Thousands of demonstrators were camped out in the Zocalo and on Juarez and Mader [...] |
2006-08-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO4310 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESUMED PRESIDENT ELECT [...] (C) Summary: Presumed President-elect Felipe Calderon told the Ambassador 8/2 that he thought the Electoral Tribunal could decide as early as this week to recount a certain number of ballots, a gesture Calderon thought was reasonable in light of the ongoing Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) [...] |
2006-08-04 13:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO4368 |
ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL CALLS FOR PARTIAL RECOUNT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a unanimous August 5 decision, Mexico's Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) rejected the Democratic Revolutionary Party's (PRD) request for a complete, nationwide recount of the results of the July 2 presidential election, ordering instead a recount in the 11,839 precincts (casillas [...] |
2006-08-07 18:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO4465 |
ANALYSTS PREDICT A LONG SEASON OF PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Three prominent Mexican political analysts believe that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) is likely to continue his protests for the foreseeable future. All three expect AMLO to pursue increasingly aggressive tactics in the days leading up to the electoral tribunal's (TEPJF) de [...] |
2006-08-10 04:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO4472 |
MEXICO PLANS TO HOLD UNHRC SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered talking points in reftel to Rodrigo Labardini, Director General for Human Rights at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE), on August 9. SIPDIS Currently the president of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), Mexico expressed strong views on the recent request [...] |
2006-08-10 18:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO4482 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] (C) Acting MCPA and Poloff delivered ref A talking points to Dr. Luis Angel Benavides, acting head of the Office of Human Rights and Democracy at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE), as well as to Mariana Salazar Albornoz, Director of International Policy for Economic, Social, Cultural [...] |
2006-08-11 01:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO4490 |
PRD EXPLOITS ELEMENT OF SURPRISE IN ON-GOING [...] (U) Summary: Following the Electoral Tribunal's (TEPJF) announcement on August 5 that it would recount 11,839 precincts (9.07 percent of the nationwide total), PRD Candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) vowed new acts of civil resistance. After a noisy protest in front of the TEPJF itse [...] |
2006-08-11 16:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO4494 |
MESOAMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE MOVES AHEAD DESPITE [...] (SBU) Under the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Plan (PIEM), the GOM is continues to vigorously promote construction a refinery in either Panama or Guatemala to serve as an outlet for heavy Mexican crude, as well as provide development opportunities and reasonably priced energy supplies for t [...] |
2006-08-11 18:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
| 06MEXICO4534 |
MEXICO'S "OTHER HALF"--THE VIEW FROM OAXACA (PART [...] (SBU) On August 1-4, poloff visited the state of Oaxaca in order to learn more about the political and economic dynamics of this region, often characterized as part of Mexico's poor "other half." Academics, journalists, protesters, and indigenous citizens described a state--until recently a PR [...] |
2006-08-14 23:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO4535 |
MEXICO'S "OTHER HALF"--THE VIEW FROM OAXACA (PART [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the end of PRI rule, Oaxaca still lacks a viable economic development strategy and there is no effective political leadership or coordinated social movement to address Oaxaca's significant needs. The teachers' strike reflects the old way of challenging the government und [...] |
2006-08-14 23:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO456 |
MADRAZO AIMS FOR THE SENSIBLE CENTER [...] (C) Summary: Roberto Madrazo, candidate of the PRI-led Alliance for Mexico, has kicked off his campaign by trying to position himself as the candidate of the political center. Madrazo used the month long holiday break to smooth over the divisions in his fractious party, restructuring his camp [...] |
2006-01-27 20:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO4619 |
ASSESSING OAXACA,S POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the past week, the complex political crisis in Oaxaca has worsened, with four people killed in two separate incidents and protestors pledging to intensify their civil disobedience campaign demanding that PRI Governor Ulises Ruiz resign or be removed from office. Tension is m [...] |
2006-08-17 23:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO4654 |
THE MAKING OF THE SHADOW PRESIDENT? [...] (C) Summary: Several leading Mexican political observers largely concurred that the evolution of the current political stalemate would continue to be largely a function of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) personality. They believed that his manner of thinking was so rigid and self-righte [...] |
2006-08-18 21:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO466 |
CALDERON'S CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF [...] (U) Summary. National Action Party (PAN) presidential candidate Felipe Calderon kicked off his campaign on January 19 in the State of Mexico, where he focused his message on rule of law, values, and economic growth. Calderon will launch a weekly one-hour radio program over the weekend and an [...] |
2006-01-27 22:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | MX PGOV |
| 06MEXICO4704 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REELECTION OF PROFESSOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-21 23:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC US MX |
| 06MEXICO4707 |
CHIAPAS GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION: PRD LEADS BY A [...] (U) Summary. With over 94 percent of the votes counted as of noon August 21 in the Chiapas gubernatorial race, PRD candidate Juan Sabines Guerrero had a 0.22% lead over PRI-PVEM rival Jose Antonio Aguilar Bodegas, who is also endorsed by the PAN. However, there are still enough votes left to [...] |
2006-08-21 23:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO4708 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OBJECTIVITY OF UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-21 23:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC MX |
| 06MEXICO4857 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to several officials at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE): Director General for North American Affairs, Bosco Marti Ascencio; Director General for the United Nations, Ulises Canchola Gutierrez; Director of International Organizations, Norm [...] |
2006-08-29 17:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA PREL PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO4907 |
COCA COLA MEXICO: DUE DILLIGENCE FOR 2006 AWARD [...] (U) Answers given below pertain to Coca Cola de Mexico's candidacy for the Secretary of State's 2006 Award for Corporate excellence. They are keyed to the questions in reftel. (A) The Embassy sees little downside or embarrassment caused by the selection of Coca Cola de Mexico for the award [...] |
2006-08-30 21:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP MX SENV |
| 06MEXICO4937 |
STRENGTHENING CALDERON'S WEAK HAND [...] (C) Summary: In the coming days the Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) is expected to confirm National Action Party (PAN) candidate Felipe Calderon's presidential victory, but the protests will continue. Thwarted Democratic Revolution (PRD) candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has already [...] |
2006-09-01 12:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO4958 |
A DAY AT THE REVOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: With all eyes now focused on the Mexican Congress and the Revolutionary Democratic Party's (PRD) long-threatened effort to deny President Fox the opportunity to deliver his final annual report there, poloff spent much of August 31 with a range of PRD contacts to gain further ins [...] |
2006-09-01 18:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO4963 |
61ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATED LIST OF GOM [...] ATTACHED PLEASE FIND AN UPDATED LIST OF THE GOM OFFICIALS WHO CURRENTLY PLAN TO ATTEND THE 61ST UNGA. AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE REGARDING THE DETAILS OF THEIR ATTENDANCE, POST WILL FORWARD IT. 2. VICENTE FOX QUESADA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES DATES OF ATTENDANCE [...] |
2006-09-01 20:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MX |
| 06MEXICO4964 |
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HELD TIP MEETING WITH CIVIL [...] (SBU) On August 30, the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE) hosted a meeting on trafficking in persons (TIP) that was attended by representatives of the federal government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and UN agencies. Since government and civil society in Mexico have traditionall [...] |
2006-09-01 20:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO4987 |
MEXICO'S DRAMATIC POLITICAL WEEKEND [...] (C) Summary: On Friday, September 1, the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) made good on its promise to prevent President Fox from delivering his final annual report to the Mexican Congress, part of the PRD's commitment to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO's) plan to humiliate the Presiden [...] |
2006-09-05 20:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO5005 |
IT'S OFFICIAL: CALDERON DECLARED PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (U) Summary: On Tuesday, September 5, the Mexican Federal Electoral Tribunal (TEPJF) declared Felipe Calderon President-elect, ending rival candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) two month-long legal challenge of the election results. In a unanimous decision, the seven magistrates a [...] |
2006-09-05 22:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO505 |
APOCALYPSE NOT: AMLO ASSURES AMBASSADOR HE WILL [...] (C) On 01/23, presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) of the leftist-Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) sat down with the Ambassador to discuss his proposals on a number of key issues of interest to the United States. Accompanied by his foreign policy advisor, Dr. Jose Maria [...] |
2006-01-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | MX PGOV PINR |
| 06MEXICO5134 |
CALDERON FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR SARUKHAN ON [...] (C) Summary. DCM met with President-elect Felipe Calderon foreign policy advisor Arturo Sarukhan September 7. Sarukhan said that during the transition, Juan Camilo Mourino would be responsible for developing the 2007 budget with the current government; ex-advisor to President Fox Eduardo Sojo [...] |
2006-09-11 17:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | MX PGOV PREL |
| 06MEXICO5148 |
CALDERON STAFFERS ON ECONOMIC POLICY ISSUES [...] (SBU) In a September 7 session with Dr. Sidney Weintraub of CSIS, President-elect Calderon's transition team member Dionisio Perez Jacome (former head of Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE)) and former Mexican Energy Secretary and Calderon advisor Luis Tellez described current SIPDI [...] |
2006-09-11 21:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
| 06MEXICO5157 |
MIGRANT ASSOCATIONS SPUR DEVELOPMENT IN MICHOACAN [...] (SBU) Last April Embassy Mexico produced a series of cables (ref. A-D) detailing how the chain of migration and remittances from the U.S. affected life in rural Mexico. At the invitation of our Michaoacano contacts, econoff returned to the town of Venustiano Carranza to meet migrants tempor [...] |
2006-09-12 15:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON EINV MX |
| 06MEXICO5165 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-12 17:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MX |
| 06MEXICO5210 |
PROTEST CAMPS TO BE LIFTED; NEW PHASE FOR CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: Developments unfolding this week, and conversations with PRD and GDF (city government) insiders, provide ample indication that backers of defeated PRD Presidential candidate Andres Lopez Obrador will dismantle their six week old occupation of Mexico City's central square Zocalo [...] |
2006-09-13 17:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO5293 |
MEXICO REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR W.H.O. [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-19 18:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | MX PGOV PHUM PREL WHO |
| 06MEXICO5312 |
MEXICO'S GOVERNMENT, MEDIA PROCESS AMBASSADOR'S [...] (SBU) Summary: While certainly not uniformly laudatory, public and private responses to last week's consular announcement and ambassadorial statement on rising border violence have so far been measured. The statements generated predictable criticism from some quarters that we have impinged [...] |
2006-09-19 21:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS MX |
| 06MEXICO536 |
JESUS ORTEGA: AMLO CAMPAIGN INSIDER OR OUTSIDE [...] (U) On 01/24, Poloffs and WHA/MEX Deputy Director met with Jesus Ortega, campaign coordinator for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), to discuss the upcoming campaign agenda, what effect the continued public infighting between the Democratic Revolutionary Party's (PRD) Mexico City factions was [...] |
2006-01-31 17:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO5566 |
DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON UPCOMING SESSION OF HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-28 22:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PREL PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO5567 |
OAXACA: ATTITUDES HARDEN AS PROTESTORS SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent days, positions on the opposing sides of the Oaxaca crisis appear to have hardened as tensions continue to mount. To pressure the federal government to send forces to resolve the conflict, local business leaders declared that several thousand establishments, including [...] |
2006-09-28 22:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO5607 |
AMBASSADOR'S PRIVATE DINNER WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (C) During a private dinner with Ambassador and Mrs. Garza, President-elect Felipe Calderon expressed his grave concern over the security situation in Mexico. It was heartrending to see Mexico living through such times, he told the Ambassador, and improving security would be a key pillar of [...] |
2006-09-29 22:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO5698 |
SRE'S GUTIERREZ TELLS SHANNON BORDER FENCE A [...] (SBU) Summary: A subdued Geronimo Gutierrez used his October 2 meeting with A/S Shannon to voice Mexico's deep frustration with last week's Senate vote to fund a border fence, saying it was a "bitter pill" at a bad time that would complicate bilateral relations. Nevertheless, Gutierrez was ho [...] |
2006-10-06 17:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSEP MX PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA WHO |
| 06MEXICO5720 |
DISSIDENT PEMEX WORKERS SEEK TO OVERTURN YEAR OLD [...] A dissident faction of MexicoQs Petroleum Workers Union is trying to overturn the October 2005 re-election of union Secretary General Carlos Romero Deschamps. The re-election of Romero Deschamps means that he will head the Oil WorkersQ Union from 2007-2012. According to the dissidents, Romer [...] |
2006-10-06 21:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM MX |
| 06MEXICO574 |
HE'S GOT MEXICO'S FDI IN HIS HANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mexico received USD 17.6 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2005 and is forecast to receive USD 18 billion in 2006 due to large investments in the automotive and auto parts, real estate, housing development, pharmaceutical, food processing and electronics sectors. [...] |
2006-02-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO5771 |
HOPE GROWS FOR A NEGOTIATED SOLUTION TO OAXACA [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent developments in the Oaxaca crisis point toward a possible easing of tensions and an eventual political solution that would result in the return of law enforcement to the state, an increase in teachers' salaries, and the resumption of public school classes. A Senate commi [...] |
2006-10-11 18:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO5806 |
MEXICO REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-12 22:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD MX |
| 06MEXICO5810 |
MEXICO'S PLANS TO AVERT AN OIL CRISIS [...] (SBU) In the next 3-4 years, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will likely be able to keep Mexican oil production from falling sharply; however, in the medium to long term, the outlook is considerably less certain. From 2010 on, production volume will depend on Pemex's ability to get significant [...] |
2006-10-12 22:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
| 06MEXICO5878 |
NATIONAL SPACE POLICY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-17 13:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MX |
| 06MEXICO5919 |
BLUE LANTERN OVERSIGHT OFFICER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-18 13:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC KSEP MX |
| 06MEXICO5935 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On October 16, Poloff led the tripartite demarche, with political officers from the Embassies of Australia and New Zealand, to deliver reftel talking points to Director General of Human Rights and Democracy Rodrigo Labardini and Director of International Policy for Economic, Social and [...] |
2006-10-18 17:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN MX |
| 06MEXICO5991 |
CALDERON FOCUSES AGENDA ON PUBLIC SECURITY, JOB [...] (SBU) Begin summary: Since the confirmation of his victory by the Federal Electoral Tribunal, President-elect Felipe Calderon has been engaged in the substantive development of his agenda. This agenda comprises a two-track approach, which includes his shorter-term legislative agenda, presented [...] |
2006-10-19 22:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO6043 |
SRE FIRM ON OAS DECLARATION ON U.S. BORDER SECURITY [...] Political counselor demarched SRE's Director General for Regional Institutions Andrea Garcia Guerra and her deputy Juan Sandoval the afternoon of October 23, arguing that the Mexican initiative would be counter-productive at this juncture in Washington and could have a negative impact on the u [...] |
2006-10-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | MX PHUM PREL PTER SMIG XM |
| 06MEXICO6044 |
PRESIDENT-ELECT CALDERON'S ADVSIORS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. During an October 20 seminar on Mexican policy perspectives sponsored by the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM), Transition Team International Affairs Advisor Arturo Sarukhan discussed President-elect Felipe Calderon's foreign policy priorities, placing t [...] |
2006-10-24 12:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO6085 |
PRESIDENT FOX'S NATIONAL SECURITY LEGACY [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of four cables assessing the key accomplishments of President Vicente Fox Quesada during his six years in office, including the expansion of bilateral cooperation that helped Mexico advance in areas of greatest interest to the USG. It focuses on progress ma [...] |
2006-10-25 17:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR PTER SMIG MX |
| 06MEXICO6088 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON CHILDREN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Director of International Policy on Civil and Political Rights Dr. Luis Angel Benavides and Director of International Policy on Economic, Social, Cultural and Minority Groups, both of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE). Benavides responde [...] |
2006-10-25 20:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER MX |
| 06MEXICO618 |
PULSING THE POLLS: AMLO LEADS, MADRAZO TRAILS, [...] (SBU): Summary: Institutional Revolution (PRI) and Democratic Revolution (PRD) party pollsters, plus Televisa's Mitofsky and newspapers El Universal and Reforma each released polls in January (as the official campaigns kicked off) that confirmed PRD candidate Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) lead, re [...] |
2006-02-03 20:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO6182 |
GOM INTERVENES IN OAXACA [...] (SBU) Begin summary: The five month-old crisis in Oaxaca reached a critical juncture October 29 with the deployment of Mexico's Federal Preventive Police (PFP) to the embattled state following three October 27 fatalities, including the killing of American journalist Brad Will. This cable asse [...] |
2006-10-31 13:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CONS MX |
| 06MEXICO620 |
MEXICO/CENTAM ENERGY - MEXICANS MOVE ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) To avoid the appearance that the U.S. is pulling the strings behind the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Plan (PIEM), Mexican Energy Undersecretary Hector Moreira will not send a team to brief U.S. officials until he has the cover of the proposed Binational Commission (BNC) in Washington. [...] |
2006-02-03 21:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG MX PGOV PREL |
| 06MEXICO6219 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CUBA AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-01 18:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | CU EU PREL PHUM MX |
| 06MEXICO6275 |
CALDERON WOOS, WOWS, OTTAWA [...] (C) Summary: President-elect Felipe Calderon's October 26-27 visit to Ottawa exceeded expectations on both sides, with Calderon winning over both his public and private sector interlocutors. Canadian embassy contacts tell us he impressed his Ottawa contacts with his energy, intelligence and [...] |
2006-11-03 23:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MX CA |
| 06MEXICO6313 |
THREE BOMBS EXPLODE IN MEXICO CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Shortly after midnight on November 6, three bombs exploded at distinct locations in Mexico City. Significant damage was inflicted on the Federal Electoral Tribunal (Trife), the national headquarters of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), and a branch office of Scotiabank. [...] |
2006-11-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO6314 |
BONUS, BONUS, EVERYONE GETS A BONUS [...] Summary: Recently, a joint statement by the head of Mexico,s federal civil service union (FSTSE) and a senior GOM Treasury Secretariat official announced that all federal employees would receive an end of term bonus. The union leader described the bonus as an established employee benefit tra [...] |
2006-11-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO6362 |
NEW MAQUILA DECREE -- INCREASING MEXICAN [...] (U) The revamping of the Maquila program is the latest step in the GOM's plans to encourage investment and increase Mexico's competitiveness in the global economy. The new decree joins the Maquila and PITEX programs, allows for participation of the service sector, lowers certain participation [...] |
2006-11-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO6391 |
NATIONAL TEACHERS' UNION SAYS GOVERNMENT ACTIONS [...] Summary: The National TeachersQ, Union (SNTE) sharply criticized the GOM for negotiating directly with the striking teachers in Oaxaca. In SNTEQ,s view these negotiations, which bypass the national union, will only prolong OaxacaQ,s civil unrest and could potentially spread the problem to ot [...] |
2006-11-08 20:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV CASC KDEM PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO6404 |
MEXICO'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ISRAEL-RELATED [...] (SBU) On October 25, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Minister Dolores Jimenez, Deputy Director of UN Affairs at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE). On November 6, Jimenez contacted poloff to explain that Mexico's position on at least two of these resolutions -- she did not [...] |
2006-11-08 23:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA MX IS |
| 06MEXICO6413 |
WHO ARE MEXICO'S MONOPOLISTS? [...] (SBU) Bank of Mexico and likely incoming Mexican government officials in recent weeks have stressed the importance of opening key sectors of the economy to more competition, but have been hesitant to publicly name the "offending" companies. This telegram spells out which sectors are dominated [...] |
2006-11-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO6424 |
ECONOMIC TRANSITION NOTES, NOVEMBER 1-8, 2006 [...] (U) Mexico's markets were unaffected by the November 6 bombings. Market expectations are close to government economic predictions, including that the recent inflation spike is temporary and that the government will have its first budget surplus since 1996. The stock market boasted a record ga [...] |
2006-11-09 19:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO6461 |
INDIAN REFINER ONLY BIDDER FOR MESOAMERICAN [...] (SBU) Summary. GOM officials responsible for the Mesoamerican Energy Integration Project (PIEM) have selected only Reliance Refining in the first phase of bidding for construction and operation of a Central American refinery. The Indian firm will now have until July 2007 to prepare a proposa [...] |
2006-11-14 17:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
| 06MEXICO6481 |
PRESIDENT FOX'S POLITICAL, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) This is the fourth in a series of four cables assessing President Fox's legacy. In the political area, Fox's greatest achievements were overseeing Mexico's first true political opening, which included a strengthening of the separation of powers and respect for limits on the president's [...] |
2006-11-15 17:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MX |
| 06MEXICO6483 |
MEXICO: LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUELS INITIATIVE [...] Summary. Mexican officials, private organizations and energy research centers believe that the country's agricultural production is appropriate for ethanol and bio-fuel manufacturing, but with output of only 45 million liters per year, significant investment and infrastructure development wi [...] |
2006-11-15 19:01:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON MX |
| 06MEXICO6516 |
ECONOMIC TRANSITION NOTES, NOVEMBER 9-15, 2006 [...] (U) Fitch Ratings warned that MexicoQs credit rating could fall in the next three years if President-elect Calderon fails to pass reforms needed to encourage faster economic growth. Calderon continued to publicly call for reforms, and promised to encourage financing for infrastructure; stren [...] |
2006-11-16 21:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO6531 |
DEMARCHE ON UNGA EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION [...] (SBU) On November 16, poloff passed ref A talking points to Minister Dolores Jimenez, Deputy Director General for UN Affairs at the Secretariat for Foreign Relations (SRE). Post notes that historically, Mexico has proven a fairly reliable vote against Israel in UN bodies, and we do not expect [...] |
2006-11-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MX IS |
| 06MEXICO6534 |
DEMARCHE ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 21:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MX IS |
| 06MEXICO6568 |
INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR MEXICO [...] (SBU) The Government of Mexico (GOM) has shown appreciable progress in addressing its deficiencies in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) since the release of the June 2006 TIP Report, especially in the conduct of trafficking investigations. However, to provide a clear and reliable framew [...] |
2006-11-22 00:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KWMN MX |
| 06MEXICO6569 |
AMLO ASSUMES SHADOW PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) On November 20, defeated PRD presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) inaugurated himself "legitimate president" of Mexico before a crowd of thousands of supporters in the city's central square. Although large, the crowd was nevertheless noticeably smaller than those p [...] |
2006-11-22 13:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO6570 |
CALDERON NAMES ECONOMIC CABINET [...] Mexican stocks jumped 1.6 percent on November 21 after President Elect-Calderon announced his Economic Cabinet. Many of the members were expected, having worked on the transition team, and/or for the Fox Administration. The new Secretary for Telecommunications and Transport Luis Tellez, SIP [...] |
2006-11-22 14:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV PREL ETRD PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO6571 |
CALDERON NAMES ECONOMIC CABINET [...] Mexican stocks jumped 1.6 percent on November 21 after President Elect-Calderon announced his Economic Cabinet. Many of the members were expected, having worked on the transition team, and/or for the Fox Administration. The new Secretary for Telecommunications and Transport Luis Tellez, SIP [...] |
2006-11-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV PREL ETRD PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO6600 |
COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT UN DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-24 21:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR MX |
| 06MEXICO6604 |
CALDERON NAMES SOCIAL CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Calderon announced his six social cabinet selections November 24, saying their overall mission would be to "equalize opportunities" for all Mexicans. The appointments include: Josefina Vazquez Mota as Secretary of Education; Beatriz Zavala Peniche as Secretary [...] |
2006-11-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO6652 |
OAXACA CRISIS WORSENS DAYS BEFORE FELIPE CALDERON [...] (SBU) Begin summary: The political crisis in Oaxaca worsened over the weekend of November 25 when provocateurs turned what started out as a peaceful protest led by the People's Popular Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) into a violent confrontation with the Federal Preventive Police (PFP). By the morn [...] |
2006-11-28 22:42:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB MX |
| 06MEXICO6656 |
CALDERON NAMES POLITICAL CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Calderon announced his four political cabinet selections on November 28, bringing into his government one of his closest aides to run the presidency and naming a controversial Jalisco politician for Secretariat of the Interior. The appointments include: Francisco [...] |
2006-11-29 01:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO6760 |
US-MEXICO "HYPERBORDER" CONFERENCE [...] (U) On November 16 and 17, Embassy EconOff and Ciudad Juarez ConOff attended the 2nd Annual Hyperborder Conference in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. They also spoke with the Director General of the Associacion de Maquiladora A.C. Consul General Donna Blair offered remarks at the op [...] |
2006-12-05 22:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ECIN ETRD ELTN ETTC ELAB MX |
| 06MEXICO6783 |
MEXICAN ENERGY ROUNDTABLE: DECLINING OIL REVENUE [...] (SBU) According to studies completed by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), President Felipe Calderon will contend with a real drop in oil revenue from about USD 54 billion in 2006 to the USD 27 billion range in 2012 as a result of decreasing production, a likely fall in heavy crude [...] |
2006-12-06 21:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET MX |
| 06MEXICO680 |
LOPEZ OBRADOR REVEALS SOME NAMES FOR HIS POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Leading presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) revealed the names of three key potential cabinet members on January 30, in an attempt to calm fears that his economic and foreign policies would be too radical. AMLO said his economic advisor, Rogelio Ramirez de la O (ref [...] |
2006-02-08 21:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO6810 |
MEXICO Economic Notes, November 30-December 6, [...] (U) President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa followed his short, but successful inauguration with a speech at the National Auditorium detailing key goals of his administration. CalderonQs Secretaries of Finance, Economics and Labor have named their respective undersecretaries. The new Director Gen [...] |
2006-12-07 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO6820 |
MEXICO: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. The Mexican International Development Bank has begun the process of recovering debt from Cuba. Mexico's exports to Cuba have decreased slightly in 2006 while imports increased over 250 percent. Relation [...] |
2006-12-07 22:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU ETRD ETTC PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO6823 |
MEXICO'S CALDERON SUBMITS BUDGET TO CONGRESS [...] (SBU) The new Mexican government of President Felipe Calderon, which took office on December 1, submitted its 2007 budget proposal to the Chamber of Deputies on December 5. The $205-billion budget is based on assumptions of 3.6% real GDP growth, inflation of 3.0%, a Mexican oil mix price of $4 [...] |
2006-12-07 23:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO6861 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-11 18:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL SU UN MX |
| 06MEXICO6867 |
A CONVERSATION WITH PRD MORAL LEADER CUAUHTEMOC [...] (C) On December 7, Poloffs met with PRD "moral leader" and founder and three time presidential candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas to get his perspective on the events leading up to Felipe Calderon's inauguration as president. Cardenas lamented the damage done to the PRD's public image by Andres M [...] |
2006-12-11 20:34:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO6871 |
CALDERON'S SECURITY CABINET [...] (SBU) Felipe Calderon security cabinet appointments, made the day before his December 1 presidential inauguration, include: Guillermo Galvan Galvan as Secretary of Defense, Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza as Secretary of Navy, Genaro Garcia Luna as Secretary of Public Security, and Eduardo Me [...] |
2006-12-11 21:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO6933 |
MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 7 Q DECEMBER 13 [...] (U) The first budget from the Calderon Administration, for fiscal year 2007 (ref A) was met by loud protests over proposed funding levels for education and infrastructure, as well as an increase in the tax for soft drinks. A detailed cable regarding contentious parts of the budget will follo [...] |
2006-12-14 23:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO6934 |
CALDERON,S BUDGET PROPOSAL SPARKS DEBATE OVER [...] (SBU) The level of educational spending in Mexican President Felipe Calderon,s 2007 budget proposal has set off a firestorm of protest. While the budget proposal increases real spending on education by 4.2% when compared to the approved 2006 budget, it decreases real spending by 1.2% when com [...] |
2006-12-15 00:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO6972 |
POST'S NOMINEES AS OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS [...] Per reftel, post would like to nominate the following persons for selection as "OAS Democracy Practitioners." 2. Name: Jose WOLDENBERG Karakowsky Bio: Woldenberg, 54, holds a Bachelor's degree in sociology, a Master's degree in Latin American studies, and a Doctorate in political scie [...] |
2006-12-15 23:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MX OAS KSUM PHUM |
| 06MEXICO7007 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-20 14:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN MX |
| 06MEXICO7015 |
SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFFER DISCUSSES MEXICAN [...] (SBU) Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens for weeks has highlighted publicly the need for fiscal reform in Mexico. At a recent conference in Mexico City, he said that Mexico needs to implement a broad fiscal reform to confront growing pension liabilities, rising payments on financed investment [...] |
2006-12-20 23:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX |
| 06MEXICO7032 |
MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 20 [...] (U) The revenue portion of the budget was first approved by the Chamber of Deputies and then the Senate though the Senate rejected the specific provision regarding the soft drink tax. However, this will probably not prevent the elimination of the discriminatory 20 percent tax on beverages swe [...] |
2006-12-21 19:40:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX |
| 06MEXICO7033 |
CALDERON DEBUTS WITH A DEFT HAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first weeks in office, President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa has seized the initiative on several important issues, demonstrating his intent to forge an activist presidency. The change in atmospherics between the Fox and Calderon administrations has been evident from Calder [...] |
2006-12-21 19:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
| 06MEXICO7037 |
NEW MEXICAN ENERGY UNDERSECRETARY DISCUSSES PLANS [...] (SBU) Constitutional reform in the energy sector is at least three years away according to the newly appointed Undersecretary for Energy Planning at the Mexican Secretariat of Energy (SENER), Jordy Herrera. In the meantime, the Calderon Administration will introduce legislation to "strengthe [...] |
2006-12-21 22:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON ELAB MX |
| 06MEXICO7054 |
MEDIA WARS: THE CONTINUING DEBATE OVER [...] (U) Summary: The new head of the Secretariat of Transportation and Communications (SCT) Luis Tellez has been sending mixed signals this past week over whether or not the Calderon administration will push for the opening of a third television broadcast channel in Mexico. Both Tellez and a com [...] |
2006-12-22 19:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS MX EINV |
| 06MEXICO7055 |
AMBASSADOR MAISTO CALLS ON SRE OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: During a brief visit to Mexico City December 13-14, USOAS Ambassador John Maisto met separately with outgoing SRE Undersecretary for Latin America Jorge Chen Charpentier and his successor, Geronimo Gutierrez Fernandez. Chen offered a readout of the recent South American summit in [...] |
2006-12-22 19:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OAS |