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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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01VATICAN4659AMBASSADOR 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 15:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VE IS MX VT
03SANTODOMINGO5992DOMINICAN 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 19:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALDR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR
03SANTODOMINGO6002DEMARCHE 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 15:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCO DR MX PGOV PREL PTER
04BOGOTA153SENATOR 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 17:06:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER SNAR ECON CO EC MX PGOV
04GUATEMALA3270GUATEMALA/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 16:59:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OREP PREL SMIG CVIS MASS GT MX CA
04OTTAWA2989GETTING 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 19:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL ECON EINV CA MX
04SANTODOMINGO863DOMINICAN 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 19:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN DR MX
05ASUNCION215PARAGUAY 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 18:43:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV MX PA CHR
05BOGOTA1775ELN 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 16:09:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER CO MX ELN
05BOGOTA3726PEACE 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 20:39:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL CO MX ELN
05BOGOTA5616ELN'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 15:12:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL MOPS MX CO ELN
05BRASILIA763BRAZIL 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 14:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI BH GY MX XL XM NS
05CAIRO2801EGYPT: 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 16:25:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL EG
05GENEVA2378MEXICO 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 09:04:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MX UNHRC
05HERMOSILLO440HERMOSILLO - 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 22:08:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC ALOW PREL SNAR MX CASC
05HERMOSILLO456HERMOSILLO: 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 18:28:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC MX
05KINGSTON462DEMARCHE 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 18:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM PHUM CU MX CHR
05LAGOS578SEEKING 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 16:25:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KNNP MNUC MX PARM PGOV PHSA PREL
05LIMA992Mexican 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 17:31:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CU MX PE UNHCR
05MEXICO6479FELIPE 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 21:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MX
05MEXICO7321CALDERON'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 19:32:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MX
05OTTAWA1364Security 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 19:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EIND ELTN ECON PGOV PREL CA MX
05OTTAWA1384CANADA: 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 20:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA ECON ETRD MX PGOV PREL EWWT SMIG SNAR SOCI
05OTTAWA2047U.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 19:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CA MX
05OTTAWA2112U.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 20:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD CA MX
05OTTAWA2650CANADIAN 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 21:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALBH GY MX XM KSUM SOCI
05OTTAWA3103SPP: 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 20:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD ECON PREL CA MX
05OTTAWA3404NOVEMBER 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 17:47:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND CA MX KTRD
05OTTAWA3726TRILATERAL 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 20:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV CA MX SIPDIS
05OTTAWA531CANADA: 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 19:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM MX CA CHR
05PANAMA680PANAMA 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 17:03:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX PM
05PANAMA688PANAMA 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 19:50:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX PM
05PARIS698460TH UNFC: FRANCE AGREES AD HOC COMMITTEES A BAD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 17:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCA MX AORC PARM PREL MNUC
05QUITO346NOTES 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 22:21:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CU MX EC CHR
05RIODEJANEIRO30MAYOR-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 10:02:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS ASEC PINR MX BR
05SANSALVADOR2577OPIC LOAN TO BAJA SALT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-16 22:35:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDEINV MX ES
05SANTODOMINGO758DOMINICAN 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 16:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CU MX DR
05SANTODOMINGO971DOMINICANS 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 15:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 16:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PREL PGOV ECON EPET EWWT SENV SNAR MX HO
05TORONTO2804Seasonal 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 11:56:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM CA MX
05VATICAN552IMMIGRATION 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 17:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PREL VT MX
05VATICAN562VATICAN 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 11:09:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF PREL VT MX VE
05WELLINGTON79260TH 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 02:13:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM PREL MNUC CA MX NZ
06ASUNCION1071PARAGUAY: DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-24 21:42:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PTER SMIG OAS XM MX PA
06BEIJING23954NOVEMBER 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 10:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KN IN CH MX CO
06BOGOTA2282BLUE 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 13:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MX CO US
06BUENOSAIRES2782ARGENTINE 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 17:23:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV PREL UNESCO AR BL MX CH
06CARACAS2832VENEZUELA 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 21:30:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV VE MX
06GUATEMALA534FOREIGN 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 16:16:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM CVIS SMIG GT XK CO DR EC MX
06HERMOSILLO100PRESIDENT 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 19:55:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ECON MX
06HERMOSILLO166SPIKE 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 00:20:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR ASEC CASC MX
06HERMOSILLO228MAJOR 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 02:18:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MX
06HERMOSILLO24HERMOSILLO: 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 17:10:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC ALOW CASC MX
06HERMOSILLO274CULIACAN 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 00:31:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON EINV OEXC MX
06HERMOSILLO286HERMOSILLO -- 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 22:24:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MX
06HERMOSILLO29SONORA 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 01:18:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MX
06HERMOSILLO36PRD 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 03:48:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG SNAR MX
06HERMOSILLO55CONSULATE 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 06:31:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC ALOW SNAR CMGT MX
06HERMOSILLO79PRISON 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 01:34:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PGOV ASEC ALOW MX
06HERMOSILLO82PRI 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 23:44:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MX
06HERMOSILLO9SONORA 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 23:24:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ENRG EINV EPET MX
06HERMOSILLO95PRESIDENT 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 00:42:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ELAB MX
06MEXICO1002POLLSTERS 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 14:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MX
06MEXICO1080RADIO 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 17:37:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECPS ECON MX EINV
06MEXICO1123CEO 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 14:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON MX
06MEXICO1124IN 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 14:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1174IS 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 18:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO1177ECOTOURISM 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 20:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV MX
06MEXICO1277ALL 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 15:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1310AGAINST 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 21:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO1311ACT 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 22:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1370LEFT 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 21:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO1456THE 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 18:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ELAB CVIS EAID MX
06MEXICO1461AMLO READY TO MAKE FOREIGN POLICY STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-17 20:49:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO1462MEXICO: 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 20:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MARR MASS CVIS OAS MX
06MEXICO1463MEXICO 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 20:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF MX
06MEXICO1464MEXICO 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 20:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC MX
06MEXICO1473COUNTRY 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 21:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ELAB MX
06MEXICO1476LOPEZ 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 22:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1492MEXICO 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 16:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO1509ROSARIO 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 22:14:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO1515MEXICAN 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 14:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1522NEW 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 17:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV KIPR MX
06MEXICO1526MEXICO 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 18:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG MX
06MEXICO1536EFFECT 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 20:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KTDB PGOV MX
06MEXICO1609FORGING 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 21:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON EIND EINV ENRG MX
06MEXICO1626ANALYSTS 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 18:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1656FORUM 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 21:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX CH
06MEXICO1716SENATE 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 21:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EINV PGOV MX
06MEXICO1758MEXICO 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 20:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR AORC UN MX
06MEXICO1776MEXICO'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 15:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX
06MEXICO1797AMLO 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 15:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO1798MEXICAN RESPONSE TO HONDURAN FUEL IMPORT ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-06 15:32:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON 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 15:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR PGOV MX
06MEXICO1884MADRAZO'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 17:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV MX
06MEXICO1889SCENESETTER 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 19:22:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PREL MX
06MEXICO2026MEXICO 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 21:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP MNUC PHSA MX
06MEXICO2042REMITTANCES 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 17:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN ETRD SMIG MX
06MEXICO2097REMITTANCES 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 15:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN ETRD SMIG MX
06MEXICO2123MIGRATION 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 12:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN EINV SMIG MX
06MEXICO2154MIGRATION 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 11:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN MX SMIG
06MEXICO2182PRESIDENTIAL 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 10:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON 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 19:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO2240CALDERON 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 13:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO2279MEXICO: 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 20:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU ETRD ETTC PREL MX
06MEXICO2280PROPOSED 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 20:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON MX
06MEXICO2297BENEFITS 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 17:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EIND EINV ETRD MX
06MEXICO2333PUNTA 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 17:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON MX EINV BTIO ETTC ETLN EAIR ETRD ENRG
06MEXICO2407MEXICO: 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 23:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR PHUM UNHRC MX
06MEXICO2408AMLO: 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 23:22:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO2409NEW 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 23:27:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MX
06MEXICO2460WHAT 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 14:47:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO2517SAN 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 17:52:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 22:37:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV PREL
06MEXICO2555MEXICO: 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 20:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM AORC PREF ICRC MX
06MEXICO2559MEXICAN 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 21:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON EIND EINV ELTN ETRD MX
06MEXICO2577THE 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 15:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX
06MEXICO2595FRANCHISING 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 22:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN EINV MX
06MEXICO2633FRANCHISING 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 22:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN EINV MX
06MEXICO2637WAITING 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 22:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO2702AMLO'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 23:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO2708NEW 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 23:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD MX
06MEXICO2711MEXICAN 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 00:39:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 15:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO2759MEXICANS 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 19:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MX
06MEXICO2888MEXICO: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM'S CONCESSION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 18:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON ETRD EINV PREL MX
06MEXICO2958MEXICO 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 20:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SMIG AORC MX
06MEXICO2960OAS: 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 20:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL 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 19:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MX
06MEXICO3069CALDERON 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 22:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3081PAN 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 13:29:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3136VOLATILITY 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 20:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN MX
06MEXICO3148PRESIDENTIAL 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 23:19:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3165SONORA 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 23:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV ETRD MX
06MEXICO3196BLAST 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 17:42:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO3267OHCHR 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 14:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MX
06MEXICO3296ENGAGING 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 00:44:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MX
06MEXICO3297ENGAGING 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 00:50:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM SNAR MX
06MEXICO3302AMLO 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 17:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO3305ENGAGING 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 19:20:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIG MX
06MEXICO3309FEDERAL 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 20:58:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MX
06MEXICO3321ENGAGING 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 14:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD MX
06MEXICO3322ENGAGING 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 14:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD MX
06MEXICO3324ENGAGING 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 15:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID SENV MX
06MEXICO3325LEADING 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 15:47:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3338EMBRACING 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 21:49:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MX
06MEXICO3351LEADING 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 20:24:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3378MEXICO'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 23:27:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EINV MX
06MEXICO3422ELECTORAL 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 19:07:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MX
06MEXICO3423TRAFFICKING 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 19:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3438EMBRACING 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 14:30:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MX
06MEXICO3465A 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 13:21:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3486FINAL 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 22:28:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3494SUBJECT: 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 23:34:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ENRG EAIR ELTM ETRD PREL MX
06MEXICO3572TEACHERS' 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 21:41:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALELAB MX PINR PREL PHUM
06MEXICO3574TEACHERS' 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 22:52:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALELAB MX PINR PREL PHUM
06MEXICO3609CALDERON'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 14:48:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO3623MEXICAN 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 19:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD MX WTO
06MEXICO3635ECONOMIA 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 22:30:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON MX
06MEXICO3638NEW 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 15:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO3662NO 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 13:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO3672MEXICAN 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 20:33:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX
06MEXICO3676ELECTION 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 20:53:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MX
06MEXICO3715MARKETS 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 20:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX
06MEXICO3747CALDERON 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 13:18:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3832AMLO 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 18:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3834SRE 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 18:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3840HACIENDA'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 23:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3865ELECTORAL 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 21:48:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO3879AMLO'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 19:17:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO3904MEXICAN 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 16:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO3905POLITICAL 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 17:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON MX ECPS ETRD EINV
06MEXICO3907LOOKING 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 18:01:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3913AT&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 18:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON MX ETRD EINV
06MEXICO3953AT 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 00:21:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO3961PRI 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 18:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX
06MEXICO3962MEXICO'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 18:13:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO3999NGO 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 16:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4000NGO 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 16:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4019INFLUENCE 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 22:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX
06MEXICO4020REVIEW 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 22:49:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ENRG PGOV MX
06MEXICO4100PRI 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 16:59:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4139LOCAL 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 12:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4144BANK 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 17:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4189LEADING 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 18:24:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4217COPARMEX' 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 18:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4222EMBASSY 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 21:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR KPAO WTRO MX
06MEXICO4238AMLO 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 14:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4239PLAYING 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 14:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4266MEXICAN 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 13:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN MX
06MEXICO4267FORMER 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 13:52:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4288MEXICAN 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 23:25:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR EINV MX ECIN ELTN ETRD PBTS
06MEXICO4290DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR RE-ELECTION OF PROFESSOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-03 01:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM 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 13:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN MX PGOV PINR PREL
06MEXICO4292A 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 13:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4310AMBASSADOR'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 13:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO4368ELECTORAL 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 18:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4465ANALYSTS 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 04:55:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4472MEXICO 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 18:11:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO4482DEMARCHE 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 01:18:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4490PRD 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 16:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4494MESOAMERICAN 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 18:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO4534MEXICO'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 23:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4535MEXICO'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 23:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO456MADRAZO 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 20:41:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO4619ASSESSING 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 23:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO4654THE 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 21:55:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO466CALDERON'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 22:24:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV
06MEXICO4704DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REELECTION OF PROFESSOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 23:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC US MX
06MEXICO4707CHIAPAS 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 23:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO4708DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OBJECTIVITY OF UN HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 23:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC MX
06MEXICO4857DEMARCHE 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 17:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF SMIG UNGA PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO4907COCA 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 21:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP MX SENV
06MEXICO4937STRENGTHENING 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 12:01:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO4958A 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 18:47:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO496361ST 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 20:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MX
06MEXICO4964MEXICAN 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 20:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO4987MEXICO'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 20:34:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO5005IT'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 22:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO505APOCALYPSE 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 14:22:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV PINR
06MEXICO5134CALDERON 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 17:58:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV PREL
06MEXICO5148CALDERON 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 21:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO5157MIGRANT 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 15:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON EINV MX
06MEXICO5165DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 17:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MX
06MEXICO5210PROTEST 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 17:13:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO5293MEXICO REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE FOR W.H.O.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-19 18:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDMX PGOV PHUM PREL WHO
06MEXICO5312MEXICO'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 21:09:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS MX
06MEXICO536JESUS 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 17:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO5566DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON UPCOMING SESSION OF HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-28 22:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHRC PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO5567OAXACA: 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 22:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MX
06MEXICO5607AMBASSADOR'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 22:03:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO5698SRE'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 17:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSEP MX PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA WHO
06MEXICO5720DISSIDENT 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 21:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PHUM MX
06MEXICO574HE'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 12:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV MX
06MEXICO5771HOPE 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 18:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MX
06MEXICO5806MEXICO REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-12 22:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD MX
06MEXICO5810MEXICO'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 22:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO5878NATIONAL SPACE POLICY DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-17 13:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MX
06MEXICO5919BLUE LANTERN OVERSIGHT OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-18 13:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC KSEP MX
06MEXICO5935DEMARCHE 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 17:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA UN MX
06MEXICO5991CALDERON 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 22:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MX
06MEXICO6043SRE 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 12:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDMX PHUM PREL PTER SMIG XM
06MEXICO6044PRESIDENT-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 12:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO6085PRESIDENT 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 17:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCRM SNAR PTER SMIG MX
06MEXICO6088DEMARCHE 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 20:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER MX
06MEXICO618PULSING 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 20:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MX
06MEXICO6182GOM 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 13:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CONS MX
06MEXICO620MEXICO/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 21:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG MX PGOV PREL
06MEXICO6219DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CUBA AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-01 18:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDCU EU PREL PHUM MX
06MEXICO6275CALDERON 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 23:04:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX CA
06MEXICO6313THREE 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 13:25:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO6314BONUS, 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 13:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO6362NEW 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 14:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV MX
06MEXICO6391NATIONAL 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 20:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV CASC KDEM PINR MX
06MEXICO6404MEXICO'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 23:03:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA MX IS
06MEXICO6413WHO 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 16:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO6424ECONOMIC 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 19:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PREL MX
06MEXICO6461INDIAN 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 17:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON MX
06MEXICO6481PRESIDENT 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 17:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MX
06MEXICO6483MEXICO: 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 19:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON MX
06MEXICO6516ECONOMIC 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 21:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO6531DEMARCHE 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 16:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA MX IS
06MEXICO6534DEMARCHE ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 21:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA MX IS
06MEXICO6568INTERIM 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 00:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KWMN MX
06MEXICO6569AMLO 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 13:22:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO6570CALDERON 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 14:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV PREL ETRD PINR MX
06MEXICO6571CALDERON 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 14:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV PREL ETRD PINR MX
06MEXICO6600COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT UN DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 21:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHCR MX
06MEXICO6604CALDERON 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 14:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO6652OAXACA 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 22:42:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB MX
06MEXICO6656CALDERON 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 01:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO6760US-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 22:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ECIN ETRD ELTN ETTC ELAB MX
06MEXICO6783MEXICAN 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 21:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET MX
06MEXICO680LOPEZ 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 21:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO6810MEXICO 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 17:33:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO6820MEXICO: 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 22:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU ETRD ETTC PREL MX
06MEXICO6823MEXICO'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 23:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO6861DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-11 18:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA PHUM PREL SU UN MX
06MEXICO6867A 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 20:34:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL MX
06MEXICO6871CALDERON'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 21:41:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO6933MEXICO 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 23:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO6934CALDERON,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 00:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO6972POST'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 23:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MX OAS KSUM PHUM
06MEXICO7007DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-20 14:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN MX
06MEXICO7015SENIOR 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 23:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
06MEXICO7032MEXICO 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 19:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO7033CALDERON 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 19:41:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO7037NEW 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 22:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON ELAB MX
06MEXICO7054MEDIA 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 19:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS MX EINV
06MEXICO7055AMBASSADOR 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 19:15:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OAS MX VE CI BR BL CU NI
06MEXICO7064MEXICAN CONGRESS PASSES SPENDING BILL, CLOSES IN
[...] Summary: After easily passing the revised revenue package on December 21 (ref A),the Mexican Chamber of Deputies passed a USD 208 billion spending bill on December 23 by a vote of 440 in favor to 20 opposed, with five abstentions. The final bills largely conformed with President Calderon's bu [...]
2006-12-26 21:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EFIN ENRG MX
06MEXICO7067UNDERSECRETARY OF GOVERNMENT DOUBTS NEAR-TERM
[...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary of Government Abraham Gonzalez Ulleda discussed the state of dialogue with Oaxaca protesters, asserted that agitators arrested by the GOM had received due process and were subsequently released from federal custody or transferred to state prisons, and acknowledged t [...]
2006-12-26 22:42:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB PHUM MX
06MEXICO7111MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 21 - DECEMBER 28,
[...] (U) Mexico's 2007 federal budget has been approved by the Mexican Congress and published in the Official Gazette. The US$208-billion budget largely reflects President Felipe Calderon's initial proposal, but Congress edged up funding for education, highways, and pensions in rural areas, while [...]
2006-12-28 22:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
06MEXICO742PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]
2006-02-10 18:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO743PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]
2006-02-10 18:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO744PAN DEPUTIES DENOUNCE BORDER FENCE PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, ten members of the National Action Party's (PAN) faction in the Chamber of Deputies met with poloffs to voice their strong opposition to the provision of H.R. 4437 calling for the extension of the fence that now exists along portions of the U.S.-Mexican border. T [...]
2006-02-10 18:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MX
06MEXICO764MEXICAN TRADE NEGOTIATOR ON NAFTA MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) Mexican trade negotiator Ken Smith Ramos told us February 2 that Mexico expected the upcoming proposed March NAFTA Ministerial would cover the relationship between NAFTA and the SPP, regulatory cooperation, development of a list of panelists as set out in NAFTA Chapter 20, increased fle [...]
2006-02-10 21:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD MX
06MEXICO765MEXICANS REACT NEGATIVELY TO EXPULSION OF CUBAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 3 the Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel in Mexico City (next door to the U.S. Embassy) expelled a 16-member Cuban delegation that was participating in an energy conference with the U.S.-Cuba Trade Association. The expulsion came after OFAC advised the Sheraton's parent c [...]
2006-02-10 21:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MX CU
06MEXICO787AVIATION COOPERATION CONTINUES, ICAO DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and TSA officials met February 7 with the Director General for Mexican Civil Aviation (DGAC) and other high level DGAC officials to discuss numerous aviation related matters including Bill Voss' candidacy for Secretary General of the International Civil Aviation SIPDIS [...]
2006-02-13 22:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR MX CMGT PINS PTER
06MEXICO792LEADING POLLSTER ANALYZES PRESIDENTIAL RACE
[...] (C) Summary: One of Mexico's most respected pollsters, Maria de las Heras, told us that according to her own data, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),presidential candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),remained the candidate to beat in Mexico's July 2 presidential election, [...]
2006-02-14 14:34:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO806CANDIDATES PLAY TO AUDIENCES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
[...] (SBU) On the campaign trail the week of February 6, the three main presidential candidates, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),Felipe Calderon, and Roberto Madrazo, concerned about losing potential votes in a close race have avoided detailed explanations of their economic proposals and focuse [...]
2006-02-14 18:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO820BANK OF MEXICO OFFICIAL WORRIES ABOUT AMLO
[...] (SBU) Bank of Mexico (BOM) deputy governor Jose Sidaoui told Econoffs February 9 he is worried that leading presidential contender Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO),should he win, would rule like Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. Sidaoui also commented more generally about Mexicans' ingrained depende [...]
2006-02-14 21:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV MX
06MEXICO829FOLLOWING THE APEC ROAD MAP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff and Econ Specialist met February 9 with the Director of Multilateral and Regional Negotiations for the Mexican Secretariat of Economy Flavia Farinetti de Wiechers to discuss APEC 2006 initiatives and agenda. Farinetti said that the GOM strongly supports Vietnam's road ma [...]
2006-02-14 22:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON MX APECO ETRD
06MEXICO858PRI DISSIDENTS SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) Summary: In order to broaden our understanding of the dynamics within the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI),over the past two weeks, poloff met with three dissidents within the party's congressional faction, two of whom had just announced their defection from the party. In frank c [...]
2006-02-15 20:34:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO864ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MEXICO THROUGH INDUSTRIAL
[...] SUMMARY. The Mexican Association of Industrial Parks (AMPIP) celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2006. Composed of private companies, Mexican State Governments and real estate funds, AMPIP promotes economic development by lobbying the government on behalf of its members and promotion of the [...]
2006-02-16 14:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV MX
06MEXICO895DEMONS IN EDEN - LYDIA CACHO CASE UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary. The case of Lydia Cacho, the independent journalist arrested in December on libel and defamation charges, exploded back into the headlines on February 14 when the media released excerpts of a tape containing alleged phone conversations in which businessman Kamel Nacif is heard plo [...]
2006-02-16 22:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MX KCRM KWMN KCOR
06MEXICO953CANDIDATES AND THEIR OWN REFORMS
[...] On the campaign trail the week of February 14, Felipe Calderon and Roberto Madrazo spoke on their reform priorities while Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced his "new" agenda, which centers around the idea that no "so-called structural reforms" are needed. Calderon continued promotin [...]
2006-02-22 15:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR MX
06MEXICO956CONTEMPLATING A MADRAZO FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: If elected, we believe Roberto Madrazo would seek to conduct a foreign policy that falls somewhere between the U.S.-centered policy advocated by the Fox administration and the "non-aligned" policy traditionally maintained by presidents from the Revolutionary Institutional Party [...]
2006-02-22 15:49:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
06MEXICO991EMPLOYING MEXICO'S INCARCERATED, ONE MAQUILA AT A
[...] SUMMARY. U.S. based Kojo Industries is working with the GOM and Mexican State governments to construct and operate maquiladoras at prisons throughout Mexico. The program is intended to reduce crime and encourage dual parenting while providing employment both during and after incarceration. [...]
2006-02-23 19:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEIND EINV PGOV MX
06MEXICO999AMLO'S PUTATIVE FOREIGN MINISTER TAKES A CRASH COURSE ON THE U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-23 22:01:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
06MONTEVIDEO379 VAZQUEZ DELIVERS CLEAR PUBLIC SIGNAL OF SUPPORT
[...] On an official visit to Mexico prior to his arrival in the U.S. on April 30, President Vazquez delivered his clearest-yet public signal of support for an Uruguay-U.S. bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). In the press conference that followed his meeting with Mexican President Fox, Vazquez f [...]
2006-04-27 15:29:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PREL MX UY
06NASSAU1609BAHAMAS UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT OAS DECLARATION ON US
[...] On October 23, Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Permanent Secretary Marilyn Zonicle. Following discussion of U.S. concerns, Zonicle acknowledged similar Bahamian sensitivity to border control issues in light of Bahamian challenges with Haitian and [...]
2006-10-23 20:22:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER SMIG MX XM OAS BF
06OTTAWA3229218TH MEETING OF THE CANUS PERMANENT JOINT BOARD
[...] (SBU) On September 20-21, 2006, Canada and the U.S. convened the 218th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Ottawa. U.S. co-Chair George Nethercutt and Canadian co-Chair Rick Casson led the meeting. Overview/Opening Remark [...]
2006-10-25 20:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MX CA
06PORTOFSPAIN1230DEMARCHE: DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER SECURITY
[...] On October 23, we verbally presented the talking points contained Reftel to MFA Americas Division Director Margaret Rousseau who also handles the OAS portfolio. 2. In response to a question from Rousseau, we assured her that the US delegation has worked long and hard in an effort to craft [...]
2006-10-23 20:08:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDOAS PHUM PREL PTER SMIG MX XM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN671OAS: HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (SBU) A/DCM made reftel demarche early on June 1 with Kathleen Seenarine, MFA Americas Department acting director. Seenarine said she was familiar with both issues, having prepared the briefing book for Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift. She committed to convey our request at once via email to t [...]
2006-06-02 13:53:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL XL TD MX
06PORTOFSPAIN672OAS: HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (SBU) A/DCM made reftel demarche early on June 1 with Kathleen Seenarine, MFA Americas Department acting director. Seenarine said she was familiar with both issues, having prepared the briefing book for Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift. She committed to convey our request at once via email to t [...]
2006-06-02 13:53:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL XL TD MX
06SANJOSE1195OAS/GA: COSTA RICA RESPONSE TO VENEZUELAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on May 31 to Carlos Cordero, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cordero stated that Costa Rica's delegation to the OAS General Assembly meetings will be Foreign Minister Bruno Stagno, Amb. Jose Joaquin Chaverri, Dir [...]
2006-05-31 22:33:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON MX CS VZ
06SANSALVADOR2562EL SALVADOR: MFA SAYS WILL SUPPORT CONSENSUS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-25 12:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SMIG OAS MX ES
06SANSALVADOR52EL SALVADOR: GOES VIEWS REGARDING UPCOMING MEXICO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador has on several recent occasions discussed with Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez a planned January 9 meeting on U.S. immigration policy to be held in Mexico City; it will likely include foreign ministers of Mexico, Central America, and the Dominican Rep [...]
2006-01-09 12:54:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALES MX PGOV PREL IMMIGRATION
06SANSALVADOR77AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MIGRATION, MORALES, AND FMLN
[...] (C) Ambassador Barclay spoke for 45 minutes on January 10 with Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez regarding the January 9 regional meeting on migration held in Mexico. (Note: The meetings had been originally scheduled to treat both energy and migration issues, but in response to Lainez's suggest [...]
2006-01-11 14:47:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALSMIG PREL PGOV ES MX VE BL IMMIGRATION
06SANTIAGO1095MEDIA REACTION - U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 17:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI MX
06SANTIAGO1172MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-30 12:08:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI MX
06SANTIAGO1244MEDIA REACTION - VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY
[...] On May 5, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried an article by Alvaro Vargas Llosa entitled, "The Battle for the Security Council." Quote: "U.S. officials believe the GOC and Chile's 'establishment' are reluctant to vote for Chavez, but are concerned in view of Presid [...]
2006-06-07 20:47:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI MX
06SANTIAGO1462MEDIA REACTION - MEXICO, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AFTERMATH
[...] On July 7, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 102,000) carried a column by Alvaro Vargas Llosa entitled, "Calderon's Difficult Challenges." Quote: "Calderon's victory is a counterweight against populism. We must not forget that Calderon's campaign frontally opposed populism, not j [...]
2006-07-10 11:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE MX
06SANTIAGO225DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDATE WILLIAM VOSS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 19:19:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAIR ICAO AR CO HO MX PE
06SANTIAGO839MEDIA REACTION-CHAVEZ' INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-21 14:20:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO CI VE MX
06SANTODOMINGO333DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ INVITES PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Dominican President Leonel Fernandez has formally invited President Bush to attend a May 30-31 extraordinary summit meeting of the 8 countries members of the Central American System of Integration. The presidents of Colombia and Mexico will be invited. Dominicans will consider the pos [...]
2006-01-31 21:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC DR PREL XK CO MX
06SEOUL491KOREA LAUNCHES SPECIAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH
[...] (SBU) Korea added to its rapidly lengthening list of trade negotiations by announcing on February 7 the launch of Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) negotiations with India during the visit to Seoul of Indian President Abdul Kalam. The same week, Korea and Mexico held a first [...]
2006-02-13 22:43:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL KS IN MX
06STATE203788IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Mexico City please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have tr [...]
2006-12-28 21:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MX
06TEGUCIGALPA2013DEMARCHE: DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER
[...] Polcouns delivered the demarche on the Mexican Declaration in the OAS on U.S. Border Security (Ref A) to Amb. Eduardo Rosales, the Foreign Ministry's Director General of Foreign Policy on 10/24. Rosales was not/not familiar with the Mexican proposal, as the Foreign Ministry's phone and fax l [...]
2006-10-24 18:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDXM PHUM PREL PTER SMIG MX HO
06USUNNEWYORK570 MEXICO: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United St [...]
2006-03-23 15:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM UN MX
06VATICAN240HOLY SEE: MARTINO DISCUSSES NICARAGUA, SECURITY WALL WITH
[...] (C) Cardinal Renato Martino (please strictly protect here) told the Ambassador November 16 that the Holy See had attempted to get Cardinal Obando y Bravo out of Nicaragua in the run-up to the recent elections, but that Obando y Bravo had not acted on the Vatican's "invitation" for him to come [...]
2006-11-21 14:32:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM SOCI NU CU MX VT
06VATICAN60(CORRECTED COPY) HOLY SEE: PROMINENT LATIN AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, two influential Latin American cardinals told Ambassador Rooney of their concerns for the continent and urged USG support for efforts to promote free trade and understanding of market economies to upper and lower classes in the region. End summary. 2. [...]
2006-04-03 16:02:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALETRD SOCI FT MX BR
06VATICAN61HOLY SEE: PROMINENT LATIN AMERICAN CARDINALS SEEK USG HELP
[...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, two influential Latin American cardinals told Ambassador Rooney of their concerns for the continent and urged USG support for efforts to promote free trade and understanding of market economies to upper and lower classes in the region. End summary. 2. [...]
2006-04-03 16:03:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALETRD SOCI VT MX BR
06VIENNA982AUSTRIA TO SUPPORT USG STANCE ON SMALLPOX
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-03 15:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL WHO JA MX AU
07BEIJING3063MAY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ARMS SALES TO SUDAN;
[...] Key points at the May 8 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Jiang Yu were: -- The MFA said arms sales to Sudan are limited to conventional weapons and such sales to African nations are generally "small-scale." -- In light of PM Abe's reported gift to the Yasukuni Shrine, China hope [...]
2007-05-08 10:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SU JA KN CA PM MX IV RW VM
07BEIJING3535MAY 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, ENVOY TO SUDAN,
[...] Key points at the May 24 MFA Press Conference were: -- IAEA and UNSC decisions must be implemented, but all parties must intensify diplomatic efforts so as to arrive at an enduring, comprehensive solution that serves the interests of all, said the spokeswoman. -- China hopes the Sudanese G [...]
2007-05-24 10:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SU JA KN IR PM BM MX IN GM
07BEIJING7127NOVEMBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, U.S.-CHINA
[...] Key points at the November 15 MFA Press Briefing: -- Foreign Minister Yang in Teheran urged Iran to "show flexibility and keep positive contact" with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the European Union (EU). -- China has seen the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review and [...]
2007-11-15 10:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH IR AF JA FR UK MX
07BOGOTA418COLOMBIA SEEKING THE LEAD ON REGIONAL
[...] (U) After sharp reductions in kidnapping and homicide rates in Colombia, the GoC is seeking to position itself as a leader in counterterrorism (CT) efforts in the region. Colombia signed a bi-national agreement with Paraguay to provide training and technical assistance in crime scene and kidna [...]
2007-01-19 20:05:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ASEC CO MX PA
07BOGOTA7470UNITED STATES, COLOMBIA AND MEXICO MEETING
[...] (C) Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Karen Tandy met with Colombian Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos Calderon and Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora Icaza on October 9 to promote increased counternarcotics cooperation. The meeting was part of a series and led to ag [...]
2007-10-18 22:06:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC ECIN PTER SNAR MX CO
07BOGOTA8170COLOMBIAN AND MEXICAN AUTHORITIES MOVING SWIFTLY IN WAKE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mexico (GOM) seized two large cocaine shipments that originated from Colombian seaports in October. In response to these seizures, the Government of Colombia (GOC) sought additional information from the GOM and initiated formal investigations of all involved [...]
2007-11-21 18:36:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX CO
07BRUSSELS1241EU LATIN AMERICA MINISTERIAL IN SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (U) SUMMARY. European Union Secretary General and High Representative Javier Solana and European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner will attend the EU-Latin America Ministerial meeting in Santo Domingo April 19 and 20. Solana will visit Mexico prior to arriving in Sa [...]
2007-04-13 10:43:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EUN MX DR GT PE CO XM XK
07BUENOSAIRES1436MEXICAN AMBASSADOR ON RELATIONS WITH ARGENTINA AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting July 13 with Ambassador, Mexican Ambassador to Argentina de la Garza Sandoval discussed President Kirchner's visit at the end of July to Mexico to sign an "Agreement of Strategic Association," which will group together under one instrument a number of existing bilat [...]
2007-07-24 19:59:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MX AR
07BUENOSAIRES1519 KIRCHNERS: PRESENT AND FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: In recent group and individual discussions with G-8 and Spanish Ambassadors, all agreed that Cristina Kirchner is trying to convey more interest in international affairs and to show that she is listening to concerns expressed by others. But her proposals for how she will govern [...]
2007-08-03 20:34:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN ETRD AR SP GM MX
07BUENOSAIRES864ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER TAIANA ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana briefed Ambassador Wayne on his recent trip to, and Argentine relations with, Mexico, as well as President Kirchner's meeting with Brazilian President Lula Ignacio da Silva. Taiana, who accompanied First Lady Cristina Kirchner to Mexico [...]
2007-05-03 11:55:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AR MX BR
07GUADALAJARA119EMILIO TAKES CHARGE: JALISCO GETS THIRD SUCCESSIVE PAN
[...] Summary: Former Guadalajara Mayor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez assumed the Governorship of Jalisco March 1, calling upon his constituents to "think big" and work together to make the state a leader in business, education, social services, and environmental protection. He also promised to put grea [...]
2007-03-09 16:22:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR OEXC MX
07GUADALAJARA141JALISCO GOVERNOR SPELLS OUT ECONOMIC PRIORITIES
[...] Summary: Newly-inaugurated Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez outlined the key areas of his economic agenda during a March 15 address to Guadalajara's Chamber of Commerce. His focal points included improving U.S. market access, reducing regulatory red tape for businesses, boosting the c [...]
2007-03-22 16:03:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV MX
07GUADALAJARA226SECRETARY GENERAL ENDORSES ORAL TRIALS FOR JALISCO
[...] On April 30, 2007, the Consul General met with Jalisco's recently-appointed Secretary General (Lt. Governor) Fernando Guzman Perez Pelaez, to seek his formal endorsement for judicial reform efforts in the state, particularly oral trials. Guzman expressed support for this initiative and agreed [...]
2007-05-09 21:13:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS EAID PGOV MX
07GUADALAJARA327JALISCO REMAINS A LEADER IN REMITTANCES
[...] SUMMARY: When compared to other Mexican states, Jalisco is the third largest recipient of remittances from abroad, receiving nearly US$2 billion in 2006. In comparative economic terms for every dollar in foreign investment Jalisco received five dollars in remittances, and the total value was [...]
2007-07-03 17:05:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB SOCI MX
07GUADALAJARA329CHILD LABOR IN JALISCO: CRISIS BUT VERY LITTLE ACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Jalisco suffers from high rates of child labor including the sexual exploitation of children. A recent symposium and UN visit has highlighted the problem, but has so far not resulted in any policy changes or new government initiatives. A local union is working to promote action o [...]
2007-07-03 17:39:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PHUM MX
07GUADALAJARA330TEPATITLAN'S NEWEST EXPORT - ITS WOMEN
[...] Summary: At a recent promotional event for the tourism industry of Tepatitlan, the region's women were promoted as the strongest draw for foreign tourists. According to a local official, the number of prostitution arrests have spiked recently, raising questions about the area's vulnerability [...]
2007-07-03 18:26:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI ECON MX
07GUADALAJARA347ANOTHER BORDER PROBLEM: JALISCO AND COLIMA SPAR OVER
[...] Summary: Boundary issues are not solely confined to Mexico's international frontiers. A long-running land dispute between Colima and Jalisco has heated up in recent months, with both sides making sharp declarations and dispatching extra police forces to their common border. The Mexican Army [...]
2007-07-12 16:31:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EINV SOCI MX
07GUADALAJARA351PROGRESS ON JUDICIAL REFORM IN JALISCO
[...] Jalisco is moving forward on judicial reform under the new government of Emilio Gonzalez Marquez. With our encouragement back in April, Jalisco's Secretary General Fernando Guzman finally sent a letter dated June 17 in which the Government of Jalisco formally committed itself to pursue the im [...]
2007-07-13 22:58:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV EAID MX
07GUADALAJARA365GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO HARNESS REMITTANCESS HAVING MIXED
[...] In the last seven years the GOM has attempted to harness the power of the billions of dollars remitted from migrants in the U.S. via socioeconomic development programs. Two specific programs are Tres Por Uno (Three for One) and Proyectos Productivos (Productive Projects),formed by migrant clu [...]
2007-07-18 18:10:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN MX
07GUADALAJARA379INCREASINGLY URBAN AND FEMALE CENTRAL WESTERN MEXICO
[...] Summary: According to recent studies, the profile of immigrants to the United States from Central Western Mexico has changed in recent years. Immigrants from urban locales have been on the rise and the female percentage among this population has increased as well. Academics cited the more e [...]
2007-07-31 20:31:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PGOV PREL ECON MX XM
07GUADALAJARA610UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA - A LEFTIST ICON'S NEW PRAGMATISM
[...] Summary: Slowly but surely the left-leaning and often anti-U.S. University of Guadalajara is adopting a more practical relationship with the Consulate and USG. As the second-largest public university in Mexico, the University is closely tied to the state library and hospital and owns several [...]
2007-12-18 23:36:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL ECON PREL MX
07HANOI687UPDATE ON OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IN VIETNAM AVIAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (GVN) has a comprehensive prevention and control approach for avian and pandemic influenza (AI) based on a national surveillance system in the developing world context. The approach integrates both animal and human health sectors. The GVN leader [...]
2007-04-12 00:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU KPAO SENV OCII AJ CB CA CH EG IN ID LA MX
07LAPAZ3253LOANS TO MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS
[...] (U) The following is in response to a potential Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) program to support loans to Microfinancing Institutions (MFI) and, in particular, the Bolivian MFI, Fundacion Boliviana para el Desarrollo de la Mujer (FUNBODEM). FUNDOBEM is part of the Women's [...]
2007-12-14 16:06:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON BL BR CO IN ID MX NU PK RP
07MANAGUA2402REGIONAL PARTNERS SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT DIRECTION
[...] (C) Ambassadors from Spain, Japan, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico share similar concerns about the direction of Nicaragua under the Ortega Government. They are frustrated by the GON's lack of professionalism, transparency and accountability, and have a low level of confidence in the gove [...]
2007-10-30 21:57:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAID BR CI CO ECON JA MX NU PREL XM
07MEXICO100DEMARCHE REGARDING UNSCR 1737 DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-08 22:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP UNSCR MX IR
07MEXICO1020PRESIDENT CALDERON SEEKS INVESTMENT FOR MEXICO,S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Speaking three months after taking office, President Calderon offered his perspective of why Mexico is uniquely positioned to become one of the world's leading investment destinations and gave an overview of progress on his three priorities: security and the rule of law, poverty [...]
2007-02-28 19:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN MX
07MEXICO1023NEW DEPUTY PROSECUTOR GENERAL FOR FEDERAL CRIMES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-28 20:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR MX
07MEXICO1041SCENESETTER FOR AGRICULTURE SECRETARY JOHANNS
[...] (SBU) Summary: We welcome your visit to Mexico City as an outstanding opportunity to demonstrate our continued interest in working with the new Mexican government on tackling the sensitive issues surrounding the bilateral agricultural relationship, which will be key to making progress on oth [...]
2007-03-01 16:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR BEXP ETRD ECON KJUS PREL MX
07MEXICO1068ANTI-DRUG OPS EXTENDED TO EIGHT STATES
[...] (C) In the first three months of his presidency, President Calderon has initiated "surge operations" involving the mass deployment of federal police and troops in anti-drug operations in a total of 8 of Mexico's 32 states. When measured strictly by the quantity of drugs seized and the number [...]
2007-03-02 13:09:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO108MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 7 - 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 follow. [...]
2007-01-09 19:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX
07MEXICO1102SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO MEXICO, MARCH
[...] (SBU) Mission Mexico warmly welcomes you to Merida. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and appears to have the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed three months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in tackling hi [...]
2007-03-05 19:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON OVIP MX
07MEXICO1119TERRORIST FINANCE: MEXICAN OFFICIAL DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) The head of Mexico's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),Luis Urrutia, called Econoff on March 5, 2007 about the non-paper she sent him on illicit cash couriers (Refs A and B). Urrutia told Econoff that Mexico understands the threats associated with illicit cash courier activity and that [...]
2007-03-06 14:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER MX
07MEXICO1180DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 6 to the Foreign Secretariat's (SRE's) Deputy Director General for UN-Related SIPDIS Security and Legal Issues Julian Juarez Cardenas. Juarez appreciated learning the U.S. views regarding the IAEA's report on Iranian compliance with UNSCR 1737 and [...]
2007-03-07 23:45:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR MX IAEA
07MEXICO1181DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-07 23:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER MX
07MEXICO1196SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT- MEXICO (PA
[...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report is Poloff Walter R. Miller. He may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247. Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working wit [...]
2007-03-08 22:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ELAB KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG
07MEXICO12ISNA SANCTIONS NOTIFICATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-03 21:36:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MX
07MEXICO1200SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT- MEXICO (PA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-08 22:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ELAB KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG
07MEXICO1201SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT- MEXICO (PA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-08 22:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ELAB KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG
07MEXICO1209DEMARCHE TO MEXICO ON USG PRIORITIES FOR HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Luis Benavides, Director of International Policy on Political and Civil Rights, and Mariana Salazar, Director of International Policy on Cultural, Social, Economic and Minority Rights, both of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations. 2. (C) Con [...]
2007-03-08 23:51:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHCR MX
07MEXICO1237INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY REMARKS SHARED WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-10 00:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM PREL MX
07MEXICO1256SENIOR MEXICAN ENERGY OFFICIAL SEES CRISIS COMING
[...] (C) The Mexican Undersecretary for Energy Planning, Jordy Herrera, told a Department of Energy (DOE)-led USG delegation that Mexico's oil production could decline from 3 MBD to 2.5 MBD before stabilizing within two years. We were told President Calderon is planning a March 18 public address [...]
2007-03-12 21:54:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO1258CALDERON ANNOUNCES INCREASED FARM ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) This message is based on Global Agriculture Information Network Report Number MX7016 from Embassy Mexico City's Foreign Agricultural Service Section. Summary ------- 2. (U) Last week the Calderon administration rolled out a number of agricultural/rural development initiatives in a f [...]
2007-03-12 22:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON SENV MX
07MEXICO1259MEXICAN ENERGY OFFICIALS TALK BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) A Department of Energy (DOE) delegation and Mexican officials discussed areas for bilateral cooperation between the U.S. and the Calderon administration, as well as trilateral cooperation with Canada where applicable, including: -- Biofuels - exploring technologies and applications fo [...]
2007-03-12 22:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO1271MEXICAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS LNG AND COAL MARKETS
[...] (SBU) A Department of Energy (DOE) delegation and Mexican officials discussed supply challenges facing the North American (liquefied natural gas) LNG market. Lack of reasonably priced liquefied LNG will likely cause the GOM to place its Manzanillo regassification project (reftel) on hold. Wit [...]
2007-03-13 16:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO1330MEXICO,S TWO SUGAR CANE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy personnel recently met with representatives of Mexico,s National Union of Sugar Cane Producers (UNPCA) and the National Union of Cane Growers (UNC) to discuss these two organizations, views on increasing Mexican ethanol production. The cane producers are the intermediaries b [...]
2007-03-15 17:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ENRG ECON EPET PINR MX
07MEXICO1357OUTCOME OF OPENING MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY OF
[...] (SBU) Poloff participated in the March 12, 2007 opening meeting of the Community of Democracies (CD) working group on "poverty, development, and democratic governance" held at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) in Mexico City. The SIPDIS working group was inaugurated by Mexican Unders [...]
2007-03-16 21:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA MX
07MEXICO1358PRESIDENT CALDERON ALL BUT EMBRACES OPPOSITON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 21:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX
07MEXICO1367MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MARCH 9 - MARCH 16
[...] (SBU) A senior Mexican Treasury (Hacienda) official told emboffs that pension reform introduced this week would pass before a general fiscal reform because it was less contentious. The Mexican Senate nixed Carlos Hurtado as a new Deputy Governor of the Bank of Mexico (Central Bank). A judge r [...]
2007-03-16 23:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL
07MEXICO1389MEXICAN GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD ON LONG-AWAITED
[...] (SBU) The Finance and Social Security Committees in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on March 20 approved new draft legislation to reform the Social Security and Services Institute for State Workers (ISSSTE),the agency responsible for providing pension and health care services fo [...]
2007-03-21 13:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO1451MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MARCH 16-23, 2007
[...] (SBU) The Mexican Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on March 22 approved new draft legislation to reform the agency responsible for providing pension and health care services for government employees. The centerpiece of the reform is the replacement the current "defined-benefits" system with a [...]
2007-03-23 18:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO1452CORRECTED COPY - MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MARCH
[...] (SBU) The Mexican Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on March 22 approved new draft legislation to reform the agency responsible for providing pension and health care services for government employees. The centerpiece of the reform is the replacement the current "defined-benefits" system with a [...]
2007-03-23 18:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO146DEMARCHE: 2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Luis Landa Fournais, Director General for Economic Relations at the Foreign Relations Secretariat. No specific response was given. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity GARZA [...]
2007-01-11 21:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN MX
07MEXICO1466APPROVAL FOR MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM
[...] (U) This is an approval message. 2. (S) Ambassador approves MIST concept under USSOCOM Trans-regional PSYOP (TRP) Execution authority and Rewards Information Program (RIP),and executed through the USNORTHCOM Information Operations (J39) for planning, coordination, product development, prod [...]
2007-03-23 21:03:00Embassy MexicoSECRETMARR MOPS PTER OPRC MX
07MEXICO1484LAMY AND SOJO ON THE DOHA ROUND AND THE
[...] WTO Director General Lamy and Mexico's Economy Secretary spent two hours discussing the status of the Doha round of trade negotiations and the stake that Mexico and other developing economies have in its successful conclusion. Lamy said the three main challenges are getting the U.S. to offer [...]
2007-03-26 18:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO EAGR KTEX ELAB ENRG MX CN
07MEXICO149MEXICO'S NEW TRADE CZAR - BEATRIZ LEYCEGUI
[...] (SBU) The Secretariat of Economy's new Sub-Secretary for International Trade Negotiations, Beatriz Leycegui, is a seasoned trade hand (she was a Mexican NAFTA negotiator and has since worked in the private sector as a trade lawyer and consultant) and committed to maintaining good commercial re [...]
2007-01-11 23:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR PREL PINR MX VE
07MEXICO152MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 11, 2007
[...] (SBU) GE/NBC asked the Embassy to continue pressing the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) to drop frivolous criminal charges against the company, meanwhile GE Chairman Jeff Immelt made similar points to President Calderon. The Mexican Telecom Regulator (Cofetel) will hold a teleconfere [...]
2007-01-11 23:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO1550CALDERON WARNS OF PEMEX CRISIS
[...] (U) President Calderon spoke frankly about the challenges facing Mexico in the petroleum sector on "Pemex Day," March 18, the 69th anniversary of the expropriation of foreign oil company assets in Mexico. He announced that Mexico has less than ten years of reserves remaining at current produc [...]
2007-03-27 19:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO1581ZOCALO RALLY SHOWS AMLO'S CONTINUED STRENGTH --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Until the March 25 closing rally in Mexico City's central square or "Zocalo," many political analysts and observers, including many PRDistas, were writing off Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) 2nd National Democratic Convention (NDC) as an utter failure. Although AMLO manage [...]
2007-03-28 23:31:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO160COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVED FOR VISIT OF TIP
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Taylor, Senior Coordinator for Reports in the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (GTIP) for travel to Mexico City and Ciudad Juarez from January 14-17, 2007. Purpose of the visit to Mexico is to hold consultations [...]
2007-01-12 18:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN OTRA PHUM PREL MX
07MEXICO1627MEXICO,S SENATE APPROVES PENSION REFORM
[...] (SBU) The Mexican Senate approved draft legislation to reform the Social Security and Services Institute for State Workers (ISSSTE),the agency responsible for providing pension and health care services for most government employees. The bill, which has already passed in the lower house, stil [...]
2007-03-30 21:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO1678PRESIDENT CALDERON, GOVERNOR PENA NIETO, VOW TO
[...] Last week at two separate events, Mexican President Calderon and the governor of the State of Mexico vowed to combat the trade in pirated and counterfeit goods, arguing that strong IPR protection is a necessary condition for attracting investment, strengthening competitiveness, and generating [...]
2007-04-03 17:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON PGOV MX
07MEXICO1688SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON, 10-11 APRIL 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Garza and Mission Mexico welcome you to Mexico City. Since his December 1 inauguration, President Felipe Calderon has taken several bold actions to confront the public security challenges facing Mexico: he has launched major military-backed surge operations against [...]
2007-04-03 19:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SMIG SNAR MX
07MEXICO1709DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INFORMATION REGARDING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 17:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC MX
07MEXICO1710DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 17:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM KN IR MX
07MEXICO172COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVED FOR JANE NADY SIGMON,
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Jane Nady Sigmon, Senior Coordinator for International Programs in the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) for travel to Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, Tapachula, Mexico City and Cancun from January 14-20, 2007. The pu [...]
2007-01-12 22:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN OTRA PREL MX
07MEXICO1720COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL THOMPSON VISIT TO
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Thompson for travel to Mexico City from April 10 to 11, 2007. The purpose of the visit to Mexico is to meet Government of Mexico officials and Embassy personnel on bilateral law enforcement issues. 2. Post control officer for the visit is [...]
2007-04-06 23:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT ASEC MX OREP PREL
07MEXICO1815MEXICO HOSTS PLAN PUEBLA-PANAMA SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders from seven Central American nations, plus Colombia, met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon in Campeche April 9-10 for a two day summit aimed at revitalizing the long-stagnant Plan Puebla Panama (PPP),a regional development initiative proposed by former President Vic [...]
2007-04-12 18:03:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL MX PGOV
07MEXICO185PRESIDENT CALDERON CALLS FOR GREATER FOREIGN
[...] (U) Summary: During the January 9-10 annual meeting of Mexican ambassadors and counsels, President Calderon envisioned Mexico's foreign policy as "more of Mexico in the world and more of the world in Mexico." He told his country's top diplomats to execute a "responsible and active foreign pol [...]
2007-01-13 00:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MX
07MEXICO1854ONDCP WALTERS MEETINGS WITH MEXICAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 27 visit by John Walters (ONDCP) helped initiate coordination with the newly installed Calderon Administration. In separate meetings with Attorney General Medina Mora and Public Security Secretary Garcia Luna, Director Walters emphasized the importance of information [...]
2007-04-13 22:28:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL MX
07MEXICO186FALL LEGISLATIVE SESSION: IN LIKE A LION, OUT LIKE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first session of Mexico's 60th Congress concluded on December 23 with a trajectory defying easy characterization. The session could not have begun in a less auspicious manner, with PRD legislators seizing the podium in the Chamber of Deputies to prevent President Fox from [...]
2007-01-16 13:24:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN MX
07MEXICO1922DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING GOM PARTICIPATION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-18 23:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY MX
07MEXICO1925MEXICAN JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES
[...] SUMMARY: In a series of ongoing events, Mexican authorities temporarily reinstated Napoleon Gomez Urrutia as the leader of the National Miners Union, SNTMMSRM. This reinstatement was followed by a national SNTMMSRM convention on April 17, 2007, in which Gomez was then definitively reaffirmed [...]
2007-04-19 15:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PHUM PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO1933MEXICAN AVOCADO GROWERS DETERMINED TO KEEP
[...] (U) This message is based on information and analysis from Embassy Mexico's Foreign Agricultural Service Office, including the November 30, 2006 USDA Global Agriculture Information Network Report Number MX6101. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The Avocado Producers and Exporters Association of Me [...]
2007-04-19 15:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR MX
07MEXICO1963DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE. PARTICIPATION IN THE FORMAL
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE) Director General for Middle East and Africa Ana Luisa Fajer Flores. Fajer was aware of the event and said Mexico would probably send its concurrent Ambassador to Egypt and Iraq, Jaime Nualart. She asked if Mexico would [...]
2007-04-20 21:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV PREL UNAUS MX
07MEXICO1996TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS FROM MEXICO FOR 2007 ESF AND
[...] (U) Embassy Mexico City established a committee to review 14 project proposals from non-governmental organizations in Mexico requesting funding support from FY2007 INCLE and ESF appropriations. The following sections of the Embassy were represented on the committee: Political, Public Affairs, [...]
2007-04-23 20:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG MX
07MEXICO2113MEXICO'S LOWER HOUSE OF CONGRESS APPROVES
[...] (SBU) On April 26, Mexico's lower house of Congress approved a bill criminalizing trafficking in persons (TIP) at the federal level, with 396 votes in favor and one abstention. This bill is a revised version of the one unanimously passed by the Mexican Senate in December 2005. Post's contact [...]
2007-04-30 13:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG MX
07MEXICO213MEXICO ENERGY REFORM
[...] (C) Embassy Mexico is supporting the establishment of a Mexican private sector working group to promote serious, in-depth discussion of the future of energy in Mexico. Energy is at the core of debates affecting the Government of Mexico's fiscal future. President Calderon and other leaders hav [...]
2007-01-16 21:11:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALEAID EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO2183DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 16:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT MX
07MEXICO2202MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, APRIL 27 - MAY 4
[...] (SBU) The Mexican senate approved a bill combating terrorist financing that will now go to the President for signature. The Bank of Mexico (BOM) raised interest rates by a quarter percent to head off inflation, and the Finance Secretariat and BOM revised this year's growth forecast SIPDIS [...]
2007-05-04 16:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO2219UPDATE ON MEXICO IPR ISSUES - SOME ENCOURAGING
[...] (SBU) Mexican officials responded positively to Post's 301 demarche, reflecting a growing sense of commitment to taking IPR infringement more seriously. In recent weeks, President Calderon reiterated his government's determination to combat piracy, the Mexican Senate passed a bill that would g [...]
2007-05-04 21:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD PINS MX CH
07MEXICO2235 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, Secretary Guillermo Galvan spent nearly two hours fielding questions and offering comments to 19 legislators in a public hearing called by the Chamber of Deputies' Defense Committee to discuss the military's growing role in counter narcotics operations. Galvan's f [...]
2007-05-07 15:02:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL MX
07MEXICO2254MISSION MEXICO CONTINUES TO MONTIOR MURDER OF
[...] SUMMARY: Mission Mexico personnel have continued their efforts to monitor the situation surrounding the recent murder in Monterrey of agricultural worker labor union organizer Santiago Rafael Cruz. Embassy Mexico City,s Labor Counselor and AmConsul Monterrey,s Pol/Econ Officer visited the FLO [...]
2007-05-07 20:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB KFRD PGOV PHUM PINR CVIS MX
07MEXICO2285NORTHERN MEXICO: LABOR UNIONS COMPETE AMONG
[...] SUMMARY: If the northern Mexican states of Nuevo Leon (which includeS the major industrial city of Monterrey) and Coahuila are any indication, labor relations in that part of Mexico are marked by a general sense of cooperation between the unions and the region,s larger private and public empl [...]
2007-05-09 11:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX
07MEXICO2334MEXICO ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 4-11, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: Inflation fell in April, despite price increases for some commodities. President Calderon is exploring how to proceed with fiscal reform. The United States and Mexico held the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Consultative Committee on Agriculture, and discussed implementing [...]
2007-05-11 18:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS ELAB EFIN PGOV ETRD PREL MX
07MEXICO2388INTERNATIONAL WORKERS, DAY CELEBRATIONS HIGHLIGHT
[...] SUMMARY: In most countries May 1, (International Workers, Day) is viewed as a date to commemorate labor unity. That said, public events proclaiming the goal of worker unity were not much in evidence this year in Mexico. Instead, the most obvious display to come out of this year,s May 1 celeb [...]
2007-05-14 21:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI MX
07MEXICO2518MEXICO'S GOVERNMENT BUILDING SUPPORT FOR FISCAL
[...] (SBU) President Calderon and members of his administration have been working with Congress to build support for fiscal reform. The government would like for the reform to be approved during a special session of Congress this summer so the new measures can be incorporated into the President's [...]
2007-05-17 21:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO2520CONFUSING STATISTICS AND CONFLICTING OPINIONS
[...] SUMMARY: The child labor scenario in Mexico is complicated by out-of-date or confusing data about the magnitude of the problem and by ambivalent opinions as to what, if anything, can or should be done about the predicament. The Mexican government, International Organizations and NGO,s all ha [...]
2007-05-18 14:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI UNCHC PINR MX
07MEXICO2545MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 11 - MAY 18
[...] (U) Mexico's economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6 percent in the first quarter of 2007, the lowest in a year. In a speech accompanied by controversial teachers' union president Gordillo, President Calderon outlined coming educational reforms. The Mexican Supreme Court began considering [...]
2007-05-18 21:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO2576PRI SET TO WIN YUCATAN GOVERNORSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary. With 80% of the votes counted, it appears that PRI candidate Ivonne Ortega has won the race for Governor in the Yucatan. The elections occurred in a climate relatively free of conflict or controversy with some irregularities noted in smaller towns. The elections should not be [...]
2007-05-21 23:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MX
07MEXICO2651MEXICO 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. There are small exchange programs between the two countries. Mexico continues to promote respect for human [...]
2007-05-23 22:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC PREL CU MX
07MEXICO2653MEXICO NOT LIKELY TO VOICE CONCERN OVER
[...] (C) Summary: Political Counselor met with Mario Arriola Woog, SRE's Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, on May 21 to emphasize that growing political, economic and commercial ties between Venezuela and Iran not only served to undermine international sanctions against the l [...]
2007-05-23 22:22:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR MX
07MEXICO2666RENEWABLE ENERGY IN MEXICO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Mexico, working through USAID under the auspices of the ongoing Mexican Energy Network (ref A),joined with the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Autonomous Mexican Institute of Technology (ITAM) on May 15, 2007 to present a conference on identifying and overcomin [...]
2007-05-24 18:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO2670MEXICAN ECONOMY SLOWS IN FIRST QUARTER
[...] (SBU) The Mexican economy is showing signs of slower growth, with the forecast for real GDP growth around 3.2% for 2007, down from 4.8% last year. In the first quarter of the year, the Mexican economy grew at its slowest rate in more than a year, in part due to the slower pace of the U.S. ec [...]
2007-05-24 19:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO270MEXICAN AUTO SECTOR OPTIMISTIC
[...] (U) Experts on the Mexican auto industry believe the industry will not only weather the expected slow down in U.S. demand, but will maintain its competitive edge over cheaper labor countries in Asia and South America. While production and exports will likely hold steady, domestic sales figures [...]
2007-01-19 17:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV ELAB ETRD MX
07MEXICO2716MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 19 - MAY 25
[...] (SBU) Mexican inflation, though relatively high, fell in the first half of May. PRI unions stood behind victorious Yucatan gubernatorial candidate Ivonne Ortega, contributing to her victory, despite unions' recent, less-than-active support for PRI candidates. The U.S. and Mexican government [...]
2007-05-25 17:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO2719COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES + 3,
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles, Ms. Laura Jordan, Mr. Douglas Rohn, and Mr. Stevel Hill for travel to Mexico City from 28-30 May for trilateral meetings. 2. Post control officer for the visit is Political Officer Pris [...]
2007-05-25 18:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDCA MX OTRA PREL US
07MEXICO2723DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-25 21:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR MX
07MEXICO2724DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPORTANCE OF INTL SUPPORT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-25 21:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER UNSC MX
07MEXICO2748MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 19 - MAY 25
[...] (SBU) Mexican inflation, though relatively high, fell in the first half of May. PRI unions stood behind victorious Yucatan gubernatorial candidate Ivonne Ortega, contributing to her victory, despite unions' recent, less-than-active support for PRI candidates. The U.S. and Mexican government [...]
2007-05-29 18:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO2752WORLD BANK BLAMES MEXICAN UNIONS AND PRIVATE
[...] SUMMARY: World Bank (WB) officials recently visited Mexico City to formally release a report on Mexico,s efforts to enact economic reforms. The report entitled, &Mexico Beyond State Capture and Social Polarization8, concluded that the country,s endeavors to carry out meaningful reforms are be [...]
2007-05-29 19:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB IO PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO276CORRECTED -- MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 6 -
[...] (SBU) GE/NBC asked the Embassy to continue pressing the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) to drop frivolous criminal charges against the company, meanwhile GE Chairman Jeff Immelt made similar points to President Calderon. The Mexican Telecom Regulator (Cofetel) will hold a teleconfere [...]
2007-01-19 20:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO278SUGAR UNIONS SEEK SWEETER DEAL ON RETIREMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Mexico,s largest sugar workers unions have threatened to go on strike beginning January 21, if an agreement is not reached on member retirement benefits. At issue is a disagreement with the sugar mill operators over whom (the industry, the Mexican Social Security Agency or both) is r [...]
2007-01-19 23:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAGR ECON PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO2783DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 22:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY MX
07MEXICO279MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 11 - 17 2007
[...] (U) In response to sharp increases in tortilla prices, the Calderon government has agreed to temporary price restraints with a number of producers and distributors. Finance Secretary Carstens has said he believes that the drop in oil SIPDIS prices is temporary and will not result in budget c [...]
2007-01-19 23:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR ECPS ELAB EPET ETRD PGOV MX
07MEXICO2796MEXICO PUBLICLY SUPPORTS NOMINATION OF ROBERT
[...] (U) On May 30, the Mexican Ministry of Finance issued a press release supporting the nomination of Robert Zoellick as President of the World Bank. Early on May 30, the Embassy had delivered reftel demarche to the Mexican Secretariats of Finance, Foreign Affairs, and Economy. The Finance Minis [...]
2007-05-31 18:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN IBRD MX
07MEXICO2804DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TREATY
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 31 to the Foreign Secretariat's (SRE's) Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues Julian Juarez Cardenas. Juarez said the GOM is aware of U.S. opposition to the UN-proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Mexico views the U.S. as a [...]
2007-05-31 22:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC UNDC PARM MX
07MEXICO2837MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 26 - JUNE 1
[...] (U) President Calderon said he was displeased by the appreciate of the peso resulting from the Bank of Mexico's decision to raise interest rates. He also urged governors to negotiate on fiscal reform. Finance Minister Carstens expects mid-year GDP growth to reach 3.8 %. Cofetel issued regulat [...]
2007-06-01 19:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO2852 PRESIDENT CALDERON UNVEILS MEXICO'S NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) Summary: President Calderon has announced a National Development Plan for Mexico. The plan calls for extensive political and economic reform covering a wide range of areas from security to competitiveness to foreign policy and the environment. Although many of the proposals have been pen [...]
2007-06-01 22:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP SENV EAID PGOV EFIN EINV MX
07MEXICO2858MEXICAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY LOSING JOBS TO CONTRABAND
[...] SUMMARY: According to representatives of the Mexican Textile and Clothing Industries, as well as leaders of various Textile Workers Unions, their segment of the economy has lost some 318,000 jobs since 2000, with another 500,000 jobs currently at risk. Both the industry and the unions attrib [...]
2007-06-04 15:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD KTEX PGOV PINR ECON MX CH
07MEXICO2886HUMAN RIGHTS TALKS REVEAL AREAS OF AGREEMENT,
[...] (C) Summary: On May 29, U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials held trilateral talks in Mexico City on human rights cooperation. This is the first of two cables summarizing the talks, and will focus on issues relating to the upcoming OAS General Assembly (OASGA); issues relating to the UN Hum [...]
2007-06-04 18:35:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN
07MEXICO2897SPP/NAEWG: U.S.-MEXICO MEETING ON GAS HYDRATES
[...] (SBU) Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Geologic Survey (USGS) officials discussed cooperation on gas hydrate research with Mexican Energy Secretariat and Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) officials under the auspices of the North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG) and the Security and Prosper [...]
2007-06-04 21:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO2903PAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPELLS GOOD NEWS FOR CALDERON
[...] Summary: During the June 2-3 national assembly of the ruling National Action Party (PAN),delegates chose new National Council members, who will be responsible for electing the party's next president in March 2008. An estimated 60-70% of the Council members are reported to favor President Cal [...]
2007-06-04 23:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO2934ELECTRICAL WORKERS, UNION COMPLAINS ABOUT THE HIGH
[...] SUMMARY: During the week of May 14, the Mexican Electrical Workers, Union (SME),an organization closely tied to Mexico,s main opposition party, launched a charm offensive lamenting the high cost of electricity for average consumers. According to the SME, the cost of electricity to the avera [...]
2007-06-05 22:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV ENRG PINR MX
07MEXICO2947NORTH AMERICAN PARTNERS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: This is the second of two cables summarizing trilateral talks on human rights cooperation with Canada and Mexico held in Mexico City on May 29. This cable focuses on issues relating to the UN system, with a particular focus on those before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC); ref [...]
2007-06-06 19:36:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN
07MEXICO306MEXICO'S NEW ECONOMY SECRETARY MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Mexico's top trade and industry official wants to deepen North American economic integration and improve the country's investment climate to counter growing competition from China and elsewhere. After a short briefing on the Mexican government's (GOM) approach to dealing with the recent [...]
2007-01-23 14:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR ECON BEXP WTRO MX CH
07MEXICO3080MEXICO COMMITTED TO SUCCESSFUL TRADE RELATIONSHIP,
[...] (SBU) The Calderon administration recognizes the vital economic role played by a bilateral trade relationship that is, on the whole, quite healthy. Nonetheless, Mexican officials are worried about the political implications of a growing perception in Mexico that NAFTA implementation is a one- [...]
2007-06-12 22:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYERTD ECON MX
07MEXICO3111NEW SLATE OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP PARTICIPANTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Focusing this year on economic competitiveness, immigration and security/law enforcement, legislators at the 46th annual Interparliamentary Groups (IPG) agreed their countries shared common stakes in economic development and improved security. Coming as it did two days afte [...]
2007-06-14 15:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO3124MEXICO SEE FDI SURGE FROM TAX HAVEN COUNTRIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During the first quarter of 2007, Mexico has experienced a surge in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from "tax haven" countries such as the Virgin Islands and Bermuda. FDI inflows from these countries have been second only to inflows from the United States. Officials from the Se [...]
2007-06-14 19:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EFIN MX
07MEXICO3176MEXICO COMMEMORATES WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOR
[...] SUMMARY: In commemoration of the UN/ILO,s World Day Against Child Labor, the Lower House of the Mexican Congress and the CROC labor union (the country,s third largest labor federation) organized a highly publicized press event to highlight the gravity of the problem of child labor in Mexico. [...]
2007-06-18 20:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PHUM EAGR KWMN SOCI PINR KCRM MX
07MEXICO3246MEXICO'S CALDERON UNVEILS TAX REFORM PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) On June 20, President Felipe Calderon submitted to the Congress Permanent Standing Commission a fiscal reform proposal that focuses on boosting government revenues and combating tax evasion. The initiative aims to increase federal tax collection by 1.9 percent of GDP and state collectio [...]
2007-06-21 20:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO3266MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JUNE 2 - JUNE 22
[...] (SBU) Reaction to the Calderon Administration's release of its fiscal reform proposal was mixed. Consumer price inflation fell 0.49% in May, resulting in a reduced annual inflation rate of 3.95%. Opening of corn, bean, milk and sugar markets under NAFTA scheduled for January 2008 may not h [...]
2007-06-22 16:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR MX
07MEXICO3297JUNE 2007 PRE-CANCUN IPR UPDATE
[...] (SBU) President Calderon's National Development Plan included a paragraph on the importance of IPR protection. Calderon had IPR talking points for his meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G-8, but told the press he didn't have time to raise the issue. The Chairman of the lower hous [...]
2007-06-22 21:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR PINS ECON ETRD MX CH
07MEXICO3300MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] Summary. The United States Government is aware of eighteen (18) claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Mexico (GOM). Eight (8) cases are NAFTA Chapter 11 cases. In addition, one (1) case was resolved in 2006. End Summary. 2. a. Claimants A [...]
2007-06-22 21:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3302VIOLENCE CONTINUES UNABATED
[...] (C) Summary: Widespread narco-violence in Mexico continues unabated since the Embassy reported on soaring Cartel-related bloodshed in mid-May. While there have been no spectacular, multi-fatality shootouts matching the spate that characterized the early spring, 37 federal, state and local of [...]
2007-06-25 13:18:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV ASEC ECON MX
07MEXICO3304MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 13:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3305MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 13:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3306MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 13:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3307MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 13:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3308MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 13:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07MEXICO3442STATE GOVERNMENT AND UNION PROMOTE JOBS IN COAHULA
[...] SUMMARY: The government of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila and the national union of the Mexican Workers Confederation (CTM) recently took advantage of a newly published university study positively highlighting the state,s economic growth to sign an agreement promoting job growth and c [...]
2007-07-02 15:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO3443STATE GOVERNMENT AND UNION PROMOTE JOBS IN COAHULA
[...] SUMMARY: The government of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila and the national union of the Mexican Workers Confederation (CTM) recently took advantage of a newly published university study positively highlighting the state,s economic growth to sign an agreement promoting job growth and c [...]
2007-07-02 15:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO3444STATE GOVERNMENT AND UNION PROMOTE JOBS IN COAHULA
[...] SUMMARY: The government of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila and the national union of the Mexican Workers Confederation (CTM) recently took advantage of a newly published university study positively highlighting the state,s economic growth to sign an agreement promoting job growth and c [...]
2007-07-02 15:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO346SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUITERREZ'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: We welcome your visit to Mexico City as an unparalleled opportunity to set the stage and coordinate with the new Mexican government on concrete measures we can take together to move the relationship forward in many important economic areas, including improving competitiveness [...]
2007-01-23 23:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD ECON KJUS PREL MX
07MEXICO347MEXICO TOURISM SECRETARY: NO WORRIES ON WHTI
[...] (U) Summary: The Mexican Secretary of Tourism has said that the impact of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) on international tourism to Mexico will be minor. According to estimates by the Secretariat of Tourism (Sectur),Mexico's revenue losses from WHTI will be less than 3 percen [...]
2007-01-24 13:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR CASC CPAS EIND KHLS MX
07MEXICO351MEXICAN FINANCE SECRETARY DISCUSSES REFORM AGENDA,
[...] (C) Ambassador Garza met with Mexican Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens on January 22, 2007. The Ambassador began the meeting by congratulating Carstens for the Calderon administration's strong start -- highlighting their counterdrug and anticrime efforts. Carstens told the Ambassador that [...]
2007-01-24 14:28:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALKTFN PGOV PTER PINR MX
07MEXICO3511MEXICO'S INVESTORS DISCUSS EFFECTS OF NARCO CRIME
[...] (U) Summary: Narcotics-related violence in parts of Mexico continues to raise concerns about its potential effect on Mexico's investment climate. On June 28, the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) addressed this issue, by holding the International Forum on Investment and Security, where b [...]
2007-07-03 21:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ECIN ELAB PGOV MX
07MEXICO352SUGAR WORKERS APPARENTLY ACCEPT A DEAL THAT IS NOT
[...] SUMMARY: Mexico,s largest sugar workers union and sugar mill operators appear to have reached a deal that for now has averted a strike scheduled to begin on January 21. Although the two parties negotiated several topics, the main issue was a disagreement over retirement benefits. The union w [...]
2007-01-24 15:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAGR ECON PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO3653DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 20:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG MX
07MEXICO3703MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JUNE 22 - JULY 13
[...] (SBU) The Calderon Administration is working with the Mexican Legislature to promote a fiscal reform initiative, possibly a prelude to a series of other reforms (energy, labor, education, etc.). Over the past two weeks, we have spoken with officials outside and inside the Congress to get a s [...]
2007-07-13 16:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PTER
07MEXICO3724UPDATE ON PHARMACEUTICAL IPR ISSUES IN MEXICO
[...] (SBU) Embassy officials met with the head of Mexico's Federal Commission of Health Risk Protection (COFEPRIS - rough equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration) to discuss issues of concern to U.S. drugmakers, including data protection, patent linkage, and Mexico's proposed elimination [...]
2007-07-16 20:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD MX
07MEXICO379BRIDGES THAT DIVIDE US: FACILITATING US-MEXICO
[...] (SBU) The overall message conveyed to Assistant Secretary of Commerce David Bohigian during his three-day, SIPDIS three-state tour of the U.S.-Mexican border was that there is much that the two federal governments can do to help improve cross-border commerce, to the benefit of consumers, b [...]
2007-01-25 16:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON ELTN ETRD MX
07MEXICO380GOM BACKING OFF PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN FIGHTER
[...] (S) In response to reftel demarche the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns about a possible Mexican Navy purchase of Russian fighter aircraft with (in separate conversations) Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Arturo Sarukhan, Presidential Counselor Juan Camilo Mourino, Foreign Minister Patricia E [...]
2007-01-25 19:25:00Embassy MexicoSECRETPREL MASS MARR ENRG MX RS
07MEXICO381COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TODD ANDERSON AND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Todd Anderson and Cheryl Goodman, of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for travel to Mexico City, Tijuana and Cancun February 5-11, 2007. The purpose of the visit to Mexico is to review the efforts of US agencies and multilateral organiza [...]
2007-01-25 20:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAGAO OTRA PREL MX
07MEXICO3839ZAPATERO VISIT BOOSTS CALDERON
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his four-day visit to Mexico, Spanish PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and President Calderon agreed to cooperate on apprehending ETA members and other extremists, develop infrastructure and the tourism sector, increase people-to-people contacts through a "Dialogue Forum," [...]
2007-07-20 16:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON MX
07MEXICO3859U.S. FIRMS REACT TO MEXICAN FISCAL REFORM PLAN
[...] (SBU) While American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico (AmCham) member firms object to many portions of the Calderon Administration's fiscal reform plan, they have given their qualified support to the proposal. The draft law would set up a minimum business tax in an attempt to plug the numerous [...]
2007-07-20 20:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO389RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 22:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ETTC MX
07MEXICO390MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 18 - JANUARY 24,
[...] (SBU) Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens discussed technical assistance, and Economy Secretary Sojo raised border facilitation in meetings with the Embassy. The Embassy's Energy Reform Project held its first public meeting. Questions remain even within Pemex about the cause of a six percent [...]
2007-01-25 23:49:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO391TORTILLA PRICE SURGE AND CALDERON RESPONSE
[...] (U) This cable incorporates information and analysis from a Global Agricultural Information Report (no. MX7003, dated January 19, 2007) produced by Post's Foreign Agricultural Service office. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The first real economic test for the new administration has been a rap [...]
2007-01-26 13:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD MX
07MEXICO3926DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG PRIORITIES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-24 22:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA MX
07MEXICO3931SPECULATION ON MEXICO'S MEDIA SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Ernesto Piedras (strictly protect throughout),President of the Competitive Intelligence Unit and Angel Lopez Hoher (strictly protect throughout),Head of the Unit for Planning, Liaison and International Affairs at the Mexican Federal Competition Commission (Cofeco) agreed that a new Me [...]
2007-07-25 14:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EINV PGOV MX
07MEXICO3937MEXICO'S NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN
[...] (U) Summary. President Calderon presented the National Infrastructure Program (NIP) on July 18. The NIP is the infrastructure component of Mexico's National Development Plan (ref A) and seeks to improve Mexico's competitiveness. The plan presents ambitious goals for infrastructure investment [...]
2007-07-25 16:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ELTN ENRG MX
07MEXICO3993PETROLEOS MEXICANOS: A VERY, VERY GOOD PLACE TO
[...] SUMMARY: On July 17, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico,s national petroleum company (Pemex),and the Petroleum Workers Union (STPRM) announced an agreement on a new collective bargaining contract for 2007-2009. The current Pemex/STPRM contract was set to expire on August 31, 2007. This was report [...]
2007-07-27 21:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO4017MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JULY 14 - JULY 27
[...] (SBU) Senior Mexican officials told Commerce Assistant Secretary Bohigian they wanted more participation from U.S. SIPDIS Cabinet level officials to push the prosperity agenda at the upcoming North America SPP Summit. While the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) publicly announced its [...]
2007-07-30 22:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO4062DEMARCHE REGARDING NTC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 19:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MX
07MEXICO4114AMCONSUL MATAMOROS HOSTS UNION, PRIVATE SECTOR AND
[...] SUMMARY: On July 20, AmConsul Matamoros hosted a meeting aimed at opening a discussion on ways to prevent drug abuse in general and abuse in the workplace in particular. The meeting was attended by representatives of Mexico,s largest labor federations (CTM),the local president of a national [...]
2007-08-02 21:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ELAB PGOV ECON PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO413PARTY POLITICS DIVIDE LABOR MOVEMENT "UNITY" OVER
[...] SUMMARY: The successful organization of Mexican labor movement participation in a January 31 st, mega-march to protest price increases in basic food items now appears very much in doubt. The unified image labor had hoped to project in demonstrating against price increases was shattered when i [...]
2007-01-26 22:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON SOCI PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO414MEXICAN REACTION TO EXTRADITIONS MUTED;
[...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican reaction to the recent, unprecedented extradition of 15 wanted criminals to the U.S. has been muted. Although such massive extraditions predictably triggered isolated complaints from the opposition that the move violated Mexico's "national sovereignty," such complaint [...]
2007-01-29 13:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN MX
07MEXICO4144IPR TRAINING FOR MEXICAN CUSTOMS AT VERACRUZ
[...] (U) The Embassy, together with the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, held a five-day training seminar on detecting, detaining, and deterring the importation of pirated and counterfeit goods for Mexican customs and law enforcement officials at the Port of Veracruz. The seminar was [...]
2007-08-03 21:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR SNAR MX
07MEXICO4151FURTHER REACTION TO MEXICAN FISCAL REFORM PLAN
[...] (SBU) Six weeks after the introduction of the Calderon Administration's proposal for fiscal reform (ref A),companies and business organizations continue their objections to the most controversial aspects of the plan, a flat minimum tax on revenues (CETU) and a tax on cash deposits (ICI). Som [...]
2007-08-03 22:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO4191AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (U) Summary: In ref A, Post sent Treasury's Office of International Affairs the Spanish-language presentation from the American Chamber of Commerce about its concerns regarding the fiscal reform proposal that President Calderon submitted to Mexico's Congress (ref B). Below is an English-langu [...]
2007-08-07 19:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV MX
07MEXICO4236MEXICO: U.S. INVESTORS ASK FOR INTERVENTION ON TAX
[...] Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. 2. (SBU) This is an action message, see paragraph 2. 3. (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Representatives of U.S. real estate firms in Mexico contacted the Embassy August 6 to express their concern over the Calderon administrations tax reform [...]
2007-08-09 14:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV MX
07MEXICO4246THE LABOR SITUATION OF THE MEXICAN TEXTILE AND
[...] SUMMARY: Beginning on July 31, the Mexico office of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) foundation, a German non-profit organization, and the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation (ITGLWF) held a two day seminar on the &Future of the Textile Industry in Mexico.8 The se [...]
2007-08-09 18:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD KTEX PGOV PINR CH MX
07MEXICO4265PARTIES ACCENTUATE THE NEGATIVE AFTER MIXED STATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recriminations are raining this week across Mexico's political landscape in the wake of August 5 state and local elections in Baja California, Aguascalientes and Oaxaca. All three parties are smarting in one locale or another. In Baja California, PRI's Jorge Hank Rhon broke [...]
2007-08-09 21:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO4280 FISCAL REFORM: CURRENT STATUS
[...] (U) Summary: Mexico's opposition parties continue to deliberate on whether to allow a Special Session so that Congress could rule on Calderon's fiscal reform proposal before the FY 2008 budget must be submitted on September 8. Despite criticism of the CETU minimum alternative tax by business, [...]
2007-08-10 17:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BEXP SENV EAID PGOV EFIN EINV MX
07MEXICO4282MEXICO'S MAQUILAS CLAIM NEW TAX COULD KILL
[...] (U) Summary: Econoff spoke with representatives from the National Council for the Maquiladora Export Industry (CNIME) August 7 regarding the effects the new Single Rate Business Tax (CETU) will have on the industry. The President, Jose Jesus de Calleros, said that CNIME supports the concept of [...]
2007-08-10 21:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV ELAB MX
07MEXICO4286 POSSIBLE TELECOM PROPOSAL FOR NORTH AMERICA LEADERS'
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico's Communications and Transport Ministry (SCT) has asked the Calderon Administration to present a dramatic telecom proposal at the North America Leader's Meeting in Montebello, Canada on August 20-21. Under the proposal, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) would [...]
2007-08-13 13:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL SPP KIPR EAIR MX
07MEXICO4291 POSSIBLE TELECOM PROPOSAL FOR NORTH AMERICA LEADERS'
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico's Communications and Transport Ministry (SCT) has asked the Calderon Administration to present a dramatic telecom proposal at the North America Leader's Meeting in Montebello, Canada on August 20-21. Under the proposal, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) would [...]
2007-08-13 13:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL SPP KIPR EAIR MX
07MEXICO4293 FUTURE OF THE SPP AND NAFTA - MEXICAN VIEWS LEADING INTO
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 9, Econoffs met with officials from Mexico's Ministry of Economy to discuss GOM positions for the North American Leaders Meeting in Montebello August 20-21, and the NAFTA Free Trade Commission meetings in Vancouver August 13-14. Expressing concern over the downplaying [...]
2007-08-13 13:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ETRD SPP MX
07MEXICO4331CALDERON MAINTAINS HIGH APPROVAL RATING
[...] President Calderon's public approval rating stands at 64%, according to a reliable Mexican poll that registered his approval at 68% in April. The four point decline falls within the poll's margin of error, and reflects the continued strong standing of the president as he prepares to give his [...]
2007-08-14 14:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MX
07MEXICO4334MEXICAN TELECOMMUNICATION POLICY TARGETS TELMEX
[...] (SBU) On August 3, as part of the Ninth Meeting of the High Level Consultative Commission (HLCC) on Telecommunications, Rafael del Villar, Under Secretary for Communications at the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT),briefed a small group of Department of State (DOS),Feder [...]
2007-08-14 15:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS ENIV PGOV MX
07MEXICO4341DEMARCHE DELIVERED--MEXICO'S RESPONSE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-14 20:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA MX
07MEXICO4390SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BLUNT'S AUGUST 20-21 VISIT
[...] (SBU) My staff and and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed his first 9 months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in implemen [...]
2007-08-16 18:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ECON PGOV PREL MX OVIP BLUNT ROY
07MEXICO4399 SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF COMPETITION IN MEXICO'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Below is an analysis and English-language summary of the 900-page final decision by Mexico's Supreme Court (SCJN) that some provisions of the April 2006 Radio and Television Law are unconstitutional. The Court threw out the most blatant anti-competition measures that led the 2006 [...]
2007-08-16 22:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON EINV PGOV MX
07MEXICO4451A LOOK AT MEXICO'S NASCENT PRIVATE EQUITY INDUSTRY
[...] (U) A strong private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) industry has long been seen as an important vehicle for economic growth, the development of small- and medium-sized businesses, and job creation. Recent reforms measures and relative political and macroeconomic stability have made Mexi [...]
2007-08-21 15:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO4460MEXICO BORDER WORKING GROUP TOUR A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Mexico Border Facilitation Working Group (BFWG) toured points of entry (POEs) in Laredo, Nogales, and San Diego to witness first hand the bottlenecks that limit cross border trade and gain insight on possible low cost/high impact changes that could rectify the problems. [...]
2007-08-21 17:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD ELTN PGOV PREL MX
07MEXICO4512ECONOMIC COSTS OF HURRICANE DEAN IN MEXICO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Thirty-six hours after Hurricane Dean struck land along the southern edge of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula as a category 5 hurricane preliminary assessments show that damage is less than predicted. The tourism industry was minimally affected as the famed Riviera Maya received less [...]
2007-08-22 22:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR ENER PGOV MX
07MEXICO455MEXICAN ELECTRICITY U/S ON LIBERALIZATION,
[...] (U) This is an action message, see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Reuben Flores, Mexico's new Undersecretary for Electricity in the Energy Secretariat (SENER) supports further trans-border electrical interconnections between the U.S. and Mexico as long as they make economic sense. On reform [...]
2007-01-30 19:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG MX
07MEXICO4552MEXICO'S 2008 BUDGET PROCESS
[...] (SBU) The Calderon administration is required to submit its 2008 budget proposal to Congress by September 8. The Chamber of Deputies has until October 20 to approve the budget,s revenue section and send it to the Senate, which has until October 31 to ratify it. The Chamber must pass the expe [...]
2007-08-24 22:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO4554UPDATE ON ECONOMIC COSTS OF HURRICANE DEAN IN
[...] (U) Pemex has reported that it should complete the inspection of its installations today, August 24. After having examined most of its offshore facilities yesterday, Pemex had not found major damage. Oil and gas production in the Campeche Sound restarted on August 23, and as of 19:00 that da [...]
2007-08-27 12:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR ENER PGOV MX
07MEXICO4598SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) My staff and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed his first 9 months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in implementing [...]
2007-08-27 20:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV ENRG PREL MX OVIP DANIEL SULLIVAN
07MEXICO4614UNION PACIFIC MEXICO TALKS COLOMBIA RAILROAD
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 22:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ELTN ETRD EINV MX
07MEXICO4696DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PRE-BRIEF MEXICO ON UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 19:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR PREF PTER PARM EAID ECON OPDC CO MX
07MEXICO4702HONORING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE U.S. MILITARY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 21:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPOL CASC MX
07MEXICO4726FDI IN MEXICO EXPECTED TO REACH 23 BILLION USD
[...] (U) Summary. The Mexican government revised its foreign direct investment (FDI) forecast for 2007 upward to 23 billion USD after a stronger than expected first half of the year. The manufacturing sector is the number one recipient of FDI, while the United States continues to be the number on [...]
2007-08-31 19:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN MX
07MEXICO4815EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES FISCAL AND PEMEX REFORM
[...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan, Under Secretary of Finance Alejandro Werner expressed confidence SIPDIS that changes to the proposed Mexican Single Rate Income Tax for businesses (CETU) would allow the tax to be [...]
2007-09-06 22:04:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO4816REALISTIC VIEW OF CHALLENGES IN STATE OF UNION
[...] (U) On September 2, President Calderon presented his 2007 State of the Union Address (Informe) at the Palacio National. The Informe covered rule of law and security, competitive economy and job creation, equal opportunity, sustainable development, effective democracy and responsible foreign p [...]
2007-09-06 22:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ELAB EFIN PINR MX
07MEXICO483CALDERON, ON FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO EUROPE, STAYS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This week, President Felipe Calderon wrapped up a six day official visit to Europe, his first since taking office. The visit took him to Berlin, Madrid and London and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Calderon's team successfully used the tour to mount a major i [...]
2007-01-31 22:30:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO4856EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING
[...] (SBU) A/S Dan Sullivan met with a range of senior GOM officials to encourage high-level Mexican participation from the full range of relevant ministries in the September Major Economies Meeting on Climate Change (MEM) proposed by President Bush. Upon being assured that the MEM is aimed at con [...]
2007-09-07 22:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG MX
07MEXICO4867MEXICAN FINANCE UNDERSECRETARY OPTIMITIC ON ENERGY
[...] (SBU) In an August 21 meeting with Congressman Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) Mexican Finance Undersecretary Alejandro Werner (strictly protect throughout) predicted that if fiscal reform goes well, the Calderon Administration would next turn to reform in the energy sector. He explained that Pemex ne [...]
2007-09-10 19:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO4871CALDERON SENDS MEXICO'S 2008 BUDGET PROPOSAL TO
[...] (U) President Calderon presented his 2008 federal budget proposal to the Chamber of Deputies on September 8, 2007. The $220-billion spending plan is based on assumptions of 3.5% real GDP growth, inflation of 3.0%, a Mexican oil mix price of USD 46.60 a barrel, and an average nominal exchange r [...]
2007-09-10 19:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO4881JUSTICE REFORM SEASON OPENS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Proposed constitutional changes that briefly became the focus of criticism by human rights lawyers last week are the first step in a protracted effort by the GOM to modernize the administration of justice in Mexico by granting police and prosecutors greater authority and a wide [...]
2007-09-10 23:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO4906DEMARCHES DELIVERED: IRAN AT THE SEPTEMBER 2008
[...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel demarches on September 10 to the Foreign Secretariat's (SRE's) Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues Julian Juarez Cardenas. Juarez noted U.S. views and reiterated Mexico's policy with regard to the Iran issue: The GOM respects each co [...]
2007-09-11 21:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR IAEA AORC MX
07MEXICO4916READ-OUT OF BILATERAL MEETINGS ON MEXICO'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 16-17, Department of Commerce/Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) senior technical and policy representatives participated in a bilateral technical exchange in Mexico City, Mexico. This meeting was in response to a specific request by the Mexican Government seeking a [...]
2007-09-11 21:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PTER MX
07MEXICO4917TOURISM UNDER SECRETARY TALKS OPEN SKIES,
[...] (SBU) On September 10, EconCouns and EconOff met with Mexican Undersecretary for Tourism Operation, Francisco Madrid Flores, and Director General of Regional Programs, Juan Carlos Arnau Avila. When Econoffs noted the benefits of a U.S.-Mexico open skies deal Flores said pre-clearance for passe [...]
2007-09-11 21:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EAIR ELAB PGOV MX
07MEXICO4970MEXICO'S TAX REFORM BILL NEARING ADOPTION
[...] (SBU) President Calderon's economic team and political parties, mainly the National Action Party (PAN) and the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI),have reached a consensus on almost all issues included in the tax reform bill. Legislators in the finance committee of the Chamber of Deputie [...]
2007-09-14 12:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO4980PEMEX PIPELINE ATTACK CAUSES ECONOMIC DAMAGE
[...] (U) A series of attacks on Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) gas lines in eastern Mexico have caused large disruptions to production countrywide. The militant group Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) claimed responsibility and vows continued attacks until their demands are met. Business groups estim [...]
2007-09-14 15:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON EIND PGOV MX
07MEXICO5044MEXICAN CONGRESS APPROVES LONG-SOUGHT TAX REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mexico's Senate approved an overhaul of the country's tax laws on September 14 -- a move that will strengthen public finances and give President Calderon another legislative victory. The Chamber of Deputies has already approved the bill, so most of the reforms only require the [...]
2007-09-18 20:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO508CALDERON CRITICS MARCH ON THE ZOCALO
[...] (SBU) On January 31, demonstrators thronged Mexico's central square or "Zocalo" to protest the rising cost of staple foods, and call for wage increases. Participating organizations, mainly labor and peasant groups, issued a statement called the "Zocalo Declaration," demanding food and energy [...]
2007-02-02 13:28:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO5101MX #2007-217, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crime Scene Investigation, 10/05/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and request [...]
2007-09-21 21:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5102MX #2007-216, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Administration Counterterrorism Defense, 10/05/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...]
2007-09-21 21:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5106MX #2007-218, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from Homicide Investigation Course, on October 5, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]
2007-09-21 22:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5116MX #2007-219, LEGAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI-LEGAT, on Agro Terrorism Field Exercise, October 9, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...]
2007-09-24 18:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5117MX #2007-220, DOJ-ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ-ATF, on Basic Firearms Identification Course, October 9, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]
2007-09-24 18:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5120MX #2007-222, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Administration Counterterrorism Defense, November 15, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2007-09-24 20:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5121MX #2007-223, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Law Enforcement Training, October 11, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2007-09-24 20:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5122MX #2007-ODC, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on International Administration Counterterrorism Defense, October 10, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2007-09-24 20:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5145MX #2007- 225, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on CHDS, October 12, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the dep [...]
2007-09-25 20:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5146MX #2007-226, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on VIP Protection, October 12, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests tha [...]
2007-09-25 20:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5147MX #2007-227, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on VIP Protection, 12 October 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...]
2007-09-25 20:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5161FORMATION OF A SECOND MINERS UNION UNDERSCORES
[...] SUMMARY: The ongoing saga of Mexico's national miners union (SNTMMSRM) took a significant but little noticed step in late 2006 when a dissident group of approximately 100 people within that labor organization formed a break-away union. Because of the lead up to and the protracted challenge [...]
2007-09-25 21:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR MX
07MEXICO5168MEXICO CITY,S GOVERNMENT PROPOSES UNEMPLOYMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Mexico City,s Mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, recently proposed the creation of an unemployment insurance program for the residents of the Mexican capital. Eligible residents are limited to those that lost a job in the formal economy with eligibility retroactive to December 2006. As proposed [...]
2007-09-26 17:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO5190MX #2007-228, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Basic Terrorism Recognition Course, 10/12/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]
2007-09-26 21:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5191MX #2007- 229, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Defense Strategy and Policy, 10/10/2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 10/10/2007 but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no cr [...]
2007-09-26 21:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5217MX #2007- 231, DOJ-ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ-ATF, on Basic Firearms Identification Course, October 16, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...]
2007-09-27 21:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5219MX #2007-230, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Shadowing Stage with the United Kingdom's Crown Prosecution Services, Forensic Services and the Home Office, 10/12/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evi [...]
2007-09-28 13:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5220MX #2007-233, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Program on Terrorism and Security Studies, 10/16/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2007-09-28 13:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5221MX #2007-232, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Program on Terrorism and Security Studies, March 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals list [...]
2007-09-28 13:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5240INFO ON MEXICAN TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 22:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKTEX MX
07MEXICO5242CALDERON'S EFFORTS TO COOL INFLATION DRAW MIXED
[...] (SBU) President Calderon on September 26 announced several measures aimed at stemming inflation, including postponing the enactment of a new gasoline tax and freezing prices of gasoline, liquid petroleum gas, and electricity until yearend. Mexico's annual inflation rate has remained above the [...]
2007-10-01 12:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN EAGR PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO5243MEXICAN SENATORS PLANNING U.S. VISIT TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior-level Mexican Senators are considering traveling to Washington for the purpose of meeting with their counterparts from the U.S. Congress. We understand President Calderon and PAN Party stalwarts in the Mexican Congress seek to use these trips to lay the groundwork for a [...]
2007-10-01 12:32:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALKCRM MX PGOV PREL SNAR
07MEXICO5258MX #2007-235, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, Visit Civil Emergency Command Centers, 11/01/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]
2007-10-02 12:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5259MX #2007-234, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Department of the Treasury Office of Techinal Assistance Training Related to Casino and Gaming Regulation, 10/12/2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 10/12/2007, but no l [...]
2007-10-02 12:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO529KEY MEXICAN LEADERS AND ACADEMICS DISCUSS ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Two GOM ministers, Bank of Mexico (BOM) Governor Guillermo Ortiz, and leading experts discussed the future of economic policy in Mexico and key economic challenges at seminar hosted by the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM) on January 11, 2007. Finance Secretary Agustin [...]
2007-02-02 18:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO5290MX #2007-236, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Program on Terrorism and Security Studies, 10/19/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2007-10-03 17:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5292MX #2007- 224, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Advance Polygraph Exercise, 10/12/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...]
2007-10-03 18:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5323MEXICO REVIEWING ANTIDUMPING DUTIES ON CHINA,
[...] (SBU) Mexican trade officials have begun to review many of the anti-dumping (AD) duties currently in place versus Chinese imports, with an eye to starting reviews of the rest before the December 11 expiration of Mexico's immunity from Chinese WTO litigation. Mexico believes it will be able to [...]
2007-10-04 22:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KTEX WTO ELAB MX CH
07MEXICO5351MX #2007-237 NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - EXPEDITED REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Supervision Management Course, October 19, 2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 10/19/2007, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post posses [...]
2007-10-09 12:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5352MX #2007-237 NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - EXPEDITED REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Supervision Management Course, October 19, 2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 10/19/2007, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post posses [...]
2007-10-09 13:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5362JOINT BORDER GOVERNORS CONFERENCE CALLS ON FEDS TO
[...] (SBU) Sonora Governor Eduardo Boars sponsored the 25th Annual Border Governor's Conference in Puerto Penasco, Sonora. Eight of the ten U.S. and Mexican border-state governors attended. Mexican President Felipe Calderon called for cross-border labor mobility and cooperation in combating the [...]
2007-10-09 18:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECIN ETRD MX
07MEXICO5367MISSION MEXCIO POSTS HOLD FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS WITH
[...] SUMMARY: In September, AmConsul Matamoros and Embassy Mexico City,s Labor Counselor held separate follow-up meetings aimed at coordinating actions to combat abuse in the workplace. These follow-ups were the promised next steps to a discussion began on July 20 when AmConsul Matamoros hosted [...]
2007-10-09 20:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SNAR PGOV ECON PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO5395U.S. AND MEXICAN CONGRESSMEN SEEK COMMON GROUND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. CODEL Reyes met with representatives from Mexico's leading political parties October 8 to exchange views on enhanced USG/GOM security cooperation. Reyes understood the security package under consideration could come before the U.S. Congress within weeks but was ambivalent ab [...]
2007-10-10 22:22:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM MASS MX
07MEXICO5406AUTO INDUSTRY LABOR DISPUTE RESOLVED DESPITE, NOT
[...] SUMMARY: A month,s long auto industry labor dispute was recently settled when the company, Fujikura Automotive Mexico, reached an agreement with disgruntled workers in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. The dispute began this past June when Fujikura announced plans to layoff its entire [...]
2007-10-11 16:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO5418FISCAL REFORM AND OTHER ECONOMC DEVELOPMENTS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Finance Secretariat is preparing a presidential decree that it says will "refine some of the details" of the recently passed fiscal reform package. The decree will adjust the way inventories accumulated by yearend are treated, and gives special treatment to maquiladoras. T [...]
2007-10-11 19:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO5419CORRECTED COPY - FISCAL REFORM AND OTHER ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Finance Secretariat is preparing a presidential decree that it says will "refine some of the details" of the recently passed fiscal reform package. The decree will adjust the way inventories accumulated by yearend are treated, and gives special treatment to maquiladoras. T [...]
2007-10-11 19:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO5428 MEXICO,S RULING PARTY PROPOSES FREEDOM OF
[...] SUMMARY: Mexico,s Federal Labor Law is amazingly detailed with regards to the obligations that employers have towards employees but surprisingly silent when it comes to the obligations the unions have towards their members. Mexican unions are under no obligation to their membership on such th [...]
2007-10-12 14:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PHUM PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO544THE BRADLEY WILL CASE, AND OAXACA ITSELF, STILL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While the streets of Oaxaca have been quiet recently, the crisis lingers on, with many underlying issues remaining unresolved. Despite consistent post pressure on both the state and federal government, the Bradley Will case remains an open investigation, with no one yet charg [...]
2007-02-03 00:13:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PHUM MX
07MEXICO5462 LEADER OF SUGAR WORKERS UNION ENJOYS THE
[...] SUMMARY: Observers of Mexico,s organized labor sector and media commentators have both reviled and hailed, Enrique Ramos Rodriguez, the leader of the country,s largest sugar workers union. In many ways Ramos typifies everything average Mexicans most sharply criticize about their country,s la [...]
2007-10-15 22:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAGR ECON ENRG PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO5463MEXICO: BIOFUELS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The Agriculture Committee in the lower house of the Mexican Congress is preparing to issue a second draft of a biofuels bill to replace an earlier version vetoed by President Calderon September 1. The newer version should provide a legal framework for ethanol production from palm, sorg [...]
2007-10-15 22:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ENRG EPET MX
07MEXICO548MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 25 - FEBRUARY 1
[...] (SBU) Commerce Secretary Gutierrez discussed criminalization of commercial disputes, the current tortilla crisis, conformity assessment, competitiveness, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP),and border cooperation with Secretary Sojo of Economy. Gutierriez learned of a GOM inter [...]
2007-02-06 16:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO5485MEXICO AND SPAIN ANNOUNCE PILOT GUEST WORKER
[...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (U) Summary: On October 15, the governments of Mexico and Spain announced the establishment of a pilot program that would allow businesses in either country to contract an unlimited number of guest workers. According to the GOM,s Secretary of Labor, the pilo [...]
2007-10-17 19:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON CVIS SOCI PGOV PHUM PINR MX
07MEXICO5497MX #2007-239, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Curso de Forense Digital, October 26, 2007. Post appreciates receiving a response on or before October 25, 2007, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no [...]
2007-10-17 21:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5523AMENDED MX05497 -- MX #2007-239, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This cable amends list in paragraph 3 of MX05497. Please delete DIEGO GUADALUPE RUIZ ROBLES, DOB 12 Dec 1970 and MARTIN GUTIERREZ OLVERA, DOB: 25 Jul 1963 from the list. The amended list is reflected in paragraph 3 of this cable to include: 1) JOSE LUIS CHINO HUITZIL, DOB 22 OCT 1969; AND [...]
2007-10-19 19:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5529CNDH DISCUSSES ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO SEDENA
[...] On October 18, Poloff met with Dr. Javier Moctezuma Barragan, Executive Secretary in The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) to discuss the organization's recommendations to Mexico's National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) and what steps SEDENA is taking to prevent human rights abuses from m [...]
2007-10-19 21:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
07MEXICO5536USAID Leahy Vetting Request, 2 November 2007, MX2007-240
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Interview Techniques, 11/2/2007 . Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before 11/2/2007, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credibl [...]
2007-10-20 18:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5564MX #2007-241, DHS/ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/ICE, on Trafficking in Persons, November 23, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2007-10-23 22:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5567FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS IN THE PIPELINE IN MEXICO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Finance Secretariat (Hacienda) sent a reform initiative to Congress that would allow banks to apply for bank licenses based on the operations they intend to pursue. Banks would only be required to comply with the regulations for the specific activities they perform, and mi [...]
2007-10-23 22:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO5598MX #2007-241, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Course, 11/14/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]
2007-10-25 21:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5607MX #2007-243, DHS/ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS, on Polygraph Course, November 13, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]
2007-10-26 17:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5613MX #2007-244, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Narcotics course, November 14, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]
2007-10-26 20:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5614MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, OCTOBER 19-26, 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chamber of Deputies on October 23 approved the 2008 Revenue Bill for a total of 2.57 trillion pesos (USD 236 billion). A PRD proposal to include in the Revenue Bill a provision to establish a government body to control imports and exports of sensitive agricultural products [...]
2007-10-26 20:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO5620MIGRATION, POVERTY AND OTHER DYNAMICS IN CHIAPAS
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff and Econoff explored current political, social, and economic dynamics in Chiapas during recent visits to the state, among Mexico's most culturally and geographically distinct. Although the Zaptista movement of the mid-1990s raised the profile of Chiapas and resulted in inc [...]
2007-10-26 21:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ELAB PHUM MX
07MEXICO5632SUBJ: SUGAR WORKER EARN FAR LESS THAN THEIR UNION
[...] SUMMARY: Mexican sugar is one of the most expensive to produce in the world; costing on average almost 2 1/2 times more to produce than its most efficient competitors. A number of reasons exist for this cost difference but one of the most frequently cited causes is Mexico,s largest sugar wo [...]
2007-10-29 17:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAGR ECON ENGR PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO5637MX #2007-NAS, (AGENCY) LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crime Scene Investigation, November 14, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2007-10-29 20:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5639COMPETING TEXTILE UNIONS DRAW NAFTA COUNTRIES,
[...] SUMMARY: A dispute among three labor unions for control of a collective bargaining contract in the southern Mexican state of Puebla has drawn the attention of US and Canadian NGO,s and labor unions as well as the concern of American clothing manufacturers. The dispute began this past May when [...]
2007-10-29 20:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD KTEX PGOV PHUM PINR MX
07MEXICO5651MEXICO: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR IAAC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 20:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UN UNGA MX
07MEXICO5652MEXICO: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 20:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA ETRD PHUM UNAUS CU MX
07MEXICO5653MX #2007-246, DOJ-ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ-ATF, on Basic Firearms Identification Course and Tracing Process, 11/16/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2007-10-30 20:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5673MX #2007-247, DHS/ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/ICE, on Polygraph course, November 15, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...]
2007-10-31 21:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5680MX #2007-249, ECON LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/ECON, on USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy in Alexandria, Va., 11/21/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2007-11-01 12:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5681MX #2007-248, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Law Enforcement Training, 11/16/2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]
2007-11-01 12:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO57A CHAT WITH FORMER PRESIDENT ZEDILLO
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 4 visit to the embassy to renew his visa, former President Ernesto Zedillo cheerfully shared his views on Mexico's post-electoral crisis, Felipe Calderon's debut as President, and the future of his own Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He seemed unworried [...]
2007-01-05 17:49:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO5707MX #2007-250, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on November 20, 2007, Criminal Scene Investigation. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...]
2007-11-05 13:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO571SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY KAREN HUGHES TRIP
[...] Summary: Welcome to Mexico. Your visit comes at an important time, with the Calderon administration in only its third month in office. Notwithstanding the polarized political climate in Mexico, President Felipe Calderon is off to a strong start, demonstrating leadership at home and abroad [...]
2007-02-07 21:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS MX
07MEXICO5719MX #2007-251, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Mediacion De Conflictos En El Ambito Laboral, November 20, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual [...]
2007-11-05 19:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5726MX #2007-252, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Defense Resource Management Course, November 20, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2007-11-05 22:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5733COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL MEACHAM, MEXICO
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Carl Meacham for travel to Mexico City from 6-8 November 2007. 2. Post control officer for the visit is Deputy Political Counselor Jim Merz, telephone 52 (55) 5080-2265 or 4425; fax 52 (55) 5080-2247; cell 044 (55) 5080-2247; e- [...]
2007-11-06 16:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX
07MEXICO5735MX #2007-253, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on STOP Team Training, November 26, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and request [...]
2007-11-06 20:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5736MX #2007-FBI, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Public Corruption, November 27, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]
2007-11-06 20:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5769MX #2007-256, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Train the Trainer course, November 29, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]
2007-11-08 14:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5770MX #2007-255, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Train the Trainer course, November 26, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]
2007-11-08 14:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5773SECURITY, MIGRATION, AND ELECTIONS IN MICHOACAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 18:05:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON ELAB PHUM MX
07MEXICO5793TERRORIST FINANCE: MEXICO CITY'S RESPONSE TO
[...] (SBU) This cable is Mexico City's response to Ref A. -- Status of laws specifically criminalizing bulk cash smuggling, and key elements of those laws 2. (SBU) The Government of Mexico continues efforts to implement an anti-money laundering program according to international standards such [...]
2007-11-09 18:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER MX
07MEXICO5803MX #2007-257, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on CCMR Conference, November 28, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests t [...]
2007-11-09 19:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5804MX #2007-258, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques course, November 29, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...]
2007-11-09 20:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5834MX #2007-259, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interview Techniques, November 23, 2007. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before November 23, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no [...]
2007-11-14 13:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5835MX #2007-260, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Interviewing and Interrogation, November 29, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2007-11-14 14:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5836MX #2007-261, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on English Comprehension Introductory Level course, December 3, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indivi [...]
2007-11-14 14:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5846FOREIGN SECRETARY ESPINOSA COURTS CONGRESSIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: Responding to Congressional calls for the Executive to clarify the Merida Initiative, Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa testified before the Senate on October 22 and before the Chamber of Deputies on October 31. She was clear the Merida Initiative is not a formal accord requirin [...]
2007-11-14 22:09:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PTER SMIL MX
07MEXICO5849MX #2007-262, STATE/ECON LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/ECON, on Workshop: Integrated Cooperation on IPR Enforcement, November 29, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights b [...]
2007-11-15 16:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5850AMENDED MX05736 (MX #2007-254),FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This cable is to amend MX05736 (MX2007-254),to add the following names: Cortes, Esquivel, Ignacio, 10/20/58, Tehuacan, MX Mendez, Garcia, Melesio, 12/4/64, Tochtecpec, MX Romero, Trejo, German, 8/12/60, Mexico City 2. The list on paragraph 5 of this cable is amended to reflect this ad [...]
2007-11-15 16:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5858CHALLENGES FACING MEXICO'S STOCK EXCHANGE
[...] (SBU) On October 29, 2007, the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) held its 18th annual convention, which centered on the need to "democratize" the stock market and to increase medium-sized companies, access to capital markets. Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens and Bank of Mexico Governor SIPDIS [...]
2007-11-15 22:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO5870MEXICAN CONGRESS APPROVES 2008 BUDGET
[...] (U) Mexico's Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on November 12 approved a USD 236 billion spending bill, the largest in the country's history. The income part of the budget package was passed by both the Chamber and the Senate last month, but the spending bill only requires lower house passage. [...]
2007-11-16 20:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO5876MX #2007-263, DHS/CBP LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/CBP, on Search Trauma and Rescue Training, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2007-11-20 17:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5879MX #2007-264, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Basic Firearms and Explosives Identification course, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2007-11-20 20:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5880SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL REID TO MEXICO,
[...] Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Since entering office last December, Felipe Calderon's government has moved with unprecedented speed to improve public securit [...]
2007-11-20 20:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON MX PGOV PREL OVIP REID HARRY
07MEXICO589MEXICAN CONGRESS MEMBERS DISCUSS ENERGY REFORM
[...] (SBU) The Mexican Autonomous Technological Institute (ITAM) January 22 hosted an energy conference on January 22. The event drew over 100 people, including representatives from all three political parties in Congress, the Mexican Council on International Affairs (Comexi),academia and policy i [...]
2007-02-07 22:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON MX
07MEXICO5891MEXICO: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Mexico (GOM) has shown significant and substantive progress in addressing its deficiencies in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) since the release of the June 2007 TIP Report, in particular by enacting comprehensive federal anti-TIP legislation to criminal [...]
2007-11-20 22:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN MX PGOV PHUM PREL
07MEXICO5892MX #2007-265, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on F-5 MTT course, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests tha [...]
2007-11-21 13:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5896MX #2007-266, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Criminal Investigative Techniques, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2007-11-21 16:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO59MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 28, 2006 - JANUARY
[...] (SBU) The Embassy held its second meeting with new Under Secretary for Communications Rafael del Villar who again SIPDIS asked to exchange views with USG officials on key telecom issues (Refs A and B) National Action Party (PAN) Secretary General Jose Espinosa called for a third television [...]
2007-01-05 19:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO5902MX #2007-267, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Formador de Instructores, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2007-11-21 19:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5903MX #2007-268, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Investigacion de Homicidios, December 6, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2007-11-21 19:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5914MX #2007-269, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Forces Training, December 7, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]
2007-11-23 20:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5915MX #2007-270, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Forces Training, December 7, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]
2007-11-23 20:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5930OFFICIAL FIGURES SPIN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES AND THE
[...] SUMMARY: On November 15 INEGI, the GOM,s National Statistics Institute, issued a report stating that during the twelve-month period ending September 2007 Mexico,s official unemployment rate dropped from 4 percent to 3.9 percent. The INEGI report also indicated that during the same twelve-mont [...]
2007-11-26 22:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON SOCI PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO5934SONORA BRANCH OF FARM WORKERS UNION IS PLEASED
[...] SUMMARY: The Hermosillo office of the CNC (National Peasants Confederation) in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora is a farm workers union that is making a positive difference in the lives of persons employed in the various sectors of Mexico,s agricultural industry. The CNC,s Hermosillo [...]
2007-11-27 15:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAGR SOCI PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO5935SO FAR UNION DISPUTE HAS LITTLE IMPACT ON FORD
[...] SUMMARY: A leadership dispute within what had been the sole union representing all of the workers at Ford Motor Co.,s three production plants in Mexico has, for the most part, had little impact on the car maker,s Mexico operations. The leadership dispute has lead to the formation of a new un [...]
2007-11-27 15:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV EIND EINV PINR MX
07MEXICO5936UNIONS AND JALISCO STATE GOVERNMENT SIGN AGREEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: In late October the local offices of several national labor confederations and the government of the western Mexican state of Jalisco signed an agreement aimed at improving the state,s overall labor environment. The agreement called for the unions and the state government to work to [...]
2007-11-27 15:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PINR PHUM MX
07MEXICO5948MX #2007-271, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Maintenance and Instruments F-5, December 13, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...]
2007-11-27 20:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO5964SENATE STAFFER, GOM AUTHORITIES SHARE VIEWS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Carl Meacham, the Senior Advisor on Western Hemisphere Affairs to the U.S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee briefed a wide array of GOM officials November 7 on the current political environment in Washington and what to expect from the legislative process in the U.S. as t [...]
2007-11-29 17:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
07MEXICO5975VIEWS ON 15 NOVEMBER 2007 IAEA DG'S REPORT ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 16:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC MX
07MEXICO5979AUTO PARTS SUPPLIER AND SUB-CONTRACTOR ACCUSED OF
[...] SUMMARY: Johnson Controls Inc., a US based auto parts supplier and One-Digit, its Mexican based sub-contractor have been accused of a series of ongoing labor rights abuses. The Johnson Controls and the One-Digit plants where the abuses are said to be occurring are located in the central Mexic [...]
2007-11-30 17:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EIND EINV PINR MX
07MEXICO5981MEXICO ON VENEZUELA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PACKAGE
[...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor met with Landy Esquivel, from SRE's Latin American Office, November 28, to convey U.S. concerns as relate to the anti-democratic changes Chavez seeks to make with its constitutional reform package coming up for a vote on December 2 and urge Mexico to join us in [...]
2007-11-30 18:45:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM WHA VE MX
07MEXICO5982OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (SBU) The Deputy Political Counselor met with Julian Juarez, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director of its United Nations office, November 28 to urge Mexico reconsider its long-standing support for a long list of UN resolutions on the Middle East that undermine UN credibility and do little t [...]
2007-11-30 18:46:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS MX
07MEXICO5984CALDERON EYING EXPANDED CONTROL OVER PAN
[...] (C) Summary: President Calderon is poised to take control of the PAN--a party shaken by his rivalry with PAN President Manuel Espino--with the uncontested election of former cabinet member German Martinez for party president on December 8-9. Tensions between Calderon and Espino reflect a broa [...]
2007-11-30 21:00:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO6005MEXICO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] (U) Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. The Government of Mexico (GOM) is optimistic that a debt settlement with Cuba will be reached in the near future. There are small exchange programs between the two countries. Mexico continues to promot [...]
2007-12-03 20:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC PREL CU MX
07MEXICO6009RE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Below please find Post's responses regarding host government's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. The resonses are keyed to the questions per reftel. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "w [...]
2007-12-03 22:05:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CVIS ECON KVPR MX PGOV PINR PREL PTER
07MEXICO6024STAFFDEL QUILTER: OPTIMISTIC, BUT ASSERTIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, headed by Professional Staff Member Peter Quilter spent two days in Mexico City (November 26-28) meeting with GOM representatives, legislators, NGO representatives and Embassy officials to discuss the recently proposed Me [...]
2007-12-04 22:14:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6027STAFFDEL QUILTER VISIT TO MICHOACAN: PROGRESS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 28 and 29, the House Foreign Affairs staff delegation headed by Peter Quilter spent a day and a half in Morelia, Michoacan to discuss the impact of the GOM's counter-narcotics operations in the state and the Merida Initiative with state officials and NGO representat [...]
2007-12-05 17:59:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6033UNION DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION INITIATIVE EXPANDS TO
[...] SUMMARY: In early November AmConsul Hermosillo and Embassy Mexico City,s Labor Counselor met with officials from the CTM, Mexico,s largest labor federation, and with various levels of GOM and NGO officials to discuss the problem of drug abuse in the workplace. This initiative, which is the o [...]
2007-12-05 19:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SNAR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO6042DEPUTY SECRETARY ENGAGES MEXICAN LEGISLATORS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: At an October 29 dinner with senior members of Mexico,s congress, Deputy Secretary had the opportunity to address some of the issues raised both in the U.S. and Mexico regarding the announced Merida Initiative. While members of the three principal parties in both chambers ind [...]
2007-12-05 21:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6043DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE HAS CORDIAL MEETINGS
[...] Summary: On October 30, Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon and party met heads of Mexico,s Secretariats of Gobernacion (Interior) and Public Security, as well as with Mexico,s Attorney General. All three GOM officials outlined steps the Calderon administra [...]
2007-12-05 21:13:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6044DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE NEGROPONTE MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Mexican human rights groups to address the concerns raised in recent weeks regarding both President Calderon,s approach to law enforcement and the Merida Initiative. He conveyed the U.S. commitment to promoting greater resp [...]
2007-12-05 21:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6045PUBLIC OUTREACH REINFORCES MISSION PUBLIC
[...] (U) Summary: The Deputy Secretary built a robust public diplomacy element into his October 29-30 visit to Mexico City. Two TV interviews and a round table with senior print and broadcast leaders (reported septel) substantially buttressed ongoing mission efforts to build public support for t [...]
2007-12-05 21:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6046 DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO MEXICO DEMONSTRATES
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the first of five cables reporting on the October 29-31 visit to Mexico City by Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State for SIPDIS Western Hemisphere Affairs Tom Shannon. In meetings with government leaders, opinion makers and members of civil [...]
2007-12-05 21:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MX
07MEXICO6049CODEL REID DISCUSSES IMMIGRATION, SECURITY, AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION WITH PRESIDENT CALDERON
[...] (C) Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada),leading a bipartisan Senate delegation, met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon November 29 in Mexico City. The delegation pointed to improving U.S. Mexican relations following Calderon's election. President Calderon called immigration an "economic pheno [...]
2007-12-06 13:54:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON ETRD MX OVIP PGOV PREL SNAR
07MEXICO6085MEXICO ON PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 19:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PREL PVOV KWBG IS MX
07MEXICO6090MEXICO ON UNCITRAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 19:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNCITRAL UNAUS MX
07MEXICO6094MEXICO ON NIE ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 20:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR PARM MX
07MEXICO6097MX #2007-272, USMS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from U.S. Marshal Services (USMS),on Meeting in USMS Headquarters, January 2, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the i [...]
2007-12-10 22:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6099TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICERS IN
[...] (SBU) As per reftel's request, the Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) at Embassy Mexico City is Manuel Larragoity, Deputy Attache for DHS/ICE. He may be reached at (52-55) 5080-2384 or via e-mail at manuel.larragoity@dhs.gov. 2. (SBU) Post TFCO Deputy is Laura M. Lausier, Economi [...]
2007-12-11 14:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER MX
07MEXICO6112MX #2007-273, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Basic Firearms and Explosives Identification course, January 3, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2007-12-11 19:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6122MX #2007-274, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Mobile Training Team - Port Security, January 7, 2007. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2007-12-12 14:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6128MEXICAN AND U.S. SENATORS DISCUSS MIGRATION,
[...] Summary. Mexican Senate President Santiago Creel extended a bipartisan U.S. delegation headed by Senator Harry Reid an official welcome on the floor of the Mexican Senate November 29. Afterwards, over a lunch hosted by Creel, the leaders of six of Mexico's seven political parties represente [...]
2007-12-12 15:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ECON ETRD KCRM MX OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL
07MEXICO6143DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 21:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDMX PGOV PHUM UNGA
07MEXICO6186VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARIES SULLIVAN AND LOWERY
[...] (C) Summary: Over the course of meetings with prominent Mexican economic opinion leaders within and outside government, a visiting State/Treasury delegation received enthusiastic responses to U.S. ideas to establish an association of free trade partners in the hemisphere to promote competitive [...]
2007-12-14 23:03:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN PREL MX VE
07MEXICO6187PRIVATE SECTOR OFFICIALS COMMENT ON CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Mexico has made great strides in strengthening its securities regime over the past several years, but additional work is needed to develop these markets. Conversations with local experts show that the following issues hold back growth: restrictions on institutional investors; an ineffi [...]
2007-12-17 14:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO6195MEXICO RECASTING PLAN PUEBLA
[...] Bosco Marti Acencio, the Foreign Ministry's point person on Plan Puebla, discussed with poloff December 6 GOM efforts to reinvigorate this initiative created originally with a view to fostering greater cooperation and integration among Mexico and its Central American Neighbors. At the outset [...]
2007-12-17 20:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID ECIN XK EC CO PE MX
07MEXICO6196CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE OVER JUSTICE REFORM MOVING
[...] Summary. The Mexican Senate passed judicial reform legislation that would facilitate transition to an oral trial system, give law enforcement officials broader search and seizure authority, allow consensual monitoring of telephone calls, and give police more responsibility for conducting inv [...]
2007-12-17 20:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM MX
07MEXICO6211MX #2007-275, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Advanced Techniques Maritime Training, January 8, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2007-12-18 19:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6214MX #2007-277, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Advanced Techniques MQitime Training, January 8, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2007-12-18 20:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6215MX #2007-278, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Operations Combating Terrorism, January 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals liste [...]
2007-12-18 20:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6217MX #2007-276, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Operations Counter Terrorism, January 11, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2007-12-18 21:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6218MEXICO SUPPORTS UPDATING AGREEMENT ON NATURAL
[...] The Government of Mexico welcomes the opportunity to expand bilateral cooperation to respond to natural or man-made disasters and to update the 1980 agreement entitled "Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican States on Cooperat [...]
2007-12-18 22:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAMEX ECON CA MX SENV
07MEXICO6219CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
[...] Summary: Concerns about human rights abuses and threats to security posed by drug trafficking collide in Mexico's southern state of Guerrero where Poloff met with a wide range of Mexican congressional representatives, government officials, human rights activists, NGOs and other members of c [...]
2007-12-19 12:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR ECON PINR MX
07MEXICO6228SUBJECT: NARCO-KILLINGS CONTINUE
[...] (SBU) Although estimates of the total number of organized crime-related killings in the first 11 months of 2007 vary between GOM sources and newspaper tallies -- ranging between approximately 2,200 to 3,200 -- Mexico has witnessed more of these types of killings this year, compared to an estima [...]
2007-12-19 20:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PINR MASS MX
07MEXICO6229MEXICO IPR: 301 UPDATE; INTERNATIONAL POSTURE; USG
[...] (SBU) There has been some progress on a number of concerns included in the Mexico Special 301 Initiative demarche (e.g., increased enforcement activity, improved cooperation with local governments, no new patent linkage problems),but other concerns remain unaddressed (e.g., ex officio authorit [...]
2007-12-19 20:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD PINS MX
07MEXICO6233MX #2007-279, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Disaster Response Seminar, January 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2007-12-19 20:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6238MX #2007-280, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Air War College, February 19, 2008 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...]
2007-12-20 15:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6245MX #2007-282, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Fellowship International Colleagues, March 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...]
2007-12-20 21:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6246MX #2007-283, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Air Command and General Staff College, March 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed be [...]
2007-12-20 21:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6247MX #2007-281, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Special Forces Qualification, February 26, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...]
2007-12-20 21:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6249TOUGH YEAR'S END FOR PRO-COMPETITION FORCES IN
[...] (U) See action request para 7. Summary ------- 2. (U) The year closed on a somewhat disappointing note for advocates of greater competition in Mexico. A bill to beef up the penalties the Federal Competition Commission (COFECO) can impose for anti-competitive conduct was allowed to lang [...]
2007-12-20 22:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV MX
07MEXICO6255SONORA MAQUILA UNION BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD
[...] SUMMARY: In the north western Mexican state of Sonora a union affiliated with the country,s largest labor federation, the CTM (Confederation of Mexican Workers) finds itself in a very precarious spot. The newly elected leadership of this CTM union is struggling to balance the expectations of [...]
2007-12-21 17:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON SOCI PINS SNAR PHUM MX
07MEXICO6256NEW FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS IN MEXICO: A SMALL,
[...] (SBU) Mexico's Congress this month approved a series of financial sector reforms, which include creating specialized, "niche" banks and transferring some responsibilities from the Finance Secretariat to the Banking and Securities Commission (CNBV). The reforms have been generally well received [...]
2007-12-21 18:53:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
07MEXICO6260MX #2007-284, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on EMB-145 Init Plt, January 9, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...]
2007-12-26 16:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6274MX #2007-285, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Criminal Investigations, January 11, 2008 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]
2007-12-27 15:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6276MX #2007-286, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Mobile Training Team - Port Security course, January 11, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals l [...]
2007-12-27 17:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO6281 RECOMMENDATION TO UPGRADE CONSULATES NUEVO LAREDO,
[...] Summary and action request: Mission Mexico has undertaken a thorough review of interests, missions, workloads, and staffing structures at all of its consulates. As a result we recommend that three posts -- Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros and Hermosillo -- be formally redesignated as Consulates Gener [...]
2007-12-28 13:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OPDC PREL MX
07MEXICO6285PEMEX TECHNICAL STAFF OBJECTS TO INDIVIDUAL WORK
[...] SUMMARY: This past July, Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico,s national petroleum company (Pemex),and the Petroleum Workers Union (STPRM) announced an agreement on a new collective bargaining contract for 2007-2009 (REFTEL). One of the most significant elements of this contract was an agreement betw [...]
2007-12-28 19:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO6291MX #2007-287, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Mobile Training Team-Digital Forensic course, January 16, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2007-12-31 16:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
07MEXICO640MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 2 - FEBRUARY 9
[...] (SBU) Although the new Mexican Undersecretary for Hydrocarbons told the Embassy he would continue working on the Mesoamerican Energy Initiative, he has not yet assigned staff to the task. Finance Secretariat Undersecretary Werner explained how Mexico could use its oil stabilization fund to [...]
2007-02-09 21:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO656MEXICO EAGER TO REVISE NAFTA ORIGIN RULES; STILL
[...] (C) According to Mexico's top trade official, many of the NAFTA's provisions need to be updated, and she wants North American political leaders to consider re-opening the chapters dealing with market access, rules of origin, and customs treatment, despite the political challenges such an initi [...]
2007-02-12 16:37:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON MX
07MEXICO694LABOR UNIONS LOBBY FOR EMERGENCY INCREASE IN THE
[...] SUMMARY: On December 20, 2006, Mexico,s National Commission on Minimum Wages (CNSM),an agency within the GOM,s Labor Secretariat, announced a wage increase of 3.9 percent for 2007. This wage increase was hailed by Mexico,s private sector but only reluctantly accepted by the country,s organi [...]
2007-02-13 16:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PINR SOCI MX
07MEXICO695MEXICO'S PRI PONDERS A PERILOUS FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: A divided and debilitated Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) will conduct internal elections on February 18 to select a new party President and Secretary-General. While five slates of candidates are SIPDIS contending for the party leadership, only two have any real chanc [...]
2007-02-13 16:55:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO719OAXACA CRISIS FADES THOUGH TENSIONS REMAIN
[...] (C) Begin Summary: Oaxaca is slowly returning to normal after more than eight months of political, social, and economic crisis, although underlying tensions--particularly in Oaxaca City--remain significant and could reignite conflict if one of the sides makes a serious miscalculation. Visible [...]
2007-02-14 17:32:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ELAB PHUM MX
07MEXICO777MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 10 - FEBRUARY 16
[...] (U) Missouri Governor Matt Blunt promoted the Kansas City Smart Port on a visit to Mexico City February 12. The Embassy worked successfully to ensure Mexico included petroleum products when it approved a third track of NAFTA rule changes this week, thereby facilitating trade worth roughly US [...]
2007-02-16 16:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO804MISSOURI GOVERNOR PROMOTES SMART PORT
[...] (SBU) The Governor of Missouri visited Mexico City with a delegation to discuss the Kansas City Smart Port, a proposed Mexican government customs house in Kansas City. The group met with Ambassador Garza, Embassy representatives, the Secretary of Finance accompanied by representatives from [...]
2007-02-16 20:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN ELTN ETRD EINV MX
07MEXICO824UNSCR 1737 DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 23:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR MX
07MEXICO837EMBASSY'S SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION FOR MEXICO
[...] Summary: Embassy recommends that Mexico remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2007. Mexico's federal government has made greater efforts to combat piracy and counterfeiting over the past year, but serious obstacles to effective enforcement remain. The new Calderon administration has decla [...]
2007-02-20 20:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON MX
07MEXICO847PRD AIRS DIRTY LAUNDRY AT NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 10-11, delegates of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) gathered for their annual National Executive Council (CEN) meeting to discuss their strategy for the 2007 state elections. The high-level meeting quickly devolved into a strident clash over a single is [...]
2007-02-21 13:33:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO859DISSIDENTS IN SOCIAL SECURITY WORKERS, UNION RENEW
[...] SUMMARY: In October 2006, the National Union of Social Security Workers (SNTSS) held a national convention to elect new union leadership. Despite obvious voting irregularities and ultimately violence, the election results were nevertheless confirmed by the administration of Mexico,s then ou [...]
2007-02-21 17:15:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PHUM PINR MX
07MEXICO860PRD AIRS DIRTY LAUNDRY AT NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 10-11, delegates of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) gathered for their annual National Executive Council (CEN) meeting to discuss their strategy for the 2007 state elections. The high-level meeting quickly devolved into a strident clash over a single is [...]
2007-02-21 17:16:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO869PRI ELECTS BEATRIZ PAREDES AS PARTY PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the pundits and polls predicted, Beatriz Paredes, a former PRI Secretary General, Senator, Deputy and Tlaxcala state Governor, easily defeated her rivals in the race for the PRI party presidency, with a margin of better than two-to-one over her nearest rival, former Senate P [...]
2007-02-21 21:03:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
07MEXICO871NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP OUTREACH MEETING TO MEXICO
[...] (SBU) Summary: During outreach meetings with GOM officials, representatives of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) were told that Mexico would like to join the NSG. This visit followed an NSG "Troika" (current, past, and future NSG chairs) outreach visit to Mexico in January 2006. The Chairman [...]
2007-02-21 21:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ENRG KNNP PARP TRGY MX
07MEXICO921FEDERAL CIVIL SERVANTS UNION REELECTS LEADER AND
[...] SUMMARY: On February 16, Mexico,s federal civil service union federation, (the Federation of Unions of State Workers ) FSTSE),held a national convention to elect, or more specifically, unanimously reelect its Secretary General, Joel Ayala Almeida. This will be Ayala,s third term as the natio [...]
2007-02-23 17:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PINR MX
07MEXICO936MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 16 - FEBRUARY 23
[...] (SBU) The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that provides for up to 40 years in prison for those convicted of financing terrorist activities. President Calderon tried to address criticism of the January 2008 final opening of the agricultural market under NAFTA by extending and expanding far [...]
2007-02-23 22:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO939KEY ECONOMIC THEMES FOR THE MARCH VISIT OF
[...] (C) The President,s visit comes at critical time as the new Mexican government seeks to set and implement its priorities across many fields. Our common border with Mexico gives us strong common interests, including security and North American economic success. The United States has a great [...]
2007-02-23 23:05:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALOVIP ECON MX
07MEXICO961TERRORIST FINANCE: EMBASSY RAISED PROBLEM OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 21:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER MX
07MEXICO963MEXICO'S LOWER HOUSE APPROVES ANTI-TERROR BILL
[...] (SBU) Mexico,s lower house of Congress approved a bill on February 20, 2007 that provides up to 40 years imprisonment for people convicted of financing terrorist groups. The bill, approved 413-12 with six abstentions, establishes terrorism financing and international terrorism as serious crim [...]
2007-02-26 22:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL
07MEXICO966DHS SECRETARY FEBRUARY 15TH MEETING WITH MEXICO'S
[...] (SBU) During a two-day trip to Mexico City, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met February 15 with Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit Agustin Carstens. Both secretaries reaffirmed long-standing cooperation between the U.S. and Mexican customs officials. 2. (SBU [...]
2007-02-26 22:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER SNAR MX
07MEXICO983SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETINGS WITH ATTORNEY
[...] (SBU) During a two-day trip to Mexico City, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met February 16 with Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna. Secretary Chertoff and senior Department of Homeland Security SIPDIS (DHS) staff heard Medina Mora outline plans to impr [...]
2007-02-27 16:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTE SNAR MX
07MONTERREY122COMMERCIALIZING MONTERREY'S PRIVATE AIRPORT: A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With an influx of new airlines, Monterrey's International Airport has built new passenger and cargo terminals in a bid to become a regional and international aviation hub. However, this expansion may be limited by Monterrey's high aviation fees and limited number of runways. [...]
2007-02-16 00:21:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINT BTIO MX
07MONTERREY130DRUG VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN NORTHERN MEXICO DESPITE MILITARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Drug-related violence in Northern Mexico has continued despite an increased military presence. The new wave of violence left a state investigator and two former police officers dead and, for the second time in less than a month, drug cartels assassinated two men only hours afte [...]
2007-02-22 17:23:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV ASEC ECON MX
07MONTERREY334UNPRESCEDENTED ESCALATION OF NARCO-VIOLENCE IN MONTERREY
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Monterrey has experienced an unprecedented escalation of narco-related violence with the assassination of six police officers in five separate incidents over the course of one week. On March 20 and 21, the dead bodies of two unidentified men were found with notes attached to t [...]
2007-03-23 21:14:00Consulate MonterreySECRETSNAR PGOV PTER ASEC MX
07MONTERREY367CANACAR SAYS MEMBERS WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN CROSS-BORDER
[...] (C) On March 27, EconOff met with Magdalena Diaz, Director of the Nuevo Leon Chapter of the National Chamber of Cargo Transportation (CANACAR),and Raul Trevino of Transportes Aguila de Oro (TAO),a CANACAR-member trucking company headquartered in Monterrey. In anticipation of the CANACAR Na [...]
2007-03-28 22:25:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNELTN ECIN ETRD ECON PGOV MX
07MONTERREY377MONTERREY SEES BLOODIEST DAY EVER WITH NINE ASSASSINATIONS
[...] (SBU) During Monterrey's most violent 24 hours to date, nine people were killed in four separate incidents in Monterrey on March 28 and 29. The first incident took place on March 28 when an off-duty Nuevo Leon State Police Commander was shot and killed near his home in Monterrey. The second i [...]
2007-03-30 22:44:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSN KCRM KCOR KHLS KJUS PGOV PINS MX
07MONTERREY472DRUG CARTEL PRODUCED VIDEOTAPE ALLEGES CORRUPTION AT HIGHEST
[...] (SBU) During a private meeting on April 27, the Consul General asked Nuevo Leon Governor Natividad Gonzalez Paras about recent public statements made by the State Assistant Attorney General, Aldo Fasci Zuazua. Without being solicited, Fasci told reporters on April 24 that photographic or vide [...]
2007-04-27 21:07:00Consulate MonterreySECRET//NOFORNSNAR PGOV ASEC MX
07MONTERREY527MONTERREY'S TROUBLING TRENDS - MURDER, KIDNAPPING, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the Mexican national model, in one week Monterrey witnessed a fierce rise in narco-related violence, including police and journalist kidnappings. Already Nuevo Leon has quickly surpassed previous records for the number of murders and kidnappings in the state. To date, [...]
2007-05-18 21:43:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR PINS PGOV SOCI ASEC ELAB ECON MX
07MONTERREY67ELEVEN IRAQIS WITH FALSE PASSPORTS DETAINED IN MEXICO
[...] (SBU) On January 20, eleven Iraqi nationals attempted to gain entry into Mexico at Monterrey International Airport. They arrived in Monterrey on AeroMexico flight 22, a direct flight from Madrid. The group consisted of nine Iraqi men, one Iraqi woman, and one minor Iraqi child. From their h [...]
2007-01-25 19:08:00Consulate MonterreySECRETPGOV PINS PHUM PINR INTERPOL MX IZ CY TU PL SP
07MONTERREY76NEW MONTERREY-BASED LOW-COST AIRLINE VIVAAEROBUS BEGINS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vivaaerobus, a new low-cost carrier headquartered in Monterrey, began operations on November 30, 2006 as the latest in a series of six new airlines to begin flying from Monterrey's international airport this past year. With the support of the Nuevo Leon state government and wi [...]
2007-01-29 19:14:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV BTIO MX
07MONTERREY775NUEVO LEON PRD REJECTS PRESIDENT CALDERON AND SUPPORTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Representing the hard-line faction of the PRD, Nuevo Leon party leaders continue to reject President Calderon as illegitimate, refuse to work with President Calderon, plan to denounce Calderon at his September 1 State of the Union address, and focus their efforts on recruiting l [...]
2007-08-14 21:07:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD ECON SOCI MX
07MONTERREY800TWO MONTH TRUCE HAS DRASTICALLY REDUCED NORTHERN BORDER DRUG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. There has been a dramatic reduction in the level of drug violence in Nuevo Leon over the last two months, apparently resulting from a nationwide "truce" between the two primary drug cartels. The truce has been described in press reports, including detailed descriptions of the ne [...]
2007-08-23 15:24:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR ASEC KCRM ECON ETRD PGOV MX
07MONTERREY801NUEVO LEON AT THE HEART OF MEXICO'S MEDICAL TOURISM
[...] SUMMARY. Nuevo Leon is actively working to become the medical tourism destination-of-choice in Mexico for Mexican and American citizens seeking quality, affordable health care. The Nuevo Leon State Government has formed a Specialized Medical Services Cluster of ten public and private hospita [...]
2007-08-23 21:33:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EINV ECON SOCI TBIO MX
07MONTERREY818MONTERREY LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: AUGUST 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Monterrey's law enforcement agencies remained busy during the month of August. In a victory against narco-traffickers, a Monterrey Special Agent assisted in placing three known Gulf Cartel kingpins on the U.S. Consolidated Priority Organizational Target list. Post continued [...]
2007-09-05 20:32:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PINS CASC MX
07MONTERREY828NEW NUEVO LEON SECURITY DIRECTOR'S AMBITIOUS PLANS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 5 meeting with Consulate representatives, Aldo Fasci, Nuevo Leon's new Secretary of Public Security, laid out his ambitious plans to combat corruption and low morale among the state's police force. His plans include measures to augment police officers' dismally l [...]
2007-09-07 15:28:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PHUM PINS PGOV MX
07MONTERREY934REPORT FROM ZACATECAS: GOVERNOR SEEKS A NEW ROAD
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 17-19, Consul General and Econoff met with various political, economic, and media leaders in Zacatecas, including moderate PRD Governor Amalia Garcia Medina, Zacatecas City Mayor Cuauhtemoc Calderon, prominent businessmen, and Representatives from the Zacatecas State [...]
2007-11-09 22:59:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EAID ECON EMIN SMIG SNAR SOCI MX
07MONTERREY945TAMAULIPAS: BEST PRACTICES FOR FIGHTING DENGUE FEVER IN
[...] On November 8, Consulate Matamoros and Consulate Monterrey Econoffs met with Tamaulipas Secretary of Health, Dr. Rodolfo Torre Cantu, to discuss the state's success in battling dengue fever. Despite record rainfalls throughout northeastern Mexico, Tamaulipas represents a significantly lower p [...]
2007-11-17 00:28:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV TBIO SENV SMIG SOCI MX
07MONTERREY947NEW MEDIA IN MEXICO: A RISING FORCE
[...] SUMMARY: Since the introduction of the internet in Mexico in 1992, internet usage has grown exponentially among government, business and private individuals. While poverty, lack of education and regional insufficiencies in telecommunications infrastructure inhibit internet use, more and more M [...]
2007-11-21 19:07:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO TINT SOCI ECON MX
07MONTERREY95MONTERREY LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: JANUARY 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Consulate continued its outreach efforts with state and local authorities as the level of violence and drug-related killings increased. In the month of January, five police officers were killed and three others wounded, prompting the resignation of over 300 local police off [...]
2007-02-07 23:21:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KCOR KHLS KJUS PINS PGOV MX
07MONTERREY963OUTREACH TO THE MONTERREY PRIVATE SECTOR
[...] (SBU) To expand our ties to the Monterrey business community, the Consulate has initiated an informal Business Roundtable, i.e., a bimonthly breakfast with selected private sector and industry leaders. At the first session of this roundtable on November 26, we hosted representatives from key [...]
2007-11-30 17:08:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EPET PGOV PREL SNAR MX
07NEWDELHI27INDIA RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] (C) DCM received a letter dated December 20, 2006 from Manjeev Singh Puri, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (UN Economic and Social),responding to Ambassador SIPDIS Mulford's letter of November 6, 2006 inviting India to participate in the "Core Group" meeting to help shape the [...]
2007-01-04 01:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KCOR BR MX SF IN
07NOGALES100VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FROM NOGALES MARCH 2007
[...] Visas Viper Monthly Report - March 2007. 2. Post did not submit any Viper Reports to the Department during this month. 3. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is: John Ibarra, Consular Section Chief, 011-52-631-311-8150, fax: 011-52-631-313-4652, Ibarrajj@state.gov. SHARPE [...]
2007-04-04 17:52:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC MX
07NOGALES101NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR MARCH - 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 00:31:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES104W/W: MISSING PERSON CASE OF JULIAN RENE KIRCHOFF
[...] Post requests Mission Mexico Posts check with local authorities and medical facilities for any information on the whereabouts of Julian Rene Kirchoff and to include him on your respective local lookout systems. Please contact Post if any information is found. 2. Name: Julian Rene Kirchof [...]
2007-04-10 17:15:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDMX CASC
07NOGALES109DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS FOR PRISONERS 3RD QUARTER 2007 REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-14 00:16:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN CASC MX
07NOGALES119REVISED DUTY OFFICER SCHEDULE FOR NOGALES: APRIL 25, 2007
[...] The revised duty officer schedule for Nogales for the period of April 25 through July 4, 2007 is as follows: April 25 - May 2 Matilda Gawf 631-314-7795 Mex May 2 - May 9 Eloisa Jerez 520-860-0168 U.S. May 9 - May 16 Liza Ybarra 520-28 [...]
2007-04-23 23:25:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT CMGT CASC MX
07NOGALES128W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF WHITMER, KAYLA
[...] Post requests that Mission Mexico Posts check with local authorities for any information regarding the whereabouts of Kayla Whitmer and enter the appropiate local lookout. 2. Name: Kayla Whitmer 3. DPOB: Aug 1, 1989 Mesa, AZ 4. Evidence of US citizenship: None presented yet. 5. Descripti [...]
2007-04-27 00:19:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX KAYLA WHITMER
07NOGALES138NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR APRIL - 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-03 01:02:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES139VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FROM NOGALES APRIL 2007
[...] Visas Viper Monthly Report - April, 2007. 2. No Visas Viper reports were submitted to the Department by Post during April 2007. 3. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is: John Ibarra, Consular Section Chief, 011-52-631-311-8150, fax: 011-52-631-313-4652, Ibarrajj@state.gov. SHARPE [...]
2007-05-03 02:01:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC MX
07NOGALES151UPDATE ON W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF WHITMER, KAYLA
[...] Name: Whitmer, Kayla 2. DPOB: Aug 1, 1989. Mesa, AZ 3. Remarks: On Thursday, May 3, 2007, Ms. Whitmer's mother informed Post that her daughter had returned home safely. Post considers this case closed. SHARPE [...]
2007-05-07 16:48:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX KAYLA WHITMER
07NOGALES161W/W: MISSING PERSON CASE OF BAYS, JOHN PAUL
[...] Post requests that posts check with local authorities for any information regarding the whereabouts of minor John Paul Bays and enter the appropriate local lookout. 2. Name : John Paul Bays 3. DPOB: April 3, 1973, Phoenix, AZ 4. Evidence of US citizenship: None presented yet. 5. Desc [...]
2007-05-11 18:19:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX
07NOGALES197W/W: MISSING PERSON CASE OF GONZALEZ, MANUEL SERGIO
[...] Post requests that Mission Mexico Posts check with local authorities for any information regarding the whereabouts of Sergio Manuel Gonzalez and enter the appropriate local lookout. 2. Name : Gonzalez, Manuel Sergio 3. DPOB: July 5, 1976, Calexico, CA 4. Evidence of US citizenship: Proo [...]
2007-06-01 20:11:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX MANUEL
07NOGALES201NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR MAY - 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-04 21:21:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES202VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FROM NOGALES MAY 2007
[...] Visas Viper Monthly Report - May 2007. 2. The Visas Viper monthly meeting was held on May 7, 2007. No Visas Viper reports were submitted to the Department by post this month. 3. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is: John Ibarra, Consular section Chief, tel: 011-52-631-311-8150, fax: 01 [...]
2007-06-04 22:16:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC MX
07NOGALES203REVISED DUTY OFFICER SCHEDULE FOR NOGALES: JUNE 6, 2007
[...] The revised duty officer schedule for Nogales for the period of June 6 through July 4, 2007 is as follows: June 6 - June 13 John Ibarra 631-313-8782 Mex June 13 - June 20 Veronica Fuentes 520-281-7129 U.S. June 20 - June 27 Rafael Valencia 520-761-8269 U.S. June [...]
2007-06-06 22:19:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT CMGT CASC MX
07NOGALES204W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF ERICKSON, CHRISTIAN LARS
[...] Post requests Mission Mexico Posts check with local authorities for any information regarding the whereabouts of Christian Lars Erickson and enter the appropriate local lookout. 2. Name : Erickson, Christian Lars 3. DPOB: Dec 14, 1982, Westchester PA. 4. Evidence of US citizenship: None pre [...]
2007-06-07 21:49:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX CHRISTIAN LARS ERICKSON
07NOGALES205W&W CASE OF ABANDONED MINOR LAURA CHRISTINA RINCON
[...] Name: Laura Christina Rincon 2. DPOB: March 26, 1994, El Paso, TX 3. Evidence of US citizenship: Copy of a Texas birth certificate. 4. Comments: Post learned of Ms. Rincon's case from the local district attorney for children's issues (DIF),Eduardo Chavez. Conoff and conassist visite [...]
2007-06-08 23:11:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX KOCI
07NOGALES215UPDATE ON W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF ERICKSON, CHRISTIAN
[...] Name: Erickson, Christian Lars 2. DPOB: Dec 14, 1982; Westchester, PA 3. Mr. Erickson's mother, Karen Erickson, informed conoff on Monday, June 11, 2007 her son has safely returned to the U.S. He is being escorted from Las Vegas, NV to his home in Paoli, PA by his brother. Post considers [...]
2007-06-12 00:14:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX CHRISTIAN LARS ERICKSON
07NOGALES235DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS FOR PRISONERS 4TH QUARTER 2007 REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-21 23:26:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN CASC MX
07NOGALES24W/W: MISSING PERSON CASE OF ROBERT W. ALVAREZ
[...] Post requests that posts check with local authorities for any information regarding the whereabouts of Mr. Robert W. Alvarez and enter the appropriate local lookout. 2. Name : Robert W. Alvarez 3. DPOB : May 09, 1982, Salem, OR. 4. Evidence of citizenship : None. Subject's NOK made credible [...]
2007-01-25 23:06:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX
07NOGALES247DUTY OFFICER SCHEDULE FOR NOGALES: JULY 11, 2007 THROUGH
[...] The duty officer schedule for Nogales for the period of July 11, 2007 through January 2, 2008 is as follows: July 11 - July 18 Rafael Valencia 520-761-8269 U.S. July 18 - July 25 Liza Ybarra 520-281-4480 U.S. July 25 - Aug 1 James Bredeck 631-314-6296 Mex Aug 1 - Aug 8 [...]
2007-06-27 17:29:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT CMGT CASC MX
07NOGALES255NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR JUNE - 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 20:21:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES264COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOT/FMCSA JORGE ALFREDO SIHAS
[...] Post welcomes JORGE ALFREDO SIHAS, Safety Auditor and RODOLFO BALDENEGRO, Safety investigator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCA),to Nogales, Sonora, Mexico July 25-27, 2007. The purpose of their visit is to meet with Mexican Officials from the Secretariat of Communicatio [...]
2007-07-20 00:34:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDELTN OTRA MX
07NOGALES265W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF VILLA URBALEJO, FRANCISCO
[...] Post requests that all Mission Mexico posts check with local authorities for any information regarding the whereabouts of Francisco Villa Urbalejo and enter the appropriate local lookout. 2. Name : Villa Urbalejo, Francisco 3. DPOB: Apr 5, 1940; Mexico. 4. Evidence of US citizenship: Natura [...]
2007-07-20 20:06:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX
07NOGALES268W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF VILLA URBALEJO, FRANCISCO
[...] Post requests Mission Mexico Posts check with local authorities for any information regarding the whereabouts of Francisco Villa Urbalejo and enter the appropriate local lookout. 2. Name: Villa Urbalejo, Francisco 3. DPOB: Apr 5, 1940; Mexico. 4. Evidence of US citizenship: Naturalization c [...]
2007-07-25 00:27:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX
07NOGALES27INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION: ULICES MOREJON, WELFARE AND
[...] Child Information. Ulices Morejon (DPOB: 04-24-2005, Phoenix, AZ) 2. Father Information. Mauriel Morejon (DPOB: 12-23-1976, Cuba) Mr. Morejon is a U.S. Legal Permanent Resident, A#077-500-128 3. Mother Information. Karla Benitez Valdez (DPOB: 07-25-1976, Nogales, Mexico) Mother is a M [...]
2007-02-01 16:53:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX
07NOGALES275NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR JULY - 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-02 18:47:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES276VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FROM NOGALES JUNE 2007
[...] Visas Viper Monthly Report - June 2007. 2. The Visas Viper monthly meeting was held on June 4, 2007. No Visas Viper reports were submitted to the Department by Post this month. 3. Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is: John Ibarra, Consular Section Chief, tel: 011-52-631-311-8150, fax: 0 [...]
2007-08-02 19:41:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC MX
07NOGALES28W/W: MISSING PERSON CASE OF MCGRAW, BRITNY
[...] Name: Britny L. McGraw 2. DPOB: Sep 25, 1990, Phoenix, AZ 3. Evidence of Citizenship: Faxed copy of birth certificate 4. Description: Height: 5' 3", Weight: 126 lbs, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Blonde 5. Date of last contact: Jan 16, 2007 6. Inquirer: Suzanne McGraw (Mother),Tel. (623) 313 [...]
2007-02-02 00:31:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX
07NOGALES281ARRIVAL AT POST OF PRINCIPAL OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 01:25:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT MX
07NOGALES282ARRIVAL AT POST OF PRINCIPAL OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 05:40:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER CMGT MX
07NOGALES288W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF MAHURIN, PATRICK WARREN
[...] Post requests Mission Mexico Posts to check with local authorities for any information regarding the whereabouts of Patrick Warren Mahurin and enter the appropriate local lookout. 2. Name: Patrick Warren Mahurin AKA: Thatcher 3. DPOB: 12-10-1962 4. Evidence of US citizenship: None presente [...]
2007-08-17 01:36:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX
07NOGALES29VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FROM NOGALES JANUARY 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-02 18:13:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC MX
07NOGALES301REVISED DUTY OFFICER SCHEDULE FOR NOGALES: AUGUST 22, 2007
[...] The revised duty officer schedule for Nogales for the period of August 22, 2007 through January 2, 2008 is as follows: Aug 22 - Aug 29 Rafael Valencia 520-761-8269 U.S. Aug 29 - Sept 5 Liza Ybarra 520-281-4480 U.S. Labor Day Sept 5 - Sept 12 [...]
2007-08-29 15:06:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT CMGT CASC MX
07NOGALES309COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT/FMCSA, DANIEL MADRIGAL MOJICA AND
[...] Post welcomes Daniel Madrigal Mojica,Safety Auditor and Frank Guerrero, Safety Investigator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCA),to San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico September 5, 2007. The purpose of their visit is to meet with Mexican Officials from the Secretariat of [...]
2007-08-30 23:52:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDELTN MX OTRA
07NOGALES310W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF HOWES, DAVID LEE
[...] Post requests that all Mission Mexico posts check with local authorities for any information regarding the whereabouts of David Lee Howes and enter the appropriate local lookout. 2. Name : Howes, David Lee 3. DPOB: March 14, 1971, Cincinnati, Ohio 4. Evidence of US citizenship: Proof [...]
2007-09-05 23:01:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX DAVID LEE HOWES
07NOGALES312NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR AUGUST - 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 20:09:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES317EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING (EAC) -- SEPTEMBER 13,
[...] (SBU) PRINCIPAL OFFICER DINKELMAN CONVENED AN EAC MEETINGTODAY TO EVALUATE CONSULATE NOGALES' SECURITY POSTURE IN LIGHT OF RECENT MURDERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS IN MONTERREY AND MEXICO CITY. IN ATTENDANCE WERE PO JOHN DINKELMAN, DPO JOHN IBARRA, AND RSO JOHN TOLLY. 2. (SBU) AFTER R [...]
2007-09-14 00:43:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC MX
07NOGALES330VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FROM NOGALES FOR AUGUST AND
[...] Visas Viper Monthly Report for August and September 2007. 2. The Visas Viper monthly meetings were held on August 13 and September 10, 2007, respectively. No Visas Viper reports were submitted to the Department by post on either month. 3.Post's Visas Viper Coordinator is: John Ibarra, C [...]
2007-10-02 22:09:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC MX
07NOGALES333NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR SEPTEMBER -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 23:56:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES35NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR JANUARY -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-07 20:28:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES36W/W: CASE OF THREE ABANDONED MINORS: MIGDALIA, SUJEY, AND
[...] SUMMARY: On Thursday, February 8, 2007, Post received notification from Mexican officials that a babysitter had abandoned three amcit minors and left them in the care of the Mexican Family Services, Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF). 2. (Child 1) NAME: HERNANDEZ JIMENEZ, Migdalia Patr [...]
2007-02-10 03:06:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX
07NOGALES37W/W: UPDATE ON CHILD ABANDONMENT AND REPATRIATION CASE OF THREE MINOR JIMENEZ CHILDREN
[...] Monday, February 12, 2007, Arizona Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigator Lindsey Adams Post informed Post that an investigation has been completed and child abandonment charges have been substantiated against Migdalia Jimenez. 2. Tuesday, Februrary 13, Ms. Adams told ConOff that she h [...]
2007-02-13 19:17:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDMX CASC JIMENEZ CHILDREN
07NOGALES40CORRECTED COPY - W/W: UPDATE ON CHILD ADBANDONMENT AND
[...] Monday, February 12, 2007, Arizona Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigator Lindsey Adams Post informed Post that an investigation has been completed and child abandonment charges are unsubstantiated against Migdalia Jimenez. 2. Tuesday, Februrary 13, Ms. Adams told ConOff that she has [...]
2007-02-14 20:23:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDMX CASC JIMENEZ CHILDREN
07NOGALES42W/W REPATRIATION OF MINOR CYNTHIA VANESSA FIGUEROA LOPEZ
[...] On Tuesday, February 6, 2007 Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) in Nogales, Mexico, the Mexican equivalent for Child Protective Services, informed Post they had taken custody of minor Cynthia Vanessa Figueroa Lopez. Ms. Figueroa had been deported by DHS on the previous day because she ha [...]
2007-02-15 15:36:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX
07NOGALES43W/W: UPDATE ON ABANDONMENT CASE OF THE THREE JIMENEZ CHILDREN AND THEIR REPATRIATION
[...] On Wednesday, February 14, conoff assisted DIF Mexican officials in the repatriation of the three minor Jimenez children. The children were turned over into the custody of Arizona's Child Protection Services (CPS) Officer, Nicole McCallister. Officer McCallister, tel. (602) 644-3000, provid [...]
2007-02-16 16:41:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDMX CASC JIMENEZ CHILDREN
07NOGALES48UPDATE ON W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF ROBERT W. ALVAREZ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 15:32:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX
07NOGALES49W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF BRIAN RICHARD GESKE
[...] Post requests Mission Mexico Posts check with local authorities for any information regarding the whereabouts of Mr. Brian Richard Geske and enter the appropriate local lookout. 2. Name: Brian Richard Geske 3. DPOB: March 23, 1978, Cedar Rapids, IA. 4. PPT Number 400515192, issued 01/07/200 [...]
2007-02-27 19:52:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX GESKE BRIAN RICHARD
07NOGALES64W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF SIMS, NICOLE MARIE
[...] Post requests Mission Mexico Posts check with local authorities for any information regarding the whereabouts of Nicole Marie Sims and enter the appropriate local lookout. 2. Name: Nicole Marie Sims 3. DPOB: September 16, 1983, Port Hueneme, CA 4. Evidence of US Citizenship: None. Post re [...]
2007-03-01 19:25:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX NICOLE MARIE SIMS
07NOGALES66NOGALES NIV MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTING FOR FEBRUARY -
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-02 22:43:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS MX AFIN AMGT
07NOGALES75UPDATE ON W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF SIMS, NICOLE MARIE
[...] Name: Sims, Nicole Marie 2. DPOB: 9-16-1983 Port Hueneme, CA 3. Ms. Sims' mother informed Post that her daughter, Nicole, is no longer missing and that she telephoned her from San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora on Sunday March 4, 2007 informing her of her whereabouts and health. Post consider [...]
2007-03-07 22:03:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX NICOLE MARIE SIMS
07NOGALES76W/W CASE OF RIVERA, IVIANNA GABRIEL
[...] Name: Ivianna Gabriel Rivera 2. DPOB: 04DEC1991, West Palm Beach, FL 3: Evidence of Citizenship: None. Ms. Rivera made credible claim to U.S. citizenship 4. On Thursday, March 1, 2007, Mexican authorities notified Post of two minor Amcits, Ms. Rivera and Britny McGraw, being detained in [...]
2007-03-08 17:56:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDMX CASC IVIANNA RIVERA
07NOGALES77UPDATE ON W/W CASE OF MCGRAW, BRITNY
[...] Amcit sixteen-year-old Britny McGraw after several weeks of being missing in Mexico, was located on March 1, 2007 by Mexican officials in Nogales, Sonora. Mexican immigration officials removed her from Mexico the following day into the custody of her mother, Suzanne McGraw. Post confirmed on [...]
2007-03-09 20:06:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDMX CASC
07NOGALES78DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS FOR PRISONERS 2ND QUARTER 2007 REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 20:09:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN CASC MX
07NOGALES79W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF WATKINS, ANDREW LEE
[...] No action request at this time. 2. Name: Andrew Lee Watkins 3. DPOB:10-5-1983, Seoul, South Korea. 4. Evidence of US citizenship : Mr. Watkins provided Post with a copy of his Department of State Certification of Birth Abroad, recorded April 25, 1984 by Consul William R. Baque, Seoul, [...]
2007-03-09 23:17:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX
07NOGALES92W/W MISSING PERSON CASE OF KEVIN FRANCIS CHRISTOF
[...] Post requests Mission Mexico Posts check with local authorities and enter Mr. Christoff in their local lookout systems. 2. Name: Kevin Francis Christof 3. DPOB: Dec 30, 1961. Santa Monica, CA. 4. Evidence of US citizenship: U.S. Passport no. 036514863 issued April 1, 1998 5. Physic [...]
2007-03-23 20:46:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDCASC MX CHRISTOF KEVIN FRANCIS
07NOGALES98DUTY OFFICER SCHEDULE FOR NOGALES: APRIL 4, 2007 THROUGH
[...] The duty officer schedule for Nogales for the period of April 4 through July 4, 2007 is as follows: April 4 - April 11 Rafael Valencia 520-761-8269 U.S. Easter Week, April 5, 6 April 11 - April 18 John Ibarra 631-313-8782 Mex April 18 - April 25 Veroni [...]
2007-03-29 02:04:00Consulate NogalesUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT CMGT CASC MX
07OTTAWA2279GoC FOREIGN MINISTRY KEEN ON DISASTER TALKS
[...] Econoff and ESTH/ECON Specialist as well as the Acting CBP Attach met with officials from Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on December 17 to invite DFAIT participation in the meeting, proposed for January or February 2008, of the Consultative Group called for in the bilateral 19 [...]
2007-12-18 22:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ECON PREL CA MX
07PANAMA1738PANAMA: SOMBER 1ST VP & FM UNLOADS PRIVATELY WITH
[...] (S) "I do not trust Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis confessed to Ambassador while conceding that President Martin Torrijos was unlikely to dissuade PMG from stepping down from the Presidency of the National Assembly thereby clearing the way for the U.S. Congress to [...]
2007-11-02 18:55:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS PTER CU VE MX PM
07QXICO3307MEXICO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS - PART 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 13:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV MX
07SANSALVADOR1006EL SALVADOR UPDATE ON REGIONAL SECURITY PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 21 emboffs met with Acting Minister of Public Security and Justice Astor Escalante to review progress on the GOES Regional Security plan raised in reftel. Escalante assured emboffs that the GOES team is working on the project to more fully develop the plan, but that the [...]
2007-05-24 14:44:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KHLS ES GT HO MX
07SANSALVADOR588INTERVIEW WITH IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 11, leading El Salvador daily La Prensa Grafica published an interview in its Sunday magazine with Mohammed Roohi Sefat, Iranian Ambassador to Mexico (also accredited to Nicaragua),about his opinions of the Salvadoran Armed Forces presence in Iraq. The int [...]
2007-03-29 21:26:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ES IZ MX NU VE IR KNNP
07SANSALVADOR814EL SALVADOR HOSTS THIRD ANNUAL ANTI-GANG CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador hosted the Third Annual Anti-Gang Conference at the Decameron Resort in Sonsonate, El Salvador from April 23-27. Nearly 200 people were in attendance including law enforcement and government representatives from the U.S., El Salvador, Honduras, G [...]
2007-04-27 22:46:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KHLS ES GT HO MX
07SANSALVADOR837EL SALVADOR'S REGIONAL SECURITY PLAN
[...] (C) On April 30, Polcouns met with Director of the National Civil Police (PCN) Rodrigo Avila to review progress on El Salvador's draft Regional Security Strategy. Avila, who is leading the GOES efforts to draft this strategy, reported that the GOES hosted a technical meeting on April 23 as a [...]
2007-05-03 20:18:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KHLS ES GT HO MX
07SANTIAGO590MEDIA REPORT - PROMOTING CHILE'S SUCCESS AND A MORE ACTIVE
[...] Summary: In separate interviews, former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda and Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley emphasized that Chile is an example of political, economic, and social success in Latin America, but that Chileans fail to recognize the scope of these accomplishment [...]
2007-04-11 17:54:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV MX CI
07SANTODOMINGO1964TFJM01 --SITREP ONE: EFFECTS OF HURRICANE DEAN
[...] Summary: On August 18, Hurricane Dean passed south of the Dominican Republic causing minor damage and some flooding in low lying areas. The Malecon road fronting the Caribbean was closed for 36 hours due to high seas, and three people died while watching the waves break along the seawalls. [...]
2007-08-19 15:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT DR MX
07STATE117348TFJM01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 0845EDT
[...] NORAD does not expect hurricane force winds in any of the main tourist areas of the Yucatan (Cancun, Cozumel, or Merida). As of 0700 EDT, Consulate Merida and Embassy Belmopan report no visible damage and no reports of Amcit injuries. ------ MEXICO ------ 2. Consulate Merida reported [...]
2007-08-21 17:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC JM MX BH KHLS
07STATE117624TFJM01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 005 AS OF 1700 EDT
[...] (U) NO REPORTS OF AMCITS IN DISTRESS. PHONE SERVICE AND ELECTRICITY REMAINS UNAFFECTED, WITH REPORTS OF ONLY MINOR DAMAGE AND DOWNED TREES. 2. (U) AIRPORT STATUS: CANCUN - OPEN, FIRST FLIGHTS SCHEDULED TO DEPART FOR THE UNITED STATES THIS AFTERNOON; COZUMEL - CLOSED, NO REPORT OF WHEN I [...]
2007-08-21 22:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC JA MX BH KHLS
07STATE130626(C) DEMARCHE REQUEST: GTMO DETAINEE EMERGENCY MEDEVAC
[...] (C) Department requests that Embassies Santo Domingo, San Jose, Panama City, and Mexico City approach the Governments of the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Panama, and Mexico about a standby arrangement that would enable DoD to transport Guantanamo detainees in need of critical care to a medic [...]
2007-09-17 20:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR DR CS PM MX
07STATE152799STEERING GROUP NON-PAPER FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Background: The Partnership for Democratic Governance was successfully rolled out at a well-attended high level event co-hosted by OECD and UNDP in New York on October 1, 2007. The Department appreciates Posts' support and effort [...]
2007-11-05 22:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAU BR CA CI EAID ET JA KDEM KS MX NL NZ PL PO
07STATE29741U.S. PARTICIPATION IN OPENING MEETING OF THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) This year's Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial is scheduled for November 2007 in Bamako, Mali. At the Santiago CD Ministerial in April 2005, participants established four working groups to [...]
2007-03-08 22:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM MX PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA
07STATE48842IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT -- NOTIFICATION OF ANCTIONS AGAINST ONE MEXICAN ENTITY (C)
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Mexico City please see paragraph 7. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to which there is credible information indicating that they have [...]
2007-04-12 20:46:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MX
07TAIPEI1790TAIPEI RESPONDS TO APEC DEMARCHE ON USDOL APEC CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-09 08:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB OTRA AS BX CA CI CH HK ID JA KS MY MX NZ
07USEUBRUSSELS1276U.S.-EU MEETINGS ON LATIN AMERICA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. US-EU Committee on Latin America (COLAT) troika consultations, held February 12 in Brussels, included discussion of Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and Central American gangs. The U.S. delegation consisted of WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, USEU Deputy Pol [...]
2007-04-16 17:17:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EUN MX DR GT CO VZ NI BO ES
08BEIJING2631JULY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Olympics Politicization,
[...] Key points at the July 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- All attempts to interfere in China's internal affairs by politicizing the Olympics are doomed to failure. The spokesperson refused to comment further on the specific case of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's attendance at the Opening Ceremonie [...]
2008-07-03 09:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH MX
08BEIJING4023MFA REVIEWS SEPTEMBER 25 BRIC FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Responding to ongoing global financial turbulence, climate change and issues related to the G8-plus-5 grouping were the topics at the September 25 meeting of foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRIC forum"),according to an MFA contact. Despite the regional and cu [...]
2008-10-22 09:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALBR CH ECON EG ENRG GG IN MX PREL RS SENV SF
08BEIJING4253CHINA'S GROWING ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH LATIN
[...] (C) Summary. Chinese President Hu Jintao,s November 16-20 visit to Latin America, which includes stops in Peru for the APEC summit, Costa Rica, and Cuba, is intended to strengthen China,s rapidly growing economic relations with the region, according to Embassy contacts. To spur further trade [...]
2008-11-18 09:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALBR CN CS CU ECON ETRD MX PE PREL XM EINV
08BOGOTA1567FARC AND GOV LINKED TO CCB AND DESIGNS FOR
[...] (U) Colombian media report that evidence found in the computers of FARC Secretariart Raul Reyes suggests that the Bolivarian Continental Coordinator (CCB),a regional grouping of leftist civil society, serves as a platform to spread FARC and Venezuelan violent, expansionist ideology throughou [...]
2008-04-28 22:19:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SNAR CO EC BL MX PE
08BOGOTA2068DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa Fernandez on June 2. Espinosa advocated OAS budget reform, underscoring the significant financial support the OAS receives from both the U.S. and Mexico. She voiced concern regarding the scheduled execution o [...]
2008-06-06 19:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL ECON MX CO
08BOGOTA2641 COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...]
2008-07-23 12:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
08BOGOTA2674 COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...]
2008-07-24 21:04:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
08BRASILIA1637BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 2: BRINGING LATIN AMERICA AND
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with ministerial level contacts on December 18 and 19 who commented with varying degrees of detail on the series of summits (Mercosul, UNASUL, Rio Group, and Latin America/Caribbean--CALC) hosted by Brazil in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia December 16-17 (Ref A). Seni [...]
2008-12-20 18:12:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN KSUM MARR XM XL BR MX CU
08BRASILIA1638BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 3: THE SURPRISE OF BAHIA:
[...] (C) In a meeting on December 19 with Ambassador Sobel regarding the outcome of the regional summits hosted by Brazil December 15-17 in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia (see septels),Mexican Ambassador to Brazil Andres Valencia Benavides (protect),just back from Bahia, revealed that President Calderon' [...]
2008-12-20 18:19:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KSUM ECIN MARR BR MX
08BRUSSELS1588EU FOREIGN MINISTERS, MEETING IN LUXEMBOURG,
[...] Begin Introduction and Summary: Meeting in Luxembourg October 13, the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of the 27 EU Foreign Ministers reviewed draft Presidency conclusions for the European Council meeting of EU-27 heads of state/government to take place in Brussels on Oc [...]
2008-10-14 15:18:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EUN GG RU BO UZ CG IR ZI MX MO
08BRUSSELS962DIRECTOR WALTERS DISCUSSES DRUG FLOWS AND
[...] (C) During his recent visit to Brussels, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),John Walters, discussed a wide range of drug issues with European Union (EU) counterparts and media. He briefed EU officials and journalists on U.S. domestic counter-drug e [...]
2008-06-25 12:58:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALOVIP KCRM PREL SNAR PTER EUM BE CO MX
08BUENOSAIRES1051A/S SHANNON ENGAGES WITH GOA OFFICIALS AT U.S.-ARGENTINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In connection with the July 10-11 bilateral consultations with the GOA, A/S Shannon used a lunch, dinner and an unscheduled meeting with FM Taiana to raise regional and global issues with GOA officials. At lunch, the GOA expressed frustration with the Doha Development Round but [...]
2008-07-31 12:22:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD PTER BO CO PY MX IR UY AR
08BUENOSAIRES1068A/S SHANNON ENGAGES WITH GOA OFFICIALS AT U.S.-ARGENTINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In connection with the July 10-11 bilateral consultations with the GOA, A/S Shannon used a lunch, dinner and an unscheduled meeting with FM Taiana to raise regional and global issues with GOA officials. At lunch, the GOA expressed frustration with the Doha Development Round but [...]
2008-08-04 09:47:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD PTER PINR BO CO PY MX IR UY AR
08BUENOSAIRES1632ARGENTINA: MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALDERON'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican President Felipe Calderon paid a state visit to Argentina November 23-25, renewing a diplomatic relationship that had been relatively limited since the 2005 Summit of the Americas at Mar de Plata, despite growing commercial ties over that period. GOA officials emphasize [...]
2008-12-01 18:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SNAR ETRD EFIN AR MX
08BUENOSAIRES496ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT TAKEN BY SURPRISE AS CHAVEZ
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Venezuela's (GOV) announcement that it would nationalize Venezuela's largest steelmaker, Ternium Sidor, majority-owned by Argentine interests, has rattled local markets and complicated the relationship between Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (C [...]
2008-04-17 17:24:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EIND ETRD AR VE BR MX
08CIUDADJUAREZ1100RAIL TRAFFIC DOWN, AND LINES OF POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR BYPASS
[...] Summary: In recent days, President Felipe Calderon surprised local officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border by throwing his political weight behind a plan to build a series of underpasses to facilitate the flow of rail traffic through the center of Ciudad Juarez. Mayors John Cook an [...]
2008-12-09 23:17:00Consulate Ciudad JuarezUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ELTN PGOV MX
08CIUDADJUAREZ980EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS: COOPERATION BETWEEN CHIHUAHUA, NEW
[...] Summary: The state of Chihuahua has been working closely with Texas and New Mexico health departments for three years to coordinate preparations for a potential outbreak of a highly contagious influenza or similar illness. However, New Mexico and Texas state officials report that their work h [...]
2008-10-01 21:19:00Consulate Ciudad JuarezUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU PGOV MX
08CIUDADJUAREZ989SECRETARY TELLEZ CALLS FOR FAST ACTION ON BORDER CROSSING
[...] Summary: During a September 30 meeting organized by Governor Bill Richardson to discuss a proposed international railroad crossing at Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transportation Luis Tellez Kuenzler said he hoped a "conditional" presidential permit for the [...]
2008-10-04 00:11:00Consulate Ciudad JuarezUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ELTN PGOV MX
08DUBLIN707IRELAND/CUBA: UPCOMING MINISTERIAL VISIT AND
[...] (C) Summary. Ireland's Foreign Minister publicly announced plans for an official visit to Cuba in mid-February, a first for any Irish Minister. He also signaled Ireland's willingness to accept Guantanamo detainees as part of an EU response to any plan to close Guantanamo proposed by the inco [...]
2008-12-30 07:29:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PTER CU EI MX
08GUADALAJARA122A SEWER RUNS THROUGH IT: BOY'S DEATH DRAWS ATTENTION TO
[...] Summary: A child's death after falling into the severely polluted Santiago River in the Guadalajara suburb of El Salto has finally attracted official and popular attention to a long-standing ecological nightmare. But after years of official neglect and indifference, the authorities are seeki [...]
2008-03-14 21:28:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI PGOV EAID MX
08GUADALAJARA150PROMISE AND PROBLEMS IN RURAL GUANAJUATO
[...] Summary. A visit to rural Guanajuato to see the Bajio Community Foundation's projects provided a good view of what works and what doesn't to spur local economic development. Most of these communities survive and grow on remittances, but some organizations and individuals are trying to create [...]
2008-04-08 19:29:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG SOCI ECON KPAO MX
08GUADALAJARA237EVALUATION FOR IIP SPEAKERS ANTHONY CEJA AND MONICA
[...] Summary: Anthony Ceja and Monica Tinajero from San Diego's Education Department spoke to a variety of groups during their three-day program in Guadalajara and Tepic. They met with educators and public security departments, an association of rehabilitated gang members, and students to explain [...]
2008-05-22 17:37:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI MX
08GUADALAJARA31NOT MUCH NOISE ON NAFTA IN WESTERN MEXICO
[...] Summary: The January 1, 2008 ending of the last remaining duties on agricultural products has so far not generated major protests or controversy in west-central Mexico. Agriculture Association leaders in Jalisco, one of Mexico's most important farming and ranching states, tend to view NAFTA [...]
2008-01-18 22:09:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV MX
08GUADALAJARA49DHS/STATE HOSTS REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMUGGLING AND
[...] Summary: In January, DHS and State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) hosted a seminar within the framework of the Regional Conference on Migration (RCM) in Manzanillo, Mexico. The workshop focused on best practices in the prosecution of human smugglers and traffickers in C [...]
2008-02-08 17:03:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM MX XM XS
08GUADALAJARA611THE LATEST TARGET IN MEXICO'S DRUG WARS: THE SINALOA PRESS
[...] Summary: Increasing narco-violence has caused some Mexican states to become virtual open war zones. The cartels, fighting among themselves for control of territory and pressed by President Felipe Calderon's counternarcotics campaign, have resorted to blatant acts of violence - both in an effo [...]
2008-12-22 22:54:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KPAO KCRM PHUM MX
08GUADALAJARA612CHEMICAL CITY: GUADALAJARA, JALISCO, AND THE METH TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to 2007 DEA estimates, 80 percent of the methamphetamine used in the United States originates from laboratories operated by Mexican-based syndicates on both sides of the border. Production is especially high in and around the city of Guadalajara due to the confluence [...]
2008-12-23 15:47:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL EIND KJUS MX
08GUADALAJARA617BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS: MISS SINALOA DETAINED WITH DRUG
[...] (U) A December 23 joint military and police operation against suspected narcotraffickers in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopan turned up an unexpected surprise: among the eight individuals detained with a quantity of guns, ammunition, and money was Laura Zuniga Huizar, currently Miss Sinaloa 20 [...]
2008-12-24 20:56:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC MX
08GUADALAJARA618BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS: MISS SINALOA DETAINED WITH DRUG
[...] (U) A December 23 joint military and police operation against suspected narcotraffickers in the Guadalajara suburb of Zapopan turned up an unexpected surprise: among the eight individuals detained with a quantity of guns, ammunition, and money was Laura Zuniga Huizar, currently Miss Sinaloa 20 [...]
2008-12-24 20:56:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC MX
08GUADALAJARA93JALISCO GOVERNMENT WORKING TO KEEP MIGRANTS HOME BY BOOSTING
[...] Summary: Since taking office in 2007, Jalisco Governor Emilio Gonzalez Marquez has focused on boosting Jalisco's economy and improving the lives of Jalisco natives living at home and abroad. In line with these efforts, Gonzalez Marquez formed an office dedicated to working with migrant communi [...]
2008-02-27 21:23:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SMIG ELAB MX XM
08GUADALAJARA94BILATERAL SECURITY AND COUNTERNARCOTICS DEBATED IN
[...] Summary: Two days of scholarly discussions in Guadalajara on security issues and counter-narcotics challenges elaborated convergent and divergent points in our bilateral relationship. While we don't share the same world vision, the Merida Initiative may be one concrete action on which the U.S [...]
2008-02-27 22:35:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR KPAO MX
08GUADALAJARA95HARVEST OF CHANGE: CORN, NAFTA, AND THE CAMPO IN WESTERN
[...] Summary: The January 2008 full implementation of NAFTA's provisions on agricultural trade has proceeded smoothly in western Mexico's farm belt. Some observers had expected a strong negative reaction given the large percentage of the population still engaged in minimally productive subsistence f [...]
2008-02-27 23:05:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD ECON MX
08GUATEMALA1517HELP FOR FEMALE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE IS FOUR DIGITS
[...] On November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Guatemalan Institute of Public Criminal Defense (IDPP) inaugurated a hotline to provide emergency assistance to female victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and other forms of physical violence 24 hou [...]
2008-12-10 17:25:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM SOCI PGOV MX GT
08HERMOSILLO43POST RESPONSE TO FILM RELEASE - HERMOSILLO
[...] (SBU) RSO discussed reftel with with Post Management. Based on Post's current threat level, the size of the Muslim population in our Consular District, and the lack of past protests or demonstrations, Post's Management decided that an Emergency Action Committee Meeting was not called for at t [...]
2008-01-31 17:06:00Consulate HermosilloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER MX
08KINGSTON773MGHH01: ACS Disaster Preparedness Pays Off During Hurricane
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Kingston's hurricane and disaster preparedness efforts were put to the test when Tropical Storm Gustav veered suddenly, hitting Jamaica directly and building to Category 3 strength as it struck the Cayman Islands. For the past year, the Mission's American Citizen Services (AC [...]
2008-09-04 11:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT MX
08LAPAZ612GLOBAL MICROFINANCE PARTNERSHIPS: BOLIVIA/OPIC
[...] Embassy La Paz supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) initiative to support microfinance institutions in Latin America. The three Bolivian microfinance institutions (Crecer, Diaconia, and Pro Mujer Bolivia) are non-profit, non-regulated NGOs that are authorized to provid [...]
2008-03-17 21:58:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BL ECIN ES GT HO MX NU PE
08MANAGUA949HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO NICARAGUA TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt met with a calm and polite President Daniel Ortega on June 25 and 26 to discuss improving the water quality of Nicaragua's two "great" lakes. Secretary Leavitt blended the themes of his regional visit into a stron [...]
2008-07-24 20:57:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALTBIO KSCA OTRA EAID PREL XK MX NU
08MERIDA222YUCATAN MAQUILADORA INDUSTRY CAUTIOUS ABOUT ITS FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Approximately 200 leaders of Yucatan's business community gathered in Merida on October 23rd to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Maquiladora Association and 26 years of maquiladora activity in the state. Business leaders report already feeling the pinch of the U.S. [...]
2008-10-28 18:23:00Consulate MeridaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD PGOV MX
08MEXICO1000CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS DESCEND ON MEXICO TO
[...] (U) Summary. Congressional staffers from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Appropriation Committee visited Mexico the week of March 24 to discuss the Merida Initiative with government officials and representatives of civil society. [...]
2008-04-07 11:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MASS KCRM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1001CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS DESCEND ON MEXICO TO
[...] (U) Summary. Congressional staffers from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Appropriation Committee visited Mexico the week of March 24 to discuss the Merida Initiative with government officials and representatives of civil society. [...]
2008-04-07 11:41:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MASS KCRM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1003MEXICO NORMALIZES RELATIONS WITH CUBA
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa visited Cuba March 13 normalizing relations between the two that had chilled considerably in the course of the Fox administration. Espinosa pointedly decided not to meet with the Cuban dissident community and it appears human rights were likel [...]
2008-04-07 14:13:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KDEM ETRD ETTC MX CU
08MEXICO1005MX #2008-096, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on 10th Annual International Fugitive Investigators Conference, April 23, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2008-04-07 16:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1010MX #2008-098, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Preservacion De La Evidencia, April 23, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2008-04-07 21:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1019MEXICAN RESPONSE - BRV CEMENT NATIONALIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Hugo Chavez announced April 3 that the BRV would nationalize the cement industry. On April 7, Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez announced that foreign companies will be allowed to maintain a minority stake. Mexican company Cementos Mexicanos (Cemex) is the large [...]
2008-04-07 23:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD MX VE
08MEXICO1031Presidential Advisors Discuss CalderonQs Social
[...] (SBU) On April 6, President Calderon once again publicly explained how fighting poverty is the top economic goal of his Administration. In Ref A, Post explains President CalderonQs overall strategy for alleviating poverty, which includes macroeconomic stability, increased trade and foreign inv [...]
2008-04-08 18:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
08MEXICO1039SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT TO MEXICO OF AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating a wide array of transnational security threats which undermine our ability to confront global terrorism. A stew of widespread criminality, drug trafficking, corruption and impunity has created an enabling environment for [...]
2008-04-08 21:10:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNECON IR KCRM KNNP MNUC MX PGOV PREL SNAR MASS
08MEXICO104SCEENSETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL CUELLAR TO
[...] Welcome to Mexico City and Matamoros. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Since entering office last December, Felipe Calderon's government has moved with unprecedented speed to improve [...]
2008-01-16 19:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ECON MASS MX
08MEXICO1040PAN PARTY PRESIDENT FOCUSED ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. In his 3/12 meeting with the Ambassador, PAN Party President German Martinez focused on internal party politics and 2009 elections for the House of Deputies and Governors for a number of key states. Martinez expressed concern about the flow of drug money into election campaign [...]
2008-04-08 21:10:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KCOR KCRM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1049C O R R E C T E D C O P Y Presidential Advisors Discuss
[...] (SBU) On April 6, President Calderon once again publicly explained how fighting poverty is the top economic goal of his Administration. In Ref A, Post explains President Calderon's overall strategy for alleviating poverty, which includes macroeconomic stability, increased trade and foreign inve [...]
2008-04-08 22:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV ELAB EFIN PINR PGOV MX
08MEXICO1051MX #2008-099, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Narcotics Course, 4/24/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...]
2008-04-09 12:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1063THE GOM'S FEDERAL POLICE REFORM PLANS AND
[...] (U) On February 27, Emboffs met with Hector Sanchez from the Public Security Secretariat's (SSP) Office of International Relations to learn more about the GOM's police reforms and SSP's restructuring plans. This cable outlines the seven goals/guidelines that constitute SSP's "bible" for where the [...]
2008-04-09 19:17:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO1072CALDERON INTRODUCES ENERGY REFORM
[...] (U) Secretary Kessel delivered in the evening of April 8th the Administration's energy proposal, signed by President Calderon, to the "secretario tecnico" of the Senate, Victor Orduna Munoz. The proposal will be presented to the full Senate on April 10 and will be sent to the Energy, Finance, [...]
2008-04-10 14:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ECON MX
08MEXICO1082SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) On behalf of the U.S. Mission, let me warmly welcome you to Mexico City. Your visit comes at a key juncture, as Mexico's military takes stock of its role in Mexico and the world -- and looks at its evolving relationship with its U.S. counterpart in light of ongoing challenges and new [...]
2008-04-10 19:12:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX OVIP PGOV PINR PREL PTER SNAR
08MEXICO1090MX #2008-101, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on 10th Annual International Fugitive Investigators Conference, April 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2008-04-11 13:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1097VISITING FINCEN DIRECTOR DISCUSSES ANTI-MONEY
[...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Mexico City and FinCEN. 2. (SBU) Summary: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. visited Mexico City 19-23 February to meet with senior Mexican officials and address a joint FinCEN-FIU strategic analysis training [...]
2008-04-11 17:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD KTFN PTER MX
08MEXICO1104MEXICO SEEKS TO TURN THE PAGE ON CORRUPTION
[...] (U) Summary. Turning the page on Mexico's endemic corruption problem is an essential component of President Calderon's efforts to combat organized crime. The Public Administration Secretariat (SFP),created by the Fox administration is at the center of efforts, coordinating a network of IG [...]
2008-04-11 22:10:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCOR MASS KCRM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1113MX #2008-102, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Firearms Identification, April 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]
2008-04-14 18:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1120MX #2008-103, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Intelligence Basic Officer Course, 4/29/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2008-04-14 21:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1132CROC MEETING IN MONTERREY MENDS SOME POLITICAL
[...] Summary: On April 4-5, the CROC (Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Campesinos) held its 55 th National Council Meeting in the northern Mexican industrial city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The CROC is perhaps the third largest labor federation in the country and its Monterrey meeting was [...]
2008-04-15 16:45:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PHUM PINR MX
08MEXICO1133LEADER OF NUEVO LEON TEACHERS UNION VIGOROUSLY
[...] Summary: Mission Mexico personnel recently met with Juan Antonio Rodriguez Gonzalez, the head of Section 21 of the teachers, union in the northern state of Nuevo Leon. Section 21 is a part of the National Teachers Union (SNTE) whose members are federal civil service employees. Over the cours [...]
2008-04-15 16:49:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX
08MEXICO1138MX #2008-105, STATE/RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/RSO, on VIP Protection Training, May 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2008-04-16 16:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1141MX #2008-106, STATE/RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/RSO, on VIP Protection Overview, May 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]
2008-04-16 20:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1142MX #2008-107, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on SOCOM Conference, May 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...]
2008-04-16 20:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1150MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR OVERHAUL OF
[...] (SBU) Mexican President Felipe Calderon and teacher union leader Elba Esther Gordillo Morales this week agreed to work together to pass much-needed educational reform. Specific reform proposals have not been announced, only general calls to improve ways to evaluate teachers, teacher training, [...]
2008-04-16 22:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB MX
08MEXICO1154MX #2008-108, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques on Sexual Assault, May 2, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2008-04-17 19:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO116MX #2008-007, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on UH-60 Qualifications Course, February 1, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2008-01-17 15:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1163MX #2008-109, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on DOJ/ATF, May 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the d [...]
2008-04-18 16:49:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1164MX #2008-110, LEGAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from LEGAT, on Advanced Anti-Gang Course, May 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]
2008-04-18 16:49:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1171MX #2008- 111, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Counterdrug Operations Spanish, 6/19/2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and req [...]
2008-04-18 20:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1187MX #2008-112, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Taking Clear Fingerprints course, May 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below an [...]
2008-04-21 18:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1188MX #2008-113, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Intel Officer, Basic, May 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...]
2008-04-21 18:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1195COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MICHAEL THOMPSON + 3
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Representative Michael Thompson (D-CA),Mr. Curtis Flood, Mr. Larry Hannauer, and Ms. Meghann Courter for travel to Mexico City from April 24-26, 2008. 2. Post control officer for the visit is Political Officer Frank Penirian, telephone [...]
2008-04-21 21:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX
08MEXICO1204MX #2008-114, LEGAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from LEGAT, on Taking Clear Fingerprints course, May 19, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2008-04-22 16:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1214MX #2008-115, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Firearms Identification course, May 9, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...]
2008-04-23 14:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1215SAN DIEGO/BAJA MISSION ADVOCATES FOR BORDER DEVELOPMENT
[...] (U) The San Diego/Baja California Mission to Mexico, sponsored by the Mexico Business Center and the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, met Mexican government officials and analysts during their third annual visit, including Mexican President Calderon; Economy Secretary Eduardo Sojo Guille [...]
2008-04-23 17:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON MX
08MEXICO1216MX #2008-116, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Helicopter Crew Chief course, May 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2008-04-23 21:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1220MEXICO ON THE US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-23 23:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN PHUM PREL MX
08MEXICO1226MX #2008-117, DOJ LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ, on The Investigation and Prosecution of Human Trafficking Cases course, May 9, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2008-04-24 15:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1248MEXICAN AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR DIRTY WAR VICTIMS
[...] Summary: Mexico waged a sporadic campaign against leftist groups in the late 60s thru the early 80s that reportedly produced the disappearance of hundreds. Relatives of those who disappeared have long insisted on justice and demanded the remains of their family members be returned to them. A [...]
2008-04-25 18:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDCA KCRM MX PGOV PHUM PREL
08MEXICO1255MX #2008-118, STATE/RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from STATE/RSO, on VIP Protection Training, May 12, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]
2008-04-25 21:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO126MEXICAN FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES MOVE
[...] SUMMARY: On January 11, several hundred federal and state policemen in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora stormed the approximately 1300 striking workers at the Cananea copper mine. The strike at the Cananea mine began in July 2007. GOM federal labor authorities have previously used min [...]
2008-01-17 16:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PHUM PGOV PINR MX
08MEXICO1271AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF PRESIDENT CALDERON'S
[...] (SBU) Econoffs met with several contacts associated with the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) in recent months to better understand how they view the Calderon administration,s management of economic policy. Although these contacts generally agree with the Calderon government about what ne [...]
2008-04-28 19:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PINT PGOV MX
08MEXICO1272RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES -
[...] (U) This cable is Mexico City's response to Ref A regarding how rising food and agricultural commodity prices have affected Mexico. DEMAND ------ 2. (U) Prices of staple Mexican crops -- such as corn, beans, and chicken -- have varied by commodity. For example, increases have been seen [...]
2008-04-28 21:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAGR MX
08MEXICO1291MX #2008-119, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Search and Rescue course, May 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...]
2008-04-29 17:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1295MX #2008-120, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Homicide Investigation course, May 15, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]
2008-04-29 18:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO13 MEXICO ESTABLISHES DAILY MINIMUM WAGE FOR 2008
[...] SUMMARY: On Saturday December 22, Mexico,s government announced the establishment of the country,s daily minimum wage for 2008. Mexico,s minimum wage is set annually by a Commission under the auspices of the GOM,s Labor Secretariat at the end of each calendar year. This year the Commission [...]
2008-01-04 16:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON SOCI PINR PGOV MX
08MEXICO130MX #2008-008, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Search and Rescue course, February 4, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2008-01-17 21:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1300MEXICAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES STRATEGY TO COMBAT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Felipe Calderon on April 28 announced a new strategy to tackle poverty and social inequalities in Mexico called "Vivir Mejor" ("To Live Better"). This strategy serves as an umbrella for coordinating and improving existing social programs. On the positive side, this st [...]
2008-04-29 20:49:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN EINT ETRD MX
08MEXICO1302MEXICO WRESTLING WITH CUBAN MIGRATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. In FY 2007, 11,625 Cubans reached the U.S. southwest border via Mexico. While some entered Mexico legally, the majority entered illegally by way of the Yucatan Channel -- a much less patrolled route than the Straits of Florida to the north. Until recently, Mexico had enforce [...]
2008-04-29 22:01:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KCRM MX CU
08MEXICO1316VERACRUZ SUGAR CANE PRODUCERS AND LABOR LEADERS
[...] SUMMARY: During a recent visit to the eastern costal state of Veracruz Mission Mexico,s Labor Counselor met with a variety of labor leaders, sugar cane producers as well as some state and local government officials. The meetings with government officials were fairly routine courtesy calls wit [...]
2008-04-30 19:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON CVIS SOCI EAGR PGOV PINR MX
08MEXICO1317MX #2008-121, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Document Fraud course, May 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]
2008-04-30 20:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1319MX #2008-122, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crisis Management, May 14, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...]
2008-04-30 20:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1321MX #2008-123, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Anti-Terrorism Level and II and Special Reaction course, May 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the in [...]
2008-04-30 20:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1323MX #2008-124, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Anti Terrorism Level I and II course, May 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed belo [...]
2008-04-30 20:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1331SCENESETTER FOR USUNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE, MAY 6-8
[...] (SBU) On behalf of the U.S. Mission, let me warmly welcome you to Mexico City. We understand you would like to focus your visit on conveying U.S concerns as relate to Iran's failure to meet its obligations to the UN. You will find that Mexico shares our concerns but your visit should offer [...]
2008-05-02 12:46:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM PARM UN IR MX
08MEXICO1333MEXICO EAGER FOR TANGIBLE PROGRESS ON AGP AND
[...] (SBU) Top Mexican trade officials are anxious to register concrete progress on the Alliance for Growth and Prosperity (AGP) and the Joint Border Facilitation Working Group (BFWG) before the end of President Bush's second term. They also want to institutionalize these sorts of cooperative stru [...]
2008-05-02 18:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PBTS KTEX EAGR MX
08MEXICO1346MX #2008-126, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on CT Fellowship, June 9, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the [...]
2008-05-06 19:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1366MX #2008-127, DEA EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on SIU Advanced School, May 18, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before May 18, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no cred [...]
2008-05-07 21:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1367MX #2008-127, DEA EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on SIU Advanced School, May 18, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before May 18, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no cred [...]
2008-05-07 21:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1371MX #2008-128, DHS/ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DHS/ICE, on Cyber Crimes Training, June 06, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requ [...]
2008-05-08 16:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO138MEXICAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS COOPERATION ON ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Representatives from the Department of Energy (DOE),the Department of Homeland Security (DHS),and Embassy Mexico met with Mexican Secretariat of Energy officials, as well as Senior Executives from Pemex, the Mexican oil and gas monopoly, and the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) on [...]
2008-01-18 17:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET MX
08MEXICO1410MX #2008-130, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Curso de Justicia Restauriva, May 26, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2008-05-09 20:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1411MX #2008-125, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Foreign Purchaser course, May 21, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...]
2008-05-09 21:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1413MX2008-129, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on MALLET, May 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the depar [...]
2008-05-09 21:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO142FDI IN MEXICO: 2007 GREAT, WHAT ABOUT 2008?
[...] Summary: FDI inflows to Mexico for the first three quarters of 2007 topped USD 18 billion and are expected to reach USD 23 billion for CY2007. At the same time, Mexico fell three slots in investment confidence as other countries surpassed it in investment attractiveness. CY2008 will likely se [...]
2008-01-18 19:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PGOV MX
08MEXICO1421MEXICO UPDATE ON THE US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Poloff stressed again with Armando Vivanco Castellanos, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director General for Human Rights and Democracy, on May 12, the importance the U.S. attached to support for the US-EU sponsored Prisoners of Conscience Declaration at the upcoming UNGA meeting. He assur [...]
2008-05-12 15:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN PHUM PREL MX
08MEXICO1422MEXICO DEMARCHED ON SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 16:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP DPRK SY IAEA PARM PREL MX
08MEXICO1432MX #2008-133, DOJ/ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DOJ/ATF, on Small Arms and Explosives ID course, May 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed b [...]
2008-05-13 16:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1433NARCO-VIOLENCE SPIKES, TOP COPS TARGETED
[...] (SBU) Organized crime killings in 2008 are up over record numbers last year. Large scale shootouts around the country over the last two weeks have left dozens dead. And the cartels are not only killing each other but going after the police as well. Over the last ten days, assassins have ki [...]
2008-05-13 16:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO1435MX #2008-132, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Incident Command System course, May 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2008-05-13 17:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1436MX #2008-131, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC-083, on Combat & Counterterrorism Coordination Seminar, May 29, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individ [...]
2008-05-13 17:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO144MX #2008-009, STATE/ECON LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from State/ECON, on Customs IPR course, February 4, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]
2008-01-18 20:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1452UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CONFIRMS ITS REPRESENTATIVE
[...] After weeks of rumors circulating about his imminent departure, Amerigo Incalcaterra, the Representative of the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights officially announced plans to leave Mexico. Liliana Valina, Deputy Representative at the UN High Commission told poloff May 9 that [...]
2008-05-13 22:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UN MX
08MEXICO1455MX 2008-134, U.S. SECRET SERVICE, LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from U.S. Secret Service, on Dignitary Protective Seminar, June 4, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...]
2008-05-14 16:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO146CAN AGRICULTURE SECRETARY WEATHER POLITICAL
[...] (U) This message is based on Embassy FAS reporting. 2. (SBU) Summary: Agriculture Secretary Cardenas has become the favorite whipping boy of the entire ag community. There was no surprise that the rhetorical heat from NAFTA opponents has risen since the January 1 implementation of the fina [...]
2008-01-18 20:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PGOV MX
08MEXICO1461PRD INTERNAL ELECTIONS: WINNER DECLARED -- BUT IT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two months after its internal elections, Mexico's Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is still struggling to identify who won. On April 30, the Party's National Guarantees and Oversight Commission declared Alejandro Encinas, the leader of the Party's United Left Faction (ULF) [...]
2008-05-14 20:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
08MEXICO1463MX 2008-135, U.S. MARSHAL SERVICE, LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from U.S. Marshal Service, on Fugitive Apprehension Techniques Training Course, June 9, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2008-05-14 21:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1473MX 2008-136, ODC, LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Interagency Coordination & Combating Terrorism (ICCT),May 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the indi [...]
2008-05-15 15:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1484MX 2008-137, NAS, LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques, June 2, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 2, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no [...]
2008-05-16 13:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1487SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT TO MEXICO OF FBI DEPUTY
[...] (U) Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating a wide array of transnational security threats which undermine our ability to confront global terrorism. A stew of widespread criminality, drug trafficking, corruption and impunity has created an enabling environment for a variet [...]
2008-05-16 14:54:00Embassy MexicoSECRETPGOV PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1502MX #2008-138, FBI EXPEDITE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Incident Command System, June 2, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 2, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no [...]
2008-05-16 21:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1504ANALYSTS DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN MEXICO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Market analysts are relatively upbeat about prospects for the Mexican economy due in part to high oil prices and domestic demand. Consumer price inflation is expected to increase again in May and June, and then begin falling slowly. Several local observers believe a watered d [...]
2008-05-19 12:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINT MX
08MEXICO151MEXICO ON THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-18 22:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV POL PREL PHUM KDEM WHA MX
08MEXICO1514MX #2008-140, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Firearms ID & Trafficking, June 4, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...]
2008-05-19 20:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1519MX #2008-141, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on Firearms ID & Trafficking, June 4, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reque [...]
2008-05-19 20:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO152MEXICO'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- PART 2 OF 2
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-22 16:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR EINV MX
08MEXICO1523MEXICO PUBLICLY PUSHES FOR PROGRESS ON
[...] (U) In a May 14 briefing to the Trade and Investment Committe of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico, Mexican Under Secretary of International Trade Negotiations for the Ministry of Economy Beatriz Leycegui urged the business community to support GOM efforts to improve the competitivene [...]
2008-05-20 12:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PBTS KTEX EAGR MX
08MEXICO1533MEXICO IPR UPDATE - APRIL 2008
[...] (U) This cable reports on Mexican reaction to the Special 301 2008 report on Mexico and the following recent IPR-related developments in Mexico: the "International Forum on IPR and the Judiciary" event held in Cancun in February and the establishment of a specialized IPR tribunal to review adm [...]
2008-05-20 20:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON MX
08MEXICO1537MX #2008-145, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Span Aviator UH-60-FS, June 6, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests [...]
2008-05-21 15:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1538MX #2008-144, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on SET/Ranger, June 4, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that the d [...]
2008-05-21 15:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1540CALDERON AND GORDILLO COOPERATE ON EDUCATION REFORM
[...] (SBU) On May 15, Teacher's Day in Mexico, President Calderon unveiled the "Alliance for Quality Education" aimed at improving education quality, school infrastructure and teachers' skills based on five pillars: modernization of schools, renewal of teachers' selection and promotion processes, i [...]
2008-05-21 17:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN EAGR PINR PGOV MX
08MEXICO1542MX #2008-142, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crisis Management, June 23, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests tha [...]
2008-05-21 17:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1543MX #2008-143, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Techniques, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2008-05-21 17:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1544MX #2008-139, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Pasantia para Policias Ministeriales del Estado de Morelos, June 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by t [...]
2008-05-21 17:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1552MX #2008-146, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on ICTT Seminar, June 2, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 2, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credible evid [...]
2008-05-21 21:33:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1564MX #2008-147, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Interviewing Techniques Seminar, June 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2008-05-22 16:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1565MX #2008-148, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Crisis Management, June 5, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...]
2008-05-22 16:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1575MX #2008-149, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Counter Drug Operations, June 20, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and reques [...]
2008-05-22 20:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1582MEXICO ON U.S. CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR SWING FOR IOM
[...] (SBU) Poloff encouraged Mexico per Ref (A) to support the candidacy of Ambassador Swing for IOM General Secretary in speaking May 22 to the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),Julian Juarez Cadenas. Juarez noted that the U.S. Perm [...]
2008-05-22 21:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG MX
08MEXICO1600MX #2008-150, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Expeditionary Warfare Course, June 23, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and r [...]
2008-05-27 12:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1604MX #2008-151, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Marco Juridico Nacional e Internacional para combater, sancionar e identificar la Trata de Personas en Mexico, June 11, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credib [...]
2008-05-27 16:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1608MX #2008-152, U.S. MARSHAL SERVICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from U.S. Marshal Service, on Fugitive Apprehension Techniques Training Course, June 11, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2008-05-27 17:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1613MIGRATION, VIOLENCE AND OAXACA,S ECONOMY
[...] Summary: Concerns about domestic violence, migration and Oaxaca's failing economy collide in Oaxaca where poloff met with state government officials, indigenous human rights organizations and local artisans to discuss current problems during a recent visit. State government officials were co [...]
2008-05-27 22:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDCA EAID ECON MX PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
08MEXICO1617MX #2008-153, ICE EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ICE, on BEST Conference, June 9, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 9, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...]
2008-05-28 16:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1618MX #2008-154, ICE EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from ICE, on BEST Conference, June 9, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 9, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...]
2008-05-28 16:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1619MX #2008-155, DHS EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from DHS, on BEST Conference, June 9, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 9, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...]
2008-05-28 17:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1633MX #2008-159, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Criminal Investigation Course, June 16, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2008-05-28 21:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1634ADDRESSING MEXICO'S PROBLEMATIC RESOLUTIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 22:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC MX PARM
08MEXICO1635MX #2008-156, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on MS13 Gang Training, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests th [...]
2008-05-29 12:19:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1646MX #2008-160, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE, on ICEATT Undercover Training Program, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2008-05-29 20:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1647MX #2008-160, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE, on ICEATT Undercover Training Program, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2008-05-29 20:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1649U.S-MEXICO TALKS ON IAEA, DOMESTIC NUCLEAR ISSUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican Foreign Ministry officials meeting with the U.S. Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Ambassador Greg Schulte conveyed general support for U.S. views on challenges facing the IAEA. Mexico shares our concern about Iran's nuclear activities [...]
2008-05-29 21:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM ENRG TRGY IAEA UN IR MX
08MEXICO1653MX #2008-158, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on VIP Protection Training Course, June 16, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2008-05-30 14:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1655MX #2008-161, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Antiterrorism Level I & II, Special Reaction, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals li [...]
2008-05-30 16:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1659MX #2008-163, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Basic Language Instructor Course, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...]
2008-05-30 20:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1671CALDERON ANNOUNCES PLAN TO ADDRESS RISING FOOD
[...] (U) The Embassy Foreign Agricultural Service Section contributed to this report, which responds to questions posed in REF A. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The rising cost of food in Mexico is provoking concerns of another possible outbreak of the sort of political unrest caused by last year' [...]
2008-05-30 20:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON ENRG PGOV MX
08MEXICO1674MEXICO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] (C) Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. Trade between the countries decreased by 10% in 2007. The Government of Mexico (GOM) reached a debt settlement with Cuba that was the first step towards normalizing relations which had turned markedly c [...]
2008-06-02 16:58:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU MX
08MEXICO1675MX #2008-157, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Cyber & Forensic Computer Training, June 27, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2008-06-02 17:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1677MX #2008-164, U.S. Secret Service EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from U.S. Secret Service, on Dignitary Protective Seminar, June 16, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 16, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines. [...]
2008-06-02 17:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1682MX #2008-165, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Basic Interview/Interrogation and Defensive Tactics Course, June 13, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2008-06-02 21:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO17MX #2008-002, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Information Operations course, January 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below a [...]
2008-01-04 20:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1728MX #2008-166, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Pasantia para Policias Ministeriales del Edo. De Baja California, June 24, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human right [...]
2008-06-06 18:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1749MX #2008-169, FBI EXPEDITED LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response to this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on Basic Interview/Interrogation and Defensive Tactics Course, June 17, 2008. Post appreciates receiving a response, if possible before June 17, 2008, but no later than 10 business days per WHA/MEX gu [...]
2008-06-09 20:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1766WEAKENING OF GULF, SINALOA CARTELS GENERATES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-09 21:58:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO1771MX #2008- 168, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Commando School, June 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...]
2008-06-10 16:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1774MX #2008-171, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Chemical Precursor Investigations, June 26, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below [...]
2008-06-10 16:16:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1777INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE DIALOGUE TAMES
[...] Summary. The Mexican press has been consumed over much of the last two weeks with criticism of potential "conditions" attached to legislation being considered by the U.S. Congress in the debate over the Merida Initiative. Senior Mexican government officials and Congressional leaders alike have [...]
2008-06-10 18:36:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PHUM MASS MX
08MEXICO1778MX #2008-170, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on ILEA Advanced Law Enforcement Course, on June 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2008-06-10 19:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1779MEXICAN BANKERS DISCUSS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (SBU) Summary. During roundtable discussions with Embassy officials, bank compliance officers said their institutions base their anti-money laundering (AML) and combating terrorism financing (CTF) practices on international standards. They commented on how difficult it can be to stop illicit [...]
2008-06-10 21:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER MX
08MEXICO1784MX #2008-172, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI, on ILEA Advanced Law Enforcement, June 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2008-06-11 16:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1795MX #2008-174, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on SP Aviation Safety Mgt CN, June 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requ [...]
2008-06-11 22:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1799MX #2008-173, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Span Maint Mgr CN 1004, June 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and request [...]
2008-06-12 16:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1800 PUEBLA ONCE AGAIN THE SITE OF INTENSE DISPUTE
[...] Summary: The central Mexican state of Puebla is once again the site of a bitter dispute between two labor groups competing for control of a collective bargaining contract at &Mexmode8, a sport clothing manufacturer. In this latest instance of conflict between workers, groups the competing pa [...]
2008-06-12 16:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PINR MX
08MEXICO1810MEXICO AND CHINA AGREE ON PHASED LOWERING OF
[...] (U) Mexico and China avoided a serious trade impasse by reaching an agreement on a transitioned approach to eliminating and/or reducing Mexican anti-dumping (AD) duties on a wide range of Chinese manufactured imports. Assuming the deal is approved by the Mexican Senate (as expected),Mexico w [...]
2008-06-12 20:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV KTEX PINS MX CH
08MEXICO1811MX #2008-175, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Resolve to Stop Violence Program and Probation Departments and Pretrial Services, June 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2008-06-12 20:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1822MX #2008-177, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Jungla Commando Course, July 01, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and request [...]
2008-06-13 21:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1823MX #2008-176, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Basic Narcotics, June 30, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests that [...]
2008-06-13 21:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO183MINERS STRIKE FOR BETTER WAGES IN CHIHUAHUA
[...] SUMMARY: The month of January is proving to be a difficult one for the National Union of Miners and Metalworkers of the Mexican Republic (SNTMMSRM),the country,s oldest and largest miners union. On January 11, authorities forcibly ended a six-month old strike by union Local 65 at the Canane [...]
2008-01-24 15:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PHUM PINR MX
08MEXICO1838RAISING MEXICAN JUDICIAL AWARENESS ON COMPETITION
[...] (U) A U.S. District Court judge spent three days in Mexico discussing criteria used in American courts to adjudicate competition cases. His conversations with Mexican judges, officials, and attorneys highlighted the similarity between the substantive principles that underlie U.S. and Mexican [...]
2008-06-16 22:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV MX
08MEXICO1839MEXICO-CUBA TALKS PRODUCE LITTLE MOVEMENT ON
[...] Mexican and Cuban officials met in April to discuss building cooperation on migration issues including combating criminal trafficking rings, resolving an impasse over repatriations, and facilitating the emission of migration documentation. The Foreign Ministry's (SRE) Deputy Director for the [...]
2008-06-16 22:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM CU MX
08MEXICO1840RAISING MEXICAN JUDICIAL AWARENESS ON COMPETITION
[...] (U) A U.S. District Court judge spent three days in Mexico discussing criteria used in American courts to adjudicate competition cases. His conversations with Mexican judges, officials, and attorneys highlighted the similarity between the substantive principles that underlie U.S. and Mexican [...]
2008-06-16 22:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV MX
08MEXICO1847MX #2008-178, ATF LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ATF, on K-9 Recertification, July 03, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and requests t [...]
2008-06-17 15:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO185MX #2008-010, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Escuela Militar de Transmisiones Mexico City, February 25, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individual [...]
2008-01-24 16:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1868MEXICO'S STOCK EXCHANGE GOES PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) sold a 41% stake of itself in an initial public offering (IPO) on June 12. After four days of trading, shares of the exchange finished 5.5% lower than the initial price set on June 12, losing ground alongside the broader market. Many consider [...]
2008-06-19 17:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON MX
08MEXICO1869TEACHERS AND PETROLEUM WORKERS UNIONS FORM
[...] Summary: On May 30 the leaders of Mexico,s National Teachers, Union (SNTE) and the Petroleum Workers Union (STPRM) announced an alliance to promote &A New Labor Policy in Mexico.8 Reportedly, some 40 other unions joined the teachers and the petroleum workers to help advance this proposal. [...]
2008-06-19 20:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ENRG SOCI PINR PGOV PHUM MX
08MEXICO1873MEXICAN SENATOR SANTIAGO CREEL REMOVED AS PAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PAN's surprise removal of the party's Senate Leader June 9 stemmed from dissatisfaction with his ability to win passage of an administration-backed energy reform bill. A party insider and a think tank expert told Poloff that Santiago Creel's poor relationship with the media [...]
2008-06-20 12:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ENRG PINR MX
08MEXICO1889MEXICAN PRESIDENT CALDERON SIGNS CRIMINAL JUSTICE
[...] SUMMARY: On Tuesday June 17, 2008 at 8:30am, President Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa signed the decree promulgating constitutional reforms for criminal justice and public safety. The amendments must now be published in the official gazette, and will become effective 30 days after publicat [...]
2008-06-20 22:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MEXICO189MEXICO ON THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC
[...] (U) Action Request. See para. 4. 2. (C) Minister Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia, the General Coordinator of Advisors to the Foreign Minister, was reluctant initially about identifying candidates for PDG projects. He thought it would be more appropriate for potential candidates to volunteer [...]
2008-01-24 20:32:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV POL PREL PHUM KDEM WHA MX
08MEXICO1895MX #2008-180, DEA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from DEA, on Sensitive Investigative Unit Basic Course, July 7, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed [...]
2008-06-23 21:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1901MX #2008-181, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on Financial Investigative Techniques Training, July 10, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals lis [...]
2008-06-24 14:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1907MEXICO LAUDS CAFTA-DR TEXTILE CUMULATION AS FIRST
[...] (U) Mexico's Economy Secretary and the head of the national textiles chamber praised the impending entry into force of the textiles cumulation provisions in the Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) as key to raising Mexican and regional competitiveness (parti [...]
2008-06-24 20:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KTEX PREL ELAB MX CH
08MEXICO1916MEXICO'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: THE GOOD, THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) with its $72 million budget was created in the wake of demands and pressure on Mexico's government to investigate crimes of the "dirty war" and with a mandate to investigate, report and recommend measures to address human rights [...]
2008-06-25 14:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMX PGOV PHUM PREL
08MEXICO1928MEXICO ON THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed points and the updated P5 1 package for Iran (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),on June 20. Juarez commented that he hoped Iran would accept the package and a diplomatic [...]
2008-06-25 20:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IR MX
08MEXICO1930MEXICO ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (S/NF) Poloff conveyed points June 25 on Iran's participation in international defense expositions (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said the notion of prohibiting Iran from particip [...]
2008-06-25 21:00:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MX
08MEXICO1932MEXICO ON SUPPORT FOR IAEA INSPECTION IN SYRIA
[...] (S/NF) Poloff conveyed points June 25 on support for IAEA inspections in Syria (reftel) to Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE). Juarez said that Mexico, as one of the members of the IAEA Board of Governors [...]
2008-06-25 21:01:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PREL PARM SY MX
08MEXICO1947 MEXICO: MERCURY DEMARCHE
[...] On June 23 U.S. Embassy Mexico City ESTH counselor and science specialist met with Teresa Bandala, Director General of International Affairs, and Ives Gomez, Director of the Grey Agenda (Toxic Substance Office),in the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT). They noted th [...]
2008-06-26 20:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO CA MX
08MEXICO1961MX #2008-182, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Medical Assistant Spanish, August 15, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and re [...]
2008-06-27 14:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1962MX #2008-183, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID, on Pasantia Policias Ministeriales del Estado de Zacatecas a Chihuahua, July 17, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...]
2008-06-27 14:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1978MX #2008-184, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC, on Critical Lifesaving Skills for First Responders, July 23, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals [...]
2008-06-30 16:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO1982MX #2008-185, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS, on International Dare Conference, July 28, 2008. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below and [...]
2008-06-30 17:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR MX
08MEXICO199AMBASSADOR LAGON APPLAUDS PROGRESS, IDENTIFIES
[...] Summary: On January 9-12, Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),met with Mexican immigration officials and NGOs in Tapachula, Chiapas to discuss trafficking in persons (TIP),especially with regard to Central Americans entering Mexi [...]
2008-01-25 15:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAPER ELAB KWMN MX PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
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