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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01ABUJA2263 |
NIGERIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO [...] (C) On 10 September, Embassy received the following letter from President Obasanjo to President Bush (dated 5 September). Included with the letter are 26 pages of attachments making up the forensic report referred to in the letter. Begin text: 5 September 2001 Dear President, [...] |
2001-09-10 11:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC EFIN KCOR NI |
| 01ABUJA2828 |
NIGERIA TO IDENTIFY ACCOUNTS HELD BY ADDITIONAL [...] EconOff delivered Ref A information November 5 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria. Ebi agreed to add the list of 22 organizations to an amended Call Circular, which requires all banks to identify accounts associated with these terrorist [...] |
2001-11-06 12:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA3080 |
NIGERIA: NIGERIA CONTINUES TO COOPERATE IN EFFORT [...] EconOff delivered reftel information December 5 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Ebi agreed to release the list of three (3) entities in a new Call Circular, which will require all Nigerian banks to identify accounts associated [...] |
2001-12-06 09:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA113 |
NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK COMPLIES WITH PATRIOT ACT [...] On January 4, Deputy Governor for Domestic Operations M. R. Rasheed met with Embassy EconOff regarding steps the Central Bank might take in response to Refs A, B and C regarding the Patriot Act and additional terrorist lists. Rasheed reported that the Central Bank would issue circulars reques [...] |
2002-01-15 16:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR ETTC PTER NI |
| 02ABUJA678 |
NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK WILL ACT ON NINTH LIST [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-01 14:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PTER NI |
| 02ABUJA859 |
NIGERIA CONTINUES TO COOPERATE IN EFFORT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-15 15:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA2231 |
NIGERIA: SPECIAL ASSISTANT EZEKWESILI'S [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo's Senior Special Assistant and Head of the Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit, Oby Ezekwesili, told us December 23 that she thought her transparency presentation at the AGOA Forum was important because it put the anti-corruption issue into the trade [...] |
2003-12-31 07:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ETRD NI AGOA |
| 03GUATEMALA139 |
THIRD ANNUAL CORRUPTION REPORT - GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Guatemala made limited progress in 2002 in implementing its commitments under the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption. The primary obstacle to greater progress was the lack of effective leadership on the part of the Executive in fighting corruption, and the political polariz [...] |
2003-01-17 15:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL PGOV GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1465 |
SOCIAL SECURITY SCANDAL HITS FRG UNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Critics continue to pounce on the ruling FRG for the scandal over the plundering of an estimated $45 million in funds from Guatemala's social security institute (IGSS). President Portillo is rumored to have given the green light for a thorough investigation. The President, Vi [...] |
2003-06-09 13:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EFIN PGOV GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1902 |
STATUS OF GUATEMALAN COUNTER-NARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: GOG cooperation in the war on drugs has had several concrete successes in the past six months, and there has been further progress since the June 30 Inter-Agency meeting in which the Ambassador participated. A quick run down on our benchmarks: cocaine seizures have increased four [...] |
2003-07-24 23:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KDEM PGOV KJUS KCOR KCRM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2500 |
MILITARY PENSION FUND: MILITARY FOCUS ON [...] (S) Summary: EmbOffs met with General Alfredo Gonzalez to discuss recent developments in the theft and mismanagement of the Military Pension Fund. Gonzalez, who has been involved in the military's internal investigation of the matter, alleged payoffs were made to current and former top milit [...] |
2003-09-29 17:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | KCOR EFIN PGOV MOPS PINR GT PM |
| 03KATHMANDU1370 |
NEPAL: ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY IN TROUBLE IN FIGHT [...] (C) Summary. The head of Nepal's anti-corruption agency, CIAA Commissioner Surya Nath Upadhyaya, met with the Ambassador on July 18 to discuss the agency's investigation into allegations of corruption within Nepal's two government-owned banks. The cases involve at least five of the country's [...] |
2003-07-21 23:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EAID PGOV NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1509 |
NEPAL'S NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary. National Human Rights Commission member Indira Rana (please protect) has made serious allegations against some of her fellow members, accusing them of gender discrimination, corruption and bias in favor of the Maoists. In a July 31 meeting, Rana claimed that Sushil Pyakurel, an a [...] |
2003-08-08 06:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCOR NP PINR GON |
| 03KATHMANDU2006 |
NEPAL: ONE EX-MINISTER AND TWO SECRETARIES [...] (C) On October 13, Nepal's anti-corruption agency, the CIAA, arrested three former senior government officials, including former minister and Deputy General Secretary of the Nepali Congress Party Govinda Raj Joshi, as well as two former government secretaries. Joshi's arrest represents the se [...] |
2003-10-16 09:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR NP |
| 03MAPUTO1752 |
2003-2004 INCSR SUBMISSION - MOZAMBIQUE [...] Per ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR: I. Summary Mozambique is a transit country for illegal drugs (hashish, herbal cannabis, cocaine, mandrax (methaqualone), and heroin) consumed in Europe and South Africa. Some hashish shipments passing through Mozambique find their [...] |
2003-12-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER PGOV MZ KCOR |
| 03MAPUTO1755 |
MOZAMBIQUE INCSR PART II SUBMISSION - MONEY [...] Per ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR, Part II: Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering in Mozambique is related to bank fraud and corruption. Lax oversight and weak banking regulations make Mozambique's financial institutions vulnerable to money la [...] |
2003-12-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR PGOV MZ KCOR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5393 |
DOMINICAN SENATE PRESIDENT SKETCHES AMBITIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominican Senate President Jesus Vasquez Martinez, during a meeting September 8, predicted President Mejia would get strong majority support in the ruling PRD for his reelection bid in May 2004. Vasquez said he would work with Chamber of Deputies President Alfredo Pacheco on a [...] |
2003-10-02 22:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR ETRD HA OREP PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5992 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FM ON ECONOMIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic channels to restore normal relations with Venezuela after President Chavez downgraded them in September. Trade/economic adviser (and daughter of President Meji [...] |
2003-10-24 19:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR EFIN ETRD MARR MX PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SP VE XF KCOR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6857 |
DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #2 - BANCREDITO FAILURE [...] (U) The following is the second in a series of reports on fraud cases in the Dominican financial sector. (begin text) (U) BANCREDITO (U) The District Attorney for the city of Santo Domingo issued arrest warrants on Friday afternoon, November 7, for Manuel Arturo Pellerano Pena and Juan [...] |
2003-11-26 18:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KCRM DR |
| 03ZAGREB517 |
INTERNATIONAL DONORS REACH AGREEMENT WITH GOC [...] SUMMARY: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DONORS AND THE GOC HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A STANDARDIZED COURT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PLATFORM THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN COURTS COUNTRY-WIDE. THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE MUCH- NEEDED JUDICIAL EFFICIENCY AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GOC COSTS ASSOCIATED [...] |
2003-03-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PHUM KCOR KJUS HR IBRD EVN |
| 04ABUDHABI800 |
UAEG STUDYING UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFICE YACUB AL-HOSANI TOLD ECONOFF ON MARCH 21 THAT THE UAEG HAD FORMED AN EXPERT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION. AL-HOSANI SAID THAT THE UAEG PARTICIPATED IN THE FINAL SESSION OF THE [...] |
2004-03-22 08:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PREL KCOR TC |
| 04ABUJA1013 |
INEC SEEKS PARTY DE-REGISTRATION POWERS -- OR NOT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian press reported that INEC Permanent Secretary Abubakar Jauro on June 2 had asked the National Assembly to grant the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the power to "de-register and sanction...erring political parties." Claiming that INEC had been una [...] |
2004-06-09 06:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR EAID NI |
| 04ABUJA1074 |
ICPC FEELS US LOOKING OVER ITS SHOULDER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), charged with investigating and prosecuting government corruption, has had limited success: dozens of cases filed, many against rather senior officials; no convictions to date. Under pressure from [...] |
2004-06-17 12:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR EFIN NI |
| 04ABUJA1119 |
ICPC PRESSES MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION CASE, BUT HOW [...] (C) Summary: The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) provided details on its highest-profile case to date, the national identity card project case that includes former Ministers among its defendants. The trial will take place on July 19-21, but it is u [...] |
2004-06-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR EFIN NI |
| 04ABUJA1181 |
DEMONSTRATORS ALLEGE IMPROPRIETY BY EDO STATE [...] Summary: A group advocating for Edo State burn victims delivered a letter to the Embassy accusing the Edo State governor of improper handling of burn victim assistance funds. End Summary. 2. On Tuesday morning, June 29, about 50 demonstrators disembarked from a bus and assembled in a tr [...] |
2004-07-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCOR ASEC NI |
| 04ABUJA1381 |
NIGERIA: U.S. COMPANY LOSES BID, ALLEGES [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED PARAGRAPH THIRTEEN. 2. (SBU) Summary: Earlier this year, Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) solicited bids in the sale of a majority stake in ALSCON, the state aluminum smelting plant. The bid by an American corporation, BFIGroup Corporation, to acquire the [...] |
2004-08-12 04:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL BEXP EINV EFIN NI |
| 04ABUJA1597 |
WASHINGTON MEETING PROBLEMS [...] (C) It seems we may be getting to the point of diminishing returns on the many invitations to GON officials, especially the Economic Dream Team, for participation in meetings outside Nigeria. We delivered the October 4 G8 transparency/anti-corruption follow-up meeting invitation (Ref A) on Se [...] |
2004-09-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KCOR NI |
| 04ABUJA1653 |
NIGERIA, CORRUPTION, AND US [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption is a serious problem for Nigeria, and harms U.S. interests. President Bush took up the issue in the G8 transparency/anti-corruption Compact with Nigeria at Sea Island, and the next important U.S. effort will be at the Nigeria-G8 meeting in Washington October 4. Post [...] |
2004-09-24 07:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KCOR EPET EAID NI |
| 04ABUJA1998 |
EMBASSY OFFICER BARRED FROM "PUBLIC" COURT MARTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The court martial continues of three Nigerian Rear Admirals allegedly involved in the disappearance from naval custody of the tanker MT African Pride, which had been seized with a cargo of stolen crude oil. The GON has said the court martial proceeding is open to the public, bu [...] |
2004-12-03 08:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MCAP KCOR NI |
| 04ABUJA2041 |
PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7750 VISA BAN -- JOSHUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post is entering the name of Joshua Dariye, present Governor of Plateau State, into the visa system as P212F for corruption under Presidential Proclamation 7750. Part of the corruption case against Gov. Dariye has been made publicly by the GON, and the GON statement text was in Re [...] |
2004-12-10 10:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR CVIS PHUM NI |
| 04ABUJA2047 |
NIGERIA'S SEA ISLAND COMPACT ACTION PLAN [...] Summary: The GON's Senior Special Adviser to the President, Oby Ezekwesili, invited Poloff to her office on December 10 to receive the updated Nigeria-G8 action plan. She instead also invited World Bank Senior Advisor Charles McPherson and, with McPherson as audience, used the meeting to le [...] |
2004-12-13 03:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR EAID NI |
| 04ABUJA2106 |
ENGAGING NIGERIA: SUPPORT FOR REFORMS [...] (S) The grip of the interlocked coteries that have ruled Nigeria since the civil war (ref A) continues to be the driving force in Nigerian politics. In order for Nigeria to move ahead, this grip must be loosened. Until Nigerians gain a real stake in their own society, they cannot begin to ca [...] |
2004-12-21 10:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAID KCOR NI |
| 04ABUJA235 |
EPSTEIN MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER OKONJO-IWEALA [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told us February 10 that she expects the budget to be passed by the National Assembly (NA) in the next ten days, and with what she considered to be the key budget figure, the deficit, kept to 2.5 percent or less. Paper budget figures have not tallied [...] |
2004-02-12 05:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KCOR NI |
| 04ABUJA276 |
"CUSTOMS DUTY" HITS THE SMALL SCREEN [...] President Obasanjo announced in January that he was revamping the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) because it was thoroughly corrupt and neither collecting proper duties not keeping out items the President had banned from importation (reftels). The NCS Controller General was sacked along with se [...] |
2004-02-19 12:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR ETRD KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA307 |
NIGERIA: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES ACT PASSED [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria took another step forward on the anti-corruption front, and hoped to gain its removal from the FATF list of Noncooperating Countries and Territories (NCCT), when President Obasanjo signed into law the Economic and Financial Crimes Act and a Money Laundering Act on Februar [...] |
2004-02-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR PTER NI |
| 04ABUJA35 |
MAKING NIGERIA AN EVIAN TRANSPARENCY AND [...] Post believes Nigeria is an important focus for U.S. and international efforts on corruption and transparency, and should be a pilot country under the Evian Declaration (Ref A). Nigeria's Government has started nine different transparency or anti-corruption programs, several with U.S. and ot [...] |
2004-01-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR ETRD NI |
| 04ABUJA350 |
EITI: PUBLIC SHOW WORKSHOP; PROGRESS BEING MADE [...] Summary: Nigeria's February 19-20 EITI Petroleum Revenue Management Workshop was not as happy a step forward on transparency and corruption as the enactment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Act (reftel) on February 23, but it was useful nevertheless. The two days of speakers - attended b [...] |
2004-02-27 13:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR EPET NI |
| 04ABUJA393 |
MOVING AHEAD WITH NIGERIA ON THE EVIAN [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Ngozi and Presidential Advisor Ezekwesili have given Post concrete expression of Nigerian government interest in a G-8 transparency/anti-corruption pilot program in January (Ref B), and reaffirmed that in February to Post and also in their meetings with U/S Larson at Dav [...] |
2004-03-08 06:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ETRD NI |
| 04ABUJA677 |
PROGRESS OF G-8 TRANSPARENCY/ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) The G-8 embassies, IMF, and World Bank in Abuja created the G-8 Transparency/Anti-corruption Working Group (GETAWG) here in March, and have moved forward with preparations for the Nigeria pilot program under Evian per reftel and e-mails from E, EB and AF. GETAWG has begun a "living docu [...] |
2004-04-19 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCOR ECON EAID NI |
| 04ABUJA724 |
"INTERPOL" INTERVIEWS NIGERIA'S CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Chief Justice of Nigeria Mohammed Lawal Uwais met with a team of local and international law enforcement officers April 19 over a bribery scandal variously reported at 250 million Naira or 5 billion Naira. Press reports named Ogbonna Onova, Deputy Inspector General of Police (CID), as t [...] |
2004-04-23 08:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR NI |
| 04ABUJA974 |
GON WITHDRAWS MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] The Nigerian government's prosecutor withdrew the corruption charges against six senior ex-officials of the GON June 2, and Abuja High Court Judge Mudashiru Oniyangi dismissed the case. Labor Minister Husseini Akwanga had been indicted, then fired, in December 2003, clearing the way for Akwa [...] |
2004-06-02 13:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM NI |
| 04ACCRA56 |
FOLLOW-UP TO EVIAN SUMMIT ANTI- [...] Summary. Anti-corruption and transparency are critical issues in Ghana. While the G-8 program could add value to on-going anti-corruption and transparency initiatives in Ghana, and while we think Ghana could ultimately participate successfully, the timing is not good for including Ghana as on [...] |
2004-01-12 12:01:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCOR PGOV ECON EINV EPET ETRD GH |
| 04BRATISLAVA615 |
MINORITY GOVERNMENT: WIN SOME, LOSE SOME [...] (U) Summary. Over the past two months, the GOS got some groundbreaking legislation through Parliament, but also suffered setbacks in its reform program. Victories included the anti-discrimination law (reftel) and important anti- corruption laws. The minority government currently controls onl [...] |
2004-06-24 13:24:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCOR LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA675 |
FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW GENERAL PROSECUTOR [...] (U) Summary. In January Parliament approved General Prosecutor Dobroslav Trnka's appointment to a five-year term. The Office of the General Prosecutor (GP), an entity completely independent from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), is leading several investigations with high political interest and f [...] |
2004-07-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR PINR LO |
| 04FRANKFURT8020 |
German Real Estate Corruption Scandal Implicates [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutors will soon issue corruption indictments against fund managers, architects, and builders in a series of large real estate deals across Germany. The alleged corruption includes bribes and a number of transactions in which participants pocketed bogus commissi [...] |
2004-09-15 13:07:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ECON EINV PGOV PINR GM |
| 04GUATEMALA1668 |
GOG RESPONSE ON TRANSPARENCY CLAUSE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 22:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KSUM KCRM GT KDEM KCOR PREF |
| 04GUATEMALA2114 |
STAFFDEL SHANK'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - entire text. 2. Summary: Staffdel Shank,s three-day visit to Guatemala gave the Congressional visitors an updated picture of the Guatemalan reality, through meetings with key GOG and private sector interlocutors. The GOG representatives emphasized the Berger [...] |
2004-08-20 16:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID GT KCOR KCRM MARR PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR |
| 04GUATEMALA2365 |
GUATEMALAN MILITARY COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATION [...] On September 10, the Guatemalan Defense Ministry complied with a civilian court order and released to government investigators the military financial records from the 2001-2003 calendar years. The investigation is focused on allegations of mishandling approximately $115 million in military f [...] |
2004-09-14 22:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PHUM EFIN KCOR SNAR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA245 |
DESPISED TAX AND CUSTOMS CHIEF ABADIO QUITS; IS [...] (C) President Berger appointed respected banker and former Central Bank President Willy Zapata to be the new Superintendent of Tributary Administration on January 28. His exceptionally unpopular predecessor, Marco Tulio Abadio, quit as rumors circulated that the government sought his removal [...] |
2004-02-02 19:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | EFIN PGOV KCOR SNAR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA317 |
WHA A/S ROGER NORIEGA'S FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO [...] (C) During a February 3-5 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega met with President Oscar Berger and senior members of his government to discuss the full range of bilateral issues. A/S Noriega highlighted the importance the Bush Administration places on CAFTA as a means of [...] |
2004-02-10 17:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID MOPS KTIA ETRD KCOR PHUM ELAB GT |
| 04GUATEMALA3211 |
LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (2) [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-17 17:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR PREL KIPR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA504 |
SCENE SETTER FOR MARCH 5 PCC ON GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary and introduction: After only six weeks in office, the Berger government has generated high expectations among Guatemalans that it will spur economic growth, reduce violent crime and investigate and prosecute official corruption and organized crime. Berger has also told us privatel [...] |
2004-03-01 21:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV SNAR CVIS MASS KCOR OVIP PBTS GT |
| 04KATHMANDU1406 |
NEPAL: CORRUPTION CONVICTION AGAINST FORMER [...] (U) On July 22, the Special Court convicted Chiranjivi Wagle, former deputy prime minister and Central Committee member of Prime Minister Deuba's Nepali Congress (Democratic) party, on corruption charges. The court sentenced him to two and a half years in jail, a fine of NRs. 27.2 million (ap [...] |
2004-07-23 08:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV KCRM NP |
| 04KINSHASA2146 |
CORRUPTION CHARGES COULD OUST SOME MINISTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament is preparing to vote, November 25 or 26, on a report identifying six ministers and President Kabila's Chief of Staff as involved in corruption. If the investigating committee's report is accepted by the Parliamentary plenary session, the ministers will be dismissed, [...] |
2004-11-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR CG |
| 04KINSHASA2168 |
KABILA SUSPENDS SIX MINISTERS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of a parliamentary report on corruption, President Kabila on November 25 suspended six ministers while the Minister of Porftolio minister suspended the managers of ten state-owned enterprises. In our view, this action is an attempt to seize the moral high ground befo [...] |
2004-11-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ECON CG |
| 04KINSHASA2183 |
KABILA NOV 29: OTHER TRANSITION SUJBECTS [...] (C) President Kabila met November 29 with the Ambassadors from UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, plus UN SRSG Bill Swing primarily to discuss the situation in eastern DRC, as reported ref A. After the discussion, Kabila also noted current debates regarding de [...] |
2004-11-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL KCOR CG |
| 04LILONGWE1016 |
MALAWI'S FORMER FINANCE MINISTER ARRESTED FOR [...] (U) Former Minister of Finance Friday Jumbe was arrested on October 27 as he attempted to leave Malawi for South Africa. Though the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and Jumbe's lawyer have not publicly said what charges Jumbe faces, his arrest is widely thought to [...] |
2004-10-28 09:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV ECON EFIN PINR MI |
| 04LILONGWE1018 |
MALAWI'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF [...] (SBU) The new director of the Anti Corruption Bureau recently discussed his pending prosecutions and strategic vision for the agency. He is focusing on five grand corruption cases, all against senior public figures. He intends to forego longer-range public outreach and prevention plans for w [...] |
2004-10-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL MI |
| 04LILONGWE1110 |
BLANTYRE MAYOR ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (U) The mayor of Malawi's largest city, Blantyre, has been arrested for corruption, according to unconfirmed newspaper reports. John Chikakwiya, a senior member of the nominally ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) and one of the leading loyalists of former President Bakili Muluzi, is reported [...] |
2004-12-03 11:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV KCOR KMCA MI |
| 04LILONGWE165 |
FY 2004 ESF REQUEST [...] SUMMARY. Post welcomes the opportunity to submit proposals for funding under ESF's Africa Regional Fund. Our four proposals are directly linked to MPP goals related to counterterrorism, the environment and economic development, and democracy and governance. 2. Proposals follow: A. Anti [...] |
2004-02-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PHUM PGOV KCOR ECON PTER MI |
| 04LILONGWE214 |
FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED IN DEATH OF PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) A March 2 autopsy report revealed that Kalonga Stambuli, Chief Executive Officer of President Muluzi's Trade and Investment Company, was poisoned and strangled on December 29, 2003. In the weeks following Stambuli's death, "The Dispatch" weekly newspaper printed a series of excerpts fro [...] |
2004-03-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PINR KDEM MI |
| 04LILONGWE22 |
MALAWI'S PLEA TO THE IMF: SAME OLD DOG, SAME OLD [...] (C) Presidential Economic Advisor Goodall Gondwe reportedly met with the Treasury Department in Washington in December to make a pitch for waivers on Malawi's IMF commitments. Contrary to his message, we assess that a lack of political will has caused the GOM's persistently missed fiscal and [...] |
2004-01-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR EAID MI |
| 04LILONGWE451 |
MUTHARIKA CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION AND REFORM AT [...] (U) Summary: Bingu wa Mutharika was inaugurated as Malawi's third president on May 24 at a sparsely-attended ceremony in Blantyre. Calling for reconciliation, reform, and peace in his inaugural address, he outlined a program to move Malawi "from poverty to prosperity"; announced his intention [...] |
2004-05-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON KCOR PINR LY TW RW KE MI |
| 04LILONGWE586 |
CORRUPTION FEATHERS EX-PRESIDENT'S NEST [...] (SBU/NF) Taking office in 1994 with a couple of nearly bankrupt businesses, former President Bakili Muluzi finished his ten years in the presidency as one of the richest men in Malawi. That he acquired his fortune while officially earning an annual salary of USD 56,000 (MK 6 million) demonstra [...] |
2004-06-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR ECON PGOV PINR MI |
| 04LILONGWE596 |
MUNYENYEMBE ELECTED SPEAKER, MUTHARIKA OPENS [...] (SBU) With a narrow margin of victory, United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Rodwell Munyenyembe was elected Speaker of the National Assembly on June 28. The House also elected First and Second Deputies, both of whom are pro-UDF. President Bingu wa Mutharika, in his first address to Parliament on [...] |
2004-06-30 11:38:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PINR KCOR ECON EFIN MI |
| 04LILONGWE800 |
MALAWI'S PRIVATE SECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MUTHARIKA [...] (U) A recent visit to Malawi's business capital, Blantyre, showed the private sector to be generally optimistic about the new administration's economic direction. The consensus is that President Mutharika seems to be serious about cutting corruption and winning donor support through fiscal di [...] |
2004-08-18 11:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PREL KCOR MI |
| 04LILONGWE838 |
MALAWI'S PRIVATE SECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MUTHARIKA [...] (U) A recent visit to Malawi's business capital, Blantyre, showed the private sector to be generally optimistic about the new administration's economic direction. The consensus is that President Mutharika seems to be serious about cutting corruption and winning donor support through fiscal di [...] |
2004-08-30 06:03:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PREL KCOR MI |
| 04LILONGWE839 |
NOISE ABOUT CORRUPTION IN MALAWI [...] (C) Malawi's new administration has been very public about its intention to bring corruption under control. President Bingu wa Mutharika has replaced the chief government prosecutor, who in turn has publicly targeted several former ministers and ruling party members. The noise of a crackdown [...] |
2004-08-30 06:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL MI |
| 04LILONGWE850 |
AFRICAN PEERS RATE MALAWI [...] (SBU) In line with President Bingu wa Mutharika's commitment at the recent African Union Summit to have Malawi reviewed by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), a preliminary report commissioned by the GOM finds "significant gaps" in economic management, a need for executive branch checks, [...] |
2004-09-02 09:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PREL KCOR MI |
| 04LILONGWE881 |
MALAWI ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF REPLACED [...] (U) President Bingu wa Mutharika has unexpectedly replaced the director of Malawi's Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). This move comes as a commision report on corruption at the state agricultural monopoly was released and a key witness in that and another high-profile scandal has disappeared. Mut [...] |
2004-09-13 14:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR EINV PGOV MI |
| 04LILONGWE895 |
UDF INSIDER VENTS ON THE MUTHARIKA ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Austin Muluzi, son of former President Bakili Muluzi, spoke freely about the UDF's displeasure with President Bingu wa Mutharika at a September 15 lunch with poloff. According to Austin, UDF MPs plan to feign support for Mutharika's budget at a Septe [...] |
2004-09-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PINR KCOR MI |
| 04MAPUTO112 |
IMMIGRATION & VISA FRAUD IN AND OUT OF MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Summary: Visa fraud in Mozambique continues to be less prevalent than the otherwise high level of corruption throughout the country would suggest. New anti-fraud investigation and validation studies at post indicate, however, that attempted non-immigrant visa fraud among third country nati [...] |
2004-01-23 08:56:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD MZ KCOR KCRM |
| 04MAPUTO148 |
MOZAMBIQUE AS PILOT COUNTRY FOR EVIAN [...] Post welcomes the opportunity for consideration as a candidate pilot country under the Evian Anti-corruption/Transparency initiative and submits results of initial internal discussions below. The GRM has demonstrated a commitment to combating corruption and has worked closely with the IMF and [...] |
2004-02-02 09:46:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MZ KCOR |
| 04MAPUTO1627 |
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Below are post answers to INSCR questions pertaining to money laundering and financial crimes, organized in response to the subheadings provided in State 254401. General Questions ---------------------- 2. Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering is fairly common and [...] |
2004-12-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN MZ KCOR |
| 04MAPUTO274 |
MOZAMBICAN PARTICIPATION IN EVIAN G-8 TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) Initial Mozambican government reaction to the Transparency Pilot Program, including the need for an explicit commitment at the outset to high transparency standards over time support, has been very positive. Further GRM consultations will be undertaken before we receive a formal response. [...] |
2004-02-27 08:57:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MZ KCOR |
| 04MAPUTO487 |
ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKS GREATER SUPPORT TO BUILD [...] (U) Attorney General Joaquim Madeira gathered donor country ambassadors on March 26 and appealed for greater support to help create more professional and effective prosecutors. He reiterated the need for his staff, also referred to as the "Ministerio Publico" (MP) or Procuradoria Geral (PGR), [...] |
2004-04-08 09:05:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KCOR EAID KCRM MZ |
| 04MAPUTO517 |
ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW GOES BACK TO ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary. The Anti-Corruption Law passed by the National Assembly in November 2003 (Ref A) will be re-examined in parliament on April 15. It was sent back to the Assembly by President Chissano, who refused to sign the legislation, due to questions regarding the constitutionality of one its [...] |
2004-04-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM KJUS EAID MZ PROG |
| 04MAPUTO597 |
MOZAMBIQUE - INL FY 06/07 WORKPLAN [...] Embassy Maputo requests continued INL funding for FY 06/07 to build on ongoing projects to further develop the Attorney General's Anti-Corruption Unit and the Mozambican Police Sciences Academy, and further requests additional funds for assistance to Mozambican Immigration and Customs to impro [...] |
2004-04-30 10:17:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ABUD SNAR KCOR KPAO EFIN EAID ASEC MZ |
| 04MAPUTO636 |
BCM TRIAL: WAITING FOR A VERDICT ON MAY 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: The verdict in the BCM bank fraud trial will be handed down on May 25. The case involves nineteen defendants accused of defrauding fourteen million USD from the Commercial Bank of Mozambique (BCM) between March and August 1996. Most commentators do not expect any senior bank off [...] |
2004-05-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV MZ |
| 04MAPUTO675 |
ANIBALZINHO ESCAPES AGAIN, GRM EMBARRASSED [...] (U) On May 9, Anibal dos Santos Junior once again escaped from maximum security prison, creating a highly embarrassing situation for the GRM. "Anibalzinho" was serving the 28-year sentence he received in absentia in January 2003 for his central role in the November 2000 murder of journalist Car [...] |
2004-05-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC MZ |
| 04MAPUTO83 |
CORRUPTION IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Any discussion of Mozambique's political and economic development needs to take into account corruption. The steady decade-long progress since the end of the civil war could be slowed or even reversed if corruption is not checked. Senior Mozambicans in fact cite corruption as th [...] |
2004-01-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM EAID MZ |
| 04PANAMA823 |
PANAMANIAN SUPREME COURT THROWS OUT CHARGES [...] (C) Citing "lack of jurisdiction," by an 8-1 vote, Panama's Supreme Court has terminated Public Ministry investigations of all charges against Israeli national Shimon Yalin Yelinek, currently residing in Panama, for his alleged role in smuggling Nicaraguan military weapons to the paramilitary [...] |
2004-04-07 19:29:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PARM PREL KCOR PTER KJUS PM NI CO GA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04QUITO2251 |
PARTY POSTURING PROMPTS BUCARAM RETURN RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lucio Gutierrez's recent comments favoring the return of exiled former President Abdala Bucaram have ignited a political firestorm in Ecuador, with leading opposition parties promising that impeachment proceedings would shortly follow. Bucaram, whom Congress removed in [...] |
2004-08-13 16:41:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC |
| 04QUITO2449 |
PREPARING FOR ECUADORIAN ELECTIONS OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuador's upcoming local elections are an indirect test of the Gutierrez Administration's strength (it is widely expected to fail that test) and, more importantly, an opportunity for Ecuadorian voters to renew their faith in the democratic process. President Gutierrez' Patriot [...] |
2004-09-08 17:27:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC |
| 04QUITO2578 |
ECUADORIAN ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: With less than a month remaining before Ecuador's October 17 elections, there remain several items of concern which, left unresolved, could prejudice a clean and orderly vote. The Embassy will continue to work with electoral authorities to encourage resolution of these issues. [...] |
2004-09-23 17:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC |
| 04QUITO2680 |
ECUADORIAN ELECTIONS UPDATE #2 [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides an update of developments related to the upcoming October 17 provincial and local elections. Most procedural issues are moving toward resolution, the OAS has confirmed an electoral observation mission which Embassy volunteers will participate in, and the S [...] |
2004-10-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC |
| 04QUITO2759 |
FINAL ECUADORIAN ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: This cable provides information about the upcoming October 17 provincial/local elections, their significance, a summary of Embassy involvement in the OAS electoral observation mission, information on how to reach us on election day, suggested press guidance, and a synopsis of re [...] |
2004-10-14 20:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC |
| 04QUITO2771 |
PRELIMINARY ECUADORIAN ELECTION RESULTS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuadorian voters went to the polls to elect provincial and municipal officials on October 17 in elections the OAS characterized publicly as "free and transparent." Some irregularities were reported but in most polling places voting proceeded relatively smoothly. Preliminary [...] |
2004-10-18 19:34:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC |
| 04QUITO2869 |
"POWER-BLINDED" LFC DRIVES IMPEACHMENT PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leon Febres-Cordero (LFC), the cantankerous leader of Ecuador's Social Christian Party (PSC), is determined to destroy President Lucio Gutierrez by any means possible, according to two thoughtful PSC legislators. Brothers Luis Fernando Torres and Carlos Torres, the former the he [...] |
2004-10-27 23:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC |
| 04SANAA2742 |
YEMEN'S TENDERING SYSTEM - A TEST OF PATIENCE [...] Summary: Yemen's non-transparent government procurement process tops the list of frustrations for Western companies interested in investing in Yemen. The poorest and least developed country in the Middle East, government projects offer one of the better ways for foreign companies to invest in [...] |
2004-10-26 04:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KCOR YM COM |
| 04SANAA2803 |
DFM NOMAN DEPRESSED OVER RISING CORRUPTION IN YEMEN [...] (C) Summary: In a candid and wide ranging discussion on November 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman advised Pol/Econ Chief and Deputy that Post should convey to high-level ROYG officials the perils of corruption. Noman advised the Embassy to communicate to journalists and businessmen mo [...] |
2004-11-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KMCA YM ECON COM |
| 04SANAA3130 |
PROMINENT BUSINESS LEADER ON MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary. Pol/Econ Deputy had a wide ranging discussion with Abdul Wahab Thabet, Chairmen of the Thabet brothers, the second largest company in Yemen. Thabet vigorously criticized three of the most powerful ROYG ministers for corruption, and stated that on economics President Saleh, "does [...] |
2004-12-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR PGOV PINR YM COM |
| 04SANAA3151 |
ROYG MAKING TENTATIVE STEPS TO STEM CORRUPTION AND [...] (C) A recent series of local press articles may signal that the ROYG is finally taking initial steps to address corruption, particularly in the area of diesel smuggling, one of the main reasons Parliament was able to successfully stall implementation of an economic reform package. In a meeting [...] |
2004-12-26 11:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KMPI KCOR YM KMCC COM |
| 04SANTODOMINGO2078 |
DOMINICAN ELECTION #34: CORRUPTION AND THE [...] (SBU) This is cable # 34 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: CORRUPTION AND THE CANDIDATES The heat of the campaign and the insistence of the Ambassador and U.S.-funded civic groups have finally brought the explosive issue of corruption into open debate. On March 26 t [...] |
2004-04-05 10:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO2524 |
DOMINICAN ELECTION #39: CANDIDATES SKETCH PLATFORMS [...] (SBU) This is no. 39 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Candidates Sketch Platforms So far only Leonel Fernandez's PLD has published a platform for the May 16 presidential elections. Newspapers of April 26 indicate that Mejia's PRD will release a document in the next f [...] |
2004-04-26 12:19:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG KCOR DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO4001 |
TRANSPARENCY CLAUSE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on July 6 delivered talking points on the transparency clause (para 8 reftel) to MFA deputy director for UN and OAS affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, in the form of a non-paper in Spanish. She undertook to pass the document to the Dominican delegation before their July 7 departure for [...] |
2004-07-08 21:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KSUM KCOR KCRM KDEM DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO5856 |
DOMINICAN 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 20:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KSUM KCOR KHIV ETRD SCUL XL XM DR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA1583 |
Maduro Launches Investigation of Forestry Agency [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro established an "intervention" into the operations of the Honduran Corporation for Forest Development, COHDEFOR. A three-person commission was named to conduct an in-depth analysis of COHDEFOR's operations, report back to Maduro within [...] |
2004-07-19 13:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV EAGR KCRM KJUS KCOR PHUM SOCI HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2123 |
THE DEMISE OF HONDURAS' ANTI-CORRUPTION COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Once heralded by President Ricardo Maduro as a success story in the fight against corruption, Honduras' National Anti-Corruption Council (Consejo Nacional Anti Corrupcion - CNA) is about to fade from existence. The Maduro Administration plans to coopt the CNA's operations by plac [...] |
2004-09-22 21:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR ASEC EAID HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2356 |
HONDURAN PUBLIC MINISTRY DROPPING CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: While other countries in the region have taken steps to arrest and/or prosecute high-level corrupt individuals, Honduras appears to be moving in the opposite direction. On October 18, the Public Ministry officially dropped all pending corruption charges against ex-president (and [...] |
2004-10-20 22:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2357 |
HONDURAN PUBLIC MINISTRY DROPPING CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: While other countries in the region have taken steps to arrest and/or prosecute high-level corrupt individuals, Honduras appears to be moving in the opposite direction. On October 18, the Public Ministry officially dropped all pending corruption charges against ex-president (and [...] |
2004-10-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2424 |
HONDURAS: TAX SERVICE STRENGTHENS INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The tax authority,s internal affairs unit, known as the Transparency Unit, has mounted a vigorous effort over the last 18 months to investigate and combat corruption within the tax and customs services. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the dismissals for corruption have had an a [...] |
2004-10-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KCOR ETRD PGOV PINR KMCA KJUS HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2434 |
AMBASSADOR URGES GREATER ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, Ambassador and DCM raised U.S. concerns with President Maduro about perceptions that Honduras is backsliding on anti-corruption efforts, its potential impact on MCC eligibility, and the recent decision by the Public Ministry (PM) to dismiss corruption cases against [...] |
2004-10-29 20:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2496 |
HONDURAN AG NAVARRO SEEKS SOLUTION TO PARALYSIS AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiations continue at the Public Ministry (PM) between Attorney General Ovidio Navarro and federal prosecutors (fiscales) after many fiscales walked off the job October 19 following Navarro's termination of ten and transfer of six others for their public criticism over the P [...] |
2004-11-04 19:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
| 04YEREVAN1899 |
ARMENIA'S OLIGARCHS: STAYING RICH ON FOOD, GAS, AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Trade in the most basic goods in the Armenian economy is controlled by a small number of oligarchs with strong ties to government. While it is considered common knowledge that oligarchs use p [...] |
2004-08-30 12:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EIND ETRD PGOV KCOR AM |
| 04YEREVAN2071 |
IMF TEAM LEAVES ARMENIA UNIMPRESSED WITH PROGRESS [...] (SBU) The IMF team conducting the Sixth review of Armenia's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program has left Armenia concerned about Armenia's progress in key areas of reform. The Resident Representative, James McHugh, told us that he anticipated problems completing the sixth rev [...] |
2004-09-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ETRD KCOR AM |
| 05ABUJA1132 |
HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP, JUNE 2005 [...] This cable is a roundup of various incidents that impacted human rights in Nigeria, organized by section of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or are updates of previously reported items. --------------------------------------------- -- [...] |
2005-06-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KIRF ELAB NI HUMANRIGHTS |
| 05ABUJA1152 |
POLICE KILL 6 TRADERS, ATTEMPTED COVER-UP [...] The killing of six Igbo youths by police in an Abuja satellite town sparked anger among local residents, but the attempt by police to cover up the crime attracted nationwide attention. In the early morning hours of June 7, police shot and killed six auto parts traders, then attempted to disp [...] |
2005-06-29 11:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KCOR KIRF KCRM NI |
| 05ABUJA1172 |
ON DAY OF SUPREME COURT DECISION ON 2003 [...] With the Supreme Court due to deliver its judgment today, July 1, in the suit filed by 2003 ANPP presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari against the April 2003 re-election of President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command warned yesterday that it woul [...] |
2005-07-01 09:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS |
| 05ABUJA1181 |
SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES OUTCOME OF [...] (SBU) On the morning of July 1, the Supreme Court unanimously and strongly rejected the challenge to the 2003 election filed by All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP) presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari. The Court found that the election was in "substantial compliance" with the election law [...] |
2005-07-01 15:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS |
| 05ABUJA1184 |
ON THE EVE OF THE DECISION ON THE 2003 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Intrigue, politics, and mudslinging have taken center stage at Nigerian Supreme Court. On June 21, a few days before delivering a judgment on the conduct of 2003 Nigerian presidential elections, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Muhammadu Uwais was accused of receiving bribes from a par [...] |
2005-07-05 06:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM NI ELECTIONS |
| 05ABUJA1497 |
SUPREME COURT VERDICT UPHOLDING 2003 ELECTION [...] (SBU) A month after the Supreme Court judgment upheld President Obasanjo's 2003 election, Nigeria is calm, with no reports of violence related to the verdict. The media provided only modest coverage of the judgment. Ordinary Nigerians have been more interested in discussing other issues suc [...] |
2005-08-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS |
| 05ABUJA698 |
DRAFT ELECTORAL ACT REVISION--NET NEGATIVE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two years after Nigeria's greatly flawed 2003 and 2004 elections, a draft bill revising the Electoral Act is moving to committee in the National Assembly on its second reading. The net of what is in the draft is a slight step backwards in terms of the many serious concerns rai [...] |
2005-05-06 13:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EAID KCOR NI |
| 05ABUJA728 |
NIGERIA (AND UK) RE-WRITE G8 TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) With the British, the GON has expanded its Action Plan requests of January 2005 into a thematic structure that happens now to include most existing and pipeline DfID anti-corruption projects. It does not include any existing or pipeline USG anti-corruption programs in Nigeria, although [...] |
2005-05-12 23:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EAID KCOR NI |
| 05ALMATY4353 |
KAZAKHSTAN: DECISION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] Summary: The anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing law under consideration in the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) will not be passed by the end of 2005 as was previously planned, and was deferred until March 2006. The draft law generated questions from legislators about [...] |
2005-12-09 06:17:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ |
| 05ASUNCION1400 |
PARAGUAY: SURVEY RESULTS SEND MIXED MESSAGE ON [...] SUMMARY: The results of three recent polls send a mixed message on corruption in Paraguay. In mid-October, Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index showed Paraguay improved but still placed 144 out of the 159 countries surveyed. Separately, in late September 2005, a survey b [...] |
2005-11-11 11:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR ECON PINR PA |
| 05BAGHDAD2990 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi told the Deputy Secretary on July 12 that Iraq has exported for the first time in recent months oil from the Northern pipeline to Turkey. He expects a sustainable increase to 240,000 b/d in the northern oil fields. An electric power cri [...] |
2005-07-19 10:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET ECON KCOR IZ OVIP ZOELLICK ROBERT KCRS |
| 05BAGHDAD3842 |
NEC CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF NORTHERN OIL EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary: On September 8 the National Energy Council (NEC) approved Phases II and III of the Strategic Infrastructure Battalion (SIB) program, and agreed to pick up sustainment costs of the current four SIBs and the expense for seven more SIBs and a brigade headquarters. Minister of Financ [...] |
2005-09-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCOR KCRM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD3943 |
ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN THE MINISTRY OF [...] (U) Action request, see para 18. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY. Recent press accounts alleging massive fraud at the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MoD) -- most notably implicating former Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan -- repeat allegations that have been made for some time. Embassy, IRMO, and MNSTC-I pla [...] |
2005-09-24 02:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KCOR PGOV IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4040 |
OIL WORKERS UNDER THREAT; MORE "UNOFFICIAL" FUEL [...] (S) Summary: Director General of the Oil Products Distribution Company at the Ministry of Oil Zuhayr Shakir (strictly protect) told us September 27 that he intends to institute further modest increases in fuel prices for both consumers and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). He believes that he [...] |
2005-09-29 18:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR KCRM PGOV IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4091 |
IRAQ'S CHALLENGES IN COMBATING TERRORIST FINANCING [...] (C) Summary: Iraq faces many challenges in building its capacity to come to grips with terrorism financing and money laundering. The unique security situation also makes it extremely difficult to conduct an in-depth assessment of Iraq's needs and deliver technical assistance in this area. [...] |
2005-10-04 03:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN KCOR EFIN ETTC PREL IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4335 |
IRAQ FUEL PRICES - A SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Black market prices are far outstripping the modest GOI efforts at price reform. "Unofficial" price rises for gasoline begun in September (Ref B) have spread to Basrah, Kirkuk and Mosul. END SUMMARY. ------------------- BLACK-MARKET PRICES ------------------- 2. (SBU) [...] |
2005-10-20 14:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4347 |
UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE EDELMAN MEETS WITH PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric Edelman and LTG Victor Renuart, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, met with Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari at his office on October 18. They discussed the ongoing development of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Jaafari s [...] |
2005-10-22 03:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS ECON EFIN PTER KCOR IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4378 |
CHALABI PLAN FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. One of Ahmad Chalabi's senior advisors indicated to PolOffs willingness to form an alliance with Ayad Allawi to form one liberal, moderate, centrist coalition. If an agreement cannot be reached before the coalition registration deadline -- and we doubt an agreement would be possi [...] |
2005-10-24 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT KCOR IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4400 |
INSPECTORS GENERAL HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary. In reaction to the reported removal of Inspectors General (IG) from five ministries and the Council of Ministers, an emergency meeting of all the IGs and representatives from the TNA Committee on Integrity was held on October 23. The discussions focused on the integrity and ind [...] |
2005-10-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4506 |
ACTIONS TO ASSURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY [...] (C/REL MCNI/IRAQ) SUMMARY: Failures of Iraq's critical energy infrastructure have reached unprecedented levels which are seriously hindering the Iraqi Transitional Government's (ITG) ability to raise desperately needed revenues and to deliver basic services such as electricity, fuel, and wate [...] |
2005-11-03 03:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT KCOR KCRM KHLS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER NATO |
| 05BANGKOK5317 |
EASTERN SEABOARD WATER SHORTAGE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A water shortage in the industrial areas along Thailand's Eastern Seaboard raises questions about the management of the nation's water resources with important implications for the further development of Thailand's most important industrial zone. A concurrence of two dry years [...] |
2005-08-18 07:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ECPS ELAB EINV ENRG EPET KCOR KPRV SENV SOCI TH EPWR |
| 05BRATISLAVA319 |
RADICAL HEALTH CARE REFORMS? MAYBE NOT [...] (C) Summary. In October 2004, the Slovak Parliament passed six health care reform laws that the World Bank called some of the "most radical reforms in the world." The laws seek to reduce the GOS's role in health care and make Slovaks pay for medical services that were once free as a way of [...] |
2005-04-21 16:10:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR LO |
| 05BRATISLAVA434 |
SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, MAY 2005 [...] (C) Opposition political party Smer (reftel) met its long-held goal and became a member of Socialist International (SI). Smer MP Edita Angyalova, a former IV participant and one of Slovakia's youngest politicians, downplayed Smer's membership in SI, and noted that if the party were to become [...] |
2005-06-07 12:48:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM KCOR KIRF LO EXBS UN |
| 05BRATISLAVA486 |
CORRUPTION: SOME GOOD LAWS IN PLACE; LOCAL [...] Summary: Reducing corruption in Slovakia has been a long-term U.S. goal. The laws are now generally good, although some gaping weaknesses remain. An area of growing concern is public procurement at the local and regional levels, where officials act beyond the control of the national auditor' [...] |
2005-06-22 08:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR PINR LO |
| 05GEORGETOWN1349 |
TEIXEIRA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL HOME AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Charge, Deputy Consul, and PolOff met with Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira on December 23. Teixeira had requested a Consular briefing on trends in fake Guyanese civil documents detected by the Consular Section. Teixeira also described problems with control of the visa proce [...] |
2005-12-28 23:20:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | PGOV PREL SNAR SMIG KFRD KCOR KCRM GY |
| 05GUATEMALA1464 |
NO CHEAP PETROLEUM FROM VENEZUELA; FREE TRADE ZONE [...] (SBU) EconCouns met with Minister of Energy and Mines Luis Ortiz and congressional Energy and Mines Committee chair Mynor Lopez the evening of June 7 for a readout on their recent trip to Venezuela (reftel). The two reported that there had been no surprises: Venezuela offered no special de [...] |
2005-06-09 20:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV EFIN KCOR EPET VE GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2050 |
CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN GUATEMALA [...] (S) Summary: Guatemala does not maintain substantial public or private sector ties with PRC China. Taiwanese influence in political and military affairs effectively blocks Chinese access. That influence has been maintained through direct assistance and bribes to government officials and is [...] |
2005-08-26 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN EMIN PINS PGOV KCOR CH TW GT ESENV |
| 05GUATEMALA2511 |
Guatemala and the MCC [...] (SBU) Summary: Going by MCC statistical procedures, Guatemala is unlikely to be selected to negotiate an MCC compact in FY 2006. But Guatemala's suitability for a compact should be evaluated in a more basic sense: is the Berger administration making progress toward MCC goals, and how do Gu [...] |
2005-11-03 21:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SOCI ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR GT MCC |
| 05GUATEMALA2653 |
CONTRABAND, CUSTOMS REFORM AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Contraband poses an ongoing threat to Guatemala's economic development, undermining growth in the formal sector and diminishing the government's ability to collect taxes. The potential nexus with organized crime, human and drug smuggling, along with the incentive to corrupt and undermine [...] |
2005-11-22 22:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN BEXP ETTC KCOR KCRM KIPR PGOV PM PINR ASEC SNAR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA294 |
EXTRA, EXTRA! LETTER FROM GUATEMALA: THE BEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PITY THE POOR REPORTERS IN GUATEMALA. WHIPPED INTO A FRENZY OF HATRED AGAINST THE PREVIOUS PORTILLO GOVERNMENT, THEY NOW HAVE HAD A YEAR TO ADJUST TO PRESIDENT BERGER'S CLEANER ADMINISTRATION. WITH NO OBVIOUS GOVERNMENTAL ENEMY, EDITORIALISTS HAVE STRUGGLED TO STAY ON AN ADVERSA [...] |
2005-02-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR KPAO EAID ELAB SENV ETRD GT |
| 05GUATEMALA312 |
LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (6) [...] (SBU) January 31 marked the 25th anniversary of the fire at the Spanish Embassy that killed 37 persons. In a land that has suffered more than its share of grim tragedies over the last 50 years, this particular incident remains vividly controversial. Bishop Gonzalo de Villa, former head of L [...] |
2005-02-07 22:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ETRD EAID ASEC MASS SNAR SENV KCOR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA376 |
GANG VIOLENCE THREATENS GUATEMALAN SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the implementation of hardline policies against gangs in neighboring Honduras and El Salvador (reftels), Guatemala is searching for ways to combat its own gang problem. The GOG blames the gangs for the continued upswing in homicides, which have increased each year for th [...] |
2005-02-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR SNAR KCRM PGOV PHUM PARM PTER SMIG MASS ASEC EAID KCOR KFRD GT |
| 05GUATEMALA47 |
LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (3) [...] (U) This is the third in our planned biweekly series of discursive messages on what's ticking in Guatemala. Generics: Moving to Plan B after Xmas Setback --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) President Berger signed into law Decree 34-2004 on December 22, effectively elim [...] |
2005-01-07 21:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR KCRM ASEC SNAR EAID GT |
| 05GUATEMALA545 |
GUATEMALA 2004 TIP REPORT [...] Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) achieved remarkable success in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) during the reporting period, particularly in the development of new legal instruments to criminalize TIP activities. We note that Guatemala has achieved or made signif [...] |
2005-03-01 22:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KCOR EAID KPAO GT |
| 05GUATEMALA819 |
LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM GUATEMALAN FM BRIZ [...] Embassy received late March 30 a letter from Guatemalan FM Jorge Briz to the Secretary. Text follows in para 2. The letter argues for greater cooperation in combatting narco-trafficking, alien smuggling and trafficking in persons by providing spare parts, training and other resources to Gua [...] |
2005-03-31 17:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PHUM ASEC SNAR EAID MASS PREF PTER KCOR KDEM GT |
| 05GUAYAQUIL1334 |
PYRAMID SCHEME COLLAPSES, THOUSANDS LOSE LIFE [...] Summary: The death of Jose Cabrera Roman, a notary in the City of Machala in El Oro province, exposed and precipitated the collapse of a massive pyramid scheme he had run for over a decade. Reports indicate that anywhere from 26,000 to 37,000 people made deposits with Cabrera, reportedly tota [...] |
2005-12-02 20:49:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM MOPS PGOV SOCI KCOR KFRD EFIN EC |
| 05ISTANBUL526 |
CORRUPTION: TURKEY'S 800-POUND GORILLA? [...] (SBU) Summary: Public attention has returned to the subject of corruption in Turkey in recent weeks with publication of a country survey by the "Economist" magazine blaming the problem for Turkey's failure to attract more foreign investment. The survey coincided with the publication of Trans [...] |
2005-04-08 05:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR ECON EFIN TU |
| 05JERUSALEM3528 |
PA MINISTER ASKS USG TO HELP COMBAT GROWING HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Abu Libdeh told Staffdel Savit on July 28 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is working to fight terrorism and beat Hamas at its own game by establishing several schemes to protect the vulnerable segments of Palestinian society and "keep you [...] |
2005-08-05 14:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KCOR KTFN KWBG IS |
| 05KATHMANDU2781 |
ICE OFFICIAL SEEKS FUNDING FOR NEPAL CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) In recent meetings with James Dozier of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division (ICE) from Embassy New Delhi, Nepali officials identified training and equipment needed to improve immigration, customs, and drug trafficking enforcement. Pol [...] |
2005-12-12 10:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP |
| 05KINGSTON1100 |
KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APRIL 1-21, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Golding Wins By-Election in Peaceful Day of Voting -- Violence in West Kingston Follows Golding Election -- Phillips Steps Up Crime-Fighting Measures -- Tourism Industry Resists Government Price Hikes -- Unions Seek Increased Benefits for Sugar Workers -- Chinese Rai [...] |
2005-04-22 21:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID ELAB |
| 05KINGSTON1197 |
KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: APR 22 - MAY 6, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Police Under Attack from Kingston Gunmen -- Latest Crime Statistics -- Prime Minister Rolls Out the Goodies -- PNP Sources Report Concerns of a Party Divided -- Mexican President Fox Visits Jamaica -- Air Jamaica Settles Labor Dispute ----------------------------- [...] |
2005-05-06 20:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB |
| 05KINGSTON1449 |
A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DISCUSSES DEPORTEES, [...] Summary: In a June 3 meeting with Poloff, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB), Assistant Commissioner of Police George Williams, concurred with one of the findings of an Embassy-funded study of deportees, acknowledged deep corruption within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), [...] |
2005-06-07 13:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM JM |
| 05KINGSTON1465 |
A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DISCUSSES DEPORTEES, [...] (C) In a June 3 meeting with Poloff, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB), Assistant Commissioner of Police George Williams, concurred with one of the findings of an Embassy-funded study of deportees, acknowledged deep corruption within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), char [...] |
2005-06-08 20:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM JM |
| 05KINGSTON1534 |
KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAY 7 - JUNE 16, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- TIP: GOJ Responding to Threat of Sanctions -- Foreign Carriers Yield After Call Blocking Crisis -- Mayor of Spanish Town Resigns Following Arrest -- Seaga Offers Advice on his 75th Birthday -- Crime Statistics - Count Them Yourself -- Tax Laws to Fight Crime -- Prime [...] |
2005-06-17 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB CASC TIP |
| 05KINGSTON797 |
KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAR 5-17, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Date Set for West Kingston By-Election -- A New Record? Crime Rate up 49% from 2004 -- Shooting at Funeral; Finance Minister Unharmed -- JLP Councillors Sue Government over Toll Bridge -- 11 Cubans Rescued Near Jamaica -- Jamaica Hosts African Diaspora Conference - [...] |
2005-03-18 21:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JM KCOR KCRM EINV EAID |
| 05KINSHASA1678 |
NEW CAST OF CHARACTERS FOR GDRC PARASTATALS [...] (C) PolCouns met in September with Ngoba Maloba, the former CEO of the Congolese electricity company SNEL, who was replaced in the August 5 realignment of the directors of most of the major Congolese parastatals. Although Maloba complained bitterly that he was the victim of &political deals,8 [...] |
2005-10-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EMIN KCOR CB |
| 05KINSHASA1870 |
LARGEST CONGOLESE BANK CLAIMS GROSS INJUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC's largest and oldest bank has launched a lobbying campaign in opposition to a Supreme Court decision that upheld a USD 5.7 million judgment against it. The Commercial Bank of the Congo (BCDC) claims that the October 28 decision is a gross miscarriage of justice and yet [...] |
2005-11-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KJUS CG |
| 05KINSHASA1956 |
KAMITATU DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM MLC/GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Olivier Kamitatu, President of the National Assembly and Secretary General of the MLC party, along with 45 MLC senators and deputies from all provinces, delivered a letter on November 26 asking MLC founder and DRC Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba for a more democratic party. In it, the [...] |
2005-11-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR CG |
| 05KINSHASA2072 |
TAX AUTHORITIES ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC's tax authority is grappling with a high-level scandal that also implicates several large enterprises. In October, Congolese authorities arrested the director of the national tax authority, Direction Generale des Impots (DGI), plus other DGI officials and businesspersons [...] |
2005-12-21 11:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR EINV ECON PGOV CG |
| 05KINSHASA710 |
S. KIVU GOVERNOR REMOVED FOR POOR MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Kivu Governor Augustin Bulaimu was dismissed April 25 for poor management and large-scale embezzlement. Post welcomes his dismissal. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) After months of negotiations, Minister of Interior Theophile Mbemba "permanently" suspended South Kivu Governor Augusti [...] |
2005-04-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR CG |
| 05KIRKUK289 |
(C) TURCOMANS: USG MUST PREVENT KURDS STEALING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) believes the Kurds are making a massive, flagrant effort to steal the election in Kirkuk with IECI connivance. ITF leaders made a number of specific complaints to us and repeatedly threatened to take to the streets if their concer [...] |
2005-12-14 19:07:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT KCOR IZ |
| 05LAGOS1543 |
LAGOS ANTICORRUPTION UNIT REQUESTS USG TECHNICAL [...] Summary. (C) The Lagos branch of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) met with the G8 Anticorruption/Transparency pilot team on September 23 to discuss its efforts to pursue financial crimes, institutional capacity to pursue such crimes, and areas in which it would like USG fund [...] |
2005-10-05 07:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR KCRM ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI |
| 05LILONGWE1043 |
MALAWI TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRIVATIZED AT LAST [...] (SBU) After a delay that started last August, Malawi's telecom provider has been sold to a consortium of local companies for $29 million. President Bingu wa Mutharika had stopped the deal out of concern that the privatized company might disconnect the two state-owned television broadcasters. [...] |
2005-12-15 08:07:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ECPS KCOR MI |
| 05LILONGWE1058 |
MALAWI TELECOM BOARD HOLDS UP PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) At what should have been a largely pro-forma meeting on 15 December, the board of Malawi Telecommunications Ltd. (MTL) voted down a proposal to privatize itself. The GOM, its sole shareholder, signed the deal on 14 December, together with all the other interested parties. Although MTL' [...] |
2005-12-19 07:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR ECPS ECON MI |
| 05LILONGWE107 |
MALAWI REIGNING IN PARASTATALS, PUSHING [...] (SBU) President Bingu wa Mutharika has recently reactivated the GOM's privatization program with a public speech strongly endorsing the Privatization Commission's efforts to push ahead with selling parastatal corporations. He is also said to have ordered the halt of operations at the Malawi De [...] |
2005-02-03 12:17:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA KCOR PREL ECON EINV EAID MI |
| 05LILONGWE131 |
MALAWI'S ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT RATCHETS UP [...] (U) Malawi's president used Malawi's Anti-Corruption Day on February 5 as a platform to reaffirm his stance against corruption and to use the issue as a political lever against the ruling party. As he raises the profile of this issue still further, the main GOM agency responsible for prosecut [...] |
2005-02-10 14:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EINV KCOR PGOV KMCA MI |
| 05LILONGWE179 |
UDF OFFICIALS CRY FOUL, DEFEND PARTY [...] SUMMARY. In a February 17 meeting with the donor community, four United Democratic Front (UDF) officials lashed out bitterly against President Muthartika. The officials outlined the political hazards of Mutharika's new party, professed support for his anti-corruption efforts, and denied tha [...] |
2005-02-25 11:06:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KCOR PHUM KMCA MI |
| 05LILONGWE341 |
MALAWI SCORES FIRST BIG CORRUPTION WIN [...] The mayor of Blantyre, Malawi's largest city, was convicted of theft yesterday. The Blantyre Magistrate's Court sentenced John Chikakwiya to three years in prison for stealing MK400,000 ($3,700) of funds solicited from a local merchant for city road repairs. This is the first conviction of a [...] |
2005-04-21 06:11:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCOR PREL KMCA MI |
| 05LILONGWE438 |
EDUCATION MINISTER ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] On May 17 President Bingu wa Mutharika fired Education Minister Yusuf Mwawa after Mwawa was charged with using government funds for his own wedding reception. Earlier that day, Mwawa was arrested and charged on four counts: theft by a public servant, forgery, altering an official document, an [...] |
2005-05-23 08:42:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 05LILONGWE448 |
GOVERNMENT CLOSES FINANCE BANK OF MALAWI [...] (U) In a move that took the Malawian business community by surprise, the GOM revoked the license of Finance Bank of Malawi (FBM) and closed the bank without warning on May 19. In public statements, the GOM has said the bank was regularly violating the country's banking regulations. GOM sources [...] |
2005-05-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR KMCA EINV PREL MI BUD FIN |
| 05LILONGWE457 |
PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA'S FIRST YEAR IN POWER [...] SUMMARY: Bingu wa Mutharika's first year as President of Malawi has seen ups and downs. The questionable nature of the May 2004 presidential election created an unsettled political atmosphere that would have tested any president. His inaugural speech generated hope with its emphasis on the [...] |
2005-05-31 14:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR ECON KPAO MI |
| 05LILONGWE508 |
MALAWI IMPEACHMENT RUMORS SWIRL [...] (C) Long-standing rumors of an impeachment attempt in Parliament have gained some credibility recently. The President's former party is said to be ready to bring the issue to the floor soon, and the President's office is canvassing diplomatic missions for legal help. At this point, the main [...] |
2005-06-16 12:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KDEM PGOV KCOR MI |
| 05LILONGWE540 |
SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT COLLAPSES DURING IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Speaker of Parliament collapsed on the House floor on June 23 as MPs debated procedures for possible Presidential impeachment. He was then taken to the hospital, stabilized, and then flown to South Africa. Parliament has been indefinitely suspended, and it is unclear who will [...] |
2005-06-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI |
| 05LILONGWE555 |
SPEAKER DIES AS PRESIDENT BLASTS OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: The Speaker of Parliament passed away late on June 27, after suffering a heart attack on the house floor on June 23. This comes as the President, along with various community groups, is blaming the opposition parties for the Speaker's condition, as well as Parliament's delay in pa [...] |
2005-06-28 14:42:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI |
| 05LILONGWE564 |
MALAWIAN MILITARY'S ROLE IN CURRENT POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-29 14:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI POL MIL |
| 05LILONGWE577 |
PARLIAMENT RECONVENES TO FOCUS ON BUDGET [...] Parliament reconvened on Thursday, July 7, to focus on passing the budget for 2005/06. This is the first meeting of Parliament since the late Speaker collapsed on the floor of the House on June 23 during debate over Presidential impeachment procedures. MPs seemed focused on addressing the bu [...] |
2005-07-07 14:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KDEM PREL PGOV KCOR MI BUD FIN |
| 05LILONGWE614 |
GOVERNMENT PASSES OPPOSITION TEST IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) A controversial constitutional ammendment (reftel) supported by the full force of both opposition parties was rejected in Parliament on July 19th. The bill would have forced MPs who change parties to give up their seats in Parliament. The bill had the full support of the opposition, an [...] |
2005-07-20 11:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI |
| 05LILONGWE649 |
PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES CABINET; SIDELINES [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika has reorganized his Cabinet, removing the portfolio of Vice-President Chilumpha and demoting the Minister of Information. The President also fired the Minister of Mines and the Environment, promoted the Minister of Home Affairs to Minister of Agriculture, an [...] |
2005-08-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL TBIO MI |
| 05LILONGWE930 |
MALAWI ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) In a recent conference with Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau, director Gustave Kaliwo described the status of his agency's new and ongoing prosecutions. Three new cases are significant: the upcoming deposition of former president Bakili Muluzi in an investigation against him, and the rece [...] |
2005-10-25 09:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KCOR EINV KHLS MI |
| 05LIMA4341 |
PERUVIAN PARTICIPATION AT APEC EXPORT CONTROL [...] This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. As requested in reftel, we spoke with Ambassador Juan Capunay, Director of the APEC office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 3. Capunay confirmed that Peru will send three participants to the November 1-3 APEC conference on "Eff [...] |
2005-10-06 20:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KCOR PE APECO |
| 05LJUBLJANA67 |
COM CALLS ON DIRECTOR OF SLOVENIA'S CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary. In a January 27 courtesy call, COM met with Drago Kos, the head of Slovenia's newly independent Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, (CPC). Kos explained the CPC was established as an independent Commission to address the issue of preventingcorruption. It has no invest [...] |
2005-02-01 10:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR PINR SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA840 |
REFERENDUM INITIATIVE KEEPS ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A last ditch attempt to call a referendum on this issue has delayed the Government's plan to abolish Slovenia's independent Anti-Corruption Commission and transfer oversight responsibilities for government corruption to the parliament. The Government claims the Commission is t [...] |
2005-12-07 08:32:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR SI |
| 05MANILA1061 |
RECRUITMENT COMPANIES AND TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recruiting Filipinos to work abroad is an important national industry in the Philippines. The GRP regulates and licenses recruitment companies through the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency [...] |
2005-03-07 08:31:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN PHUM KCRM KCOR ELAB ECON RP |
| 05MANILA1506 |
LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The nexus of law enforcement corruption in the Philippines lies in four key areas: 1) bribery in recruitment and extortion in training; 2) ineffectual and politically manipulated Internal Affairs; 3) financial mismanagement; and, 4) procurement and resource mismanagement. PNP [...] |
2005-04-01 06:19:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA1595 |
LATEST KILLING OF JOURNALIST SPARKS OUTRAGE [...] (U) Summary: The shooting of a well-known journalist in Mindanao on March 24 marked what media organizations say is the fourth of a journalist this year and has sparked new public outrage. The House of Representatives plans a hearing and the Catholic Church has condemned the attack. The Ph [...] |
2005-04-06 08:09:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KCOR KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA1618 |
TIP UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Mission has underscored to the GRP the possibility that the U.S. might place the Philippines on the TIP Tier 3 list due to lack of convictions and allegations of official corruption, among other reasons. We have repeatedly requested comprehensive statistics about prosecutions an [...] |
2005-04-07 08:30:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB KCOR RP JA |
| 05MANILA1641 |
CORRUPTION UPDATE: PLUNDER CHARGES (AT LAST) [...] (C) Summary: The Ombudsman filed plunder charges on April 6 against Major General Carlos Garcia and his immediate family members, while his court martial continues. Neither case is expected to conclude soon, however. The GRP has also filed new charges against 21 officials in the Department [...] |
2005-04-08 08:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA1909 |
PROPOSED MOU FOR THE "MAPP" [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (U) Noting that the Philippine National Police (PNP) -- at the instigation of Philippine Ambassador to Washington Del Rosario -- was now interested in pursuing a "Management Assessment of the Philippine Police" with the USG that would parall [...] |
2005-04-27 08:37:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM SOCI KCOR PTER PGOV PINS ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA2142 |
BISHOPS LASH OUT AT PRESIDENT ARROYO [...] (C) Summary: In a recent press conference, three left-leaning Catholic bishops accused President Arroyo of not doing enough to help the poor, and said they would participate in a "national day of mourning and protest" on June 12. Separately, in public testimony in the House on May 3, Archbi [...] |
2005-05-11 21:01:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KCOR PHUM SOCI RP |
| 05MANILA2359 |
ILLEGAL "JUETENG" LOTTERY POTENTIALLY THREATENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The illegal lottery known as "jueteng" played a prominent role in the downfall of former President Estrada, and a newly brewing scandal related to jueteng could potentially have a similar impact on the Arroyo Administration. Despite Malacanang's vows to crack down on jueteng, [...] |
2005-05-23 07:42:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC RP |
| 05MANILA2578 |
CORRUPTION UPDATE: "JUETENG"; GARCIA; ESTRADA [...] (C) Summary: Amid a recent swirl of allegations involving the first family, a witness at a May 30 Senate investigation of "jueteng" (illegal lottery games) accused the President's son, Congressman "Mikey" Arroyo, of receiving profits from the game. President Arroyo dismissed the accusations [...] |
2005-06-02 08:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA2670 |
PHILIPPINES CORRUPTION: BUSINESS LEADERS [...] (C) Influential members of the Manila business community increasingly express concerns about how corruption is undermining the RP's economic outlook. According to long-time Embassy contact Washington Sycip, who is widely respected as among the top economic observers in the country, corruption [...] |
2005-06-09 05:32:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV BEXP KCOR RP |
| 05MANILA271 |
FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA RETURNS TO THE [...] (C) Summary: Former president Joseph "Erap" Estrada returned to Manila on January 15 after undergoing knee surgery in Hong Kong. Despite concerns that there could be a confrontation between his supporters and authorities, Estrada's return was uneventful, with police whisking him off via hel [...] |
2005-01-18 09:39:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL ECON PINR RP |
| 05MANILA2712 |
SETBACK IN GARCIA GRAFT CASE [...] (C) Summary: The recent ruling in the corruption trial of former comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Garcia that his wife cannot be charged as a co-conspirator poses a serious threat to the prosecution's case. Though the prosecutors intend to appeal the ruling, [...] |
2005-06-14 03:30:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA2730 |
FIRMS PERCEIVE PERVASIVE [...] Summary: A recently released "Social Weather Station" survey indicated that Filipino business executives perceive a "very high" and "steady" level of corruption in public agencies and a "serious" level of corruption in the private sector. The survey will probably erode confidence among po [...] |
2005-06-14 07:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV BEXP KCOR RP |
| 05MANILA2821 |
EMBASSY ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS -- LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, Mission has stepped up law enforcement anti-corruption efforts. Mission played a key role in major anti-corruption cases, particularly the case against former Comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Carlos Garcia. We are now activ [...] |
2005-06-21 08:09:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR CVIS ECON RP |
| 05MANILA3593 |
HOUSE SETS RULES FOR IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT [...] (C) Summary: The House has set the rules for the Opposition's impeachment complaint against President Arroyo. The rules will allow the House to refer the complaint to the Senate at any point if the Opposition is able to show that it has attained requisite support (79 members). The Opposition [...] |
2005-08-03 08:11:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL KCOR RP |
| 05MANILA3862 |
CABINET SECRETARY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH ESTRADA [...] (C) Summary: Michael Defensor, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, has confirmed that he has been engaged in talks with supporters of former president Estrada. The exact scope of the talks is unclear, but Defensor, claiming that he is acting on his own volition, says the talks su [...] |
2005-08-21 09:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR SOCI KCOR RP |
| 05MANILA464 |
ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE PICKS UP STEAM [...] (C) Summary: Mission is actively working with GRP counterparts to help them develop legal cases against Philippine officials who have allegedly been engaged in graft and other forms of corruption. GRP officials have recently advanced numerous new corruption-related cases against prominent m [...] |
2005-01-28 07:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON PINR RP |
| 05MANILA4693 |
KEY FIGURE IN GRP FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On September 30, GRP Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo announced that he would resign effective November 30 due to health reasons. Marcelo is widely respected as a highly effective anti-corruption crus [...] |
2005-10-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA5012 |
SEARCH FOR NEXT OMBUDSMAN -- GRP'S KEY ANTI- [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP's Judicial and Bar Council is reviewing possible candidates to replace Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo, who is resigning on November 30. Favored candidates include Presidential Legal Counsel [...] |
2005-10-25 03:35:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR ECON EAID PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5647 |
COURT-MARTIAL FINDS GENERAL GARCIA GUILTY [...] (U) On the afternoon of December 2, a general court martial board sentenced retired Major General Carlos Garcia to dishonorable dismissal, forfeiture of military retirement benefits, and two years of hard labor at a military prison. The military court found Garcia, a former military comptroll [...] |
2005-12-02 09:57:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA5688 |
PRESIDENT ARROYO APPOINTS NEW OMBUDSMAN TO LEAD [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo has named her Chief Legal Counsel, Maria Merceditas "Mercy" Gutierrez, as the new Ombudsman for the Philippines. Gutierrez, a 1995 participant in the State Department's Intern [...] |
2005-12-06 08:50:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KWMN ECON EAID PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5734 |
TESTIMONY OF FORMER ELECTORAL OFFICIAL BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: Former Commission on Elections (COMELEC) official Virgilio Garcillano's House testimony on December 7 did not bring closure to the "Hello Garci" audiotape controversy involving President Arroyo. Garcillano refused to comment directly on the audiotapes, but firmly denied rigging [...] |
2005-12-08 07:32:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR PINS PINR EAID RP |
| 05MANILA5749 |
CONVICTION IN MEDIA KILLING, BUT SLAYINGS CONTINUE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Philippine court has sentenced a former policeman to life imprisonment for murdering a journalist, the first such conviction since 2000. The Philippines, however, remains a very dangerous pl [...] |
2005-12-09 07:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINS KCOR KPAO RP |
| 05MANILA5806 |
SEARCH FOR NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE NARROWS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GRP's Judicial and Bar Council has submitted to President Arroyo its "short list" -- consisting of the three most senior associate justices -- to succeed current Supreme Court Chief Justice [...] |
2005-12-14 03:33:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EAID ETRD PINR RP |
| 05MANILA5914 |
PRESIDENT ARROYO APPOINTS NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 20, President Arroyo appointed Associate Justice Artemio V. Panganiban, 69, as the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Panganiban is a well-respected, articulate jurist and is expected to continue the judicial reforms begun by his predecess [...] |
2005-12-21 09:21:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EAID ETRD PINR RP |
| 05MANILA84 |
LATEST PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's new anti-corruption czar has requested Embassy's cooperation, which Embassy officers will provide in addition to ongoing coordination with the Office of the Ombudsman. The GRP is making progress on some new high profile corruption cases, most recently charging an [...] |
2005-01-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON PINR RP |
| 05MAPUTO106 |
Mozambique: Request for FY 2005 ESF funding [...] Summary: Post requests USD 700,000 for FY2005 to fund efforts to combat official corruption by promoting integrity and transparency within the public sector and to improve the investment climate by making the regulatory framework for resolving labor disputes more investment-friendly. Anti- cor [...] |
2005-01-21 10:49:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MZ KCOR ELAB ESF |
| 05MAPUTO1138 |
MOZAMBIQUE: MINISTER SACKS HEAD OF NATIONAL [...] (U) On August 3, Mozambican Labor Minister Helena Taipo dismissed Elina Mafuiane Gomes as Director General of the Social Security National Institute (INSS -- Mozambique's social security agency). Gomes had headed INSS since 2001. More than a dozen other senior INSS officials have either been d [...] |
2005-09-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL MZ |
| 05MAPUTO1176 |
MOZAMBIQUE - AUGUST ECONOMIC DIGEST [...] (U) The following is a brief summary of significant economic issues in Mozambique in August 2005. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. 2. (U) Index: - Labor Arbitration Centers Planned by End of Year - Government Reorganizes Anti-Corruption Office - Audit of Alleged Crimin [...] |
2005-09-14 06:08:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM KCOR ETRD SENV KHIV EINV MZ |
| 05MAPUTO133 |
MOZAMBIQUE: ACCUSED CARDOSO ASSASSIN ANIBALZINHO [...] Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"), the man convicted of leading the hit squad responsible for the November 2000 assassination of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, arrived in Maputo on January 22 and was taken into custody, after having been deported from Canada. In January 2003, [...] |
2005-01-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS MZ KCOR KCRM |
| 05MAPUTO1334 |
MOZAMBIQUE: NEW CHIEF FOR RESTRUCTURED [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9 the controversial head of Mozambique's Anti-Corruption Unit, Assistant Attorney General Isabel Rupia, was removed and replaced by her colleague, Assistant Attorney General Rafael Sebastiao. The GRM explained the move as part of a restructuring process of the Unit [...] |
2005-10-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL MZ |
| 05MAPUTO1408 |
MOZAMBIQUE: MURDER OF DIRECTOR OF MAPUTO CENTRAL [...] On October 21 the Director of Maputo Central Prison, Jorge Microsse, was fatally shot in the Pequenos Libombos area of Boane district, about 40 kilometers outside Maputo city. According to press reports, Microsse was approached in his car by four armed men at approximately 1730 hrs as he stoppe [...] |
2005-10-28 07:57:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM MZ PGOV PHUM |
| 05MAPUTO1424 |
MOZAMBIQUE: WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN'S SON KIDNAPPED; [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) According to reports in the press, Gafur Hassan, son of prominent Indo-Mozambican businessman Gulamo Hassan, was kidnapped in the evening of October 27 in the city of Nacala, Nampula province, [...] |
2005-11-01 14:27:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KCOR SNAR PHUM MZ |
| 05MAPUTO1569 |
MOZAMBIQUE: ANIBALZINHO RETRIAL BEGINS; DEFENDANT [...] The retrial of Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"), the man convicted of leading the hit squad responsible for the November 2000 assassination of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, began on December 1 in the Maputo City court. Anibalzinho was previously tried in absentia and, in Jan [...] |
2005-12-06 12:15:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCOR PREL PHUM MZ |
| 05MAPUTO1586 |
MOZAMBIQUE: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-09 10:09:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCOR KCRIM MZ |
| 05MAPUTO1653 |
MOZAMBIQUE: NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of State Administration presented a draft of Mozambique's National Anti-Corruption Strategy at a December 7 - 9 seminar held in Maputo. The event was designed to build consensus around the anti-corruption strategy and identify challenges in its implementation, and brought [...] |
2005-12-27 05:38:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL MZ |
| 05MAPUTO559 |
MOZAMBIQUE - CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Mozambique has a serious corruption problem. The former Chissano government did little to confront the problem despite repeated promises. In the past three months newly-elected President Guebuza has vowed to take action. There are signs that his government is serious about grappli [...] |
2005-05-05 12:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM EAID MZ |
| 05MAPUTO692 |
MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA'S 100-DAY VICTORY LAP [...] (SBU) President Guebuza has spent the first 100 days in office traveling the length of the country, bolstering support for himself and the ruling party, Frelimo. In public addresses he has held firm to the themes of his campaign promise to alleviate poverty, combat corruption and eliminate bur [...] |
2005-06-03 10:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MZ KCOR HIV AIDS PEPFAR |
| 05MINSK851 |
THE BANKING SECTOR, BELARUSIAN STYLE [...] Summary: The banking system in Belarus is characterized by its underdevelopment, lack of foreign competition, and constant government interference. The Belarusian economy still relies primarily on cash as a settlement instrument. Cash outside the banking sector is the preferred method of paym [...] |
2005-07-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV KCOR BTIU PGOV AFIN BO |
| 05NAIROBI1488 |
Kenya Telecom Reform: A Good Story Gone Bad? [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of stagnation under a government-mandated monopoly, Kenya's telecom and ICT sectors looked set to grow rapidly in 2005 following the adoption late in 2004 of bold reforms aimed at opening the market to all comers. These prospects are now in doubt, however, followi [...] |
2005-04-10 21:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI1517 |
KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER TALKS ABOUT CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The kingpins of corruption who fleeced Kenya under the previous administration went about "business-as-usual" with officials in the current Kibaki government, acknowledged David Mwiraria, Kenya's Finance Minister, in a meeting with the Ambassador on March 6. In this regard, th [...] |
2005-04-13 04:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCOR PINR KE |
| 05NAIROBI1756 |
BUDGET REFORM: A KEY TO BETTER GOVERNANCE IN KENYA [...] (U) This is a joint State-USAID cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's system for allocating its scarce national resources though the national budget process is broken and has long been a factor in the country's slow economic decline. Recognizing this, the government, spearheaded by the Minist [...] |
2005-04-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI2651 |
KENYA'S IMF PROGRAM: PROGRESS HINGES ON [...] This is a Joint Embassy-USAID message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya performed reasonably well in meeting the quantitative and structural targets of its IMF program during the current, second review period, and the government and the IMF have reached broad agreement for targets in the next revi [...] |
2005-06-28 15:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI3052 |
KENYAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS, BUT PUBLIC APPLAUDS, UK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A just-announced UK travel ban on Minister of Transport Murungaru has dominated the media, and provoked a flurry of GOK criticisms of the UK, despite a quiet warning to President Kibaki six weeks ago. Most Kenyans, however, are cheering at this diplomatic slap against the governm [...] |
2005-08-01 03:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS CLOK OFDP SNAR KPAO KCOR KE UK GM |
| 05NAIROBI3129 |
IMF BRIEFS KENYA'S "LIKE MINDED" POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya IMF Resident Representative Jurgen Reitmeier briefed a small gathering of "Like-Minded Donors/Political" (LiMiD/P) on July 12. In addition to outlining Kenya's progress on its PRGF, as reported in reftel, Reitmeier offered a guardedly optimistic assessment of Kenya's cu [...] |
2005-08-04 04:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI3170 |
DESPERATE MURUNGARU TURNS TO THUGS TO DEFEND HIS [...] (SBU) Kenyan and international media reported August 4 that a foreign-owned ranch was invaded on August 3 by a group of Kenyans who were reacting to the United Kingdom's announcement (ref a) that Kenyan Minister for Transportation Chris Murungaru is ineligible to visit or transit the UK. The [...] |
2005-08-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PREL SOCI PINS KE |
| 05NAIROBI3180 |
ENGAGING KENYA ON ITS MCA THRESHOLD PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is joint Embassy-USAID Message. 2. (C) Embassy Nairobi welcomes the proposed August 15-19 visit by MCC personnel to evaluate Kenya's application for MCC Threshold funding and encourages an early country clearance request. We see the purpose of this visit as assessing Kenya's eff [...] |
2005-08-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KMCA EAID PGOV ECON EFIN PREL KCOR KE MCA |
| 05NAIROBI3287 |
KENYA PASSES TWO MAJOR ECONOMIC REFORM BILLS [...] (U) This is a Joint Embassy-USAID message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya's Parliament has passed two pieces of economic reform legislation, the Public Procurement Bill and the Privatization Bill. Both are important in the long march towards a stronger, faster growing economy and improved gover [...] |
2005-08-12 08:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI3289 |
NGILU: NARC DISAPPOINTING; MY MINISTRY CORRUPT AND [...] SUMMARY. Health Minister Charity Ngilu confided to the Ambassador August 10 that she has lost faith in the Kibaki government's commitment to fighting high-level corruption. She pointed to the resurgence of unsavory figures like Nicolas Biwott as evidence that NARC, once in power, had abandon [...] |
2005-08-12 08:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KHIV KCOR PREL PGOV EAID KE |
| 05NAIROBI3927 |
CORRUPTION IN KENYA: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: More than six months after the Government of Kenya's anti-graft credentials all but disappeared, the country is at a crossroads in the war on corruption. On the one hand, senior civil servants are driving a series of systemic reforms and improvements in the country's legal and i [...] |
2005-09-22 06:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID KCOR PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI4384 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] (C) I met alone with President Kibaki for 40 minutes October 19. The meeting was prompted by the decision in Washington earlier this week to find Transport Minister Christopher Murungaru ineligible for entry into the U.S. under Presidential Proclamation 7750. Advised of this decision early [...] |
2005-10-24 02:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI4436 |
"OFFICIAL" CAMPAIGN PERIOD KICKS OFF AS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The "official" period for campaigning for or against the proposed draft constitution kicked off on October 21, with the banana "Yes" team on the defensive following the publication of unfavorable opinion poll results and President Kibaki attracting criticism for allegedly defying [...] |
2005-10-26 13:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SENV KDEM KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI4470 |
REACTION TO TRAVEL BAN ON DR. CHRIS MURUNGARU [...] (U) Summary. Following an apparent leak from within the Kenyan government, news of the U.S. travel ban on Kenyan Transport Minister Dr. Chris Murungaru (reftel) spread quickly late on Tuesday October 25, becoming the top news item on all of the major television news reports that evening. The [...] |
2005-10-28 02:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL CVIS KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI4506 |
GIFTING AMBOSELI FOR VOTES - A BAD ENVIRONMENTAL, [...] (SBU) Summary: Hoping to create support among the Maasai community for Kenya's draft constitution, on September 28, Kenya's Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife degazetted (declassified) Kenya's renowned Amboseli National Park and handed over administrative control to the local county council. [...] |
2005-10-31 07:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV PREL EAID ECON KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI4599 |
IMF BRIEFS DONORS ON KENYA'S ECONOMY AND PRGF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IMF Mission Chief for Kenya Godfrey Kalinga briefed donors on the results of a 10-day IMF mission examining Kenya's progress on the second review of its three-year $326.7 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). Kalinga was generally optimistic on Kenya's near-te [...] |
2005-11-07 11:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR KE |
| 05NAIROBI4781 |
WFP: POLITICS, ECONOMICS HINDER KENYA'S FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World Food Program (WFP) officials briefed Ambassador and Emboffs on the November 2nd appeal for donor support for Kenya's continuing food emergency, which will likely keep more than 1.2 million people at risk until at least February. WFP Country Director Tesema Negash expres [...] |
2005-11-17 12:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL TBIO KCOR |
| 05NAIROBI4902 |
A DEFINING MOMENT FOR KIBAKI,S PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary. President Kibaki met with me and three other chiefs of mission on November 25. The COMs praised the government,s handling of the Constitutional Referendum and Kibaki,s stoic leadership following the massive &no8 vote. We urged that Kibaki seize this chance to remove corrupt and [...] |
2005-11-29 01:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | KE KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR |
| 05NAIROBI5072 |
KENYA'S NEW CABINET APPOINTEES AND U.S. INTERESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kibaki's new cabinet is a mixed bag for U.S. interests in security, corruption, and economic policy. New Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju will be more capable than the laterally transferred Ali Mwakwere, but given his antagonistic track record, will not necessarily be ame [...] |
2005-12-08 11:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR ETRD KE |
| 05NAIROBI5103 |
CORRUPTION IN KENYA - JOHN GITHONGO PREPARES TO TELL [...] (C) Summary: Former Kenyan "anti-corruption czar" John Githongo has organized all of the evidence of wrongdoing in his possession and put it into a single seamless narrative detailing the grand scale corruption committed by several of the highest-ranking and most influential ministers and ad [...] |
2005-12-13 09:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO PINR KE |
| 05NAIROBI5240 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES ISSUES OF U.S. CONCERN WITH NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador raised several issues of concern in our bilateral relationship during December 20 meeting with newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Raphael Tuju, including: counter-terrorism, Article 98, Rewards for Justice, travel warnings, narcotics, public corruption, [...] |
2005-12-23 03:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR MASS CASC KCOR KE SO SU AU KICC |
| 05NAIROBI660 |
DONORS: NO BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR KENYA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, World Bank Kenya hosted the quarterly meeting of the Donor Coordination Group (DCG) at which near consensus was expressed that the planning for the April 11-12 annual Consultative Group Meeting (CG) for Kenya could not be "business as usual" in light of the resi [...] |
2005-02-14 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KCOR KMCA PGOV KPAO KE |
| 05PARIS5176 |
OECD REPORT: WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY, HELD ON [...] On the June 14-16 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB), the Tour de Table of recent enforcement developments (see Paras. 18-26) reconfirmed that the U.S. remains far and away the most aggressive enforcer of the foreign bribery offense. France was particularly disappointing, sho [...] |
2005-07-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR ECON ETRD EINV PREL UK OECD |
| 05PRAGUE1275 |
CZECH CORRUPTION FIGHTER UNDER ATTACK BY JUSTICE [...] SUMMARY. (C) In the midst of a very public battle between Justice Minister Pavel Nemec and the Supreme State Prosecutor (Attorney General) Marie Benesova, Benesova's number two, Deputy Attorney General Jaroslav Fenyk, contacted the Embassy to air grievances and his version of events. Fenyk pro [...] |
2005-09-01 15:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ KCOR |
| 05PRAGUE1329 |
CZECH CORRUPTION: BAD, AND UNLIKELY TO GET BETTER [...] SUMMARY. In light of several recent Czech corruption scandals, post offers the following snapshot of the issue. Internal statistics, as well as assessments from Transparency International and the World Bank show the number of cases is increasing, while the government's effectiveness in combati [...] |
2005-09-14 07:49:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PGOV EINV KJUS EZ |
| 05QUITO1000 |
EMBASSY RECOMMENDS 3C FINDINGS FOR ISAIAS BROTHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: William and Roberto Isaias, former chiefs of Filanbanco bank and among Ecuador's richest men, fled Ecuador in 1999 after absconding with over $100 million in government bailout funds. They used their ill-gotten wealth to buy safe passage from Ecuador and later pressured prosecu [...] |
2005-05-02 23:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CVIS EFIN KCOR EC |
| 05QUITO1350 |
GOE DEMANDS DEBTORS' RESIGNATIONS [...] Summary. On June 6, Secretary General of the Administration Luis Herreria called for the resignations of all senior public servants, including Cabinet ministers, who were delinquent in debt repayments before taking office. Herreria's announcement came two days after Congress published a lis [...] |
2005-06-10 18:26:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EC |
| 05QUITO1507 |
ROADBLOCKS MANY TO GUTIERREZ RETURN [...] SUMMARY. Former Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez has announced his intention to return to Ecuador to confront those who deposed him. An imminent Gutierrez return appears unlikely, however, owing to the myriad of charges, criminal and otherwise, filed against him. The ex-president's politic [...] |
2005-06-24 20:06:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR PREL PHUM EC |
| 05QUITO1522 |
FURTHER BACKGROUND ON POTENTIAL INTENDING [...] (U) Reftel requested Department concurrence regarding Embassy-recommended visa revocations. This telegram provides additional background on the visa holders, all associated with the administration of former Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez. We no longer seek to revoke the visa of one, but [...] |
2005-06-28 18:14:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL KCOR EC |
| 05QUITO236 |
ANOTHER DEFECTION FROM GUTIERREZ'S INNER CIRCLE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tired and forlorn, Presidential Legal Advisor and close Embassy contact Carlos Larrea informed Poloffs January 27 that President Lucio Gutierrez was feeling growing pressure from legislative allies for cabinet and policy changes. The PRE party sought ministerial positions from [...] |
2005-01-28 22:12:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL PHUM EC |
| 05QUITO650 |
UN ENVOY'S VISIT: ALL POTATOES, NO MEAT [...] SUMMARY: Attempting to spur dialog toward an eventual solution to Ecuador's ongoing court crisis, UN Rapporteur Leandro Despouy visited Quito March 13-18 for a series of meetings with pro-government forces, political opposition, and third-party actors. Great expectations surrounded Despouy' [...] |
2005-03-22 22:12:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR EC |
| 05RABAT2258 |
MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco's 2006 appropriation bill forecasts a 5.4 percent growth rate and a two percent inflation rate, with oil at $60 a barrel and an exchange rate of nine Moroccan dirham to one U.S. dollar. Finance Minister Fathallah Oualalou revealed these figures during his presentati [...] |
2005-11-02 17:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN KCOR KIPR MO |
| 05RIODEJANEIRO1118 |
Garotinho: President-in-Waiting or Political Exile? [...] Summary. Despite a series of polls and articles discussing the presidential chances of Rio de Janeiro's popular and populist ex-governor Anthony Garotinho, the issue of whether he is even eligible to run will not be decided for several days. Even if the electoral courts choose not to revoke [...] |
2005-10-06 17:26:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR BR |
| 05RIODEJANEIRO1228 |
Garotinho Scores Victory, Loses Ground [...] Summary. Despite winning a narrow victory in the Regional Electoral Tribunal (TRE) that restored his political rights, Anthony Garotinho (Rio de Janeiro's ex-governor and 2006 presidential candidate) appears to be losing ground in his quest for the presidency. His own PMDB party has been luke [...] |
2005-12-02 16:21:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR BR |
| 05SANAA106 |
ADEN PORT: YEMEN MISSES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY [...] (SBU) In a briefing to donors on January 10, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan announced that Prime Minister Ba Jammal "in the interest of promoting the widest competition" rejected the Rotterdam Management Group's (RMG) recommendation to [...] |
2005-01-17 10:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KCOR YM COM |
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RECENT JUDICIAL RESHUFFLE: REFORM OR VANDETTA [...] (U) Summary. Most legal experts view a recent reshuffle of the Yemeni judiciary by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) more as a vendetta against supporters of rebel cleric Hussein al-Houthi (reftel) than as a serious effort to reform Yemen's weak judiciary. What is required, they note, is a po [...] |
2005-01-25 11:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KMPI KMCA KCOR YM KHUM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 05SANAA277 |
DECLINING OIL AND PARLIAMENTARY INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: Yemen's oil production is steadily declining, and may drop below 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2005. (Note: Production reached a high of 490,000 bpd in 2003.) Mismanagement of existing oil fields accelerates production and could serve to reduce long-term yields. Current explor [...] |
2005-02-12 06:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KCOR ECON YM COM ENERGY |
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ECONOMIC REFORM PART DEUX: ROYG MAKING LIMITED [...] (C) Summary. During a rancorous Parliamentary session on December 26, Prime Minister Ba Jammal's bodyguards ushered him out of the building while he was trying to give a speech promoting the government's 2005 budget. Attached to the budget are much needed economic reforms including reduction o [...] |
2005-01-06 13:16:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KMCA KMPI YM ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 05SANAA420 |
CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS CALL ON U/S DOBRIANSKY FOR [...] Summary: On February 24, Undersecretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, explored at a roundtable with Yemeni NGOs areas where the U.S. can support Yemen's nascent civil society. Representatives from forty NGOs raised concerns over human rights abuses, women's access to political and eco [...] |
2005-02-28 14:11:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KMCA KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05SANAA612 |
FINANCE MINISTER SALAMI PUTS A GOOD SPIN ON HIS [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a cordial and open meeting on March 13 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alawi al-Salami, Ambassador highlighted U.S. efforts to support decentralization, urged the ROYG to take serious anti-corruption and transparency efforts and encouraged Yemen t [...] |
2005-03-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | |