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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01ABUJA2263 | NIGERIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO [...]) On 10 September, Embassy received the following letter from President Obasanjo to President Bush (dated 5 September). Included with[...] |
2001-09-10 11:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC EFIN KCOR NI |
| 01ABUJA2828 | NIGERIA TO IDENTIFY ACCOUNTS HELD BY ADDITIONAL [...]onOff delivered Ref A information November 5 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank of Nigeri[...] |
2001-11-06 12:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA3080 | NIGERIA: NIGERIA CONTINUES TO COOPERATE IN EFFORT [...]onOff delivered reftel information December 5 to Ernest Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the Central Bank of Niger[...] |
2001-12-06 09:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA113 | NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK COMPLIES WITH PATRIOT ACT [...] January 4, Deputy Governor for Domestic Operations M. ¶R. Rasheed met with Embassy EconOff regarding steps the Central Bank might [...] |
2002-01-15 16:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR ETTC PTER NI |
| 02ABUJA678 | NIGERIA: CENTRAL BANK WILL ACT ON NINTH LIST [...][...] |
2002-03-01 14:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PTER NI |
| 02ABUJA859 | NIGERIA CONTINUES TO COOPERATE IN EFFORT TO [...][...] |
2002-03-15 15:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA2231 | NIGERIA: SPECIAL ASSISTANT EZEKWESILI'S [...]) Summary: President Obasanjo's Senior Special Assistant and Head of the Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit, Oby Ezekwesil[...] |
2003-12-31 07:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ETRD NI AGOA |
| 03GUATEMALA139 | THIRD ANNUAL CORRUPTION REPORT - GUATEMALA [...]mmary: Guatemala made limited progress in 2002 in implementing its commitments under the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption.[...] |
2003-01-17 15:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL PGOV GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1465 | SOCIAL SECURITY SCANDAL HITS FRG UNITY [...]BU) SUMMARY: Critics continue to pounce on the ruling FRG for the scandal over the plundering of an estimated $45 million in funds fr[...] |
2003-06-09 13:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EFIN PGOV GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1902 | STATUS OF GUATEMALAN COUNTER-NARCOTICS COOPERATION [...]) Summary: GOG cooperation in the war on drugs has had several concrete successes in the past six months, and there has been further p[...] |
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 Pe[...] |
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 [...]) Summary. The head of Nepal's anti-corruption agency, CIAA Commissioner Surya Nath Upadhyaya, met with the Ambassador on July 18 to [...] |
2003-07-21 23:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EAID PGOV NP GON |
| 03KATHMANDU1509 | NEPAL'S NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...]) Summary. National Human Rights Commission member Indira Rana (please protect) has made serious allegations against some of her fell[...] |
2003-08-08 06:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCOR NP PINR GON |
| 03KATHMANDU2006 | NEPAL: ONE EX-MINISTER AND TWO SECRETARIES [...]) On October 13, Nepal's anti-corruption agency, the CIAA, arrested three former senior government officials, including former ministe[...] |
2003-10-16 09:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR NP |
| 03MAPUTO1752 | 2003-2004 INCSR SUBMISSION - MOZAMBIQUE [...]r ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR: ¶I. Summary Mozambique is a transit country for illegal d[...] |
2003-12-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER PGOV MZ KCOR |
| 03MAPUTO1755 | MOZAMBIQUE INCSR PART II SUBMISSION - MONEY [...]r ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR, Part II: Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money launder[...] |
2003-12-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR PGOV MZ KCOR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5393 | DOMINICAN SENATE PRESIDENT SKETCHES AMBITIOUS [...]BU) Summary: Dominican Senate President Jesus Vasquez Martinez, during a meeting September 8, predicted President Mejia would get st[...] |
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 [...]) Summary: Foreign Secretary Guerrero Prats, at a lunch hosted by the Ambassador October 7, said the GODR was trying through diplomatic[...] |
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) [...] |
2003-11-26 18:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KCRM DR |
| 03ZAGREB517 | INTERNATIONAL DONORS REACH AGREEMENT WITH GOC [...]MMARY: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DONORS AND THE GOC HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A STANDARDIZED COURT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PLATFOR[...] |
2003-03-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PHUM KCOR KJUS HR IBRD EVN |
| 04ABUDHABI800 | UAEG STUDYING UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION [...]AE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFICE YACUB AL-HOSANI TOLD ECONOFF ON MARCH 21 THAT [...] |
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 g[...] |
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 prosecut[...] |
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 ca[...] |
2004-06-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR EFIN NI |
| 04ABUJA1181 | DEMONSTRATORS ALLEGE IMPROPRIETY BY EDO STATE [...]ummary: A group advocating for Edo State burn victims delivered a letter to the Embassy accusing the Edo State governor of improper h[...] |
2004-07-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCOR ASEC NI |
| 04ABUJA1381 | NIGERIA: U.S. COMPANY LOSES BID, ALLEGES [...]) ACTION REQUESTED PARAGRAPH THIRTEEN. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Earlier this year, Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE[...] |
2004-08-12 04:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL BEXP EINV EFIN NI |
| 04ABUJA1597 | WASHINGTON MEETING PROBLEMS [...]) It seems we may be getting to the point of diminishing returns on the many invitations to GON officials, especially the Economic Dre[...] |
2004-09-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KCOR NI |
| 04ABUJA1653 | NIGERIA, CORRUPTION, AND US [...]BU) Summary: Corruption is a serious problem for Nigeria, and harms U.S. interests. President Bush took up the issue in the G8 trans[...] |
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[...] |
2004-12-03 08:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MCAP KCOR NI |
| 04ABUJA2041 | PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 7750 VISA BAN -- JOSHUA [...]) SUMMARY: Post is entering the name of Joshua Dariye, present Governor of Plateau State, into the visa system as P212F for corruptio[...] |
2004-12-10 10:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR CVIS PHUM NI |
| 04ABUJA2047 | NIGERIA'S SEA ISLAND COMPACT ACTION PLAN [...]ummary: The GON's Senior Special Adviser to the President, Oby Ezekwesili, invited Poloff to her office on December 10 to receive the[...] |
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 Niger[...] |
2004-12-21 10:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAID KCOR NI |
| 04ABUJA235 | EPSTEIN MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER OKONJO-IWEALA [...]BU) Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told us February 10 that she expects the budget to be passed by the National Assembly (NA) in[...] |
2004-02-12 05:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KCOR NI |
| 04ABUJA276 | "CUSTOMS DUTY" HITS THE SMALL SCREEN [...]esident Obasanjo announced in January that he was revamping the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) because it was thoroughly corrupt and ne[...] |
2004-02-19 12:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR ETRD KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA307 | NIGERIA: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES ACT PASSED [...]) Summary: Nigeria took another step forward on the anti-corruption front, and hoped to gain its removal from the FATF list of Nonco[...] |
2004-02-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR PTER NI |
| 04ABUJA35 | MAKING NIGERIA AN EVIAN TRANSPARENCY AND [...]ost believes Nigeria is an important focus for U.S. and international efforts on corruption and transparency, and should be a pilot co[...] |
2004-01-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR ETRD NI |
| 04ABUJA350 | EITI: PUBLIC SHOW WORKSHOP; PROGRESS BEING MADE [...]ummary: Nigeria's February 19-20 EITI Petroleum Revenue Management Workshop was not as happy a step forward on transparency and corru[...] |
2004-02-27 13:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR EPET NI |
| 04ABUJA393 | MOVING AHEAD WITH NIGERIA ON THE EVIAN [...]BU) Finance Minister Ngozi and Presidential Advisor Ezekwesili have given Post concrete expression of Nigerian government interest in [...] |
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 [...]BU) The G-8 embassies, IMF, and World Bank in Abuja created the G-8 Transparency/Anti-corruption Working Group (GETAWG) here in March,[...] |
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 [...]BU) Chief Justice of Nigeria Mohammed Lawal Uwais met with a team of local and international law enforcement officers April 19 over a [...] |
2004-04-23 08:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR NI |
| 04ABUJA974 | GON WITHDRAWS MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION CHARGES [...]he Nigerian government's prosecutor withdrew the corruption charges against six senior ex-officials of the GON June 2, and Abuja High [...] |
2004-06-02 13:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM NI |
| 04ACCRA56 | FOLLOW-UP TO EVIAN SUMMIT ANTI- [...]mmary. Anti-corruption and transparency are critical issues in Ghana. While the G-8 program could add value to on-going anti-corrupti[...] |
2004-01-12 12:01:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCOR PGOV ECON EINV EPET ETRD GH |
| 04BRATISLAVA615 | MINORITY GOVERNMENT: WIN SOME, LOSE SOME [...]) Summary. Over the past two months, the GOS got some groundbreaking legislation through Parliament, but also suffered setbacks in its[...] |
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 [...]) Summary. In January Parliament approved General Prosecutor Dobroslav Trnka's appointment to a five-year term. The Office of the Gene[...] |
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 [...]BU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt prosecutors will soon issue corruption indictments against fund managers, architects, and builders in a series[...] |
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 [...][...] |
2004-07-07 22:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KSUM KCRM GT KDEM KCOR PREF |
| 04GUATEMALA2114 | STAFFDEL SHANK'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA [...]ensitive But Unclassified - entire text. ¶2. Summary: Staffdel Shank,s three-day visit to Guatemala gave the Congression[...] |
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 [...]n September 10, the Guatemalan Defense Ministry complied with a civilian court order and released to government investigators the mili[...] |
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 Tributa[...] |
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 [...]) During a February 3-5 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega met with President Oscar Berger and senior members o[...] |
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) [...][...] |
2004-12-17 17:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR PREL KIPR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA504 | SCENE SETTER FOR MARCH 5 PCC ON GUATEMALA [...]) Summary and introduction: After only six weeks in office, the Berger government has generated high expectations among Guatemalans th[...] |
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 [...]) On July 22, the Special Court convicted Chiranjivi Wagle, former deputy prime minister and Central Committee member of Prime Ministe[...] |
2004-07-23 08:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV KCRM NP |
| 04KINSHASA2146 | CORRUPTION CHARGES COULD OUST SOME MINISTERS [...]BU) SUMMARY: Parliament is preparing to vote, November 25 or 26, on a report identifying six ministers and President Kabila's Chief o[...] |
2004-11-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR CG |
| 04KINSHASA2168 | KABILA SUSPENDS SIX MINISTERS IN CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...]) SUMMARY: In the wake of a parliamentary report on corruption, President Kabila on November 25 suspended six ministers while the Min[...] |
2004-11-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ECON CG |
| 04KINSHASA2183 | KABILA NOV 29: OTHER TRANSITION SUJBECTS [...]) President Kabila met November 29 with the Ambassadors from UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, plus U[...] |
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 Di[...] |
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 [...]BU) The new director of the Anti Corruption Bureau recently discussed his pending prosecutions and strategic vision for the agency. H[...] |
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 [...]) The mayor of Malawi's largest city, Blantyre, has been arrested for corruption, according to unconfirmed newspaper reports. John Ch[...] |
2004-12-03 11:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV KCOR KMCA MI |
| 04LILONGWE165 | FY 2004 ESF REQUEST [...]MMARY. Post welcomes the opportunity to submit proposals for funding under ESF's Africa Regional Fund. Our four proposals are directly[...] |
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 [...]BU) A March 2 autopsy report revealed that Kalonga Stambuli, Chief Executive Officer of President Muluzi's Trade and Investment Compan[...] |
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 [...] |
2004-01-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR EAID MI |
| 04LILONGWE451 | MUTHARIKA CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION AND REFORM AT [...]) Summary: Bingu wa Mutharika was inaugurated as Malawi's third president on May 24 at a sparsely-attended ceremony in Blantyre. Call[...] |
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 [...]BU/NF) Taking office in 1994 with a couple of nearly bankrupt businesses, former President Bakili Muluzi finished his ten years in the[...] |
2004-06-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR ECON PGOV PINR MI |
| 04LILONGWE596 | MUNYENYEMBE ELECTED SPEAKER, MUTHARIKA OPENS [...]BU) With a narrow margin of victory, United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Rodwell Munyenyembe was elected Speaker of the National Assembly[...] |
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 [...]) A recent visit to Malawi's business capital, Blantyre, showed the private sector to be generally optimistic about the new administra[...] |
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 [...]) A recent visit to Malawi's business capital, Blantyre, showed the private sector to be generally optimistic about the new administra[...] |
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 [...]) Malawi's new administration has been very public about its intention to bring corruption under control. President Bingu wa Mutharik[...] |
2004-08-30 06:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL MI |
| 04LILONGWE850 | AFRICAN PEERS RATE MALAWI [...]BU) In line with President Bingu wa Mutharika's commitment at the recent African Union Summit to have Malawi reviewed by the African P[...] |
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 [...]) President Bingu wa Mutharika has unexpectedly replaced the director of Malawi's Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). This move comes as a [...] |
2004-09-13 14:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR EINV PGOV MI |
| 04LILONGWE895 | UDF INSIDER VENTS ON THE MUTHARIKA ADMINISTRATION [...]) Ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Austin Muluzi, son of former President Bakili Muluzi, spoke freely about the UDF's displeasu[...] |
2004-09-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PINR KCOR MI |
| 04MAPUTO112 | IMMIGRATION & VISA FRAUD IN AND OUT OF MOZAMBIQUE [...]) Summary: Visa fraud in Mozambique continues to be less prevalent than the otherwise high level of corruption throughout the country [...] |
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 [...]st welcomes the opportunity for consideration as a candidate pilot country under the Evian Anti-corruption/Transparency initiative and[...] |
2004-02-02 09:46:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EINV ETRD PGOV MZ KCOR |
| 04MAPUTO1627 | INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...]low are post answers to INSCR questions pertaining to money laundering and financial crimes, organized in response to the subheadings [...] |
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 [...]) Initial Mozambican government reaction to the Transparency Pilot Program, including the need for an explicit commitment at the outse[...] |
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 [...]) Attorney General Joaquim Madeira gathered donor country ambassadors on March 26 and appealed for greater support to help create more[...] |
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 [...]) Summary. The Anti-Corruption Law passed by the National Assembly in November 2003 (Ref A) will be re-examined in parliament on April[...] |
2004-04-14 13:49:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM KJUS EAID MZ PROG |
| 04MAPUTO597 | MOZAMBIQUE - INL FY 06/07 WORKPLAN [...]bassy Maputo requests continued INL funding for FY 06/07 to build on ongoing projects to further develop the Attorney General's Anti-C[...] |
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 [...]BU) Summary: The verdict in the BCM bank fraud trial will be handed down on May 25. The case involves nineteen defendants accused of d[...] |
2004-05-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV MZ |
| 04MAPUTO675 | ANIBALZINHO ESCAPES AGAIN, GRM EMBARRASSED [...]) On May 9, Anibal dos Santos Junior once again escaped from maximum security prison, creating a highly embarrassing situation for the[...] |
2004-05-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC MZ |
| 04MAPUTO83 | CORRUPTION IN MOZAMBIQUE [...]BU) Summary: Any discussion of Mozambique's political and economic development needs to take into account corruption. The steady decad[...] |
2004-01-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM EAID MZ |
| 04PANAMA823 | PANAMANIAN SUPREME COURT THROWS OUT CHARGES [...]) Citing "lack of jurisdiction," by an 8-1 vote, Panama's Supreme Court has terminated Public Ministry investigations of all charges a[...] |
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 [...] |
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 expect[...] |
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[...] |
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 [...] |
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 o[...] |
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 char[...] |
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 Pr[...] |
2004-10-27 23:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC |
| 04SANAA2742 | YEMEN'S TENDERING SYSTEM - A TEST OF PATIENCE [...]mmary: Yemen's non-transparent government procurement process tops the list of frustrations for Western companies interested in inves[...] |
2004-10-26 04:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KCOR YM COM |
| 04SANAA2803 | DFM NOMAN DEPRESSED OVER RISING CORRUPTION IN YEMEN [...]) Summary: In a candid and wide ranging discussion on November 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman advised Pol/Econ Chief and Dep[...] |
2004-11-03 11:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KMCA YM ECON COM |
| 04SANAA3130 | PROMINENT BUSINESS LEADER ON MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION [...]) Summary. Pol/Econ Deputy had a wide ranging discussion with Abdul Wahab Thabet, Chairmen of the Thabet brothers, the second largest[...] |
2004-12-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR PGOV PINR YM COM |
| 04SANAA3151 | ROYG MAKING TENTATIVE STEPS TO STEM CORRUPTION AND [...]) A recent series of local press articles may signal that the ROYG is finally taking initial steps to address corruption, particularly[...] |
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 [...] |
2004-04-05 10:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO2524 | DOMINICAN ELECTION #39: CANDIDATES SKETCH PLATFORMS [...]BU) This is no. 39 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: Candidates Sketch Platforms So far [...] |
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 [...]bassy on July 6 delivered talking points on the transparency clause (para 8 reftel) to MFA deputy director for UN and OAS affairs Rhad[...] |
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.S. PermRep to the OAS Ambassador John Maisto, emphasized goals of the OAS Monterrey and Quebec Summits of the Americas in discussi[...] |
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 [...]) SUMMARY: On July 2, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro established an "intervention" into the operations of the Honduran Corporation [...] |
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 [...]) SUMMARY: Once heralded by President Ricardo Maduro as a success story in the fight against corruption, Honduras' National Anti-Corru[...] |
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 [...]) SUMMARY: While other countries in the region have taken steps to arrest and/or prosecute high-level corrupt individuals, Honduras ap[...] |
2004-10-20 22:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2357 | HONDURAN PUBLIC MINISTRY DROPPING CORRUPTION [...]) SUMMARY: While other countries in the region have taken steps to arrest and/or prosecute high-level corrupt individuals, Honduras ap[...] |
2004-10-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2424 | HONDURAS: TAX SERVICE STRENGTHENS INTERNAL [...]) Summary: The tax authority,s internal affairs unit, known as the Transparency Unit, has mounted a vigorous effort over the last 18 [...] |
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; [...]) SUMMARY: On October 27, Ambassador and DCM raised U.S. concerns with President Maduro about perceptions that Honduras is backsliding[...] |
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 [...]BU) SUMMARY: Negotiations continue at the Public Ministry (PM) between Attorney General Ovidio Navarro and federal prosecutors (fisca[...] |
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 [...]) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- ¶2. (S[...] |
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 [...]BU) The IMF team conducting the Sixth review of Armenia's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program has left Armenia concer[...] |
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 Re[...] |
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 [...]he killing of six Igbo youths by police in an Abuja satellite town sparked anger among local residents, but the attempt by police to c[...] |
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 Muhamm[...] |
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 Ni[...] |
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 deliverin[...] |
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 [...] |
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, [...]BU) SUMMARY: Two years after Nigeria's greatly flawed 2003 and 2004 elections, a draft bill revising the Electoral Act is moving to c[...] |
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 [...]BU) With the British, the GON has expanded its Action Plan requests of January 2005 into a thematic structure that happens now to incl[...] |
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 [...]mmary: The anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing law under consideration in the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) w[...] |
2005-12-09 06:17:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ |
| 05ASUNCION1400 | PARAGUAY: SURVEY RESULTS SEND MIXED MESSAGE ON [...]MMARY: The results of three recent polls send a mixed message on corruption in Paraguay. In mid-October, Transparency International'[...] |
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 [...] |
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 [...]) Summary: On September 8 the National Energy Council (NEC) approved Phases II and III of the Strategic Infrastructure Battalion (SIB)[...] |
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 [...]) Action request, see para 18. ¶2. (S/NF) SUMMARY. Recent press accounts alleging massive fraud at the Iraqi Ministry of [...] |
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 [...] |
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[...] |
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 [...] |
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,[...] |
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 l[...] |
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 emer[...] |
2005-10-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM IZ |
| 05BAGHDAD4506 | ACTIONS TO ASSURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY [...]/REL MCNI/IRAQ) SUMMARY: Failures of Iraq's critical energy infrastructure have reached unprecedented levels which are seriously hind[...] |
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 [...] |
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 [...]) Summary. In October 2004, the Slovak Parliament passed six health care reform laws that the World Bank called some of the "most ra[...] |
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 Edit[...] |
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 [...]mmary: Reducing corruption in Slovakia has been a long-term U.S. goal. The laws are now generally good, although some gaping weakness[...] |
2005-06-22 08:49:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR PINR LO |
| 05GEORGETOWN1349 | TEIXEIRA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL HOME AFFAIRS [...]) SUMMARY. Charge, Deputy Consul, and PolOff met with Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira on December 23. Teixeira had requested a [...] |
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 ev[...] |
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 an[...] |
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 [...] |
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[...] |
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 [...]BU) SUMMARY: PITY THE POOR REPORTERS IN GUATEMALA. WHIPPED INTO A FRENZY OF HATRED AGAINST THE PREVIOUS PORTILLO GOVERNMENT, THEY NOW [...] |
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 mo[...] |
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[...] |
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 t[...] |
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 [...]mmary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) achieved remarkable success in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) during the[...] |
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 [...]mbassy received late March 30 a letter from Guatemalan FM Jorge Briz to the Secretary. Text follows in para 2. The letter argues for[...] |
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 [...]mmary: The death of Jose Cabrera Roman, a notary in the City of Machala in El Oro province, exposed and precipitated the collapse of a[...] |
2005-12-02 20:49:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM MOPS PGOV SOCI KCOR KFRD EFIN EC |
| 05ISTANBUL526 | CORRUPTION: TURKEY'S 800-POUND GORILLA? [...]BU) Summary: Public attention has returned to the subject of corruption in Turkey in recent weeks with publication of a country survey[...] |
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 wor[...] |
2005-08-05 14:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KCOR KTFN KWBG IS |
| 05KATHMANDU2781 | ICE OFFICIAL SEEKS FUNDING FOR NEPAL CUSTOMS [...]BU) In recent meetings with James Dozier of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division ([...] |
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 [...]his week's topics: -- Golding Wins By-Election in Peaceful Day of Voting -- Violence in West Kingston Follows Golding Electio[...] |
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 [...]his week's topics: -- Police Under Attack from Kingston Gunmen -- Latest Crime Statistics -- Prime Minister Rolls Out[...] |
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, [...]mmary: In a June 3 meeting with Poloff, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB), Assistant Commissioner of Police George W[...] |
2005-06-07 13:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM JM |
| 05KINGSTON1465 | A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DISCUSSES DEPORTEES, [...]) In a June 3 meeting with Poloff, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB), Assistant Commissioner of Police George Willia[...] |
2005-06-08 20:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM JM |
| 05KINGSTON1534 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAY 7 - JUNE 16, 2005 [...]is week's topics: -- TIP: GOJ Responding to Threat of Sanctions -- Foreign Carriers Yield After Call Blocking Crisis [...] |
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 [...]his week's topics: -- Date Set for West Kingston By-Election -- A New Record? Crime Rate up 49% from 2004 -- Shootin[...] |
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 [...]) PolCouns met in September with Ngoba Maloba, the former CEO of the Congolese electricity company SNEL, who was replaced in the Augus[...] |
2005-10-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EMIN KCOR CB |
| 05KINSHASA1870 | LARGEST CONGOLESE BANK CLAIMS GROSS INJUSTICE [...]BU) Summary. The DRC's largest and oldest bank has launched a lobbying campaign in opposition to a Supreme Court decision that upheld[...] |
2005-11-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KJUS CG |
| 05KINSHASA1956 | KAMITATU DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM MLC/GOVERNMENT [...]BU) Olivier Kamitatu, President of the National Assembly and Secretary General of the MLC party, along with 45 MLC senators and deputi[...] |
2005-11-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR CG |
| 05KINSHASA2072 | TAX AUTHORITIES ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION [...]) Summary: The GDRC's tax authority is grappling with a high-level scandal that also implicates several large enterprises. In October,[...] |
2005-12-21 11:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR EINV ECON PGOV CG |
| 05KINSHASA710 | S. KIVU GOVERNOR REMOVED FOR POOR MANAGEMENT [...]) SUMMARY. South Kivu Governor Augustin Bulaimu was dismissed April 25 for poor management and large-scale embezzlement. Post welcomes[...] |
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 el[...] |
2005-12-14 19:07:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT KCOR IZ |
| 05LAGOS1543 | LAGOS ANTICORRUPTION UNIT REQUESTS USG TECHNICAL [...]mmary. (C) The Lagos branch of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) met with the G8 Anticorruption/Transparency pilot t[...] |
2005-10-05 07:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR KCRM ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI |
| 05LILONGWE1043 | MALAWI TELECOMMUNICATIONS PRIVATIZED AT LAST [...]BU) After a delay that started last August, Malawi's telecom provider has been sold to a consortium of local companies for $29 million[...] |
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 [...]BU) At what should have been a largely pro-forma meeting on 15 December, the board of Malawi Telecommunications Ltd. (MTL) voted down [...] |
2005-12-19 07:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR ECPS ECON MI |
| 05LILONGWE107 | MALAWI REIGNING IN PARASTATALS, PUSHING [...]BU) President Bingu wa Mutharika has recently reactivated the GOM's privatization program with a public speech strongly endorsing the [...] |
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 [...]) Malawi's president used Malawi's Anti-Corruption Day on February 5 as a platform to reaffirm his stance against corruption and to us[...] |
2005-02-10 14:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EINV KCOR PGOV KMCA MI |
| 05LILONGWE179 | UDF OFFICIALS CRY FOUL, DEFEND PARTY [...]UMMARY. In a February 17 meeting with the donor community, four United Democratic Front (UDF) officials lashed out bitterly against P[...] |
2005-02-25 11:06:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KCOR PHUM KMCA MI |
| 05LILONGWE341 | MALAWI SCORES FIRST BIG CORRUPTION WIN [...]e mayor of Blantyre, Malawi's largest city, was convicted of theft yesterday. The Blantyre Magistrate's Court sentenced John Chikakwi[...] |
2005-04-21 06:11:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCOR PREL KMCA MI |
| 05LILONGWE438 | EDUCATION MINISTER ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION [...]n May 17 President Bingu wa Mutharika fired Education Minister Yusuf Mwawa after Mwawa was charged with using government funds for his[...] |
2005-05-23 08:42:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 05LILONGWE448 | GOVERNMENT CLOSES FINANCE BANK OF MALAWI [...]) In a move that took the Malawian business community by surprise, the GOM revoked the license of Finance Bank of Malawi (FBM) and clo[...] |
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 [...]UMMARY: Bingu wa Mutharika's first year as President of Malawi has seen ups and downs. The questionable nature of the May 2004 presid[...] |
2005-05-31 14:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR ECON KPAO MI |
| 05LILONGWE508 | MALAWI IMPEACHMENT RUMORS SWIRL [...]) Long-standing rumors of an impeachment attempt in Parliament have gained some credibility recently. The President's former party is[...] |
2005-06-16 12:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KDEM PGOV KCOR MI |
| 05LILONGWE540 | SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT COLLAPSES DURING IMPEACHMENT [...]) Summary: The Speaker of Parliament collapsed on the House floor on June 23 as MPs debated procedures for possible Presidential impea[...] |
2005-06-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI |
| 05LILONGWE555 | SPEAKER DIES AS PRESIDENT BLASTS OPPOSITION [...]) Summary: The Speaker of Parliament passed away late on June 27, after suffering a heart attack on the house floor on June 23. This [...] |
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 [...][...] |
2005-06-29 14:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI POL MIL |
| 05LILONGWE577 | PARLIAMENT RECONVENES TO FOCUS ON BUDGET [...]rliament reconvened on Thursday, July 7, to focus on passing the budget for 2005/06. This is the first meeting of Parliament since th[...] |
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 [...]BU) A controversial constitutional ammendment (reftel) supported by the full force of both opposition parties was rejected in Parliame[...] |
2005-07-20 11:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI |
| 05LILONGWE649 | PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES CABINET; SIDELINES [...]BU) Summary: President Mutharika has reorganized his Cabinet, removing the portfolio of Vice-President Chilumpha and demoting the Mini[...] |
2005-08-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL TBIO MI |
| 05LILONGWE930 | MALAWI ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...]BU) In a recent conference with Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau, director Gustave Kaliwo described the status of his agency's new and [...] |
2005-10-25 09:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KCOR EINV KHLS MI |
| 05LIMA4341 | PERUVIAN PARTICIPATION AT APEC EXPORT CONTROL [...]is is an action request. Please see para 3. ¶2. As requested in reftel, we spoke with Ambassador Juan Capunay, Director o[...] |
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 Preven[...] |
2005-02-01 10:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR PINR SI |
| 05LJUBLJANA840 | REFERENDUM INITIATIVE KEEPS ANTI-CORRUPTION [...]BU) Summary: A last ditch attempt to call a referendum on this issue has delayed the Government's plan to abolish Slovenia's independ[...] |
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 w[...] |
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 extort[...] |
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 jo[...] |
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 t[...] |
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, whil[...] |
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 instigatio[...] |
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 th[...] |
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[...] |
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" (i[...] |
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 eco[...] |
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. Desp[...] |
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 Ga[...] |
2005-06-14 03:30:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCOR ECON RP |
| 05MANILA2730 | FIRMS PERCEIVE PERVASIVE [...]ummary: A recently released "Social Weather Station" survey indicated that Filipino business executives perceive a "very high" and &[...] |
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 majo[...] |
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[...] |
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 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 [...] |
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 Ombu[...] |
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 Ba[...] |
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 dismiss[...] |
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 name[...] |
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 closu[...] |
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 se[...] |
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 Ba[...] |
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 th[...] |
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 addi[...] |
2005-01-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL MARR ECON PINR RP |
| 05MAPUTO106 | Mozambique: Request for FY 2005 ESF funding [...]mmary: Post requests USD 700,000 for FY2005 to fund efforts to combat official corruption by promoting integrity and transparency with[...] |
2005-01-21 10:49:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MZ KCOR ELAB ESF |
| 05MAPUTO1138 | MOZAMBIQUE: MINISTER SACKS HEAD OF NATIONAL [...]) On August 3, Mozambican Labor Minister Helena Taipo dismissed Elina Mafuiane Gomes as Director General of the Social Security Nation[...] |
2005-09-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL MZ |
| 05MAPUTO1176 | MOZAMBIQUE - AUGUST ECONOMIC DIGEST [...]) The following is a brief summary of significant economic issues in Mozambique in August 2005. We provide it as a supplement to our o[...] |
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 [...]ibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"), the man convicted of leading the hit squad responsible for the November 2000 assassination of [...] |
2005-01-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS MZ KCOR KCRM |
| 05MAPUTO1334 | MOZAMBIQUE: NEW CHIEF FOR RESTRUCTURED [...]BU) Summary: On September 9 the controversial head of Mozambique's Anti-Corruption Unit, Assistant Attorney General Isabel Rupia, was [...] |
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 [...] October 21 the Director of Maputo Central Prison, Jorge Microsse, was fatally shot in the Pequenos Libombos area of Boane district, a[...] |
2005-10-28 07:57:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM MZ PGOV PHUM |
| 05MAPUTO1424 | MOZAMBIQUE: WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN'S SON KIDNAPPED; [...]) Sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. Not for internet distribution. ¶2. (U) According to reports in t[...] |
2005-11-01 14:27:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KCOR SNAR PHUM MZ |
| 05MAPUTO1569 | MOZAMBIQUE: ANIBALZINHO RETRIAL BEGINS; DEFENDANT [...]e retrial of Anibal dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"), the man convicted of leading the hit squad responsible for the November 2000 as[...] |
2005-12-06 12:15:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCOR PREL PHUM MZ |
| 05MAPUTO1586 | MOZAMBIQUE: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...][...] |
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 semi[...] |
2005-12-27 05:38:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL MZ |
| 05MAPUTO559 | MOZAMBIQUE - CORRUPTION UPDATE [...]) Summary: Mozambique has a serious corruption problem. The former Chissano government did little to confront the problem despite repe[...] |
2005-05-05 12:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM EAID MZ |
| 05MAPUTO692 | MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA'S 100-DAY VICTORY LAP [...]BU) President Guebuza has spent the first 100 days in office traveling the length of the country, bolstering support for himself and t[...] |
2005-06-03 10:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MZ KCOR HIV AIDS PEPFAR |
| 05MINSK851 | THE BANKING SECTOR, BELARUSIAN STYLE [...]mmary: The banking system in Belarus is characterized by its underdevelopment, lack of foreign competition, and constant government in[...] |
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 rapi[...] |
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 offici[...] |
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 thou[...] |
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 [...]his is a Joint Embassy-USAID message. ¶2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya performed reasonably well in meeting the quantitative and [...] |
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 [...]) SUMMARY: A just-announced UK travel ban on Minister of Transport Murungaru has dominated the media, and provoked a flurry of GOK cr[...] |
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[...] |
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 wer[...] |
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[...] |
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 [...] |
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 [...]UMMARY. Health Minister Charity Ngilu confided to the Ambassador August 10 that she has lost faith in the Kibaki government's commitm[...] |
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 cross[...] |
2005-09-22 06:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID KCOR PGOV KE |
| 05NAIROBI4384 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...]) I met alone with President Kibaki for 40 minutes October 19. The meeting was prompted by the decision in Washington earlier this w[...] |
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 ba[...] |
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 [...]) Summary. Following an apparent leak from within the Kenyan government, news of the U.S. travel ban on Kenyan Transport Minister Dr.[...] |
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 o[...] |
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 pro[...] |
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 Keny[...] |
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 [...]) Summary. President Kibaki met with me and three other chiefs of mission on November 25. The COMs praised the government,s handlin[...] |
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 Foreig[...] |
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 [...] |
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 appo[...] |
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 consen[...] |
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 [...]n the June 14-16 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB), the Tour de Table of recent enforcement developments (see Paras. [...] |
2005-07-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR ECON ETRD EINV PREL UK OECD |
| 05PRAGUE1275 | CZECH CORRUPTION FIGHTER UNDER ATTACK BY JUSTICE [...]MMARY. (C) In the midst of a very public battle between Justice Minister Pavel Nemec and the Supreme State Prosecutor (Attorney Gener[...] |
2005-09-01 15:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ KCOR |
| 05PRAGUE1329 | CZECH CORRUPTION: BAD, AND UNLIKELY TO GET BETTER [...]UMMARY. In light of several recent Czech corruption scandals, post offers the following snapshot of the issue. Internal statistics, as[...] |
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 [...] |
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, [...] |
2005-06-10 18:26:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR PREL ECON EC |
| 05QUITO1507 | ROADBLOCKS MANY TO GUTIERREZ RETURN [...]MMARY. Former Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez has announced his intention to return to Ecuador to confront those who deposed him. [...] |
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 backgrou[...] |
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 Pr[...] |
2005-01-28 22:12:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL PHUM EC |
| 05QUITO650 | UN ENVOY'S VISIT: ALL POTATOES, NO MEAT [...]UMMARY: Attempting to spur dialog toward an eventual solution to Ecuador's ongoing court crisis, UN Rapporteur Leandro Despouy visite[...] |
2005-03-22 22:12:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR EC |
| 05RABAT2258 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...]he Government of Morocco's 2006 appropriation bill forecasts a 5.4 percent growth rate and a two percent inflation rate, with oil at $[...] |
2005-11-02 17:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN KCOR KIPR MO |
| 05RIODEJANEIRO1118 | Garotinho: President-in-Waiting or Political Exile? [...]mmary. Despite a series of polls and articles discussing the presidential chances of Rio de Janeiro's popular and populist ex-governo[...] |
2005-10-06 17:26:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR BR |
| 05RIODEJANEIRO1228 | Garotinho Scores Victory, Loses Ground [...]mmary. Despite winning a narrow victory in the Regional Electoral Tribunal (TRE) that restored his political rights, Anthony Garotinho[...] |
2005-12-02 16:21:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR BR |
| 05SANAA106 | ADEN PORT: YEMEN MISSES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY [...]BU) In a briefing to donors on January 10, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan an[...] |
2005-01-17 10:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KCOR YM COM |
| 05SANAA144 | RECENT JUDICIAL RESHUFFLE: REFORM OR VANDETTA [...]) Summary. Most legal experts view a recent reshuffle of the Yemeni judiciary by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) more as a vendetta[...] |
2005-01-25 11:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KMPI KMCA KCOR YM KHUM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 05SANAA277 | DECLINING OIL AND PARLIAMENTARY INTERVENTION [...]) Summary: Yemen's oil production is steadily declining, and may drop below 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2005. (Note: Production r[...] |
2005-02-12 06:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET KCOR ECON YM COM ENERGY |
| 05SANAA37 | ECONOMIC REFORM PART DEUX: ROYG MAKING LIMITED [...]) Summary. During a rancorous Parliamentary session on December 26, Prime Minister Ba Jammal's bodyguards ushered him out of the build[...] |
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 [...]mmary: On February 24, Undersecretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, explored at a roundtable with Yemeni NGOs areas where the [...] |
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 [...]) Summary and comment: In a cordial and open meeting on March 13 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alawi al-Salami, A[...] |
2005-03-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV ECON YM KMCC COM |
| 05SANAA9 | MCC VISITS SANAA: YEMEN ON THE THRESHOLD [...]BU) Summary. USAID Millennium Challenge Account Secretariat Representatives Bryan Kurtz and Steve Feldstein SIPDIS an[...] |
2005-01-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA KCOR PGOV YM KMEPI ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 05SANJOSE2787 | COSTA RICA REPORTING ON OTHER FOREIGN BRIBERY [...]ummary. It has been a year since the story of scandal broke out and there is no sign yet of any criminal charges. On September 28, 20[...] |
2005-12-05 22:30:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCOR BEXP ETRD EINV ECON PGOV CS |
| 05SANSALVADOR2930 | EL SALVADOR'S COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, A WEAK [...]) Summary: El Salvador's supreme audit institution is the Comptroller,s Office (Corte de Cuentas). It is a nominally-independent bo[...] |
2005-10-27 20:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2964 | AMBASSADOR RAISES SUMMIT, ETHICS DECREE, FDR [...]C) Summary: On October 31, the Ambassador met with President Saca to review GOES support at the upcoming Summit of the Americas, the [...] |
2005-11-01 18:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KSUM KCOR EINV ETRD ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3215 | EL SALVADOR: FDR LOSES BATTLE FOR OFFICIAL STATUS [...]) SUMMARY: On October 27, El Salvador's Supreme Electoral Council (TSE) threw out some 12,000 invalid signatures out of approximatel[...] |
2005-11-14 23:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL KCOR ELECTIONS |
| 05SANTODOMINGO1570 | DOMINICAN CONGRESS AND SUPREME COURT PUNISH [...]BU) SUMMARY. The ongoing battle against corruption in the Dominican Republic saw two important victories as Congress stripped the Con[...] |
2005-03-19 18:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS KCOR PGOV SNAR DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO1929 | DOMINICAN POLITICS #20: OPPOSITION PRD STRUGGLES [...]BU) This is #20 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: The Opposition PRD Struggles for a Come[...] |
2005-04-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4386 | DOMINICAN CUSTOMS SUSPENDS EXPRESS CLEARANCES FOR [...]ummary. A Dominican government initiative to reform customs handling and to institute closer controls against fraud briefly disrupted[...] |
2005-09-23 11:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BEXP EFIN KCOR DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4387 | DOMINICAN POLICE COMMAND AND TRAINING CLOUDED BY [...]) Summary: Deputy police chief Brig. Gen. Guzman Fermin (protect source) told DCM on September 19 that Interior and Police Minister Fr[...] |
2005-09-23 11:19:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR VE CU SNAR PGOV KCOR PHUM PREL |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4567 | DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PUSHES CAREER TRACK FOR [...]) Summary. On September 28, General Secretaries of the three dominant political parties in the Dominican Republic met publicly to resp[...] |
2005-10-07 11:29:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KCOR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4689 | DOMINICAN POLITICS II #2: OFFICIAL PASSPORTS, INC [...][...] |
2005-10-19 11:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR DR EAID |
| 05SANTODOMINGO471 | DOMINICAN INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH [...]) Summary: Dominican Interior Secretary Franklin Almeyda, meeting with the Ambassador, Embassy staff, and City of New York Police Dep[...] |
2005-02-01 18:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN KJUS SNAR KCOR PTER EFIN PGOV PREL BEXP ASEC DR |
| 05SOFIA1207 | (U) BULGARIAN ORGANIZED CRIME (C-CN5-00054) [...]) This cable is in response to ref A request for information about organized crime in Bulgaria and the Balkans. Where direct sources are not cited, co[...] |
2005-07-07 07:59:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KCRM PGOV EINV ECON KCOR BU |
| 05SOFIA187 | BULGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SIGNS SUSPECT [...]) SUMMARY. Despite a letter from the Ambassador questioning the adequacy of the process used to select the winning bidder, Defense Min[...] |
2005-01-31 15:53:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL BEXP ETRD KCOR BU NATO |
| 05SOFIA1882 | BULGARIA'S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME: IS IT [...]) Summary: In the wake of the high-profile killing of banker Emil Kyulev, Bulgarian authorities have begun a crackdown on organized cr[...] |
2005-11-02 15:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EINV ECON KCOR KCRM BU |
| 05SOFIA2054 | BULGARIA'S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME: BUSINESS [...]) Summary: The Bulgarian government has little to show for its effort to crack down on organized crime six weeks after the killing of [...] |
2005-12-14 11:51:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON KCOR KCRM BU |
| 05SOFIA2089 | SHADES OF GRAY: BULGARIA'S UNDERGROUND ECONOMY [...]SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's thriving underground economy is one of the few cloudy areas in an otherwise bright macroeconomic outlook. M[...] |
2005-12-22 05:20:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KCOR KCRM BU EUN |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA1349 | THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: HONDURAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM [...]) SUMMARY: It is possible that the National Congress may remove the Attorney General (AG) Ovidio Navarro and Deputy AG Yuri Melara in[...] |
2005-06-24 14:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PHUM PINR ASEC EAID HO |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA1433 | NO DOUBLE "DIP"PING: SURPRISING RESULTS FOR SOME [...]ith the general election approaching in the fall, a review of the results of Honduras' February primary elections tells an interesting[...] |
2005-07-08 21:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS HO |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA1593 | DEMOCRACY AND DYNASTIES: THE SAGA OF HONDURAN [...]UMMARY: The politics of Honduras have been dominated by a group of dynasties that have controlled the politics in the country for deca[...] |
2005-08-01 22:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR ECON HO |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA2372 | FEMINISM, CRONYISM, AND HONDURAN ELECTIONS: THE [...]UMMARY: With Honduran national elections taking place November 27, polls are beginning to flesh out what shape the 128-seat Honduran [...] |
2005-11-23 00:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR KWMN PINR ECON HO |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA366 | HONDURAS: POST SUPPORTS CUSTOMS SERVICE REQUEST [...]is is an action request; please see para 3. ¶2. On February 10, Post received a written request, dated January 31, 2005, f[...] |
2005-02-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON KCOR ETRD PGOV PINR KMCA KJUS HO |
| 05VIENNA2698 | CENTRAL EUROPEAN INTERIOR MINISTERS PLEDGE TO [...]U) SUMMARY: At the annual meeting of the "Salzburg Forum" (an informal conference of Central European Interior Minis[...] |
2005-08-11 09:43:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KCOR KCRM SMIG EZ HU PL LO SI RO BU AU EUN |
| 05VILNIUS58 | LITHUANIA'S JUSTICE MINISTER PLEDGES CONTINUITY [...]BU) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Gintautas Buzinskas, meeting with Ambassador Mull on January 14, pledged continuity in his Ministry and [...] |
2005-01-18 15:59:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KNAR PREL LH |
| 06ABUDHABI2927 | IRAQ'S ILLICIT FUEL TRADE [...]/NF) Embassy and Congen's best estimate is that the illicit fuel trade with Iraq (both black market and gray market) continues primari[...] |
2006-07-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET EFIN KCOR IZ AE |
| 06ABUJA1860 | PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR CLAIMS VINDICATION [...]) Summary. Plateau State Governor Dariye, in his first meeting with US officials since 2004, tried to put a positive spin on his last[...] |
2006-07-19 14:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR NI |
| 06ABUJA1959 | THE ROAD TO CALABAR [...]ummary. Emboffs recently took an overland trip from Abuja to Enugu, and then onward to Calabar, traveling on 2 of Nigeria's 3 "nation[...] |
2006-07-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN PHUM KCOR ASEC NI |
| 06ABUJA2007 | SPECULATIONS REGARDING NGOZI'S RESIGNATION [...]U) As reported reftel, Nigerian Foreign Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala tendered her resignation on August 3. This follows her unexpecte[...] |
2006-08-04 14:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PREL KCOR NI |
| 06ABUJA2349 | OBASANJO MOVES TO IMPEACH ATIKU [...]C) SUMMARY: Late on September 6, the results of an investigation requested by President Olusegun Obasanjo into alleged corrupt practi[...] |
2006-09-08 11:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS |
| 06ABUJA2766 | IMPEACHMENT LEADS TO VIOLENCE AND CONFUSION IN [...]C) Summary: Efforts to impeach Governor Joshua Dariye in Plateau State have exacerbated long simmering intra-state political rivalri[...] |
2006-10-18 10:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM KCOR NI |
| 06ABUJA2773 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT AND VP VOLLEY ALLEGATIONS [...]) SUMMARY. The public volley of corruption accusations and abuse of office continues between Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and[...] |
2006-10-18 16:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR NI |
| 06ABUJA2896 | NIGERIA: DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION PLAN LEAKED [...]) SUMMARY. A leaked Presidential succession strategy from within the Villa outlines a strategy for PDP political domination in Nigeri[...] |
2006-11-03 13:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR NI |
| 06ABUJA483 | CORRUPTION: NIGERIA "IMPROVES" TO SIXTH-WORST IN [...] (U) Transparency International recently released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2005, showing that there are now five co[...] |
2006-02-28 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM CVIS NI |
| 06ALMATY1437 | ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING IN KAZAKHSTAN - [...]BU) Summary: In conjunction with pending anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, INL sponsored an AML study tour for Kazakhstani parl[...] |
2006-04-20 08:42:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ |
| 06ALMATY1960 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S PATTERSON'S MEETINGS WITH GOK [...]BU) Summary: During a May 12 visit to Astana, INL A/S Anne Patterson, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, secured agreement with the Vi[...] |
2006-06-03 03:09:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ |
| 06ALMATY2191 | KAZAKHSTAN: PROCURATOR GENERAL'S OFFICE WANTS CHANGE IN [...]BU) Summary: INL funded a conference on improving the collection of crime statistics, organized by the Procurator General's Office in [...] |
2006-06-21 08:45:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
| 06ALMATY3002 | KAZAKHSTAN: AUTHORITIES FREE 21 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS [...]ummary: On August 14, Astana city policemen announced that they had freed 21 Tajik citizens from confinement by an Astana labor traff[...] |
2006-08-23 11:12:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL PINT KZ TJ |
| 06ALMATY3102 | KAZAKHSTAN: POTPOURRI OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CASES [...]ummary: The following is a collection of media reports on various types of TIP ranging from debt servitude to sex tourism. End summar[...] |
2006-09-02 07:59:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PINS PGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KZ |
| 06AMMAN9005 | FIRST CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES TO THE UN [...]SBU) SUMMARY: USDEL to the 1st Conference of the States Parties (COSP) to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) ) held December[...] |
2006-12-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCOR KCRM JO |
| 06ANKARA4406 | TURKEY AND IRAQ'S ILLICIT AND LICIT FUEL TRADE [...]C) Summary: Illegal fuel product trade in Turkey is significant and an issue of great concern to the Turkish Government, but we are no[...] |
2006-08-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET KCOR TU IZ |
| 06ASHGABAT899 | SUBJECT: IT TAKES A TOUGH MAN'S SON TO MAKE A [...]C) Turkmenistan continues to get curiouser and curiouser. The embattled but profitable German-Turkmenistan Joint Venture "Shohrat" ch[...] |
2006-08-24 03:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EINV KCOR PREL PGOV PHUM TX GM |
| 06ASTANA188 | KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTER-NARCOTICS GOES UPTEMPO [...]mmary: Kazakhstan is increasing its anti-narcotics efforts in the capital and increasingly throughout the country. The "Astana - Dru[...] |
2006-10-18 10:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
| 06ASTANA590 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2006-2007 INSCR, PART I [...]n response to reftel instructions, the text of Part 1 of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) for Kaz[...] |
2006-11-17 06:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
| 06ASTANA591 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2006-2007 INSCR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] response to reftel instructions, the text of Part II of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR), Financ[...] |
2006-11-17 06:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM KCOR KTFN KZ |
| 06ASTANA689 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEFACTO DELAY IN AML LAW? [...]mmary: Enactment of an extension of the Property Legalization Law until April 1, 2007 is likely to create similar delay in the enactme[...] |
2006-11-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ |
| 06ASTANA88 | KAZAKHSTAN: INL QUARTERLY REPORT [...]mmary: INL conducted activities in anti-money laundering, border security, anti-trafficking, crime statistics, and counter-narcotics [...] |
2006-10-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
| 06ASUNCION1275 | PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENTS' CORRUPTION CASES HIGHLIGHT [...]) SUMMARY: Seventeen years into its transition to democracy, respect for the rule of law remains an elusive ideal for the Paraguayan[...] |
2006-12-29 16:15:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCRM KCOR PREL PINR PA |
| 06BAGHDAD101 | DPM CHALABI UPDATES ON ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE [...]C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi, serving at that time as acting Minister of Oil (MoO), hosted a status[...] |
2006-01-11 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PREL KCOR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1024 | TOUR D'HORIZON FROM HIGHER JURIDICAL COUNCIL [...]S) Summary. Judge Medhat al-Mahmud, President of the Iraqi Higher Juridical Council and Chief Justice of the Iraqi Federal Supreme Co[...] |
2006-03-29 10:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM KCOR KCRM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1197 | FORMER SOMO DIRECTOR GENERAL ON THE IRAQI OIL [...]) Summary: Former Director General of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) Dr. Musab al-Dujayli said that the Fadhila party was[...] |
2006-04-13 02:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1216 | SOMO PLANS TO IMPROVE EXPORT EARNINGS [...]) Summary: The newly-appointed Director General of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) requested USG assistance in upgrading p[...] |
2006-04-13 19:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL TU IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1244 | BEGINNING MUCH-NEEDED FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM [...][...] |
2006-04-17 11:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD KCOR KDEM KPRV PGOV IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1286 | CAUTIOUS BEGINNINGS TO FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM [...]C) Summary: Evidence on the ground indicates that the GOI intends to reform -- and eventually eliminate -- its Public Distribution Sy[...] |
2006-04-20 10:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD KCOR KDEM KPRV PGOV IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD13 | BAYJI REFINERY FUEL DISTRIBUTION RESTARTED [...]/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Chalabi, who is now the acting Minister of Oil, informed us the Bayji blockade has be[...] |
2006-01-02 16:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV KCOR PINR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1498 | PRT BAGHDAD: OFFICE OF MARTYR SADR ATTEMPTING TO [...]) During a conversation with PRT representative, Karada District Council (DC) Chairman Mohammed Al-Rubiey commented that the Office of[...] |
2006-05-07 04:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER ENRG ECON KCOR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1552 | SHAHRISTANI: PORTRAIT OF AN OIL MINISTER-IN-WAITING [...]S) Summary: Dr. Husayn Shahristani, under consideration by some in the United Iraqi Coalition (UIC) to become Oil Minister, shared his[...] |
2006-05-10 03:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG KCOR PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD1620 | SISTANI CONFIDANTE URGES HELP FOR PM-DESIGNATE [...]) Summary: In a May 11 conversation with PolCouns, Najaf cleric Emad Kalanter told PolCouns that Muqtada al- Sadr sees the benefits o[...] |
2006-05-16 09:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2004 | NEW TRADE MINISTER STRONG ON PDS REFORM AND TRADE [...]C) SUMMARY. On June 5, new Minister of Trade Abd al-Falah al-Sudani shared with Ambassador his strong support for reform of the Public[...] |
2006-06-14 04:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAID KCOR PGOV IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2204 | MALIKI TAKING SMALL, UNCERTAIN STEPS ON CORRUPTION [...]) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting with Charge d'Affaires Speckhard and EconCouns, Prime Minister Maliki requested USG expertise and assi[...] |
2006-06-26 06:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR PREL PINR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2278 | FUEL PRICE PUBLIC AWARENESS: A STRUGGLE FOR [...]C) Summary. Embassy efforts beginning in January to help the Iraqis produce public service messages on economic themes have exposed t[...] |
2006-06-29 06:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KCOR PINR PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2380 | TRADE MINISTER FIGHTING FOOD SUBSIDY CORRUPTION [...]C) Summary: Trade Minister Al-Sudani told us on July 3 that he is ready to install electronic tracking systems in the Ministry of Tra[...] |
2006-07-07 12:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD KCOR PINR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD2381 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF COMMERCE VISIT TO IRAQ [...]) Summary. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez's visit to Iraq provides an opportunity to press the GOI for action on economic reform tha[...] |
2006-07-07 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD KBCT KCOR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3257 | DPM SALIH'S ENERGY RETREAT ADVANCES HYDROCARBON [...][...] |
2006-09-05 04:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
| 06BAGHDAD3506 | PM,S OFFICE NOTES PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI-CORRUPION [...]) SUMMARY: During a meeting on September 14 with the State Department Inspector General, Charge, and EconCouns, the Prime Minister's C[...] |
2006-09-19 12:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD3653 | SHAHRISTANI ON THE HYDROCARBON LAW - THE WAY AHEAD [...]) Summary. Ambassador met September 28 with Oil Minister Shahristani to discuss the status of the Hydrocarbon Law. Shahristani confirm[...] |
2006-09-29 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
| 06BAGHDAD3654 | AMBASSADDOR'S 9/27 MEETING WITH DPM BARHAM SALIH - [...] C) Summary: Ambassador met September 27 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih to discuss prospects for the hydrocarbon law. Barham [...] |
2006-09-29 15:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
| 06BAGHDAD403 | IRAQI MINISTRIES AGREE -- AD REF -- ON [...]SBU) Embassy Media Development Officer attended a February 6 meeting convened by Mohammed al-Asadi, director of the Government Communi[...] |
2006-02-10 08:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EFIN ECON KCOR KPAO OPRC IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD405 | POLITICAL POWER - AND REVENUE - GRAB AT OIL [...]/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Dr. Musab al-Dujayli (strictly protect), Director General (DG) of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO), [...] |
2006-02-10 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET KCOR PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD41 | AN IRAQI PUBLIC-EDUCATION STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC [...]SBU) Summary: Embassy, the British Department for International Development (DFID) in Baghdad, and the GOI are developing an economic[...] |
2006-01-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PGOV PINS KCOR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4342 | KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS ON [...] REL GBR) Summary. In a November 19 meeting with Economic Minister Counselor, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nech[...] |
2006-11-25 12:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
| 06BAGHDAD4370 | APPARENT BREAKTHROUGH ON HYDROCARBON LAW AT [...]) Summary. Apparent breakthroughs on the issues of contracting, arbitration and arrangements for revenue sharing have raised a real pr[...] |
2006-11-27 17:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
| 06BAGHDAD4407 | PRT TIKRIT: POWER, CORRUPTION, AND AQIZ IN SALAH [...]) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. ¶2. (C) SUMMARY. The disintegration of the social fabric of Salah ad Din (SaD[...] |
2006-11-30 05:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PTER KCOR KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD4512 | SHAHRISTANI UNLIKELY TO ADHERE TO SCHEDULE OF IMF [...] REL GBR) Summary: At the November 2-5 Government of Iraq (GOI) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Amman, Jordan, Ministe[...] |
2006-12-11 06:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
| 06BAGHDAD475 | GOI, EMBASSY AND DFID EXPECTING BIDS FOR [...]SBU) On February 12, Embassy ECON and PAS, together with the Iraqi Government Communications Directorate (GCD) and the UK's Department[...] |
2006-02-15 17:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EFIN PGOV ECON KCOR KPAO OPRC IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD48 | OIL SECTOR IN CENTER OF CONFLICT [...]C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Chalabi, who is now the acting Minister of both Oil and Finance, hosted a status rev[...] |
2006-01-06 14:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV KCOR PINR EFIN IZ PO TU |
| 06BAGHDAD495 | DPM CHALABI ON OIL MINISTRY CORRUPTION AND KURDISH [...]C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi, newly provided with expanded authority over the energy sector, is wrestli[...] |
2006-02-16 17:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD515 | IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...]C) Summary. Maysoon Ahmad Bekr, head of women's programs for the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP), and Shatha Abd al-Razzak, IIP member of t[...] |
2006-02-18 21:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KDEM KWMN IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD516 | FORMER EXILE IRAQI BUSINESSMAN DESCRIBES [...]C) Summary. Former exile Iraqi businessman Muhanned Eshaiker, cousin to Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari, described the challenges of do[...] |
2006-02-19 04:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KCOR IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD745 | MINISTRY OF OIL OFFICIAL -- LACK OF SECURITY IS [...]C) SUMMARY: Dr Radwan Al-Sa'adi (Please protect), a Director General at the Ministry of Oil, confirmed that lack of security reduced[...] |
2006-03-08 14:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET IZ KCOR PINR |
| 06BAGHDAD750 | CORRUPTION IN THE IRAQI OIL MINSTRY FAVORS FADHILA [...]S/REL UK) Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) Director General Mussab al-Dujayli (strictly protect) told US and UK Emboffs t[...] |
2006-03-09 03:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV KCOR ECON EPET KCRM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD766 | IRAQ ENERGY COUNCIL ADDRESSES FUEL SHORTAGE [...]C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council (NEC) directed that fuel be moved by rail from Bayji to Baghdad March 9. DPM Chalabi said he[...] |
2006-03-09 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KCOR MOPS |
| 06BAGHDAD777 | ABD AL-MAHDI'S ADVISORS CONTEMPLATE CONFERENCE ON [...]) In a March 7 conversation, Zuhair Humadi, Kadhim Shubber, and Fareed Yasseen, advisors to Deputy President (DP) Adel Abd al-Mahdi, t[...] |
2006-03-10 18:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT KCOR KDEM IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD825 | ECONOMIC-REFORM PUBLIC EDUCATION UPDATE [...]rom the $2 million recently allocated by the Department (reftel), we have hired two Iraqi media companies to produce television spots [...] |
2006-03-15 05:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EPET KCOR KPAO PGOV IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD917 | ZELIKOW-CHALABI DISCUSSION: GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES [...]C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: In a March 16 discussion with Department of State (DoS) Counselor Philip Zelikow, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) [...] |
2006-03-20 17:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ PGOV PREL KCOR |
| 06BAKU1083 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...]) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov, the Ambassador discussed Azerbaijan's cooperation wi[...] |
2006-07-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR KCRM SOCI AJ |
| 06BAKU1085 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...]) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov, the Ambassador discussed Azerbaijan's cooperation wi[...] |
2006-07-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR KCRM SOCI AJ |
| 06BAKU1124 | AZERBAIJAN: HAJI MAMMADOV KIDNAPPING RING TRIAL [...]) SUMMARY: The trial of former Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Criminal Investigation Division Haji Mammadov and his 2[...] |
2006-08-01 05:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KCOR KCRM KJUS AJ |
| 06BELGRADE673 | SERBIAN TELECOMS REGULATOR OFF TO A ROCKY START [...]wo years after the passage of the Serbian Law on Telecommunications, the Republic Telecommunications Agency was established and finall[...] |
2006-05-03 08:44:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS PGOV EFIN BTIO KPRV KCOR SR MW |
| 06BERLIN1937 | GERMAN VIEWS ON S/P INITIATIVE, "PARTNERSHIP FOR [...]C) Summary: S/P Director Dr. Stephen Krasner consulted with German officials June 29 on the "Partnership for Better Governance" initi[...] |
2006-07-11 08:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KCRS KMCA KMPI GM |
| 06BISHKEK1741 | A TALE OF CORRUPTION IN THE KYRGYZ PRIVATIZATION [...]C) Summary: Deputy Parliament Speaker Alymbekov revealed to Ambassador aspects of a murky privatization deal for the Kyrgyz tin and tu[...] |
2006-12-11 10:54:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ECON EINV EMIN KG |
| 06BISHKEK1775 | A KYRGYZ LINK TO RUSSIAN BANKER'S DEATH? [...]C) In a conversation with emboff concerning Kyrgyz Central Bank operations (septel), former Kyrgyz Central Bank governor Ulan Sarbanov[...] |
2006-12-19 04:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KCOR KCRM KG |
| 06BISHKEK419 | KYRGYZ MOB FIGURE MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO [...]SBU) SUMMARY: On March 21, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced that it had approved the candidate registration of notorio[...] |
2006-03-27 10:38:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR PREL KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK435 | BUSINESS AS USUAL - KYRGYZ PRIVATE SECTOR [...]C) SUMMARY: Although corruption seemed to subside immediately after the March, 2005 overthrow of the Akayev government, local and for[...] |
2006-03-30 11:13:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV PREL KCRM EAID ECON KG |
| 06BISHKEK436 | CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION REVOKES REGISTRATION [...]SBU) On March 30, the Central Election Commission voted 10-0 to revoke the candidate registration of notorious mob boss Ryspek Akmatba[...] |
2006-03-30 11:44:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KCOR PREL KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK457 | BISHKEK SCENESETTER FOR SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...]C) Ambassador Boucher, thank you for your willingness to come to Bishkek. Your visit comes as Kyrgyzstan still struggles to make sens[...] |
2006-04-05 12:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KCOR KCRM EINV KG |
| 06BISHKEK502 | VISIT OF SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER TO BISHKEK [...]C) During a series of meetings on April 11, SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher urged the Kyrgyz Government to move forward on con[...] |
2006-04-17 08:46:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR EAID ECON KG |
| 06BISHKEK503 | CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION REFUSING TO CERTIFY [...]C) SUMMARY: On April 10, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Tuigunaly Abdraimov announced that the CEC would not certify orga[...] |
2006-04-17 10:15:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCRM KCOR KG |
| 06BISHKEK504 | GOVERNMENT STICKING TO PARTY LINE ON BAISALOV [...]U) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. ¶2. (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with Ambassador Yovanovitch to[...] |
2006-04-17 10:55:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR KG |
| 06BRATISLAVA974 | PM FICO ON AFGHANISTAN, SIS, CORRUPTION, U.S. VISIT [...]C) On the margins of a three-hour long Christmas party he hosted December 18 for the diplomatic corps, Prime Minister Robert Fico told[...] |
2006-12-19 12:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ETRD AF LO |
| 06BUCHAREST1171 | THREE ROMANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS AND GENERAL [...]) Three Romanian Intelligence Chiefs and the General Prosecutor resigned July 20 and 21 amid a media frenzy over Omar Hayssam's disapp[...] |
2006-07-21 17:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1600 | THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN ROMANIA: PASSING [...]) Summary: There is some good news in Bucharest these days in the fight against corruption, a longstanding Romanian vice. There is s[...] |
2006-10-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1667 | ROMANIA WITHDRAWS EU COMMISSIONER NOMINATION, [...]BU) Summary: Romanian senator and Liberal Party spokesperson Varujan Vosganian withdrew his nomination for European Commissioner amid [...] |
2006-10-31 17:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1747 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...]) Summary: FBI Director Robert Mueller's November 14 visit to Bucharest sent a strong message about our continued commitment to our growing partnershi[...] |
2006-11-17 16:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL PGOV KCOR PTER PINR KJUS SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1797 | ROMANIA - ENERGY SCANDAL UNFURLING, AMCIT HELD ON [...]) SUMMARY. An unfolding energy-related scandal is causing turmoil among Romania's political and economic elites, with allegations of [...] |
2006-11-29 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG PGOV KCOR CACS ECON PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1810 | ROMANIAN PM TARICEANU UNDER FIRE AS PNL REVOLT [...]) Summary. A significant number of National Liberal Party (PNL) figures have joined Agriculture Minister Flutur in support of the reb[...] |
2006-12-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1839 | LIBERAL DEPUTY ON PATRICIU SALE OF ROMPETROL [...]) In a 12/8 conversation with Poloff, National Liberal Party (PNL) deputy and youth leader Cristian Adomnitei explained that Rompetrol[...] |
2006-12-08 17:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR ENRG RO |
| 06CAIRO4142 | EGYPT: ETISALAT CONSORTIUM WINS THIRD MOBILE [...]U) Emirati telecommunications corporation Etisalat, in partnership with the Egyptian Post Office, the Commercial International Bank of[...] |
2006-07-05 11:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KCOR KGIT |
| 06CAIRO5287 | EGYPT: THIRD MOBILE LICENSE AGREEMENT SIGNED [...]U) Summary: The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) recently signed a licensing agreement with Egyptian-Emirati co[...] |
2006-08-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KCOR KGIT |
| 06CAIRO6035 | GOOGLE'S VIEWS ON EGYPT'S ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, [...]SBU) Summary: On September 14, Google,s Regional Manager for the Middle East and North Africa Sherif Iskander gave econoff an overview[...] |
2006-09-26 08:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD KCOR KGIT PHUM EG CH |
| 06CAIRO7190 | GRAFT, BRIBES, AND SWEETHEART DEALS: THE RISE (AND [...]BU) Summary: Corruption in Egypt, long a concern of investors, opposition politicians and average Egyptians trying to keep on the goo[...] |
2006-12-20 07:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EG |
| 06COTONOU1231 | BENIN: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS REFERRAL OF TWO [...] December 21, 2006, after examining a report from a parliamentary investigative committee, the Legal Committee of the National Assembl[...] |
2006-12-22 09:26:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN |
| 06COTONOU989 | BENIN'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT COMPACT EBNTERS INTO [...]esident Yayi hosted a major ceremony to mark entry into force of Benin's Millennium Challenge Compact. The compact will focus on four[...] |
2006-10-12 11:48:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KMCA ECON PREL KCOR BN |
| 06COTONOU990 | BENIN: WHEREABOUTS OF CHANTAL DE SOUZA IDOHOU [...]) Please see action request in Paragraph 6. ¶2. (C) On September 28 LTC Alassane BOURANDI, Director of Military Intelligen[...] |
2006-10-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP CVIS KCOR PGOV PINR BN |
| 06DAKAR1608 | PRESIDENT WADE AGREES TO PUT HISSENE HABRE ON [...]C) The African Union (AU) has asked Senegal to adjudicate the case of former Chadian leader Hissene Habre. President Wade has agreed, [...] |
2006-07-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM CD SG |
| 06DAMASCUS3965 | SYRIA,S INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ,S FUEL TRADE [...]) Syrians are involved in both the legal and illicit trade in oil and oil derivatives from Iraq. On the legal side, the Syrian Oil Ma[...] |
2006-08-14 09:53:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EPET KCOR JO KU SY TU IZ AE |
| 06DUSHANBE626 | KHUJAND'S NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL: AIR TRANSPORT GONE WRONG [...]BU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's northern industrial hub Khujand's airport is outdated and lacks adequate security features, but corrupt gov[...] |
2006-04-10 09:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAIR SOCI KCOR TI |
| 06DUSHANBE705 | TAJIKISTAN: WHY MOUNTING CORRUPTION MATTERS [...]U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's mounting corruption exacerbates growing income inequalities and degrades the relatively high human capital l[...] |
2006-04-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV KCOR SOCI TI |
| 06DUSHANBE752 | RAHMONOV'S ANNUAL SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT ELECTION-YEAR [...]U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. ¶2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rahmono[...] |
2006-04-24 09:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EINV SOCI KCOR IR CH RS TI |
| 06DUSHANBE779 | TAJIKISTAN'S SHARIPOV DISCUSSES CORRUPTION, IRAN, RUSSIA, [...]C) The Ambassador met April 26 with Director of the President's Strategic Research Center (SRC) Suhrob Sharipov for a wide-ranging dis[...] |
2006-04-27 08:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG SOCI KCOR KMCA KDEM IR RS |
| 06FREETOWN755 | SIERRA LEONE: LOSING THE BATTLE AGAINST CORRUPTION? [...]) Summary: On August 24, the High Court of Sierra Leone acquitted six defendants accused of procuring an overvalued, non-functional fo[...] |
2006-09-11 18:37:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR UK SL |
| 06GEORGETOWN112 | SHAHEED "ROGER" KHAN: GUYANA'S OWN ESCOBAR? [...]) SUMMARY. Shaheed "Roger" Khan (DOB: 13-Jan-72), Guyana's number one narco-criminal, threatens to exert control over the fragile Guy[...] |
2006-02-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | SNAR PINR PINS PGOV KCRM KCOR NS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN1303 | GUYANA'S TROUBLED FORESTRY SECTOR [...]) Summary: Amid recent public outcry over unscrupulous business practices in Guyana's poorly monitored forestry sector, the Guyana Fo[...] |
2006-12-15 19:42:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAGR EAID PGOV KCOR KFRD XB CH GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN139 | TEIXEIRA SHARES INFORMATION ON SUSPECT VISA SEEKERS [...]) Ambassador met with Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira on January 12 and January 20 to discuss various matters. At the January [...] |
2006-02-09 20:53:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR SMIG KFRD KCOR KCRM GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN208 | GOG TO INVESTIGATE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS IN INTERIOR [...]BU) Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Robeson Benn, informed EconOff on February 28 that mine officers a[...] |
2006-03-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SMIG ELAB CVIS KCRM KCOR GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN224 | GOG REQUESTS ASSISTANCE ON STOLEN WEAPONS [...]) Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon called a meeting with Ambassador on short notice March 3 to discuss the rece[...] |
2006-03-08 14:03:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC MCAP SNAR KCOR KCRM GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN278 | SECRET TAPE, RAID ON DRUG LORD'S ASSETS ROCK GUYANA [...]) SUMMARY. Georgetown is flush with intrigue as a joint army/police team conducted raids March 19-20 on drug lord Shaheed "Roger" Kha[...] |
2006-03-23 20:33:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | SNAR PINS PGOV KCOR KCRM GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN704 | POLICE COMMISSIONER OUT, INTERIM REPLACEMENT TIED [...]) SUMMARY. President Jagdeo and his deputy, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon, separately highlighted to US, UK[...] |
2006-07-17 17:35:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET//NOFORN | SNAR PGOV CVIS KCRM KCOR GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN725 | GOG PICKS CROOKED POLICE CHIEF DESPITE REVOKED VISA [...]) SUMMARY: The GoG moved ahead with its plan to elevate Deputy Commissioner Henry Greene to Acting Police Commissioner, despite his v[...] |
2006-07-24 21:24:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET//NOFORN | SNAR PGOV PINR PREL KCOR GY |
| 06GUATEMALA198 | GUATEMALAN JUDGE DISMISSES CASE AGAINST RIOS MONTT [...]BU) A Guatemalan judge dropped charges of coercion, threats, sedition, and involuntary manslaughter against former army general and de[...] |
2006-02-01 17:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCOR GT |
| 06GUATEMALA247 | GUATEMALAN PROSECUTORS APPEAL RIOS MONTT DECISION [...]) Summary. The Guatemalan Public Ministry is appealing a judge's decision to dismiss charges of threats, coercion, sedition, and invo[...] |
2006-02-07 22:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCOR GT |
| 06GUATEMALA450 | NEW MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATIVE UNIT [...]SBU) Post is coordinating with the GOG regarding support for a new anti-money laundering investigative unit. The multi-agency unit wo[...] |
2006-03-06 18:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN GT KCOR PTER SNAR KTFN |
| 06GUATEMALA769 | BLUE LANTERN END USE CHECKS UNRELIABLE IN [...]SBU) EconOff attempted to conduct a pre-license end-use check on potential US munitions exports to private Guatemalan distributor, Pol[...] |
2006-04-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GT KCOR PM |
| 06HANOI1090 | PMU-18 Corruption Scandal: Donor Response [...]BU) Summary: Following the break of the Project Management Unit 18 (PMU-18) corruption scandal involving a substantial amount of Overs[...] |
2006-05-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV KCOR VM |
| 06HANOI1245 | VIETNAM'S PARTY CONGRESS: CONSERVATIVES AND [...]BU) Analysis of the new membership of the Communist Party of Vietnam's Central Committee and Politburo following the April National Pa[...] |
2006-05-24 04:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR VM |
| 06HANOI2412 | RECENT GVN ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS: SMOKE AND [...]) Summary and Comment: In the wake of several high-profile corruption scandals, the GVN is taking steps, both substantive and symboli[...] |
2006-09-20 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KCOR VM |
| 06HANOI771 | CORRUPTION IN VIETNAM: MINISTER FALLS, PARTY GETS [...]BU) Summary: The media is gleefully reporting a sensational corruption scandal involving millions of dollars in graft that has cost th[...] |
2006-04-04 07:28:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR VM |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY320 | HCMC MEDIA CONTINUES TO PRESS THE REFORM ENVELOPE [...]BU) Summary: In a series of articles that coincided with the recently-concluded 14th Party Plenum, HCMC-based newspapers continued a [...] |
2006-03-28 11:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR ECON VM |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY957 | MILITARY OWNED ENTERPRISES IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...]BU) Summary: Military Owned Enterprises (MOEs) in southern Vietnam are tied in with the Ministry of Defense (MOD) much as other State [...] |
2006-08-25 02:01:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EIND KCOR PINR VM |
| 06JAKARTA11379 | INDONESIA - 2007 BUDGET RAISES SOCIAL SPENDING [...]BU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Rp 746.5 trillion (USD 82.1 billion) draft 2007 budget proposes double digit percent[...] |
2006-09-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID |
| 06JAKARTA11767 | INDONESIA'S ECONOMY - RIGHT DIRECTION, WRONG SPEED [...]mmary. Private sector and Government of Indonesia (GOI) interlocutors expressed optimism about the financial sector's growth and prog[...] |
2006-09-21 09:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID |
| 06JAKARTA12687 | INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY [...]BU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) administration has made important progress in the past year implementing a br[...] |
2006-10-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID |
| 06JAKARTA12775 | PARLIAMENT PASSES 2007 BUDGET [...]BU) Summary. Parliament approved a Rp 763.6 trillion (USD 83.4 billion) FY 2007 budget on October 17. Spending for personnel, materi[...] |
2006-10-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID |
| 06JAKARTA13173 | SHOWDOWN BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND VP OVER REFORM UNIT [...]) President Yudhoyono and Vice President Kalla have skirmished publicly over SBY's decision to advance the President's reform agenda. [...] |
2006-11-09 11:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13233 | BALL IN SBY'S COURT ON REFORM UNIT [...]) With Golkar's November 13-16 annual national leadership meeting as a backdrop, Vice President Jusuf Kalla publicly called for Golkar[...] |
2006-11-17 10:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13450 | DPR PASSES NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL BILL [...]) On December 7, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) unanimously passed a bill requiring the creation of a new presidential [...] |
2006-12-08 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13480 | FINANCE MINISTER ON OPIC, TAX ISSUES, AND NEC [...]BU) Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told the Ambassador on December 14 that the Directorate General of Taxation (DG Tax) would [...] |
2006-12-14 09:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL KCOR ID |
| 06JAKARTA13521 | FORMER MINISTER DETAINED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES [...]) Former Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Rokhmin Dahuri was detained on November 30 in conjunction with a Commission for the Eradicat[...] |
2006-12-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR ID |
| 06JAKARTA2392 | SBY'S ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAM DEALT A SETBACK [...]) Summary. In a verdict that took many observers by surprise, Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Court acquitted three former Bank Mandiri o[...] |
2006-02-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV ID |
| 06JAKARTA3490 | SBY'S ANTI CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN MOVES FORWARD [...]BU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) anti-corruption campaign, the most significant since Indonesia's independence[...] |
2006-03-20 00:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KMCA ECON EINV ID |
| 06JAKARTA4519 | INDONESIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS - PART II [...][...] |
2006-04-11 00:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KMCA ECON EINV ID |
| 06JAKARTA4520 | INDONESIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS - PART II [...]BU) Summary. A slew of high-profile corruption prosecutions of current and former Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials over the pa[...] |
2006-04-11 00:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KMCA ECON EINV ID |
| 06JAKARTA5420 | TAX, CUSTOMS CHIEFS REPLACED IN REFORM EFFORT [...]) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) replaced the long-serving, corrupt, and powerful Directors General of Taxation an[...] |
2006-04-29 02:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR KCOR KMCA PGOV ID |
| 06JAKARTA5581 | DOC DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S APRIL 27-28 VISIT TO [...]SBU) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla told visiting Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson on April 27 that unde[...] |
2006-05-03 23:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ETRD ECON PGOV KCOR ID |
| 06JAKARTA5582 | DOC DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S APRIL 27-28 VISIT TO [...]SBU) Summary. During his April 27-28 visit to Jakarta, Department of Commerce Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson discussed Indonesia's[...] |
2006-05-03 23:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ETRD ECON PGOV KCOR ID |
| 06JAKARTA6018 | INDONESIA - SUPREME AUDIT BOARD LOSING ITS WAY [...]BU) Summary. The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), one of Indonesia's key anti-corruption institutions, appears losing its way because of w[...] |
2006-05-12 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID KCOR PGOV ID |
| 06JEDDAH481 | AMCIT REITERATES CONCERNS ABOUT SAUDI DEFENSE [...]/NF) SUMMARY: A U.S. citizen, who promotes American defense interests in the Kingdom, reported on a meeting he held with his SAG conta[...] |
2006-07-16 13:18:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP KCOR PGOV PINR |
| 06JERUSALEM4427 | PA DECISION TO BREAK TIES WITH ISRAELI FUEL [...]SBU) Summary: In late September 2006, the PA's Ministry of Finance advised its long-time petroleum product supplier, the Israeli comp[...] |
2006-10-10 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM4544 | FUEL SHORTAGES CONTINUE IN WEST BANK; CORRUPTION [...]C) Summary: The PA's exclusive supplier of petroleum products, the Israeli company Dor Alon, continues to restrict shipments of petr[...] |
2006-10-17 14:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR KWBG IS |
| 06JERUSALEM5031 | KARNI/AL-MINTAR CROSSING CALL CENTER CONTINUES TO [...]U) This is a joint cable with Embassy Tel Aviv. ¶2. (S/NF) Summary: Palestinian companies, including several representin[...] |
2006-12-22 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG KCOR IS |
| 06KABUL3216 | PRT FARAH FARAH CITY MAYOR SACKED OVER [...]SBU) Summary: On July 10, Farah business representatives joined members of the Provincial Council and visiting Parliamentarians deman[...] |
2006-07-19 04:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KCOR AF |
| 06KATHMANDU328 | REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST ASSESSMENT [...]) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. SUMMARY ------- ¶2. (SBU) There is considerable political i[...] |
2006-02-02 12:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP |
| 06KATHMANDU333 | REQUEST FOR JIATF-WEST ASSESSMENT [...]) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. SUMMARY ------- ¶2. (SBU) There is considerable political i[...] |
2006-02-02 12:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP |
| 06KHARTOUM1092 | SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY SETS POLICY; EYES CORRUPTION [...]C) SUMMARY: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) has reviewed and endorsed Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Sal[...] |
2006-05-09 06:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KCOR SU |
| 06KHARTOUM1624 | Southern Sudan Road Reconstruction - Current Problems Being [...]BU) Summary: Two issues have slowed road construction in Southern Sudan: financial accounting and introduction of anti-corruption st[...] |
2006-07-11 07:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ELTN PGOV KCOR IBRD SU |
| 06KHARTOUM2227 | Juba: Laws Needed So Legislature Puts Off Anti-Corruption [...]SBU) Summary. On September 6, the second session of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) opened with speeches by Speaker Ja[...] |
2006-09-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR SU |
| 06KHARTOUM814 | RUMORS OF CORRUPTION, AND ITS COSTS: AN ANALYSIS [...]SBU) Summary: Corruption remains an elusive subject in Southern Sudan, as it is easy to deny and difficult to prove. A weak media, t[...] |
2006-04-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KCOR EINV EFIN SU |
| 06KINGSTON1342 | JAMAICAN ELECTIONS: OPPOSITION CONFIDENT BUT ALSO [...]) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with Audley Shaw, opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Spokesman for Finance and Public Service, Shaw p[...] |
2006-07-07 20:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EPET KCOR JM |
| 06KINGSTON2020 | JAMAICA: TRAFIGURA SCANDAL MAY AFFECT TIMING OF GENERAL ELECTIONS [...]) The Trafigura scandal delineated septel has forced the resignation of Colin Campbell, Minister of Information and Development and PN[...] |
2006-10-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET KCOR XL XK JM |
| 06KINGSTON2021 | JAMAICA: A TRAFIGURA SCANDAL PRIMER [...]BU) The six-month old administration of People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces embarrassing and inte[...] |
2006-10-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KCOR JM |
| 06KINGSTON2022 | JAMAICA: A TRAFIGURA SCANDAL PRIMER [...]BU) The six-month old administration of People's National Party (PNP) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller faces embarrassing and inte[...] |
2006-10-12 12:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KCOR JM |
| 06KINGSTON2065 | JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT DEFEATS NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION [...]U) On October 17, Parliament debated for eight hours a no-confidence motion brought by Bruce Golding, leader of the opposition Jamaica[...] |
2006-10-18 20:45:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCOR JM |
| 06KINGSTON2151 | JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...]BU) Ambassador Johnson and Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, met October 30 to discuss a range of common concerns. Minis[...] |
2006-10-31 20:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM MARR XL JM |
| 06KINGSTON2189 | JAMAICA: NEW POLL SHOWS RULING PNP AND OPPOSITION [...]) The ruling People's National Party (PNP) and opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) are tied for public support at 32 percent each, a[...] |
2006-11-07 19:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON ENRG KCOR JM XL XK |
| 06KINGSTON542 | AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 15 MEETING WITH PRIME [...]) On March 15, the Ambassador called on a visibly weary Portia Simpson Miller (PSM), at Jamaica House. Minister of Commerce, Science,[...] |
2006-03-17 20:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PINR JM |
| 06KINSHASA1365 | DOING BUSINESS WITH THE DRC: CAVEAT EMPTOR [...]BU) Summary. An increasing number of attempts to defraud potential American investors and traders have come to Post's attention in the[...] |
2006-08-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KCOR EPET PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA1591 | EASTERN KASAI GOVERNOR REJECTS ASSEMBLY SEAT: [...]) Summary: Dominique Kanku, the governor of Eastern Kasai province, has declined to take his seat in the DRC's new National Assembly, [...] |
2006-10-17 11:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA1658 | LEADERSHIP GAP IN ECONOMIC MINISTRIES [...]BU) In its final months, the transitional government is facing a large economic leadership void. On October 14 a presidential decree a[...] |
2006-10-26 15:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PINR PGOV PDEM KCOR CG ELECTIONS |
| 06KINSHASA1735 | TENSION OVER GECAMINES' ATTEMPT TO PREVENT THEFT [...]) Tension over efforts to stop natural resource theft nearly resulted in violence in Kolwezi, Katanga province, over the November 3 we[...] |
2006-11-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ETRD ECON KCOR PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA1737 | DISPUTE EMERGING OVER GOLD MINING DEAL [...]) Summary. The CEO of OKIMO, the DRC's gold-mining parastatal, is publicly disputing the validity of a concession contract with the Au[...] |
2006-11-13 16:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON KCOR PGOV CG |
| 06KINSHASA1758 | DRC PARLIAMENT: LUTUNDULA ADVOCATES AMBITIOUS [...]) Summary: Longtime Congolese parliamentarian Christophe Lutundula outlined his legislative priorities for the new National Assembly[...] |
2006-11-16 16:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN KCOR KDEM CG |
| 06KINSHASA1850 | Kabila Lists Ways Toward Economic Growth [...]) Summary. In his inaugural address and in a list of "100 Proposals for the Reconstruction of the DRC" released the following day, Pr[...] |
2006-12-12 10:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV KCOR CG |
| 06KINSHASA1857 | WORLD BANK WANTS CRUCIAL ROLE IN POST-ELECTION [...]BU) Summary. The World Bank's (WB) current priorities in the DRC are to develop a coordinated donor strategy; support the DRC's balanc[...] |
2006-12-14 12:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID KCOR PGOV CG |
| 06KIRKUK101 | IRANIAN KURDS ORGANIZING AGAINST TEHRAN [...]C) SUMMARY. According to an Iranian journalist in hiding in Northern Iraq, Iranian President Ahmadinejad has been cracking down on t[...] |
2006-04-28 15:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR |
| 06KIRKUK102 | HALABJAH DETAINEES SPEAK ABOUT KRG ABUSES [...]C) SUMMARY. A young teacher and student each describe their detention following the Halabjah protests on March 16. Neither of them p[...] |
2006-04-28 15:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PHUM IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK116 | SULAYMANIYAH GOVERNOR AND KURDISTAN TOILERS PARTY RESPOND TO [...]SBU) Summary: In separate meetings on May 24, Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana and leaders of the Kurdistan Toiler's Party (KTP) shared wit[...] |
2006-06-04 14:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ENRG IZ |
| 06KIRKUK117 | PUK LEADERSHIP: PARTY CHANGE, KRG UNITY, IRAN [...]) Summary. On May 31 PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed PRT/REO POLOFS that the number of new KRG ministries was linked to bu[...] |
2006-06-13 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PNAT KDEM KCOR EPET IZ IN |
| 06KIRKUK16 | (SBU) POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE BRINGS PARTIES TOGETHER IN SALAH [...]) This is a SET Tikrit cable. ¶2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Several political parties in Salah Ad Din Province meet weekly to develo[...] |
2006-01-29 19:07:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK36 | MEDIA CONSTRAINTS IN KURDISTAN: AN EDITOR'S VIEW [...]C) SUMMARY. The current editors of Hawlati, Kurdistan's most independent newspaper, (strictly protect) charge that Kurdish parties' [...] |
2006-02-13 16:19:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK37 | (U) CORRUPTION IN THE KURDISH NORTH [...]C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Corruption is Kurdistan's biggest economic problem. The two ruling parties' dominant control lets corru[...] |
2006-02-16 19:39:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06KIRKUK46 | (C) ORGANIZED, WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION IN FUEL DISTRIBUTION [...]C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: A highly organized corruption ring is running a black market for fuel in Kirkuk, manipulating fuel price[...] |
2006-02-26 19:06:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR EPET ECON PINS IZ |
| 06KIRKUK65 | KURDISH TRIBAL OPINION OF COALITION WORSENING OVER [...]) SUMMARY. The leader of the influential Baradusti tribe in the Kurdish region of Iraq described the Iraqi security situation as wor[...] |
2006-03-18 19:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR PTER KWMN IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK66 | SULAY GOVERNOR: IRAN'S INFLUENCE INCREASING [...]) Sulaymaniyah Provincial Governor Dana Ahmed Majid complained on 13 March to RC(A) and IPAO about Iran's growing influence on Iraq's[...] |
2006-03-19 20:17:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KISL PINS IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK69 | HALABJAH DISCONTENT SPARKS VIOLENCE, CRACKDOWN [...]C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On March 16, protestors in Halabjah torched a museum erected to commemorate the March 16, 1988, chemical[...] |
2006-03-24 13:28:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK73 | KRG UNIFICATION: PLOTTING A PATH [...]C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that that each of the dual Erbil and Sulaymaniyah KRG ministries would form a committ[...] |
2006-03-31 07:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS PHUM MCAP KCOR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK75 | KURDISH TRIBAL LEADER DOWNS KDP AND PUK, URGES U.S. TO STAY [...]C) SUMMARY. A leader from the influential Kurdish tribe of Surchi said tribes were forced to work with the KDP and PUK because the [...] |
2006-03-31 15:29:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK78 | STUDENT PROTEST SPARKED HALABJAH VIOLENCE [...]C) SUMMARY. The KRG had denied permission for the March 16 protests at Halabjah. The KRG Deputy PM had agreed to student protest or[...] |
2006-04-07 14:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK79 | PUK CRACKDOWN ON ALLEGED HALABJAH PROTESTORS [...]C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the March 16 violent protests in Halabjah, the PUK has confiscated cameras and film, using them to identi[...] |
2006-04-07 14:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK80 | MORE PROTESTS AHEAD IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...]S) SUMMARY. A freelance press interpreter says some who participated in the violent Halabjah protests could now be inclined to becom[...] |
2006-04-07 14:07:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PINR IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK83 | ZEBARI SHAYKH SAYS TRIBES CONTROL SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN [...]C) SUMMARY. The head of the Zebari tribe said he supported the Coalition presence in Iraq, but requested that the U.S. pay more atte[...] |
2006-04-10 13:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK87 | IRAQI OIL CO. TALKS CONSTITUTION, CORRUPTION, COMPROMISE [...]) Summary: Iraqi businessman and CEO of KAR Group Baz Karim said that the Iraqi national government and the Kurdistan Regional Governm[...] |
2006-04-12 10:48:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ENRG ECON KCOR PREL PINR IZ NO CA |
| 06KIRKUK88 | YOUNG KURDS WARN OF IMMINENT PROTESTS IN KALAR [...]C) SUMMARY. Students and recent graduates from Kalar concurred that demonstrations would likely ignite there, but they disagreed on [...] |
2006-04-12 13:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK92 | STREET TALKS BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN A KURDISH [...]) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On a visit to Ankawa District in Erbil City, business owners told IPAO an influx of migrants was pushing [...] |
2006-04-14 09:10:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ |
| 06KIRKUK95 | STUDENT UNIONS MAKE DEMANDS TO KRG ON HALABJAH DETAINEES [...]C) SUMMARY. Students from Halabjah and As Sulaymaniyah issued a list of demands to the KRG following the violent protests in Halabja[...] |
2006-04-21 13:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
| 06KIRKUK99 | KURDISH REFUGEE SPEAKS ABOUT IRANIAN TORTURE; REQUESTS [...]C) SUMMARY. An Iranian Kurd contacted Kirkuk Regional Embassy Office requesting asylum. He maintained that Iranian authorities deta[...] |
2006-04-25 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR |
| 06KUWAIT1031 | KPC GETTING PAID BY SOMO, TRANSPORTERS ARE NOT [...]SBU) Econ Officer spoke on March 22 with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation EAMD of Marketing Mr. Waleed Al-Hashash regarding SOMO payments [...] |
2006-03-25 06:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET KCOR MOPS KU IZ |
| 06KUWAIT3275 | IRAQ'S ILLICIT FUEL TRADE: THE VIEW FROM KUWAIT [...]/NF) SUMMARY. Post engaged contacts in Kuwaiti security agencies, but found no substantive reports of Iraqi fuel being smuggled into[...] |
2006-08-14 04:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN EPET IZ KCOR KU |
| 06KUWAIT4481 | PROPOSED KUWAITI INVESTMENT IN KENYA APPEARS RISKY [...]SBU) In response to ref. A, Post sees no reason to suspect Al-Bader International Development Company (AIDCO) of any involvement in i[...] |
2006-11-20 06:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU |
| 06KYIV4154 | UKRAINE: AIRLINE TICKET PAYMENT SYSTEM UNDER THREAT FROM [...]SBU) Summary. The Kyiv representative office of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) informed member airlines on Octob[...] |
2006-11-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN BEXP KCOR UP |
| 06LAGOS9 | LAND TENURE REFORM NEEDED FOR REAL ESTATE [...]BU) Summary. The Nigerian housing/real estate sector is cumbersome, costly, and has not been the catalyst for growth and private sect[...] |
2006-01-04 15:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EIND KCOR EAID PGOV NI |
| 06LIBREVILLE619 | POLITICAL INSIDER WINS JUDGMENT AGAINST CITIBANK [...]) Summary: One of President Bongo's closest advisors won an appeals court judgment of $5.4 million against Citibank. Citibank reports [...] |
2006-10-03 12:25:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV GB |
| 06LILONGWE1048 | WRANGLE OVER FLOOR-CROSSING LAW LEAVES PARLIAMENT IN LIMBO [...]BU) Summary: Malawi's Constitutional Court has ruled that President Mutharika cannot appeal its advisory opinion on the controversial [...] |
2006-12-01 10:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE118 | FORMER GOVT. MINISTER CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION [...]BU) Summary: In the first conviction against a senior official in President Mutharika's administration, former Education Minister Yusu[...] |
2006-02-08 08:58:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE124 | STREET VENDORS RIOT OVER REGULATION [...]BU) Summary: Hundreds of street vendors rioted in the capital city of Lilongwe on February 7, protesting the arrest of their trade ass[...] |
2006-02-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE133 | PRESIDENT "FIRES" VICE-PRESIDENT [...]BU) Summary: President Mutharika has announced that he is effectively firing his Vice-President, a move that is widely seen as unconst[...] |
2006-02-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE163 | GOVERNMENT DEFIES COURT ORDER TO REINSTATE VP [...]BU) Summary: Government continues to ignore a court injunction against the dismissal of Vice President Cassim Chilumpha, and has withd[...] |
2006-02-16 17:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE376 | VICE-PRESIDENT ARRESTED FOR TREASON [...]BU) Summary: Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha was arrested on April 28 and charged with treason and conspiracy to commit murder, for an[...] |
2006-05-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE384 | GOVERNMENT ARRESTS MORE ALLEGED TREASON [...]BU) Summary: The government has arrested ten more alleged accomplices of Vice President Chilumpha, claiming that they are all linked t[...] |
2006-05-04 15:47:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE390 | VP'S "ACCOMPLICES" RELEASED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE [...]BU) Summary: Twelve of those arrested in connection with Vice-President Cassim Chiulumpha's treason case were released for lack of evi[...] |
2006-05-08 14:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE391 | MUTHARIKA HAILS "AFRICAN HERO" MUGABE [...]BU) Summary: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe ended his four day state visit to Malawi on May 6, after opening a road named in his h[...] |
2006-05-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE406 | JOURNALISTS' ARRESTS POINT TO INCREASE IN POLITICALLY- [...]) Summary: Three independent journalists were arrested in Lilongwe on May 8 and charged with criminal libel, for publishing a story th[...] |
2006-05-11 14:03:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PDEM KPAO PGOV KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE428 | PRESIDENT FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL [...]BU) Summary: President Mutharika sacked Malawi's powerful Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara, on May 17. The move ends the reign of on[...] |
2006-05-18 15:37:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE442 | MUTHARIKA AT TWO YEARS: A MIXED RECORD [...]BU) Summary: President Mutharika this week marks two years in office, and his record is one of mixed success. Mutharika has undertaken[...] |
2006-05-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE483 | GOM PROPOSES TO POSTPONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS [...]) Summary: After a year of delay in staging local government elections that were due in May 2005, the GOM has announced its intention [...] |
2006-06-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE590 | MULUZI RETURNS - HIS ARREST TO FOLLOW? [...]) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi returned to Malawi on July 9, after spending the last seven months in the U.K., ostensibly f[...] |
2006-07-12 05:07:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE643 | FORMER PREZ ARRESTED AND RELEASED, AS [...]) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi was arrested, then quickly released in Blantyre on July 27, on forty-two counts of corruptio[...] |
2006-07-28 11:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE651 | GOM EXPLAINS SUSPENSION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF, [...]BU) Summary: The Government of Malawi met with donors to explain the recent suspension of the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)[...] |
2006-07-31 15:08:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE654 | FORMER PRESIDENT'S CORRUPTION CASE DISCONTINUED [...]BU) Summary: Amid turmoil caused by the suspension of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Director, the GOM has decided to halt indefinitely th[...] |
2006-08-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE690 | MALAWI PASSES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL [...][...] |
2006-08-09 07:01:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR KMCA EAID MI |
| 06LILONGWE699 | A PROFILE OF THE DEOMCRATIC PROGRESSIVE PARTY [...]BU) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is currently the largest party in the National Assembl[...] |
2006-08-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE706 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY [...][...] |
2006-08-14 06:05:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE708 | MALAWI SCORES ANOTHER CORRUPTION CONVICTION [...][...] |
2006-08-14 10:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE713 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION AND UN HUMAN [...][...] |
2006-08-15 14:35:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE715 | PRESIDENT DEMANDS TOP PROSECUTOR'S RESIGNATION [...][...] |
2006-08-16 08:42:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LILONGWE845 | THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...]) Summary: Malawi's formerly powerful ruling party, the United Democratic Front (UDF), has declined significantly in both resources an[...] |
2006-09-25 05:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR MI |
| 06LUANDA336 | ANGOLA:NEWEST OIL CONCESSIONS:LANDMARK [...]) Summary: In a formal ceremony to open and announce bids for the current licensing round of oil concessions in Angola, Sonangol ente[...] |
2006-04-06 12:06:00 | Embassy Luanda | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD EINV KCOR CH AO |
| 06MANAGUA1105 | NICARAGUA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION PROGRESS REPORT [...]) Summary: This cable update's post's democracy promotion strategy submitted in October and reviewed in December 2005 (refs B and C). [...] |
2006-05-19 19:05:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR NU |
| 06MANAGUA1180 | REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: RIZO [...]C) SUMMARY: Fear and ambition got the better of Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) presidential candidate Jose Rizo, who set aside his[...] |
2006-06-02 17:08:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KCOR NU ECON |
| 06MANAGUA1565 | MPN WARNS OF CEDULA IRREGULARITIES [...]) Summary: Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) leaders warned poloffs on July 14 that Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) is failin[...] |
2006-07-18 15:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR SOCI OAS NU |
| 06MANAGUA179 | ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ: EQUILIBRIUM AND [...]) Summary: Newly elected National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez Lopez (APRE) promises to instill equilibrium on the Assembly Junta [...] |
2006-01-25 16:00:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA220 | OAS SENIOR POLITICAL ENVOY READS THE RIOT ACT TO [...]) Summary: OAS senior political envoy John Biehl has placed stringent conditions on the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to enable the [...] |
2006-01-30 22:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA251 | HERTY SEEKS CORDIAL, CONSTRUCTIVE, COOPERATIVE [...]) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) dissident Herty Lewites seeks cordial, constructive, and cooperative relations with the United States and[...] |
2006-02-02 18:59:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA2646 | LEGISLATIVE REFORMS WOULD GIVE FSLN "ABSOLUTE [...]BU) Summary: National Assembly deputies began approving the articles of a law on December 5 that would give the Sandinista Front (FSLN[...] |
2006-12-05 23:30:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR NU |
| 06MANAGUA277 | GON WILL RE-SEND REQUEST FOR DOMINICAN ASSISTANCE [...]) The Nicaraguan government will re-send its June 2005 Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) request for Dominican assistance in the m[...] |
2006-02-06 16:25:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR DR NU |
| 06MANAGUA281 | "BOILING THE FROG": HOW THE SANDINISTAS HAVE [...]) Summary: A former top official in Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) recently described to Emboffs the seamier side of the [...] |
2006-02-06 19:31:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM KCOR NU |
| 06MANAGUA301 | ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...]SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly [...] |
2006-02-09 00:13:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN |
| 06MANAGUA302 | ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...]SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly [...] |
2006-02-09 00:13:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN |
| 06MANAGUA303 | ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...]SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly [...] |
2006-02-09 00:13:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN |
| 06MANAGUA304 | LIBERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION MAGISTRATE: WE ARE [...]SBU) Summary: Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) magistrate Rene Herrera of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) asserts that the PLC h[...] |
2006-02-09 00:13:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA430 | DANIELISTAS RIG COURT RULING TO FACILITATE [...]C) Summary: Embassy is encouraging non-Sandinista (FSLN) parties to protest recent Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) and the Supreme Co[...] |
2006-02-24 21:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA464 | A RUSE -- OR DO GENUINE CONCERNS DRIVE PLC'S CALL [...]C) Many Nicaraguan political and civil society leaders are calling for the resignation of all Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) magis[...] |
2006-03-02 17:18:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA565 | OAS MISSION LEADER - POLITICAL STAKES MUCH HIGHER [...]SBU) Ambassador and team met with the OAS election mission on March 9 to assess the March 5 Atlantic Coast regional election and to de[...] |
2006-03-13 22:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA579 | FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF CLAIMS ORTEGA SEEKS [...]C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos insists that Daniel Ortega seeks positive, constructive relations [...] |
2006-03-14 23:45:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA632 | FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF: "JUDGE US BY OUR [...]C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos holds up the FSLN's recent support for CAFTA implementation legisl[...] |
2006-03-21 21:31:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA698 | NICARAGUAN MAGISTRATE CRITICIZES SUPREME COURT [...]) Summary: During a recent discussion with RLA, Nicaraguan Supreme Court (CSJ) Justice Guillermo Vargas Sandino expressed dismay regar[...] |
2006-03-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS NU |
| 06MANAGUA711 | ARELLANO DISCUSSES DEFECTION TO ALN-PC, ELECTIONS, [...]) Summary: Outspoken National Assembly deputy Delia Arellano plans to actively recruit "converts" in the evangelical community to supp[...] |
2006-03-30 16:02:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR SOCI NU |
| 06MANAGUA720 | IT'S MY PARTY - AND I'LL DO WHAT I WANT TO [...]C) SUMMARY: All is not well on the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) farm, as rivals vie for caudillo leader/convicted money launder[...] |
2006-03-31 13:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA803 | VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...]C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationalit[...] |
2006-04-10 20:16:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU |
| 06MANAGUA806 | VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...]C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationalit[...] |
2006-04-10 20:24:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU |
| 06MANAGUA833 | VISAS DONKEY: REQUEST FOR CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA INELIGIBILITY FINDING--DAVID EUGENIO ROBLETO LANG [...]) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212 (f) of the Immigration and Nationality[...] |
2006-04-17 18:23:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM EFIN NU |
| 06MANAGUA85 | CIRCUS ENDS AS ASSEMBLY ELECTS CONSENSUS BOARD ON [...]) Summary: On its seventh attempt, the National Assembly unanimously elected a consensus board of directors (Junta). The Junta selecte[...] |
2006-01-18 00:17:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR |
| 06MANAGUA863 | THE GLOVES ARE OFF -- MONTEALEGRE TO RUN ON OWN [...]C) SUMMARY: Now that it is clear that the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) will neither participate in multi-party primaries nor sid[...] |
2006-04-19 22:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL EAID KCOR PHUM |
| 06MANILA1342 | FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA HEATEDLY DENIES CHARGES [...]C) Summary: Former president Joseph Estrada testified for the first time in his almost five-year old trial on serious corruption char[...] |
2006-03-23 09:26:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ECON PINR PINS RP |
| 06MANILA1726 | MAJOR ANTI-CORRUPTION CASES MOVE FORWARD, SLOWLY [...]C) Summary: The criminal trial on corruption charges of former Comptroller of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Major General[...] |
2006-04-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA1865 | COURT MARTIAL AFFIRMED IN MAJOR ANTI-CORRUPTION [...]U) On April 26, 2006, Armed Forces Chief of Staff Generoso Senga affirmed the guilty verdict in the court martial of former Major Gene[...] |
2006-04-28 09:29:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KCOR SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA1944 | JAIL MANAGEMENT SEMINAR ADVANCES LAW ENFORCEMENT [...]U) Summary. A week-long S/CT-funded seminar on Advanced Jail Management that concluded on April 28 was a crucial effort in Mission's [...] |
2006-05-05 06:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM KJUS PREL KCOR PGOV PINS ASEC RP |
| 06MANILA2172 | COURT ACQUITS GENERAL GARCIA OF PERJURY; PLUNDER [...]U) On May 22, the third division of the Sandiganbayan (anti-graft court) acquitted retired Major General Carlos Garcia of one count of[...] |
2006-05-24 06:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON KCOR SOCI RP |
| 06MANILA3574 | TIP UPDATE: CORRUPTION IMPEDES ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...]BU) Summary: The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) has made some progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) [...] |
2006-08-28 05:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM PGOV KCOR RP |
| 06MANILA963 | CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS AGAINST NEW CUSTOMS [...]S) Napoleon Morales, who was appointed as the new Customs Commissioner on January 2, 2006, has two corruption investigations pending [...] |
2006-03-02 07:46:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | ECON ETRD KIPR KCOR RP |
| 06MANILA990 | NEW DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMS IP UNIT PROMISES INCREASED [...]SBU) The Intellectual Property (IP) Unit at Customs is under new management again, for the third time since its inception in 2003. F[...] |
2006-03-03 07:51:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KCOR RP |
| 06MAPUTO106 | MOZAMBIQUE: ANIBALZINHO RECEIVES MAXIMUM SENTENCE [...] January 20 a Maputo City Court sentenced Anibal "Anibalzinho" dos Santos Junior to 29 years, 11 months, and 25 days for his role in t[...] |
2006-01-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCOR PHUM MZ |
| 06MAPUTO107 | MOZAMBIQUE: ANIBALZINHO RECEIVES MAXIMUM SENTENCE [...] January 20 a Maputo City Court sentenced Anibal "Anibalzinho" dos Santos Junior to 29 years, 11 months, and 25 days for his role in t[...] |
2006-01-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCOR PHUM MZ |
| 06MAPUTO1209 | TURMOIL IN MOZAMBIQUE'S POLICE FORCE [...]) Summary: In the latest in a string of shootings, on September 4 two riot policemen moonlighting as bodyguards were gunned down by o[...] |
2006-09-21 10:27:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ |
| 06MAPUTO1497 | FRELIMO CONGRESS STRENGTHENS GUEBUZA'S MANDATE, [...]BU) Summary: Mozambique's ruling FRELIMO Party held its 9th Party Congress from November 10-14 in Quelimane, the capital of Zambezia P[...] |
2006-11-17 11:42:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ |
| 06MAPUTO1531 | HIV/AIDS DISCUSSION AT FRELIMO CONGRESS SHOWS [...]e recent congress of the ruling FRELIMO party (reftel) was the year's most important political event. Discussion of HIV/AIDS at the 1[...] |
2006-11-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ |
| 06MAPUTO1553 | MOZAMBIQUE: BIO DATA ON SOME MEMBERS OF FRELIMO [...]is cable provides biographical information on 10 of the 17 members of the Political Commission, the highest body of Mozambique's rulin[...] |
2006-12-04 06:23:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ |
| 06MAPUTO1563 | MOZAMBIQUE: NEW GOVERNORS IN NAMPULA AND INHAMBANE [...] November 26 President Armando Guebuza appointed Felismino Ernesto Tocole and Francisco Itai Meque as governors of Nampula and Inhamba[...] |
2006-12-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ |
| 06MAPUTO453 | ANIBALZINHO ATTEMPS YET ANOTHER ESCAPE; SECOND TRY [...]zambican police reportedly frustrated another attempted prison break by Anibal dos Santos Junior (Anibalzinho), the man convicted of l[...] |
2006-04-18 06:28:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRIM PGOV MZ |
| 06MAPUTO573 | MOZAMBIQUE: FIGHTING CORRUPTION OR SHADOW BOXING? [...]BU) Apart from continued strong rhetoric and some mid-level action by the Guebuza government, the GRM has not moved very far in tackli[...] |
2006-05-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRIM PGOV PREL MZ |
| 06MAPUTO609 | MOZAMBIQUE - PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR PRESS RELEASE ON RELEASE OF CORRUPTION REPORT [...][...] |
2006-05-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC KCOR KPAO MZ |
| 06MAPUTO650 | MOZAMBIQUE: WILL NYIMPINE CHISSANO FACE TRIAL FOR [...]) The eldest son of former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano, Nyimpine Chissano, has been formally charged in the November 2000 mu[...] |
2006-06-05 12:22:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM MZ |
| 06MAPUTO668 | MOZAMBIQUE: FRELIMO A NO-SHOW AT AFRICAN [...]) The African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) held its third regional anti-corruption training seminar in Maputo o[...] |
2006-06-08 06:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREL MZ |
| 06MAPUTO897 | REQUEST FOR PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING FEDERAL JUDGE [...]ME OF SPEAKER AND DATES: Peter J. Messitte, United States District Judge, District of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD. Speaker conducted succ[...] |
2006-07-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KDEM OIIP KPAO MZ |
| 06MEXICO895 | DEMONS IN EDEN - LYDIA CACHO CASE UPDATE [...]) Summary. The case of Lydia Cacho, the independent journalist arrested in December on libel and defamation charges, exploded back int[...] |
2006-02-16 22:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MX KCRM KWMN KCOR |
| 06MINSK689 | State Dominates Banking Sector [...]mmary: Belarus has a poorly developed capital market, and the financial sector almost exclusively consists of banks. The joint stock [...] |
2006-06-30 12:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV KCOR BTIU PGOV AFIN BO |
| 06NAIROBI1111 | IAGGA REPORT FOR KENYA [...][...] |
2006-03-10 08:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCOR KCRM PGOV KE |
| 06NAIROBI1114 | AN UNSETTLED KENYA AWAITS NEXT SHOE TO DROP [...]) SUMMARY: President Kibaki publicly stands firm behind the Kenyan Police raid on the Standard Media Group. Meanwhile, Standard journ[...] |
2006-03-10 12:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS SNAR ASEC ECON PREL KCOR KDEM KE |
| 06NAIROBI135 | KENYA'S ROADS -- TURNING THE CORNER ON A NATIONAL [...]BU) Summary: Kenya's road system is a national disgrace and a major drag on the economies of both Kenya and the broader region. Three[...] |
2006-01-12 06:31:00 |
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