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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00THEHAGUE1659DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN THE CARIBBEAN MINISTERIAL
[...] THE DUTCH WILL ATTEND THE MINISTERIAL. THE NETHERLANDS WILL BE REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL AFFAIRS AND DRUG POLICY DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, STEVEN VAN HOOGSTRATEN. HE WILL BE ASSISTED BY OFFICIALS FROM BOTH THE DUTCH ANTILLES AND ARUBA, ALTHOUGH [...]
2000-06-05 13:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM XL FR NL UK
03GUATEMALA2651GUATEMALA'S DELEGATION TO OAS SPECIAL CONFERENCE
[...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on October 7. In a follow-up meeting on October 9, Rodriguez said that the Guatemalan delegation would be led by Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez. Other delegates include Mini [...]
2003-10-15 23:50:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC MARR PARM XM XL XS GT
03SANTODOMINGO5768DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S DELEGATES TO OAS SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-17 17:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC MARR PREL PARM XM XL XS DR
03SANTODOMINGO6000SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS INFORMATION
[...] Reftel A and B points were delivered to Ambassador Francia Sencion, Director of the Americas Desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry, on October 22. GODR Ambassador Jesus Maria Hernandez, who was identified in Reftel A as Summit Coordinator, is out of the country and unavailable. Sencion will for [...]
2003-10-25 15:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KSUM KDEM XM XL DR
03TEGUCIGALPA1914CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT REPORT TO CONGRESS: HONDURAS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-13 21:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD HO PGOV USTRD XK XL
03TEGUCIGALPA1964CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT REPORT TO
[...] Post submits the following report in response to reftel request for the biannual report to Congress on the operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as required by section 213(b) of the CBERA. --------------------------- Commitment to WTO and FTAA --------------------- [...]
2003-08-19 23:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ELAB PGOV HO XK XL USTR
03THEHAGUE2693DUTCH POSTPONE ELIMINATION OF P-3 FORCE FOR ONE
[...] (U) Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp has postponed the planned closure of Valkenburg Air Base and the elimination of the Royal Dutch Navy P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft fleet based there until January 2005. He had previously planned to eliminate these assets in January 2004. In postponi [...]
2003-10-24 09:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SNAR KCRM EAIR PHSA MOPS NL XL
04ANKARA1087IRAQI ASSETS: RAFIDAIN BANK
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-25 08:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN IZ PREL TU XL
04ANKARA3138IRAQI ASSETS: TURKISH GOVERNMENT CLAIMS NONE EXIST
[...] (SBU) On 26 May, DCM met with MFA Director General for Bilateral Political Affairs (Middle East & Africa) Taksin Burcuoglu to press for a response to Refs B & C. Burcuoglu replied that "until now Turkey has been unable to find" the bank accounts. Burcuoglu further stated that the situation is [...]
2004-06-07 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN IZ PREL TU XL
04BRUSSELS2605EC 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 09:55:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EFIN HA XL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04GUATEMALA1519GOG RESPONSE ON ECLAC MEETING IN PUERTO RICO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-17 22:25:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI EAID PHUM XL XM GT UN ECLAC
04GUATEMALA1758GOG WILL NOT ATTEND HAITI DONORS' CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-15 22:51:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN HA PREL XL GT
04PARAMARIBO504SURINAME: 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 13:29:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL SMIG MARR HA XL NS
04SANTODOMINGO5856DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OAS AMB. MAISTO ADDRESSES FREE
[...] (U) U.S. PermRep to the OAS Ambassador John Maisto, emphasized goals of the OAS Monterrey and Quebec Summits of the Americas in discussions with government, private sector, and NGO leaders and the media during his September 16-18 visit to Santo Domingo. He was accompanied by Ambassador Hertel [...]
2004-10-25 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KSUM KCOR KHIV ETRD SCUL XL XM DR
04SANTODOMINGO6052SANTO DOMINGO PARTICIPANTS IN WHA ECONOMIC
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo will send econ officers Stephen Wheeler and Mark Kendrick, arriving Wednesday, December 8 and departing Friday, December 10. HERTELL [...]
2004-11-04 17:29:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDXL AMGT APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD DR
04TEGUCIGALPA201HONDURAN DELEGATION TO OAS CICTE; 2002 OAS CT
[...] PolOff delivered January 20 reftel demarche on the OAS CICTE to MFA Director for Multilateral Issues Wendy Flores. MFA Director General fro Foreign Policy Mario Fortin told PolOff January 26 that the GOH delegation will only be Frontier Police Chief Ramon Sabillon. Note: Sabillon is an excel [...]
2004-01-26 21:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KTIA XL XM CA HO OAS
04TEGUCIGALPA58HONDURAS TO BE HELPFUL AT SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE
[...] (C) Ambassador Palmer delivered Ref A demarche to Honduran President Ricardo Maduro and Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista on January 8 and 7. (Note: Post had delivered Ref B demarche to MFA on December 29. End Note.) In separate meetings with President Maduro and FM Rosa Bautista, Amba [...]
2004-01-09 22:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL KSUM KDEM XM XL HO
05BAGHDAD2425TROUBLED AL-ANBAR'S PRDC OFF TO A GOOD START
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Development Committee (PRDC) held its first official meeting May 29 in Ramadi. Local officials from across the province and directors-general from various ministries attended the session, reflecting genuine and broad interest in the PRDC init [...]
2005-06-07 16:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD3020BAGHDAD MAYOR ARRESTED AT AIRPORT
[...] (C) Mayor of Baghdad, Dr. Alaa Al-Tamimi, was arrested July 18 by officials from the Al Mamoon Police Center at the Baghdad International Airport. The police arrested the mayor on orders from the Ministry of Interior on suspicion of his possible links to corruption in the Amanat, Baghdad's e [...]
2005-07-21 07:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ XL BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD3042FALLUJAH: CITY IMAMS ISSUE FATWA ON POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 19 Fallujah city council session, Sheikh Kamal Shakir Mahmood -- a leading imam and council member -- announced that city clerics had issued a Fatwa (religious edict) calling upon all Fallujah residents to participate in the upcoming referendum and election. City i [...]
2005-07-22 10:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD3135FALLUJAH/RAMADI: VOCAL SUNNI MOBILIZATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah city groups continue to echo intentions to participate in the upcoming constitution referendum and follow-on December election. Religious, tribal and political leaders have emphasized to Fallujah Poloff that they intend to educate Fallujah/Ramadi and neighboring area r [...]
2005-07-29 12:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD3754FALLUJAH: WORD ON THE STREET REGARDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Fallujah residents, an engineer and a lawyer told us that Anbar residents remain mobilized for the upcoming referendum, heeding calls by religious and tribal leaders to register and participate. Both men expressed opposition in principle to the Coalition presence in Iraq, al [...]
2005-09-12 12:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4034FALLUJAH: GEN CASEY MEETS LOCAL LEADERS, URGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: General Casey, MNF-I Commanding General, met September 22, 2005, with Fallujah leaders at the downtown Civil-Military Operations Center. He stressed his continued personal commitment to Fallujah's reconstruction and improved security; progress had been made since his last visit [...]
2005-09-29 13:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4176FALLUJAH: LEADERS MEET WITH IECI COMMISSIONER,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah city leaders met with IECI Chairman, Izadin Shufiq, UN IFES elections expert Philip Sfocina, and an Embassy/USAID delegation October 6, 2005, at the Fallujah Civil-Military Operations Center (CMOC). Residents criticized the number of seats (nine) the Transitional Nation [...]
2005-10-11 06:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4215FALLUJAH: MOBILIZED FOR THE REFERENDUM, BIG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujans are mobilized to vote in large numbers October 15. Most residents remain primarily focused on immediate needs in the recovering city (power, water, and security) rather than the national political debate. City leaders have not yet formally urged rejection of the const [...]
2005-10-13 12:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4290FALLUJANS OVERWHELMINGLY REJECT CONSTITUTION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah and neighboring area residents voted in large numbers during the October 15 referendum. They overwhelmingly rejected the constitution, according to initial reports from Fallujah-based IECI staff. The large turnout in Iraq's "city of mosques", alongside low turnout in th [...]
2005-10-18 12:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4291SUNNI DEPUTY CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN REFLECTS ON
[...] (C) Summary. Immediately after polls closed for the October 15 constitutional referendum, Baghdad City Council Deputy Chairman (and sole Sunni member) Riyadh Nassir Al Adhadh shared his thoughts about the referendum and politics with PolOff. Dr. Riyadh said that perhaps half of the Sunni vot [...]
2005-10-18 12:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4807FALLUJAH MUFTI, A COALITION ALLY, KILLED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sheikh Hamza Abass Muhna al-Esawe, Fallujah's universally respected mufti and senior imam, was killed November 29, 2005. He had functioned as an effective coalition ally since Operation Al Fajr. Initial reports from local Iraqi police indicate masked gunmen shot Hamza as he lef [...]
2005-12-01 19:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4971FALLUJANS MOBILIZED FOR ELECTION AMID INCREASED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujans stand mobilized for the December 15 election. Momentum flowing from the October 15 referendum - when an estimated 200,000 residents in the city and surrounding communities voted - should lead to repeat high turnout. Campaign posters and fliers dot the city; Ahmed Chal [...]
2005-12-13 14:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EFIN KDEM IZ XL
05BOGOTA9975DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner on October 18, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot said Latin America needed strong regional and multilateral institutions to navigate its future and fortify democratic values. As a Caribbean neighbor, the Netherlands was prepared to help advance this process. The Netherlands [...]
2005-10-24 12:28:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR XL XM CO VE NL
05BRASILIA763BRAZIL RESPONSE TO OAS SOCIAL CHARTER DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) On March 21, Poloff delivered reftel demarche --regarding the chairmanship of the OAS Working Group to draft the OAS Social Charter and Action Plan-- to Counselor Mariangela Rebua, Head of the Division of Social Affairs, and her Deputy, Adriano Silva Pucci, at Brazil's Foreign Ministry. [...]
2005-03-21 14:07:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI BH GY MX XL XM NS
05CARACAS42DEMARCHE ON IAEA SAFEGUARDS AND ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-06 17:19:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY PREL AORC XM XL OPDC VE IAEA
05DOHA1131G77 SUMMIT: NEW DEVELOPMENT FUND PROPOSED AT CLOSING
[...] Summary. The G77 South Summit ended June 16 with a proposal for a new development fund to which Qatar would contribute $20 million. Leaders called on developed nations to meet the target of 0.7% of GDP toward overseas assistance. In addition to improved access to markets in developed economies, [...]
2005-06-21 08:15:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL ETRD KDEM XA XB XC XD XE XK XL XM XO QA UN
05GEORGETOWN1317CARICOM SECGEN SPEAKS ON EVE OF SINGLE MARKET
[...] SUMMARY: A rare, frank press conference by CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington outlined some of the SIPDIS challenges that face the imminent CARICOM Single Market Economy (CSME). Information dissemination, funding for a regional development fund, reconciliation of laws, and memory of [...]
2005-12-16 18:14:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON ETRD BEXP CARICOM GY XL
05GEORGETOWN1318CARICOM 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 19:49:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM CARICOM GY HA XL
05GEORGETOWN1321CARICOM 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 16:17:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM CARICOM GY HA XL
05KINGSTON1033CARICOM CIVAIR: CONTINUING DISCUSSIONS ON A
[...] Econoff delivered the letter provided in reftel to Angela Brown, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on April 11. Brown did not have any immediate comment. 2. Econoff informally conveyed reftel information to Colonel Torrence Lewi [...]
2005-04-14 18:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR GY XL JM
05KINGSTON1037DEMARCH DELIVERED: WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL
[...] Responding to reftel request, Charge on April 5 communicated talking points by telephone to Gilbert Scott, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security, and to Barbara James, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry Tourism. Both were interested in the issue and appreciated the advance [...]
2005-04-14 20:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDJM AADP AMGT CASC CMGT CPAS KPAO KCSY KHLS PGOV PREL CA BD XL XM
05KINGSTON1814 RE: WHA CIVAIR: REQUEST FOR INFO ON TRANSPORT
[...] (U) Per reftel A, on July 20 Econoff contacted the office of Minister of Transport and Works Robert Pickersgill. His office confirmed that the Minister would be attending the Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative (WHTI) meeting to be held in Brasilia, Brazil, August 25-26, 2005. His s [...]
2005-07-26 16:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CA
05KINGSTON2163TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS
[...] This cable responds to ref A tasking. ---------- Background ---------- 2. Textiles and apparel became Jamaica's leading non- traditional export during the early 1990s, after Jamaica started benefiting from the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The benefits from this U.S. program allow [...]
2005-09-15 16:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV XL JM
05KINGSTON2166TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS
[...] This cable responds to ref A tasking. ---------- Background ---------- 2. Textiles and apparel became Jamaica's leading non- traditional export during the early 1990s, after Jamaica started benefiting from the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The benefits from this U.S. program allow [...]
2005-09-15 18:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV XL JM
05KINGSTON2332USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY
[...] (U) The U.S. continues to be Jamaica's largest trading partner, accounting for 40 percent of all merchandise trade with the island between 2002 and 2004. Although Jamaica's share of trade with the U.S. has stabilized, the island's balance of trade (exports minus imports) with the U.S. has con [...]
2005-10-13 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL JM
05KINGSTON2333USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY
[...] (U) The U.S. continues to be Jamaica's largest trading partner, accounting for 40 percent of all merchandise trade with the island between 2002 and 2004. Although Jamaica's share of trade with the U.S. has stabilized, the island's balance of trade (exports minus imports) with the U.S. has con [...]
2005-10-13 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL JM
05LIMA757CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS (PERU)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-16 15:54:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL HA PE XL UNSC
05MADRID3201 AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM LEON:
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Aguirre met with Spanish Deputy Foreign Minister Bernardino Leon Sept. 7 to review key issues in the US-Spain agenda in the coming months, including BMENA and Latin American issues. He thanked the GOS for its sincere and concrete support for the victims of Hurricane [...]
2005-09-08 16:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP XF XM XL XG
05NASSAU1827CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE ON HIV/AIDS CONFRONTS STIGMA
[...] Summary: On October 3 and 4, Post hosted international HIV/AIDS experts and 10 Caribbean mission representatives for the 4th Caribbean Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. Ambassador Rood opened the conference with an appeal to reduce the 2.3 percent Caribbean infection rate by compassi [...]
2005-10-21 16:06:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID TBIO OVIP KHIV XL BF
05NASSAU393FOREIGN MINISTER POISED TO RAISE PROFILE IN CARICOM
[...] (C) His intelligence, work ethic, and undisguised ambition have made Bahamian Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell one of the three or four most powerful members of the Perry Christie Government and a person of growing influence in the Caribbean. Currently the vice-chairman in the Commonwealth Min [...]
2005-02-25 16:57:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL OFDP PGOV XL BF CARICOM
05OTTAWA537CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning Venezuela's bid to chair the OAS working group on the social charter, to Leonard Beaulne, Deputy Director of the Inter-American Affairs Division at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC),on February 18. Beaulne relayed that FAC was also tracking this [...]
2005-02-18 20:48:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI XA XL XM CA FAC
05PARIS965FRENCH SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-15 18:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL HA XL FR UNSC
05QUITO401CONSOLIDATING 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 19:59:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL HA XL EC UNSC
05ROME3640CHAVEZ STEALS THE SPOTLIGHT AS LATIN AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary. Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi delivered our message on consolidating democracy and ensuring respect for human rights to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during their meeting October 17 in Milan. Chavez was in Italy for the October 17 UN Food and Agriculture Organization's 60th Ann [...]
2005-10-31 17:17:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL XM XL IT HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANJOSE1671COSTA RICAN REPRESENTATION AT WHTI MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-21 22:01:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CS
05SANTODOMINGO3564DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN
[...] This cable is in response to the USITC's request for the 2004 Caribbean Basin Investment Survey. According to the Dominican Export and Investment Center, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Dominican Republic in 2004 totaled USD 650 million, down from USD 1.01 billion in 2003. Investment i [...]
2005-07-12 11:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN DR
05SANTODOMINGO3678DOMINICAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON INFO FOR MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-19 19:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR ELTN EWWT XM XL CA
05SANTODOMINGO4097DOMINICAN DEPUTY MFA ON AUG28 CHAVEZ SOCIAL
[...] (SBU) On August 23 Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandro Liriano listened carefully to DCM's delivery of talking points concerning the Venezuelan initiative to exert control the OAS Social Charter undertaking. Liriano replied that the Dominicans are sending to the event their newly appointed ambas [...]
2005-08-25 18:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYXL KSUM SOCI DR OAS
05TEGUCIGALPA1776HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON CHAVEZ SOCIAL CHARTER EVENT;
[...] (C) Charge and PolChief delivered August 25 ref A demarche on the Venezuelan-hosted Social Charter event (schedule for August 28) and emphasized USG concern to Minister of the Presidency Ramon Medina Luna and Foreign Minister AMB Mario Fortin. PolChief noted that USG representation would be at [...]
2005-08-26 20:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSOCI PREL KSUM XL XM HO OAS
06BELIZE248BELIZE RESPONSE US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL INITATIVE ON
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post passed non-paper and draft Initiative concerning the U.S.-CARICOM Initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Arms (CITIA) to CEO Lawrence Sylvester of the Belize Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and to North American Desk Officer Aisha Borland. 2. (SBU) Borland no [...]
2006-03-17 20:43:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PREL MASS OAS XL BH
06BELIZE487DEMARCHE: TESTING CARICOM CONSENSUS IN SUPPORT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-02 19:27:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC PBTS OAS BH GT VZ XL
06BOGOTA10581INVITATIONS SENT FOR WHITE WATER TO BLUE WATER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 12:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PHSA CO XL XK
06BRASILIA1886COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR ESTH CONFERENCE IN FOZ DO
[...] Country clearance is granted for the following people to travel to Brazil to attend the ESTH Western Hemisphere Conference that will be held from September 13-16, 2006 at Foz do Iguassu, Brazil. - Alfred Schandlbauer - Colleen Crenwelge - Michael Keller - Josh Cartin - Nancy Long - Pat O'Re [...]
2006-09-08 18:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA XM XL BR
06BRASILIA2378BRASILIA HUB HOSTS 2006 CONFERENCE OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE
[...] The September 13-16 Western Hemisphere Environment, Science, Technology and Health Officers Conference (ESTHOC) in Foz do Iguazu, Brazil was by all accounts a great success. Forty-six people representing US embassies in nineteen Latin American countries as well as USG entities USGS, EPA, USAI [...]
2006-11-09 20:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA XM XL BR
06BRIDGETOWN1002FRAUDULENT US PASSPORT INFORMATION FAXED TO
[...] On 05/16/2006, Police Constable Taylor of the Royal Barbados Police Force requested assistance from the Embassy Bridgetown regarding verification of two fax photo copies of US passports received by a local travel agent. 2. According to Constable Taylor, his office was requested to verify a [...]
2006-06-12 14:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1019 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FRIEND FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Michael N. Friend to travel to Barbados June 19 - June 22, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to perform ADPE maintenance and upgrades to the TCSC server. 2. Embassy assistance is not required. Point of contact is CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, [...]
2006-06-14 15:58:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDMARR ASEC SNAR KRIM OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1057MOTTLEYNOMICS - THE RETURN OF THE STATE?
[...] (C) Summary: Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley recently announced a plan for massive government investment in the ailing furniture and garment industries. She touted the idea as a way to reduce Barbados' persistent trade deficit and slow the outflow of foreign exchange. Her proposa [...]
2006-06-16 20:45:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON EIND PGOV EFIN PINR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1066COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LORETTA MCNEIR FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Transporation Security Administration (TSA) Representative Loretta McNeir to travel to St. Lucia July 25-28, 2006. Ms. McNeir will participate in the airport assessment and she will meet with the Director of Civil Aviation or their de [...]
2006-06-20 14:00:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1067COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO VERBRASKA AND MERRILL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Transportation Security Administration Security Enforcement Academy employees Michael Verbraska and Frances Merrill for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis July 10-14, 2006. The travelers will be providing a National Program Development Workshop i [...]
2006-06-20 14:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1069COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARENGO AND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Miami International Field Office (IFO) Aviation Safety Inspectors, Mel Marengo and Don Carnicella for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 26-30, 2006. The travelers will perform re-certification inspectio [...]
2006-06-20 18:17:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1072DOMINICA DROPS DIPLOMATIC CASE AGAINST SWITZERLAND
[...] (C) Summary: Dominica has dropped the case it brought against Switzerland at the International Court of Justice, choosing not to pursue the matter of a questionable "diplomat" who had been stripped of his diplomatic status. The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GCOD) withdrew in May [...]
2006-06-22 11:48:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALAORC CPAS OFDP PGOV PINR PREL KCRM DO SZ XL
06BRIDGETOWN1078COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RAFFAELE FOR TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Herbert Raffaele, Chief of the Division of International Conservation, Fish and Wildlife Service, for travel to Dominica July 7-14, 2006. Mr. Raffaele will attend the Executive Board meeting of the Society for the Conservation and Study of C [...]
2006-06-22 20:13:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV TBIO KSCA DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1081COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PUNTONET FOR TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Federal Aviation Administration Safety Inspector Joaquin Puntonet for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on June 28, 2006. Mr. Puntonet will perform "R" items from the inspectors' work program on air carrier Coastal Air Transport. 2. Per reft [...]
2006-06-22 20:27:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1091ST. KITTS RESPONSE TO BENEFICIARIES OF CBTPA
[...] Embassy Bridgetown has received from the Government of St. Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis the following response to the demarche on the Beneficiaries of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) dated June 8, 2006 (ref B). Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International [...]
2006-06-23 18:01:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1095PETROCARIBE UPDATE #22 - VENEZUELA HALTS FUEL
[...] (C) Summary: In early June, Venezuela abruptly cut off the supply of Orimulsion fuel oil to the Arawak Cement Plant in Barbados with a year left in the contract, rerouting future shipments to China. According to an Arawak executive, Venezuela is the only supplier of Orimulsion, and the plant [...]
2006-06-23 21:16:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEPET EIND PREL ETRD BB XL VE CH
06BRIDGETOWN111AI REPORT #6: POST TRIPWIRE INPUT PERSONNEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown has designated Lauren Bradley and Nancy Nelson to be responsible for inputting the Avian Influenza Tripwire Data. Requested information on employees is below. 2. Name: Lauren M. Bradley Position Title: Office Management Specialist (OMS) Office: Political/Economic Cle [...]
2006-01-18 20:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1112COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LAGUNA AND OLESON FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Aviation Security Inspectors Diana M. Laguna and Jay D. Oleson for travel to St. Lucia from July 24-28, 2006. The travelers will conduct inspections of the air carrier stations at the Georg [...]
2006-06-28 14:22:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1116COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CARVER AND RHEA FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Geophysicist David Carver and IT Specialist Susan Rhea to travel to St. George's, Grenada, from July 11-28, 2006, for the purpose of working with government officials on installing a seismic monitoring station in the co [...]
2006-06-28 20:52:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA TPHY TBIO KSCA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1127PETROCARIBE UPDATE #23: DOMINICA, GRENADA AND ST.
[...] (C) Summary: Dominica, Grenada, and St. Kitts have each signed bilateral agreements with Venezuela allowing joint venture companies to begin receiving petroleum products under the PetroCaribe oil accord. Dominica and Grenada will reportedly import several different types of fuel, including d [...]
2006-06-30 16:16:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV PREL DO GJ SC VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1128BARBADOS 2005 ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] Summary: The Barbados economy performed well in 2005. GDP growth, inflation, and unemployment registered 4.1, 5.1, and 8.5 percent, respectively. Construction drove growth, making up for a drop in tourism. The fiscal deficit (2.9 percent of GDP) and the national debt (88 percent of GDP) ha [...]
2006-06-30 16:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EIND EINV ELAB ETRD PINR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1129COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DIXON TO TRAVEL TO DOMINICA
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Sadie Dixon to travel to Dominica on or about July 15, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to assist with the Legal Drafting activity in Dominica. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact M [...]
2006-07-03 11:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1130COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PICK TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Billy Pick, HIV Technical Advisor, USAID to travel to Barbados on or about July 12, 2006 and to depart on/about July 22, 2006. The purpose of travel is to provide requested HIV prevention technical assistance to the Caribb [...]
2006-07-03 11:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1132SCHOLARSHIPS FROM MALAYSIA AND GREECE ENHANCE
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 4. 2. (U) In early June the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) announced the availability of seventeen scholarships for undergraduate and graduate study abroad. Fifteen scholarships are being offered in partnership with the government of [...]
2006-07-03 13:23:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SCUL KPAO AC GR MY XL
06BRIDGETOWN1133CARIBBEAN CHUTZPAH OVER WHALING
[...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Caribbean countries displayed considerable chutzpah during the June meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in St. Kitts. Eastern Caribbean delegates to the IWC accused Western nations of practicing colonialism and racism by attempting to keep in place the i [...]
2006-07-03 14:35:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1139CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO BARBADOS WELCOMES U.S.-PRC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In two separate conversations with Ambassador and DCM, Chinese Ambassador to Barbados Liu Huanxing discussed WHA A/S Shannon,s trip to Beijing, possible U.S.-PRC consultations on hemispheric cooperation, the recent visit of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the Easter [...]
2006-07-05 14:06:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR EAID EINV ETRD BB CH XL
06BRIDGETOWN1140DOMINICA MAY CEDE BIRD ISLAND TO VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dominica has moved closer to abandoning its claim on Bird Island, a small piece of rock and sand located in the center of the Caribbean Sea that is also claimed by Venezuela. Following a June meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Sker [...]
2006-07-05 14:30:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PHSA PGOV PINR PREL EAID DO VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1161COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAREN D. TURNER TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Karen D. Turner, USAID/J-Cars Mission Director to travel to Barbados on/about July 12, 2006 to August 13, 2006. The purpose of this TDY is to provide coverage to the Caribbean Regional Program satellite office in the absence of a USG represent [...]
2006-07-06 21:17:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1174INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION: KITTITIANS
[...] (C) Summary: The International Whaling Commission (IWC) wrapped up its annual meeting in St. Kitts on June 21, amid expressions of dissatisfaction and disgruntlement from delegates representing anti-whaling nations and environmental groups. At the heart of the distress was a referendum that [...]
2006-07-07 20:08:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN118COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LINDA BROWN FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Linda Brown, Reports Officer for South America and Central America and the smaller Caribbean island states, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to Barbados February 10 - 15, 2006. Ms. Brown will be assessing recent g [...]
2006-01-19 14:28:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1201CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK STAFFING DATA
[...] This cable is an update to Ref A in reponse to the requests in Refs B and C. 2. Because the U.S. is not a member of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),Post had difficulty obtaining detailed staffing data for the organization. The CDB finally sent the Embassy the requested information [...]
2006-07-12 17:13:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER ECON EAID XL
06BRIDGETOWN1215ST. LUCIA PM SAYS CARICOM TO BACK VENEZUELA FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 call on Ambassador Kramer to discuss possible changes to the St. Lucia Consular Information Sheet (septel),St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony said he believed CARICOM Heads of Government (HOGs) had decided to vote as a bloc to support Venezuela over Guatemala f [...]
2006-07-13 18:50:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR ETRD ST VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1216ST. LUCIA - PM ON GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 call on Ambassador Kramer, St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony pleaded for the USG to delay toughening the language on crime in the St. Lucia Consular Information Sheet (CIS) until after national elections. To make his case, he highlighted his government's effor [...]
2006-07-13 18:53:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALCASC ASEC PREL PGOV PINR SNAR KCRM ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1220BARBADOS SUGAR INDUSTRY - STILL ON LIFE SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The ailing Barbados sugar industry is a large drain on government resources. In 2004, the country lost US$498 on each ton of sugar exported, for a total loss of US$17,136,360. Instead of shutting down this incredible drain on resources, the government plans to invest US$150 m [...]
2006-07-13 20:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PGOV BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1236OECS 25TH ANNIVERSARY: PITY PARTY OF NINE
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) met in St. Kitts June 21-23 to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the organization's founding. The event could have provided an opportunity for participants to extol the advances made since the signing of the [...]
2006-07-14 21:45:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PINR SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1254PETROCARIBE UPDATE #24: GRENADA'S PLAN FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Grenada (GOG) hopes to use the PetroCaribe oil accord to import diesel supplied by PDVSA, Venezuela's state-owned oil company, as a means to gain leverage over Grenada's privately owned electric company and convince it to lower rates charged to consumers. At [...]
2006-07-18 18:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET PGOV PREL GJ VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1255GRENADA PRIME MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION INQUIRY
[...] (C) Summary: The investigation into allegations of corruption against Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell is stalled and may die quietly. The Commission of Inquiry, which was charged with investigating a claim that Mitchell accepted a suitcase containing US$500,000 in exchange for granting [...]
2006-07-18 18:54:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KCRM GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN1258GRENADA OPPOSITION TO U.S.: WE ARE NOT A THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: The leadership of Grenada's opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is anxious that the USG understand the party is not led by unreconstructed communists who want to turn the country sharply to the left. The opposition leaders, several of whom were members of the People's [...]
2006-07-18 20:21:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN1259COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LAGUNA AND OLESON FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Aviation Security Inspectors Diana M. Laguna and Jay D. Oleson to travel to St. Lucia, July 24-28, for the purpose of assessing security conditions, conducting U.S. air carrier station insp [...]
2006-07-18 20:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN126MISSENT COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ROGER I.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown received a country clearance request from USDA for Roger I. Vargas to travel to Papeete, French Polynesia. The cable was missent to Bridgetown. Post requests that the country clearance be resent to Embassy Suva. 2. Embassy Bridgetown handles country clearances for the f [...]
2006-01-19 21:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA BB XL FJ FP XB XV
06BRIDGETOWN1276BARBADOS TO ABSTAIN ON UNSC VOTE; SEEKS ECOSOC
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 5. 2. (C) At a July 19 reception, Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur pulled Ambassador Kramer aside and told her Barbados plans to abstain from voting for either Venezuela or Guatemala to fill the non-permanent UN Security Council seat open in Janu [...]
2006-07-20 16:22:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UNGA XL VE
06BRIDGETOWN1279PETROCARIBE UPDATE #25: ANTIGUA ESTABLISHES NEW
[...] (C) Summary: The government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) signed a joint-venture agreement with the Venezuelan National Petroleum Company (PDVSA) on July 14, making it the latest Caribbean country to enter into such an arrangement under the PetroCaribe oil accord. This signing establishes " [...]
2006-07-20 21:14:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV PREL AC VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1286CARICOM HEADS SPEAK OUT ON DOHA ROUND
[...] (SBU) Summary: At their recent annual meeting, CARICOM Heads of Government (HOGs) said they felt marginalized in World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha round negotiations. In the HOGs' opinion, "small and vulnerable economies" are being ignored in the trade talks, which have been dominated by t [...]
2006-07-21 20:46:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR EAID PREL PINR WTO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1287OECS SIX SIGN ON TO CSME
[...] (SBU) Summary: After months of quibbling and backtracking (Ref B),the six nations of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) signed on to the single market phase of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) at the start of the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting July 3-6 in St. [...]
2006-07-21 21:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECIN EAID PREL PINR XL
06BRIDGETOWN131COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TREASURY ADVISOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly grants country clearance to Treasury Advisor Charles K. Sciarini to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from January 22 - 30, 2006 and to Barbados from January 30 - 31, 2006. 2. Purpose of trip is to work with the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU)in Antigua and meet wi [...]
2006-01-20 14:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1315INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO STEP UP INTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 was held July 26-27 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to pull together an informal group composed of hosting and playing nations and the international com [...]
2006-07-28 22:09:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CPAS PINR PTER AFIN UNSC USOAS XL
06BRIDGETOWN1336COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS EXPERT CONSULTANT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Frances Asturias to travel to St. Lucia arriving August 3, 2006 and departing September 8, 2006. The purpose is to serve as management advisor for Peace Corps staff. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean b [...]
2006-08-03 13:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1362COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Cynthia Warner, Lab Advisor, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to Barbados for the period September 2-10, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, fax: 1(246)228-8589 [...]
2006-08-04 16:08:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA XL BB
06BRIDGETOWN1375CWC 2007: TRADEWINDS BECALMED
[...] (U) This is an action message: see para. 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SOUTHCOM's annual Tradewinds exercise may be a victim of Caribbean indifference. To date, there has been tepid response to MLO requests for information on participation by Cricket World Cup (CWC) countries. Post respectfully [...]
2006-08-08 21:38:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC MOPS PREL XL
06BRIDGETOWN1376COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MASON TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. John Mason, Executive Associate to travel Barbados for the period August 19-25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct Evaluation Planning and Performance Management workshops. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID [...]
2006-08-09 12:20:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1377COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WARNER TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Cynthia Warner, Lab Advisor, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to Barbados for the period September 2-10, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, fax: 1(246)228-8589 [...]
2006-08-09 13:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1389COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WARD FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to DOE Director of Policy and International Affairs Gary K. Ward, to travel to Bridgetown, Barbados, from August 10-11 to meet with Government of Barbados energy officials and private sector representatives to discuss the upcoming energy [...]
2006-08-10 17:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN139 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RENE RODRIQUEZ
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Rene Rodriquez, for travel to Barbados March 24, 2006. Mr. Rodriquez will be replacing Mr. Michael Papale as the new OSTR. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is required. Point of contact is Mike Papale, OSTR, (246) 436-4950, ext 2407. He wi [...]
2006-01-23 11:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1403COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MANHERTZ AND DEMERCADO TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Huntley Manhertz, Consultant Economist and Ms. Marlene Demercado, Program Officer, Development Associates Inc. to travel to Barbados for the period August 19-25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a workshop with [...]
2006-08-11 18:22:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1404COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BESHAWRED TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Lily Beshawred, Deputy Program Director, Office of Program Development and Management USAID/Jamaica to travel to Barbados for the period August 21-27, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to assist in conducting the Performanc [...]
2006-08-11 18:29:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN142COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE officers William Buonocore and John Reiter to escort criminal David Smith #A076582354 to Barbados on January 23-24, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified Barbados authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy ass [...]
2006-01-23 13:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1422COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WISECARVER TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Steven Wisecarver to travel to Barbados on or about August 18 through November 18, 2006. The purpose of travel is to serve as interim Office Director for CRP satellite office. 2. Hotel reservations have been confirmed at [...]
2006-08-15 12:01:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1423COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KING TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Hope King, Public Health Advisor, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to travel to Barbados for the period August 20-21, 2006 and September 20-21, 2006. 2. Post notes that traveler will be staying at the Hilton Barbados Hotel, Bridgetown, Ba [...]
2006-08-15 14:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN143COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE OFFICERS MILLER AND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE officers Anne Miller and Bruce Wright to escort criminal Rashe Raphiel #A074853546 to St. Lucia on February 7-8, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified St. Lucia authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy assis [...]
2006-01-23 14:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1452COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EARLE TO TRANSIT BARBADOS TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Peter Earle, to travel to Antigua August 25, 2006 and to Dominica August 26, 2006. The purpose of this travel is to conduct training sessions for numerators for the baseline survey. 2. Please note that traveler will be stay [...]
2006-08-18 16:01:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA AC DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1453MFA STATEMENT ON UN RESOLUTION 1701
[...] Embassy Bridgetown received via fax a statement from Dominica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour on UN Resolution 1701. Begin Text Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour on the UN Resolution 1701 Calling for a Ceasefire in the Lebanon/Israeli Conflict [...]
2006-08-18 16:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDODIP DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1470REQUEST FOR AGREMENT: FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF JULIAN N.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the Commonwealth of Dominica 2. Begin text of diplomatic note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour of the Commonwealth of Dominica presents its compliments to [...]
2006-08-22 17:47:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OFDP DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1471LETTER FROM FONMIN MILLER TO SECSTATE ON BARBADOS ECOSOC
[...] Embassy Bridgetown received the following diplomatic note and letter to Secretary Rice from Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dame Billie A. Miller, Government of Barbados. The letter has been forwarded to WHA/CAR via diplomatic pouch registration number 8970080 on August 22, 2006. 2. Begin text [...]
2006-08-22 17:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1495COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ADOLFO A. FRANCO TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Adolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator, Latin America and the Caribbean, to travel to Barbados on or about September 25-27, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Office [...]
2006-08-25 17:20:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN150COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ALDEN PROVOST FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologist, Alden Provost to travel to Barbados, February 27 - March 7, 2006. Mr. Provost has been invited to teach a training course on the use of U.S. Geological Survey ground-water modeling software saturated-unsat [...]
2006-01-23 19:55:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN151COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ARMBRISTER AND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown - Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) requests clearance for, IRG/OFDA-LAC Consultants Mrs. Beryl Armbrister and Mr. Clive Lorde, employed by/contractor for OFDA, to travel to Kingston, Jamaica on/about February 6-10, 2006 to be Instructors at the Initial Damage Ass [...]
2006-01-23 20:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB JM XL
06BRIDGETOWN152COUNTRY 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 20:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB HA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1526DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1026, Barbados #1027, Dominica #1028, St. Kitts #1029, St. Lucia #1030, St. Vincent #1031, and Grenada #1032) on August 29, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2 [...]
2006-08-30 17:29:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US UNHRC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1527DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1026, Barbados #1027, Dominica #1028, St. Kitts #1029, St. Lucia #1030, St. Vincent #1031, and Grenada #1032) on August 29, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2 [...]
2006-08-30 17:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM US UNHRC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1533MESSAGE DELIVERED: BARBADOS ECOSOC CANDIDACY
[...] Per ref A instructions, response was delivered to Her Excellency Dame Billie Miller, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Government of Barbados, under cover of Diplomatic Note #1130 on August 31, 2006. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. Post will rep [...]
2006-08-31 20:17:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC UNGA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1542ST. LUCIA'S DISCONNECTED PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Kramer and MLO Aboyagye traveled to St. Lucia August 3 to dedicate two SOUTHCOM-constructed projects and meet informally with St. Lucia Prime Minister Anthony. While both ceremonies created positive public impressions of U.S.-St. Lucia cooperation, Ambassador Kramer [...]
2006-09-01 21:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR KPAO PINR UNGA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1543GRENADA - BLUE LANTERN ON LICENSE 05-1001037 FOR
[...] (U) Post was unable to conduct a site visit to Grenada but gathered information on the end user via telephone and email. (Note: Embassy Grenada is a one-officer post and at present no American is stationed there. Thus, Embassy Bridgetown has taken responsibility for this Blue Lantern Chec [...]
2006-09-05 11:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN1544BRIDGETOWN POC FOR BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM
[...] (U) Per reftel request, post submits the following point of contact information for the Blue Lantern program: Anthony Eterno, Economic Officer, Amembassy Bridgetown; PH: 246-436-4950, ext. 2230; FX: 246-431-0384; EM: eternoar@state.gov. Mr. Eterno's estimated date of departure from post is S [...]
2006-09-05 11:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1546COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAREN TURNER TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Karen D. Turner, Mission Director USAID/Jamaica-Caribbean to travel to Barbados on or about September 24-30, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Officer Steven Wisecarve [...]
2006-09-05 12:24:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1547COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S. KEN YAMASHITA TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. S. Ken Yamashita, Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS to travel to Barbados on or about September 24-28, 2006 to participate in the 2006 Chiefs of Mission HIV/AIDS Conference. 2. Control officer is Martina Strong at Embassy Bridgetown Tel: 1 [...]
2006-09-05 13:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN155COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JOHN WILSON TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for John Wilson, Development Program Specialist to travel to Tobago for the period February 13-15, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to participate in Hurricane Ivan close out events in Tobago. 2. Mr. Wilson is an FSN officer with no security [...]
2006-01-23 21:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB TD XL
06BRIDGETOWN1556BARBADOS: OP-ED RILES LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 26, a leading daily newspaper ran a half-page op-ed piece in its weekly "As A Matter Of Fact" column, which offended Barbados' Jewish community. Intended as criticism of the armed conflict in Lebanon, the article degenerated into the propaganda of intolerance. The pap [...]
2006-09-06 13:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ASEC OPRC KPAO SCUL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1564DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695
[...] Per instructions in reftel, talking points on U.S. Views of UNSC Resolution 1695 were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1173, Barbados #1174, Dominica #1175, St. Kitts #1176, St. Lucia #1177, St. Vincent #1178, Grenada #1179) on September 7, 2006. The original Diplomatic No [...]
2006-09-07 18:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1565DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT
[...] Per instructions in reftel A, talking points on the XIV Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Movement in Havana, Cuba, September 11-16, were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1181, Barbados #1182, Dominica #1183, St. Kitts #1184, St. Lucia #1185, St. [...]
2006-09-07 18:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CU XL
06BRIDGETOWN1568COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAMACHO FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Joaquin Camacho to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on September 21, 2006, for the purpose of performing "en-route inspections to certificate holder Coastal Air as part of work program". 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not re [...]
2006-09-08 11:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAIR SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1575DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on the President's speech on detainees in the War on Terror were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1194, Barbados #1195, Dominica #1196, St. Kitts #1197, St. Lucia #1198, St. Vincent #1199, Grenada #1200) on September 8, 2006. The or [...]
2006-09-08 16:25:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL CU XL
06BRIDGETOWN1591DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM FOR
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on Iran's Nuclear Program for Attendees of the NAM Summit were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1210, Barbados #1211, Dominica #1212, St. Kitts #1213, St. Lucia #1214, St. Vincent #1215, Grenada #1216) on September 11, 2006. The origi [...]
2006-09-12 16:53:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDIR PHUM PREL PTER XL
06BRIDGETOWN1596COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO REESE AND DEPALMA FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to John Reese and Joseph Depalma to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from October 8-14, 2006, for the purpose of providing an international civil aviation national program development workshop. 2. Per reftel request, in order to make hotel reser [...]
2006-09-12 19:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1605DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE FOR
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on the UN Peacekeeping Force in Darfur for Attendees of the NAM Summit were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1229, Barbados #1230, Dominica #1231, St. Kitts #1232, St. Lucia #1233, St. Vincent #1234, Grenada #1235) on September 13, 20 [...]
2006-09-13 17:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PTER XL
06BRIDGETOWN1623PROFILE OF BARBADOS OPPOSITION LEADER DAVID
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 11 meeting with PolOff, leader of the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) David Thompson sought to portray his party as the party of the "common man," who will rise up in the next election to defeat the Barbados Labour Party (BLP),which has ignored his inter [...]
2006-09-14 20:20:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON ELAB SMIG BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1640DOMINICA HOPES FOR IMPROVED U.S.-CARIBBEAN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kramer and Dominica Foreign Minister Savarin exchanged views on U.S.-Caribbean relations in a September 8 meeting in Bridgetown. Savarin explained that, in addition to Guatemala's claim on Belize territory, Guatemala's role in damaging the Caribbean banana industry is [...]
2006-09-15 19:53:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PBTS PHSA DO CH VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN168COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HUBBS AND LAVOIE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for USSS employees Michael Hubbs and David Lavoie to come to Bridgetown between the dates January 31 - February 3, 2006. The purpose of their visit is to assist local law enforcement with counterfeit currency investigations and provide a counterfei [...]
2006-01-26 12:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1687DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points and reports were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1276, Barbados #1277, Dominica #1278, St. Kitts #1279, St. Lucia #1280, St. Vincent #1281, and Grenada #1282) on September 20, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on [...]
2006-09-21 18:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT PGOV PREL KPAO KCSY KHLS XL
06BRIDGETOWN1695BRIDGETOWN PARTICIPATION IN THE 2006 CARIBBEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-22 20:40:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PGOV PINR XL
06BRIDGETOWN1696EARLY LOOK AT THE NEXT BARBADOS ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: Peter Wickham, a political insider and a well-connected political consultant based in Barbados (ref B),gives the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) a good chance of winning the next election, expected in the second half of 2007. The Barbados Labour Party (BLP) could fall [...]
2006-09-22 20:48:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON ELAB BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1706ANTIGUA - HALF MOON BAY: INCREASING COMMON GROUND;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 20 Ambassador Kramer and legal counsel to the Half Moon Bay property's Amcit majority shareholder met with Antigua and Barbuda Attorney General and Minister of Tourism to revitalize efforts to resolve differences surrounding the 11-year-old expropriation case of the [...]
2006-09-25 20:27:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEINV PGOV PREL PINR CASC ELAB OPIC KIDE AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1708PRIME MINISTER ARTHUR'S POPULARITY RISES
[...] SUMMARY: In a public opinion poll published over the weekend, Prime Minister Owen Arthur and his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) came out as clear winners. The poll demonstrates that the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) and its leader, David Thompson, face an uphill battle in their effor [...]
2006-09-25 21:20:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN171COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LACY BRANCH TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Project Developers Inc,(sub- contractors of Stronghold Engineering) personnel Lacy Branch. The purpose of this trip is to survey current construction operation during the period Feb. 06 - Feb.11, 2006. Please be informed that [...]
2006-01-26 16:07:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1715ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: BLUE LANTERN ON
[...] (U) Post was unable to conduct a site visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines but gathered information on the end user via telephone and email. Post did not uncover any derogatory information on Coreas Hazells, Inc. Coreas Hazells appears to be a legitimate firearm retailer. 2. (U) Co [...]
2006-09-26 18:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1718COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HOGAN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS,
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Patrick Hogan, Peace Corps Associate Director for Safety and Security, to travel to Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, and Dominica a/o October 1, 2006 and to depart a/o October 12, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to accompany Peace Co [...]
2006-09-26 20:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST GJ DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1719COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EDWARDS AND COVINGTON TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Edwards, Director of IT Infrastructure, and Eric Covington, Lead IT Specialist to travel to St. Lucia from October 22-27, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to consult with Peace Corps staff to gather requirements for future I [...]
2006-09-26 20:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1730COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SHOUBA TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS,
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Peace Corps Safety and Security Officer Neil Shouba to travel to Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Kitts/Nevis, Grenada, and Antigua/Barbuda from o/a October 1-16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to serve as the Technical Advisor [...]
2006-09-27 17:06:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST DO SC GJ AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1743PETROCARIBE UPDATE #26: ST. LUCIA PM'S OFFICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Press Secretary to St. Lucia's Prime Minister confirmed press reports that St. Lucia and Venezuela will soon sign a bilateral Petrocaribe agreement and that Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) made a separate deal with Hess Oil to use its storage facilities on Saint Lucia for P [...]
2006-10-02 11:25:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV ST VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1761COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STEELE FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Vernon Steele to travel to Dominica from October 11-13, 2006, for the purpose of participating in the Ross University School of Medicine Research Medical Symposium. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not requested. Visit [...]
2006-10-04 19:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TBIO KSCA DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN177COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICHARD
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Security Management Deputy Director Richard Colquhoun to visit Barbados on February 21-23, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to evaluate and review SSM's performance. Please be informed that safety shoes are required to gain access to the site. [...]
2006-01-27 17:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1778COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FARMER TO TRAVEL TO SAINT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to International Health Coordinator, William Farmer, who will meet with Peace Corps staff to perform an assessment of medical facilities. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean based in St. Lucia will arrange [...]
2006-10-06 21:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST DO SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1780 BRIDGETOWN HOSTS SUCCESSFUL 2006 REGIONAL CHIEFS OF
[...] On September 26-27, Embassy Bridgetown hosted the Fifth Regional Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS. The conference brought together U.S. ambassadors and officials from ten embassies, as well as representatives from Washington and the Caribbean region. The conference reviewed the progr [...]
2006-10-06 21:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID TBIO KHIV BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1790COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KIRK TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Matthew Kirk to travel to Barbados to attend the Cricket World Cup 2007 planning meetings to be held on October 11-12, 2006. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands arrival assistance is not needed. 3. Embassy point of contact is [...]
2006-10-10 16:24:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1791COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BRANDON LEE TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Brandon Lee to travel to Barbados to attend the Cricket World Cup 2007 planning meetings to be held on October 11-12, 2006. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands arrival assistance is not needed. 3. Embassy point of contact is [...]
2006-10-10 16:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1793DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON VENEZUELA'S GREATEST HITS
[...] Per reftel instructions, a message from Charge d'Affaires Mary Ellen T. Gilroy was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1348, Barbados #1349, Dominica #1350, St. Kitts #1351, St. Lucia #1352, St. Vincent #1353) on October 4, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed [...]
2006-10-10 17:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC BB VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1795COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RODRIGUEZ TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance for Eric Rodriguez, BCBP, to travel to Barbados to attend the airlines CARICOM APIS briefing from scheduled from October 16-18, 2006. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands arrival assistance is not needed. 3. Embassy point of conta [...]
2006-10-10 19:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1798DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NORTH KOREA'S ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] Per reftel instructions, the talking points and President Bush's speech on North Korea's announcement of a nuclear weapon test were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1379, Barbados #1380, Dominica #1381, St. Kitts #1382, St. Lucia #1383, St. Vincent #1384) on October 10, 200 [...]
2006-10-10 19:29:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM XL
06BRIDGETOWN180ST. VINCENT REQUEST FOR ALL MARINE RESEARCH VESSEL
[...] This is an action message for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environment and Science Affairs (OES),Marine Research Vessels (MRVs),Office of Oceans Affairs. See paragraph four. 2. Embassy Bridgetown received the following diplomatic note, No. 35/2006, from the Government of St. [...]
2006-01-27 18:22:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKNRV SENV VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1807COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO QUAIN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Estelle Quain to travel to Bridgetown to participate as a presenter at the Caribbean Training Integration Workshop on or about November 12 - 18, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative/Barbados, James Goggin, Phone: 1(246) [...]
2006-10-12 10:34:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1810COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LLOYD TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Ethleen Lloyd, Chief of Global AIDS Program, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados on or about November 11 - 18, 2006 to attend workshop with Caribbean HIV/AIDS training coordinators. 2. Post understands traveler has reservations at the Acc [...]
2006-10-12 17:35:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KSCA OTRA ASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1811AMBASSADOR KRAMER FAREWELL TOUR: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 visit to Antigua and Barbuda, Ambassador Kramer met with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, continuing her series of farewell meetings with leaders of the seven island-nations to which she is accredited. The Ambassador also met with Minister of Housing, Cultu [...]
2006-10-12 19:52:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEINV PGOV PREL PINR CASC ELAB OPIC KIDE AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1816COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LLOYD TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Ethleen Lloyd, Chief of Global AIDS Program, NCHSTP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados on or about November 11 - 18, 2006 to attend workshop with Caribbean HIV/AIDS training coordinators. 2. Post understands traveler has reservations at the Acc [...]
2006-10-13 17:59:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KSCA OTRA ASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1826ST. VINCENT NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel instructions, letter on St. Vincent and the Grenadines National Day from President Bush to Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Note No. 1411 on October 13, 2006. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report a [...]
2006-10-16 18:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1834DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points and non-papers were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1401, Barbados #1402, Dominica #1403, St. Kitts #1404, St. Lucia #1405, St. Vincent 1406) on October 11, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. P [...]
2006-10-17 15:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN XL
06BRIDGETOWN1835BARBADOS' LABOR AND POLITICS: A HISTORICAL
[...] SUMMARY: The stable democratic history of Barbados has been characterized by occasional periods of upheaval predicated by a lack of political, social and economic parity. The Social Partnership, first established in 1993, was created to thwart the then-downward spiraling economy and provide [...]
2006-10-17 15:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1836BARBADOS' LABOR RELATIONS TODAY
[...] (U) Summary: In the four decades since independence, Barbados has enjoyed a relatively calm industrial relations environment, with successive governments focused on ensuring social stability by promoting economic progress of all socio-economic groups. The history of Barbados is intertwined [...]
2006-10-17 15:21:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1847DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1718
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1415, Barbados #1416, Dominica #1417, St. Kitts #1418, St. Lucia #1419, St. Vincent 1420) on October 19, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report [...]
2006-10-19 18:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN XL
06BRIDGETOWN1849A PLAN FOR SALVATION: SECOND CWC 2007 ISAG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 held its second plenary meeting October 11-12 in Bridgetown, Barbados. Participants reviewed progress reports on the Regional Security Plan (RSP) threat assessments, and public health and safety issues [...]
2006-10-19 19:32:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CASC PINR KCIP KTIA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1878REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the St. Lucian police force who has been nominated for training in the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Candidate's name and informat [...]
2006-10-25 19:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SL XL
06BRIDGETOWN1879BARBADOS: EARLY ELECTIONS RUMORED
[...] (C) Summary: Although Barbados' next parliamentary election is not constitutionally due until 2008, rumors are swirling in the media and among the political commentariat that Prime Minister Owen Arthur is considering calling early elections, perhaps even this fall. If he does decide to call [...]
2006-10-26 10:28:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1883COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS IT SPECIALIST MR.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Adam McWilliams to travel to St. Lucia arriving o/a October 26, 2005. The purpose is to assist with a telecommunications project. 2. POC while in St. Lucia will be Ms. Kate Raftry, Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean Countr [...]
2006-10-26 18:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1884COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS IT SPECIALIST MR.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Domenico Palombo ams to travel to St. Lucia arriving o/a October 26, 2005. The purpose is to assist with a telecommunications project. 2. POC while in St. Lucia will be Ms. Kate Raftry, Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean C [...]
2006-10-26 18:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1885ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel instructions, letter on Antigua and Barbuda National Day from Prime Minister Spencer was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Note No. 1444 on October 25, 2006. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report any response. KRAMER [...]
2006-10-26 19:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1886DOMINICA NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel instructions, letter on Dominica National Day from President Bush to President Liverpool was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Note No. 1443 on October 25, 2006. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report any response. KRAMER [...]
2006-10-26 19:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1887DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points and were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1453, Barbados #1454, Dominica #1455, St. Kitts #1456, St. Lucia #1457, St. Vincent 1458) on October 26, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post [...]
2006-10-26 19:28:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1888FACT SHEET DELIVERED ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT SESSION
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1459, Barbados #1460, Dominica #1461, St. Kitts #1462, St. Lucia #1463, St. Vincent 1464) on October 26, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will [...]
2006-10-26 19:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA KWMN XL
06BRIDGETOWN1889COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ELIZABETH BUNKER AND CRIST
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Elizabeth A. Bunker and Crist Chensvold to travel to St. Lucia from November 5-22, 2006. From St. Lucia, Bunker and Chensvold will travel to Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and St. Vincent. The purpose of this trip is fo [...]
2006-10-26 19:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1893COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO E. CALDEIRA TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Ellen Caldeira, HRSA, to travel to Barbados from November 13-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to participate in a panel discussion on Human Capacity Development at the Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Center. 2. Embassy understa [...]
2006-10-27 13:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1896AMBASSADOR KRAMER'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (U) Summary: On October 25, Ambassador Kramer met with Barbados' Foreign Minister Miller. They discussed U.S.-Barbadian relations, the continued deadlock over the GRULAC UN Security Council Seat, and planning for Caribbean Heritage Month celebrations in 2007. End Summary. "Things are Look [...]
2006-10-27 17:12:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC UNSC ETRD KWMN BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1897AMBASSADOR KRAMER'S FAREWELL TOUR: ST. VINCENT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, Ambassador Kramer paid farewell courtsey calls on the Foreign Minister, Prime Minister, and Governor General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In her meeting with the Foreign Minister, he candidly admitted that the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOS [...]
2006-10-27 17:18:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAIR ETRD UNSC KPAO VE VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1899AMBASSADOR KRAMER FAREWELL TOUR: ST. LUCIA
[...] (SBU) On October 13, Ambassador Kramer traveled to St. Lucia for farewell meetings with Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony, Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy and Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Senator Victor Philip La Corbiniere. The Ambassador used the meetings to gauge St. Luc [...]
2006-10-27 17:42:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR KPAO PINR UNGA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN190COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR COLON TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to COL Wilfredo Colon, United States Army (USA) for travel to Barbados February 02 - 04, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to meet with Ambassador Kramer and USMILGRP Commander, CDR Peter Kilfoyle on the State Partnership Program. 2. Understan [...]
2006-01-31 10:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1902BARBADOS PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CAMPAIGN:
[...] (C) Summary: Barbados' next parliamentary elections will likely be decided by pocketbook issues and the voters' judgment of which party is best prepared to address their concerns over the cost of living, economy, and unemployment. Even though a recent poll gave his government poor marks on it [...]
2006-10-27 17:53:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1904AMBASSADOR KRAMER'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: During her October 23 farewell meeting with Barbados' Prime Minister Arthur, Ambassador Kramer took stock of U.S.-Barbadian relations and discussed areas where greater collaboration could be useful. Ambassador Kramer urged Prime Minister Arthur to review Barbados' stance on Vene [...]
2006-10-27 18:50:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC UNSC ETRD CASC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN191COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Sherry Petronsky and John Langer to escort Fabian Gittens #A097410426 to Barbados, February 9-10, 2006. 2. Embassy RSO has notified Barbados authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy assistance [...]
2006-01-31 10:46:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1910COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO L. ELDRED TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Lois J. Eldred, Director Global AIDS Program, HRSA, to travel to Barbados from November 13-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to be a keynote speaker at a Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Center meeting. 2. Embassy understands th [...]
2006-10-30 17:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV SENV OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1915COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO L. ELDRED TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Lois J. Eldred, Director Global AIDS Program, HRSA, to travel to Barbados from November 13-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to be a keynote speaker at a Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Center meeting. 2. Embassy understands th [...]
2006-10-31 13:14:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV SENV OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1916COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO L. ELDRED TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Lois J. Eldred, Director Global AIDS Program, HRSA, to travel to Barbados from November 13-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is to be a keynote speaker at a Caribbean HIV/AIDS Regional Training Center meeting. 2. Embassy understands th [...]
2006-10-31 15:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV SENV OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN192COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for ICE Officers Carlos Torres and Datza Valcarcel to escort Richard Elliott to Antigua, February 7-8, 2006 2. Embassy RSO has notified Antigua authorities of the details of the visit. Understand that further Embassy assistance is not required. [...]
2006-01-31 10:47:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1931PETROCARIBE UPDATE #27: EVERYTHING ON TRACK FOR
[...] (C) The first Petrocaribe delivery is set for mid-November 2006 and is expected to include a variety of fuel products, including diesel and liquid petroleum gas. However, subtle signs point to possible delays in the shipment. On October 9, Acting Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Housin [...]
2006-11-02 17:20:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV DO VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1933BARBADOS LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE: PROMISING
[...] (U) Summary: The ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) met over the weekend for their annual conference. Prime Minister Owen Arthur did not announce the date for the next general election, as some had expected. He did, however, promise to run again and to deliver another big BLP victory. The [...]
2006-11-02 19:05:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1934DOMINICA: A NEW ATTEMPT AT OFFSHORE FINANCIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dominica plans to resurrect both its economic citizenship program and its offshore financial services sector. Both programs previously left scars on Dominica's reputation, and so the government is emphasizing that it will implement these programs with appropriate regulation and [...]
2006-11-02 19:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN1936ARRIVAL AT POST - AMBASSADOR MARY M. OURISMAN
[...] Ambassador Mary M. Ourisman arrived at post on Tuesday, October 31, 2006, at 5:00 p.m. local time, and assumed charge. 2. The Certificate of Transfer relinquishing charge of Embassy Bridgetown from Ambassador Kramer to Mary M. Ourisman was signed and is filed with post's permanent records. [...]
2006-11-02 19:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PGOV PREL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1941PETROCARIBE 28: SANTA IS FROM CARACAS
[...] (C) Christmas came early for Barbados this year. From October 23-27, a high-level Venezuelan delegation dashed into Bridgetown to publicly rejuvenate Venezuela's relationship with Barbados, bearing gifts and agreements on tourism, satellites and cement, among others. The timing of this frien [...]
2006-11-03 13:46:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV XL VE
06BRIDGETOWN1945REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force who has been nominated for training in the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Candidate's n [...]
2006-11-03 21:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1946ST. LUCIA: RULING PARTY HAS A LEG UP ON A CLOSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia faces a close race in the upcoming national elections, which have not yet been called but are expecteD sometime in December. The opposition party is resting its hopes on the current desire for change apparent among the populace, while the ruling party is basing its cam [...]
2006-11-03 21:37:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN1951COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GEORGE FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to John George, Entomologist, USDA/ARS/SPA, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from November 13-18, 2006, for the purpose of participating in the 13th Meeting of the Amblyomma Programme Council (APC). 2. Per reftel, no further embassy assistanc [...]
2006-11-06 19:22:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN1953DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points and were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1509, Barbados #1510, Dominica #1511, St. Kitts #1512, St. Lucia #1513, and St. Vincent #1514) on November 6, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. [...]
2006-11-06 20:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1956DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTIONS
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1517, Barbados #1518, Dominica #1519, St. Kitts #1520, St. Lucia #1521, St. Vincent #1522) on November 6, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post wil [...]
2006-11-07 17:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA XL
06BRIDGETOWN198REQUEST TO INCREASE LOCAL GUARD COVERAGE - US
[...] (SBU) Post requests authorization to increase the coverage of an existing local guard position at the U.S. embassy in Grenada by 15.5 hours. US MISSION - GRENADA 2. (SBU) AmEmbassy Grenada is an unclassified lock and leave stand-alone facility. The embassy compound has two (2) vehicle e [...]
2006-01-31 10:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ABUD ASUP AFIN GJ BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN1988DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-14 20:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM XL
06BRIDGETOWN1989DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMO'S MARITIME SAFETY
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee Meeting were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1524, Barbados #1525, Dominica #1526, St. Kitts #1527, St. Lucia #1528, St. Vincent #1529) on November 7, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were al [...]
2006-11-14 20:27:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KTIA XL
06BRIDGETOWN2016DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on Country-Specific Resolutions at the UN were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1547, Barbados #1548, Dominica #1549, St. Kitts #1550, St. Lucia #1551, and St. Vincent #1552) on November 8, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were al [...]
2006-11-16 22:06:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA XL
06BRIDGETOWN2018EASTERN CARIBBEANS PONDERING THEIR VOTES ON
[...] (U) Per ref B instructions, talking points on Belarus' Anti-U.S. Resolutions were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1569, Barbados #1570, Dominica #1571, St. Kitts #1572, St. Lucia #1573, St. Vincent #1574) on November 15, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed [...]
2006-11-16 23:43:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BO XL
06BRIDGETOWN2019THREE VOTES FOR MATHESON TO INTERNATIONAL LAW
[...] Per ref B instructions, talking points in support of the re-election of Michael Matheson to the International Law Commission were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1531, Barbados #1532, Dominica #1533, St. Kitts #1534, St. Lucia #1535, and St. Vincent #1536) on November 7, [...]
2006-11-17 00:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA XL
06BRIDGETOWN202 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AVSED TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Lt CDR Kimberley J. Avsec, U.S Coast Guard, for travel to Barbados February 22 - 26, 2006 and to Antigua and Barbuda February 26 - 02 March, 2006. The purpose of these missions is to have bi-lateral port security discussions with port officials of [...]
2006-01-31 10:55:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2024DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA EMERGENCY SPECIAL
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points and were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1584, Barbados #1585, Dominica #1586, St. Kitts #1587, St. Lucia #1588, St. Vincent #1589) on November 17, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Pos [...]
2006-11-17 20:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA XL
06BRIDGETOWN2025U.S. FY2007 SUGAR TAFIFF RATE QUOTA ALLOCATIONS
[...] Per reftel request, post informed host government officials in Barbados and St. Kitts and Nevis of the FY2007 raw cane sugar WTO TRQ country/economy allocations, established by USTR on August 3, 2006. 2. For Barbados, post notified Carl Simpson, head of the Barbados Agricultural Managemen [...]
2006-11-17 20:17:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ELAB ETRD BB SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN2026TAIWAN INVOLVEMENT IN ST. LUCIAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although many observers believe that Taiwan is supporting the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) in the December 11 St. Lucian elections, there is little evidence because of the lack of transparency in campaign finance. PM Anthony has expressed concern that Taiwan will provide [...]
2006-11-17 21:14:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL TW SL XL
06BRIDGETOWN2027ST. LUCIA ELECTIONS DECEMBER 11; COMPETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Anthony announced that St. Lucian elections will be held on December 11. Two key polls have predicted conflicting outcomes for the elections. The track record of the pollster predicting that the ruling party will retain its majority in Parliament seems to be the m [...]
2006-11-17 21:24:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN203MISSENT COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR CLARK AND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown received a country clearance request from U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Weather Service (NWS) for Kenneth Clark and Alphonse Wissman to travel to Nassau, Bahamas. The cable was missent to Bridgetown. Post requ [...]
2006-01-31 12:08:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA XL
06BRIDGETOWN2034 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following eight (8) candidates from various Eastern Caribbean security forces who have been nominated for training in the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on any of [...]
2006-11-20 11:58:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
06BRIDGETOWN204COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JACK AMEN FOR TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Jack Amen, Veterinary Attache, Embassy Santo Domingo, for travel to Barbados February 15 - 18, 2006, to discuss issues related to the Caribbean Amblyomma Program with Al Anzaldua, Labor/ESTH Officer, and/or John Ashworth, Economic Officer, t [...]
2006-01-31 12:53:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN206EASTERN CARIBBEAN WARY OF CARICOM SINGLE MARKET
[...] (U) Summary. The January 1 "start" of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and January 30 signing are purely ceremonial events because the CSME is a patchwork process that countries must implement through national legislation. Owing to fears of a mass influx of foreign labor, concerns [...]
2006-01-31 14:17:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD ELAB EAID EIND EFIN PREL XL
06BRIDGETOWN2063TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER
[...] (C) Embassy Bridgetown's Area of Responsibility (AOR) includes: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Embassy Grenada does not have classified capability, so Embassy Bridgetown will also handle Terrorism Finance Coordinat [...]
2006-11-22 22:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN KVPR XL
06BRIDGETOWN207 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRAVEL TO BARBADOS AND
[...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to LTG H Steven Blum, Chief National Guard Bureau (CNGB),Dr. John Finney, POLAD to Chief NGB, Major Joseph Reale, Executive Officer and Aide to the Chief NGB, Major Philip Johnson, National Guard Bureau-J5/IA SOUTHCOM Desk Chief and Mrs. Susan Blu [...]
2006-01-31 14:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2079(OURISMAN, MARY M, ***-**-0401) REQUEST PERMISSION TO BE
[...] I hereby request permission to be absent from post to attend the WHA Chiefs of Mission Conference in Washington, D.C. December 6 - 8, 2006. Prior to the conference, I will attend the Security Overseas Seminar at FSI December 4 - 5. 2. During my absence, Deputy Chief of Mission Mary Ellen [...]
2006-11-27 13:32:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ALOW APER OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN208COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS TDY
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Peace Corps TDY Judith Kerr to transit Barbados to St. Lucia from February 2 - 17, 2006. The purpose is to assist with administrative matters during the period in the absence of post's Administrative Officer. 2. Post un [...]
2006-01-31 14:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN2083AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO
[...] (U) See action request para 11. 2. (C) Summary: On November 16-17, 2006, Ambassador Ourisman visited Antigua and Barbuda to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Antiguan officials, including the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Perma [...]
2006-11-28 11:07:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALAC ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL EINV CASC
06BRIDGETOWN2084AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO ST.
[...] (U) Summary: On November 14-15, 2006, Ambassador Ourisman visited St. Kitts and Nevis to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Kittitian and Nevisian officials, including the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, who identified trade and U.S. assistance as ke [...]
2006-11-28 11:41:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN2087COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ANDERSON FOR TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Donald Anderson, Contractor for U.S. Geological Survey, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from December 7-12, 2006, for the purpose of performing a site survey in anticipation of the installation of a seismological station in Barbuda. 2. Pe [...]
2006-11-28 12:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA KSCA AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN2089DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECUQTY COUNCIL
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1590, Barbados #1591, Dominica #1592, St. Kitts #1593, St. Lucia #1594, St. Vincent #1595) on November 27, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post wi [...]
2006-11-28 13:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PARM KNNP XL
06BRIDGETOWN209 2005 END USE MONITORING - EASTERN CARIBBEAN
[...] Embassy Bridgetown is responsible for the NAS- funded program in seven countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is also responsible for monitoring equipment provided to the French department of Martini [...]
2006-01-31 17:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AMGT XL
06BRIDGETOWN2095DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON API BAMAKO CONFERENCE
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1624, Barbados #1625, Dominica #1626, St. Kitts #1627, St. Lucia #1628, St. Vincent #1629) on November 28, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post wi [...]
2006-11-28 21:23:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU MA XL
06BRIDGETOWN212COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SUTHERLAND MILLER
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Sutherland Miller, Legal and Regulatory Reform Specialist to travel to Barbados on February 8-11, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to conduct work under Chemonics contract. 3. Mr. Miller has no access security clearance 4. [...]
2006-01-31 20:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA AC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN213 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MADELYN S.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Madelyn S. Marchessault, (M/P) from February 20 - 22, 2006 who will be part of the group accompanying Under Secretary of State Fore on her trip to WHA posts. 2. Embassy point of contact is Management Counselor Leo F. Voyt [...]
2006-01-31 21:23:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2136BARBADOS - BLUE LANTERN ON LICENSE 05-050018615
[...] Post was able to conduct a site visit to SportsImports in Barbados. Post can confirm the order for tactical weapons systems under license 05-050018615. Post did not uncover any derogatory information on the foreign consignee, Greg Cozier of SportsImports, and he appears to be a legitimate fi [...]
2006-12-05 18:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2145BARBADOS AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN TO BOYCOTT ACP
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, talking points discouraging governments from attending the 7-8 December African Caribbean Pacific Group of States (ACP) Summit in Khartoum were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1655, Barbados #1656, Dominica #1657, St. Kitts #1658, St. Lucia #16 [...]
2006-12-06 16:08:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR SOCI SU XL
06BRIDGETOWN2146DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APIS LEGISLATION
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1661, Dominica #1662, St. Kitts #1663, St. Lucia #1664, St. Vincent #1665) on December 6, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. No demarche was sent to the Ba [...]
2006-12-06 18:08:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC KDHS XL
06BRIDGETOWN2156BARBADOS AND CUBA - LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-07 15:16:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN216COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KATHRYN DYE FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Kathryn Dye, International Trade Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce, for travel to Barbados February 5 - 9, 2006, to provide support and counseling to Commercial Service clients visiting Barbados. 2. Per reftel, the traveler require [...]
2006-02-01 17:48:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP OTRA BMGT ABUD AFIN BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2163COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MICHAEL DONALD TO TRAVEL TO
[...] EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO MICHAEL DONALD, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISOR FOR THE CARIBBEAN, TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS ON OR ABOUT DECEMBER 10-16, 2006. 2. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT IS USAID REPRESENTATIVE JAMES GOGGIN, TEL: 1(246) 228-8070, FAX: 1(246) 228-8589. MR. DONALD W [...]
2006-12-08 17:24:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT EAID ASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2164COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR BLACKWOOD AND DONALD TO
[...] USAID BRIDGETOWN REQUESTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MR. MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD, SENIOR TECHNICAL SPECIALIST, USAID, AND MR. MICHAEL DONALD, REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISER, TO TRAVEL TO TOBAGO FOR THE PERIOD DECEMBER 13-14, 2006. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO REVIEW FOR INTERNAL CLOSING OUT PURPOSES S [...]
2006-12-08 17:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC EAID TD XL
06BRIDGETOWN2176BARBADOS' ECONOMY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: With the economy becoming a central issue in the early stages of Barbados' parliamentary campaign (reftel),Prime Minister Arthur's government is under increasing pressure to defend its record management. In a recent meeting, Minister of State in the Finance Ministry Clyde Masc [...]
2006-12-11 16:38:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL PINR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2177DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TERRORIST FINANCE: DOMESTIC
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "Terrorist Finance: Domestic USG Designation of Hizballah-related individuals in the Tri-Border Area" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1686, Barbados #1687, Dominica #1688, St. Kitts #1689, St. Lucia #1690, and St. Vincent #1 [...]
2006-12-11 20:00:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PREL XL
06BRIDGETOWN2180 OCTOGENARIAN SIR JOHN COMPTON RETURNED TO THE HELM IN ST.
[...] (U) The opposition United Workers Party (UWP) unexpectedly dominated the December 11 St. Lucia parliamentary elections with an 11-6 win. This electoral upset returns 80-year-old Sir John Compton to the Prime Minister's seat for his seventh term in the position (Compton previously served 1964-7 [...]
2006-12-12 16:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KCRM ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN2203BARBADOS LABOR: A DEAL, A RIFT, AND A SURPRISE
[...] (U) Summary: The week of December 10 proved to be an eventful one for Barbados' labor unions. On Tuesday, December 12, the National Unon of Public Workers (NUPW) reached a new two-year wage agreement with the government that will give public employees a 10 percent salary increase for the pe [...]
2006-12-18 12:12:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2204ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: UPDATE OF THE WORST FORMS OF
[...] Summary: While Antigua and Barbuda lacks a comprehensive policy or action program on child labor, it does have a policy and legal framework for addressing issues connected with child labor, including education, child care, welfare, social security, and labor administration. Antiguan officia [...]
2006-12-18 12:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN2208BARBADOS - BLUE LANTERN ON LICENSE 05-050020094
[...] Post was able to conduct a site visit to Secure Risk Management in Barbados. Post can confirm the order for semi-auto pistols, hand guns, revolvers, and ammunition under license 05-050020094. Post did not uncover any derogatory information on the foreign consignee, Geoffrey B. Browne of Sec [...]
2006-12-18 12:15:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2211BARBADOS: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] Summary: While Barbados does not have a comprehensive policy or action program on child labor, it does have a solid framework of policies in areas connected with child labor, including education, child care, welfare, social security, and labor administration. Barbados has only recently begun [...]
2006-12-18 14:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2214COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHEN AND ZAIDI
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Mi Chen and Irum Zaidi, HHS/CDC Epidemiologists, to travel to Roseau, Dominica, from January 20-27, 2007, for the purpose of discussing HIV case surveillance-related issues. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands that no assistance is requeste [...]
2006-12-18 18:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KSCA KHIV DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN2224AMERICAS COMPETITIVENESS FORUM: SUGGESTED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-20 16:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ELAB ECON SOCI KSUM XL
06BRIDGETOWN2225DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS
[...] Per ref A instructions, Emboffs attempted to deliver verbal demarches on the unfeasibility of proposed changes to APIS to Eastern Caribbean capitals. As in Grenada (ref B),many interlocuters were unavailable because of holiday activities but messages regarding substance of demarche and requ [...]
2006-12-20 19:41:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV XL
06BRIDGETOWN2226DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON 19 DEC. UNGA VOTE
[...] Per reftel instructions, Emboffs delivered verbal demarches encouraging Eastern Caribbean government PermReps to attend the 19 December UNGA Plenary and vote against attempts to overturn country-specific human rights resolutions. Foreign Ministry officials were uncertain whether their repres [...]
2006-12-20 19:47:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM XL
06BRIDGETOWN2228BARBADOS LABOR: A DEAL, A TEMPEST, AND A SURPRISE
[...] (U) Summary: The week of December 10 proved to be an eventful one for Barbados' labor unions. On Tuesday, December 12, the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) reached a new two-year wage agreement with the government that will give public employees a 10 percent salary increase for 2007- [...]
2006-12-20 20:03:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PGOV PREL PINR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2233BARBADOS' ECONOMY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CENTRAL
[...] (C) Summary: Barbados' economy continues to grow at a steady pace and is projected to expand by 3.4 percent in 2006. However, a recent meeting with Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Senior Director for Research revealed the CBB's concerns over the economy's medium to long-term health. Barba [...]
2006-12-22 18:22:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2234BARBADOS REAFFIRMS FRIENDSHIP AND DIFFERENCES WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On December 7-8, Barbados hosted the fourth meeting of the Barbados/Cuba Joint Commission to discuss opportunities for deepening the two countries' relations and exploring new areas for cooperation. The headline announcement from the meeting was Barbados' agreement to participat [...]
2006-12-22 18:24:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR BB CU XL
06BRIDGETOWN2235COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WESTFALL,
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Treasury Tax Advisors Larry Westfall, James Kopidlansky, Richard Voskuil and Treasury Program Officer Stephanie Fugate, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from February 4-9, 2007, for the purpose of providing CARICOM/COTA regional management tr [...]
2006-12-22 18:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EFIN AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN2237PETROCARIBE UPDATE #29: A COMEDY OF ERRORS IN
[...] (C) In a recent conversation with PolOff, Dr. Joseph Bannis, Permanent Secretary for Public Works and Public Utilities, grinned as he shared how humorous he found the myriad of logistical struggles surrounding Petrocaribe. According to Bannis, Petrocaribe is proving to be only a political prog [...]
2006-12-22 19:21:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL VE DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN2248NEW ST. LUCIAN CABINET: MOSTLY QUALIFIED, BUT...
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sir John Compton's new cabinet was sworn in on December 19. Although the UWP picked appropriately prepared candidates for most ministries, it seems the Foreign Minister and Minister for Home Affairs and National Security are surpringly inexperienced for their posit [...]
2006-12-27 13:33:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN2250COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GREEN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Robert Green, IRM/TSI/Employee, to provide computer logistics during office move, travel to Barbados on or about January 9-16, 2007. 2. Reservations are confirmed at the South Beach Resort and Vacation Club, Rockley at Accra, Christ Church - Tel [...]
2006-12-27 17:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AMGT EAID OVIP BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2265COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRITTON TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Ms. Avril Britton, Financial Support Advisor USAID/Jamaica to travel to Barbados on or about January 2-4, 2007 for to perform Section 1311 and Accruals Review. 2. Reservations are confirmed at the Coral Sands Beach Resort, Worthing, Christ Chu [...]
2006-12-29 22:01:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN2266COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MULLINGS FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Audrey Mullings, OFDA/IRG consultant to travel to Dominica on or about January 9-12, 2007 to Co-facilitate Technical Assistance in Shelters and Shelter Management and Damage Assessment and Needs Workshops. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is no [...]
2006-12-29 22:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN239CARIBBEAN POLITICS: AN INSIDER'S VIEW
[...] (C) Summary: Caribbean political campaigns are awash with money from a variety of sources, particularly wealthy expatriates seeking to influence governments, according to regional political consultant Peter Wickham. The availability of money favors ruling parties and has dramatically changed [...]
2006-02-03 20:42:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EINV OFDP PINR SNAR XL
06BRIDGETOWN290COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WAHLBERG, MOTES
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Debra Wahlberg, Preston Motes and Laura Vinoly to travel to Barbados on February 22-23, 2006. 2. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings with USAID personnel and to train USAID staff to operate the DEVIS Management, Monitoring and Eval [...]
2006-02-14 17:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN291 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GREENE TO TRAVEL TO
[...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Robin Greene, Logistics Management Specialist for travel to Barbados March 11 - 18, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to attend the RSS Security Cooperation Conference. 2. Embassy assistance is requested. Hotel and transportation arra [...]
2006-02-14 19:13:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN292 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WILCOX TO
[...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Cynthia M. Wilcox, Supply Analyst for travel to Barbados March 12 - 18, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to attend the RSS Security Cooperation Conference. 2. Embassy assistance is requested. Hotel and transportation arrangements are [...]
2006-02-14 19:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN294GRENADA: MORE UNFOUNDED COUP RUMORS
[...] (C) Summary: After weeks of hurried phone calls and circumspect hints that something unspecified was about to happen in Grenada, Prime Minister Keith Mitchell finally confided to the Ambassador during a face-to-face meeting in December that he feared opposition politicians were out to change [...]
2006-02-14 19:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN300 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HUBERT WRIGHT
[...] AmEmbassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Hubert D. Wright, Engineer for travel to Saint Lucia February 22 - 24, 2006. The purpose of this mission is to visit the Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) Warehouse sites and meet with Embassy and contractor personnel on changes and work [...]
2006-02-16 16:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN3042005 OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT (OCSR) FOR
[...] CHIEF OF MISSION (COM) responsibility extends to seven (7) independent nations of the Eastern Caribbean including: -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Barbados -- Dominica -- Grenada -- St. Kitts and Nevis -- St. Lucia -- St. Vincent and the Grenadines CONSUL GENERAL (CG),Bridgetown provides c [...]
2006-02-17 12:52:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KCRM KSAC BB GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN310COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TIMOTHY STEVENS FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Timothy N. Stevens, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA, to travel to Barbados March 19 - 26, 2006. The purpose of Mr. Stevens' trip is to serve as a technical advisor for collaborative research [...]
2006-02-17 17:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAGR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN311COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KAZUKO SAKATA FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dr. Kazuko Sakata, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD),to travel to Barbados February 19 - 25, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for Dr. Sakata to attend the Winter Conference on Neural Pla [...]
2006-02-17 17:43:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA KSCA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN312ST. LUCIA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former St. Lucia Prime Minister John Compton has warned against the deepening ties between CARICOM member states, Venezuela and Cuba. Compton, leader of the opposition United Workers Party, expressed his concern that St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony and other Caribbean l [...]
2006-02-17 17:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ENRG CU VE ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN313RSS CHAIRMAN AGREES TO PARTNERING WITH U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Kramer and the National Guard Bureau (NGB) Chief, Lt. General Blum, met February 3 with Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Spencer, acting in his capacity as Council Chairman of the Regional Security System (RSS),to pitch RSS participation in USSOUTHCOM's State Part [...]
2006-02-17 17:58:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN315GRENADA: A REQUEST COUCHED IN FAMILIAR ALARMISM
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with Ambassador Kramer, advisors to Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell requested U.S. assistance in bringing a naval floating hospital to Grenada during Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. Barry Collymore and Dr. Rudy Webster warned that the opposition would take a [...]
2006-02-17 18:51:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC SNAR CH GJ VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN316COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAVID ROBINSON FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to David G. Robinson, National Malacologist, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA/APHIS, for travel to Barbados March 19 - 26, 2006. The purpose of Dr. Robinson's trip is to conduct collaborative re [...]
2006-02-17 19:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR OTRA BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN318QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT FOR EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN
[...] (U) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION: ---------------------------------- AMERICAN EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN located on Barbados is comprised of 8 resident agencies housed in four separate facilities; the Chancery, the Admin Annex, the Consular building and the warehouse. Construction on t [...]
2006-02-21 12:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN322QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT FOR EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN
[...] (U) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION: ---------------------------------- AMERICAN EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN located on Barbados is comprised of 8 resident agencies housed in four separate facilities; the Chancery, the Admin Annex, the Consular building and the warehouse. Construction on t [...]
2006-02-21 15:28:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN323BARBADOS CABINET RESHUFFLE INCLUDES FORMER
[...] SUMMARY: On February 18, Prime Minister Owen Arthur announced a major cabinet reshuffle after months of speculation that a change was eminent. The reorganization added three new ministers to the cabinet, including former opposition leader Clyde Mascoll as Minister of State in the PM,s office [...]
2006-02-21 16:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN337COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OMAR GONZALEZ FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Omar Gonzalez, Deputy Director in the Caribbean Basin Agricultural Trade Office (CBATO),to travel to Antigua and Barbuda February 27 - March 1, 2006. Mr. Gonzalez will be conducting trade servicing with importers and retailers of food produc [...]
2006-02-22 18:17:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN344ST. VINCENT'S DISPUTE WITH TEXACO CONTINUES: WILL
[...] (C) Summary: The dispute between the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) and Texaco over the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has continued since the company threatened in November 2005 to stop supplying the island with the fuel unless the government-regulated price is ra [...]
2006-02-23 12:11:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG EPET ETRD VC VE TD XL
06BRIDGETOWN368VENEZUELA AND CUBA INCREASE AID AND COOPERATION IN
[...] (C) Summary: Venezuela and Cuba recently stepped up their assistance to Dominica by providing funding for various development projects and sending their citizens, including military personnel, to the small island-state. A project to expand Dominica's main airport has been partly funded by Ve [...]
2006-02-27 20:09:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EAID CU DO VE VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN383TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for int [...]
2006-03-01 20:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN384TIP SUBMISSION - DOMINICA
[...] (U) As requested in ref A, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Dominica for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked [...]
2006-03-01 20:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN385TIP SUBMISSION - ST. LUCIA
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally traffick [...]
2006-03-01 20:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN386TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficke [...]
2006-03-01 20:43:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN387TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationall [...]
2006-03-01 20:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN388TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph 21 - Overview ----------------------- 2. (SBU) -- A) Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationall [...]
2006-03-01 20:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN392LIAT PILOTS' SURPRISE SICKOUT LEAVES HUNDREDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Without advance warning, Leeward Islands Air Transit (LIAT) cockpit crews staged a sickout beginning 4:00 a.m. March 1. This industrial action left hundreds of passengers stranded, including the Principal Officer in Grenada and an Embassy-sponsored jazz group. LIAT is vital [...]
2006-03-02 17:23:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ELAB PREL PGOV KPAO XL
06BRIDGETOWN429GRENADA: THE PRIME MINISTER, OFFSHORE BANKS AND
[...] (C) Summary: Keith Mitchell's ten-year tenure as Prime Minister of Grenada has been tarnished by numerous allegations of corruption, the worst of which involve Grenada's once thriving offshore banks and its economic citizenship program. This situation was highlighted in February by the convic [...]
2006-03-08 16:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CPAS EFIN EINV KCRM OFDP GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN431COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TIM HOLTZ TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Tim Holtz, Medical Officer, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to transit Barbados en route to Guyana for the period March 25-26, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, f [...]
2006-03-08 21:15:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA XL BB
06BRIDGETOWN432COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STEVEN YOON TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Steven Yoon, Epidemiologist, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS to transit Barbados en route to Guyana on March 16, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: 1(246) 228-8070, fax: 1(246)228 [...]
2006-03-08 21:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA ASEC XL BB
06BRIDGETOWN455DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points regarding the competing Venezuelan and Guatemalan candidacies for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council to the MFAs of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Of th [...]
2006-03-13 21:22:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC GT VE UN XL
06BRIDGETOWN458DELIVERED: GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS: FOR GI WINES
[...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche on Geographical Indications (GI): Support for the Joint Proposals on the Multilateral System for GI Wines and Spirits, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic No. 301),Barbados (Diplomatic No. 302),Dom [...]
2006-03-14 19:25:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD WTRO XL
06BRIDGETOWN469ST. LUCIA BY-ELECTION WON BY SUSPECTED DRUG
[...] (C) Summary: The by-election held March 13 to fill a vacant seat in the St. Lucia Parliament was won by an individual suspected of drug trafficking. Richard Frederick, who ran for the seat as an independent, is currently under investigation by U.S. and St. Lucia law enforcement authorities f [...]
2006-03-16 13:38:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR KCRM ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN471HAVE WE LOST THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN: DO WE CARE
[...] SUMMARY: (C) Public positions and policies taken by Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines ) the seven nation states of the Eastern Caribbean (EC) ) appear to be diametrically opposed to those of the USG. Yet, priv [...]
2006-03-16 14:32:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL US XL
06BRIDGETOWN489DELIVERED: POTENTIAL US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche on the US-CARICOM Ministerial Initiative on Combatting Illicit Arms Trafficking to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 317),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 318),Dominica (Diplomatic Note No. [...]
2006-03-20 13:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL MASS AC BB DO GJ SC ST VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN490DELIVERD: DEMARCHE OPPOSING RESOLUTION TO EXPAND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche opposing a resolution to expand UN participation of dependent territories to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 334),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 335),Dominica (Diplomatic Note No. 336),S [...]
2006-03-20 13:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV AC BB DO GJ SC ST VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN501COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PEACE CORPS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Frances Asturias to travel to St. Lucia arriving March 22 and departing June 1, 2006. The purpose is to serve as management advisor for Peace Corps staff. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps Eastern Caribbean based in St [...]
2006-03-21 17:24:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN505BARBADOS REQUESTS URGENT USG ASSISTANCE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley requested USG assistance in funding and setting up a Caribbean regional immigration database before Cricket World Cup 2007. Speaking during a March 17 meeting with Ambassador Kramer, Mottley asked the USG to take the regional immigrati [...]
2006-03-21 19:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER ASEC SNAR XL
06BRIDGETOWN529COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FITZPATRICK AND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Lisa Fitzpatrick, Director and Deputy Director Ken Hunt, of CDC Global AIDS program to travel to Barbados for the period March 27-29, 2006. 2. Embassy point of contact is Angela Davis, HIV/AIDS Technical Specialist, phone: [...]
2006-03-24 13:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OTRA XL BB
06BRIDGETOWN530HOW MANY CUBANS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Cuban Government recently promised to provide hundreds of thousands of Cuban-made energy-efficient lightbulbs to the island-nations of Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Cuban aid in the region, previously confined largely to medical assistan [...]
2006-03-24 19:30:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ENRG PINR PREL XL CU VE CH
06BRIDGETOWN533EASTERN CARIBBEAN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY POSSIBILITIES
[...] (U) This message is in response to the action request in Ref A. See contact list in paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Caribbean is a land of missed opportunities for alternative energy. High oil prices, however, have recently brought the issue to the forefront. This is a very [...]
2006-03-27 12:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENS SOCI EAID EPET TRGY ENRG XL CU VE
06BRIDGETOWN553EASTERN CARIBBEAN MOVES TOWARD ECONOMIC UNION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Caribbean's small island-states are creating an economic union that could lead to political integration. Under a draft plan, the heads of government of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) would sit on a supranational body that has the authority to mak [...]
2006-03-30 12:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN EFIN PGOV PREL UK XL
06BRIDGETOWN554ST. VINCENT: A VIOLENT DEATH AND A DIPLOMAT'S
[...] (C) Summary: The recent death of the top aide to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, together with the departure of a British diplomat who was among the PM's closest friends, has significantly changed the political landscape of this small country. The tragic murder [...]
2006-03-30 12:40:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL OFDP UK VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN578U.S. FAA CATEGORY ONE STATUS PRESENTATION - THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In an official ceremony on March 24, organized by the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority, Ambassador Kramer presented the organization with Category One status on behalf of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. This classification could open the way for regional air [...]
2006-04-04 12:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD AORC PREL XL AC
06BRIDGETOWN587FORMER ANTIGUAN DIPLOMAT EXPRESSES VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Sir Ronald Sanders, a prominent former Antiguan diplomat, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Kramer to share his well-informed views. Sanders expressed the following opinions: Caribbean Ambassadors in Washington spend too much time at the OAS and not enough time engaging the U [...]
2006-04-05 17:49:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD EINV PINR XL AC
06BRIDGETOWN588FORMER ANTIGUAN DIPLOMAT EXPRESSES VIEWS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Sir Ronald Sanders, a prominent former Antiguan diplomat, paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Kramer to share his well-informed views. Sanders expressed the following opinions: Caribbean Ambassadors in Washington spend too much time at the OAS and not enough time engaging the U [...]
2006-04-05 17:49:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ETRD EINV PINR XL AC
06BRIDGETOWN602PETROCARIBE UPDATE #20: TEXACO AND VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) and Texaco have settled their dispute over the pricing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),with the GOSV agreeing to increase the government-regulated price of this cooking fuel used in nearly every home on the island. The [...]
2006-04-07 11:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ENRG EPET ETRD VC VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN603DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE ITU RADIO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown has delivered the demarche on the U.S. Candidate for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Radio Regulations Board to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 396),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 397),Dominica [...]
2006-04-07 11:59:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECPS XL
06BRIDGETOWN605DELIVERED: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche Urging Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Endorsement to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 411),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 412),Dominica (Diplomatic Note No. 413),St. Kitts and Ne [...]
2006-04-07 12:00:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP XL
06BRIDGETOWN612COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HERMENCE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Hermence Matsotsa to St. Lucia for TDY from April 18 to September 16, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to serve a five month HIV/AIDS related Crisis Corps assignment in St. Lucia. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps Ea [...]
2006-04-07 20:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN628BARBADOS AGENDA FOR APRIL 12 CARICOM-USTR MEETING
[...] (C) Ambassador Kramer exchanged views with Barbados Foreign Minister Dame Billie Miller at an April 7 Diplomatic Corps breakfast at the Hilton Hotel. At the Foreign Minister's request, the Ambassador sat next to her to discuss the upcoming April 12 United States Trade Representative (USTR) m [...]
2006-04-11 15:49:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV PREL PINR XL
06BRIDGETOWN635WIN-WIN OR LOSE-LOSE: MARITIME BORDER DISPUTE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 11, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague handed down its ruling finally establishing a single maritime boundary between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. The new border differs from those claimed by each of the parties in their pleadings, yet both countries a [...]
2006-04-12 18:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS EWWT ETRD EPET PHSA TT BB GY VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN642COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BARBER TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Dr. Charles Barber to travel to Dominica April 30 - May 6, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 228-8589. 3. Entry requirement [...]
2006-04-13 14:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN645DELIVERED: U.S. NOT TO RUN FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown has delivered the demarche on the U.S. decision not to run for the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 444),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 445),Dominica (Diplomatic Note [...]
2006-04-13 15:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM XL
06BRIDGETOWN646DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown has delivered the demarche on the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council and enclosed letter from Secretary Rice to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 453),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 454),Dominica (Diplomati [...]
2006-04-13 15:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PHUM XL
06BRIDGETOWN647DELIVERED: U.S. CANDICACY FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche on the U.S. Candidacy for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council Seat to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda (Diplomatic Note No. 364),Barbados (Diplomatic Note No. 365),Dominica (Diplomatic Note [...]
2006-04-13 15:40:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDECPS AORC XL
06BRIDGETOWN654ST. KITTS SUGAR TRANSITION - JOBS AVAILABLE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to the St. Kitts Sugar Transition Team, there are around 700 former sugar workers still unemployed and about 600 available hotel jobs. (Note: St. Kitts ended its centuries-old sugar industry in 2005, after decades of financial losses at the state-run sugar company. [...]
2006-04-19 14:01:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ELAB ECON PREL PGOV KPAO SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN655COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BOOTHE TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Mr. Peter Boothe, Voucher Examiner, USAID/Jamaica to travel to Barbados on April 24-28, 2006. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Rohrer at Tel.(246)228-8070 or Fax. (246) 228-8 [...]
2006-04-19 21:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA EAID BB GY XL
06BRIDGETOWN684BARBADOS - EMBASSY INPUT ON OPIC-SUPPORTED
[...] Summary: In response to Ref A, Post concurs with the establishment of an OPIC-supported investment fund in the region that will target Barbados, among other countries. That said, the buyout strategy outlined in paragraph 4 of reftel may face local opposition. End Summary. ---------------- [...]
2006-04-21 20:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN694COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ANGELA DAVIS TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for the following person to attend the Latin American & Caribbean Avian Influenza Meeting on May 3-5, 2006. Name: Angela Davis Title: Program Management Specialist Purpose: To attend the Avian Influenza Meeting Passport Number: PC611409 - ( [...]
2006-04-25 18:17:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB PE XL XM
06BRIDGETOWN700 ST. LUCIA: VIOLENT CRIMES HIGHLIGHT POOR SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: A series of violent crimes has drawn attention to St. Lucia's poor security situation, which has the potential to hurt this Caribbean nation's tourism- dependent economy. In the course of only a few weeks, several St. Lucians were killed, the nation's Roman Catholic Bishop was [...]
2006-04-26 20:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN703COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PEREZ FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to George Perez, Senior Aviation Security Inspector,Transportation Security Administration, for travel to St. Lucia May 3-7, 2006. Mr. Perez is conducting air carrier station inspections of U.S. air carriers, and monitoring and observin [...]
2006-04-27 15:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN744CLARITY OF PURPOSE ACHIEVED ON CWC REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mottley hosted a meeting between Embassy officials and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director of Foreign Operations in Customs and Border Protection (CBP),Charles Stallworth, April 18, 2006. The meeting proved to be beneficial as it de [...]
2006-05-03 17:12:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PTER ASEC CPAS XL
06BRIDGETOWN746BARBADOS AND CUBA - LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-03 18:51:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN753CARIBBEAN WHALING VOTES SOLD TO JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: Caribbean nations sold Japan their support for ending the international ban on whaling, complain environmentalists who fear that the Caribbean could help Japan overturn this prohibition during the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) June meeting in St. Kitts and Nevis. The [...]
2006-05-03 21:45:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA XL
06BRIDGETOWN754ST. VINCENT: A DEMOCRACY UNDER STRESS
[...] (C) Summary: Democracy is under threat in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, according to an increasing number of Vincentians who warn that the PM's fondness for the leaders of Cuba and Venezuela is indicative of his autocratic nature. Gonsalves's detractors a [...]
2006-05-03 21:47:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KDEM CU VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN755CRICKET BREAKFAST SERVES UP FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kramer met controversial Texan billionaire Allen Stanford for the first time at an April 21 "Legends of Cricket" breakfast in Barbados. Stanford bent the Ambassador's ear concerning his significant new tourism and property investments in Antigua and plans for his Caribbean S [...]
2006-05-03 22:01:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEINV EAIR EFIN PREL PGOV PINR KCRM AC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN76THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN
[...] (U) During a recent visit to the region, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Agustin Carstens expressed concern that Caribbean nations would take on more debt through the concessionary financing scheme offered by Venezuela's PetroCaribe oil initiative. Carstens spoke hi [...]
2006-01-12 13:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CPAS EAID EFIN TW XL
06BRIDGETOWN772COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ANJABEBU ASRAT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Anjabebu Asrat to travel to St. Lucia for TDY from May 8 to October 31, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to serve as six month HIV/AIDS related Crisis Corps assignment in St. Lucia. 2. Post understands that Peace Corps [...]
2006-05-05 13:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN785CORRECTED COPY: CARIBBEAN WHALING VOTES SOLD TO
[...] (U) Corrected copy of ref A, which did not include the EST Collective as an addressee. 2. (C) Summary: Caribbean nations sold Japan their support for ending the international ban on whaling, complain environmentalists who fear that the Caribbean could help Japan overturn this prohibition d [...]
2006-05-08 18:10:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALAORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA XL
06BRIDGETOWN804COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JULIE CICCARONE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Country Desk Officer Julie Ciccarone to travel to St. Lucia for TDY from May 22 to June 4, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the close of service conference for Peace Corps volunteers as well as attending training [...]
2006-05-10 16:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN816DELIVERED: U.S. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown has delivered the demarche on the U.S. National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza by fax to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs for the governments of Antigua and Barbuda (diplomatic note 0547),Barbados (diplomatic note 0548),Dominica (diplomatic note 0549),St. Kitts and Nevi [...]
2006-05-11 20:27:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV KPAO XL
06BRIDGETOWN826COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICHARD PYLE TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Special Services Officer, Richard Pyle to travel to St. Lucia for TDY from May 11 to May 17, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to meet staff and volunteers in St. Kitts and St. Lucia. 2. Embassy Bridgetown would like to [...]
2006-05-12 19:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SC ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN829MALAYSIA PRIME MINISTER VISITS ST. VINCENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi visited St. Vincent and the Grenadines over the course of four days in April and May for what was touted by St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves as a follow-up to his successful March visit to Malaysia and Singapore. Whil [...]
2006-05-15 16:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV OVIP PGOV PINR PREL JM MY VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN841COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TRAVEL TO GRENADA
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to the following persons for travel to Grenada on or about May 23, 2006. Nidhi Tandon Shannon Pritchard Hannah Dupal Anna Biroo Christine Wilson Catherine Ormond Mary Seraphin Julia Winston Dauphine Cato Ammorelle Edwards Joclyn Trumpet [...]
2006-05-15 16:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN85ST. VINCENT OPPOSITION CHALLENGES ELECTION RESULTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: St. Vincent and the Grenadines opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) has challenged the outcome of the nation's December 7, 2005, election, in which the ruling Unity Labor Party (ULP) won 12 Parliamentary seats to the NDP's 3. Charging that voting irregularities could have alt [...]
2006-01-13 14:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM VC XL
06BRIDGETOWN855COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MICHAEL TAYLOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to USAID personnel Michael Taylor for travel to Grenada on May 23 - 25, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings related to the review and close out of GBAR SME activity at Belmont Estate. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not req [...]
2006-05-16 21:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN87RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AI
[...] The following is in response to questions posed by reftel. -------------------------- Preparedness/Communication -------------------------- 2. Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and containing a pandemic once it occurs [...]
2006-01-13 17:27:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON PREL SENV TBIO SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN875DOMINICA'S DIPLOMATIC TROUBLE WITH SWITZERLAND
[...] (C) Summary: Dominica brought Switzerland to the International Court of Justice over the Swiss decision to strip a Dominica "diplomat" of his diplomatic status. Russian-born Roman Lakschin, who obtained Dominica citizenship through the Caribbean island-state's economic citizenship program, wa [...]
2006-05-19 18:48:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALAORC CPAS OFDP PGOV PINR PREL KCRM DO SZ XL
06BRIDGETOWN877PETROCARIBE UPDATE #21 - CHAVEZ MAY ALLOW PRIVATE
[...] (C) Summary: The Executive Director of Simpson Oil Limited (SOL) believes that Venezuela may work through SOL to import and distribute PetroCaribe fuel in the Eastern Caribbean. Such a move would contradict PetroCaribe's design as a government-only oil agreement. SOL used its participation [...]
2006-05-19 21:18:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV XL VE
06BRIDGETOWN889COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAMACHO FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),Aviation Safety Inspector Joaquin Camacho for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on May 31, 2006. Mr. Camacho will perform en-route inspections to "certificate Holder Coastal Air as part of work program." [...]
2006-05-23 17:23:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN890COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HALLDORSON, BACHMAN,
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to U.S. Treasury Advisors Marvin Halldorson, Shirley Bachman, and Rickey Hector for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 4-30. Mr. Halldorson departs June 24. The Treasury Advisors will conduct a Gaming Course Phase I and Internet Gaming workshop [...]
2006-05-23 19:22:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN891COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO COTTER FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Offical, Office of International Affairs (OIA) Patrick Cotter to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from June 3-10, 2006. Mr. Cotter will attend the Third Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition in colla [...]
2006-05-24 19:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN896COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NOAA EMPLOYEES FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) employees Jeffrey Breiwick, Robert Rownell, Phillip Clapham, Megan Dohahue, Douglas Demaster, Peggy Krahn, Rick Leduc, Da [...]
2006-05-25 19:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY EFIS OTRA AMGT KSCA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN899COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HAMILTON TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. O'Neil Hamilton to travel to Antigua for the period May 30 to June 2, 2006 and to Dominica June 6-10, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to conduct four Public Outreach 101 training workshops. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not requir [...]
2006-05-25 19:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA AC DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN906COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BERNARD LINK FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Bernard E. Link, Regional Environmental Officer, for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 4-10, 2006. Mr. Link will participate in the Third Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition in collaboration with the 12th Annual Wider Caribbean Was [...]
2006-05-26 15:32:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN910CLOCK TICKING (LOUDLY) ON CARIBBEAN IMMIGRATION
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following the second ad hoc CARICOM Attorneys General meeting in Jamaica (Reftel A),Barbados Deputy Prime Minister Mottley requested a meeting with Ambassador Kramer to discuss the urgency of getting USG commitment for [...]
2006-05-26 16:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER UNSC XL
06BRIDGETOWN911BARBADOS/TRINIDAD MARITIME BOUNDARY DISPUTE: THE
[...] (C) Summary: Barbados Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Teresa Marshall invited representatives from the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. to the MFA for a private briefing on the recently settled Barbados/Trinidad maritime boundary dispute. Marshall painted a picture of slipper [...]
2006-05-26 19:08:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPBTS EPET EFIS PREL BB TT XL
06BRIDGETOWN913COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RICHARD DAVIS FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Richard Davis, Management and Program Analyst, Center for Disease Control (CDC),for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 4-11, 2006. Mr. Davis will participate in the Third Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition and will present the PAH [...]
2006-05-26 20:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSENV OTRA KSCA AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN924COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KRUSE AND HILLARY FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service employees Edward Kruse and Anne Hillary. Mr. Kruse will visit Antigua and Barbuda June 5-9, to meet with the Caribbean Health Institute and government representatives on [...]
2006-05-30 18:22:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AC ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN936COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CIOMPERLIK FOR TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to Michael Ciomperlik, Entomologist, Plant Protection and Quarantine Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture for travel to Barbados July 13-21, 2006, and September 24-October 7, 2006. Mr. Ciompe [...]
2006-05-31 21:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAGR BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN937COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WACKOWSKI AND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Stephen Wackowski, Professional Staff Member, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee (SCOM) for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis June 14-21, 2006. Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Todd Bertoson, Senator Ted Ste [...]
2006-05-31 21:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA OREP AFIN SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN944COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HURR AND VON GIEJER
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Representative Allan Hurr and TSA Senior Aviation Security Inspector Dan Von Giejer for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis June 5-9, 2006. The travelers will assess security conditions and inspect the [...]
2006-06-01 20:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN950DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BENEFICIARIES OF CBTPA
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered via fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #685, Barbados #686, Dominica #687, St. Kitts #688, St. Lucia #689, St. Vincent #690, and Grenada #691) on June 1, 2006. The original Diplomatic Notes were mailed on June 2, 2006. 2. P [...]
2006-06-02 18:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO XL
06BRIDGETOWN951COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MCLANAHAN AND ALLAN
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Officials Elizabeth McLanahan, International Affairs Specialist, and Heather Allan, International Affairs Fellow, for travel to Antigua and Barbuda June 5-7, 2006. Travelers will attend [...]
2006-06-02 18:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV AC XL
06BRIDGETOWN952COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OLTMANS AND JOHNSON
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Officials Samuel J. Oltmans, Physicist, and Bryan J. Johnson, Chemist, for travel to Barbados June 25-30, 2006. Travelers will set up a surface ozone monitoring site and balloon oz [...]
2006-06-02 18:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY SENV BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN953COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LISA ANDREWS FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Lisa Andrews, National Park Service, Outdoor/Educational Specialist, Big Cypress National Preserve, for travel to Grenada June 19 - July 1, 2006. Ms. Andrews will provide technical assistance to the Grenada Park Flight Project on behalf of t [...]
2006-06-02 18:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY SCUL SENV KSCA GJ XL
06BRIDGETOWN963COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO U.S. IWC DELEGATION
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to members of the U.S. International Whaling Commission (IWC) Delegation for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis. Members of the delegation will begin arriving on/about June 7, and will depart o/a June 22. The delegation will attend the 58th Annual [...]
2006-06-07 14:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA ETRD SENV EFIS KSCA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN968 THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN
[...] (U) Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer traveled to Tokyo in May to meet Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and other officials. Accompanied by Antigua Minister for Tourism Harold Lovell and the country's new Ambassador to Japan and representative to the International Wh [...]
2006-06-07 19:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV PREL OFDP OVIP SENV JA XL
06BRIDGETOWN978CUBAN-EASTERN CARIBBEAN LOVE AFFAIR CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cuba and the Eastern Caribbean continued their very public romance in May. The St. Lucia Prime Minister traveled to Havana and returned with a pledge from Cuba to train 300 St. Lucian nurses, while his Government praised the "wonders" of Cuba's eye care assistance program. Dom [...]
2006-06-08 18:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID CU XL
06BRIDGETOWN979FREEDOM OF THE PRESS THREATENED IN THE EASTERN
[...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Freedom of the press is threatened in the Eastern Caribbean by governments that are increasingly intolerant of criticism. Government officials in several countries have threatened to impose legal standards upon what they complain is an unrestrained media that engages in li [...]
2006-06-08 18:40:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO XL
06BRIDGETOWN992EASTERN CARIBBEAN DELAYS ENTERING CARICOM SINGLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: CARICOM's delay in setting up a special fund for less developed countries threatens to further postpone the entry of the small nations of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) into the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The OECS members made the establishm [...]
2006-06-09 19:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD EAID PGOV PREL XL
06BRIDGETOWN993COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WHALEY FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to David Whaley, Professional Staff Member, House Resources Committee (HRESO),for travel to St. Kitts and Nevis from June 15-21, 2006. Mr. Whaley will attend the International Whaling Commission's 58th Annual Meeting as part of the U.S. Deleg [...]
2006-06-09 20:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OTRA SC XL
06BRIDGETOWN994STAFFING DATA REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 21:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER ECON BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN997COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO USPS AND DOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dennis Delehanty, Director of Postal Affairs, Bureau of International Organizations, U.S. Dept. of State; Michael Regan, Director, International Postal Affairs, U.S. Postal Service; Brian Hutchins, International Postal Affairs Specialist, U.S [...]
2006-06-09 21:24:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AORC VC XL
06GENEVA2348ILC - JAMAICA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR PROFESSOR
[...] U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Jamaica requesting USG support for the candidacy of Professor Stephen Vasciannie for election to the International Law Commission at elections to be held in New York during the 61st session of the United Nations Genera [...]
2006-09-22 11:45:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA UNSC JM XL
06GEORGETOWN151GUYANA 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 20:39:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EU HA XM XL GY UN
06GEORGETOWN203CARICOM QUESTIONS ON MINISTERIAL AGENDA AND
[...] (U) Ambassador met with CARICOM A/SYG for Community and Foreign Relations, Ambassador Colin Granderson, March 1 to briefly discuss upcoming ministerial with Secretary Rice. Granderson gave Ambassador a non-paper containing CARICOM's proposed agenda, questions pertaining to the working meals, [...]
2006-03-02 14:14:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL XL
06GEORGETOWN21CARICOM A/SGY DISCUSSES PROPOSED MINISTERIAL
[...] (U) On January 4, Ambassador and DCM met with Ambassador Colin Granderson, CARICOM A/SGY for Foreign and Community Relations, to discuss the agenda for the Secretary's proposed February meeting with CARICOM SIPDIS foreign ministers. 2. (SBU) Granderson is awaiting responses from CARICOM [...]
2006-01-06 14:50:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL XL CARICOM
06GEORGETOWN242CUBA ON DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE IN CARIBBEAN
[...] (U) Cuba's Ambassador to Guyana and CARICOM, Alejandro Marchante Castellanos, presented his credentials to CARICOM SYG Edwin Carrington March 10. In his remarks, Castellanos said that Cuba planned to establish four new diplomatic missions in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Vincent and the [...]
2006-03-14 14:26:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL GY XL CU
06GEORGETOWN258DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-CARICOM INITIATIVE TO
[...] DCM delivered demarche per reftel March 17 to Ambassador Elizabeth Harper, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General. Harper was receptive to the concept of the initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking In Arms. She recognized the proposal as a step towards moving the U.S.-CARICOM dialogue [...]
2006-03-17 20:25:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS PARM PREL XL GY CARICOM
06GEORGETOWN299PROPOSED AGENDA FOR APRIL 12 CARICOM-USTR
[...] an extension of the waiver for CBI (which expired in December 2005) 2. possibility of negotiating an appropriate US-CARICOM Trade Agreement 3. a re-configured Trade and Investment Council and the modalities attendant hereto (as suggested by the US Secretary of State on the occasion of t [...]
2006-03-30 19:43:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL EAGR ECIN XL GY
06GEORGETOWN344OAS OBSERVERS FOR GUYANA, CONCERN OVER ELECTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY. OAS A/SYG Ramdin led a three-person OAS mission to Guyana April 6-11 that paves the way for an OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) with a broader role of ensuring that Guyana has elections. His visit coincided with the Guyana Elections Commission's (GECOM) capitulation that [...]
2006-04-18 14:16:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM OAS XL GY
06GEORGETOWN365 Venezuela and the Caribbean
[...] Following is text of the editorial in today's Stabroek News newspaper, Guyana's leading independent newspaper. The editorial is a good reflection of the Guyanese thinking man's view of Venezuela, Chavez, and the 160 year-old boundary dispute. 2. BEGIN TEXT: It was columnist Mr. Reggie D [...]
2006-04-21 14:21:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PBTS ECIN EINV EPET EAID XL VE GY
06GEORGETOWN5Guyanese Business Optimistic as CSME Approaches
[...] On Christmas Day, GOG President Jagdeo signed documents indicating Guyana's commitment to the CSME, becoming the sixth CARICOM head of state to do so. This was the culmination of several initiatives aimed at preparing Guyana for CSME compliance by January 1. In other recent developments, parli [...]
2006-01-03 16:18:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL ECON BEXP XL GY CARICOM
06GEORGETOWN519GUYANA'S SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S UNSC PUSH UP IN
[...] (U) Ambassador delivered demarche May 31 per reftel to Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudy Insanally. 2. (C) Insanally is "sympathetic to Guatemala's ambition" for the Latin American non-permanent UNSC seat, but the "bugbear" remains its border issue with Belize. He referred more than once t [...]
2006-06-02 16:36:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC GY XL
06GEORGETOWN63CARICOM SYG DISCUSSES MINISTERIAL MEETING AGENDA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with CARICOM SYG Carrington January 17 to discuss proposed ministerial between Secretary and CARICOM FonMins. Carrington suggested postponing the meeting until the week of March 27. CARICOM is in general agreement with the five broad agenda topics, but requested [...]
2006-01-19 12:26:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL XL CARICOM
06GEORGETOWN651NO CARICOM CONSENSUS YET ON UNSC SEAT
[...] (U) Under the headline "Venezuela or Guatemala for UN seat? Caricom still undecided", the independent Stabroek News reported July 6 that the CARICOM Heads of Government have refrained from reaching consensus on a regional block vote for the UNSC seat. Guyana FonMin Insanally's comments indica [...]
2006-07-06 14:41:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS UNSC CARICOM GY XL
06GEORGETOWN69HAITI 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 21:52:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM GY HA XL CARICOM
06GEORGETOWN96CARICOM TO OBSERVE HAITI ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 19:29:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM HA XL
06KINGSTON1007CARICOM MINISTERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY MEET TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting of CARICOM Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement addressing security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 held in Kingston on May 19 and 21, ministers were very receptive to proposals for USG assistance, through the OAS Inter-American Committee Aga [...]
2006-05-22 19:07:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC CPAS OAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM
06KINGSTON1118GOJ REQUEST FOR DELEGATION TO MEET STAKEHOLDERS IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In response to a request from Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott of the Ministry of National Security (MNS),Econoff met on June 5 with Scott and with O'Neal Hamilton, Special Advisor to the Chairman, CARICOM Subcommittee on Re [...]
2006-06-07 19:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER UNSC XL JM
06KINGSTON1269STATE/DHS DELEGATION DISCUSSES CRICKET WORLD CUP
[...] (C) Summary: DHS A/S Randy Beardsworth led a joint State/DHS delegation meeting with Jamaican Minister of National Security Peter Phillips in Kingston on June 22 to discuss security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 (CWC). Phillips proposed an international advisory group established [...]
2006-06-27 12:38:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC CPAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM
06KINGSTON1805JAMAICA: DEBT AND ANEMIC GROWTH ENCUMBER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 20:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR SOCI IDB IMF JM XL
06KINGSTON2020JAMAICA: TRAFIGURA SCANDAL MAY AFFECT TIMING OF GENERAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) The Trafigura scandal delineated septel has forced the resignation of Colin Campbell, Minister of Information and Development and PNP General Secretary, and may cause the Prime Minister to wait to call elections until late next year. Prior to this latest imbroglio, many observers had spec [...]
2006-10-12 12:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EPET KCOR XL XK JM
06KINGSTON2151JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Johnson and Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, met October 30 to discuss a range of common concerns. Minister Phillips noted that the October 26 meeting with DHS Secretary Chertoff in Port of Spain, Trinidad, had been a positive one, if somewhat shorter than CARIC [...]
2006-10-31 20:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM MARR XL JM
06KINGSTON2189JAMAICA: NEW POLL SHOWS RULING PNP AND OPPOSITION
[...] (U) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are tied for public support at 32 percent each, according to the latest Bill Johnson poll commissioned by the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper. Since Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) became head of the PNP and Prime Min [...]
2006-11-07 19:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL XK
06KINGSTON2251JAMAICA: OPPOSITION JAMAICAN LABOUR PARTY STAGES
[...] (C) With music blaring and clouds of ganga floating in the air, the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) staged its 63rd Annual Conference November 18-19 at the National Arena in Kingston. Local media estimated the crowd of green-clad supporters in the "tens of thousands," with the vast majority watchin [...]
2006-11-20 16:27:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EDU PINR SOCI XL XK JM
06KINGSTON2313PNP CAGEY OVER LOCAL ELECTION DATE
[...] (C) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) continues its evasiveness on when elections will finally be called. During two recent private meetings with Emboffs, however, PNP officials strongly suggested that local elections would be held in January. General elections would be held, contacts [...]
2006-11-29 19:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JM XL
06KINGSTON2314(C) AIR JAMAICA: REPORTS OF MY DEMISE ARE NOT
[...] (C) The GOJ simply does not grasp the dire predicament faced by Air Jamaica. The carrier literally could cease operations at any time, much like the situation with Swissair in October 2001. A cocktail of enormous and growing debt, a lack of political will to make painful and expensive choices [...]
2006-11-29 19:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV JM XL
06KINGSTON2328JAMAICA: CDA'S MEETING WITH PERMANENT SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a regular bimonthly meeting with GOJ Permanent Secretary Douglas Saunders, he and CDA discussed a range of areas of mutual interest. CDA, accompanied by econoff, delivered reftel talking points on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI),the Millennium Challenge Corp [...]
2006-12-01 19:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ETRD EFIN KMCA OAS MARR MOPS JM XL
06KINGSTON2384JAMAICA: MALARIAL OUTBREAK UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The Jamaican malaria outbreak (reftel) will likely get worse before it gets better, according to Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Country Director Dr. Ernest Pate. In private discussions with Embassy officials on December 8, Pate said that there are 53 confirmed cases, but [...]
2006-12-08 18:22:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSOCI TBIO CASC PGOV AID CDC JM XL
06KINGSTON2396JAMAICA: INPUT FOR 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] The following is keyed to reftel, para. nine: General Assessment ------------------ No acts of international terrorism of major significance occurred in Jamaica in 2006. Safe Haven Assessment --------------------- Jamaica is not known as a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist organiz [...]
2006-12-14 16:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC JM XL
06KINGSTON2409JAMAICA: PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS UNFEASIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: On December 18, econoff delivered ref. A talking points to O'Neil Hamilton, Special Advisor to Minister of National Security (MNS) Peter Phillips. On December 19, DCM reiterated the points to MNS Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott, and econoff followed up with SIPDIS Hamilton o [...]
2006-12-20 15:37:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR KJUS XL
06KINGSTON563GOJ'S RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL
[...] (SBU) March 16, Poloff delivered reftel talking points via facsimile to Joy Wheeler, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. On March 20, Poloff received a response from Karl Hamilton, Ministry of National Security, through Claudette Francis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]
2006-03-21 14:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL JM
06NASSAU442SCENESETTER FOR NASSAU CARICOM MINISTERIAL:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary's March 21-22 meeting in Nassau with CARICOM foreign ministers offers an opportunity to frame a positive, forward-looking agenda for our relations with the Caribbean. With the Haitian elections behind us, the ministerial will allow us to reinvigorate our cooperation [...]
2006-03-14 21:10:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALBF ECON ETRD OTRA PGOV PREL SNAR XL
06PARAMARIBO736NO RESPONSE YET IN SURINAME TO CARICOM ON UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 19:01:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA XL NS
06PARIS1732FRANCE ON EXPANDING UN PARTICIPATION OF DEPENDENT
[...] Deputy Polcouns discussed reftel points on rights of dependent territories March 16 and again March 17 with MFA IO Political Affairs DAS-equivalent Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, whose office is also responsible for decolonization issues but does not deal directly with the UN Economic Commission f [...]
2006-03-17 16:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL FR PGOV ECON XL UNO ECLAC
06PORTOFPAIN568CABLE TV PIRACY IN TRINIDAD
[...] SUMMARY: Trinidad affiliate of DIRECTV has threatened legal action against T&T cable company Columbus Communications if Columbus does not cease illegally broadcasting HBO U.S. signals. The threat appears to be partly directed at the T&T regulator, which as yet has taken no action to require C [...]
2006-05-08 19:22:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN1333T&T WILL NOT "SOFTEN" RESOLUTION ON ABOLITION OF
[...] In a planned double-pronged approach to the MFA, Polchief shared the U.S. preferred language for preambular paragraph 8, on November 17, with MFA Multilateral Division Director Susan Gordon. The Ambassador then raised the issue with Minister of Foreign Affairs Arnold Piggott, the order of con [...]
2006-11-20 18:00:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1344MANNING AND CHERTOFF: CLOSER COLLABORATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Manning hosted DHS Secretary Chertoff for a bilateral meeting on October 26, SIPDIS prior to a multilateral meeting with CARICOM representatives (reported septel). In the meeting, Manning assured Secretary Chertoff on Cricket World Cup security preparations [...]
2006-11-22 17:58:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1349SECRETARY AND CARICOM: BROAD DIALOGUE NEEDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary Chertoff,s October 26 meeting with CARICOM representatives highlighted the potential for greater cooperation building on existing structures for Cricket World Cup 2007. CARICOM is happy to receive assistance for Cricket World Cup, and further collaboration on interdic [...]
2006-11-24 10:31:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1394DEALINE LOOMING ON APIS LEGISLATION
[...] On December 5, Ambassador Austin delivered Reftel talking points to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph, regarding the urgent need for enactment of legislation relative to the Advance Passenger Information System before December 25. In addition, the Ambassador raised the issue earlie [...]
2006-12-07 18:25:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALEAIR KJUS PGOV PREL TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN1445PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS UNFEASIBLE:T&T RESPONSE
[...] Ambassador Austin delivered the points contained in Reftel to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph, discussing them with the minister on three separate occasions. The Ambassador emphasized to Joseph the technical impossibility, at this late stage in the development of the software for [...]
2006-12-21 14:17:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR KJUS XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN164T&T'S FOREIGN MINISTER PREVIEWS CARICOM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Gift previewed the agenda for the February 9-10 CARICOM Intersessional meeting. Gift expects PetroCaribe will generate significant debate at the meeting. He also anticipates that CARICOM's relations with Haiti will warm some after the meeting. Gift inquired ab [...]
2006-02-02 19:29:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN204 CARICOM ON CRICKET WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS
[...] (U) Prime Minister Keith Mitchell of Grenada provided a mid-morning press briefing on February 9 during the CARICOM Inter-Sessional meeting on the state of play of Cricket World Cup (CWC) preparations and the status of West Indies cricket more generally. Mitchell opened by noting that West I [...]
2006-02-13 19:50:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECIN XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN217CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL WRAP-UP: PETROCARIBE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the final press conference of the 17th CARICOM Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting, members announced that they had resolved two of the most contentious issues, Haiti's status in CARICOM and PetroCaribe. On PetroCaribe, T&T decided to support suspension of the common [...]
2006-02-14 20:11:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ETRD EPET XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN489OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND - TRINIDAD
[...] Post is pleased to comment on reftel report of a possible OPIC-supported investment fund. AIC has had a presence in T&T since 2003. We understand that it was founded and is controlled by Jamaican Michael Lee-Chin, now residing in Canada. In July 2005, Central Bank Governor Williams spoke at [...]
2006-04-25 11:56:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC EFIN TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN529JAMAICAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS TRINIDAD
[...] SUMMARY: Energy dominated the visit of Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller to Trinidad April 24-26. Regional crime, drug trafficking and security concerns relating to the 2007 Cricket World Cup also figured in discussions she had with T&T PM Patrick Manning. No new agreements came [...]
2006-04-28 19:06:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ETRD PREL TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN568CABLE TV PIRACY IN TRINIDAD
[...] SUMMARY: Trinidad affiliate of DIRECTV has threatened legal action against T&T cable company Columbus Communications if Columbus does not cease illegally broadcasting HBO U.S. signals. The threat appears to be partly directed at the T&T regulator, which as yet has taken no action to require C [...]
2006-05-08 19:22:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN662GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS: APPROACH TO TRINIDAD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-01 15:04:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR WTRO TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN663WTO WAIVER FOR CBTPA BENEFICIARIES
[...] A/DCM delivered points from reftel on June 1 to Razia Ali, MFA Director for International Trade. Ali appreciated the fact that we were approaching other beneficiary countries of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) and Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). Ali had raise [...]
2006-06-01 15:35:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO OAS TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN671OAS: HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (SBU) A/DCM made reftel demarche early on June 1 with Kathleen Seenarine, MFA Americas Department acting director. Seenarine said she was familiar with both issues, having prepared the briefing book for Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift. She committed to convey our request at once via email to t [...]
2006-06-02 13:53:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL XL TD MX
06PORTOFSPAIN672OAS: HELMS-BURTON RESOLUTION AND SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (SBU) A/DCM made reftel demarche early on June 1 with Kathleen Seenarine, MFA Americas Department acting director. Seenarine said she was familiar with both issues, having prepared the briefing book for Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift. She committed to convey our request at once via email to t [...]
2006-06-02 13:53:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL XL TD MX
06PORTOFSPAIN690 CWC ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE: DETAILS WOULD BE
[...] (U) Political Officer delivered the demarche contained reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk, Multilateral Affairs Desk and Protocol Office (as each office has a hand due to how this assistance is proposed to be delivered),and passed a copy to the Office of the Prime Minist [...]
2006-06-05 17:32:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER OAS XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN787PARAGUAY TO MEET CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES ON WTO
[...] A brief AP story appeared in the June 28 Trinidad Express business supplement regarding Paraguay and the waiver in the World Trade Organization (reftels) for countries enjoying benefits of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). The article, reporting on a recent meeting in Guyana, [...]
2006-06-29 14:19:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO EAID TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN807T&T MFA ON UPCOMING UN ISSUES
[...] (C) Political Officer and Political Assistant/Reader met with Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ms. Roanna Gopaul, on July 5 to discuss the UN Security Council election. Gopaul indicated that T&T had not yet decided between Guatemala and Venezuela, and was well aware of the U.S. posit [...]
2006-07-06 12:58:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA SMIG XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN841T&T MFA ON CARICOM'S UNSC CANDIDATE CRITERIA
[...] (C) Political Officer met with Ms. Sandra Honore, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs CARICOM division on July 13. She stated, in no uncertain terms, that the CARICOM communique issued after the St. Kitts Heads of Government Meeting in early July outlines a clear set of criteria that any [...]
2006-07-14 19:51:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN849IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY DETAILS CARICOM CWC
[...] (C) According to Lancelot Sellman, Director of CARICOM's Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS),the decisions made at the July 3 Heads of Government meeting will allow Cricket World Cup (CWC) security preparations to move forward at full speed. He clarified the establishment o [...]
2006-07-18 11:37:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR CVIS KCRM CARICOM XL TD
06SANJOSE2259RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST REGARDING
[...] Summary. Energy production and distribution in Costa Rica are controlled by two parastatal entities. If the U.S.- Central America-DR Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) is ratified and comes into force before the March 2008 deadline, CAFTA-DR will require opening of some sectors of the economy, b [...]
2006-10-13 19:59:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PGOV XK XL XM
06SANTODOMINGO1418DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CIVIL
[...] Per reftel, Embassy contacted the following pro-democracy civil society organizations to encourage their registration as "Special Guests" to attend the OAS General Assembly: -- Human Rights Institute Santo Domingo, -- Foundation for Institutionality and Justice (FINJUS),-- Center for Integra [...]
2006-05-02 11:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDOAS PREL PHUM XK XL XM XR XS
06SANTODOMINGO3759CODEL ENGEL: HAITIAN ISSUES DOMINATE VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 9-10 Congressional visit led by Rep. Eliot Engel touched some of the most sensitive points in the Dominican psyche. The group had intended to learn about a range of issues, but their trip, truncated by a late departure from Washington, was defined in the Dominican [...]
2006-12-18 18:42:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR PHUM PREF PREL EWWT DR XL OREP ELAB
06SANTODOMINGO947UN ECLAC: DEPENDENT TERRITORIES DEMARCHE -
[...] Embassy political officer met with MFA under secretary for economic affairs and trade negotiations Juan Guiliani Cury on March 16 to deliver reftel demarche opposing Caricom efforts to allow associate members to participate in ECOSOC and subordinate bodies. Political officer emphasized the ex [...]
2006-03-17 12:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECLAC XL DR
06THEHAGUE311NETHERLANDS/CARIBBEAN: MOD ON CARRIER PORT CALL
[...] (U) This contains an information request for State Department (paragraph 6). 2. (C) Summary: DATT and poloffs met on January 9 with Major General Bertholee, Director of Operational Readiness, The Netherlands Defense Staff, Dutch Ministry of Defense (MOD) to discuss Caribbean Lion (CL),Part [...]
2006-02-10 14:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS SNAR NT VE XL
06THEHAGUE353NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: DUTCH CABINET HAS
[...] (C) This is an action/guidance request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The Dutch cabinet is seized with the issue of proposed carrier port calls to the Netherlands Antilles and is expected to discuss it, as well as the upcoming Caribbean Lion exercise, at the February 17 cabinet meeti [...]
2006-02-16 10:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE
06THEHAGUE386NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: GONL WILL APPROVE
[...] (C) The MFA has informed us that the GONL would approve a formal request for a carrier visit by USS George Washington to St. Maarten in mid-April. They would also approve cruiser and destroyer visits to Curacao and Aruba. 2. (C) In a conversation February 21 with CDA, Marion Kappeyne van d [...]
2006-02-22 06:36:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE
07BRIDGETOWN1001 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NORTON AND HIGGS FOR TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Gregory Norton, Special Agent, NCIS and Ms. Tracy Higgs, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from August 12 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to liaise with USMLO, RSO, DEA and host nations' law enforcement [...]
2007-08-10 13:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1021ST. LUCIAN HOUSING MINISTER RICHARD FREDERICK MAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucian Housing Minister, Richard Frederick, returned for police questioning on July 18 as part of an investigation against Frederick's alleged customs violations. Various authorities and observers are concerned that the Director of Public Prosecutions will not pursue the cas [...]
2007-08-15 18:21:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1025EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING,
[...] (SBU) In response to the latest tracking of Tropical Storm Dean, Ambassador Ourisman chaired an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, attended by A/DCM, P/E, RSO, DET CDR, LEGATT, DEA, IRS, CON, ORA, IPO, MLO, USAID, OFDALAC, PAS, and GSO. Also in attendance [...]
2007-08-15 21:14:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC BB CASC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1028 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...]
2007-08-16 19:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN1029 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...]
2007-08-16 19:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN1032HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1
[...] (U) As of August 16, Tropical Storm Dean intensified to a category two hurricane, moving toward the west at approximately 23 mph, with maximum sustained winds of up to 100 mph. As of 1700 hours, Hurricane Dean was located 210 miles east-northeast of Barbados and approximately 305 miles east o [...]
2007-08-17 13:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EAID XL
07BRIDGETOWN1033HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1
[...] (U) As of August 16, Tropical Storm Dean intensified to a category two hurricane, moving toward the west at approximately 23 mph, with maximum sustained winds of up to 100 mph. As of 1700 hours, Hurricane Dean was located 210 miles east-northeast of Barbados and approximately 305 miles east o [...]
2007-08-17 13:55:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EAID XL
07BRIDGETOWN1035HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #2
[...] (U) At approximately 0200 hours EST, Hurricane Dean made its way past Barbados as a Category-2 hurricane. Dean's center was approximately 85 miles east-southeast of Martinique and 90 miles north-northwest of Barbados, traveling at a rate of 23 mph and with winds up to 100 mph. Embassy Bridget [...]
2007-08-17 17:53:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1037HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FROM THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
[...] Many Eastern Caribbean countries are still formulating their delegations to the 62nd UN General Assembly. Eastern Caribbean delegations will not require interpretation services. Post also informed all married Heads of Government of the First Lady's Event on Literacy and Health, September 24, [...]
2007-08-17 18:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SOCI TSPL XL
07BRIDGETOWN1038 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-08-17 18:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN1039 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-08-17 18:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN104ST. LUCIA: NEWLY APPOINTED FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia's newly appointed Foreign Minister, Rufus Bousquet, visited the U.S. Embassy in Barbados on January 18 to discuss his visa ineligibility with the Consul General. FM Bousquet also paid a courtesy call on the DCM, who asked about APIS legislation for Cricket World Cup an [...]
2007-01-30 21:01:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1042 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARSTELLER AND DONNELLY FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Suzanne Marsteller, Special Agent, NCIS and Mr. Thomas Donnelly, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Saint Lucia from August 19 - 24, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to liaise with host nation law enforcement and also to p [...]
2007-08-18 17:24:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1043HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #3
[...] On August 17, Hurricane Dean moved away from the Eastern Caribbean Region, making way for national assessments team to perform damage and needs assessments. As of the end of business day, Regional Rapid Needs Assessment Teams (RNATs),assembled by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Syst [...]
2007-08-20 10:55:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1052COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ARMBRISTER AND MORRIS TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA/IRG Consultant Beryl Armbrister and OFDA/IRG Instructor Terry Morris to travel to St. Lucia o/a September 9-15, 2007 to deliver training for instruction course. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions [...]
2007-08-21 14:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1054 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-08-21 18:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN1055REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORE
[...] Post reqests the Department's assistance in screening thefollowing candidate who has been nominatedfor training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominated f [...]
2007-08-21 18:06:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN1056 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-08-21 18:06:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN1060DECLARATION OF DISASTER: DOMINICA AND ST. LUCIA
[...] As a result of the passage of Hurricane Dean on August 16/17 the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is beyond the capability of the governments of St. Lucia and the Commonwealth of Dominica to respond, is of sufficient magnitude to warrant U.S. government assistance, and is in [...]
2007-08-22 21:25:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EAID ST DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN1087 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WALTON AND PESARE FOR TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Jeffrey L. Walton, Supervisory Special Agent, NCIS and Mr. Jean-Paul G. Pesare, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from September 06 - 07, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to attend a meeting with U.S Embassy of [...]
2007-08-27 17:41:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1098AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S VISIT TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Ourisman traveled to Antigua and Barbuda August 15-16, 2007, with Embassy Bridgetown USAID Director for the Eastern Caribbean and the Regional Security Officer. The Ambassador met privately with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer, as well as Minister of Health, John Maginley. The [...]
2007-08-29 17:46:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS PGOV PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN1099COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CARLTON DUNCAN TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Carlton Duncan, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, OCOO, OD, CDC, HHS, to travel to Barbados to facilitate an orientation for the HIV Prevention Activity for the Caribbean region, September 05 - September 14, 2007. 2. Understand no Embassy assis [...]
2007-08-30 19:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA CDCC EAID US BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1114ST. LUCIA PM SIR JOHN COMPTON ON LIFE SUPPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: St. Lucia Prime Minister Sir John Compton's health has starkly deteriorated. On September 1, he was flown to Martinique where he is currently on life support. Compton's chosen successor, current Acting Prime Minister Stephenson King, appears positioned to officially succeed him [...]
2007-09-04 20:55:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1121COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ARMBRISTER AND MORRIS TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA/IRG Consultant Beryl Armbrister and OFDA/IRG Instructor Terry Morris to travel to St. Lucia o/a September 9-15, 2007 to deliver training for instruction course. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, [...]
2007-09-05 16:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1135 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ABELAR AND HIGGS FOR TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Hector Abelar, Special Agent, NCIS and Ms. Tracy Higgs, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from September 18 - 23, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to liaise with USMLO and RSO and to provide support for a Unit [...]
2007-09-05 19:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1145 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...]
2007-09-06 19:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN1147COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MILLINGTON TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Robert C. Millington, USN, from September 07 - September 14, 2007. The purpose of this visit is for the implementation and training of the Defence Travel System (DTS) to USMLO staff. 2. Embassy points of contact are C [...]
2007-09-06 21:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1168ST LUCIA PRIME MINISTER JOHN COMPTON PASSES AWAY
[...] Prime Minister of St. Lucia Sir John Compton passed away on September 7 from a series of strokes and other complications. He was 82 years old. Compton led St. Lucia to independence from the United Kingdom in 1979, becoming the island state's first prime minister. He also served as Premier o [...]
2007-09-10 20:32:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1170 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO O?NEAL FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mrs. Mitzi O?Neal, Special Agent, NCIS for travel to Barbados from September 18 - 23, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to liaise with USMLO and RSO and to provide support for a United States naval ship visiting Bridgetown [...]
2007-09-10 21:11:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1192 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GORMLEY
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Wilma Gormley to travel to Barbados o/a September 23-29 2007. The purpose of this visit is to work with CHART to establish a budget and SOW for the CHART Network. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID HIV Specialist, Angela [...]
2007-09-13 15:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1196 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAIN AND KIDD
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Clarence Cain, CENTAM Project Manager and Mr. Robert Kidd, Executive Director, for travel to Barbados from September 19 - 21, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to meet with officials at the Caribbean Disaster Emergency [...]
2007-09-13 15:32:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1203DOMINICA AFTER DEAN -- VENEZUELA WILL HELP US
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dominica has been promised assistance from Venezuela to improve infrastructure, particularly roads and retaining walls, in the aftermath of Hurricane Dean from August 16-17. These pledges far outstrip the modest assistance the USG has been able to provide to date, giving Hugo [...]
2007-09-14 19:15:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON PGOV PREL VE DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN1204MRS. GONSALVES ACCEPTS INVITATION TO THE LUNCHEON
[...] Per reftel instructions, invitations was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Note (Antigua and Barubda #0848, Barbados #0849, St. Vincent #0850) on September 6, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post was informed through a telephone conversation [...]
2007-09-14 20:35:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI TSPL UNGA XL
07BRIDGETOWN1205 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEONARD O/A SEPTEMBER 14-30, 2007.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Julie Leonard, USAID/OFDA Regional Advisor, from O/A September 14-30, 2007. The purpose of her visit is to provide OFDA/LAC coverage (preparedness and response) to the Eastern Caribbean Hurricane Season 2007. 2. Embassy po [...]
2007-09-14 21:14:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1206 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROGERS FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Ronald Rogers, USSOUTHCOM, for travel to Barbados from September 17 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to brief the MLO on the Command Strategy ? 2016 and to receive an overview and tour of the RSS Central Liaiso [...]
2007-09-14 21:22:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1207 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROGERS FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Ronald Rogers, USSOUTHCOM, for travel to Barbados from September 17 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to brief the MLO on the Command Strategy - 2016 and to receive an overview and tour of the RSS Central Liaison [...]
2007-09-16 15:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1213REGIONAL AIRLINE COMPETITION AND THE AMERICAN
[...] (U) The Government of St. Lucia recently granted American Eagle fifth freedom rights to operate flights between St. Lucia and Barbados beginning on September 5 and future service between St. Lucia and Trinidad. The announcement created significant division between the LIAT shareholder governm [...]
2007-09-17 21:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ELAB PREL PGOV CASC ASEC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1225ST. LUCIA'S NEW CABINET SPORTS FAMILIAR NAMES,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 9, 2007, Prime Minister Stephenson King was sworn in as Prime Minister of St. Lucia, following Sir John Compton's death on September 7th. King appointed his new cabinet on September 12th but made few changes to his predecessor's cabinet. The new cabinet is most notab [...]
2007-09-19 21:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1226 COMPTON FUNERAL HIGHLIGHTS U.S. TIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Sir John Compton's funeral was extremely well-attended, with 1000 guests at the cathedral and hundreds more outside. Attendees included diplomatic dignitaries from around the world. Compton's friendship with the United States was well-documented in the provided program. The fu [...]
2007-09-20 14:47:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PGOV PREL ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN123CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) In response to reftels, it is Embassy Bridgetown's assessment that the Eastern Caribbean countries would be highly unlikely to accept migrants or to operate camps to detain migrants. All seven of the Eastern Caribbean islands, and especially the northernmost three--Antigua and Barbuda, Do [...]
2007-02-01 21:11:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV XL
07BRIDGETOWN124EASTERN CARIBBEAN: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] In response to ref A request, Embassy Bridgetown has identified a number of women who hold leadership positions and have been influential in their countries and the region. Some, like Barbados' Dame Billie Miller, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Carol Jacobs, Chair of the Board of th [...]
2007-02-01 21:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN XL
07BRIDGETOWN1247 Encouraging Contributions to the Special Tribunal for
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0911, Barbados #0912, Dominica # 0913, St. Kitts #0914, St. Lucia # 0915, St. Vincent #0916) on September 19, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will re [...]
2007-09-24 19:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PTER LE XL
07BRIDGETOWN125GRENADA'S SCRAMBLE FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Among local media predictions for the new year is one of increased People's Republic of China (PRC) efforts to gain influence on the United States' back doorstep, in the Caribbean, and specifically within CARICOM. Several local commentators have called for Grenada and CARICOM to [...]
2007-02-01 21:16:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PINR PHUM CASC GJ CH CU VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN1254 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RICHTSMEIER
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Linda Richtsmeier, GS-12, Quality Assurance Representative, DESC Americas, for travel to Barbados on October 25, 2007. The purpose of travel is to conduct an Into-Plane Audit at the Grantley Adams International Airport fuel te [...]
2007-09-26 15:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1256AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
[...] (U) During her September 19-21 visit to St. Kitts and Nevis to celebrate that nation's National Day, the Ambassador raised biofuels and the Angelus expropriation case with Prime Minister Denzil Douglas and Foreign Minister Timothy Harris. The Ambassador also used the trip to draw public attenti [...]
2007-09-27 12:19:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EINV PGOV PREL CVIS XL
07BRIDGETOWN1283 Antigua and Barbuda to Support F. Gaer's Candidacy for the
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0759, St. Vincent #0760) on August 13, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post has learned that the Government of Antigua and Barbuda will support Felice Gae [...]
2007-10-02 15:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PTER LE XL
07BRIDGETOWN1294 U.S. Draft Resolution on "Condemning the use of Rape as an
[...] (U) The text of the proposed USG-sponsored resolution was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0954, Barbados #0955, Dominica #0956, St. Kitts #0957, St. Lucia #0958, St. Vincent #0959) on October 1, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2 [...]
2007-10-04 22:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM KWMN SOCI UN XL
07BRIDGETOWN1297COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LCDR FELTON
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Barbados, October 08 to 09, 2007. The purpose of mission is in direct support of U.S. Homeland Security?s International Port Security Program. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR [...]
2007-10-05 12:11:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1298COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LCDR FELTON
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Barbados, October 08 to 09, 2007. The purpose of mission is in direct support of U.S. Homeland Security?s International Port Security Program. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR [...]
2007-10-05 12:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1316 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MITCHUM,
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CONTR. Christopher Mitchum, TSGT Nicholas Shabdue and GG-13 Ken Swaney, for travel to Barbados, October 11 to 12, 2007. The purpose of mission is TACSAT radio removal from RFA Wave Ruler and install on RFA Wave Knight whilst i [...]
2007-10-10 18:27:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1326COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SMITH PLUS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CDR Roger A. Smith, USCG, Mr. Thomas White, USCG, Mr. Tivo Romero, USCG and LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Antigua and Barbuda from October 22 to 09, 2007. The purpose of mission is in direct support of U.S. Homeland [...]
2007-10-15 12:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1327 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SOTOLONGO AND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to 1LT Hector Sotolongo, ARNG for travel to Barbados from October 19, 2007 to September 18, 2008 and to WO1 Freddie Lofton, USAR for travel to Barbados from October 25, 2007 to September 18, 2008. The purpose of this travel is for [...]
2007-10-15 15:53:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1330 Terrorism Finance: Designation of Three Saudi Nationals
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1017, Barbados #1018, Dominica #1019, St. Kitts #1020, St. Lucia #1021, St. Vincent #1022) on October 16, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report [...]
2007-10-16 20:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SA XL
07BRIDGETOWN1331 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LT GEN NORMAN
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LT GEN Norman R. Seip, Mrs. Kathleen Seip, LT COL Alberto Moreno-Bonet, and MAJ Brandon Avella, for travel to Barbados on October 23, 2007. The purpose of travel is to confer with the U.S. Ambassador and Country Team. 2. [...]
2007-10-16 20:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1336 USPTO GIPA Enforcement Program for Prosecutors Demarche
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0983, Barbados #0984, Dominica #0985, St. Kitts #0986, St. Lucia #0987, St. Vincent #0988) on October 10, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. OURISMAN [...]
2007-10-17 14:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD AORC ASEC KIPR OTRA XL
07BRIDGETOWN1339BARBADOS SEEKS ASSISTANCE WITH ITS
[...] (u) This is an action request, see para 10. 2. (sbu) Summary: In a wide-ranging courtesy call with the Ambassador October 17, Barbados? Minister for Social Transformation said he was leading an effort to establish a domestic program for reintegrating paroled prisoners into Barbadian s [...]
2007-10-17 21:14:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI ELAB PHUM BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1341US-OWNED MEDICAL SCHOOL IN ST. VINCENT TO SHUT DOWN
[...] (U) Summary: After months of speculation, and negotiations with the GOSVG, St. George's University (SGU),which operates the Kingstown Medical College in St. Vincent, announced that it will cease operations by January 2008. While the medical school had originally announced that it was only sca [...]
2007-10-18 15:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM KPAO ELAB AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1343COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MULLER TO TRAVEL TO ANTIGUA
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Duane Muller, Senior Program Specialist, EGAT/ESP/GCC, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda O/A November 5-7, 2007 to participate in a UNFCCC Expert Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluating Capacity-Building in Developing Countries on behalf of the USG. [...]
2007-10-18 19:08:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1348 WIREC DELEGATION: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] (U) Post enthusiastically supports the nominations of individuals from Antigua and Barbuda for participation in WIREC in March 2008. Antigua and Barubda ------------------- -- Honorable Wilmoth Daniel, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works -- Honorable Trevor Walker, Minister with [...]
2007-10-22 12:59:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SENV EAID XL
07BRIDGETOWN1349 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MJR EDWARD R.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Edward R. Harvey, USAF for travel to Barbados from October 31, 2007 to November 03, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to have an orientation visit as the incoming Deputy Chief, Military Liaison Office, Barbados and East [...]
2007-10-22 13:59:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1351BARBADOS WORKER'S UNION DISPUTE WITH ADM BARBADOS
[...] Sir Roy Trotman, General Secretary of the Barbados Workers' Union, sent the following letter to Laboff on Friday, October 19. Begin text: Dear Mr. Aller I am aware that part of your duties is to say (sic) on top of US business relations with the people of Barbados generally and particu [...]
2007-10-23 16:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1354RSS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE?
[...] (C) Summary: Now that the urgency for region-wide security cooperation necessitated by the hosting of the ICC Cricket World Cup has dissipated, the Regional Security System (RSS) appears to be reaching a crucial turning point. With the UK Special Assistance Team (UK-SAT) planning to leave Ant [...]
2007-10-23 19:52:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1357COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MULLER TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Duane Muller, Senior Program Specialist, EGAT/ESP/GCC, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda O/A November 5-7, 2007 to participate in a UNFCCC Expert Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluating Capacity-Building in Developing Countries on behalf of the USG. [...]
2007-10-25 19:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1372DOMINICAN CABINET RESHUFFLE TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit reshuffled his cabinet October 16, taking the Foreign Minister portfolio himself and shifting previous Foreign Minister Charles Savarin to Public Utilities and Energy. According to one official, this will separate Housing from Public Util [...]
2007-10-30 18:18:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ENGR EPET XL DO
07BRIDGETOWN1377ST. VINCENT PM USES INDEPENDENCE DAY TO "PASS OUT
[...] (SBU) During Ambassador Ourisman's October 26-28 visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) to celebrate that nation's Independence Day, the Ambassador attended Independence Day activities and spoke to Prime Minister Gonsalves on issues ranging from Cuba to foreign investment in the Grenadi [...]
2007-10-31 15:01:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALCVIS ECON EFIN PGOV PREL XL EINV
07BRIDGETOWN1384 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CLARK PLUS SIX
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the following USSOUTHCOM personnel, for travel to Barbados from December 09 ? 14, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to attend the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) Disaster Preparedness Conference at the [...]
2007-11-01 21:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1385 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MITCHUM PLUS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Christopher Mitchum, Contractor, SGT David Cooper, USA and alternate Mr. Theodore Duck, JIATFS Telecommunications Manager for travel to Saint Lucia November 07, 2007 to November 09, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to pr [...]
2007-11-01 21:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1386 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DEWENTER FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Daniel Dewenter, USAFR for travel to Barbados from November 02, 2007 to September 30, 2008. The purpose of this travel is for TDY assignment as Exercise Coordinator. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye [...]
2007-11-01 21:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1389 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CORDOVA FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LtCol Kirk F. Cordova Major Edward R. Harvey, USMC for travel on the following dates of travel. The purpose of this travel is to conduct site surveys of USSOUTHCOM Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) projects within the Easte [...]
2007-11-02 17:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AC BB DO SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1406BIGEST POLUTRY PRODUCER IN BARBADOS LOOKING AT
[...] Summary: POl/ECON Deputy was contacted by the GM of Chickmont Foods, Barbados who was interested in finding out how to export chickens to the US market. POL/ECON Deputy met with the GM, Geoffry Goddard, to explore their plans and learn more about the poultry industry in Barbados. Mr. Goddard [...]
2007-11-07 18:43:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1409ST LUCIA: JOHN COMPTON'S DAUGHTER LIKELY TO WIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jeanine Compton-Rambally, daughter of former prime minister Sir John Compton, will likely win an upcoming by-election for the seat left vacant by her father's death. Although unlikely, the opposition could narrowly win the seat if the participation of two independent candidates sp [...]
2007-11-08 16:59:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CN TW ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1410ST. KITTS ATTRACTING INVESTMENTS GALORE
[...] (U) During a recent visit to New York, St. Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas reiterated his nation's commitment to foreign investment and announced plans for additional high-end resorts to invest in St. Kitts. The government's apparent success in attracting well-known [...]
2007-11-08 19:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EINV PGOV PREL CVIS XL
07BRIDGETOWN1414ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - BLUE LANTERN ON
[...] (U) Post was unable to conduct a site visit to St. Vincent and the Grenadines but gathered information on the end user via telephone and email. Post did not uncover any derogatory information on Securico, Inc. Securico appears to be a legitimate firearms retailer. 2. (U) Securico, Inc [...]
2007-11-09 17:08:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1419 DEPORTEE REINTEGRATION PILOT PROGRAM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel A instructions, additional points on the Deportee Reintegration Pilot Program were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Note #1274 to the Government of Barbados on November 9, 2007. Per reftel B instructions, demarche regarding the signing of the Deportee Reintegration IOM s [...]
2007-11-13 17:43:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PHUM BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1420BRIDGETOWN SUBMISSION FOR THE OPERATION OF THE CARIBBEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 17:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ELAB AMGT XK XL USTR OECS
07BRIDGETOWN1423 COMMEMORATING THE GREAT WHITE FLEET
[...] Post does not believe that tying 2008 ship visits to the anniversary of Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet would advance post's public diplomacy and other strategic objectives. US NAVAL FORCES SOUTHERN under US SOUTHERN COMMAND is promoting "Partnership for the Americas" theme with requisite [...]
2007-11-14 20:29:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO MASS MOPS XL
07BRIDGETOWN1439 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MORGAN PLUS SEVEN FOR TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the following United States Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (USCG LEDET) team, for travel to Barbados from November 28 - 29, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to embark on HMS Largs Bay, which will be berthed at the B [...]
2007-11-20 15:06:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1440AMBASSADOR OURISMAN TO ST. LUCIA: ARTICLE 98,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's October 17-19 trip to St. Lucia was highlighted by a positive meeting with PM King that helped move our Article 98 agenda forward. In addition, the Ambassador's presentation of USD 2 million to the OECS for a biodiversity grant and USD 39,000 worth of DSATA bomb [...]
2007-11-20 15:11:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EINV EIND ASEC CASC KTIA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1442DOMINICA: SKERRIT SUPPORTS DOLLAR DIPLOMACY IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit thanked China, Venezuela, and Cuba in his Independence Day speech, citing specific assistance these countries have recently provided. Other thanks also went to the European Union, which has also provided substantial assistance. This speech is an [...]
2007-11-20 17:54:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN1447 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STAKE PLUS TWO FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Randy Stake, Contractor, SSGT Lona Castle, Communications Technician and alternate Mr. Theodore Duck, JIATFS Telecommunications Manager, for travel to Barbados November 29, 2007 to December 01, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to provide tec [...]
2007-11-21 20:22:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1450COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR SOPHIA CAVE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for Sophia Cave, USAID Administrative Assistant, to travel to Santo Domingo o/a December 2-8, 2007. 2. The purpose is to attend Financial Management training in Santo Domingo. 3. Itinerary as follows: December 2 AA 5108 San Juan to Santo D [...]
2007-11-23 19:22:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB DR XL
07BRIDGETOWN1469 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SCHMIDT FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to CDR Harry Schmidt, USCG, for travel to Barbados December 03, 2007 to December 05, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to provide technical support onboard the RFA Largs Bay, which will be berthed at the Bridgetown Port. 2. Embassy point of conta [...]
2007-12-03 15:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1472BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Barbados and Cuba enjoy a close relationship. As head of CARICOM this year, Barbados has publicly declared CARICOM's commitment to deepening their relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as sports, health, education, agricultur [...]
2007-12-03 21:02:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1473CARICOM WANTS OPEN SKIES
[...] (U) Policy-makers within CARICOM's civil aviation cluster expressed enthusiasm for an Open Skies Agreement with the United States. The addition of new airlines and routes in the region, combined with unimpressive growth in the tourism sector has set the stage for discussions on a regional avi [...]
2007-12-03 21:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON FAA XL
07BRIDGETOWN1475ST. VINCENT REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 12:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR CU XL PGOV
07BRIDGETOWN1476 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAUL BONICELLI
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Paul J. Bonicelli, Assistant Administrator, to travel to Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Antigua December 9 to 14, 2007 to conduct program oversight. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative, James [...]
2007-12-04 18:25:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1477 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JERRY BISSON, TEAM LEADER
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jerry Bisson, Environment Team Leader to travel to St. Lucia and St. Kitts & Nevis O/A December 10-14, 2007. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative, Mansfield Blackwood at tel. 1-246-227-4154 or 227-4118, fax. [...]
2007-12-04 18:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA XL
07BRIDGETOWN1478 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HANNAH FAIRBANK
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Hannah Fairbank of the Natural Resources Management Office in the Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade Bureau (EGAT) to travel to St. Lucia, Antigua and St. Kitts and Nevis O/A December 10-14, 2007. 2. Embassy point of [...]
2007-12-04 18:34:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA XL
07BRIDGETOWN1480ST. KITTS REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 19:34:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU XL
07BRIDGETOWN1481DOMINICA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 19:34:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN1482THE UNDERBELLY OF SUCCESS: ST. KITTS' KID CRISIS
[...] (U) Summary: Recent newspaper stories in St. Kitts and Nevis have highlighted the plight of child abuse in that country. The operator of a government-subsidized Children's Home has complained of threats against the home's female occupants and a recent incident in which a Cuban diplomat is all [...]
2007-12-04 19:35:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL KWMN
07BRIDGETOWN1483BARBADOS NATIONAL DAY: AN ELECTION PULPIT
[...] (U) Barbados celebrated its 41st year of independence from Great Britain on November 30. Both the current ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) and the opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) took advantage of the occasion to posture themselves favorably for the upcoming national election, pred [...]
2007-12-04 20:48:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1490 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RICHTSMEIER FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Linda Richtsmeier, Quality Assurance Representative, DESC Americas, for travel to Antigua from December 09 - 10, 2007. The purpose of travel is to conduct an into-plane audit at the V C Bird International Airport fuel terminal. [...]
2007-12-05 19:25:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1491 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SULLIVAN FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to FC2 Craig Sullivan, USN for travel to the countries listed in the following travel itinerary. The purpose of this visit is for vacation. TRAVEL ITINERARY ---------------- 17 December 2007 Barbados 18 December 2007 Saint L [...]
2007-12-05 19:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AC BB ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1494ST. LUCIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 15:17:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1498 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DEWENTER FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Daniel Dewenter, USAF for travel to Barbados from December 13, 2007 to September 30, 2008. The purpose of this travel is for TDY assignment as Exercise and Operations Officer. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Ko [...]
2007-12-07 14:00:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1499DEPORTEE DEBATE: FLOGGING OLD MYTHS
[...] (sbu) Summary: Objectivity continued to lose the battle against alarmism during a discussion of the criminal deportee issue at the December 4 inter-sessional meeting of the Association of Caribbean Chiefs of Police in Barbados. Local media keyed on an alarmist - and as yet unpublished - CA [...]
2007-12-07 15:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SOCI PHUM PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN150COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR COLLINS AND BARROR TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Letty J. Collins and Camilla Barror to travel to St. Lucia from February 11, 2007 to March 4, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct an administrative review of PC/Eastern Caribbean, requiring some in-country travel. [...]
2007-02-07 21:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1501ANTIGUA-BARBUDA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE
[...] (C) Antigua and Barbuda enjoys a close relationship with Cuba. The Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) has publicly declared CARICOM's commitment to deepening their relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in health, education, transportation, and scien [...]
2007-12-07 17:25:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN151COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SMITH, ARMBRISTER,
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA/IRG Chief of Party, Stephen Smith and OFDA/IRG Consultants, Beryl Armbrister and Cecil Shillingford; and OFDA/IRG Instructor, Cuffy McMillan and OFDA/IRG Participants, Daniel Simon, Claudine Roberts and Christopher Raville to travel to St. Vi [...]
2007-02-07 21:43:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN1530THE SEX INDUSTRY AS A POTENTIAL AVENUE FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Various government officials and NGO representatives are recognizing the possible existence of trafficking victims in St. Lucia, particularly in the commercial sex industry. Most foreign prostitutes fulfill some technical elements of trafficking, even if they are willing partici [...]
2007-12-14 15:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM PGOV ELAB DR ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1539BARBADOS OPPOSITION BOYCOTTS PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) Summary: On December 12, the Barbados opposition Democratic Labour Party (DLP) launched its most aggressive attack yet against the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP). The DLP announced an indefinite boycott of both houses of Parliament, protesting both the ruling Barbados Labour Party's ( [...]
2007-12-17 20:34:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN1548ONE-SIDED VICTORY?: ST. KITTS AND NEVIS ADOPTS
[...] (U) Summary: In early December 2007 the St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis Parliament approved major changes to the country's election laws, the first changes since 1984. Reforms in the current law include the introduction of a national voter identification card and new regulations allowing [...]
2007-12-18 21:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL VE CU
07BRIDGETOWN1554DOMINICA DEVELOPING PRISONER REINTEGRATION PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) The Dominica Prison Service is developing and implementing inmate rehabilitation and reintegration plans. Felix Gregoire, Cabinet Secretary, and Matthew LeBlanc, Labour Commission, both confirmed to PolOff that PM Skerrit has made prisoner rehabilitation a priority and is allocating fund [...]
2007-12-20 16:06:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PREL EAID DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN1557 COMMITTEE FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #1300, Barbados #1301, Dominica #1302, St. Kitts #1303, St. Lucia #1304, St. Vincent #1305) on November 19, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. As of this day, [...]
2007-12-21 13:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA XL
07BRIDGETOWN1561PETROCARIBE #34: EC LEADERS FLOCK TO PETROCARIBE
[...] (U) Summary: Eastern Caribbean Heads of State departed for the Fourth Petrocaribe Summit on Friday, December 21st in Cienfuegos, Cuba. The summit comes among praises from leaders in St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who have benefited from the Petrocaribe program. The pa [...]
2007-12-21 19:27:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL CU
07BRIDGETOWN1562DOMINICA: TRAFFICKING VICTIMS LIKELY EXIST, BUT NO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff hosted a roundtable discussion on trafficking in persons, pulling together representatives from key government offices and NGOs. The discussion showed that, although many officials believe trafficking victims might exist among commercial sex workers, Chinese laborers, an [...]
2007-12-21 19:36:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM PHUM PGOV ELBA CN DR ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN1563ST. VINCENT: OPPOSITION LEADER SEEKS US ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) Summary: On December 20th, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines opposition New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Arnhim Eustace called PolOff to express his concern that the current government is corrupted by the drug trade. In relation to the criminal charges filed against him for "making mal [...]
2007-12-21 19:44:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKCRM SNAR PGOV INRB PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN161BARBADOS: SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP ON HIV/AIDS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 29-30, the U.S. Department of Labor-International Labor Organization's HIV/AIDS Workplace Program hosted a sustainability workshop, which focused on developing a strategy for carrying forward the Program's mission after the Program officially concludes in December [...]
2007-02-09 12:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDBB ECON ELAB KHIV PGOV PREL SOCI XL
07BRIDGETOWN162PETROCARIBE UPDATE #30: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] (C) The Prime Minister of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB),Baldwin Spencer, continues to portray Hugo Chavez as an altruistic benefactor and a friend of the Caribbean. To date, both governments have signed agreements with an estimated value of USD 48 million allocated betweenthe [...]
2007-02-09 13:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN163COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SIMMONS TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Gregory S. Simmons, Acting Director, USDA, to travel to Barbados from February 24 to March 3, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to review the pink bollworm pest control operations during the winter cotton production season as requested by th [...]
2007-02-09 16:07:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAGR XL BB
07BRIDGETOWN178BARBADOS RELEASES DRAFT ENERGY POLICY
[...] The Ministry of Energy and the Environment of the Government of Barbados (GOB) recently unveiled its draft National Energy Policy and invited a wide range of stakeholders to provide comments and suggestions. The proposed policy's priorities include energy conservation, alternative energy dev [...]
2007-02-12 12:34:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EAGR ETRO EAID EPET EINV PGOV PREL BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN180STATUS OF APIS LEGISLATION IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
[...] Per WHA/CAR's instructions, post is reporting on the status of the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) legislation in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. ------------------- Antigua and Barbuda ------------------- 2 [...]
2007-02-12 13:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC XL
07BRIDGETOWN189AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH PM
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur assured the United States of his commitment to continue building a strong and warm bilateral relationship. PM Arthur and Ambassador Ourisman discussed trade, disaster risk man [...]
2007-02-12 19:48:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC SNAR ECON ETRD BB JM XL
07BRIDGETOWN194AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S INTRODUCTORY VISIT TO GRENADA
[...] (U) Summary: On January 17-19, 2007, Ambassador Ourisman visited Grenada to present her credentials. She conducted an initial round of meetings with Grenadian officials including the Prime Minister and the Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, [...]
2007-02-12 21:39:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD ECON EAID CMGT GJ XL
07BRIDGETOWN195(C) ST. LUCIA PM COMPTON HOLDS HIS CARDS CLOSE BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2, Deputy Chief of Mission Gilroy called on Government of St. Lucia (GOSL) Prime Minister Sir John Compton to congratulate him on his return to power and to review the bilateral relationship. She also raised USG concerns about charismatic cabinet member Richard Frede [...]
2007-02-12 21:46:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR SNAR ASEC EAID ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN213PETROCARIBE UPDATE #31: CHAVEZ TO VISIT DOMINICA
[...] (C) Summary: Various media report that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Dominica and St. Vincent on February 16 and 17, respectively, to open fuel storage tank facilities. Despite the reality of several logistical and technical setbacks with fuel delivery and storage for the Petro [...]
2007-02-16 20:36:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR VE DO ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN22COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MCCRAY FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Robert McCray, NOAA, to travel to St. Vincent and the Grenadines from January 14-20, 2007, for the purpose of conducting a 5-day hazard analysis and critical control point training workshop and on-site plant evaluation for the Fisheries Divis [...]
2007-01-05 20:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN2268 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following fourteen (14) candidates from various Eastern Caribbean security forces who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-01-02 10:13:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN227DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PALESTINIAN NATIONAL
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points were delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0121, Barbados #0122, Dominica #0123, St. Kitts #0124, St. Lucia #0125, St. Vincent #0126) on February 20, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post wi [...]
2007-02-21 13:47:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAL KWBG XL
07BRIDGETOWN228PETROCARIBE #32: CHAVEZ VISIT UNEVENTFUL
[...] (C) Summary: On February 16-17, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The visit was light on substance and heavy on atmospherics, as he reiterated past Petrocaribe-related promises and resorted to his usual vitriolic anti-American talking points. [...]
2007-02-21 19:39:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR VE DO ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN23GRENADA TRYING TO READ ST. LUCIA TEA LEAVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Grenadians are reading the tea leaves of the St. Lucia election, hoping to find clues to their own future. Speculation is rampant that Prime Minister Keith Mitchell will call elections following Cricket World Cup in an attempt to ride the expected popular high following successfu [...]
2007-01-05 20:39:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR GJ XL
07BRIDGETOWN236COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MURRAY TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Rodney Murray computer specialist, OD, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados March 1 - 3, 2007 to assist management staff on information technology preparations for CDC office move to Barbados from Trinidad and meet with Embassy staff officials concerning [...]
2007-02-22 21:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA EAID OTRA ASEC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN239DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism: Request for States to Become Partner Nations" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0167, Barbados #0168, Dominica #0169, St. Kitts #0170, St. Lucia #0171, and St. Vincent #0172) on [...]
2007-02-26 13:43:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN241ST. LUCIA NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel instructions, letter on St. Lucia National Day from President Bush to Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Note No. 0153 on February 20, 2007. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report any response. [...]
2007-02-26 17:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN242 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Royal Grenada Police Force who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. [...]
2007-02-26 17:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN250DELIVERED REPLY MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY OF STATE
[...] Per reftel instructions, the reply from Secretary of State Rice to St. Lucia Foreign Minister Bousquet's condolence message for President Ford's passing was delivered under cover of Diplomatic Note No. 0083 on February 1, 2007. The original Diplomatic Note was also mailed on this date. 2. [...]
2007-02-28 16:30:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN254DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "IAEA Report on Iranian Compliance with UNSCR 1737" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0173, Barbados #0174, Dominica #0175, St. Kitts #0176, St. Lucia #0177, and St. Vincent #0175) on February 26, 2007. The original Diplomatic [...]
2007-03-01 18:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP IR XL
07BRIDGETOWN255COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NURICK TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Karen Nurick to travel to Barbados O/A March 20 and depart O/April 5, 2007 to assist the Mission with designing the program and drafting the procurement documentation for the new HIV/AIDS activities. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not requ [...]
2007-03-01 19:13:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN261 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following three (3) candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candid [...]
2007-03-01 22:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN262TIP SUBMISSION - DOMINICA
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Dominica for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally [...]
2007-03-01 22:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN263TIP SUBMISSION - ST. LUCIA
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationall [...]
2007-03-01 22:40:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN264TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destinati [...]
2007-03-01 22:40:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN265TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for int [...]
2007-03-01 22:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN266TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally [...]
2007-03-01 22:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN267TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Post consulted with the Royal St. Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis Police Force, the Ministry of National Security, and NGOs and has received no reports [...]
2007-03-01 22:43:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN268TIP SUBMISSION - GRENADA
[...] Embassy Grenada provides its response for reftel questions in paragraph 2. 2. Begin text: SUMMARY: Post consulted with the Royal Grenada Police Force, Ministry of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Labour, and NGOs and has received no reports of any form of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) as def [...]
2007-03-01 22:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF GG XL
07BRIDGETOWN277 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate will parti [...]
2007-03-05 13:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN283COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GOGGIN AND ETERNO TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for James L. Goggin, USAID Representative-Barbados, and Anthony R. Eterno, Economic Officer, to travel to Santo Domingo from March 26-30, 2007. The purpose is to attend the Mission Disaster Preparedness Training in the Caribbean. 2. Mr. Goggin [...]
2007-03-05 21:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB DR XL
07BRIDGETOWN284THIRD CWC 2007 ISAG MEETING: CWC TO WALK BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 held its third plenary session February 23 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to bring together the group of hosting and playing nations and the international community fo [...]
2007-03-05 21:39:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PTER CASC PINR KCIP KTIA XL
07BRIDGETOWN287CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK STAFFING DATA
[...] This cable responds to Ref C. 2. Because the United States is not a member of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),Post had difficulty obtaining detailed staffing data for the organization (Ref A). The CDB finally sent the information, which Post forwarded via e-mail on March 1 to Lynette [...]
2007-03-06 18:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER ECON EAID XL
07BRIDGETOWN290DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 60-DAY UNSCR 1737 REPORT
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "U.S. 60-day Report to UN Security Council on UNSCR 1737" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0183, Barbados #0184, Dominica #0185, St. Kitts #0186, St. Lucia #0187, and St. Vincent #0185) on March 1, 2007. The original Diplomati [...]
2007-03-07 11:58:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IR XL
07BRIDGETOWN310COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR METES TO TRAVEL TO SAINT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Peace Corps Program and Training Officer Nick Metes to travel to St. Lucia arriving March 19 and departing approximately June 19, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to be on a three month TDY as the acting program and traini [...]
2007-03-13 12:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN312RSS C-26 AIRCRAFT AND COLOMBIA
[...] (C) Per ref A, Ambassador Ourisman informed Barbados' Prime Minister Owen Arthur that INL's proposal to repair the two C-26 aircraft of the Regional Security System (RSS) airwing was no longer offered. 2. (C) In response, PM Arthur and other officials noted that, in principle, Barbados w [...]
2007-03-13 20:02:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SNAR BB CO XL
07BRIDGETOWN331COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MULLINGS TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Audrey Mullings, OFDA/IRG consultant to travel to Dominica on or about March 18-24, 2007 to facilitate Training for Instructors course. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions please contact Michael Taylor a [...]
2007-03-16 21:47:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN332PRIME MINISTER ARTHUR'S POPULARITY CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent public opinion poll confirmed that Prime Minister Owen Arthur remains the most popular Barbadian politician and is well-positioned to lead his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to victory in parliamentary elections expected later this year. David Thompson, PM Arthur's rival an [...]
2007-03-19 14:55:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN333PRIME MINISTER ARTHUR'S POPULARITY CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent public opinion poll confirmed that Prime Minister Owen Arthur remains the most popular Barbadian politician and is well-positioned to lead his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to victory in parliamentary elections expected later this year. David Thompson, PM Arthur's rival an [...]
2007-03-19 17:56:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN334DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "UN Reform: Internal Administration of Justice" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0222, Barbados #0223, Dominica #0224, St. Kitts #0225, St. Lucia #0226, and St. Vincent #0227) on March 15, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes [...]
2007-03-19 17:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ACABQ AORC UNGA APER XL
07BRIDGETOWN335DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "UN Reform: Internal Administration of Justice" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0222, Barbados #0223, Dominica #0224, St. Kitts #0225, St. Lucia #0226, and St. Vincent #0227) on March 15, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes [...]
2007-03-19 17:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ACABQ AORC UNGA APER XL
07BRIDGETOWN336DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "UN Reform: Internal Administration of Justice" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0222, Barbados #0223, Dominica #0224, St. Kitts #0225, St. Lucia #0226, and St. Vincent #0227) on March 15, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes [...]
2007-03-19 17:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ACABQ AORC UNGA APER XL
07BRIDGETOWN337DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN REFORM: INTERNAL
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "UN Reform: Internal Administration of Justice" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0222, Barbados #0223, Dominica #0224, St. Kitts #0225, St. Lucia #0226, and St. Vincent #0227) on March 15, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes [...]
2007-03-19 17:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ACABQ AORC UNGA APER XL
07BRIDGETOWN338PRIME MINISTER ARTHUR'S POPULARITY CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent public opinion poll confirmed that Prime Minister Owen Arthur remains the most popular Barbadian politician and is well-positioned to lead his Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to victory in parliamentary elections expected later this year. David Thompson, PM Arthur's rival an [...]
2007-03-19 17:56:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN341AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR METES TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown amends country clearance for Peace Corps Program and Training Officer Nick Metes to travel to St. Lucia arriving March 19 and departing approximately on September 1, 2007. The purpose of this travel is to be on a six month TDY as the acting program and training officer for P [...]
2007-03-19 20:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN347DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0233, Barbados #0234, Dominica #0235, St. Kitts #0236, St. Lucia #0237, St. Vincent #0238, and Grenada #0239) on March 19, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. [...]
2007-03-20 19:55:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAL KWBG XL
07BRIDGETOWN348COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MERRILL AND LAGUNA
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Frances B. Merrill and Diana M. Laguna, Transportation Security Specialists, TSA, to travel to St. Vincent and the Grenadines from May 13-24, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide an International Civil Aviation Basic Security Trainin [...]
2007-03-20 21:35:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAIR VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN349COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EMERSON AND SWEET FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Mark Emerson and William J. Sweet, Transportation Security Specialists, TSA, to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis from May 29 - June 8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to provide an International Civil Aviation Basic Security Training program [...]
2007-03-20 21:35:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA EAIR SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN353PETROCARIBE #33: CHAVEZ TIES WORRY ST. VINCENT
[...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with St. Vincent and the Grenadines' (SVG) private sector representatives reveal widespread anxiety over the Vincentian government's growing ties with Venezuela, especially the close relationship between Vincentian Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and Venezuelan P [...]
2007-03-21 18:51:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL
07BRIDGETOWN367 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no confirmed derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate [...]
2007-03-23 21:28:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN369OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS FOR SAINT VINCENT'S OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: The head of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) opposition party, Arnhim Eustace, has stepped up his criticism of Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves in the last three weeks. His most recent themes included Gonsalves' December pardon of a convicted drug dealer and Gonsalves' emb [...]
2007-03-26 17:12:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM VC VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN385ST. KITTS TO PARTICIPATE IN BIOFUELS INITIATIVE
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on proposed Biofuels Assistance were delivered to St. Kitts and Nevis' MFA Permanent Secretary Theresa Nisbett via fax and telephone conversation on March 29, 2007. Brazilian Ambassador Orlando Galveas Oliveira joined Ambassador Ourisman in delivering t [...]
2007-04-03 17:43:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ENRG SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN396COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NOBLE TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO DAVID NOBLE, REGIONAL CONTROLLER, TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS ON OR ABOUT APRIL 17-21, 2007 TO PREPARE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE BARBADOS MISSION ACCOUNTING RECORDS FROM JAMAICA TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT IS USAID REPRESENTAT [...]
2007-04-04 15:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN397U.S. DISENGAGEMENT IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Bridgetown would like to offer the following assessment of the possible consequences of further cuts in U.S. assistance to the Eastern Caribbean. The economic realities--or more aptly--vulnerabilities of these microstates are such that further reductions in U.S. presen [...]
2007-04-04 16:18:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BB CU VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN399 REQUEST TO REPROGRAM FMF FUNDS IN FY 08
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 11 and 12. 2. (U) Embassy Bridgetown has registered in reftel its concerns regarding the State Department's decision to eliminate FY 08 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for the Eastern Caribbean. While we strongly urge the Department to reverse th [...]
2007-04-04 16:41:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BB ST VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN405SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL,S VISIT TO THE EASTERN
[...] I look forward to welcoming Chairman Engel and his delegation to the Eastern Caribbean on April 13-16. In anticipation of our meetings with Grenada's Prime Minister Mitchell and Vincentian Prime Minister Gonsalves, I would like to offer the following background on the region and key U.S. pol [...]
2007-04-05 20:52:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP ECON PREL PGOV PBTS PINR VC GJ XL
07BRIDGETOWN406 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no confirmed derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate [...]
2007-04-05 21:43:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN409COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR QUAIN TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Estelle Quain to travel to Barbados on or about April 30 to May 16, to lead the evaluation team of USG support to the Caribbean HIV and AIDS regional training initiative. 2. Hotel reservation is made at the Grand Barbados Beach Resort, telepho [...]
2007-04-05 21:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN416DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-CARICOM
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0288, Barbados #0289, Dominica #0290, St. Kitts #0291, St. Lucia #0292, St. Vincent #0293, and Grenada #0294) on April 5, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. [...]
2007-04-10 19:11:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KSUM XL
07BRIDGETOWN429 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-04-12 14:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN44 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidat [...]
2007-01-09 21:32:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN449CARICOM SUMMIT RESPONSES
[...] Per reftel instructions, Embassy Bridgetown delivered the demarche on the 19-21 June US-CARICOM Ministerial/Summit on April 5. Follow-up calls were placed on April 13. 2. Eastern Caribbean Responses: Antigua and Barbuda confirmed receipt of the demarche; GOAB is still looking into it a [...]
2007-04-16 13:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KSUM XL
07BRIDGETOWN451DISAPPOINTING CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007
[...] (C) Summary: Four years ago, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed an agreement to host the world's third largest sporting competition, the Cricket World Cup (CWC),from February to April, 2007. Caribbean governments have reportedly spent over USD 500 million on preparations for what they [...]
2007-04-16 13:10:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ASEC EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL CASC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN452SVG PM GONSALVES TO CUBA FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Likely as a guest of the state, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves will travel to Cuba April 13 for medical treatment, rest, and relaxation following a car accident in St. Vincent which resulted in his hospitalization on April 9. He is planning to be gone at least two weeks. END S [...]
2007-04-16 13:10:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CU VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN454 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-04-16 21:11:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN46COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SMITH, BAILEY AND DABREO TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA/IRG Participants Carl Smith, Cecil Bailey and Sharlene Dabreo to travel to Dominica to participate in a training course on Natural Disaster Reduction for the period January 29 thru February 2, 2007. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is [...]
2007-01-10 12:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN461DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CARICOM-U.S. INITIATIVE TO
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "CARICOM-U.S. Initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Arms" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0313, Barbados #0314, Dominica #0315, St. Kitts #0316, St. Lucia #0317, and St. Vincent #0318) on April 16, 2007. The original D [...]
2007-04-17 19:20:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL BB
07BRIDGETOWN464ST. LUCIA - PIERRE REACHING FOR SLP HELM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a private conversation on March 30, deputy leader of the opposition St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) Philip Pierre shared his views on the future of his party and evaluated his potential competitors in the ruling United Workers Party (UWP). Pierre indirectly admitted that he pl [...]
2007-04-17 20:30:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SL XL
07BRIDGETOWN465COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ARMBRISTER TO TRAVEL TO ST.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA/IRG consultant Beryl Armbrister to travel to St. Lucia o/a May 7-11, 2007 to coordinate and monitor damage assessment course and meet with NDC to plan and confirm the country activities for June 2007-2008. 2. Understand Embassy assistanc [...]
2007-04-17 21:25:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN469 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...]
2007-04-20 15:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN47COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LUKE TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Robert A. Luke, VOS Program Manager, to travel to Barbados from January 25-29, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to train Massachusetts maritime cadets on weather onserving and chart interpretation during sea term cruise aboard USTS Enterpri [...]
2007-01-10 13:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY OTRA XL BB
07BRIDGETOWN470BARBADOS CENTRAL BANK: OPPORTUNITIES AND
[...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Barbados (CBB) Senior Director for Research, Dr. Daniel Boamah, is projecting solid growth for Barbados' economy in 2007 and no serious impact from the disappointing Cricket World Cup. The CBB plans to announce that it has revised its economic growth projections [...]
2007-04-20 20:21:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN471 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP-MANAGED
[...] As instructed in reftel, Post is submitting the following four (4) project proposals for G/TIP-managed FY 2007 ESF and INCLE Funds. Full proposal narratives will be sent via email. 2. Name of Applicant: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) -- Office for the Eastern Caribbean Requeste [...]
2007-04-20 22:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG XL
07BRIDGETOWN472 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP-MANAGED
[...] As instructed in reftel, Post is submitting the following four (4) project proposals for G/TIP-managed FY 2007 ESF and INCLE Funds. Full proposal narratives will be sent via email. 2. Name of Applicant: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) -- Office for the Eastern Caribbean Requeste [...]
2007-04-20 22:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG XL
07BRIDGETOWN473DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREPARING FOR WMO
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "Preparing for WMO Quadrennial Congress" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0306, Barbados #0307, Dominica #0308, St. Kitts #0309, St. Lucia #0310, and St. Vincent #0311) on April 12, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were al [...]
2007-04-23 14:13:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TPHY WMO XL
07BRIDGETOWN475NOTIFICATION OF TIEA INVALIDITY DELIVERED TO ST.
[...] (SBU) Per refs A and B, Ambassador and DCM warned PM John Compton in separate meetings in February that St. Lucia was at risk of losing its "convention benefit" under U.S. tax law. 2. (U) On April 16, 2007, post notified the government of St. Lucia formally via Diplomatic Note #0302 of th [...]
2007-04-23 19:59:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN476 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-04-23 21:28:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN483 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...]
2007-04-24 22:01:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN487 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...]
2007-04-25 21:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN488ST. LUCIA - TAIWAN BACK IN, CHINA TO BOW OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of St. Lucia formally announced during its April 24 budget debate that it will re-establish full diplomatic relations with Taiwan. In exchange, Taiwan has agreed to develop agricultural diversification, ecotourism, information technology, and learning centers thro [...]
2007-04-25 22:05:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD OFDP CH TW ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN492COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAMACHO FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Joaquin Camacho to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis on May 23, 2007 and May 30, 2007, for the purpose of performing en-route inspections to Coastal Air as part of work program. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. [...]
2007-04-26 21:23:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR OTRA SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN493DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0358, Barbados #0359, Dominica #0360, St. Kitts #0361, St. Lucia #0362, and St. Vincent #0363) on April 26, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will rep [...]
2007-04-26 21:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KSUM XL
07BRIDGETOWN495BARBADOS AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN UNWILLING AND
[...] (C) Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean remain both unwilling and unable to support Coalition military action in Iraq. Representatives of the Barbados Government have vociferously opposed U.S. action in Iraq, as have other Eastern Caribbean leaders. Regional governments remain opposed to acti [...]
2007-04-27 17:06:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN500 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-04-27 21:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN505 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-04-30 20:11:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN506 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR VARIOUS U.S.
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for various training courses sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following can [...]
2007-04-30 20:11:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN51ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA CABINET CHANGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 31, Prime Minister Spencer announced several changes (listed below) in his cabinet. Although some of the rearrangement of duties seems quite practical, others appear to have been made in reaction to accusations of corruption. Two significant adjustments are the shift [...]
2007-01-10 14:15:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ENRG XL
07BRIDGETOWN513 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-05-02 19:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN515COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CAPPEL FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Kristen Cappel to travel to St. Lucia from May 21-25, 2007, for the purpose of attending the regional workshop for the prevention and control of illegal trade in ozone depleting substances and dependent technologies. 2. Per reftel, Embassy [...]
2007-05-02 20:04:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV TPHY KSCA SL XL
07BRIDGETOWN518BARBADOS PM ARTHUR'S CABINET
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Owen Arthur, Barbados' most popular politician, is well positioned to win an unprecedented fourth term in the next parliamentary election, which is expected later in 2007 or in 2008. He will run on his solid record of achievement over the past 12 years, supported [...]
2007-05-03 17:34:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN519DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IWC ANNUAL MEETING
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0387, Dominica #0388, St. Kitts #0389, St. Lucia #0390, St. Vincent #0391) on May 3, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report any responses. OUR [...]
2007-05-03 19:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS PREL ETRD KSCA XL
07BRIDGETOWN52COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LEONARD, SARMIENTO, LORDE,
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for OFDA Regional Training Advisor, Rene Carrillo, OFDA Regional Advisor, Julie Leonard, OFDA/IRG Technical Manager, Dr. Juan Pablo Sarmiento, OFDA/IRG Consultant, Clive Lorde, and OFDA/IRG Instructors, Howie Prince, Philmore Mullins, Carl Smith, Karl [...]
2007-01-17 21:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN520ST. VINCENT SENDS MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY ON VIRGINIA
[...] The following message was received 3 May 2007. Begin Text: Ref. FACT/110(3) Note No. 239/2007 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines present (sic) its compliments to the Embassy of United States of America in Barbados and has the honou [...]
2007-05-03 20:03:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN522COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHARLES WARREN AND NATHAN
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Charles Warren, Statistician and Nathan Jones, Statistician, Global Tobacco Control Program, COCHP/NCCDPHP, HHS/CDC to travel to Barbados from May 6-11, to participate as the teaching faculty at the Global Tobacco Surveillance System workshop for [...]
2007-05-04 15:53:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA OTRA US BB CDCC EAID XL
07BRIDGETOWN525(C) ST. LUCIA: TAIWAN DECISION MAY WEAKEN COMPTON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Rufus Bousquet has emerged as the head of a rival faction set on forcing Prime Minister Sir John Compton to retire from politics and leave FM Bousquet in charge. If Compton's departure is the outcome of current infighting in the five-month-old government, suspec [...]
2007-05-04 18:54:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN526BARBADOS SENDS MESSAGE ON AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT
[...] This message is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. On May 3, 2007, post received Diplomatic Note No. IR/200783 from the Government of Barbados requesting air transport rights in the United States on behalf of Air Jamaica. Please see full text of the Diplomatic Note in para 3. Po [...]
2007-05-04 20:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN543DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0381, Barbados #0382, Dominica #0383, St. Kitts #0384, St. Lucia #0385, St. Vincent #0386) on May 7, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report an [...]
2007-05-08 17:08:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KSUM XL
07BRIDGETOWN547 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-05-08 20:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN548 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-05-08 20:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN550 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-05-08 20:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN551 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-05-08 20:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN561COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KEN YAMASHITA TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance for Susumu Ken Yamashita, Director, GH/OHA to travel to Barbados May 20-22, 2007 to assist the Mission with staffing and management issues in light of CDC co-location. 2. Hotel reservation has been confirmed for traveler at the Coral Sands Beach [...]
2007-05-09 20:52:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA US BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN566COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FRIED TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to HS3 Athena Fried, USCG from May 25 to May 27, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to provide medical support to the USCGC EAGLE during their summer patrol. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Milit [...]
2007-05-09 20:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN567CORRECTED COPY -- COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FRIED TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to HS3 Athena Fried, USCG from May 25 to May 27, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to provide medical support to the USCGC EAGLE during their summer patrol. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Milita [...]
2007-05-09 20:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN570COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GILMORE TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton L. Gilmore, USCG Liaison Officer from May 26 to May 30, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to have preliminary port discussions with government officials IAW IMO ISPS code and U.S. Maritime Transportation Safety Ac [...]
2007-05-09 20:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN572CONGRESSWOMAN'S VISIT TO "GRENADA 13" PRISONER
[...] (C) Summary: During CODEL Engel's recent visit to Grenada, Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) asked post to arrange a meeting with Bernard Coard, the leader of the group known as the "Grenada 17" who were convicted of the 1983 assassination of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and others. PM Mit [...]
2007-05-09 21:38:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ASEC GJ XL
07BRIDGETOWN573(C) GRENADA PM MITCHELL ON CHAVEZ'S BAD LIST?
[...] (C) Summary: In a somewhat tense mid-April meeting with Charge, Grenada's Keith Mitchell shared his fears that strongly leftist Caribbean leaders, led by St. Vincent's Ralph Gonsalves, had persuaded Hugo Chavez that the pro-American Grenada government should not receive further Venezuelan as [...]
2007-05-09 21:41:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID AC DO GJ IS VC VE XL
07BRIDGETOWN579DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY (WHA)
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0416, Barbados #0417, Dominica #0418, St. Kitts #0419, St. Lucia #0420, St. Vincent #0421) on May 10, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report an [...]
2007-05-10 20:11:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AORC PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN589ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT CRISIS POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's May 10 meeting with St. Lucia's Comptroller of Customs and the Acting Commissioner of Police was a cry for help from PM Compton and his few remaining loyalists. While PM Compton is reportedly recovering in New York from a stroke, his chances of hanging on to power may be [...]
2007-05-14 13:44:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN604 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate nominated for U.S.-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominated for the Machinery Tech A/ [...]
2007-05-15 20:14:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN606 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RODRIGUEZ PLUS FIFTEEN FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to the following USSOUTHCOM J5 personnel for travel, Antigua and Barbuda on the below-mentioned dates. The purpose of this mission is to attend the Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC) 2007. Major Heidi Rodriguez, USA, 16 May - 25 May, 20 [...]
2007-05-15 21:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN608 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BOES FOR TRAVEL TO ANTIGUA
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to LCDR Christopher L. Boes, Chief, USMLO - Trinidad and Tobago, for travel to Antigua and Barbuda May 22 - 26, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to attend the Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC) 2007. 2. Embassy points of contact [...]
2007-05-15 21:27:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN610COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JACKSON TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to SFC Sandra Jackson, USA, May 20 to May 24, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to conduct a USSOUTHCOM directed Staff Assist Visit (SAV). 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Offi [...]
2007-05-16 11:41:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN615ST. KITTS: GOVERNMENT EXPROPRIATION LEAVES AMCITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Bridgetown continues to assist Amcit property owners in the expropriation case involving the government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) and the Angelus resort. The GOSKN has mishandled the case by providing poor information to the owners and delaying the resolution of t [...]
2007-05-16 20:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV CASC PGOV KIDE SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN616 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nomin [...]
2007-05-16 21:02:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN62COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MCNEIR FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to TSA Caribbean Representative Loretta McNeir to travel to Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados from January 21-26, 2007, for the purpose of meeting with airport officials. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is not required. 3. Em [...]
2007-01-19 19:48:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN621 DELIVERED VOTING PRACTICES IN THE UN 2006
[...] Per reftel instructions, post delivered "Voting Practices of the United Nations 2006" to the foreign ministries of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines on May 11, 2007. 2. Post will forward any responses. OURISMAN [...]
2007-05-16 21:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN622 DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CITES COP 14 PREPARATION
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "CITES COP 14 Preparation: Gauging Response for U.S. Proposals on Species Listings - Lynx, Sawfish, Coral" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0437, Barbados #0438, Dominica #0439, St. Kitts #0440, St. Lucia #0441 and St. Vincent [...]
2007-05-16 21:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA ETRD XL
07BRIDGETOWN625 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate nominated for U.S.-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominated for the Pre-Ranger and Ra [...]
2007-05-17 13:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN629COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICERS NAUGHTON AND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officers Michael Naughton and Lawrence Dolan to escort deportee Dwayne Fahie, A035 186 493 to British Virgin Islands on May 29-30. 2. Embassy point of contact is A/RSO Sean A. Nedd at Embassy Bridgetown Tel: 1-246-436- [...]
2007-05-17 15:07:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CVIS OTRA VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN63COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FINNEMAN AND PERSAUD
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to TSA Civil Aviation Security Inspectors Thomas Finneman and Julian Persuad to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from February 6-13, 2007, for the purpose of assessing airport security conditions. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands assistance is [...]
2007-01-19 19:50:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN632AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S MEETING WITH BARBADOS AG
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados Attorney General Dale Marshall thanked the United States for its assistance during Cricket World Cup and looked forward to further cooperation in the areas of security and law enforcement. He also requeste [...]
2007-05-18 19:40:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ASEC CASC SNAR ECON ETRD BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN633 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DONALD MAY 29 - JUNE 6, 2007
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Donald, Regional Environmental Advisor for the Caribbean, to travel to Dominica from May 29 - June 1, 2007 and to Barbados June 1-3 and June 5-6, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to assist Mission in Agency environme [...]
2007-05-18 20:14:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA DR BO BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN636COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR SOPHIA CAVE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for Sophia Cave, USAID Administrative Assistant, to travel to Santo Domingo from June 10-15, 2007. 2. The purpose is to attend orientation and training in Santo Domingo. 3. Itinerary as follows: June 10 AA 1857 San Juan to Santo Domingo [...]
2007-05-18 20:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB DR XL
07BRIDGETOWN639COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LUTTMAN TO TRAVEL TO SAINT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Forensic Examiner Jennifer Luttman to travel to Basseterre, St. Kitts from June 18 - 21,2007. The purpose of this travel is to testify to details of DNA examinations performed in conjunction for case 163G-BB-1791. 2. Reservations have been co [...]
2007-05-18 21:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN64COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO RINCHKO FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Charles A. Rinchko, Aviation Safety Inspector, to travel to Antigua and Barbuda and St. Vincent and the Grenadines from January 22-26, 2007, for the purpose of conducting increased FAA surveillance of Caribbean Sun Airlines during flights to [...]
2007-01-19 21:58:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY AC VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN641CRICKET WORLD CUP MAY DELIVER LONG TERM SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: While the Cricket World Cup (CWC) has been an economic disappointment for the region (ref A),it has generated changes and reforms in the CARICOM security infrastructure that may yield lasting benefits for the region. The United States contributed to the region's CWC preparatio [...]
2007-05-21 12:37:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ASEC EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL CASC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN644ST. LUCIAN CABINET COUP FAILED, BUT NEW PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia's Prime Minister Sir John Compton reportedly returned from New York on May 19. His weakened state probably means that St. Lucia's unsettled political situation will continue. The government has made no official announcements since his return, but it is likely that Acti [...]
2007-05-22 20:21:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN645COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HANOVER TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LTJG Bradley S. Hanover, USCG to travel on May 28. The purpose of this mission is to return from TDY orders on board the USCGC EAGLE to Coast Guard Atlantic area. LTJG will disembark the EAGLE at Barbados Port Authority; proc [...]
2007-05-22 20:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN648 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidate. 2. The following candidate is nominat [...]
2007-05-23 13:32:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN652 REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on the candidates. 2. The following candidates are n [...]
2007-05-23 16:37:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN654BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Embassy Bridgetown recommends a waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for Barbados. Barbados and Cuba enjoy a good relationship. Both countries recently committed to deepening their relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number [...]
2007-05-23 19:47:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN656AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S MEETING WITH BARBADOS CHIEF
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 16 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados Chief Justice Sir David Anthony Cathcart Simmons expressed appreciation for U.S. support to the Barbadian judicial branch over the years. Simmons spoke fondly of his working relationship with previous U.S [...]
2007-05-24 14:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ASEC SNAR BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN658DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0474, Barbados #0475, Dominica #0476, St. Kitts #0477, St. Lucia #0478, St. Vincent #0479) on May 24, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report an [...]
2007-05-24 18:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP AORC AMGT ASEC ABUD OTRA KSUM XL
07BRIDGETOWN66COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ARMBRISTER AND SHILLINGFORD
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Beryl Armbrister and Cecil Shillingford to travel to Antigua O/A January 22 and depart O/A January 27, 2007 to Instruct Shelters and Shelter Management Course & Initial Damage Assessment Courses. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not require [...]
2007-01-20 14:23:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN663COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CURNOW TO TRAVEL TO SAINT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to ENS Peter J. Curnow, USN for travel to Saint Lucia May 29 - June 04, 2007. The purpose of this mission is for leave. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Office, 1-246-227-4339 or ce [...]
2007-05-25 16:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN664COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GILMORE SMITH AND KALISZ TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton L. Gilmore, USCG; LCDR Roger Smith, USCG and LT Thomas Kalisz, USCG for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis June 17 - 21, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to have port security discussions with Government officials [...]
2007-05-25 16:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN665 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BENITEZ TO TRAVEL TO SAINT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CMC Daniel O. Benitez, NAVBASE, for travel to Saint Lucia May 29 - June 05, 2007. The purpose of this mission is for leave. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Office, 1-246-227-433 [...]
2007-05-25 16:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN669ST. LUCIA: FREDRICK INVESTIGATION AND MLAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 17 television talk show, a prominent news personality leaked the details of a standing evidence request made under the U.S.-St. Lucia Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) concerning Richard Fredrick, St. Lucia's Housing Minister suspected of ties to drug trafficking [...]
2007-05-25 21:21:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS KTIA KCOR PREL PGOV PINR SNAR ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN67COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ARMBRISTER AND SHILLINGFORD
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Beryl Armbrister and Cecil Shillingford to travel to Antigua O/A January 22 and depart O/A January 27, 2007 to Instruct Shelters and Shelter Management Course & Initial Damage Assessment Courses. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not require [...]
2007-01-23 10:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN676COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MILLINGTON TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Robert C. Millington, USN, from August 04 - August 11, 2007. The purpose of this visit is for the implementation and training of the Defence Travel System (DTS) to USMLO staff. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. K [...]
2007-05-29 18:25:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN692COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MICHAEL TAYLOR TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for Michael Taylor, Program Specialist, USAID Barbados, to travel to Trinidad June 1-2, 2007. 2. The purpose of the visit is to attend an agriculture donor conference. 3. Itinerary as follows: June 1 LI 703 Bridgetown to Port-of-Spa [...]
2007-05-31 18:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB TD XL
07BRIDGETOWN700DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1747
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0512, Barbados #0513, Dominica #0514, St. Kitts #0515, St. Lucia #0516, St. Vincent #0517) on June 1, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report an [...]
2007-06-01 20:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP XL
07BRIDGETOWN701DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0506, Barbados #0507, Dominica #0508, St. Kitts #0509, St. Lucia #0510, St. Vincent #0512) on June 1, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report an [...]
2007-06-01 20:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN XL
07BRIDGETOWN711AMBASSADOR OURISMAN'S MEETING WITH BARBADOS DPM
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 30 introductory meeting with Ambassador Mary Ourisman, Barbados' Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, Mia Mottley, thanked the United States for its assistance during Cricket World Cup and looked forward to further cooperation in the a [...]
2007-06-05 17:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALBB ECON ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN717DEMARCHE ON THE GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to six countries in the Eastern Caribbean. Officials of all six countries expressed concern about the growing ties between Venezuela and Iran, but as is typical for the Eastern Caribbean, they refused to commit to speaking out or taking action in international [...]
2007-06-06 13:15:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR XL
07BRIDGETOWN72COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SEGURA TO TRAVEL TO ANTIGUA
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Nelly Segura to travel to Antigua O/A February 18 and depart O/A February 22, 2007 to conduct Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis Course. 2. Understand Embassy assistance is not required. If you have any questions, please contact Mansfield Bl [...]
2007-01-23 17:48:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OTRA AC XL
07BRIDGETOWN721ST. LUCIA - BLUE LANTERN ON LICENSE 05-1014600 FOR
[...] Post conducted a site visit to two locations operated by G & T, Inc. in St. Lucia to assess its operations and on-site security. Post has no concerns of the security of firearm and ammunition inventory at these locations. Post did not uncover any derogatory information on the foreign consign [...]
2007-06-06 17:00:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN737E. CARIBBEAN AND VENEZUELAN FOREIGN AID: RHETORIC
[...] (C) Summary: Five Eastern Caribbean countries have signed Petrocaribe agreements. St. Lucia nullified its agreement with Venezuela under the new Compton administration in 2006. Barbados also turned down the Petrocaribe offer, but it is still a beneficiary of other Venezuelan assistance. Hugo [...]
2007-06-07 19:30:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL PGOV XL
07BRIDGETOWN739MEETING WITH ST. VINCENT FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 1, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sir Louis Straker, paid a courtesy call on DCM Mary Ellen T. Gilroy. Key points of their discussion included the upcoming Caribbean Conference, LIAT's perceived monopolistic posture, Petroc [...]
2007-06-07 20:22:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAIR EPET EINV EWWT CU VE VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN740OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS LOUDER FOR ST. VINCENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: On Friday, June 8, opposition party leader, Arnhim Eustace, will lead another protest demonstration in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). This time, Eustace has managed to gain public support from several members of St. Vincent's private sector. However, Eustace's goals for t [...]
2007-06-07 20:26:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN749ST. LUCIA CABINET RESHUFFLE, A STEP TOWARD A NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 6, St. Lucia Prime Minister Sir John Compton reshuffled his cabinet, firing Foreign Minister Rufus Bousquet, demoting Home Affairs Minister Keith Mondesir, and giving their portfolios to Acting Prime Minister Stephenson King. Given Compton's health problems, it is widely [...]
2007-06-08 18:58:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR AORC OVIP KSUM KJUS KTIA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN751COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SA GOLDFINGER AND SA JOSEPH JUNE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to SA Michael Goldfinger and SA Mark Joseph from June 11-13, 2007 for travel to Grenada. The purpose of their visit is to provide operation support for an ongoing investigation. 2. Embassy point of contact is Acting Country Attache [...]
2007-06-08 21:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA XL BB GJ
07BRIDGETOWN754COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HAIG TO TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to SK1 Charles Haig, USN, from June 17 - July 01, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to conduct a Staff Assist Visit (SAV). 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Office, 1-246-227-433 [...]
2007-06-11 20:06:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN764COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD
[...] Embassy Bridgetown requests country clearance for Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer, to travel to Grenada June 20-21, 2007 and Georgetown from June 21-23, 2007. 2. The purpose of the visit to Grenada is to inspect sites for final certification under the Hurricane Ivan Pro [...]
2007-06-13 18:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR
07BRIDGETOWN767 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARIA GARCIA
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Maria Virginia Garcia, Financial Analyst of USAID/DR Controller's Office, to travel to Barbados o/a June 18-23, 2007. 2. The purpose of the visit is to provide financial management support to USAID Barbados. 3. Embassy [...]
2007-06-13 20:17:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA DR BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN770 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AUDREY MULLINGS.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Audrey Mullings, OFDA/IRG Consultant to travel to St. Vincent O/A June 18-23, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to facilitate shelter management and initial damage assessment courses. 2. Embassy point of contact is James G [...]
2007-06-13 21:32:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN774AMOR ETERNO: CUBA'S RELATIONS WITH THE EASTERN
[...] (C) Cuban Foreign Minister, Felipe Perez Roque, received praise for his country from Caribbean governments last week at the Organization for Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Summit in Grenada on May 25, and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Cuba Summit, held in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on [...]
2007-06-14 11:53:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN777AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD
[...] Embassy Bridgetown advises changes in travel schedule for Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer. Mr. Blackwood's travel dates are Grenada from June 22-23, 2007 and Georgetown from June 20-22, 2007. 2. The purpose of the visit to Grenada is to inspect sites for final certific [...]
2007-06-14 20:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR
07BRIDGETOWN785BARBADOS - BLUE LANTERN: RESPONSE FROM RBPF ON
[...] (SBU) Post has received an interim reply from the Royal Barbados Police Force (RBPF),responding to the Embassy's February 8, 2007, request for information concerning the application by Sports Imports to import ten (10) Remington 700 rifles. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: June 12, 2007 Mr. Ch [...]
2007-06-15 20:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN788COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SA GOLDFINGER AND SA JOSEPH JUNE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to SA Michael Goldfinger and TFO Mark Joseph from June 19-20, 2007 for travel to St. Vincent. The purpose of their visit is to provide operation support for an ongoing investigation. 2. Embassy point of contact is SA Thomas Garland [...]
2007-06-15 20:24:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN789 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO REGO FOR TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to LCDR Francisco S. Rego, USCG, for travel to Barbados June 20 - 22, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to conduct a USSOUTHCOM directed IG inspection. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief, Military Liaison Office, (246) 2 [...]
2007-06-15 21:07:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN790COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO COUCH PLUS THREE TO TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Joseph Couch, USCG, CDR Lee Scruggs, USCG, Mr. James Hurst, USCG and LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines July 09 - 14 2007 and to Dominica July 14 - 19 2007. The purpose of these mission [...]
2007-06-15 21:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA VC DO XL
07BRIDGETOWN793AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD
[...] Embassy Bridgetown advises changes in travel schedule for Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer. Mr. Blackwood's travel dates are changed to June 19-22, 2007. 2. The purpose of the amendment to Georgetown is to attend CARICOM's Donors' Meeting. 3. Itinerary as follows: [...]
2007-06-18 14:15:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR
07BRIDGETOWN803 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WOLFE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Kelly Wolfe, Senior Technical Advisor for NGO/Community Development in OHA, to travel to Barbados O/A July 15-21, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a Mid-term Evaluation of the CRP Strategy. 2. Embassy point of [...]
2007-06-19 12:29:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN810ST. LUCIA HOUSING MINISTER FREDRICK HELD FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia Housing Minister Richard Fredrick was questioned on June 18 by St. Lucian authorities for his alleged involvement in customs duty evasion. After six hours, he was released and asked to return on July 18 for further questioning. Contacts stated that the Director of Pub [...]
2007-06-20 18:52:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS KTIA ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN821DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ICAO ASSEMBLY: ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0578, Barbados #0579, Dominica #0580, St. Kitts #0581, St. Lucia #0582, St. Vincent #0583) on June 22, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report a [...]
2007-06-25 13:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD SENV ECON XL
07BRIDGETOWN846 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SPECIAL AGENT ANDREW ARTHURTON JUNE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to SA Andrew Arthurton from June 28 through July 1, 2007 for travel to St. Vincent. The purpose of his visit is to provide operation support for an ongoing investigation. 2. Embassy point of contact is Acting Country Attache Rogeana [...]
2007-06-28 19:34:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN848 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ARMBRISTER JULY 3-6, 2007.
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Beryl Armbrister, OFDA/IRG Consultant, to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis O/A July 3-6, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to meet with National Disaster Office. 2. Embassy point of contact is James Goggin, USAID Representative, tel. 1-246-227 [...]
2007-06-28 20:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN85INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007
[...] Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC),strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. The Government offers special [...]
2007-01-25 15:11:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB XL
07BRIDGETOWN850COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AIR AND
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants country clearance to Border Protection Air and Marine Support Pilots Jorge Delgado, Jose Rivera and Robert Lebron, and Aviation Enforcement Officers Alexander Santiago and Juan Garcia for June 28, 2007 for travel to St. Vincent. The purpose of their visi [...]
2007-06-28 20:52:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN860 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CERDA FOR TRAVEL TO BARBADOS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to LCDR Rene Cerda, USN, for travel to Barbados July 01 to September 30, 2007. The purpose of this travel is for TDY assignment as Deputy Chief, USMLO. 2. Hotel reservation has been confirmed for traveler at the Accra Beach Hotel and Resort, Rockl [...]
2007-06-29 20:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN880COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CORDOVA AND UHARRIET TO TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LtCol Kirk Cordova, SCEN and Major John Uharriet, SCJTRE, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis July 16 - 20, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to conduct inspections and surveys on New Horizons 2003 projects. 2. Travele [...]
2007-07-11 15:05:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SC XL
07BRIDGETOWN892 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SCRUGGS PLUS THREE FOR TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to CDR Lee Scruggs, USCG, LT Thomas Kalisz, USCG, LT Michael Pierno, USCG, and LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Barbados August 11 - August 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to have port security discussions with Government officials of [...]
2007-07-12 16:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN894 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SCRUGGS PLUS THREE FOR TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to CDR Lee Scruggs, USCG, LT Thomas Kalisz, USCG, LT Michael Pierno, USCG, and LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, for travel to Barbados August 11 - August 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to have port security discussions with Government officials o [...]
2007-07-13 13:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN899 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MERCADO AND MARSTELLER FOR
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Rafael J. Mercado, Special Agent, NCIS, and Ms. Suzanne M. Marsteller, Special Agent, NCIS, for travel to Barbados from July 15 - 17, 2007 and to Saint Lucia from July 17 - 18, 2007. The purpose of this mission is to meet [...]
2007-07-13 20:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN906ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT CRISIS POSSIBLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's May 10 meeting with St. Lucia's Comptroller of Customs and the Acting Commissioner of Police was a cry for help from PM Compton and his few remaining loyalists. While PM Compton is reportedly recovering in New York from a stroke, his chances of hanging on to power may be [...]
2007-07-16 19:19:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID ETRD CH TX ST XL
07BRIDGETOWN907CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING: HALTING
[...] (C) Summary: The 28th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference took place in Barbados on July 1-4, 2007. Unsurprisingly, the Caribbean leaders agreed on a number of measures that should ensure some forward momentum in the region's integration efforts in the economic, security, and social develo [...]
2007-07-16 19:46:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALASEC BB EAID EAIR ETRD PGOV PINR PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN912COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STEVEN HORTON AND GUY HARRIS
[...] EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN WARMLY WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO JIATF PERSONNEL FROM JULY 23-24, 2007. THE PURPOSE OF THIS VISIT IS TO PROVIDE TECHINICAL SUPPORT FOR A LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION. 2. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT IS DEA SPECIAL AGENT RONALD O. MORRISON TELEPHONE NUMBER 246-22 [...]
2007-07-17 21:34:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA GJ XL
07BRIDGETOWN918CONGRESSWOMAN'S VISIT TO "GRENADA 13" PRISONER
[...] (C) Summary: During CODEL Engel's recent visit to Grenada, Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) asked post to arrange a meeting with Bernard Coard, the leader of the group known as the "Grenada 17" who were convicted of the 1983 assassination of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and others. PM Mit [...]
2007-07-19 20:08:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ASEC GJ XL
07BRIDGETOWN920DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0628, Barbados #0629, Dominica #0630, St. Kitts #0631, St. Lucia #0632, St. Vincent #0633) on July 12, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report a [...]
2007-07-19 20:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MNUC KNNP XL
07BRIDGETOWN923 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEONARD O/A JULY 29 THRU AUGUST 12,
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Julie Leonard, USAID/OFDA Regional Advisor, to travel to Barbados O/A July 29 thru August 12, 2007. 2. The purpose of the visit is to provide OFDA/LAC coverage (preparedness and response) to the Eastern Caribbean Hurricane [...]
2007-07-19 21:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN942 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WASHBURN PLUS TWO FOR TRAVEL
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CAPT Terry Washburn, USN, Mr. John Samson, DAC and Mr. Lindsay Johnson, DAC, for travel to Barbados August 06 - August 10, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct inspections and staff assistance visits to evaluate the eff [...]
2007-07-23 20:30:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN943CARICOM CHAIR GIVES FREE PASS TO CUBA, AGAIN
[...] (U) In a joint press conference with Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper on July 19, Barbados Prime Minister and CARICOM Chair, Owen Arthur, told journalists that CARICOM has never approved and will never support unilateral sanctions against Cuba. While Barbados support for Cuba is not unus [...]
2007-07-23 20:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN949 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SYNDER FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to CAPT Randall Synder, for travel to Barbados August 17 - August 21, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to act as the presiding officer and guest speaker at the change of command ceremony, during the USS MITSCHER's port call to Bridgetown. 2. Emb [...]
2007-07-25 18:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN952CANADA PM STEPHEN HARPER ADDRESSES BARBADOS
[...] (SBU) On July 19, Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, addressed a standing room only audience of approximately 200 senior officials, diplomats and top business representatives in Barbados. Harper unveiled Canada's plan to play a bigger role in the hemisphere and create "a new partnership [...]
2007-07-27 15:11:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDBB ETRD ETTC PGOV PINR PREL XL
07BRIDGETOWN96REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the follow eight (8) candidates from various Eastern Caribbean police forces and immigration departments who have been nominated for training sponsored by the United States, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has [...]
2007-01-29 19:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM PTER XL
07BRIDGETOWN962 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ROMERO FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Tivo Romero, USCG Contractor, for travel to Barbados August 11 - August 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to have port security discussions with Government officials of Barbados. These discussions will directly support the U.S Homeland Sec [...]
2007-07-30 19:15:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN963 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HELTON FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Major Dwayne A. Helton, USSOUTHCOM J1, for travel to Barbados from September 11 - 15, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a staff assistance visit (SAV). 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR P. Kofi Aboagye, Chief [...]
2007-07-30 19:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
07BRIDGETOWN964 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO LESLIE FOR TRAVEL TO ANTIGUA
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CDR Stephen A. Leslie, COGATT, for travel to the countries listed in the following itinerary. The purpose of this visit is for the introduction of the Coast Guard Attach to the area of accreditation. ITINERARY --------- [...]
2007-07-30 19:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA AC BB DO SC ST VC XL
07BRIDGETOWN965 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ARMBRISTER O/A AUGUST 13-18, 2007
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Beryl Armbrister, Consultant, to travel to St. Kitts and Nevis O/A August 13-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to facilitate technical assistance in damage assessment and needs analysis development and conduct initial damage assessment trainin [...]
2007-07-30 21:01:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID ASEC OTRA CS SC XL
07BUENOSAIRES1997ARGENTINA DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 18:56:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDECPS CITEL XK XL XM ECON ITU AR
07GEORGETOWN111CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER TO DOD A/S
[...] (SBU) Post received diplomatic note from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post to transmit the following letter from CARICOM Acting Secretary General Amb. Lolita Applewaite to Assistant Secretary of SIPDIS Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter request DOD consider deploying maritime assets [...]
2007-01-26 20:44:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC MASS MCAP PREL PARM ASEC XL GY
07GEORGETOWN141GUYANA PREPARES FOR FIRST PETROCARIBE OIL DELIVERY
[...] (U) Petrocaribe is making its formal debut in Guyana in May amid unrealistic expectations. Optimistic Guyanese government leaders are prepared to reap its promised benefits but unprepared for the logistics and ramifications of doing business under the untested program. GoG officials also exp [...]
2007-02-07 20:16:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALEPET PREL ENRG PBTS XL VE GY
07GEORGETOWN209ANOTHER CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER
[...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note today from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post transmit the attached letter from CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington to Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter requests DoD give urgent consideration to deployment to the reg [...]
2007-02-21 19:28:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MCAP OPDC PARM PREL MASS XL GY
07GEORGETOWN211MAKE HASTE SLOWLY - CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Rudy Insanally told the Ambassdor that the Heads of Government participating in the 18th CARICOM Inter-Sessional in St. Vincent on February 12-14 were determined to "make haste slowly" on a range of issues including governance, trade, economic development and re [...]
2007-02-22 16:36:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN EAID EAGR ENGR EAIR SMIG CARICOM XL
07GEORGETOWN435CARICOM: LITTLE PROGRESS ON CONFERENCE ON THE
[...] (SBU) After a month of trying for a substantive discussion with CARICOM Secretariat on the agenda for the 20/20 Conference, Secretary General Carrington told Ambassador that CARICOM agrees with the broad themes suggested by the U.S. and wished to add another "Migration and Development" that mi [...]
2007-05-04 19:53:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC KSUM CARICOM XL
07GEORGETOWN455MAKING THE USNS COMFORT A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Guyana's capital and populated coastal areas benefit from one of the more impressive primary health care delivery systems in the low-income world. On the other hand, Guyana's hinterland areas are in great need of the primary health care services the USNS Comfort's ashore team co [...]
2007-05-11 13:12:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID MASS MOPS PREL TBIO XK XL GY
07GEORGETOWN587CARICOM RESPONDS TO CITIA DEMARCHE
[...] Post received a Diplomatic Note from CARICOM Secretariat June 12 forwarding for USG consideration a draft press release on small arms, light weapons, and ammunitions incorporating numerous amendments made by CARICOM member states to the earlier draft prepared by the USG. The note was recieved [...]
2007-06-12 20:25:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS PARM PREL CARICOM XL
07GEORGETOWN616CARICOM ON VACATION IN AUGUST
[...] The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat informed post by Diplomatic Note that the Secretariat will be operating with a skeleton staff during August 2007 to facilitate the annual vacation of CARICOM staff. 2. Washington agencies should expect CARICOM to be less responsive than normal d [...]
2007-06-22 18:33:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CARICOM XL
07GRENADA53CARICOM SUMMIT RESPONSE - GRENADA
[...] Per reftel instructions, Embassy Grenada delivered the demarche on the 19-21 June U.S.-CARICOM Ministerial/Summit on April 5. Embassy followed up by telephone on April 9 and 19. 2. Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Trade Acting Permanent Secretary Oliver Joseph confirmed that Prim [...]
2007-04-19 23:17:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KSUM XL
07GRENADA85COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD
[...] Embassy Grenada grants country clearance for Mr. Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer, to travel to Grenada June 20 - 21, 2007. 2. Post understands that the purpose of Mr. Blackwood's visit to Grenada is to inspect sites for final certification under the Hurricane Ivan Progra [...]
2007-06-14 14:27:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR
07GRENADA87COUNTRY CLEAREANCE GRANTED TO MANSFIELD BLACKWOOD FOR
[...] Embassy Grenada grants country clearance for Mansfield Blackwood, USAID Senior Technical Officer for the new dates: arriving in Grenada June 22 and departing June 23, 2007, as stated in ref C. 2. Post understands that the purpose of Mr. Blackwood's visit to Grenada is to inspect sites for f [...]
2007-06-14 22:07:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA EAID BB GJ XL GY XR
07KINGSTON100JAMAICA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 16:28:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MASS MARR JM XL
07KINGSTON1036JAMAICA: JLP'S GENERAL SECRETARY SPEAKS FRANKLY
[...] (SBU) Deputy Director for WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff recently met with Karl Samuda - MP and General Secretary for the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP). Samuda spoke SIPDIS frankly about the state of Jamaica and proposed changes to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) should the JLP win. [...]
2007-07-03 19:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON1071JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES ELECTION
[...] (U) Ending months of speculation and prophecizing, Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) called faithful People's National Party (PNP) members to rally in Kingston on July 8 ostensibly to introduce the 60 PNP candidates running for election. After hours of standing and waiving PNP [...]
2007-07-09 20:43:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI SNAR XL
07KINGSTON1116JAMAICA: ENDORSEMENT OF FY08 SECTION 1206 NDAA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 19:03:00Embassy KingstonSECRET//NOFORNPTER MASS MARR JM XL
07KINGSTON112JAMAICA: TOBACCO-RELATED ACTIVITIES
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post has found no evidence of involvement in tobacco-related activities. Post has not reported on efforts to support GOJ tobacco control efforts. Neither tobacco indistry representatives nor tobacco growers have approached embassy personnel to promote tobacco or tobacco produ [...]
2007-01-23 14:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD JM XL
07KINGSTON1126JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-20 11:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL
07KINGSTON1127JAMAICA'S "FINANCE MINISTER IN WAITING" ROLLS OUT
[...] (C) In a private meeting with DCM and EMBOFFS, JLP Shadow Finance Minister and member of Parliament Audley Shaw outlined a slew of policies, including a new debt management program and tax reforms, to restructure the Jamaican economy. After 18 years in opposition, "Jamaica's Finance Minister in [...]
2007-07-20 11:59:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL XL JM
07KINGSTON113JAMAICA: TOBACCO-RELATED ACTIVITIES
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post has found no evidence of involvement in tobacco-related activities. Post has not reported on efforts to support GOJ tobacco control efforts. Neither tobacco indistry representatives nor tobacco growers have approached embassy personnel to promote tobacco or tobacco produ [...]
2007-01-23 14:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD JM XL
07KINGSTON1131JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING CASE PROMPTS INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is pursuing a particularly egregious case of labor exploitation under the recently passed Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act, 2007 (reftel). GOJ officials have approached the International Organization of Migration (IOM),th [...]
2007-07-20 16:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL
07KINGSTON1161JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 20:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1170JAMAICAN REACTION TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
[...] (SBU) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports. On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack an [...]
2007-07-27 13:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1171JAMAICAN AND FEDERAL AGENCIES REACTION TO
[...] (U) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack and th [...]
2007-07-27 14:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1209JAMAICA: CONCLUSION OF 505 AGREEMENT
[...] In reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note number 026/07 of February 5, 2007 (reftels),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the following diplomatic note, Ref. No. 358/803/3, dated 30th July 2007, to the Embassy: (begin text o [...]
2007-08-07 17:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON1211JAMAICA: CONCLUSION OF 505 AGREEMENT
[...] In reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note number 026/07 of February 5, 2007 (reftels),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the following diplomatic note, Ref. No. 358/803/3, dated 30th July 2007, to the Embassy: (begin text o [...]
2007-08-07 18:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON1237A MOUNTAIN VIEW OF JAMAICAS POLITICAL VIOLENCE
[...] (U) Following an ebb in years of extreme election violence of the 1980's, many Jamaicans predict that the current ongoing national campaign may see an upturn in violence. Thus far, the political seems to be concentrated in constituencies of South East Saint Andrew, East Saint Andrew, and East [...]
2007-08-09 21:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON JM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI XL KPAO
07KINGSTON1252JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 4
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 12:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1266TFJM01: JAMAICA: HURRICANE DEAN: SITREP #1
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-18 23:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR AMGT ASEC CASC JM KFLO MARR PINR PREL XL XK
07KINGSTON1288JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER 5
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 20:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1317JAMAICA: KEY FIGURES PREDICT OPPOSITION LABOUR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 14:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI EFIN KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON132COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KINGSTON CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] Post grants country clearance to the following individuals for travel to Jamaica, 29 January, 2007 to 2 February, 2007: John Haralson, James McVerry, Paul Baldwin, Marshall Derks, Joseph Chamberlain, Ann Jackson, AnneMette Lavery, Keith Sims, and Major Louis Poore. The purpose of this travel i [...]
2007-01-26 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA JM XL
07KINGSTON1325JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NO. 6
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-01 16:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1326JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY ON COURSE TO VICTORY IN
[...] (SBU) The passage of Hurricane Dean has failed to dampen the momentum of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),with Opposition Spokesman on Information Dwight Nelson predicting a landslide victory. Nelson told EmbOff that the People's National Party (PNP)'s attempt to gain lost ground through hurrica [...]
2007-09-01 16:22:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1336JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING'S OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY (JLP) WINS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-04 20:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1369JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING TO BE SWORN-IN AS PRIME MINISTER ON
[...] On the afternoon of September 6, Embassy received an advance facsimile of the following diplomatic note from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of Diplomatic Note 8/802/380) ---------------------------------------- "The Min [...]
2007-09-07 19:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON OVIP JM XL
07KINGSTON1389JAMAICA: NEW PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-12 14:08:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPINR ASEC PREL PGOV SOCI ECON JM XL
07KINGSTON1423JAMAICA: THE FUTURE OF THE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 18:51:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1425JAMAICA: MEDEVAC REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-18 19:43:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU PHUM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL
07KINGSTON1445JAMAICA: ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 17:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EAID JM XL
07KINGSTON1470JAMAICA: MEET THE KEY CABINET MINISTERS OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 16:25:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPGOV PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1490JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE
[...] (SBU) The new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade confirms that a growth-oriented, reformist government seeking stronger ties to both the private sector and to the U.S. now has taken the helm of the Jamaican ship of state. End Summary and Conclusion. 2. (U) Ambassador, accompanied [...]
2007-10-01 18:19:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1515JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON DRAFT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE AS
[...] On October 2, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Office Director for Multilateral Affairs Pamela Ingelton. 2. Ms. Ingelton said she would consult with the Permanent Secretary, and other government agencies on the draft resolution. SIPDIS Ms. [...]
2007-10-09 20:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1525JAMAICA: MEET THE OTHER NEW CABINET MINISTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-11 15:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1570JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE DELAYED
[...] On October 23, PolOff had an appointment to meet with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Office Director of Multilateral Affairs Pamela Ingelton to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Unfortunately, Ms. Ingleton was diverted by urgent business and thus was unable to meet as schedule [...]
2007-10-23 20:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN JM XL
07KINGSTON1586JAMAICA: OPERATION KINGFISH'S THIRD ANNIVERSARY;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN ASEC PARM SOCI PHUM TRSY JM XL
07KINGSTON1602JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON CUBA EMBARGO DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Office's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton had no comment in response to the demarche. Poloff left talking points as a non-paper, and Ms Ingleton p [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU JM XL
07KINGSTON1603JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton had no comments, but promised to pass the information on to the appropriate people in the Ministry. Post will [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KTIA UN JM XL
07KINGSTON1604JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to supporting the U.S. candidate, as Jamaica has sought U.S. support for its candidate for categor [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1605JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR IMO DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to supporting the U.S. candidate, as Jamaica has sought U.S. support for its candidate for categor [...]
2007-10-29 17:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1609JAMAICA: DEMARCHE CANDIDACY
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton promised to give the U.S. talking points to her superiors prior to the vote on Mr. Walker's candidacy. Post wil [...]
2007-10-30 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UN UNGA JM XL
07KINGSTON1610JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton stated that Jamaica believes this is an issue best left to the UN. However, she promised to give the U.S. talkin [...]
2007-10-30 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOAS PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1611JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON HAGUE ABDUCTION CONVENTION DELIVERED
[...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton was receptive to the U.S. position that Jamaica should join the Hague Abduction Convention, and promised to brin [...]
2007-10-30 20:21:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KTIA JM XL
07KINGSTON1625JAMAICA: LETTER TO TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS re
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 19:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL
07KINGSTON1626JAMAICA/BAHAMAS: ARGENTINA IS APPROACHING HOST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 20:59:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPTER ASCEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR JM XL
07KINGSTON1641JAMAICA: "CASH PLUS" -- A TICKING FINANCIAL TIME
[...] (U) Irrational exuberance abounds among Jamaica's less experienced investors, many of whom deposit their fortunes with Cash Plus Limited in exchange for promised annual returns of 120 percent. Through a series of advertising campaigns over the last five years, Carlos Hill, the principal owne [...]
2007-11-07 15:23:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PINR SOCI SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1656JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF JAMAICAN CANDIDATE TO IMO
[...] Per Reftel B, on October 30, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) requesting the U.S. officially support the Jamaican candidate for Category "C" of the Council. 2. On November 5, the Embassy received a follow-up phone call from the Bilat [...]
2007-11-09 16:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA JM XL
07KINGSTON1665JAMAICA: CLEARANCE FOR R/V CORWITH CRAMER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-15 18:02:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT JM KRVC TPHY XL
07KINGSTON1680JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] Per reftel (C),Charge' delivered demarche, and provided copies of country-specific background, to the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Kenneth Baugh, on November 16. 2. At midday on November 19, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Tr [...]
2007-11-19 19:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KTIA JM XL
07KINGSTON1686JAMAICA:LOCAL ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) Fresh from their first successful Parliamentary elections in 18 years the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is poised to carry that success over to local elections. Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding recently announced that the local elections for over 200 local government seats will be held on De [...]
2007-11-21 15:13:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCOR SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON1730JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO CUBA LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. Post is unaware of any Jamaican investments in Cuba or any Jamaican firm with a commercial presence in Cuba. However, Jamaicans generally oppose U.S. policy towards Cuba, which hampers post's efforts to gather accurate investment [...]
2007-11-30 16:25:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALTRAD ETTC PREL JM XL
07KINGSTON1749JAMAICA: "CASH PLUS" UPDATE, GOJ GETTING WORRIED,
[...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) estimates there are two dozen alternative investment schemes in the country, although many are much smaller than Cash Plus and have different characteristics. Support for the schemes is driven by Jamaicans who feel they have been shut out from the services [...]
2007-12-05 18:18:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PINR SOCI SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON186JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S POPULARITY FADES AMONG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-07 16:52:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON SNAR KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON25JAMAICA: MALARIA UPDATE
[...] (U) Malaria infections (refs A and B) continue to be detected with the latest number of confirmed cases standing at 192 as of January 3. The Ministry of Health (MOH) continues to fog and distribute mosquito netting to at-risk communities. In addition, the MOH has been assisted by USAID which [...]
2007-01-05 18:15:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALSOCI TBIO CASC PGOV AID CDC JM XL
07KINGSTON252JAMAICA: SEEKING A 505 AGREEMENT THAT MAY APPLY TO
[...] Per Reftel, PolOff and MLO met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Under Secretary for Bilateral and Regional Affairs, Amb. Maxine Roberts, and MFAFT Legal Counselor Michelle Walker on the afternoon of February 12, and provided text of proposed new agreement. 2. [...]
2007-02-20 20:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS PGOV JM XL
07KINGSTON342 JAMAICA: LIQUID NATURAL GAS PROJECT IN DOUBT; SIGNIFICANT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ostensibly because of production constraints, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) reportedly will renege on its promise to supply Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to Jamaica, thus jeopardizing a USD 1.6 billion expansion of Alcoa's alumina operations in Port Esquivel. Jamaica's lead role in the n [...]
2007-03-12 19:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL CARICOM JM TT XL
07KINGSTON43JAMAICA: CRICKET WORLD CUP (CWC) CRISIS MANAGEMENT
[...] The following is keyed to Reftel, paragraph six: A. POST'S SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ---------------------------- Monday, Jan. 29 --------------- -- arrival of CMT Team Leader John Haralson in Kingston Tuesday, Jan. 30 ---------------- 0900-0950: In-brief with Ambassador, DCM/Chair EAC, an [...]
2007-01-10 20:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA PTER JM XL
07KINGSTON434JAMAICA: "SISTER P" MARKS ONE YEAR AS PRIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Portia Simpson Miller (PSM),the unelected Prime Minister of Jamaica, rose to the head of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) last February. As PNP leader, she replaced the retiring elected Prime Minister P.J. Patterson to become the country's first female Prime Minister on [...]
2007-03-28 11:23:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON51JAMAICA: TIC FOLLOW UP RESPONSE
[...] Summary: Post engaged GOJ and private sector contacts per instructions in ref. A. There was broad support for the concept of USG assistance, whatever form it might take, although some believed that DVCs may prove unwieldy and inefficient, as CARICOM member states must reach consensus on any [...]
2007-01-11 20:47:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD XL JM
07KINGSTON534JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT, WASHINGTON
[...] Per Reftel, PolOff provided the proposed agenda and notional schedule to the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Caribbean and American Affairs, Mrs. Joy Wheeler, on April 12, emphasizing the U.S. commitment to a successful, positive, outcomes-based US [...]
2007-04-12 19:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM PREL OAS JM XL
07KINGSTON584JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT JUNE 19-21;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 16:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSUM PREL ENRG MARR PHUM OAS JM XL
07KINGSTON593JAMAICA: LONG-TERM AGREEMENT ON STATUS OF FORCES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-24 20:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL KTIA JM XL
07KINGSTON637JAMAICA: ELECTION VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with the Commissioner of Elections Danville Walker, the Commissioner noted that he believes the risk of political violence during elections is low. He also revealed his belief that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) did not call elections earlier in order [...]
2007-05-02 17:48:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON640JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE
[...] Summary: (SBU) Post would like to add its voice to the chorus from the English-speaking Caribbean (refs. A,B) respectfully requesting that the Commercial Service reconsider its proposal to close its office in Kingston, Jamaica. Our concerns mirror those from our regional counterparts: -- T [...]
2007-05-02 20:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL
07KINGSTON820JAMAICA: GOJ OFFICIALS RAISE QUESTIONS/CONCERNS
[...] (C) Deputy Director of WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff visited Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Permanent Secretary Ambassador Douglas Saunders on May 22. Williams raised the issue of the Government of Venezuela's attempts to enlist OAS support in calling for the e [...]
2007-05-25 14:51:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI OAS XM XL JM
07KINGSTON843JAMAICA HOSTS WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540
[...] SUMMARY: The first outreach event on implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 (2004) in the Caribbean was held in Kingston, Jamaica on May 29-30, 2007. Representatives from 11 Caribbean states attended. The workshop was successful in increasing participants' kno [...]
2007-05-31 17:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ETTC KNNP PARM PREL PTER XL XM JM
07KINGSTON887JAMAICA: PNP FACES INTERNAL PROBLEMS/LACK OF
[...] (SBU) Poloff recently met with longtime People's National Party (PNP) activist and organizer Karen Cross to discuss recent media reports of problems within the PNP which could impact the outcome of the upcoming elections (due by October 2007). During the meeting, Cross confirmed that there is [...]
2007-06-06 18:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON897JAMAICA: AIR JAMAICA SELLS LONDON ROUTES, WANTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Air Jamaica Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Conway considers the recent sale of the airline's prestigious London-Kingston route essential to the airline's long-term viability. He also says he is willing to work with the USG however he can to combat the problem of drug smugg [...]
2007-06-07 20:46:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PGOV SNAR JM XL
07KINGSTON903JAMAICAN ECONOMY SLUGGISH IN FIRST QUARTER
[...] The Jamaican economy expanded by two percent during January to March 2007. Growth was driven by agriculture and construction, as tourism output declined for the first time in four years, following the return of Cancun after hurricane damage. Inflation of one percent was the major success stor [...]
2007-06-11 13:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND CPAS JM XL
07KINGSTON91JAMAICA: CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION CONTINGENCY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-18 19:09:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREF JM XL XR
07KINGSTON927JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 7TH ANNUAL TIPS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the 7th Annual TIP country report on Jamaica to the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) National Anti-Trafficking Task Force at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on June 11. The task force is headed by Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Justice Ca [...]
2007-06-13 16:55:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL
07KINGSTON953JAMAICA: MOUNTING POLITICAL TENSIONS WITH APPROACH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-19 19:11:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
07LIMA4IDENTIFICATION OF OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS
[...] Post provides the following information to identify "democracy practitioners" in Peru. Diego Garcia Sayan, justice reform, political analysis. Garcia Sayan was the Peruvian Minister of Justice from November 2000 to July 2001 and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Peru from July 2001 to July 20 [...]
2007-01-03 16:02:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSUM HUM PREL XL XK XM XR XS OAS PE
07NICOSIA551CYPRUS ALSO CONCERNED WITH INTERNET FREEDOM IN CUBA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 05:07:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINT PREL ECON TINT CU XL XG CY
07OTTAWA1359CANADA'S RESPONSE TO INTERNET FREEDOM RESTRICTIONS IN CUBA
[...] Summary: Embassy Ottawa delivered information regarding the lack of internet freedom in Cuba to Foreign Affairs Canada's Cuba desk on July 6. Canadian officials expressed concern for Cubans' lack of internet access and reassured us that they place no credibility in Cuban claims that this is d [...]
2007-07-13 16:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEINT PREL ECON TINT CU CA XL XG
07OTTAWA2233U.S.-CANADA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. and Canadian Policy Planners met November 29-30 to discuss the broad strategic outlook over the next 25 years (with specific reference to the National Intelligence Council's 2020 and 2025 projects) and a range of international and regional issues that represent policy priorit [...]
2007-12-07 22:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CA AF PK XB XL XM XK
07PANAMA1762PANAMA: INPUT FOR 2007 CBERA OPERATION REPORT -
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is Part 1 of 2 of Post's report on Panama's current performance with respect to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as amended by the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnerhsip Act (CBTPA). Part 1 responds to the questions set forth in reftel paragraph 6. Part 2 resp [...]
2007-11-14 22:48:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ECON ETRD XK XL
07PANAMA1766PANAMA: INPUT FOR 2007 CBERA OPERATION REPORT -
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is Part 2 of 2 of Post's report on Panama's current performance with respect to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA),as amended by the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnerhsip Act (CBTPA). Part 1 responds to the questions set forth in reftel paragraph 6. Part 2 resp [...]
2007-11-15 15:44:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ECON ETRD XK XL
07PARAMARIBO233DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CARICOM-U.S. INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] Per reftel, Poloff delivered demarche to Terence Craig Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA) April 18, 2007. Craig said that he was unaware of our desire to issue a joint statement to begin cooperative efforts to combat illicit trafficking in arms. Poloff share [...]
2007-05-10 19:55:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL JM BB GY TD NS
07PARAMARIBO550DEMARCHE DELIVERED; 2007 WORLD RADIOCOMMUNICATION
[...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to Chantal Elsenhout, Deputy Head of the International Organizations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS). Elsenhout said she would forward the information to the Ministry of Transportation, Communication, an [...]
2007-10-16 19:29:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDECPS CITEL XK XL XM NS
07PARAMARIBO558DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CIVAIR-CARIBBEAN - OPEN SKIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 18:36:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA XL NS
07PARAMARIBO577POST INPUT TO REPORT THE OPERATION OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN
[...] (U) Post submits input for the report on the Operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. Answers are keyed to reftel. 2. (U) Paragraph 6. (1) WHETHER THE BENEFICIARY COUNTRY HAS DEMONSTRATED A COMMITMENT TO UNDERTAKE ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE WTO UNDER OR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AND [...]
2007-11-02 17:41:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDETRD AMGT XK XL NS
07PARAMARIBO622BUREACRATIC BLOCKS ON OPEN SKIES, DIRECT FLIGHTS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After delaying for months in response to Embassy attempts to set up a meeting to further discuss air traffic with the United States, government of Suriname (GOS) Minister of Transportation, Communication, and Tourism (TCT) Richel Apinsa tabled Open Skies, saying the GOS prefer [...]
2007-12-04 18:09:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA XL NS
07PORTAUPRINCE1989VENEZUELAN & CUBAN CONSTRUCTION OF 3 ELECTRICITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuela and Cuba appear to be taking advantage of Haiti's electricity gap. GOH sources up to and including President Preval say Haiti is accepting delivery of three Venezuela-supplied generators to supply Port-au-Prince, Cap Haitien and Gonaives. The generators are to be inst [...]
2007-12-20 19:15:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ENRG EFIN XL HA VE CU
07PORTAUPRINCE266CHAVEZ COMING TO HAITI?
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Haitian Media on February 2 reported that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez planned to visit Haiti as early as the following week. However, the foreign ministry's political director, Wiener Jean Baptiste, on Fe [...]
2007-02-07 17:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE492CHAVEZ ARRIVES LATE
[...] (SBU) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Haiti March 12 for meetings with Haitian President Rene Preval and Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo Hernadez. Though the GoH had announced bilateral meetings with the Venezuelan President, as well as a trip to a construction site, Chavez arr [...]
2007-03-13 17:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE522PREVAL: CHAVEZ VISIT A MESS
[...] (C) Summary: To hear President Rene Preval tell it, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Haiti on March 12 was a logistical nightmare and an annoyance to the GoH. Chavez thwarted Preval's efforts to keep the public profile of the visit low key. In the aftermath of the visit, Preval t [...]
2007-03-16 19:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID XM XL HA VE
07PORTAUPRINCE679CARICOM SUMMIT RSVP EXPECTED SOON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 14:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSUM PREL OAS XL HA
07PORTAUPRINCE859DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CARICOM INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 17:32:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL HA
07PORTOFSPAIN1031OAS LABOR MINISTERIAL HIGHLIGHTS DECENT WORK AS THE CENTER
[...] (U) SUMMARY. THE XV INTER-AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF LABOR (IACML) IN PORT OF SPAIN SEPTEMBER 11-13 PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND LABOR OBJECTIVES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO BE REINFORCED THROUGH ENGAGEMENT ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST AMONG LABOR MINISTERS, I [...]
2007-10-15 11:48:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SOCI OAS XK XL XM TD
07PORTOFSPAIN1154 CABLE TV PIRACY ENDS (ALMOST) IN TRINIDAD
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) With the signing of a content agreement October 30, Trinidad's main cable company Flow and HBO-Latin America ended years of controversy about cable TV piracy in Trinidad. Starting December 1, Flow will pay for HBO-LA programming and discontinue unlicensed premium movie broadcast [...]
2007-11-27 11:56:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR TD XL
07PORTOFSPAIN554TRINIDAD'S CABLE TV PIRACY DISPUTE HEATS UP
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In the latest skirmish in the long-standing Trinidad and Tobago cable TV piracy wars, HBO-Latin America launched a media blitz May 9 accusing Trinidad's cable provider Flow of ongoing cable piracy and failing to negotiate in good faith to purchase cable feeds legally. Flow respo [...]
2007-06-06 18:06:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR TD XL
07PORTOFSPAIN6482007 REPORT FOR BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to our survey, twelve Trinidad-based companies reported US$793 million in investment generating an estimated US$1.0 billion in exports to the US under CBERA/CBTPA. CBERA preferences have contributed to rapid growth of petrochemicals, ethanol, and selected manufacturing [...]
2007-07-03 12:45:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON TD XL
07PORTOFSPAIN681DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S
[...] On July 3, poloff faxed and subsequently hand-delivered demarche per reftel to Laura West, Director, Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On July 6, another copy was faxed to Gerard Thompson, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Thompson informed p [...]
2007-07-09 17:26:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT TD
07PORTOFSPAIN689DESIGNATION OF US FORCES UNDER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S
[...] On July 12, Poloff spoke with Gerald Thompson, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Thompson informed Poloff that his Ministry had received the Diplomatic Note and was in the process of consulting with the relevant authorities. 2. Thompson added, "The longstandi [...]
2007-07-13 13:31:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT TD
07PRAGUE789CUBANS WILL SOON HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AT
[...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Director of the Transformation Cooperation Unit Gabriela Dlouha to discuss Internet access in Cuba and deliver reftel. Dlouha said that after a year and a half of trying to get the necessary hardware onto the island, the Czech mission in Havana has finally succeed [...]
2007-06-29 15:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EINT ECON TINT CU XL XG EZ
07ROME1493CUBA AND INTERNET FREEDOM
[...] (C) Poloff raised reftel points with MFA Caribbean and Central America Office Director Michele Pala on July 9. He also provided detailed background information and urged that the GOI look for opportunities to help expand internet access for Cuban civil society. 2. (C) Pala said that Ital [...]
2007-07-09 11:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALCU ECON EINT PREL TINT XG XL IT
07ROME1945ITALY PRIVATELY FAVORS ICAO AVIATION EMISSIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Italy (GOI) representatives recently indicated unofficially that Italy would prefer a global aviation emissions solution rather than the EU Commission's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). GOI MFA comments suggest that, with a commitment to global and bindin [...]
2007-09-12 11:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR SENV ECON ETRD XA XB XD XF XG XL IT
07SANJOSE1248COSTA RICA INPUT - USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI/CBERA/CBTPA) has played a key role in the growth of the Costa Rican economy over the last 23 years, fueling Foreign Direct Investment (FDI),which has expanded the economy and diversified export opportunities. In the past seven years, accordin [...]
2007-06-28 12:13:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON ETRD OTRA XL EFIN CS
07SANTODOMINGO1049JAMAICA: REQUEST TO RECONSIDER COMMERCIAL SERVICE
[...] //// PLEASE CANCEL THIS TELEGRAM. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SANTO DOMINGO 1050 REPEAT 1050 - That, for population size, the region represents a significant and growing market for U.S. exports. - The vagaries of inter-island travel will make regional coverage less than optimal. - Without [...]
2007-05-03 19:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL DR
07SANTODOMINGO1050CORRECTED COPY - SANTO DOMINGO: REQUEST TO
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Santo Domingo concurs fully with issues raised in Refs A, B, C, and we urge Commerce's reconsideration of its proposal to close its offices in the listed countries. - That, for population size, the region represents a significant and growing market for U.S. exports. - Th [...]
2007-05-03 20:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ECON EINT EINV ETRD JM XL DR
07SANTODOMINGO75CARIBBEAN MASS MIGRATION - PROBABLE DOMINICAN
[...] (S) Santo Domingo country team considers that the Dominican government would NOT/NOT be willing to receive any Haitian migrants in the event of a mass migration event and that it would NOT/NOT be willing to place Cuban migrants in a camp or under any similar system of controls. In the unlike [...]
2007-01-12 17:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoSECRETPREL PREF XL XM XR DR
07STATE126663CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN - MOVING AHEAD ON
[...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of periodic updates for posts describing progress on June initiatives and deliverables of the 2007 Conference on the Caribbean. It also requests posts to engage with host governments to encourage effective follow-through on the part of relevant host governm [...]
2007-09-10 17:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD ENRG SNAR EAID CU XL
07STATE149873NETHERLANDS: PROGRESS ON STATUS OF FORCES
[...] This is an action request -- see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. Ref A reported delivery to the MFA Legal Department of a new draft text for a long-term SOFA provided by Ref B. The USG is seeking a long-term SOFA with the Netherlands that would cover U.S. forces present in the Netherlands Antilles [...]
2007-10-29 14:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MARR MASS MOPS NL XL NT
07THEHAGUE1037NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT EXTENSION
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Post received June 1 the diplomatic note from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 21 regarding the one-year extension of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The Dutc [...]
2007-06-01 14:07:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL NL NT XL
07THEHAGUE1220NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT FOR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, emboffs delivered the draft long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) text pertaining to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba on June 20 to the MFA Legal Department. A/DCM discussed the draft agreement with MFA Deputy Political Director Wim Geerts on June 21. Geerts said t [...]
2007-06-25 08:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS NL XL NT
07THEHAGUE1990RFG -- NETHERLANDS: STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, DCM Gallagher raised the lack of progress made on a long-term status of forces agreement (SOFA) for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba with MFA Head of the North America Directorate Jos Schellars on November 1. A [...]
2007-11-15 12:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MOPS XL NT VE NL
07TOKYO2703ICAO ASSEMBLY - SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR KEY U.S.
[...] (U) On June 13, post delivered the points in STATE 77572 to Yoshiyasu Kawaguchi, Deputy Director, Specialized Agencies Division, International Cooperation Bureau, MOFA, and asked for the GOJ's support. Mr. Kawaguchi is not a specialist on these issues, but promised to deliver our request to t [...]
2007-06-15 05:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD XA XF XB XG XD XL
08BEIJING4152A/S SHANNON LEADS U.S.-CHINA LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) China views Latin America as a stable region with great economic potential, MFA Latin American Affairs Department Director General Yang Wanming told Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas A. Shannon during the U.S.-China Latin America Subdialogue in Beijing on October 16 [...]
2008-11-06 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD CH XL XM
08BELMOPAN265BELIZE SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Our assessment, based on discussions within Country Team and with regional law enforcement officers covering Belize, is that inclusion in regional efforts to strengthen border protection and to combat alien smuggling would be of great benefit. Anti-gang efforts aimed at preven [...]
2008-05-23 19:19:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL MASS MOPS XL BH
08BRASILIA1460U.S. CANDIDACY FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 19:24:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN AORC PGOV PREL XK XL XS BR
08BRASILIA1636BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 1: BRAZIL HOSTS FOUR REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a two-day period, December 16-17, Brazil hosted a series of four summit meetings at the seaside resort of Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, involving the heads of state or high-level government officials of 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries: The Common Market of the South [...]
2008-12-20 17:58:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KSUM ECON OAS XL XM BR
08BRASILIA1637BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 2: BRINGING LATIN AMERICA AND
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with ministerial level contacts on December 18 and 19 who commented with varying degrees of detail on the series of summits (Mercosul, UNASUL, Rio Group, and Latin America/Caribbean--CALC) hosted by Brazil in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia December 16-17 (Ref A). Seni [...]
2008-12-20 18:12:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN KSUM MARR XM XL BR MX CU
08BRIDGETOWN101 Bridgetown Input for new Required Reports to Congress on
[...] Embassy Bridgetown provides input for the new required reports to Congress on Energy. 2. Political / Economic section and USAID handle energy matters. Seven employees in both sections (combined) work on energy matters. 3. 1 Political/Economic Officer: 35 percent of time -- renewable s [...]
2008-02-15 21:30:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV APER ABUD XL
08BRIDGETOWN102 COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SONJAI REYNOLDS-COOPERS
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Sonjai Reynolds-Cooper, Education Officer, to travel Bridgetown, Barbados O/A February 13 - 17, 2008. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Representative-Barbados, James Goggin, at tel. 1-246-227-4395 or 227-4118, fax. 1-24 [...]
2008-02-19 11:21:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA XL BB
08BRIDGETOWN104THE NATURE ISLE DEVELOPING GREEN ENERGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Dominica is poised to develop its geothermal and other renewable energy sectors. If successful, geothermal energy could supply all of Dominica's energy needs, as well as export considerable energy to the neighboring French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe [...]
2008-02-20 14:27:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN116INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008
[...] (U) Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC, a.k.a. "Invest Barbados"),strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. [...]
2008-02-25 14:32:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN120TIP SUBMISSION - ST. LUCIA
[...] (U) As requested (ref A),below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Lucia for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationa [...]
2008-02-27 15:40:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG PREF ST XL
08BRIDGETOWN121TIP SUBMISSION - DOMINICA
[...] (U) As requested (ref A),below are Post's responses to questions regarding Dominica for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for international [...]
2008-02-27 15:40:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG PREF DO XL
08BRIDGETOWN122 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ARRIETA FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to YA-02 Felix Arrieta, USN, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embassy points of contact are CDR [...]
2008-02-27 15:40:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN123AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED KOSOVO, ARTICLE 98, CUBA, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 21 meeting with the Ambassador, St. Lucian PM King reemphasized his support for Kosovo independence and Article 98, although the GOSL has yet to act on either issue. In discussing the deliverables from the June 2007 Conference on the Caribbean, King's advisor expla [...]
2008-02-27 18:35:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KTIA ETRD PBTS XL
08BRIDGETOWN124PETROCARIBE #35: ST. KITTS AND PETROCARIBE
[...] (SBU) Summary: St. Kitts and Nevis has begun preparations for hosting the Fifth Petrocaribe Summit. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan energy initiative appears to be gaining momentum in the country, following the first successful delivery of Petrocaribe fuel in December 2007 and evolving plans for the [...]
2008-02-28 18:25:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV PINR XL VE
08BRIDGETOWN125SNAPSHOT: ISLAM IN NEVIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following-up on contacts made at the Embassy's inaugural Iftar, PolOff met with the leader of the Nevis Muslim Association, as well as with leaders from the local university's Muslim Association. While both groups are small, they are well-integrated into the tiny island comm [...]
2008-02-28 18:25:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL SOCI PREL PHUM XL SC
08BRIDGETOWN130TIP SUBMISSION - ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Kitts and Nevis for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for [...]
2008-03-03 14:45:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC XL SC
08BRIDGETOWN132TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, below are Post's responses to questions regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or desti [...]
2008-03-03 16:07:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN134ST. VINCENT: MAN ACQUITTED OF KILLING PM'S PRESS
[...] (U) Summary: In a year of sensational crime stories, St. Vincent witnessed its most sensational trial fall apart this week, as the man accused with the 2006 murder of the Prime Minister's press secretary was acquitted of the charges. The presiding judge had earlier ruled that an oral confessio [...]
2008-03-04 13:13:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SOCI PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN135 ATF ETRACE MOU
[...] Per reftel instructions, copies of the ATF eTrace MOU were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0179, Barbados #0180, Dominica #0181, St. Christopher and Nevis #0182, St. Lucia #0183, St. Vincent and the Grenadines #0184) on March 4, 2008. [...]
2008-03-04 13:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD ETTC XL TX PARM
08BRIDGETOWN139 Successful Commercial Outreach Trip to St Kitts
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 19:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV PREL SC XL AMCHAMS
08BRIDGETOWN14 WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel instructions, invitation letter from Secretary Rice was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0020, Barbados #0021, St. Kitts #0022, and St. Lucia #0023) on January 08, 2008. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post WIREC POC is [...]
2008-01-08 18:20:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO OPDC XL
08BRIDGETOWN140 Labor Unions in St Kitts - Going Through Transformation
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 19:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV ECON SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN141 COMMERCIAL OUTREACH TRIP TO ST KITTS, PART TWO
[...] (U) Summary: Poloffs conducted a week-long commercial outreach trip to St Kitts during diplmatic week February 18 to 22. Poloffs met with lcal business leaders, government finance and invesment officers, and hosted two receptions for thelocal American business community, while promotig increa [...]
2008-03-04 21:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV PREL SC XL AMCHAMS
08BRIDGETOWN149 2007 END USE MONITORING REPORT - EASTERN CARIBBEAN
[...] Embassy Bridgetown is responsible for the NAS-funded program in seven countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is also responsible for monitoring equipment provided to the French department of Martinique. [...]
2008-03-06 12:26:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN XL
08BRIDGETOWN150FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
[...] (u) The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the [...]
2008-03-06 12:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN156FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ST. LUCIA
[...] (u) The Government of St. Lucia practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the fiscal yea [...]
2008-03-07 19:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN157FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN BARBADOS
[...] (u) The Government of Barbados practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the fiscal year [...]
2008-03-07 19:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN158FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN DOMINICA
[...] (u) The Government of Dominica practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the fiscal year [...]
2008-03-07 19:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN159FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] (u) The Government of Antigua and Barbuda practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the [...]
2008-03-07 19:36:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN162TIP SUBMISSION - ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Antigua and Barbuda for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked m [...]
2008-03-11 12:28:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN163TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS
[...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, o [...]
2008-03-11 12:28:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN21 BARBADOS ELECTION UNPREDICTABLE TO THE END
[...] (U) SUMMARY: With elections scheduled for January 15, the Barbados political landscape has heated up with accusations flying between the two main parties, the launch of their political manifestos, and the increased vigor of on-the-ground canvassing and media campaigning. Statistically, the op [...]
2008-01-11 14:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CN TW BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN220ST. VINCENT: PM'S (FIRST) RAPE CASE HIJACKED BY
[...] (C) Summary: The judge reviewing the Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP's) February decision to "discontinue" the rape case against Prime Minister Gonsalves has ruled that the DPP acted properly and within the parameters of the law. The lawyers for the accuser have appealed the case, and ha [...]
2008-04-01 12:40:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN229ST. VINCENT RULE OF LAW SLUMPING, ECONOMY GRINDING
[...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the much-publicized rape case against the Prime Minister which was discontinued by the prosecution (Ref A),rule of law in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a public black eye. With the murder rate among the highest in the world, meanwhile, crime is pe [...]
2008-04-03 19:13:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SNAR PREL PHUM ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN23 LABOR STRIFE HEATING UP IN EASTERN CARIBBEAN
[...] Summary: In recent months, there have been a number of high-profile industrial actions in the Eastern Caribbean. Behind the increase in industrial actions, lies a worsening economic situation for the average worker, who is facing shrinking real income due to high inflation, and decrease in re [...]
2008-01-11 17:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ELAB XL
08BRIDGETOWN25BARBADOS BUSINESS CLIMATE ON EVE OF ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Barbados' elections slated for January 15, pundits have been speculating the post-election business climate. Many have settled on a wait-and-see approach as they claim that the economic climate will only take shape after the election results are known. Others predict that [...]
2008-01-11 21:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN294 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee Meeting were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0407, Barbados #0407, Dominica #0409, St. Christopher and Nevis #0410, St. Lucia #0411 [...]
2008-05-06 18:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA XL
08BRIDGETOWN295 PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE (PSI): INVITING NON-PSI
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI): Inviting Non-PSI States to Attend the PSI Fifth Anniversary Outreach Workshop were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0400, Barbados #0401, Dominica #0402 [...]
2008-05-06 18:32:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC KNNP XL
08BRIDGETOWN298 SENIOR ROUNDTABLE FOR WOMEN'S JUSTICE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Senior Roundtable for Women's Justice were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0419, Barbados #0420, Dominica #0421, St. Christopher and Nevis #0422, St. Lucia #0423, St. Vincent and the Grenadine [...]
2008-05-06 19:53:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM KPAO PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN299 U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the U.S. Candidate for Inter-American Juridical Committee were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0413, Barbados #0414, Dominica #0414, St. Christopher and Nevis #0416, St. Lucia #0417, St. Vincent a [...]
2008-05-06 19:58:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OAS XL
08BRIDGETOWN310 UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the UNSC Resolution on Somali Piracy were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0455, Barbados #0456, Dominica #0457, St. Christopher and Nevis #0458, St. Lucia #0459, St. Vincent and the Grenadines #04 [...]
2008-05-09 14:40:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XL
08BRIDGETOWN311 U.S.-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION DEMARCHE
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the U.S.-EU Prisoners of Conscience Declaration were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0461, Barbados #0462, Dominica #0463, St. Christopher and Nevis #0464, St. Lucia #0465, St. Vincent and the Gre [...]
2008-05-09 14:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PHUM PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN317COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON FRASER
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jason Fraser, Regional Legal Advisor, to travel Bridgetown, Barbados O/A May 19 - 21, 2008. 2. Embassy point of contact is USAID Barbados, Mansfield Blackwood, Senior Technical Officer at tel. 1-246-227-4154 or 227-4118, fa [...]
2008-05-15 20:55:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC OTRA XL BB
08BRIDGETOWN319FURTHER POLITICAL SHAKE-UP IN ST. LUCIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three members of parliament in St. Lucia are threatening to leave the ruling United Workers Party if their demands, which include the dismissal of a competent, but disliked, appointed member of cabinet and the reinstatement of a politically unpopular figure, are not met. If they [...]
2008-05-16 21:59:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EINV ETRD KTIA ST XL
08BRIDGETOWN332CHINA'S POLITICAL INVESTMENT IN EC PAYS DIVIDENDS
[...] (C) PM David Thompson's May 7-9 visit to Beijing highlights China's increasing engagement in the Eastern Caribbean to improve economic and business ties and increase aid. The visit, which generated new economic and business ties and increased aid, was seen as successful by commentators, who [...]
2008-05-22 18:50:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EINV OFDP PINR SNAR CH XL
08BRIDGETOWN346ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT TEETERS ON THE BRINK OF
[...] (C) St. Lucia's leadership crisis came to a head in late May as two ministers threatened to leave the governing party and serve as independents and others weighed their options. With the government facing the loss of its majority in parliament, Economic Planning Minister Ausbert d'Auvergne re [...]
2008-05-29 18:13:00Embassy BridgetownSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR CN SL XL
08BRIDGETOWN349ST VINCENT LABOR UNIONS PRAGMATIC ON ECONOMIC
[...] (u) Summary: St. Vincent's labor commissioner, public service union general secretary and the national workers movement general secretary were all upbeat in recent meetings, in contrast to the general downbeat assessment of the labor scene they portrayed six months earlier. The labor moveme [...]
2008-05-29 20:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN357 2008 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
[...] a. Claimant A b. 2002 c. In December 2001, Claimant A (a holding company comprised of 98 percent U.S. and 2 per cent Canadian shareholders) requested that Embassy Bridgetown intervene with the GOAB to halt the expropriation of a 110-acre beachfront property. Despite Post interventions [...]
2008-06-03 15:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV AC XL
08BRIDGETOWN358 2008 EXPROPRIATION REPORT: ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
[...] a. Claimant A b. June 2006 c. In June, 2007, the SVG High Court found that Claimant A had violated the terms of the "Alien's (Land-Holding Regulation) Act." The court ruled that Claimant A was required to spend a minimum of USD 15 million on construction within three years of receiving [...]
2008-06-03 18:17:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV VC XL
08BRIDGETOWN36TEMPERS, CARS SET ABLAZE BY ST. KITTS ELECTORAL
[...] (U) Summary: Following the passing of electoral reform law in December 2007 in St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis, tempers have flared as the opposition has raised objections to the ruling Labour party's implementation of re-registration rules. In what has devolved into a vicious battle in [...]
2008-01-16 21:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN362 U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CHAIRPERSON FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
[...] Per reftel instructions, Sarah Hanson, Director, Caribbean Basin Agricultural Trade Office, delivered demarches on the U.S. Candidate for Chairperson FAO/WHO CODEX Alimentarius Commission, as follows: Antigua and Barbuda: delivered to Mrs. Dianne Lalla-Rodriguez, Director, Antigua and Barbu [...]
2008-06-05 12:40:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO XL
08BRIDGETOWN40SEA TURTLE SANCTUARIES STAVING OFF EXTINCTION
[...] Summary: Operators of sea turtle sanctuaries in Barbados, Dominica and St. Vincent are expressing optimism about the long term viability of sea turtles in the region, but noted that obstacles remain in ensuring long term survival. There is growing awareness throughout the Eastern Caribbean tha [...]
2008-01-22 16:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID EFIS PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN42 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO WALTER FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Mr. Andrew D. Walter, OS3, USCG, for travel to Barbados January 25, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to disembark the USCGC FORWARD at the Barbados Port Authority, Bridgetown, transit Grantley Adams International Airport to return to the United [...]
2008-01-23 19:16:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN43NEW BARBADOS CABINET SWORN IN
[...] (SBU) In a four-hour ceremony January 20 that included an extensive ecumenical service, the Governor General of Barbados officially swore into office the new cabinet. New PM David Thompson used the event to set the tone for his government's priorities: to manage expectations for the econom [...]
2008-01-23 19:56:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN436COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL GRANTED TO GILMORE PLUS TWO TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to LCDR Felton Gilmore, USCG, LCDR Bryan Ullmer, USCG and LCDR Matthew Colmer, USCG for travel to Dominica July 20 - 22, 2008. The purpose of this mission is to conduct port discussions with port officials IAW the U.S. Maritime Tra [...]
2008-07-10 15:33:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA DO XL
08BRIDGETOWN44NEW BARBADOS CABINET SWORN IN
[...] (SBU) In a four-hour ceremony January 20 that included an extensive ecumenical service, the Governor General of Barbados officially swore into office the new cabinet. New PM David Thompson used the event to set the tone for his government's priorities: to manage expectations for the econom [...]
2008-01-24 12:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN45AMBASSADOR GARNERS POSITIVE PRESS IN ST. KITTS AND
[...] (U) Summary: During her January 10-11 visit to St. Kitts and Nevis, the Ambassador again drew attention to USG contributions to the Federation by attending two events at the Hamilton House in Nevis, and addressing a graduating Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program class. As with the Ambassa [...]
2008-01-24 17:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC PTER PREL ECON EINV CVIS XL
08BRIDGETOWN48BRIDGETOWN: UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS STATE OF PLAY
[...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Bridgetown has also contributed to programs aimed at indigenous populations in the Eastern Caribbean. 2. (U) Through the Ambassador's Democracy Fund, Embassy Bridgetown administered a grant to the Carib Territory of Dominica in 2005 for the amount of $15,0 [...]
2008-01-24 20:06:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOAS PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN49Renewed Interest in Barbados for AmCham
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 15:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMCHAMS BEXP ECON ETRD EIND ASEC BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN507COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO USG DEL TO CEP IGM
[...] Embassy Bridgetown welcomes and grants clearance to Dave Hermann (State/OES),Elizabeth McLanahan (NOAA),Patrick Cotter (EPA),Matthew Burton (State/L),Timothy Lattimer (State/EST REO San Jose),and Ed Kruze (NOAA) to travel to Antigua and Barbuda from September 7-14, 2008 to attend the 13t [...]
2008-08-14 17:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA SENV XL
08BRIDGETOWN57 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO SMALLS FOR TRAVEL TO
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Sheila Smalls, Florida Parole Commission, for travel to Barbados February 04 to February 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the State Partnership Program (SPP) Barbados Subject Matter Exchange (SMEE). 2. Embassy points of cont [...]
2008-01-31 20:00:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN573EXPECTED EASTERN CARIBBEAN ATTENDANCE AT UNGA
[...] (u) We have received partial information from six of our seven host governments concerning their attendance at the UNGA and the meeting with the Secretary on September 25. Local ministries have confirmed as follows: Antigua and Barbuda: Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer will lead the Antigua [...]
2008-09-22 18:18:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP UNGA PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN574AMBASSADOR'S FIRST CALL ON NEW GRENADA GOVT
[...] (U) The Ambassador and Grenada Charge met August 15 with newly elected Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter David, and Opposition Leader Keith Mitchell in separate meetings. Thomas' National Democratic Congress (NDC) beat out Mitchell's New National Party [...]
2008-09-22 18:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL INRB XL
08BRIDGETOWN58ST. VINCENT POLICE OFFICER ALLEGES RAPE BY PRIME
[...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 5. 2. (C) Summary: On January 30, 2008 a prominent lawyer and key Embassy contact called PolOff to request help with a legal case in which a St. Vincent police officer alleges that SVG Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves raped her. The contact [...]
2008-01-31 20:20:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN584RAPE VICTIM DROPS CASE; GONSALVES SET FOR
[...] (C) Alleged rape victim and police constable Michelle Andrews, who filed rape charges against Prime Minister Gonsalves in January, replaced her lawyers and discontinued all legal proceedings against the Prime Minister in a snap decision that caught her previous legal counsel completely by surp [...]
2008-09-25 14:29:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN585DOMINICA: THE POLITICS OF ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Dominica media outlets recently reported threats of unspecified punitive action by the government against the U.S.-owned monopoly electricity provider DOMLEC Corporation over rising energy costs. At the same time, the government has announced its intention to build a new power plant wi [...]
2008-09-25 18:59:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ENRG EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN587HESS OIL, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY GAINING GROUND IN ST.
[...] (SBU) In mid-September, the St. Lucian press was abuzz with the rumor that Hess Oil CEO John Hess had visited the island and met with the PM to discuss its long-planned seven billion U.S. dollar oil refinery. Local Hess Oil managers, however, told poloff that the alleged meeting never took [...]
2008-09-26 20:00:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG OECS EINV ECON XL
08BRIDGETOWN588REGIONAL SECURITY AND EXPROPRIATION CASE HEADLINE
[...] (U) Prime Minister Denzil Douglas of St. Kitts and Nevis provided lukewarm assurances of his country's support on key upcoming human rights issues at the UNGA during a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador. The Ambassador also urged the PM to bring closure to the long-standing Angelus prope [...]
2008-09-26 20:00:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEINV PREL MASS XL
08BRIDGETOWN591USS FARRAGUT ANCHORS OUTREACH EVENTS IN ST. LUCIA
[...] (C) A three-day port call by the USS Farragut formed an ideal platform for community outreach events by the Ambassador and the Farragut's crew, and afforded an opportunity to engage with regional prime ministers who were in town for an OECS heads of government meeting. While a promised Artic [...]
2008-10-01 17:54:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL MARR XL
08BRIDGETOWN617SHIPMENT OF HUMANITARIAN GOODS UNDER THE DENTON
[...] (U) Post has a good working relationship with the Good News Project staff in their Wisconsin headquarters and on the ground in the Eastern Caribbean. Recent Denton Program humanitarian shipments to Dominica and St. Lucia were handled very well by the local consignee, working closely with the [...]
2008-10-10 13:31:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MASS PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN62"ALBA" GAINS MOMENTUM IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the participation of three Eastern Caribbean heads of government at the sixth Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) summit in Caracas in late January 2008, the organization's influence in the region is making headlines and appears to be picking up steam. Domin [...]
2008-02-01 17:59:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL VE
08BRIDGETOWN625KUDOS TO EEB/CBA FOR SUPPORTING COMMERCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-21 22:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OECS EINV ECON XL
08BRIDGETOWN63AMBASSADOR OURISMAN TALKS CRIME, "ALBA," CULTURE
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion over breakfast, Ambassador Ourisman and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves covered the crime situation in St. Vincent, the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),the state of the region's primary air carrier (LIAT),t [...]
2008-02-01 18:00:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ECON EINV XL NU VE
08BRIDGETOWN636ST. LUCIA NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Sister Anthonia David, St. Lucia, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). A highly qualified registered nurse and administrator of the Holly Family Children's Home, she has become a leading advocate for deve [...]
2008-10-24 15:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN637DOMINICA NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Angelica Pierre-Louis, of Dominica, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). The president of the Dominica National Council of Women, she has become a leading advocate for developing infrastructure in Dominica [...]
2008-10-24 15:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN638BARBADOS NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Mary Thompson, RN, of Barbados, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). A highly qualified registered nurse and president of the Business and Professional Women's Club, Mary Thompson has become a leading adv [...]
2008-10-24 15:39:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN641ST. VINCENT NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Nicole O.M. Sylvester, lawyer and human rights activist from St. Vincent, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). Nicole is an accomplished lawyer and president of the St. Vincent Human Rights Association. I [...]
2008-10-24 16:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN643GRENADA NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE
[...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Dr. Beverly Theresa Nelson-La Qua, of Grenada, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). Dr. Nelson is unique in Grenada for recognizing an unfilled need and then volunteering her time to find a solution. She [...]
2008-10-27 18:32:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN646AMBASSADOR RAISES CARICOM LETTER WITH PM GONSALVES
[...] (C) The Ambassador used the occasion of St. Vincent's National Day celebration to call Prime Minister Gonsalves to account over an inflammatory letter he sent to CARICOM leaders on September 24. In the letter, Gonsalves expressed support for irresponsible accusations by the Venezuelan Ambas [...]
2008-10-28 18:14:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN649U.S. INVESTOR AT WIT'S END IN DOMINICA
[...] (SBU) AGGPIT Caribbean, L.L.C. (incorporated at 14900 Intracoastal Drive, New Orleans, LA 70129),a startup quarry investment into Dominica, is facing difficulties in obtaining the final permits needed to start operations and has requested U.S. government assistance. This US $1 million invest [...]
2008-10-29 21:07:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV KTDB ETRD PGOV SENV XL
08BRIDGETOWN665CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM THE
[...] Embassy Bridgetown received a fax from Saint Christopher and Nevis's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Note No. 777/2008),which included a letter from the Premier of the Nevis Island Administration containing a congratulatory message for President-Elect Barack Obama. The complete text of the lette [...]
2008-11-12 13:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN666CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM ANTIGUA
[...] Embassy Bridgetown received a fax from Antigua and Barbuda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Note No. 328/2008),which included a letter from the Prime Minister containing a congratulatory message for President-Elect Barack Obama. The complete text of the letter follows in paragraph 2. Post will [...]
2008-11-12 13:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN667CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 13:44:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN67QUARRY CONNDRUMS IN DOMINICA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GOCD) is attempting to revamp the quarry industry. Currently, the quarry industry is unregulated, leading to critical environmental degradation and undercharged royalties on land use. The quarry industry, along with the proposed [...]
2008-02-01 21:32:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALEMIN EAID ETRD EINV XL DO PGOV
08BRIDGETOWN690ST. VINCENT OPPOSITION IN A DISMAL STATE
[...] (C) St. Vincent's New Democratic Party (NDP) is dispirited and mired in self pity, and appears incapable -- despite potential openings -- to mount any serious opposition to Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The party's lackluster leadership has had difficulty targeting their criticisms and maki [...]
2008-11-21 17:51:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR XL
08BRIDGETOWN691EARTH, WIND AND FIRE: ST. KITTS GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) The early success of a geothermal project in Nevis, a budding interest in wind energy, and a shortage of suitable land is diminishing the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis' (GOSKN) earlier interest in pursuing bio-fuels. Nevis,s geothermal reservoir, which is capable of generating more [...]
2008-11-21 17:51:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL EINV KTDB IR XL
08BRIDGETOWN699BARBADOS - DOIN' THE CABINET SHUFFLE
[...] (SBU) A comprehensive cabinet reshuffle announced November 24 saw only five of Barbados, thirteen cabinet positions remain unchanged. The move, sold as a positive step to put the right people in the right places by the Prime Minister, was predictably criticized by the opposition. Despite the [...]
2008-12-02 20:19:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN700BARBADOS - DOIN' THE CABINET SHUFFLE
[...] (SBU) A comprehensive cabinet reshuffle announced November 24 saw only five of Barbados, thirteen cabinet positions remain unchanged. The move, sold as a positive step to put the right people in the right places by the Prime Minister, was predictably criticized by the opposition. Despite the [...]
2008-12-02 20:19:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN701EASTERN CARIBBEAN DRAGGING FEET ON DEPORTEE
[...] (c) In recent weeks, we have become aware of a string of cases in which prospective deportees from Eastern Caribbean (EC) countries have been unable to return to their country of citizenship because of delays from their U.S.-based consulates in processing required travel documents. As a res [...]
2008-12-02 20:21:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM CVIS PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN704ST LUCIA CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FREDERICK HEADS
[...] (SBU) The long-running saga of the Minister Richard Frederick's corruption case appears headed towards a final resolution. Frederick lost his action for dismissal of charges against him relating to evasion of taxes for the importation of a vehicle, and the case is finally headed to trial. I [...]
2008-12-02 20:22:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDOECS POL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS XL
08BRIDGETOWN706ST LUCIA CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FREDERICK HEADS
[...] (SBU) The long-running saga of the Minister Richard Frederick's corruption case appears headed towards a final resolution. Frederick lost his action for dismissal of charges against him relating to evasion of taxes for the importation of a vehicle, and the case is finally headed to trial. I [...]
2008-12-03 17:30:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALOECS POL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS XL
08BRIDGETOWN714REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. Dominica has not taken steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. Dominica regularly participates in annual CARICOM-Cu [...]
2008-12-10 20:26:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU XL
08BRIDGETOWN715ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF
[...] (C) At the 2008 CARICOM-Cuba Summit, Antigua and Barbuda publicly declared its commitment to deepening its relationship with Cuba further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as renewable energy, sports, health, education, agriculture, engineering, d [...]
2008-12-10 20:27:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN716BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Barbados and Cuba enjoy a close relationship. At the 2008 Caribbean Community-Cuba Summit, Barbados publicly declared its commitment to deepening its relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as renewable energy, sports, health, [...]
2008-12-10 20:35:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN717REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Kitts and Nevis has not taken any steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host country made public [...]
2008-12-10 20:50:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU XL
08BRIDGETOWN718REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Lucia has not taken steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. St. Lucia regularly participates in annual CARICOM- [...]
2008-12-10 20:54:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU XL
08BRIDGETOWN72 POST CANNOT CONTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR WIREC DELEGATION
[...] In response to the Department's request (Reftel) for post funding for delegates to attend WIREC, post has determined that no discretionary funds are available for this purpose. Post has no reason to believe that funding presents an obstacle to Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevi [...]
2008-02-05 15:10:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XL
08BRIDGETOWN720REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has not sought to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host country made publ [...]
2008-12-10 21:02:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALERTD ETTC PREL CU XL
08BRIDGETOWN721DOMINICA CABINET RESHUFFLE AMID CORRUPTION CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced on November 19 a cabinet reshuffle designed to curb allegations of widespread corruption among his cabinet ministers. The reshuffle fueled speculation among the opposition that early elections are likely to be announced for the middle [...]
2008-12-11 11:30:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN725HIGH COURT DECISION GIVES ST. KITTS A NEW CHANCE
[...] (U) In an effort to develop its tourism industry with large-scale projects that can create jobs, generate visitors, and lure high-end investors, the government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) has taken to expropriating land from smaller, individual investors under its eminent domain laws and s [...]
2008-12-12 18:41:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKIDE EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN726ANTIGUAN AUTHORITIES BRACING FOR RECESSION
[...] (C) Summary: Despite the current global economic crisis, the Antiguan government remains bullish on tourism, and several large tourism real estate development projects continue to move forward. The effect of the global crisis has yet to affect the real estate market, largely due to the ongoi [...]
2008-12-12 19:48:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN CVIS EINV OFDP PINR XL
08BRIDGETOWN727ST. KITTS AND NEVIS BANKS ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) The government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) is making a considerable commitment to tourism development on its southeastern peninsula. The increased development, along with added flights from the U.S. and Europe, could position St. Kitts and Nevis as a tourism leader in the Eastern Car [...]
2008-12-15 14:20:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN728DOMINICA'S ECONOMY SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE DESPITE
[...] (SBU) Despite recent turmoil in world markets, Dominica is showing some signs of improved economic vitality, with new infrastructure projects coming on line and economic growth projected to reach a respectable three percent. Economic contacts remain cautiously optimistic that Dominica will be [...]
2008-12-15 16:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ENRG EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN751SECURITY, ECONOMY, HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN
[...] (C) In her farewell call on St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, the Ambassador highlighted successes in building cooperation between our countries during her tenure and expressed her hope for continued close cooperation in the future. The Ambassador cited ongoing cooperation o [...]
2008-12-30 18:34:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV MASS PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN752SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND KOSOVO ON AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Ambassador Ourisman paid a farewell call on an engaging Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer of Antigua and Barbuda December 16. Spencer told the Ambassador she will be missed and praised her service to the U.S. and its relations with the region. The Ambassador called Spencer,s attention to op [...]
2008-12-31 15:31:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XL ZL
08BRIDGETOWN77DOL ILO FUNDED PROGRAM IN BARBADOS WINDS DOWN
[...] (U) Summary: In December, 2007, DOL funding for the ILO/DOL HIV AIDS in the Workplace program ended in Barbados. The ILO program held a workshop in November 2007 to discuss the results of the program and to look at next steps towards setting up a domestically funded successor program. Key reco [...]
2008-02-05 20:59:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB BEXP ECON KHIV ILO LAB BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN78ST. VINCENT: RAPE CHARGES AGAINST PM GONSALVES
[...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 8. 2. (C) On February 4, 2008 the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines "discontinued" the criminal rape case filed against St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The case was earl [...]
2008-02-06 20:38:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN79 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OSBOURNE FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Victoria B. Osbourne, FMS Program Manager, for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 08, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to attend the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embassy poin [...]
2008-02-06 20:49:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN80 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARBURY FOR TRAVEL TO SAINT
[...] Embassy Bridgetown grants country clearance to Ms. Brenda Marbury, CG TECOM SCETC for travel to Saint Kitts and Nevis March 02 to March 07, 2008. The purpose of this travel is to brief and participate in the Eastern Caribbean Security Assistance Mid-Year Review and FY 09 Workshop. 2. Embass [...]
2008-02-06 20:51:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN88 WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] Per reftel instructions, invitation letters under Ambassador Oursiman's signature were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Dominica #0120 and St. Vincent and the Grenadines #0121) on February 12, 2008. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this d [...]
2008-02-13 19:46:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY DO VC XL
08BRIDGETOWN89DOMINICANS CONCERNED ABOUT ALBA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: While the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GOCD) defends its decision to join Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),many sectors in Dominican society are concerned about the long-term consequences of this agreement. The decision to halt progres [...]
2008-02-13 20:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VE DO XL
08BRIDGETOWN93PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: EC
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ourisman carried out ref b demarche February 13 by calling the Prime Ministers of Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, St. Luia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and theGrenadines, and meeting with Barbados PM Thompso on the same day. Embassy Grenada raised the issue wit [...]
2008-02-14 16:14:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNMIK SR XL
08BRIDGETOWN95Commercial Outreach Efforts in Eastern Caribbean
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted a lunch on February 11 for the newly formed American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) for Barbados. The board, drawn from ten of the larger American companies in Barbados, will hold an organizational meeting in the last week of February and will begin operations short [...]
2008-02-14 16:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD EINV ASEC BB XL AMCHAMS
08BRUSSELS1661EU-CUBA DIALOGUE FOCUSED ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] (C) Summary: EU officials spoke positively about the renewal of the EU-Cuba dialogue at foreign minister level on October 16 and the re-launching of development cooperation on October 24. On October 16, FMs Kouchner, Schwartzenberg, and Commissioner Michel discussed the human rights situatio [...]
2008-10-28 15:46:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM CU ENRG ETRD EINV KDEM EUN XL EAID
08BRUSSELS378U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. WHA PDAS Craig Kelly participated in the March 5 U.S.-EU troika meeting on Latin America in Brussels. PDAS Kelly updated participants on the Colombia/Ecuador situation and the EU delegation noted that Colombian VP Santos would be meeting with EU HiRep Solana the evening of March [...]
2008-03-11 14:05:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XK XL XM UEU
08BUENOSAIRES1480ARGENTINA SUPPORTS U.S. BID FOR EXECUTIVE
[...] (U) Poloff raised Ref A points with Counselor Fabiana Laguzzo, Director of Women's Issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 27. Laguzzo indicated that she did not foresee any difficulties in supporting the U.S. bid for the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Commission of W [...]
2008-10-28 14:24:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDAORC OAS KWMN PGOV PREL XK XL XM XS AR
08GEORGETOWN309GUYANA/CARICOM SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (C) Guyana Summary: As demonstrated by two mass killings by gangs earlier this year and general homicide rates across the country, Guyana is ill-equipped to address its modern security challenges. Historically, security has been hindered by limited financial and human resources, poor training [...]
2008-05-23 21:55:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL MASS MOPS XL GY
08GRENADA104SOFT TARGET PROGRAM - OVERSEAS SCHOOL SECURITY IN GRENADA
[...] This is an action cable for James Witt, OBO/PE/SM/OPB. 2. The Embassy surveyed one local school that traditionally has been used by Mission and AmCits that qualifies for the Soft Target Program (reftel). As mandated by the Department, the RSO (resident in Bridgetown) came to Grenada and con [...]
2008-07-23 20:53:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDABLD ASEC AFIN GJ XL
08GRENADA108EMBASSY GRENADA CLOSED AUGUST 4 FOR EMANCIPATION DAY
[...] Embassy Grenada will be closed Monday, August 4, 2008 for the local celebration of Emancipation Day. 2. Post will resume normal operations on Tuesday, August 5. 3. Charge d'Affaires Karen Jo McIsaac will be reachable at Embassy's emergency number (cell phone) 1-473-407-2495 or at the Res [...]
2008-07-31 19:22:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ANET ACOA ASEC APER CASC XL
08GRENADA111GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT JULY 27 - AUGUST 2, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: a. ECSRC Issues Cease & Desist Order to SGL The Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission (ECSRC) last week issue [...]
2008-08-08 18:10:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ASEC ECON XL
08GRENADA122GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT AUGUST 24 - 30, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Chinese Donate Equipment and Supplies to RGPF The PRC signed an agreement with Grenada's Commissioner of Police James [...]
2008-09-02 22:51:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EFIN KIPR ETRD CH XL
08GRENADA12863RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATED INFORMATION ON GRENADA'S
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada updates information provided ref A about Government of Grenada officials attending the 63rd UNGA. The GOG finally provided the information to us on September 17. 2. (SBU) A. Grenada's Head of State, Governor General Sir Daniel Williams will not attend UNGA. B. Attend [...]
2008-09-17 22:50:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA GJ XL
08GRENADA129GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 7 - 13, 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. VAT to be put on hold Grenada's Minister for Finance Nazim Burke announced that the government will not implement Valu [...]
2008-09-18 20:35:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON SOCI XL GJ
08GRENADA131GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 14 - 20,2008
[...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Private Sector Warns of Possible Labor Unrest The Senator representing the private sector in the upper house of Parlia [...]
2008-09-24 18:17:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EFIN GJ XL
08GRENADA133GRENADA: 2009 HOLIDAY LIST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-01 15:38:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA GJ XL
08GRENADA134GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 21 - 27, 2008
[...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. IMF Predicts Low Growth for Grenadian Economy The IMF's staff mission predicted a 1.6 per cent increase in economic growth for [...]
2008-10-01 21:32:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID SOCI SENV GJ XL
08GRENADA136GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 4,
[...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: A. Grenada Pioneers New AOSIS Fund Grenada's Foreign Minister and the deputy Foreign Minister of Greece announced on behalf of th [...]
2008-10-10 21:34:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ASEC KCRM SOCI XL GJ
08GRENADA137GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 5 - 11, 2008
[...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: A. Grenada's Prime Minister Visits Washington Prime Minister Tillman Thomas termed "successful" his whirlwind one-day tour of the [...]
2008-10-16 21:12:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID SOCI EFIN GJ XL
08GRENADA138GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 19 - 25, 2008
[...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Caribbean Financial Action Task Force visits Grenada According to the Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister Tillman Thomas to [...]
2008-10-30 17:56:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ETRD ENRG GJ XL
08GRENADA139REAGAN MONUMENT REDEDICATION HIGHLIGHTS GRENADA INTERVENTION
[...] (U) In a moving October 25 ceremony, the Ambassador re-dedicated the Ronald Reagan Monument in St. George's, Grenada honoring U.S. Service members who gave their lives in the 1983 U.S.-Caribbean intervention to restore democracy to Grenada. The Ambassador read a letter of appreciation from form [...]
2008-10-30 18:47:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPAO PGOV XL
08GRENADA140GRENADA GRANTS CLEARANCE TO USCGC MOHAWK TO ENTER ITS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 12:47:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS SNAR PREL GJ XL
08GRENADA141GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 1,
[...] Embassy Grenada's weekly report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. Begin GWAR text: a. Alleged Plan for Benefits for Former Revolutionaries Local press reported that a coordinated effort is underway to promote the [...]
2008-11-05 20:54:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB ETRD PREL GJ XL
08GRENADA95NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS ENDS NEW NATIONAL PARTY 13 YEAR
[...] (SBU) Grenada's main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC),won a landslide victory on July 8, 2008, taking eleven of fifteen seats in the lower house of Parliament. With 80 percent of registered voters voting, NDC won 50.97 percent to the New National Party's (NNP) 47.77 p [...]
2008-07-11 23:21:00Embassy GrenadaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GJ XL
08GUATEMALA763GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON IOM DG CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-17 19:45:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL SMIG AORC XR XM XL CA GT
08HAVANA717MGJM01: HURRICANE GUSTAV DEVASTATES WESTERN CUBA
[...] (U) Through a combination of official news and contacts with individuals in the affected regions, we can report that it appears that Pinar del Rio province suffered severe damage in Hurricane Gustav, and that housing and infrastructure on the Isla de la Juventud was almost totally destroyed. [...]
2008-09-02 21:44:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALCU EAID PINR PINS PREL XL XK
08HAVANA718MGJM01: Effects of Hurricane Gustav on Cuba
[...] Hurricane Gustav made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Western Cuba, Pinar del Rio province on August 30 after passing over Isla de Juventud. The eye of the hurricane passed approximately 50 miles from the city of Havana, mitigating the amount of wind and rain received. No serious damag [...]
2008-09-03 12:32:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR CU XL XK
08KATHMANDU580NEPAL SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITIONS FOR ICAO MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 09:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER XA XF XB XG XD XL
08KINGSTON1001FINANCIAL CRISIS ROCKS JAMAICA
[...] (SBU) Jamaica's fragile economy has begun to feel the effects of the global financial meltdown, with the contagion effects already evident in the financial market. The local currency has depreciated by more than six percent since the beginning of October, due largely to margin calls from overse [...]
2008-11-24 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY JM XL
08KINGSTON1014JAMAICAN OFFICIALS ADDRESS PREVENTION, PROTECTION, AND
[...] On November 22 poloff spoke at a panel discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP) hosted by local NGO Woman, Inc. The discussion, one of several themed talks over a two-day trade fair/fundraiser for the NGO, featured Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lisa Palmer Hamilton, Director of the N [...]
2008-12-01 15:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI PGOV KTIP JM XL
08KINGSTON1023JAMAICAN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS: THE VIEW FROM A VISA WINDOW
[...] (SBU) The Consular Section offers a unique perspective on economic patterns and sheds light on the individual economic situations of average Jamaicans. As seen from the perspective of a visa window, the economic situation of most Jamaicans appears tenuous and inconsistent, reflected in part in [...]
2008-12-04 16:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD SOCI PREL KFRD CVIS TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON1028JAMAICA: INFINITY ETHANOL DEAL TO CLOSE IN DECEMBER
[...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) plan to sell the assets of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) parastatal to Brazilian-based Infinity Bio-Energy missed the original target of September 31, but should be completed by December 31. Infinity blames contract negotiations and the global credi [...]
2008-12-08 13:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV ECON ETRD EAGR IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON104JAMAICA: JAPANESE REQUEST THAT U.S. EMBASSY CHAIR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-01 19:16:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC DHS JA JM XL
08KINGSTON1042JAMAICA RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, TITLE III,
[...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. On July 23 while speaking at an event hosted by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) on the theme "Cuba and its Neighbors: The Challenges of Change," Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding said: "My hope is that within a s [...]
2008-12-11 15:08:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALTRAD ETTC PREL JM XL
08KINGSTON1053JAMAICAN PARLIAMENT RETAINS DEATH PENALTY, NO
[...] (C) Summary: In the lead up to a November 24 parliamentary vote in which legislators decided to retain the death penalty in Jamaica, there was strong public debate on the issue. Most Jamaicans, frustrated by the high crime level, support maintaining the death penalty. The discussion also r [...]
2008-12-12 16:33:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINR SNAR ASEC KCOR CPAS PBTS JM XL
08KINGSTON1086AIR JAMAICA: FUTURE PLANS AND BUYERS
[...] (SBU) On December 17 Econoff met with Air Jamaica (AJ) CEO and President Bruce Nobles, who outlined his plan for restructuring the beleaguered airline in a lead up to divestiture. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is still hoping to have a buyer lined up by March 31, although the actual deal may [...]
2008-12-19 11:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL ECON ETRD EINV IBRD IDB JM XL
08KINGSTON1090JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 20:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA JM XL
08KINGSTON13JAMAICA: REPLY TO FEDERAL AIR MARSHAL SERVICE REQUEST
[...] In response to post's diplomatic note no. 2007-019 of January 30, 2007 (reftel),the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) has delivered the below GoJ diplomatic note no. 358/803/3, dated 4th December, 2007. The GoJ's note contains a number of prop [...]
2008-01-07 20:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV PTER KTIA JM XL
08KINGSTON130URGENT MEDEVAC REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU PHUM PM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL
08KINGSTON147JAMAICA: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW REPORT
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it is able to pass a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-consistent patent law. Its trademark and copyright regimes meet international standards, and enforcement efforts over the past year have been com [...]
2008-02-15 12:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR USTR ETRD XL JM
08KINGSTON159JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE RECOGNITION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 18:56:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JM XL
08KINGSTON17JAMAICA: 2008 WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] (U) In response to reftel A, Econoff delivered invitation letter to Clive Mullings, Minister of Energy, Mining and Telecommunications. The GOJ had said it will send a delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) in March 2008, but it has not decided its membe [...]
2008-01-08 13:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SOCI EINV SENV XL JM
08KINGSTON192JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE MEDEVAC REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 13:30:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU PHUM PREF PREL SMIG JM XL
08KINGSTON21AIR JAMAICA STILL BLEEDS CASH, GOJ SEEKS BUYER
[...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is aggressively searching for a private sector partner to take over ailing Air Jamaica. The airline lost nearly USD 120 million in 2007 with expectations that losses for 2008 will be USD 160 million. Air Jamaica has struggled with profitability for years [...]
2008-01-08 16:44:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SOCI ETRD EAIR ECON EINV XL JM
08KINGSTON228JAMAICA: FATAL POLICE SHOOTINGS AND EXTRAJUDICIAL
[...] (U) Local Human Rights NGO Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) released a joint study with George Washington University (GWU) law school on fatal police shootings in Jamaica. According to the report, there were over 270 victims of police killings in 2007, nearly a fifth of all murders committed last ye [...]
2008-03-14 11:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ELAB SOCI KCRM JM XL
08KINGSTON244JAMAICA: WITHER THE PEOPLE,S NATIONAL PARTY?
[...] (SBU) After more than 18 years in power, it has taken less then six months in opposition for the wheels to come off the People,s National Party (PNP) machine. The party that lost what once had seemed a sure-thing election, continues to embarrass itself. A number of the scandals came to light [...]
2008-03-19 14:12:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPGOV KCOR PREL KCRM EAID SOCI PINR CU JM XL
08KINGSTON245CORRECTED JAMAICA: WHITHER THE PEOPLE,S NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) After more than 18 years in power, it has taken less then six months in opposition for the wheels to come off the People,s National Party (PNP) machine. The party that lost what once had seemed a sure-thing election, continues to embarrass itself. A number of the scandals came to light [...]
2008-03-19 18:09:00Embassy KingstonSECRETPGOV KCOR PREL KCRM EAID SOCI PINR CU JM XL
08KINGSTON277JAMAICAN BUDGET TECHNOCRATS OPTIMISTIC
[...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) released a USD 7 billion estimated expenditure budget on March 27. The fiscal deficit is 5.5 percent of GDP, but should return to the 4.5 percent of GDP target for next year. The GOJ is focusing on increased tax compliance and taking tougher measures agai [...]
2008-04-02 12:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS ETRD PREL PGOV EINV EAIR JM CH VZ XL
08KINGSTON279JAMAICA'S BOOMING REAL ESTATE MARKET
[...] (SBU) Jamaica is undergoing a historic real estate boom, with five straight years of price increases in real terms. Prices in the residential sector jumped by more than 20 percent in the last year, and show no immediate signs of abating. Resort properties, which have become the most dynamic s [...]
2008-04-02 20:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS ETRD SENV EINV JM XL
08KINGSTON280JAMAICA: MARCH POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) The current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) led government continues to press forward, albeit at a snail's pace. When the JLP released their manifesto, during the campaign for the national elections last summer, it was full of promises for innovations and reform proposals (Ref A). Now, with no re [...]
2008-04-03 13:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI ECON EAIR JM XL
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