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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 03NASSAU766 |
BAHAMAS UNLIKELY TO PRESSURE ARISTIDE [...] (C) After returning from the OAS/CARICOM meeting on Haiti in Miami, Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell dismissed the possibility of invoking the democracy provision of the OAS Charter in the case of Haiti. He acknowledged problems with democracy in Haiti, but made it clear that the Bahamian gove [...] |
2003-04-17 14:36:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF HA BF |
| 03OTTAWA1129 |
CANADA SUPPORTS OAS CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-22 17:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV HA CA OAS |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5393 |
DOMINICAN SENATE PRESIDENT SKETCHES AMBITIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican Senate President Jesus Vasquez Martinez, during a meeting September 8, predicted President Mejia would get strong majority support in the ruling PRD for his reelection bid in May 2004. Vasquez said he would work with Chamber of Deputies President Alfredo Pacheco on a [...] |
2003-10-02 22:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR ETRD HA OREP PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO7536 |
HAITIAN AMBASSADOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RESIGNS: [...] (C) On December 18 the Haitian Ambassador to the Dominican Republic Guy Alexandre called on the Ambassador and Acting DCM to confirm his resignation. The sudden news (prompted by the violent December 5 crackdown on student demonstrators in Haiti) was widely covered December 16 while Ambassador [...] |
2003-12-23 20:51:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR DR HA |
| 03VATICAN5164 |
HAITI: HOLY SEE WORRIED ABOUT VIOLENCE, SEEKS [...] (C) Vatican MFA Caribbean Affairs Office Director Giorgio Lingua said November 7 that the Holy See is "very worried" about the situation in Haiti. He expressed concern about the disruption of an October 16 mass (ref a and b), and noted the potential for violence in the coming weeks (ref d). A [...] |
2003-11-14 14:19:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL VT HA |
| 04ABUJA506 |
NIGERIA OFFERS ARISTIDE A "STAGING POST" FOR A FEW [...] (SBU) In response to what it said was a request from the Caribbean Economic Community (CARICOM), on March 22 the GON offered Haitian ex-president Aristide refuge in Nigeria for a few weeks before moving on to another destination. President Obasanjo's press spokesman, Oluremi ("Remi") Oyo, issu [...] |
2004-03-23 14:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HA NI |
| 04BRASILIA2803 |
MIXED CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO TRAVEL TO HAITI [...] (SBU) On November 9, Brazilian Federal Deputy Maninha paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Danilovich. Maninha is the current president of COPA (Confederation of the Parliaments of the Americas), and this week she is leading a seven-member delegation (from three countries) on a fact-finding trip [...] |
2004-11-12 16:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BR HA POL MIL |
| 04BRUSSELS1123 |
HUMANITARIAN AID TO HAITI: EUROPEAN COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-17 11:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID HA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2605 |
EC RESPONSE TO HAITI DEMARCHE FOR BUDGET SUPPORT [...] (SBU) USEU Development Counselor presented reftel demarche to European Commission (EC) Desk Officer for Haiti Lut Fabert-Goossens, in the Directorate-General for Development. Fabert-Goossens said the EC appreciates concerns expressed by the US and concurs with our assessment of needs and prio [...] |
2004-06-18 09:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN HA XL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2931 |
COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE ON JULY 12 GAERC [...] (C) Commission officials tell us the July 12 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting will not see many serious decisions before the EU FMs. A featured item would be a lunch discussion with Iraqi PM Allawi (which we now understand may be cancelled or postponed). The pri [...] |
2004-07-09 09:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ AF HA BM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS2983 |
A/S WAYNE MEETING WITH COMMISSION ON HAITI [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with EB Assistant Secretary Wayne, Commission Development Director Sipke Brouwer explained the Commission would pledge approximately 160 million Euros for Haiti over the next two years including up to 77 million Euros as non-project (more rapidly available) funds, [...] |
2004-07-13 14:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN HA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3066 |
PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH GOA ON SUMMIT OF THE [...] (U) Summary: DCM met October 22 with Argentine MFA Under Secretary for Latin American Policy Ambassador Dario SIPDIS Alessandro to discuss planning for next year's Summit of the Americas and to deliver talking points on Summit preparation. DCM also raised with Alessandro the recent visit to [...] |
2004-11-01 17:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KSUM PGOV PREL AR HA SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DEMARCHE |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3272 |
LOOKING AHEAD FOR HAITI: ARGENTINA DEMARCHE [...] (C) POLCOUNS delivered talking points in reftel on November 19 to the MFA Director for Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean, Minister Marcos Breton. POLCOUNS reaffirmed our appreciation for the support Argentina has demonstrated to the people of Haiti and for their firm commitment to con [...] |
2004-11-19 20:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA AR DEMARCHE |
| 04GUATEMALA1550 |
GOG RESPONSE TO HAITI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-23 15:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA PREL GT XLUM |
| 04GUATEMALA1758 |
GOG WILL NOT ATTEND HAITI DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-15 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA PREL XL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2948 |
GUATEMALA ON HAITI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-22 18:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA GT |
| 04GUATEMALA3163 |
GUATEMALAN PARTICIPATION IN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In addition to deployment of a military police company to Haiti, the Guatemalan military has military observers in the Ivory Coast and Burundi, has finished training military observers for deployment to Sudan, and has promised to send a Special Forces company and a military poli [...] |
2004-12-10 18:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MOPS GT HA BY IV SU CF UN |
| 04GUATEMALA624 |
GUATEMALA CURRENTLY UNABLE TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-12 16:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID HA GT |
| 04MADRID1002 |
SPAIN:HUMANITARIAN AID FOR HAITI [...] We received Spain's response to reftel from Felipe Bragado de las Heras, Chief of Staff to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain has donated EUR 300,000 (USD 366,000 at an exchange rate of EUR 1.0=USD 1.21) to the United Nations Flash Appeal for Haiti [...] |
2004-03-25 09:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PREL HA SP |
| 04MADRID2724 |
SPAIN: ASSISTANCE TO HAITI [...] We delivered ref A&B demarches July 15 to Manuel de la Iglesia, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain's total assi [...] |
2004-07-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL HA SP |
| 04MADRID2745 |
SPAIN: ASSISTANCE TO HAITI (CORRECTED COPY) [...] We delivered ref A&B demarches July 15 to Manuel de la Iglesia, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary of State for International Cooperation, and Francisco Javier Jimenez de Gregorio, Chief of Cabinet to the Secretary General of the Spanish Agency for International Development. Spain's total assi [...] |
2004-07-19 16:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL HA SP |
| 04MONTREAL1574 |
MONTREAL CONFERENCE WITH THE HAITI DIASPORA (MCHD) [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the Haitian Diaspora from Canada, the U.S. and Europe assembled December 10-11, 2004, to participate in the MCHD. Canadian Prime Minister (PM) Paul Martin emphasized, at the opening of the MCHD plenary session, that his administration's initiative to invite members [...] |
2004-12-13 20:30:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV EAID SENV CA HA |
| 04NASSAU2369 |
MIXED MIGRATION FLOWS: IOM/UNHCR CONFERENCE IN [...] The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) co-hosted the second annual regional seminar in Nassau, The Bahamas on November 8-12, 2004. Entitled "Contingency Planning for Mixed Migratory Flows in the Caribbean: Effective Pr [...] |
2004-12-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA SMIG PHUM CU HA BF |
| 04NASSAU364 |
ANXIOUS PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS MEETING ON HAITI [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-23 21:20:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SMIG BF HA |
| 04NASSAU384 |
BAHAMAS GOVERNMENT SEEKS SUPPORT FOR FUTURE UN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-24 22:20:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF HA PGOV PREL SMIG |
| 04NASSAU487 |
CARICOM SURPRISED, UPSET, BUT NOT ANGRY BEING LEFT [...] (C) Charge and Political Officer met with the Bahamian Ambassador to Haiti, Dr. Eugene Newry, and the Under Secretary in the Consular Section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Bahamian-Haitian expert, Mr. Carlton Wright, on March 8, 2004 to discuss Bahamian views of the current situation [...] |
2004-03-09 17:17:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SMIG HA BF |
| 04NASSAU733 |
BAHAMIAN PERSPECTIVE ON CARICOM AND HAITI [...] (C) Charge hosted a lunch for the Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell, and Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary, Ms. Patricia Rodgers on March 29. A/DCM and Consular Section Head also participated. The discussion covered a number of topics: The dynamics of recently-completed Caricom h [...] |
2004-04-06 15:13:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHSA HA BF CARICOM |
| 04PANAMA1704 |
PANAMA'S FM ARIAS NONCOMMITTAL ON REQUEST TO [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by Polcouns, delivered reftel talking points to Panamanian Foreign Minister Harmodio Arias Cerjack on June 30, 2004. With two months left for this government, Arias was (not surprisingly) noncommittal on whether the GOP would be willing to accept protected Cuban and Hait [...] |
2004-07-01 19:43:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PM CU HA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PARAMARIBO504 |
SURINAME: MULLING OVER RESETTLEMENT OF PROTECTED CUBAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points on Cuban and Haitian migrants at Guantanamo Naval Base to Surinamese Foreign Minister Marie Levens on July 9, and asked for Suriname's assistance in providing a resettlement opportunity for [...] |
2004-07-13 13:29:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG MARR HA XL NS |
| 04PORTAUPRINCE520 |
PRIME MINISTER FORMS CABINET [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Latortue finalized his cabinet choices on the afternoon of March 16, following consultations with President Alexandre. The cabinet was installed at 14:00 on March 17. Latortue chose to consolidate several existing ministries as a cost-cutting measure, naming only 13 m [...] |
2004-03-17 22:29:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HA |
| 04QUITO2602 |
ECUADOR SENDING ENGINEERS, TROOPS TO HAITI [...] The Government of Ecuador has directed that EC Army engineers and soldiers travel to Haiti to participate in UN-directed peacekeeping (PKO) operations and natural disaster (hurricane) relief. Embassy officials learned September 23 that the first Ecuadorian deployment will include 66 combat e [...] |
2004-09-24 20:16:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR PREL SMIG EC HA UN |
| 04ROME1833 |
ITALY WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO HAITI PKO [...] (C) MARIO BALDI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA UN OFFICE, STATED THAT THE DPKO FOR HAITI REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY GIAMPIERO MASSOLO, MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS AND GIAMPAOLO DIPAOLA, MOD CHIEF OF DEFENSE. BALDI SAID THAT ITALY WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE PKO IN HAITI. HE EXPLAINE [...] |
2004-05-12 05:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MOPS PREL HA IT UN |
| 04ROME2493 |
GOI BUDGET SUPPORT FOR HAITI UNLIKELY WITHOUT [...] SUMMARY: THE GOI IS OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE INTERIM GOVERNMENT OF HAITI (IGOH), PROVIDED THIS ASSISTANCE IS ADMINISTERED THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL TRUST FUND BY AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT CAN MONITOR ITS EFFECTIVENESS. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ITALIA [...] |
2004-06-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL HA IT |
| 04SANTODOMINGO1094 |
DOMINICAN REACTION TO HAITI CRISIS [...] (SBU) Dominicans are apprehensive about the unraveling of Haiti, defensive about possible overflow onto their territory, and unwilling to take in any quantity of refugees. Reactions in the Dominican Republic to the unraveling of neighbor Haiti are mixed. The GODR has reinforced the border wi [...] |
2004-02-20 23:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC DR HA |
| 04SANTODOMINGO1361 |
CANARD; ALLEGED TRAINING OF HAITI INSURGENTS IN [...] Embassy advises that Boston Globe reporter Bryan Bender (e-mail bender@globe.com, tels 202-857-5060, cell 202-369-6856) drafted on February 29 a text based on allegations of unidentified sources (including one "Haitian official") that Haitian insurgents received training and weapons from U.S. [...] |
2004-03-02 20:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV HA DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO1515 |
CANARD II: DOMINICAN RIFLES FOR HAITI [...] Secretary of the Armed Forces Soto Jimenez told the press on March 5 that the Dominican Republic has received no rpt no arms from the USG and commented that the figure of 3,500 weapons used in questions to WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega might correspond to annual licensed imports of arm [...] |
2004-03-06 17:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV HA DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO1965 |
DOMINICAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF ON HAITI, NEXT [...] (C) In conversation with DATT and poloff on March 22 Dominican Armed Forces Secretary LTG Soto Jiminez expressed concern over "gangs of criminals" that he said controlled the Haitian side of the northern border with the Dominican Republic. Dominican security forces along the border consequent [...] |
2004-03-26 20:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR HA DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO3424 |
DOMINICAN GRUPO M SHUTTING DOWN MANUFACTURING [...] SUMMARY. Dominican apparel company, GRUPO M, is close to shutting down their apparel plant in Ouanaminthe, Haiti due to "Workers' Struggle," a group of activist employees who have made the plant inefficient and ineffective. GRUPO M President, Fernando Capellan, stated that the company plans [...] |
2004-06-14 11:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO DR ELAB ETRD EINV HA |
| 04SANTODOMINGO6213 |
DOMINICAN POLITICS #8: FERNANDEZ, THE RIO GROUP [...] (C) Summary. When the Rio Group summit of November 4 got to the agenda item on Haiti, Dominican President Leonel Fernandez asked for hemispheric help in re-instilling democracy in that &narco-state,8 but he put a big front wrong in advocating the inclusion in the process of former president [...] |
2004-11-16 20:51:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR ENRG HA PGOV PREL |
| 04SANTODOMINGO6734 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ON OAS SYG CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: Political party leader (and former foreign minister) Victor Gomez Berges told Charge Kubiske December 15 that he is interested in being considered as an alternate candidate for the OAS Secretary General job in the event the Central Americans are unable to reach a consensus. Gomez [...] |
2004-12-17 22:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL DR HA |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA1057 |
HONDURAS REITERATES REASON FOR IRAQ WITHDRAWAL; [...] (C) Summary: On May 4, PolCouns, DATT, and PolMilOff met with Minister of Defense (MOD) Federico Breve and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Iraq and SOUTHCOM's proposed Regional Training Initiative (RTI). During the course of conversation, b [...] |
2004-05-07 22:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IZ HA HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA671 |
HONDURAS UNABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO HUMANITARIAN AID [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-19 20:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF PGOV EAID HA HO |
| 04THEHAGUE596 |
HAITI HUMANITARIAN AID: DUTCH CONSIDERING APPEALS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-10 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID HA NL PHUM PREF PREL |
| 04THEHAGUE615 |
HAITI HUMANITARIAN AID: DUTCH WILL SUPPORT ICRC [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-12 13:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID HA NL PHUM PREF PREL |
| 04THEHAGUE762 |
DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON POSSIBLE SHIRBRIG DEPLOYMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-23 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MOPS PREL HA NL UNSC |
| 04VATICAN2767 |
HAITI: HOLY SEE AWAITS NEW NUNCIO [...] (SBU) Holy See Country Director for Haiti Monsignor Giorgio Lingua told us July 15 the Vatican was eager for new Papal Nuncio (Ambassador) Mario Giordano to take the reins in Port au Prince. Giordano was just ordained an archbishop and is due to begin work in Haiti "any day now." Lingua was [...] |
2004-07-16 04:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU EAID EFIN ETRD EU HA PHUM PREL VT |
| 04VATICAN882 |
HOLY SEE COMMITTED TO STABILITY FOR HAITI [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING ARISTIDE'S RESIGNATION AND DEPARTURE FROM HAITI, THE HOLY SEE TOLD US THAT THE HAITIAN BISHOPS WERE READY TO WORK ACTIVELY WITH A PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION TO HELP ENSURE A PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER. THE SECRETARIAT OF STATE IS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE HAITIAN BISHOP [...] |
2004-03-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM HA VT |
| 05AMMAN6686 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PERFORMANCE OF JORDAN'S [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (S) Summary. Defense Attache met August 16 with senior Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) officials to deliver reftel demarche regarding Jordan's battalion in Haiti. The Jordanians admitted leadership failures and identified key areas of improved [...] |
2005-08-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR KPKO HA JO UNSC |
| 05ASUNCION1042 |
PARAGUAY ON LATAM CONTINGENTS REMAINING IN HAITI [...] (U) On 8/17, PolOff delivered reftel demarche (ref A) to MFA Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga and MFA International Organizations Director Julio Peralta. Peralta advised that Paraguay is still discussing with Spain the possibility of equipment and materiel support for Paraguayan troops to j [...] |
2005-08-19 11:15:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KPKO PA HA SP |
| 05ASUNCION838 |
PARAGUAY SEEKS PARTICIPATION ON SPAIN'S CONTINGENT [...] (C) As reported reftel, GOP military officials have been in contact with Spain regarding assistance to support Paraguayan participation in Spain's PKO contingent in Haiti. On 6/28, Paraguay's MOD Gonzalez sent a letter to his Spanish counterpart formally expressing the GOP's desire to partic [...] |
2005-06-30 11:50:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO HA SP PA |
| 05BOGOTA8122 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: COLOMBIA WILL NOT SEND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-29 17:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID HA CO |
| 05BRUSSELS2208 |
EU ON HAITIAN ELECTIONS BUDGET SHORTFALL [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche on June 8 to John Caloghirou, Head of the Caribbean Affairs Unit in the Development Directorate-General of the European Commission (EC). Caloghirou said the EC would contribute 18 million euros for elections, plus 2-1/2 million euros for an election-related [...] |
2005-06-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID EFIN HA PGOV PREL EUN OAS UN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05GEORGETOWN1318 |
CARICOM Likely to Observe Haiti Elections [...] SUMMARY. CARICOM officials communicated two wildly inconsistent messages on December 15 regarding the CARICOM's intention to send observers to the upcoming Haitian elections. CARICOM official told PolOff that CARICOM has not made a decision yet whether to send observers but continues to fol [...] |
2005-12-16 19:49:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM CARICOM GY HA XL |
| 05GEORGETOWN1321 |
CARICOM MOVING AHEAD TO OBSERVE HAITI [...] (SBU) On December 19, Ambassador Bullen spoke with Hugh Cholmondeley, Head of CARICOM's Task Force on Haiti. Cholmondeley discussed CARICOM's plans to send observers to monitor the upcoming Haitian elections. - CARICOM does not believe that Haiti will be ready to hold elections on January 8. [...] |
2005-12-19 16:17:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM CARICOM GY HA XL |
| 05GUATEMALA1993 |
GUATEMALA'S COMMITMENT TO HAITI [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Guatemalan Acting FM Carlos Ramiro Martinez and U/S for International Organizations Amb. Carla Rodriguez, who said that Guatemala's resident ambassador in Chile, Amb. Castellanos, would represent Guatemala at the August 19 Santiago vice-ministerial. R [...] |
2005-08-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR HA GT |
| 05GUATEMALA392 |
GUATEMALA: PKO UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The Guatemalan military continues its preparations for a March 2005 deployment of an Army Kaibil (Special Forces) company to the UN Peacekeeping Operations Mission in the Congo (MONUC). Plans to also deploy a Military Police company for MONUC duty are pending a final UN decisio [...] |
2005-02-15 20:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL MOPS ETTC GT HA CG DA AR CI UN |
| 05HELSINKI1165 |
FINLAND OFFERS TO SEND FOUR SHORT-TERM ELECTION [...] On August 25 post delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for America and Asia Haiti desk officer Veikko Soralahti, North America Unit Counselor Anna Wickstrom-Noejgaard, and to the Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, urging Finland to use its voice in EU meeti [...] |
2005-11-02 06:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA FI EUN |
| 05HELSINKI956 |
FINLAND: ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSIONS IN HAITI [...] (U) Anne Lammila, the Director for Latin America at Finland's MFA, told Poloff that Finland will not send a national electoral observation mission to Haiti. It is possible that a Finn might participate in the EU observation mission; but there are few French-speaking Finnish diplomats availa [...] |
2005-09-06 10:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID HA FI |
| 05KINGSTON2146 |
COORDINATION ON ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSIONS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID HA JM |
| 05KINGSTON2508 |
TRANSMITTAL OF APPLICATIONS FOR PERMANENT [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of IOM package containing applications for Canadian resettlement for 17 Cubans and one Haitian currently under U.S. protection at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay (Ref A), Polcouns met on November 3 with Carina Parnham, Counselor and Manager (Immigration), Canadian High Co [...] |
2005-11-04 20:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | CA CU HA PREF SMIG JM |
| 05KINGSTON421 |
CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On February 14, Pol/Econ Chief conveyed Ref A points (via fax) to Ambassador Peter Black, Undersecretary for Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, who serves concurrently as non-resident Ambassador to Haiti. The following morning, P/E Chief called Black [...] |
2005-02-15 21:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA JM UNSC |
| 05KINGSTON623 |
GOJ, IOM, AND UNHCR AGREE MOST HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Just after dawn on March 4, a boatload of 58 Haitians arrived in Long Bay, Portland, raising the total of Haitian migrants in Jamaica to 496. During a week which began with the one-year anniversary of former President Aristide's resignation and departure from Haiti, the GOJ continues to [...] |
2005-03-04 22:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SMIG HA JM |
| 05LIMA3498 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMAINING IN HAITI FOR THE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-12 22:55:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO MARR HA PE |
| 05LIMA757 |
CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS (PERU) [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-16 15:54:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HA PE XL UNSC |
| 05MADRID2275 |
SPAIN: RESPONSE TO HAITI ELECTIONS BUDGET SHORTFALL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-14 09:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EFIN PREL PGOV SP HA EUN OAS |
| 05NASSAU1088 |
PROFILE OF HAITIAN COMMUNITIES IN ABACO [...] An estimated 40-60,000 legal and illegal Haitians live in The Bahamas among a total population of roughly 305,000. Most Bahamians view cheap Haitian labor as a necessary evil but balk at what they see as the erosion of Bahamian culture as well as the health care and education costs associated [...] |
2005-06-08 19:12:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV HA BF |
| 05NASSAU158 |
BAHAMAS: MIGRANT INTERDICTION STATISTICS FOR 2004 [...] The U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Bahamas Defense Force cooperatively worked to interdict over 5,000 illegal migrants in the waters in and around The Bahamas in 2004. The two largest nationality groups interdicted were Haitians (the overwhelming majority with just under 4800) and Cubans (les [...] |
2005-01-24 20:47:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PHUM HA CU BF |
| 05OTTAWA1734 |
CANADA: APPEAL TO DONORS FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff and Econoff met with a combined Foreign Affairs Canada and CIDA team led by FAC Director for the Caribbean and Central America Christian Lapointe June 7 to discuss the Haitian elections budget and the general situation in Haiti. Canadian officials feel it is important f [...] |
2005-06-08 15:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | HA AORC EAID EFIN PGOV PREL |
| 05OTTAWA1972 |
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY COMMITS TO MAINTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 90 senior level officials from Haiti, international organizations, and donor governments met June 17 in Montreal to discuss the future of Haiti. The conference's key theme was the importance of maintaining momentum in the lead-up to the November elections. Partic [...] |
2005-06-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HA MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO CA |
| 05OTTAWA2020 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH PM MARTIN [...] (U) Ambassador Wilkins paid an introductory call on PM Martin June 30 in the Prime Minister's Office at Parliament. The tone of the meeting was friendly and allowed time for a cordial exchange on family and political careers, of note sharing experiences operating in a political minority situat [...] |
2005-07-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | CA HA IR PGOV SENV SOCI PTER |
| 05OTTAWA2023 |
CANADA ON RUMORS OF ARISTIDE'S DESIRE TO RETURN TO [...] (C) DCM and PolOff shared reftel talking points with FAC Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean Jamal Khokhar and Caribbean and Central America Director Christian Lapointe. Khokhar said "we are on the same sheet" with regards to Aristide, and Canada's consistent message has been [...] |
2005-07-06 16:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | BR HA PREL UNSC |
| 05OTTAWA2081 |
FOREIGN MINISTRY BRIEFING ON HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) FAC briefed members of the Haitian election observer's steering committee July 8 to help shore up their commitment to supporting the observation mission. Participants were told that the process is largely on track but requires continued coordination and close cooperation if it is to be s [...] |
2005-07-08 20:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA HA PGOV PREL KPKO |
| 05OTTAWA2429 |
CANADA: RESPONSE TO APPEAL TO DONORS TO ASSIST [...] Canada recently announced C$15 (about US$ 12) in new projects to support Haiti. Minister for International Cooperation Aileen Carroll announced C$5 million (about US$ 4 million) to fund new job creation. The GOC will also commit C$5 million to rehabilitate Haiti's electrical system, in coor [...] |
2005-08-11 20:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA CA |
| 05OTTAWA2702 |
CANADIAN VIEWS ON CONTINUING MOMENTUM FOR HAITIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 8 to DG for the Caribbean, Central American and the Andes Christian LaPointe, who also introduced members of a newly created office on Haiti. He explained that Foreign Affairs Canada finally accepted that Haiti was going to be a significant issue [...] |
2005-09-08 21:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | HA CA PGOV PREL KCRS |
| 05OTTAWA3334 |
ELECTIONS CANADA CHIEF ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN [...] (SBU) Head of Elections Canada Jean-Pierre Kingsley called the Embassy November 7 to debrief us on his recent trip to Haiti. He had met with Ambassador Wilkins just before his trip. 2. (SBU) Overall Kingsley said he came away optimistic and confident. He had a good deal of time with the h [...] |
2005-11-08 21:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA HA PGOV KDEM PREL SCRS |
| 05OTTAWA437 |
CANADA,S DIMINISHING PRESENCE ON WORLD STAGE -- [...] (C) Summary: A recent report reflecting the views of world leaders and policymakers on Canada's slippage in global clout has caused a small stir here. The paper by the former President of Bombardier International posits that Canada should put muscle behind its human security agenda by creat [...] |
2005-02-11 17:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA CA UNGA MEPP |
| 05OTTAWA473 |
CANADIAN CONCERNS REGARDING MINISTERIAL IN CAYENNE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-15 20:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON CA FR HA |
| 05PANAMA2095 |
PANAMA SENDS OBSERVERS TO HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-18 22:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PM HA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PARIS1001 |
HAITI: FRENCH UNLIKELY TO CHANGE VIEWS ON HAITI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: French MFA and Cooperation (USAID-equivalent) officials report that any decision to change the venue or date of the proposed ministerial meeting on development assistance for Haiti would have to be taken by Foreign Minister Barnier or even President Chirac. If we [...] |
2005-02-16 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EFIN HA FR |
| 05PARIS1310 |
Haiti Reconstruction: Paris Preparatory Meeting for [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 24, representatives of State, Treasury and USAID attended a French-hosted preparatory meeting in Paris in preparation for the ministerial conference on Haiti reconstruction to be held on March 18, 2005, in Cayenne, French Guiana. The French presented the Cayenne Co [...] |
2005-03-01 18:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID HA FR |
| 05PARIS4105 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO HAITIAN ELECTIONS BUDGET [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Gilles Bienvenu June 8. Bienvenu lamented the rising electoral costs and noted that poor choices had been made in the process. He indicated that while the EU would supplement its cont [...] |
2005-06-10 16:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID EFIN PGOV PREL FR HA UN |
| 05PARIS4660 |
FRENCH SHARE CONCERNS ON POSSIBLE ARISTIDE RETURN [...] (C) Poloff and Embassy Africa Watcher delivered reftel demarche July 1 to both MFA DAS-equivalent for Central America and the Caribbean Gilles Bienvenu and MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier. Bienvenu stated that the GOF shared our analysis of the implications of an Aristide return to [...] |
2005-07-01 16:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR HA SF |
| 05PARIS4716 |
FRENCH WILL DEMARCHE SOUTH AFRICA ON ARISTIDE [...] (C) MFA AF PDAS-equivalent Elisabeth Barbier told Embassy Africa watcher July 5 at the Ambassador's July 4th reception that the GoF would approach the SAG to express concern about former Haitian President Aristide's desire to return to Haiti. 2. (C) Africa watcher checked with Remi Marechaux [...] |
2005-07-06 15:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA SF FR |
| 05PARIS4830 |
FRENCH DEMARCHE TO SOUTH AFRICA ON ARISTIDE [...] (C) MFA Southern Africa DAS-equivalent Remi Marechaux called Embassy Africa watcher July 11 to report that the French DCM in Pretoria had raised Aristide's activities in South Africa with the SAG July 8. Marechaux said that the DCM met with DFA DDG for Americas and Europe Ndumiso Ntshinga, wh [...] |
2005-07-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA SF FR UNSC |
| 05PARIS5447 |
HAITI: APPEAL TO DONORS ON FINANCING GAP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN HA FR |
| 05PARIS6303 |
FRENCH AGREE ON NEED TO CONTINUE HAITIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the new team of MFA officials responsible for Haiti issues: Pierre-Alain Coffinier, DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean; Cecile Merle, Haiti desk officer; and Benoit Guidee, UN desk officer covering Haiti. Coffinier underlined [...] |
2005-09-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR HA KCRS |
| 05PARIS6974 |
HAITI: BIO INFO ON NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) As part of an office call to discuss France's "co development" policy (septel), Econ Couns and intern met on 5 October with the newly named French Ambassador to Haiti, Christian Connan. Connan said he is looking forward to his new assignment, which will start in January. He asked Econ C [...] |
2005-10-11 14:38:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL EAID HA FR |
| 05PARIS7737 |
PEP-MENA DONOR MEETING OCTOBER 20 2005 [...] (U) At the The annual PEP-MENA (Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East and North Africa) meeting was held in Paris October 20. , bBoard members outlined to donor countries the progress of the first year of the PEP- MENA program, and presented success stories from each of the pro [...] |
2005-11-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL HA FR |
| 05PARIS7813 |
FRENCH RELUCTANT TO DEPLOY EU GENDARMERIE TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The French are reluctant to send the EU Gendarmerie to Haiti in support of upcoming elections for a number of reasons. The primary concern they cite is that the EU Gendarmerie is not yet ready to deploy, and won't be until sometime in 2006. Additionally, the GoF is w [...] |
2005-11-17 13:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO FR HA EUN |
| 05PARIS965 |
FRENCH SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HA XL FR UNSC |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1037 |
Haiti: Announcement of Economic Revival Program [...] SUMMARY: On March 31, Minister of Economy and Finance, Henri Bazin, announced the Interim Government of Haiti's (IGOH) USD 50 million economic revival program (PROREC), a short-term development program to fill the breach until donor money flows. PROREC has three main components: a) improvemen [...] |
2005-04-14 19:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1039 |
LAUNCH OF HAITIAN NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Interim President Alexandre formally launched the National Dialogue process. A preparatory committee will, within sixty days, publicize the national dialogue, help the Presidency choose a technical committee and recommend names for a 30-person steering committee. [...] |
2005-04-14 20:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1070 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: CANADIAN ELECTIONS EXPERT [...] (SBU) Ron Gould, retired deputy of Elections-Canada and currently an elections consultant for the Canadian government, visited Port-au-Prince April 9-16, to review the recently increased elections budget (reftel). The government of Canada (GOC) has already made available USD 14 million to the [...] |
2005-04-18 20:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1072 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: ELECTION NEWS ROUND-UP (APRIL 16, [...] (U) I. ELECTION SECURITY (Para. 2) II. PARTY ALLIANCES: CONSTANTLY SHIFTING (Paras. 3-5) III. PARTY CONVENTIONS FILL MONTH OF APRIL (Paras. 6-11) IV. MORE POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (Paras. 12-13) V. CEP COMMISSIONS (Paras. 14-15) I. ELECTION SECURITY ---------------- [...] |
2005-04-19 11:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1084 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OAS [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met with Ambassador Denneth Modeste and newly arrived OAS elections unit chief Elisabeth Spehar April 13, to discuss the current status of the Haitian electoral process. Ambassador Foley opened the meeting by affirming that the USG is categorically committed to the curren [...] |
2005-04-19 18:37:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1087 |
CONGRESSMAN DELAHUNT DISCUSSES HAITI POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary: During his April 15-16 visit to Port-au-Prince, Representative William Delahunt (D-MA) met with CIVPOL Commissioner Dave Beer and Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Leon Charles to discuss the nature of violence in Haiti and the threat insecurity poses for the election [...] |
2005-04-20 11:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1088 |
UNSC LEAVES HAITI WITH MIXED EMOTIONS AHEAD OF [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) concluded on April 16 a four-day fact-finding visit to Haiti during which they met with IGOH officials, MINUSTAH leadership, political party and civil society leaders. UNSC members reaffirmed the international community's support for the [...] |
2005-04-20 11:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA MINUSTAH |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1212 |
Jacmel Crafts Sector: Struggling to Come Back [...] SUMMARY: Once touted as a model for growth, Jacmel's handcrafts sector has been shrinking for over a decade, sharing in the nationwide decline in crafts sales from USD 20 million to 2 million a year. All sales channels are hurting: tourism is down, many U.S. wholesale buyers are sourcing e [...] |
2005-05-02 18:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EIND EINV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1214 |
AmCham meeting: Corruption and Security [...] SUMMARY: At the Ambassador's meeting with the AmCham Board of Directors, Haitian business leaders raised the lack of security, particularly the threat of kidnapping, as the top economic and business issue they face, and argued for a much tougher law enforcement response, including arms from t [...] |
2005-05-02 18:29:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1221 |
FORMER ARISTIDE OFFICIALS UNDER DRUG INDICTMENT IN [...] (U) Summary: Since mid-2003, seven high-profile members of the Aristide government or associates of the former President have been arrested on drug charges in the United States. Other officials are still under investigation for possible prosecution in the U.S. or Haiti. Press reports indicate t [...] |
2005-05-03 11:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1226 |
HAITI: IACHR ASSESSMENT ECHOES OUR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary. The InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) recently concluded a mission to assess the human rights situation in Haiti in the run-up to elections this year. The Commission issued a release at a press conference on April 18 calling for greater action from the international c [...] |
2005-05-03 19:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1274 |
MAY 4 REPATRIATION OF 132 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] Summary. On May 4, the Coast Guard cutter Dependable repatriated to Haiti 132 migrants who claimed to have left Cap Haitien on Haiti's northern coast in the early morning of April 27. The Dependable interdicted the migrants in a 35-foot sail freighter 30 nautical miles east of Great Inagua [...] |
2005-05-06 19:37:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR SMIG HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1275 |
HAITI: FARRAR-CHARLES DISCUSSIONS ON APRIL 27 SHOOTINGS AND STATE OF THE HNP [...] (C) Summary: HNP Director General Charles told visiting INL PDAS Farrar that the April 27 shootings came in response to violence in the wake of an unauthorized pro-Lavalas demonstration, and he said he has ordered an investigation into the incident. Charles acknowledged that the HNP lacks sufficien [...] |
2005-05-06 19:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1280 |
HAITI: NEPTUNE PROCLAIMS "FREEDOM OR DEATH" AS [...] (C) Summary. The health of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune continues to deteriorate as a result of his continued hunger strike waged in protest of his prolonged detention. Neptune resumed the hunger strike after being transferred from the UN Argentine hospital to an annex of the National P [...] |
2005-05-09 15:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1294 |
HAITI: GOVERNMENT, MINUSTAH, AND POLICE BATTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent increase in the number of kidnappings in Port-au-Prince has put the government and police under increasing pressure to respond. The government has raised the penalty for kidnapping to life-imprisonment and announced May 9 the establishment of a joint HNP-MINUSTAH ant [...] |
2005-05-10 11:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM HA MINUSTAH |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1300 |
HAITI'S BISHOPS WEIGH IN ON ELECTIONS, ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Catholic Bishops Conference has weighed in publicly to encourage participation in upcoming elections and to warn priests against taking active political roles. One statement calls upon voters to choose their leaders wisely, recommends parties to form alli [...] |
2005-05-10 15:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1313 |
PORT-DE-PAIX: HAITI'S WILD NORTHWEST [...] Summary. Ambassador Foley visited Port-de-Paix on April 20 to meet with political, religious and economic leaders, as well as U.S. citizens in the region. While petty crime is high in Port-de-Paix, the city has not had any political violence recently. MINUSTAH's Argentine forces based out [...] |
2005-05-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM EAID PINR HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1314 |
OPPORTUNITY AND STABILITY IN CAP HAITIEN [...] Summary. Ambassador Foley visited Cap Haitien on April 20-21 to meet with political, religious and economic leaders, as well as U.S. citizens in the region. Optimism prevailed on security; Cap Haitien is stable and has seen no political violence in recent months. Chilean MINUSTAH forces de [...] |
2005-05-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM PINR EAID HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1325 |
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN HAITI EXACERBATES [...] SUMMARY: Poor land management in Haiti, caused by poverty, has led to deforestation, land loss, and aquifer depletion. All three exacerbate poverty in Haiti by increasing the cost of food production and dependence on more expensive imported food. Though the Government of Haiti has long known [...] |
2005-05-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID SENV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1326 |
Haitian Tax Collection Trails Projections [...] SUMMARY: Revenue collection for the first half of the Haitian fiscal year is about 3.3 percent behind projections, due mostly to slower than expected internal tax collection (income tax and VAT). The Director General of Taxation attributes the shortfall to on-going violence in Port-au- Prin [...] |
2005-05-12 13:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1335 |
PROTESTANT HAS GOOD SHOT AT HAITIAN PRESIDENCY IF [...] (SBU) Summary: Pastor Chavannes Jeune of the National Union of Christians for the Renovation of Haiti (UNCRH) discussed his pending candidacy for president with the Ambassador. Jeune said UNCRH would field candidates at all levels and there was "extraordinary consensus" that the Protestant [...] |
2005-05-12 19:32:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1336 |
HAITIAN GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR FEAR CAFTA-DR [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recently, Haitian government and private sector officials have discussed their fears of CAFTA-DR with Emboffs, saying that it would hurt Haiti economically and politically. The Minister of Commerce told us that CAFTA-DR wou [...] |
2005-05-13 13:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EIND PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1351 |
Consular Visit to Jacmel [...] Summary. Jacmel, traditionally an arts center on Haiti's southeastern coast, now welcomes increasing numbers of Americans as residents or tourists. ConOff's May 9-10 visit to Jacmel found a city struggling with weak police and medical services but with a well-connected American community. [...] |
2005-05-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC HA ASEC |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1353 |
HAITI: SUPREME COURT ANNULS KEY PART OF RABOTEAU [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, the Haitian Supreme Court issued an unexpected ruling that effectively annulled one part of the 2000 Raboteau trial. The decision, on procedural grounds, annuls the convictions of the 15 people who were actually present during the proceedings, but leaves unclear whethe [...] |
2005-05-13 18:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1356 |
HAITIAN POLICE CHIEF ON U.S. DONATED WEAPONS, [...] (C) Summary: Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles told Charg Griffiths on May 9 that he was working to withdraw 21 long-guns donated by the USG in August 2004 from use and hand them over to U.S. custody. He requested, however, to maintain a handful of the weapons in [...] |
2005-05-13 18:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1410 |
PRO-ARISTIDE MARCHERS STAGE LARGE BUT PEACEFUL [...] (U) Summary: Roughly 5,000 supporters of former President Aristide marched without incident through the streets of Port-au-Prince on May 18. The rally was organized by the Cite Soleil and Bel Air cells of Fanmi Lavalas to celebrate the Haitian 'Flag Day' holiday and to demand Aristide's retu [...] |
2005-05-20 18:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1449 |
EARTHQUAKE, AFTERSHOCKS SHAKE PORT AU PRINCE [...] SUMMARY: On May 11, a magnitude 4.3 earthquake shook Port-au-Prince, followed by aftershocks in subsequent days. The epicenter of the earthquake was 5 miles south of the center of Port-au-Prince. There were no reported injuries and only very minor damage. Haiti has suffered from earthquake [...] |
2005-05-25 12:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1455 |
HAITI: PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Interim Government of Haiti,s (IGOH) goal of completing audits of five state-owned enterprises by the end of May, as a precursor to privatization, is behind schedule. An early July completion date is more realistic. The [...] |
2005-05-25 19:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ECPS ENRG ETRD PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1459 |
HAITI: CORE GROUP ALARMED BY SLOW PACE OF [...] (C) Summary: UN and OAS elections advisors treated Core Group members to an alarming appraisal of the pace of elections preparations during a marathon meeting on May 20. The appraisal suggested that the government, CEP, and international community face an almost impossible task in meeting the [...] |
2005-05-25 20:36:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1460 |
MINUSTAH SCALING DOWN OPERATIONS IN STILL VOLATILE [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH military leaders provided Core Group members an update of the situation in Cite Soleil on May 20. The presentation was notably void of achievement and indicated force rotations would oblige MINUSTAH to scale back their footprint in the zone at a time when the area has bec [...] |
2005-05-25 20:37:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1489 |
HAITI: NEPTUNE ANSWERS QUESTIONS BEFORE JUDGE IN [...] Former Haiti Prime Minister Yvon Neptune appeared before investigating judge Clunie Jules in St. Marc on May 25, four days after Neptune said he would cooperate with the investigation during a meeting with Ambassador Andrew Young (reftel). The former PM was escorted to St. Marc by MINUSTAH he [...] |
2005-05-27 19:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1506 |
Haiti: Inflation Jumps in April [...] According to figures from the Haitian Statistical Institute, overall inflation for April 2005 was 2.37 percent (a yearly rate of 32.5 percent), over twice that of last month's 0.92 percent (yearly 11.6 percent) rate. Year-to- year inflation stands at 12.8 percent. 2. Much of April's rise [...] |
2005-06-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1516 |
U.S. TROOPS NEEDED IN HAITI [...] (S) SUMMARY: The situation in Haiti has deteriorated to the point that elections, the central element of the transition process, are in jeopardy. MINUSTAH has failed to establish security and stability here. As much as we may pressure the UN and the Brazilians to take the more forceful appro [...] |
2005-06-01 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1537 |
Haiti elections update - June 2 [...] (U) Summary: Voter registration continues to lag, but MINUSTAH and OAS are making a big push to get a significantly increased number of registration centers up and running within the next 7-10 days, and believe they are still on track for a successful registration program. The CEP's website [...] |
2005-06-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1542 |
AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG PUSHES RECONCILIATION IN HAITI [...] (U) Summary: Former Ambassador Andrew Young visited Haiti May 18-20, delivering a welcome message of optimism about Haiti's future and encouraging Haitians to put mercy and reconciliation above the search for justice. In meetings with a cross-section of Haitian leaders, he shared his experi [...] |
2005-06-03 14:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1543 |
PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF PAINTS GRIM SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Chief of Staff Michel Brunache describes the May 31 attack on a Port-au-Prince marketplace by pro-Aristide chimeres as a devastating blow to the IGOH, one that has exposed the government's impotence to the population. He discussed the need for a shakeup in the HNP hierarch [...] |
2005-06-03 17:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1547 |
HAITIANS CONSIDER LEAVING; PUT AFFAIRS IN ORDER [...] While Haiti has yet to see a run on airline tickets and long lines at the Dominican border, many Haitians have been putting their affairs in order or at least hedging their bets. Eight locally engaged staff have resigned at USAID in the past four months, four since the kidnapping of a USAID [...] |
2005-06-03 18:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1550 |
JUNE 1 REPATRIATION OF 162 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] SUMMARY. On June 1, the Coast Guard cutter Confidence repatriated to Haiti 162 migrants who claimed to have departed Les Cayes on 19 May. The Confidence, the USCGC Metompkin and a USCG helicopter intercepted the migrants in a 65 foot sail freighter 60 nautical miles south of Andros Island, [...] |
2005-06-03 19:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR SMIG HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1564 |
HAITI: NEED HELP WITH UN AND JORDAN TO BOLSTER [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The performance of many MINUSTAH troops has been feeble. We hope that the ongoing troop rotation will bring a more robust response to the worsening instability. The Jordanian contingent has been one of the most ineffective forces here. Embassy requests that t [...] |
2005-06-06 17:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC HA MINUSTAH |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1597 |
CIVPOL COMMISSIONER EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH HNP COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: CIVPOL Commissioner Dave Beer told PolOff and Embassy Police Advisor on June 2 that he had abandoned attempts at a "unified command" of MINUSTAH military and CIVPOL forces and had freed his Formed Police Units (FPUs) from static positions to focus on roving patrols. Beer also comp [...] |
2005-06-07 18:38:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1598 |
OAS TO HANDOVER VETTING PROGRAM TO CIVPOL [...] (U) Summary: PolOff and Embassy Police Advisor met with OAS Ambassador Denneth Modeste on May 30 to discuss the vetting program for new Haitian National Police (HNP) recruits administered by the OAS and funded by the United States. The two agreed to phase out OAS administration of the program [...] |
2005-06-07 18:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1599 |
MINUSTAH AND HNP RAID BEL AIR; GANGS RETALIATE; [...] (C) Summary: In response to the May 31 attack on a downtown public market (ref A) and subsequent threats by gangs to commit similar acts throughout Port-au-Prince, the Haitian National Police (HNP) and MINUSTAH conducted a joint operation in Bel Air June 4 that reportedly resulted in 7 deaths [...] |
2005-06-07 19:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1609 |
Haiti elections update - June 9 [...] 27 registration centers are now open, 39 more will open "within the next few days," and another 140 or so are being refurbished by UNOPS in order to be opened by June 15, according to UN and OAS officials. These last include a registration center in Delmas and one in Petionville (both in the [...] |
2005-06-09 11:41:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1625 |
HAITIAN POLICE DIRECTOR RESPONDS TO EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Amid escalating violence and doubts surrounding the ability of the IGOH to ensure stability, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles explained that he was having difficulty complying with Post's request to relinquish 21 long-guns to U.S.-controlled bunker [...] |
2005-06-10 19:31:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1628 |
HAITI: BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ON IGOH'S FAILURE TO ADDRESS JUDICIAL REFORM AND SECURITY ISSUES IN THE COUNTRY [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed the deplorable state of the judiciary, prolonged pretrial detention, and the deteriorating security situation in Haiti with Port-au-Prince Bar Association president Gervais Charles. Charles acknowledged that the Haitian judicial system faces inherent structural and pro [...] |
2005-06-13 13:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1664 |
HAITIAN-AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR SIMEUS: A PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Haitian-American businessman Dumas Simeus declared his intention to run for President during a lively discussion with the Ambassador on June 10. Simeus, a self-made millionaire currently residing in Texas, said he would manage Haiti like a business and lead the country by example, [...] |
2005-06-15 18:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1665 |
HAITI: CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD, 2005 [...] (U) Following is the narcotics certification report card 2005 for Haiti, requested reftel. 2. (U) The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) worked closely with the United States Government (USG) throughout 2004 to help bolster Haiti's ability to combat narco-trafficking. The highest levels of [...] |
2005-06-15 18:31:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL SNAR HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1666 |
Grupo M Update: Source of the Problem [...] Summary: As described in reftels, a long-standing labor dispute between Dominican manufacturer Grupo M and workers in Ouanaminthe was recently settled. According to Yannick Etienne, a labor representative, the fight has its origins in the closed-door negotiations that established the Free Tr [...] |
2005-06-15 19:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM ECON EINV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1667 |
HAITI: 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (A) Claimant A (B) 1973 (C) According to information provided by Claimant A (a U.S. citizen who has not signed a Privacy Act Waiver), in 1970 Claimant signed a 99 year agreement with the GOH to establish a privately financed, privately administered free enterprise zone on the Haitian i [...] |
2005-06-16 14:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE HA OPIC POGV |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1669 |
Taiwan: Aid Gains Favor in Haiti [...] Summary. Taiwan is on schedule to spend USD 20.32 million in Haiti over FY2004 and 2005 on infrastructure development and disaster assistance. Taiwanese Counselor Sophie Lin said that it quickly disburses its money because it uses a quasi-governmental Taiwanese contractor and only subcontract [...] |
2005-06-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM ECON EINV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1786 |
AMBASSADOR'S JULY 4 SPEECH: HAITIAN TERRORISTS [...] (U) Summary: In his speech at the embassy's annual Independence Day reception, Ambassador Foley rallied guests by insisting that politically motivated violence against civilians would not succeed in derailing the elections. He encouraged Haitian unity against violence and called all Haitians n [...] |
2005-07-05 19:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1789 |
AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Foley called on newly appointed Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans on June 30 (reftel). The meeting centered on the top priorities facing the Minister in the next few months, mainly: the case of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, judicial reform, prolonged pretrial detentio [...] |
2005-07-05 19:54:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1790 |
HNP BRIEF ON DREAD WILME GANG INFORMATION [...] (C) Summary: A Haitian National Police (HNP) contact recently provided a copy of an investigation supposedly conducted by an outside consultant to the HNP on the subject of Cite Soleil gang leader, Dread Wilme. The document, dated May 2005, gives a brief background of Wilme, his weapons, activ [...] |
2005-07-06 14:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1791 |
JUDICIAL POLICE DIRECTOR DISCUSSES GANGS WITH DCM [...] (C) Summary: Newly (re-)appointed Director General of the Judicial Police Michael Lucius summarized the Haitian National Police (HNP) response to gang-led criminality in a conversation with the DCM on July 1. Lucius accused pro-Aristide former employees of state-owned enterprises (such as Tele [...] |
2005-07-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1792 |
PROFILE OF HAITI'S STUDENT MOVEMENT SINCE THE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1793 |
HAITIAN STUDENT MOVEMENT DIVIDED BUT YOUTH [...] (U) Summary: In the year since Aristide's departure, university student groups and other youth-oriented organizations have shifted their focus from grassroots political activism (the "shock-troops" of the anti-Aristide movement - reftel) and returned for the most part to their founding princip [...] |
2005-07-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE1796 |
HAITI: DREAD WILME KILLED; HNP MORE ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. MINUSTAH troops reportedly killed wanted gang leader Dread Wilme and an unspecified number of his associates in an operation on July 6. In addition, over the past two weeks, authorities have made numerous important arrests and killed several big name bandits in Port-au-Prince. [...] |
2005-07-06 19:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2391 |
OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR NEPTUNE [...] (C) During the September 20 Core Group meeting (septel), UN Human Rights Office head Thierry Fagart presented his analysis of the case against Neptune (NOTE: His facts were based on radio reports and his justice ministry contacts; he had yet to see the investigating judge's report analyzed by [...] |
2005-09-21 20:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2392 |
HAITIAN PM REFUSES TO RESHUFFLE CEP; UPDATES ON [...] (C) Summary: PM Latortue told visiting S/CRS Carlos Pascual and WHA Patrick Duddy on September 7 that the Electoral Council (CEP) could not simply be brushed out of the way. He argued that UN Elections chief Gerardo LeChevailier lacked the necessary political finesse and was not the right pers [...] |
2005-09-21 20:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2568 |
HAITI: SOCCER MATCH UPDATE [...] (U) The Haitian National Police (HNP) has completed its investigation into the August 20 events at a USAID-funded soccer match in Martissant (reftel). In a press conference on October 11, HNP Director General Mario Andresol announced in a press conference that a total of 15 officers would face [...] |
2005-10-14 20:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2569 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: PROGRESS AND A LOOMING PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Latortue announced October 13 the following measures aimed at moving forward elections preparations: (1) The creation of a Director General (DG) in charge of a new electoral Support Committee, (2) the passage of a decree removing the Supreme Court from the appeals [...] |
2005-10-14 20:23:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2570 |
HAITI REGISTRATION: WELCOME SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary: According to OAS officials, 3,105,000 voters had registered as of October 10. They project roughly 3.2 million will have registered by October 15. The registration site in Cite Soleil, opened on October 5, is operating smoothly and registering between 300-400 voters per day. ID ca [...] |
2005-10-14 20:29:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2571 |
HAITI: IMF VOTE POSTPONED DUE TO UNANTICIPATED [...] (U) The October 14 IMF Board meeting scheduled to vote on the EPCA II program for Haiti was delayed due to new, unanticipated spending by the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH). 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor spoke to a contact in the Ministry of Finance October 15 who explained that the new spe [...] |
2005-10-16 19:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2576 |
RELATIONS AMONG MINUSTAH, HNP LEADERS NO [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH and HNP command rotations have injected a new set of personalities into top-level security decision-making in Haiti: Incoming MINUSTAH military forces commander Bacellar is more thoughtful and methodical than the excitable former General Heleno; UNPOL Commissioner Muir is [...] |
2005-10-18 19:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA MINUSTAH |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2593 |
CORE GROUP FOCUSED ON ELECTORAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a Core Group meeting on October 14, Special Representative of the Secretary General Juan Gabriel Valdes told participants that the IGOH had named Jacques Bernard as the Director General of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). Bernard, a former banker and agrobusinessman [...] |
2005-10-18 19:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2596 |
HAITI NOT INTERESTED IN PETROCARIBE DEAL --FOR NOW [...] SUMMARY: According to some press reports, the government of Venezuela planned to send a negotiating team to Haiti to negotiate a deal to sell oil at a preferential rate via PetroCaribe. However, follow-up conversations with Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) officials reveal that Haiti is [...] |
2005-10-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EFIN ECON PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2604 |
JACQUES BERNARD SWORN IN AS ELECTIONS DG [...] Prime Minister Gerard LaTortue swore in Jacques Bernard as Director General of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on October 15. According to the new bylaws of the CEP, the Bernard will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the CEP under the nine CEP members, who will act as a bo [...] |
2005-10-19 18:03:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2605 |
HAITIAN JUDICIAL REFORM CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Philippe Lamarche, head of the USAID-funded program with the National Center for State Courts (NCSC), briefed emboffs on October 3 on recent achievements within the Ministry of Justice. A technical advisor from NCSC in September had conducted an observation mission of the minis [...] |
2005-10-19 18:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2608 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: SOME PROGRESS, MILES TO GO [...] Summary: S/CRS Pascual and WHA/CAR Duddy's visit to Haiti on October 12-13 focused on the need for immediate action to advance elections and maintain the February 7 political transition. The group met with UNPOL, political party leaders, the Prime Minister, the Provisional Electoral Council ( [...] |
2005-10-19 18:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2609 |
OPL'S PAUL DENIS UNSYMPATHETIC TO SIMEUS CANDIDACY [...] (C) On October 19, Charge called on Presidential Candidate Paul Denis, former Lavalas leader and current head of OPL (Struggling People's Organization) to discuss electoral strategy and the current political climate. Denis stated that he views the Commission on Nationality as a good thing, [...] |
2005-10-19 19:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2617 |
HAITIAN NATIONALITY COMMISSION CREATES ELECTIONS [...] (C) Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans told the Charge October 18 that the newly formed "Commission on Nationality" (reftel) would not delay the elections. Dorleans, who heads the group, explained that the commission was established by the IGOH to examine the nationality of all candidates for [...] |
2005-10-21 16:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2618 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: SIMEUS VOWS FIGHT TO STAY IN RACE [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate Dumarsais Simeus met with Charge d,Affairs Carney on October 18 to discuss his campaign, the controversy regarding his dual nationality, and the general status of elections preparations. Simeus judged that the Supreme Court had settled the issue of dual n [...] |
2005-10-21 17:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2620 |
HAITI CREATES COMMISSION FOR DEPORTEES, SEEKS [...] Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans told the Charge October 18 that the IGOH had appointed a Commission to oversee criminals deported from the United States and was examining the possibility of creating a halfway house (Centre de Transition) for deportees in Haiti. Dorleans explained that the M [...] |
2005-10-21 17:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC KJUS KCRM HA PRM |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2623 |
LAVALAS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY, BUT WARY OF CEP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lavalas leaders Yvon Feuille, Louis Gerald Gilles, Rudy Heriveaux, Sorel Francois and Jonas Coffy told Poloffs on October 13 that they are confident of a Marc Bazin victory in the upcoming elections. They believed that success in the Departments of the North (Cap-Haitien), Nor [...] |
2005-10-21 19:12:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2634 |
HAITI'S ELECTIONS DG TAKES LEAD, WILL OTHERS FOLLOW [...] (C) Summary. Electoral Director General Jacques Bernard is working to streamline elections preparations and ignoring unworkable by-laws developed for the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the newly-formed electoral support committee. Bernard expects the CEP to issue the final approved [...] |
2005-10-24 19:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2649 |
CHARLES HENRI BAKER: SAVING THE SINKING SHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 24, Charge met with independent presidential candidate Charles Henri "Charlito" Baker at his request. Baker, a light-skinned Haitian who has been dismissed by some as the candidate of the elite, claims that the average Haitian cares not about skin color but about who [...] |
2005-10-26 18:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2652 |
HAITI: 3.32 MILLION REGISTERED VOTERS: ID [...] According to OAS elections officials, as of October 24 the OAS had processed 3.32 million voter records. While registration closed throughout Haiti October 22, the number of registered voters will continue to rise through the end of October as the OAS receives records from outlying rural area [...] |
2005-10-27 16:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2653 |
HAITI: NEPTUNE/LA SYRIE CASE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Appeals filed by co-defendants in the La Syrie case involving former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune have suspended further action by the court. Citing legal technicalities, Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans rejected a new proposal to release the former PM either on bail or on his o [...] |
2005-10-27 18:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2667 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: DECEMBER 18 TARGET DATE FOR FIRST [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) authorities, and CEP Director General Jacques Bernard aim to hold the first round of national elections on December 18, and have tentatively chosen January 29 for the runoff and local elections. To meet this target, the CEP must st [...] |
2005-10-28 15:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2668 |
HAITI GOVERNMENT APPROVES ELECTIONS GUARANTEE [...] In a meeting at the National Palace on October 27, the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) approved the formation of the Elections Guarantee Committee (EGC). A coalition of civil society groups and political parties requested the EGC after the formation of the Support Committee (SC) to the Pro [...] |
2005-10-28 16:55:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2674 |
Haiti: Information on Caribbean Basin Recovery [...] Per reftel, following is information for USTR to use in preparing its biannual report on the operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Responses are in narrative form and are keyed to the specific questions in paragraphs six and seven of reftel. 2. Responses to Questions fr [...] |
2005-10-31 17:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2690 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: PROGRESS TOWARD FIRST ROUND ON [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) on October 28 promulgated amendments to electoral decrees that reduce the time necessary to prepare for national elections and preserve the possibility of holding th [...] |
2005-11-03 18:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2720 |
HAITI: IGOH STILL RESISTANT TO OIL DEAL WITH [...] (SBU) Post continues to see scattered press reports indicating that Haiti is considering signing an agreement with the Government of Venezuela to obtain petroleum at a discount rate via PetroCaribe. Econ Counselor spoke to an official with the Ministry of Finance, who spoke directly to Finan [...] |
2005-11-07 10:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN ECON PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2728 |
Haiti: 14.8 Percent Inflation for the Fiscal Year [...] SUMMARY: Inflation for September 2005 was 1.38 percent (a yearly rate of 17.9 percent). Inflation for the past 12 months, coinciding with the Haitian fiscal year and the country's IMF program was 14.8 percent, which exceeded the IMF and IGOH target of 12.0 percent. Failure to meet the infl [...] |
2005-11-07 20:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2765 |
FORMER PRESIDENT LESLIE MANIGAT WAITING FOR CALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 31, former President Leslie Manigat told Charge that he is a natural consensus candidate around whom numerous parties will rally to counter what will likely be a strong showing from fellow ex-President Rene Preval. Manigat said that FUSION and OPL are s [...] |
2005-11-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2766 |
RENE PREVAL ASKS FOR HELP WITH DISARMAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting on November 2, ex-President and current Presidential hopeful Rene Preval told Charge that several gang leaders in Cite Soleil are "tired, afraid and looking for a way out." According to Preval, up to six of these persons are prepared to pursue disarmament and demo [...] |
2005-11-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA MINUSTAH |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2774 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: PM COMMITS TO NATIONALITIES [...] (C) Summary: According to Prime Minister Latortue and CEP Director General Jacques Bernard, the Committee on the National of Candidates (CENC) will formally recommend by November 8 that the CEP eliminate Dumarsais Simeus and Samir Mourra (and minor candidate Joel Borgella) from the final list [...] |
2005-11-08 13:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2780 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: STATE COMMISSION ON CANDIDATE [...] The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) published a decree dated October 27 legalizing the State Commission on the Nationality of Candidates (CENC). According to the decree, the Commission is to ensure that all candidates comply with nationality requirement in the Haitian constitution. To that [...] |
2005-11-08 19:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2781 |
HAITI ID CARD PRINTING SLOW, DISTRIBUTION SLOWER [...] Summary: Over one million ID cards are now in Haiti, but they are not being distributed in large numbers because the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) wants to wait until voting centers are selected. Polling places are supposed to be identified on the cards. Meanwhile, card printing is beh [...] |
2005-11-08 20:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2786 |
S/CRS DIRECTOR PASCUAL MEETS WITH CEP DG BERNARD [...] (C) Summary. S/CRS Director Ambassador Carlos Pascual met Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard on November 3 in Port-au-Prince to assess progress toward organizing elections. Bernard reaffirmed that a first round on December 18 was still possible, though he allo [...] |
2005-11-09 15:09:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2792 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: SUPPORT COMMITTEE MEMBERS RESIGN [...] (U) Citing "lack of support from the executive (branch)," the six members of the electoral support committee submitted a collective letter of resignation to the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH), the Council of Wise Persons, and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on November 4 and made [...] |
2005-11-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2801 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: LARGELY PEACEFUL PREVAL MARCH [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A November 3 march in support of presidential candidate Rene Preval attracted a largely peaceful, celebratory crowd of 3000. Throughout the march, however, some participants reportedly vandalized prop [...] |
2005-11-10 19:30:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2805 |
HAITI: IGOH STILL RESISTS CRIMINAL DEPORTEES [...] SUMMARY. Although the security situation in Port-au-Prince has improved dramatically and is manageable, Interim Minister of Interior Paul Magloire opposes the resumption of criminal deportations from the US to Haiti, fearing that deportees might be enlisted to disrupt the elections, harm a [...] |
2005-11-12 17:40:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KHLS SMIG HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2809 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: VOTING CENTERS SELECTED, ID [...] Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on November 8 approved a MINUSTAH-prepared list of 809 voting centers, opening the way for ID card distribution to begin. The OAS plans to start distributing ID cards November 15 throughout Haiti. Peak capacity at the ID card printing facility [...] |
2005-11-14 18:54:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2820 |
HAITI ELECTIONS VOTE COUNT, QUICK COUNT, [...] Summary: The February electoral decree provides five days for results to move from the voting centers (BVs) to the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) through the communal and departmental electoral bureaus (BECs/BEDs). MINUSTAH and the CEP have agree that throughout the process, MINUSTAH will [...] |
2005-11-14 19:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2824 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: PRESIDENTIAL LIST DONE, CALENDAR [...] (C) Summary. The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on November 11 released the final list of 38 presidential candidates, excluding dual-nationals Dumarsais Simeus and Samir Mourra With this step taken, CEP and MINUSTAH leadership and technical experts are finalizing logistical planning and [...] |
2005-11-14 20:58:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2841 |
Haiti: Response to Request for Update of Worst [...] Summary. Child labor practices in Haiti mainly involve the use of children in domestic servitude, or restaveks (derived from the French words "rester avec" meaning to stay with). The centuries-old practice is also considered internal trafficking of children and involves placing poorer childr [...] |
2005-11-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI HA USAID |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2865 |
HAITI WILL VOTE FOR THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) Prime Minister Latortue told the DCM he instructed the Haitian delegation to vote in favor of the U.S.-sponsored resolution on Turkmenistan and the E.U.-sponsored resolution on Uzbekistan. End Summary. 2. (C) DCM spoke with Haitian Inter [...] |
2005-11-21 19:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2869 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: "SE PA FOT MWEN" - IT,S NOT MY [...] Summary: In a meeting with Charge Griffiths November 19, newly appointed Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard lamented the failure of the would-be elections organizers: MINUSTAH, the OAS and the CEP. While the technical shortcomings at the CEP, MINUSTAH and the [...] |
2005-11-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2870 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL DATE ANNOUNCEMENT [...] Summary: Promises from the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) that the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) would announce election dates November 17 evaporated when the IGOH abruptly canceled the announcement at the last moment. The dates, which were decided in a meeting between MINUSTAH, the [...] |
2005-11-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2871 |
REPATRIATION OF 250 HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR SMIG HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2893 |
ELECTIONS HICCUP EMBLEMATIC OF LACK OF STRATEGIC [...] Summary: The PM hosted a meeting November 21 to discuss ID cards and voter lists, which became a forum for the international community and Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) to discuss the electoral calendar. Roughly 90,000 voters are not yet included on the nationwide list of voters and betw [...] |
2005-11-23 13:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2915 |
HAITI ELECTIONS DATES DECIDED [...] Summary: On November 25, the Provisional Electoral Council announced their decision to hold the first round of elections January 8, the second round February 15, and local elections March 5. The new dates do not respect the constitutionally mandated February 7 power transition, but they are th [...] |
2005-11-28 12:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2916 |
HAITI: NOVEMBER 22 NEPTUNE/JEAN-JUSTE VISIT [...] (C) Poloff visited former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune at the Pacot Prison Annex on November 22. Despite his continued hunger strike, now approaching day 200, Neptune appeared stronger than he did on the last visit of October 27. Neptune reported that his personal physician had not seen him in [...] |
2005-11-28 12:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2917 |
SUBJECT: NEW CEP BYLAWS GIVE DG MORE POWER [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister November 21 distributed a text of an executive order with new bylaws for the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) that were marked in pen as published November 17. The new bylaws rearrange the CEP by eliminating the operational and executive committees, the CEP [...] |
2005-11-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2931 |
MINUSTAH Requests 11 Helicopters to Assist with [...] Post received a diplomatic note November 24, 2005, from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Please see complete text below. The first and second rounds of elections are scheduled January 8 and February 15, respectively. The United Nations Stabilization Mission in [...] |
2005-11-29 16:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HA MINUSTAH |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2941 |
NEW DATES FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS OFFICIAL [...] Post received November 29 a copy of the Moniteur, the official government newspaper, which established new dates for the Haitian election by executive order. The edition, marked as published November 28, convenes the first round of national elections January 8, the runoff February 15, and loc [...] |
2005-11-30 16:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2942 |
HAITI: UPDATE ON ARRESTS OF TWO TOP POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) completed the criminal investigation into the August 20 soccer match operation in Martissant and submitted the report to the Port-au-Prince State Prosecutor's office on November 7. The complete report contains over 900 pages of inte [...] |
2005-11-30 16:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2945 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: POLITICAL PARTY LANDSCAPE [...] (SBU) Introduction: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) officially sanctioned 45 parties to participate in upcoming elections. Traditionally, most, if not all, of the political parties have been vehicles to catapult an individual into the office of the presidency. Larger, more establis [...] |
2005-11-30 17:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2946 |
Haiti To Send Monitors to Bolivia if Funds [...] This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. After multiple attempts to reach interim Haitian Minister of Interior (MOI) Paul Magloire to deliver points in reftel, PolOff delivered demarche early November 30 to MOI Director General Wilner Cadet. Cadet was non-committal in his reply w [...] |
2005-12-01 15:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2959 |
BUDGET FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS SWELLS AFTER DELAYS [...] (SBU) MINUSTAH and the OAS are preparing, but have not finished, an updated elections budget that accounts for the new electoral calendar (reftel). The draft budget, which includes input from both the OAS and MINUSTAH totals roughly USD 74 million. It would make MINUSTAH,s overall share of t [...] |
2005-12-01 17:43:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2964 |
Haiti: Inflation continues in October [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-01 20:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2989 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: PREVAL'S MEETING WITH CDA CARNEY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Rene Preval expressed satisfaction with the January 8 election date in a meeting with Charge d'Affaires Carney on November 29. He expressed confidence that he was the leading candidate, attributing his popularity to his previous term and his attempts to impro [...] |
2005-12-05 19:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2991 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: KEY TASKS AND DEADLINES [...] Summary: This message summarizes the main logistical tasks to be completed in preparation for the Haitian elections scheduled for January 8 and February 19, 2006. The OAS and MINUSTAH report that 2.45 million of the 3,533,430 ID cards have arrived in Haiti. Card distribution is just beginning, [...] |
2005-12-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE2994 |
HAITIAN CANDIDATES' OBSTINATE PURSUIT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Nine Haitian political parties, essentially comprising an anti-Preval front, have agreed to support the presidential candidate among them who advances to the second round. The agreement includes Charles Henry Baker, who had previously been excluded from discussions of party [...] |
2005-12-06 20:09:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3003 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The first round of a series of six debates between leading presidential candidates concluded December 1. A total of eight candidates squared off in the debates, organized by the local organization ECOSOF and sponsored by the US Embassy Public Diplomacy section. The three deb [...] |
2005-12-07 18:37:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3005 |
HAITIAN ID DISTRIBUTION UNDERWAY BUT HAPHAZARD [...] Summary: Following many delays, MINUSTAH, the OAS, and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) began distributing ID cards throughout Haiti December 2. The OAS plans to distribute all 3.5 million cards by December 31, but the process has started slowly and faced several obstacles. MINUSTAH sa [...] |
2005-12-07 20:02:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3019 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: SUPREME COURT MOVES IN FAVOR OF [...] (U) The Haitian news media reported on December 8 that the Supreme Court has "requested" that the (Provisional Electoral Council) CEP reinstate Haitian-American Dumarsais Simeus on the list of eligible presidential candidates. The Supreme Court does not have a quorum of five -- the death of Ju [...] |
2005-12-09 12:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3031 |
HAITI ELECTIONS IN 27 DAYS: KEY TASKS AND [...] Summary: This message is the second in a series describing the main logistical tasks to be completed (reftel) in preparation for first round of Haitian elections scheduled for January 8, 2006. The OAS continues to open ID card distribution centers, but the current pace will not allow card dis [...] |
2005-12-12 19:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3041 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: OUR ROLE IN ENSURING SUCCESS [...] (C) I want to highlight for you the most problematic issues remaining to be resolved and outline how we can best work through these issues. We updated the broader status of critical tasks in reftel. In essence, at the time the Haitians are getting their act together, the international player [...] |
2005-12-13 17:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3042 |
HAITI: NEPTUNE REAFFIRMS RESOLVE TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: During a December 12 visit from poloff, former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune appeared more agitated and bitter than in recent months. While he remains intellectually sharp, he seemed physically weaker since the last visit on November 22 (reftel). During the 60-minute visit, Neptu [...] |
2005-12-13 19:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3043 |
HAITI'S INTERIM GOVERNMENT SENDS HALF OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) issued a presidential decree retiring five judges from the Haitian Supreme Court. While most of Haitian society appears to have accepted the action without much concern, the legal community has cried foul. The move comes on the heels of [...] |
2005-12-13 19:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3059 |
IMPLICATIONS OF A PREVAL PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary. Former President Rene Preval is the acknowledged front-runner in the Haitian presidential race, and his past association with Aristide and Lavalas the central issue of the campaign. His victory is not a foregone conclusion: his rivals have only begun to expend significant campai [...] |
2005-12-14 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3060 |
HAITI: JEAN-JUSTE CALLS FOR HUMANITARIAN RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Despite a frantic action alert campaign launched by supporters of Gerard Jean-Juste suggesting he has leukemia, he appeared strong and in good health during a visit by poloff on December 12. The recently suspended priest is requesting that the IGOH release him on medical grounds [...] |
2005-12-14 19:55:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3068 |
CUSTOMS COLLECTION: THREE-FOLD INCREASE NEAR [...] Summary: Econoff met December 8 with new director of the Haiti-Dominican Republic border crossing at Malpasse, Jeantal Clairvil, who has increased customs revenue from USD 375,000 to USD 1.3 million in the three months since his appointment. In the past shippers have avoided taxes by under-inv [...] |
2005-12-15 16:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM HA PKAO |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3093 |
REGINALD BOULOS AIMS TO ENGINEER PREVAL'S DEFEAT [...] (C) Summary. Haitian chamber of commerce president and political activist Reginald Boulos is conducting weekly polling that shows Preval with a commanding lead over Charles Henri Baker and Leslie Manigat. He is disappointed that the parties in the "Political Entente for Democracy and Modern [...] |
2005-12-20 14:21:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3109 |
HAITI ELECTIONS: STATUS OF OBSERVER MISSIONS [...] Summary: Three major international observers missions, and a myriad of national and local observer groups are gearing up for the January 8 elections. The U.S. sponsored IFES mission will add 30 short term observers on January 3. The Elections Canada sponsored team will put 150 observers in [...] |
2005-12-21 21:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3125 |
Haiti: Inflation continues in November [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-27 19:32:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3128 |
UNDERSECRETARY BURN'S DECEMBER 20 VISIT TO HAITI [...] Summary: In Haiti December 20, Undersecretary of State Burns encouraged the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) and others to abide by the electoral calendar and conduct the first round on January 8. The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General noted the only way voters could know [...] |
2005-12-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3136 |
Haiti: 2006 Investment Climate Statement [...] Per reftel, post submits the following 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Haiti. Openness to Foreign Investment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Officials at the highest level have affirmed the Government of Haiti's in [...] |
2005-12-28 20:27:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | KTDB EFIN ECON EINV ELAB PGOV HA OPIC USTR |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE3150 |
JEAN-JUSTE REFUSES TREATMENT OFFER, NO CHANGE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Imprisoned priest Gerard Jean-Juste continues to refuse an offer by Haitian Prisons Director Marc Wilkens Jean to transfer him to Canape Vert hospital for treatment of his swollen lymph nodes. Emboff visited Jean-Juste at the Prison Annex in Pacot on December 29. Jean-Juste co [...] |
2005-12-30 19:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE542 |
HAITI: SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] The following responses are Post's responses to questions raised in reftel. 2. Overview of Haiti's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of children from the countryside into urban areas for domestic labor [...] |
2005-03-02 20:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE684 |
Haitian Energy Avoiding Political Shock [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Haitians view electricity production as a measure the government's effectiveness. Electricity de Haiti (EDH) and the Interim Government of Haiti (IGOH) are having trouble providing power. EDH is beset with problems throughout its production, transmission and commercialization [...] |
2005-03-14 20:38:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EFIN EIND EINV PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE688 |
HAITI'S NORTHERN EX-MILITARY TURN OVER WEAPONS; [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 13, more than 300 members of Haiti's demobilized military in Cap-Haitien turned over seven weapons and boarded buses to the capital. Interim Prime Minister Latortue called the event a significant step forward in implementing the September 18 agreement (ref B) and said [...] |
2005-03-15 13:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE689 |
DG CHARLES UPDATE ON EX-FADH IN THE HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: During a March 9 meeting with the DCM, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Leon Charles said that the group of ex-FADH competing for slots in the 17th promotion would be the last group of former military integrated into the HNP this year. Charles also agreed to make sur [...] |
2005-03-15 13:35:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PHUM PREL ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE713 |
HAITI: POLITICAL PARTIES MOVE TOWARD ELECTIONS PACT [...] (C) Summary: With the help of a Norwegian-funded think tank, Haitian political parties are negotiating a "code of conduct" for participating in elections later this year. The agreement under discussion would commit signatories to approximately a dozen general guidelines covering campaign "fa [...] |
2005-03-16 20:10:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE718 |
HAITI ELECTIONS UPDATE - REVISED BUDGET SHOWS [...] (SBU) Summary: MINUSTAH and OAS technical advisors have provided a revised budget estimating the costs for Haiti's upcoming elections at just under $61 million, leaving a projected funding shortfall of approximately $22 million based on current pledges from the IGOH and international donors [...] |
2005-03-17 16:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE776 |
LAVALAS TORN BETWEEN BOYCOTTING ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: The Lavalas movement remains divided between leaders who argue for moving beyond Aristide and participating in elections this fall, and those who continue to call for Aristide's return and threaten a boycott of elections if their hard-line conditions are not met. The division is [...] |
2005-03-22 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE795 |
SUPREME COURT REJECTS TRANSFER OF NEPTUNE/PRIVERT [...] (C) Summary: The Haitian Supreme Court rejected March 18 a motion to transfer from St. Marc to Port-au-Prince the linked cases of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune and co-defendant former Interior Minister Jocelerme Privert. Both are charged with involvement in the February 2004 massacre in [...] |
2005-03-23 20:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE796 |
HAITIAN ELECTIONS: UPDATE ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With the publication of the electoral law, the campaign season has unofficially begun in Haiti. There have been a handful of presidential candidacy announcements, most notably that of KID's Evans Paul. We expect several more over the next few months. By June and July, most [...] |
2005-03-23 21:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE797 |
SOME NATIONALISTIC REACTION TO MINUSTAH'S RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Following an initially muted reaction, there has been more notable political commentary on the actions undertaken by MINUSTAH to take back police stations from ex-FADH elements (reftel). The few laudatory statements have been drowned out by nationalistic critiques of MINUSTAH [...] |
2005-03-23 21:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA MINUSTAH |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE870 |
HAITIANS MARK 18TH ANNIVERSARY OF CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Two separate violent incidents took place in Port-au-Prince on 29 March, the 18th anniversary of the ratification of the Constitution of 1987. Ex-military gang leader Jean Rene Anthony (aka Grenn Sonnen) renewed his call for a guerrilla campaign against Haitian officials and MINU [...] |
2005-03-30 16:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ASEC HA UN |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE871 |
HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE POISED TO TACKLE REBEL [...] (C) Summary: Following another attack against his officers on March 27, Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Leon Charles told Ambassador on March 29 that the HNP was preparing to undertake three significant operations in the coming days to root out violent gang leaders and their [...] |
2005-03-30 17:58:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE902 |
TOWN HALL MEETING AND ACS TRAVEL IN NORTHERN HAITI [...] Summary: ACS visited the Department of the North of Haiti from 7-Mar through 11-Mar-2005. ACS traveled throughout the region meeting with nearly 70 U.S. citizens and holding a town hall meeting in the city of Pignon. In Pignon, ACS also visited a hospital, an electrical cooperative, and an [...] |
2005-04-01 19:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC HA |
| 05PORTAUPRINCE928 |
UPDATE ON HNP TRAINING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS [...] (C) Summary: In a set of written answers to questions submitted by post to the Director General (DG) of the Haitian National Police (HNP) on March 7, Leon Charles confirmed the process under which 200 ex-FADH were to integrate into the 17th promotion in April, and outlined the verification process [...] |
2005-04-05 19:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM HA |
| 05PRAGUE1296 |
CZECH REPUBLIC: NO BILATERAL AID TO HAITI BUT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-07 05:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN EZ HA EUN |
| 05PRAGUE1309 |
CZECH REPUBLIC: WILLING TO SEND ONE ELECTORAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-09 11:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EZ HA PREL |
| 05QUITO1924 |
ECUADOR ENGAGEMENT IN HAITI UNWAVERING [...] (SBU) PolChief conveyed reftel points urging continued Ecuadorian military support for the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to VFM Marcelo Fernandez de Cordova on February 17. 2. (SBU) Fernandez said he would not attend the vice-ministerial meeting in Santiago August 19; the G [...] |
2005-08-17 23:27:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MARR HA EC |
| 05QUITO401 |
CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] On February 15, PolOffs delivered a non paper on consolidating support for Haitian elections (Reftel) to Paulo Moreno, the head of the MFA's UN Affairs office, as well as to MFA Human Rights Director General Julio Prado. On February 17, Moreno told PolOff that the GOE considers promoting st [...] |
2005-02-17 19:59:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL HA XL EC UNSC |
| 05ROME3796 |
ITALY SEES NO POSSIBILITY TO DEPLOY EGF FOR [...] (C) Poloffs delivered ref demarche to MFA Central America and the Caribbean Office Director Paolo Miraglia and to Major Fabio Cairo, who handles European Gendarme Force policy for Carabinieri HQ Rome. Poloffs urged consideration of early European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) deployment, but both M [...] |
2005-11-17 12:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO HA IT EUN |
| 05ROME4116 |
ITALIANS RESPOND FOR EGF ON HAITIAN DEPLOYMENT [...] Following on Rome's initial response (Ref A) to the request for a European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) deployment in advance of the Haitian elections (Ref B), Italy, as current president, has provided a letter to Embassy Rome on behalf of the EGF affirming that the force is not yet fully operation [...] |
2005-12-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL KPKO HA IT EUN |
| 05SANSALVADOR2416 |
HAITI ELECTORAL OBSERVATION REQUEST: GOES FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-30 11:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID HA ES |
| 05SANTIAGO1586 |
CHILEAN SENATOR EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF [...] Summary: Senator Juan Antonio Coloma, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, spoke about the future of Chilean international relations at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) on July 20. Coloma, who met with WHA A/S Noriega in Washington on July 11, emphasized the i [...] |
2005-07-27 18:17:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR HA CI |
| 05SANTIAGO1634 |
MEDIA REACTION - HAITI [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-02 14:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO OPRC CI HA |
| 05SANTIAGO1681 |
A/S DESUTTER'S AUGUST 18-19 VISIT TO CHILE: [...] Summary: Following a successful run on the international stage, Chile is shifting its focus to domestic issues and its December 11 presidential and congressional elections. Former Defense Minister and ruling coalition candidate Michelle Bachelet is the favorite to succeed President Lagos. Chi [...] |
2005-08-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM EAID MARR HA VE CI SOFA |
| 05SANTIAGO1799 |
CHILE: CODEL COLEMAN MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: SFRC Western Hemisphere Chairman Senator Coleman, Senator Martinez and Congressman Miller met with Foreign Minister Ignacio Walker in his office for approximately thirty minutes on Thursday, August 25 to discuss a wide range of regional and bilateral issues. The FM stressed the [...] |
2005-08-29 21:03:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON HA CI CODEL |
| 05SANTODOMINGO1366 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Foreign Minister Tan-Sun Chen visited the Dominican Republic February 24-25 to shore up bilateral relations in response to several recent visits by PRC officials. President Fernandez announced that he would visit Taiwan in April, signalling that he intends to maintain r [...] |
2005-03-09 20:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV DR CH TW HA |
| 05SANTODOMINGO2819 |
DOMINICAN REPATRIATIONS TO HAITI HAVE ENDED [...] (U) Summary. The Dominican government has suspended the rounding up and deportation of undocumented Haitian immigrants from the northern border area, following conflicts and threats of mob action in the town of Hatillo Mayor, Montecristi Province. Operations were carried out under supervis [...] |
2005-05-19 11:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV DR HA |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3004 |
DOMINICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) The DCM and econ officer called on Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano in her office, May 23 and discussed the selection of a Deputy Secretary General at the Organization of American States SIPDIS (OAS), repatriations of Haitians, anti-terrorism conventions, racial discrimination [...] |
2005-06-01 15:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV DR PTER HA OAS |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3158 |
DOMINICAN DEPORTATIONS OF HAITIANS - DEEPLY ROOTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Repatriations of Haitians ceased after the May 9-12 round-ups and expulsion of about 1800 persons from the northwestern border areas, but conditions there remain largely unchanged. On June 6 vengeful Dominicans attacked sleeping Haitians in the same area, prompting further pa [...] |
2005-06-10 20:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV DR HA |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4174 |
DOMINICANS DEMARCHED ON COORDINATION OF ELECTORAL [...] EcoPol counselor and poloff delivered demarche to MFA Director of International Affairs Michele Cohen on August 31, emphasizing Canadian points of contact for electoral observation missions. Cohen appeared to believe that the Dominican government would not be providing observers. KUBISKE [...] |
2005-09-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID HA PREL |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4946 |
DOMINICAN POLITICS II #6: HAITIAN MIGRANT [...] (SBU) This is the sixth in a series on political events in the second year of the administration of Leonel Fernandez. Haitian Migrant Regularization "Under the Radar" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - While a recent migration-related decision of the Inter-American Court of Hu [...] |
2005-11-07 19:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG DR HA |
| 05SANTODOMINGO5038 |
FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. President Fernandez told FBI Director Robert Mueller III during his October 24 visit to Santo Domingo that Venezuelan drug trade via the Dominican Republic to the United States was a "crime against humanity." The Ambassador,s suggestion that a high-level Dominican government tea [...] |
2005-11-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR PREL SNAR KJUS KPAO PINR CU VE HA CH CO |
| 05SANTODOMINGO5410 |
DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FACES VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) President Leonel Fernandez intended his first, brief visit to Port au Prince to serve as a reinforcement of bilateral relations and a boost to the Interim Government as it prepared for January elections. The Dominicans cut the event short as demonstrations outside the presidential palac [...] |
2005-12-16 23:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR PGOV HA PREL |
| 05SANTODOMINGO614 |
DOMINICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAITI, CAFTA, [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, CAFTA, extraditions, and compliance with the new IMF agreement dominated the February 7 bilateral breakfast meeting between the Ambassador and Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador that the Dominican ambassador to Hait [...] |
2005-02-09 18:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN ETRD EFIN KJUS DR HA |
| 05SANTODOMINGO759 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Haiti policy points (para 6 ref A) to MFA director for UN, OAS, and international organization affairs Michelle Cohen and OAS affairs coordinator Johanna Calderon on February 11. They expressed appreciation for the information, underscored the Dominican Republic's parti [...] |
2005-02-15 16:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HA DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO799 |
DOMINICAN POLITICS #12: NARCOTICS EXTRADITION TESTS SYSTEM, WORRIES MILITARY & POLITICIANS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-16 18:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CO DR HA KJUS MARR PGOV PREL SNAR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO971 |
DOMINICANS OUTLINE APPROACH TO HAITI, CAFTA, U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, bilateral relations with the United States, CAFTA ratification, promoting consensus on a new OAS secretary general, more active participation in regional and SIPDIS multilateral diplomacy, foreign investment and technology are priorities for the Dominican administration [...] |
2005-02-24 15:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KIPR EFIN EPET CJAN PHUM PGOV DR HA CU MX XM |
| 05VIENNA2922 |
HAITI ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On August 30, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel points to Klaus Koegler, Head of the MFA's European Union Development Policy Unit. Koegler pointed out that Austria currently had no bilateral assistance programs in Haiti and would not be able to help Haiti meet the anticipated financing [...] |
2005-08-31 14:49:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN AU HA EUN |
| 05VIENNA2925 |
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: COORDINATION ON ELECTORAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-31 15:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID HA AU |
| 06AMMAN1116 |
JORDAN TO REPLACE PEACEKEEPING MISSION LEADER IN [...] (S) King Abdullah told Ambassador on February 1 enroute to Washington that he had concluded there was a problem with the leadership of the Jordanian peacekeeping unit in Haiti. This problem had been worsening since the killing there December 24 of two Jordanian soldiers. The King said the com [...] |
2006-02-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR KPKO HA JO |
| 06AMMAN534 |
GOJ REMAINS COMMITTED TO PEACEKEEPING IN HAITI [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO HA JO |
| 06ASUNCION808 |
PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON LONG-TERM COMMITMENT [...] (C) On 8/7, PolCouns discussed reftel (a) points with Amb. Mario Sandoval, the MFA's Director General for Multilateral Affairs. Sandoval noted Paraguay has 3 peacekeepers in Haiti and stressed the GOP's support for the continuation of the Haiti mission. Sandoval was cynical about the inspi [...] |
2006-08-07 22:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC HA PA |
| 06BEIJING24811 |
PRC/HAITI: CHINESE FRUSTRATION WITH HAITIAN [...] (C) Though the PRC agrees that MINUSTAH plays an important role in Haiti, Beijing is "very frustrated" with Haiti's active efforts to support Taiwan's membership in the UN, MFA International Organizations Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao told poloff in response to reftel demarch [...] |
2006-12-27 09:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC HA CH |
| 06BRIDGETOWN152 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ARSO BRIDGETOWN [...] U.S. Embassy Bridgetown request country clearance for S/A Sean A Nedd, ARSO, to travel to Port Au Prince from Feb 2-12, 2005 as part of DS/IP/WHA security detail for scheduled Government of Haiti Elections. 2. Embassy Bridgetown requests that hotel reservations be made in the name of trav [...] |
2006-01-23 20:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA BB HA XL |
| 06BRIDGETOWN466 |
THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) The opposition Antigua Labor Party (ALP) claimed it has been denied access to Government broadcast media and called for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to investigate the matter. The ALP, according to opposition leader Lester Bird, believes that the Government breach [...] |
2006-03-15 17:53:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAIR ENRG KCRM PHUM SMIG HA VE TW |
| 06BRIDGETOWN637 |
BARBADOS FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAITI, TRADE, AND UN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Dame Billie Miller and members of her staff held a candid question and answer session with Barbados-based Ambassadors, revealing Caribbean views on Haiti, trade, and UN reform. On Haiti, Miller encouraged the U.S. and Brazil to remain engaged, while committing t [...] |
2006-04-12 20:08:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ETRD EINV EAIR UNSC BR CH CS HA |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1733 |
CHARGE MEETING WITH VICE MOD VASQUEZ OCAMPO [...] (C) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with CDA Matera, Mil Group Commander, A/DATT and PolOff, Vice Minister of Defense (Vice-MOD) Vasquez Ocampo stated his satisfaction with the state of bilateral mil/mil relations, including continued cooperation, the Bilateral Working Group, training and e [...] |
2006-08-03 19:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL OAS HA AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1792 |
CONTINUED ARGENTINE COMMITMENT TO HAITI AND [...] (C) Vice-MOD and Secretary for Military Affairs Jose Maria Vasquez Ocampo assured CDA August 4 of continued GOA support for Haiti and MINUSTAH. CDA spoke with Vasquez Ocampo following the Vice-MOD's participation that same day in the meeting of MOD and MFA representatives of the Latin Americ [...] |
2006-08-09 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC HA AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES84 |
DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 10. The Ambassador underscored the potential dangers of Duvalier's return to Haiti and urged Taiana to express similar concerns to the IGOH. 2. (C) Taiana, who appeared not to be aware of the I [...] |
2006-01-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM HA AR |
| 06GEORGETOWN151 |
GUYANA ASSUMES CHAIR OF RIO GROUP [...] (U) SUMMARY. Guyana has assumed chairmanship of the Rio Group from Argentina. At the handing over ceremony FonMin Insanally emphasized that the group will focus on democracy and human rights, poverty alleviation, and multilateralism under Guyana's stewardship. Guyana has a proud history of l [...] |
2006-02-13 20:39:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EU HA XM XL GY UN |
| 06GEORGETOWN69 |
HAITI COOL TO CARICOM OFFER TO OBSERVE, ASSIST [...] (SBU) During a meeting on a separate issue with CARICOM SYG Carrington on January 17, CARICOM A/SYG Granderson told Ambassador that "after much procrastination" Haiti had informed CARICOM that "Haiti does not really need CARICOM technical assistance for the elections". Granderson is trying to [...] |
2006-01-19 21:52:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM GY HA XL CARICOM |
| 06GEORGETOWN927 |
CARICOM A/SYG GRANDERSON TO ATTEND HAITI KEY PLAYERS [...] Post extended reftel invitation to CARICOM Assistant Secretary General for Foreign and Community Relations Ambassador Colin Granderson. Granderson has confirmed his attendance. ROBINSON [...] |
2006-09-15 18:12:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UNGA CARICOM HA |
| 06GEORGETOWN96 |
CARICOM TO OBSERVE HAITI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-27 19:29:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM HA XL |
| 06LIMA2300 |
CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA HO HA PE |
| 06LIMA2301 |
CLEARANCE FOR NIH'S PROPOSED AWARD OF RESEARCH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI KSCA HO HA PE |
| 06MADRID1088 |
SPAIN ON ELECTION SUPPORT FOR HAITI AND GUYANA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-28 16:29:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV HA GY |
| 06MADRID1808 |
SPAIN TO MAKE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION TO HAITI [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-17 13:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL HA SP |
| 06MADRID2993 |
A/S Shannon's November 30, 2006 meeting with Haitian PM [...] (U) November 30, 2006; 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Intercontinental Hotel, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon USAID LAC A/A Adolfo Franco WHA/CAR Director Brian A. Nichols (notetaker) Stephanie Ragals, Interpreter Haiti Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard [...] |
2006-12-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KCRM UN HA |
| 06MOSCOW7723 |
RUSSIA: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HAITI INTERIM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche July 19 to Sergey Tarasov, Caribbean Section Chief in the MFA Latin America Department. Tarasov said he would pass the information to his superiors but could not predict whether Russia would provide any assistance to Haiti. He was aware of the High Lev [...] |
2006-07-19 12:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN HA RS |
| 06NASSAU1196 |
DEA/OPBAT PROPOSES NEW PROGRAM TO COMBAT SMUGGLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) representatives have proposed a new program to the Bahamian Government to improve cooperation in the interdiction of illegal migrants and drugs from Haiti, which could also serve as excellent source of [...] |
2006-08-08 21:01:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | PREL SMIG SNAR PINR HA BF |
| 06NASSAU1840 |
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SUCCESS: NEW NGO FORMED WITH US [...] On December 10, several local activists announced the formation of The Bahamas first national human rights NGO - The Bahamas Human Rights Network. The Network was formed as a result of Post's encouragement and supported by the 2006 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees. The Network, including membe [...] |
2006-12-15 21:12:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PHUM KPAO HA BF |
| 06NASSAU350 |
FAVORABLE WEATHER BRINGS SECOND HAITIAN MIGRATION [...] (U) The Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) and Bahamian immigration officials intercepted 568 Haitian migrants in eight separate February interdictions. All but 39 were discovered in the Bahamas' Exuma Islands in the Central Bahamas, several days journey from Haiti and well north of the Wind [...] |
2006-03-01 16:07:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF PREL HA BF |
| 06NASSAU782 |
MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PREVAL: VIEWS FROM THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Haitian Ambassador to The Bahamas, Louis Joseph, met with Poloff May 11 to discuss Haitian migration and the urgent need to create jobs in Haiti. Joseph rebuffed recent media reports of impending violence by the Haitian immigrant community on Abaco Island, Bahamas, but registere [...] |
2006-05-16 16:14:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SMIG EAID HA BF |
| 06NASSAU867 |
BAHAMAS - 2006 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] Post requests $20,000 under the 2006 Ambassador's Fund for Refugees to establish The Bahamas Human Rights Council. As stated in Post's 2006 Human Rights Report, "Anti-Haitian prejudice and resentment regarding continued Haitian migration were common." Beatings and other abuses against non-Ba [...] |
2006-06-01 21:10:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PHUM HA BF |
| 06OSLO1359 |
ENGAGING NORWAY ON PEACE AND RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 31, the DCM and Pol/Econ officers met with Tore Hattrem, Director General of the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section and other members of his team. The meeting began and intensified a dialogue on Norwegian peace efforts in several global hot spots: Sri Lanka, P [...] |
2006-11-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID CE SU CO HA RP SO NO |
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NORWAY TO CONTINUE PROMOTING HAITI-DR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-04 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA DR NO |
| 06OSLO534 |
NORWAY VOICES SUPPORT FOR HAITI [...] (SBU) On April 25 we delivered reftel points to Tore Hattrem, the Deputy Director General of the Peace and Reconciliation Section at the MFA. Hattrem reiterated Norway's deep commitment to Haiti, and noted the importance of Haiti's forthcoming elections. Given the recent promotion of Tom Tyr [...] |
2006-04-27 12:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA NO KDEM |
| 06OTTAWA2208 |
CANADIAN RESPONSE -- APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] Ginette Martin, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)'s Haiti Division, informed Embassy Ottawa on July 21 that the Government of Canada will pledge C$520 million (roughly US$460 million at today's exchange rate) over five years for development assistan [...] |
2006-07-21 19:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HA EAID ECON EFIN CA |
| 06PARIS216 |
FRENCH CONCERNED WITH DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche January 12 to DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pierre-Alain Coffinier, who said that the French Embassy in Washington had also appraised him of the issue. He stated that the GoF understood and shared our "political" concern [...] |
2006-01-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR HA |
| 06PARIS2267 |
MFA OUTLINES FRENCH POSITIONS IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait provided visiting EUR/WE Director Kathy Allegrone with a candid assessment of French positions on Latin American issues April 5, touching on Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, and Haiti. Parfait acknowledged the close relationship Hugo Chavez sha [...] |
2006-04-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR VE BO CU HA |
| 06PARIS4786 |
HAITIAN PRESIDENT'S JUNE 29-30 VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: Recently inaugurated Haitian President Rene Preval visited France June 29-30 and met with President Chirac, PM Villepin, and Defense Minister Alliot-Marie. According to an MFA contact, Preval underscored a consistent message in all his meetings: Haiti would focus on agriculture an [...] |
2006-07-12 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR HA |
| 06PARIS6195 |
UNGA: FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN HAITI KEY PLAYERS [...] In response to reftel invitation, MFA Americas Bureau PDAS-equivalent Jean-Marc Laforet told us September 14 that France would be keenly interested in attending such a meeting. 2. On September 15, Laforet's office indicated that France would be represented by IO Assistant Secretary equival [...] |
2006-09-15 10:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UNGA HA FR |
| 06PARIS7887 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FRANCE DECLINES REQUEST TO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered answers to follow-up questions from reftel A. on Cuban and Haitian protected migrants (see also reftels B. and C.) on December 8 to Pierre Brethes, MFA officer in the Office of Asylum and Immigration. Brethes responded that illegal immigration to France from its oversea [...] |
2006-12-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR PREF CU HA SOCI |
| 06PARIS792 |
WHA A/S SHANNON'S 2/2 MEETINGS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon visited Paris on February 2 to discuss the full range of WHA issues with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency. On Haiti, Shannon encouraged France to consider symbolic gestures during the election period to demonstrate GOF engagement, an a [...] |
2006-02-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV |