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| 03AMMAN1358 | FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman in principle would welcome the proposed initial visit of a USG Consequence Management Support Team (CMST) to discuss emergency operations execution procedures, operational plans, and any other necessary preparations with appropriate GOJ officials and Mission personnel. Sin [...] |
2003-03-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PM JO |
| 03GUATEMALA2500 | MILITARY PENSION FUND: MILITARY FOCUS ON [...] (S) Summary: EmbOffs met with General Alfredo Gonzalez to discuss recent developments in the theft and mismanagement of the Military Pension Fund. Gonzalez, who has been involved in the military's internal investigation of the matter, alleged payoffs were made to current and former top milit [...] |
2003-09-29 17:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | KCOR EFIN PGOV MOPS PINR GT PM |
| 04ANKARA4426 | CEKMECE RESEARCH REACTOR CONVERSION AND FUEL RETURN [...] EXBS Advisor called on the new Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) President, Mr. Okay Cakiroglu, on August 6. Cakiroglu assumed these duties this past July. EXBS Advisor the meeting, we raised the Cekmece Nuclear Plants (reftel), noting that DOE is willing to assist in the physical securit [...] |
2004-08-06 13:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP PM TRGY TU |
| 04ANKARA5263 | USG VIEWS ON ESTABLISHING THE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolMil counselor delivered non-paper and talking points in reftel to DDG for Disarmament Haluk Ilicak on August 26. Post was informed on September 16, that GOT, following a detailed review of the recommended protocols by [...] |
2004-09-16 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PM TU |
| 04ANKARA5267 | UPDATE ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE GLOBAL THREAT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-17 07:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON KNNP MNUC PM PTER TRGY TU |
| 04CARACAS1331 | MEDIA AND GOV MAKE HAY OUT OF GENERAL HILL [...] (C) Leading Venezuelan national dailies, "El Universal" and "El Nacional," printed articles April 3 and 4 that distort parts of General James Hill's March 24 and April 1 statements on Venezuela to the U.S. House and Senate Armed Forces Committees. Both newspapers' articles were based on an [...] |
2004-04-20 19:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PGOV PINR PM PTER VE |
| 04DJIBOUTI282 | OLHAYE MEETING WITH GENERAL ROBESON [...] (S/NF) Djiboutian Ambassador to the United States Roble Olhaye met at Camp Lemonier in Djibouti on February 25 with Brigadier General Mastin Robeson. Ambassador Olhaye is nearing the end of a two week stay in Djibouti and was present for Ambassador Ragsdale's credentialing ceremony on the 23 [...] |
2004-03-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | CT PINR PM PREL DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI299 | DISCONTENT IN THE DJIBOUTIAN MILITARY [...] (C) USLO Chief has learned that on Saturday, February 28 large groups of soldiers in the interior districts of Dikhil, Tadjoura, and Obock refused to accept their monthly salaries. Four high ranking Djiboutian military officers have since been dispatched to the districts to engage the disgrunt [...] |
2004-03-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PM DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI310 | DJIBOUTIAN RESPONSE TO NEW U.S. LANDMINE POLICY [...] (U) POLOFF delivered the tear line of reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senior Councilor Djibril Elabe on March 1, 2004. Elabe is the MFA representative responsible for Djibouti's demining portfolio and organized a "way forward" forum for the Djiboutian Humanitarian Mine Action Center ( [...] |
2004-03-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PM DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI335 | DJIBOUTI SPECTACLE AT PELTIER HOSPITAL [...] (U) Djibouti's Minister of Health, Mohamed Ali Kamil, along with French Ambassador Phillipe Selz, inaugurated on March 7 a new wing at Djibouti's public hospital, Peltier. The French financed surgical wing also has UN HIV/AIDS blood testing equipment and an imaging scanner donated by Djibouti' [...] |
2004-03-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PM EAID PINR KHIV AFIN DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI381 | DJIBOUTI, JUST ANOTHER SATURDAY [...] (C) Emboff met Djiboutian Army Captain Abdullahi Youssouf for coffee on March 13. The primary focus of the meeting was to gain insight into the status of recent Djiboutian military discontent (see reftel). Conversation also touched on the railroad explosion in the late evening of March 12. T [...] |
2004-03-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PM PINR DJ |
| 04PANAMA1000 | ANOTHER PANAMANIAN MADAM IN JAIL; IMMIGRATION [...] (C) According to GOP police reports, an alleged child prostitution ringleader, Elizabeth Archibold Diaz, surrendered herself to the Policia Tecnica Judicial (PTJ) on April 14, 2004. She was accompanied by her attorney and, to date, remains in custody. Archibold is alleged to be the masterm [...] |
2004-04-30 12:34:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SMIG CO PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA1014 | PANAMA RESULTS: MARTIN TORRIJOS IS PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-03 02:10:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1015 | PANAMA: WHO IS PRESIDENT-ELECT MARTIN TORRIJOS AND [...] (SBU) At 7:35 p.m. local time (8:35 p.m. Washington time), Panama's Electoral Tribunal declared Martin Erasto Torrijos Espino the winner of Panama's May 2, 2004 General Elections. It appeared that voter participation would exceed 75%. Torrijos' five-year term as President will commence Septembe [...] |
2004-05-03 02:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA1016 | PANAMA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON VICE [...] (SBU) Martin Torrijos chose a seasoned businessman with strong political connections as his First Vice President and a soft-spoken, but seasoned politician as his Second Vice President. First Vice President-elect Samuel Lewis Navarro is the son of former Noriega foreign minister (later anti- [...] |
2004-05-03 03:04:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA1046 | EMBOFFS DISCUSS COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION, [...] (C) On April 22, PolOffs met with Russian Embassy Counselor (DCM) Oleg Ostrovskiy and First Secretary Evgeny Lebedev for our first tete-a-tete. Both GOR diplomats are Americas specialists and have already served in Panama for a year or more. Noting the good relationship between our countries [...] |
2004-05-03 22:36:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EWWT PINR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1047 | PANAMA MAY 2 ELECTION RESULTS: POWERFUL PRD AND [...] (C) President-elect Martin Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) won a commanding popular mandate in Panama's May 2, 2004 elections, sweeping all provinces but one. The results were a stinging rebuke of President Mireya Moscoso, whose five-year term will end on September 1, 20 [...] |
2004-05-03 22:47:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL CHIEF POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA111 | ENDARA TO RUN AS PANAMA'S "HONEST GOVERNMENT" [...] (C) Former president Guillermo Endara has mapped a come-from-behind election strategy, positioned himself as the campaign's most serious anti-corruption reformer, derides front-runner Martin Torrijos's lack of experience and ability, and plans tough talks with U.S. negotiators on agriculture [...] |
2004-01-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1116 | PANAMA: IMPLICATIONS OF THE TORRIJOS VICTORY FOR [...] (C) Martin Torrijos, a 40-year-old politician with little national policy experience, scored a crushing electoral victory on May 2, while his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is positioned to control Panama's unicameral legislature. After it takes office on September 1, the new governmen [...] |
2004-05-07 20:27:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN EWWT PM CM CO TW POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1146 | PANAMA: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON FIRST LADY [...] (SBU) Panamanians widely hold Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos, wife of President-elect Martin Torrijos, in high regard. She is well known for her active role in charitable and social work, as well as being a model mother and wife. Vivian Torrijos is an accomplished publicist and has worked for [...] |
2004-05-11 19:44:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA1224 | PANAMA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: NEW BALLGAME ON [...] (SBU) Panamanians (current legislators included) are so focused on what will happen after September 1 that they appear to have forgotten entirely that the current Assembly session will continue until the end of May. The Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), Panama's largest and best organize [...] |
2004-05-17 20:49:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA145 | PANAMA VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SAMUEL LEWIS [...] (C) In recent meeting with Pol Counselor, first vice presidential candidate Samuel Lewis Navarro argued that the Martin Torrijos ticket of the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) offers Panama its best chance to improve social and economic conditions in Panama and eliminate the threat to dem [...] |
2004-01-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EINV PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA148 | PANAMA NGO CONCERNED ABOUT CHINESE DEBT BONDAGE [...] (SBU) In a January 8 meeting to discuss trafficking in persons (TIP) and related issues with PolOff and political assistant, acting director of Casa Esperanza, Ramon Aleman Arias said Chinese migrant debt bondage and unregulated child labor are problems in Panama. (NOTE: Casa Esperanza is a l [...] |
2004-01-23 18:10:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PREL PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA153 | BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (PANAMA): NEW VICE MINISTER [...] Romel Adames (42) was appointed Vice Minister for Trade at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MICI) by President Moscoso on January 1, 2004. Adames, Harvard-educated and until recently Panama's Ambassador to the WTO, will be the lead negotiator for the GOP during the upcoming FTA negotia [...] |
2004-01-23 21:16:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PINR PM ECON |
| 04PANAMA1700 | WHERE IS PANAMA'S NEW GOVERNMENT HEADING? [...] (C) Martin Torrijos and his inner circle, due to take power on September 1, are pushing an energetic and ambitious transition agenda featuring clear-cut goals in foreign policy (priority to the U.S. and Colombia), security (cooperation with U.S. objectives, new attention to the Caribbean coast [...] |
2004-07-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1704 | PANAMA'S FM ARIAS NONCOMMITTAL ON REQUEST TO [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by Polcouns, delivered reftel talking points to Panamanian Foreign Minister Harmodio Arias Cerjack on June 30, 2004. With two months left for this government, Arias was (not surprisingly) noncommittal on whether the GOP would be willing to accept protected Cuban and Hait [...] |
2004-07-01 19:43:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PM CU HA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA1740 | PANAMA BALKS AT ACCEPTING PROTECTED CUBAN AND [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-08 16:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL SMIG PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA1764 | PANAMA: PRESIDENT-ELECT TORRIJOS PUSHES [...] (SBU) In a surprise move, President Moscoso ordered "extraordinary sessions" of the Legislative Assembly to discuss constitutional reform. The move drew cheers from some civil society groups and criticism from those like former president and second-place 2004 candidate Guillermo Endara who f [...] |
2004-07-09 21:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA1814 | PANAMA'S PLANS FOR SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 21:37:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KSUM PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA1849 | FEDERICO ANTONIO HUMBERT ARIAS TO BE NEXT [...] (C) President-elect Martin Torrijos has selected Federico "Freddy" Antonio Humbert Arias to be Panama's Ambasador to the United States as of September 1, 2004, but has not yet announced the appointment. Foreign Minister-designate Samuel Lewis Navarro told DCM that he already approached Foreign [...] |
2004-07-20 14:19:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA1883 | PANAMA'S PENDING SOCIAL SECURITY CRISIS: A [...] Summary. Reforming Panama's actuarially bankrupt social security fund (CSS), which provides pensions, medical services, and workers' compensation to over 60 percent of Panama's population, will be one of the biggest and earliest challenges to face the incoming Torrijos administration. Plagued [...] |
2004-07-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA1949 | PANAMA: SCENE SETTER FOR GEN. HILL'S AUG. 12 VISIT [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your August 12 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG commitment to expanding training programs shared between our two countries, and to press for continuing focus on civilian controlled security forces, transparency and anti-corruption within P [...] |
2004-08-02 14:15:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL MASS PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1953 | NO DECISION IMMINENT ON CHINA/TAIWAN DIPLOMATIC [...] IN A BREAKFAST MEETING ON JULY 29, PANAMA'S VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT (AND PRESUMPTIVE FOREIGN MINISTER) SAMUEL LEWIS NAVARRO TOLD AMBASSADOR THAT THE INCOMING TORRIJOS GOVERNMENT IS FAR FROM MAKING A DECISION ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION OF CHINA. REFERRING TO LEWIS' JUNE 30 INQUIR [...] |
2004-08-02 18:58:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TW CH PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA1963 | Panama's legislature approves constitutional [...] (SBU) Although many thought them dead a month ago, in only 21 calendar days Panama's Legislative Assembly approved a package of 67 constitutional reforms that most Panamanians view favorably. They began as legislator Jerry Wilson's 90-page proposal on behalf of the opposition Democratic Revo [...] |
2004-08-03 21:15:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA1992 | PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR USG DELEGATION TO THE [...] (SBU) US Embassy Panama welcomes the USG delegation to the National Security Planning Workshop, Aug. 11-13, which is designed to assist the incoming PRD government headed by President-elect Torrijos who assumes office September 1. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG commitment to [...] |
2004-08-06 12:18:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL MASS PGOV PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA200 | PANAMA'S NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE PEREIRA [...] (C) Elected by his colleagues for a two-year term as President (Chief Justice) of Panama's nine-member Supreme Court on October 23, 2003, Cesar Antonio Pereira Burgos (DOB: 29 SEP 1929) has not yet shown strong interest in continuing the drive to reform Panama's judiciary that his predecessor, [...] |
2004-01-30 19:47:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA204 | PANAMA PRESIDENT MOSCOSO DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) On January 21 Special Envoy for Hemispheric Initiatives Otto Reich, accompanied by Ambassador Watt, met with Panama President Mireya Moscoso. Flanked by Foreign Minister Harmodio Arias and Commerce and Industries Minister Joaquin Jacome, Moscoso pushed an April 2004 start date for the bi [...] |
2004-01-30 21:26:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA205 | PANAMA'S FOUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES MEET WHITE [...] (SBU) On January 22, Special Envoy Otto Reich and Ambassador Watt met with Panama's four presidential candidates -- Ricardo Martinelli, front-runner Martin Torrijos, Jose Miguel Aleman, and Guillermo Endara. The candidates explained their strategies, goals, and priorities in a series of 10-m [...] |
2004-01-30 21:36:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2087 | NATIONAL SECURITY PLANNING WORKSHOP LAUNCHES U.S.- [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior members of Panama's newly elected leadership met with counterparts from the Embassy and other USG interlocutors in an August 11 - 13 workshop to discuss the incoming PRD administration's national security strategy. With the assistance of facilitators from the Center for [...] |
2004-08-17 18:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS SNAR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2105 | SCENESETTER: THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO PANAMA'S [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I want to express our warmest welcome on your upcoming September 1, 2004 visit to Panama's Presidential Inauguration. Following your November 3, 2003 visit to Panama's Centennial celebrations (reftel), your presence here as the government of Martin Torrijos [...] |
2004-08-18 22:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD OVIP PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA213 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR NIKOLAY VLADIMIR DEPARTS [...] (SBU) This biographical report details Ambassador and Emboffs' impressions of Nikolay Vladimir during his tenure as Russian Ambassador to Panama as well as the highlights of his Curriculum Vitae. Ambassador Vladimir departed Panama in December 2003, informing Ambassador Watt that he had been [...] |
2004-02-02 22:22:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PM RS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA2137 | PANAMA'S RELIANCE ON VENEZUALAN OIL [...] (U) Per instructions, paras 2 and 3 contain answers to reftel. 2. (U) While Panama imports over half of its oil from Venezuela, it does not do so under the terms of either the San Jose or Caracas Accords. Panama is a signatory to both Accords; however, it did not/not renew the Caracas Accords af [...] |
2004-08-20 19:18:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG XK PM CARIB ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA2153 | PANAMA CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE DEVELOPMENT [...] Has the GOP developed a list of occupations considered to be the worst forms of child labor? -------------------------------------------- - In 2002, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) fully funded a $1 million program with the International Labor Organization/International Programme on [...] |
2004-08-24 11:47:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2176 | PANAMA PARDONS ANTIâ€CASTRO CUBANS [...] (SBU) Late on August 25, outgoing President Mireya Moscoso signed an executive decree pardoning four anti"Castro Cuban prisoners "" Luis Posada Carriles and AmCits Gasper Jimenez, Guillermo Novo, and Pedro Remon (see Reftels) and 163 others, as one of her final acts as president. The GOP imme [...] |
2004-08-26 22:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM CU HO LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2231 | EMBASSY EFFORTS TO PROMOTE SECURITY AND [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. While Panama's remote and economically-underdeveloped Darien Region remains vulnerable to incursions by paramilitary groups and drug traffickers from Colombia, the region's security under Panam [...] |
2004-09-02 20:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON MASS MOPS SNAR EAID EAGR PREF PREL PINS PTER PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA2274 | PANAMA: TAIWANâ€PRC RECOGNITION ISSUE SIMMERS AS [...] (C) With a new, more PRC"friendly Panama government in office on September 1, the question of whether newly inaugurated President Martin Torrijos might drop Panama's long"standing diplomatic recognition of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in favor of the People's Republic of China (PRC) continues [...] |
2004-09-08 19:49:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PM CM TW POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA23 | PANAMA ON BOARD FOR A PRODUCTIVE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF [...] (C) Ambassador Watt delivered reftel B demarche to Panama's Foreign Minister Harmodio Arias Madrid and Vice Foreign Minister and Summit of the Americas Coordinator Nivia Rossana Castrellon on December 30. Ambassador Watt stressed with FM Arias the four key areas in Reftel A talking points. On [...] |
2004-01-06 21:39:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA2362 | PANAMA FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS AMBASSADOR WATT [...] (C) In a September 7 meeting with Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro, Ambassador Watt discussed the Secretary's recent visit to Panama and President Torrijos' travel plans to the UN General Assembly in New York. The Ambassador also discussed ways Panama could contribute to the corruption [...] |
2004-09-16 22:03:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2363 | PANAMA: ARNULFISTAS LOSE LEGISLATIVE SEAT TO PRD. [...] (SBU) Geovany Castillo of President Torrijos' Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) defeated Arnulfista Party (PA) legislative incumbent Haydee Milanes de Lay by an 11% margin in 9/12 partial elections in Panama's easternmost province of Darien. Castillo will represent the La Palma region (el [...] |
2004-09-16 22:12:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PM POL FOREIGN |
| 04PANAMA2452 | PANAMA PLANS ASSERTIVE, COHERENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) The Torrijos administration plans to run a much more ambitious foreign policy than its predecessor, aiming to sell the Panama "brand" to the world. First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel LEWIS Navarro has repeatedly indicated to the Ambassador and EmbOffs that the Torrijos team [...] |
2004-09-29 21:51:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2524 | UNDERSTANDING PANAMA'S COLON FREE ZONE [...] (C) Summary: An important pillar of Panama's service-based economy, the Colon Free Zone (CFZ) is the largest duty free zone in the hemisphere and the second largest in the world. Offering much more than just duty-free wholesale shopping, however, the CFZ draws upon the strengths of Panama's wo [...] |
2004-10-12 18:14:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PTER SNAR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA2530 | PANAMA'S NEW GOVERNMENT IN PRODUCTIVE TALKS WITH [...] (C) WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Dan Fisk's October 5-7 meetings with President Torrijos and key cabinet officials brought friendly and productive exchanges on security and law enforcement cooperation; foreign policy; economic and trade policy; and good governance/anti-corruption. DAS Fisk [...] |
2004-10-13 18:09:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG SNAR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2533 | PANAMA'S SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE CESAR [...] (C) Controversy continues to swirl around the issue of whether Panama's Supreme Court Chief Justice Cesar PEREIRA Burgos must step down after turning 75 on September 23, 2004. Comptroller General Alvin Weeden and numerous Pereira opponents have insisted that Pereira should step down from the [...] |
2004-10-13 22:40:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA2553 | PANAMA'S NEW ADMINISTRATION SCORES RECORD COCAINE [...] (C) Panamanian Public Forces and Embassy Officers contributed to record detainee transfers and cocaine captures in recent weeks, as part of on-going counter-drug Operation Panama Express task force operations. On September 21, Panama National Maritime Service (SMN) marines, Panamanian Publi [...] |
2004-10-15 20:27:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM KTIA PGOV PREL PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2583 | DAS FISK TOURS PANAMA'S REMOTE DARIEN BORDER REGION [...] (SBU) WHA DAS Dan Fisk and Ambassador Watt, with POL Counselor and NAS Director, visited three locales in Panama's rugged and remote Darien province October 6, including the provincial capital, La Palma. They spent the day viewing Panamanian National Police (PNP) border installations, greeti [...] |
2004-10-19 18:58:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2589 | PANAMA INVESTIGATORS, PROSECUTORS PUSH TIP AGENDA [...] (SBU) Despite the continued absence of funding for the anti-TIP law enacted in March 2004 (see Reftel A) and a recent change in administration, Panama's Judicial Police (PTJ) and prosecutors have continued to push the TIP agenda. They have publicized the anti-TIP law, created a specialized se [...] |
2004-10-19 21:11:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SMIG PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2641 | PANAMA'S ARNULFISTA PARTY: ELECTORAL SHELLACKING [...] (C) Up-and-coming Arnulfista Party (PA) leaders will not wait for Party President Mireya Moscoso to complete her term in January 2006 before trying to rebuild the party, ideally minus her. After the PA's meager third-place finish (16.4% of popular vote) in Panama's May 2004 presidential elect [...] |
2004-10-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA2661 | PANAMA PROTESTS: THE STORY BEHIND BOCAS VIOLENCE [...] (C) A peaceful protest in a north coast town far from the capital against an electric company veered into violence on October 24 after a radical group exploited local tensions and attacked the national police (PNP) with iron bars and Molotov cocktails, injuring 28 people including 24 officers [...] |
2004-10-28 22:43:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2691 | SCENESETTER: DEFENSE SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S NOVEMBER [...] (C) On behalf of Embassy Panama I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming November 13-14, 2004 visit to Panama. Your presence here as the government of Martin Torrijos enters its third month signals the great interest of the United States in strengthening our excellent rela [...] |
2004-11-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV SNAR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2694 | PANAMA: NEW GENERATION OF ARNULFISTA VISIONARIES [...] (C) The strong push to reform the Arnulfista Party (PA) after its May 2004 electoral defeat (see reftel) raises questions about why it occurred, who can repair the damage, what are the PA's long-term prospects, and what it all means for the USG. Most observers blame Mireya Moscoso and her cl [...] |
2004-11-02 16:50:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA2698 | PANAMA RESPONDS TO CNIES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) This message contains action requests. Embassy requests Department's guidance on questions in paragraphs 2 and 3. Embassy understands that Department wants to elicit a formal positive response by diplomatic note no later than December 1. In order to meet that deadline, Embassy would [...] |
2004-11-02 20:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR MOPS PM EARI POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA274 | EMBASSY PANAMA CONVENES MINI-CTAG [...] (U) Per ref B, on February 2, Embassy's Pol Counselor, AID Director, Econ Counselor and NAS Director met with diplomatic representatives from G-8 countries and Spain to discuss Panama's counterterrorism (CT) requirements and vulnerabilities, each country's CT-related assistance to Panama, and [...] |
2004-02-06 18:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2777 | PANAMA PROBABLY WILL NOT MOVE TO OPPOSE [...] (C) This Embassy and other observers hoped that Panama's UNGA voting patterns soon might become more congenial to U.S. interests, given the recent election of Martin Torrijos, a young, modernizing president; his avowed intent to make Panama's UN General Assembly voting "more predictable"; and [...] |
2004-11-16 21:44:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM UNGA POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2829 | PANAMA GOVERNMENT WEATHERS FIERCE CRITICISM AS IT [...] (C) With apparent support from President Martin Torrijos, Minister of Government and Justice Hector Aleman is moving to centralize control of the Panamanian Public Forces (PPF). MOGJ sources contend that under the government of former president Mireya Moscoso, MOGJ exercised weak oversight of [...] |
2004-11-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MARR PINS PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2841 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS AGENDA CONTINUES AFTER [...] (SBU) President Martin Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) are trying to make the most of their honeymoon period. Less than 100 days into its five-year term, the new administration has accomplished one of its top domestic priorities by pushing through a constitutional reform [...] |
2004-11-24 14:57:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA2881 | PANAMA: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] Military forces are constitutionally banned in Panama. The Central Government oversees Panama's civilian security forces. Panama presently appears to meet the standards set out in the legislation, described in reftel, for international financial institution funding. Per reftel A, the followi [...] |
2004-11-30 16:31:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA2921 | SECDEF RUMSFELD'S TWO-DAY PANAMA TOUR A SUCCESS [...] (C) In a two-day visit to Panama November 13-14, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld met with Panamanian President Torrijos and top cabinet officials, visited and overflew the Panama Canal, laid a wreath at the American Battle Monument Commission's Corozal Cemetary, and held a news conferenc [...] |
2004-12-03 19:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM CM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA2923 | PANAMA SEEKS SOLUTIONS TO ARMS-FOR-DRUGS TRADE [...] (C) Since the seizure of the "Otterloo" in 2001, a ship carrying about 3,000 weapons from Nicaragua through Panama to the AUC in Colombia, the Colombian armed groups (FARC and AUC) appear to be relying increasingly on smaller arms-for-drugs purchases, instead of purchasing large amounts of w [...] |
2004-12-03 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS SNAR PGOV PREL PARM PM NI CO CR LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2937 | PANAMA, THE G4 AND "PLAN PUEBLA" [...] (C) Mexican President Vicente Fox publicly endorsed Panama's inclusion in the G3 (Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico) during his November 2-3 visit to Panama. According to MFA Advisor Nils Castro and International Organizations Director Javier Bonagas, the GOP's primary interest in joining the G [...] |
2004-12-06 21:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG PM CO VZ LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2943 | PANAMA AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama offers the following information and analysis in response to Reftel A tasking. CUBA AND PANAMANIAN POLITICS ----------------------------- 2. (C) Six days before leaving office, late on the evening of August 25, 2004, Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso pardoned fou [...] |
2004-12-07 19:52:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PGOV EFIN ETRD PM CU POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA298 | PANAMA ELECTION COUNTDOWN #1: 12 WEEKS TO GO [...] (U) Monday, February 2, marked the deadline for political parties to register candidacies for presidential, mayoral, legislative and local representative seats. All parties complied with the deadline and despite rumors over the weekend that one would withdraw from the race; all four president [...] |
2004-02-09 17:51:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA2986 | PANAMA VIEWS FROM THE FIELD: INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) PolOff recently traveled to several remote indigenous areas of Panama, which are among the least accessible, least developed, and poorest parts of the country. With little economy to speak of aside from subsistence agriculture, indigenous groups focus on capturing development grants. [...] |
2004-12-14 17:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID PGOV PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2997 | PANAMA REFUGEE NEWS: GOP COOPERATES, COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Since the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) established a permanent office in Panama in April (reftel), the GOP has cooperated increasingly with the UNHCR and other NGOs to assist the approximately 821 displaced Colombians in the Darien border area. Under the Torrijo [...] |
2004-12-16 18:54:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA30 | PANAMA UNDECIDED ON 8 OF 9 CERD SPOTS [...] (U) On January 6, MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Nubia Lezcano advised Poloff that the GOP has committed to one CERD candidate due to "previous agreements," but has not decided who to support for the other eight positions. Lezcano further explained that it was unlikel [...] |
2004-01-07 18:50:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA301 | PANAMA ELECTIONS: FIRST DEBATE TURNS UP THE HEAT [...] THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. SUMMARY: CANDIDATES BARE TEETH ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) During Panama's February 2 nationwide televised presidential debate, the four candidates soon shelved their inhibitions and began attacking one another [...] |
2004-02-09 21:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA3025 | PANAMA: ECONOMIC TRENDS AND LOOMING CHALLENGES [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Hoping to capitalize early on its campaign promises (anti-corruption, transparency, fiscal responsibility and economic growth), current popularity (70 percent), and control of the legislatu [...] |
2004-12-21 16:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA3034 | PANAMA PUSHES DISABLED RIGHTS UNDER THE TORRIJOS [...] (SBU) In his first hundred days in office, President Torrijos has moved quickly to deliver on campaign promises to 280,000 disabled citizens and their families to create practical and inclusive institutions to boost compliance with Panama's disability laws. The president's personal interest [...] |
2004-12-21 22:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA3038 | OVERVIEW OF PANAMANIAN EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of reports from Embassy Panama's newly formed Illicit Finance Task Force (IFTF). The interagency IFTF was initiated in September 2004 to monitor terrorist financing and the laundering of narcotics and other criminal proceeds. The task force includes member [...] |
2004-12-22 19:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER SNAR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA324 | SCENESETTER: CODEL WELLER'S VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) Embassy Panama welcomes Codel Weller on their February 19-22 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate US appreciation for the ongoing security and drug enforcement cooperation between our two countries. Your visit highlights our governments' mutual focus on the strate [...] |
2004-02-11 20:20:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC PREL ECON PM |
| 04PANAMA325 | PANAMA'S PROGRESS ON MARITIME SECURITY -- GOOD [...] (SBU) The September 11 attacks called significant attention to the potential for terrorist exploitation of Panama,s leading maritime position. Panama has the world,s largest flag state registry with approximately 6300 vessels over 500 gross metric tons and approximately 300,000 seafarers. Ad [...] |
2004-02-11 20:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KNNP PTER ETTC PREL PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA345 | PANAMA READY TO FOLLOW-UP ON IAEA CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (SBU) On February 9, 2004, Embassy delivered diplomatic note No. 162 containing reftel letter from Secretary Powell to Panama's Minister of Foreign Affairs Harmodio Arias. MFA Director General for International Organizations and Conferences Rodolfo Aleman Zubieta advised Poloff that same day [...] |
2004-02-13 19:52:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA352 | PANAMA ELECTION COUNTDOWN #2: 11 WEEKS TO GO [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. Protect Accordingly. The Race Is On -------------- 2. (U) Candidates for all 1,754 national and local positions to be contested in Panama's May 2 elections have shifted their efforts into high gear. As political advertising increases in every medium from roll [...] |
2004-02-13 22:18:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA353 | PANAMA POLITICAL ANALYST ON MAY 2 ELECTION: [...] (C) Former Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) political operative turned independent consultant and analyst, Jose Isabel Blandon, told DCM and POL Counselor that the PRD's superior numbers and organization and a divided opposition probably will secure the presidency for Martin Torrijos on M [...] |
2004-02-13 22:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA399 | FOCUSING PANAMA'S EFFORT TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) The January 18-21 G/TIP visit to Panama helped refine Embassy and GOP anti-TIP efforts approach to strategies (Ref A). The Embassy will push the GOP to focus its anti-TIP improvements on public awareness campaigns, victims assistance, and increased training. In the short term, legisla [...] |
2004-02-19 12:54:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SMIG PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA40 | PANAMA'S MAY 2004 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Panamanians nationwide will go to the polls on May 2, 2004 to choose a president, 78 legislators, 75 mayors, 619 local representatives, and 20 representatives to the Central American Parliament. The presidential campaign currently is a two-man race (in a field of four candidates) with t [...] |
2004-01-08 19:28:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA417 | PANAMA ELECTION COUNTDOWN #3: 10 WEEKS TO GO [...] (U) Electoral Magistrates proudly announced that the electoral process is moving forward and is 70 percent complete. Among other things, The Electoral Tribunal must still select and train personnel to staff voting places and set aside space and staff for vote counting committees at the local [...] |
2004-02-20 21:15:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA419 | PANAMANIAN MADAM HEADED TO PRISON [...] (U) After two trials, two guilty verdicts, years of appeals, and not one day behind bars, the former head of a child prostitution ring, Thonya Xiomara Hubbard (aka Madam Thonya), will be spending the next 76 months in prison. On February 16, the Supreme Appeal Court rejected Hubbard's appea [...] |
2004-02-20 23:34:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA440 | PANAMA ELECTIONS - NOTES FROM THE FIELD - CHIRIQUI [...] (SBU) Residents of Chiriqui, Panama's largest dairy, coffee, and vegetable producer, and its capital David, Panama's third-largest city, want politicians to focus on unemployment and an agricultural sector threatened by a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States. Pol Counsel [...] |
2004-02-25 18:17:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PM PINR PREL POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA441 | PANAMA'S SCORECARD ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS [...] Summary and Comment: Overall, Panama's intellectual property rights regime is headed in the right direction and has improved during the past year. Panama has relatively well-developed intellectual property laws and institutions, and the GoP has increased specialized IPR training and technic [...] |
2004-02-25 18:33:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA452 | CODEL WELLER UNDERSCORES GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) Summary: Codel Weller,s February 19-22 visit to Panama underscored our strong friendship and high level of bilateral cooperation with GoP interlocutors, who included President Moscoso, FM Arias, National Security Advisor Jarvis, and VM for Foreign Trade Adames. Congressman Weller expres [...] |
2004-02-26 20:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EWWT SNAR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA465 | LA DONA HITS PANAMA'S AIRWAVES. PANAMA ELECTION [...] (U) While a political cartoon in a Panama daily depicted the fifth ballot's funeral, civil society refused to let the issue rest in peace. Criticism abounded in the wake of last week's Electoral Tribunal (ET) and Executive Branch insistence on not issuing a fifth ballot on constitutional ref [...] |
2004-02-27 20:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA484 | THREE PURCHASES BY DEPORTES EL CAZADOR OK: [...] (U) This message contains proprietary business information. Please protect. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On February 27, EmbOffs met with Deportes El Cazador's owner and president Rolando GONZALEZ Salerno at the company's offices, which are co-located with Gonzalez' residence [...] |
2004-03-02 14:34:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA540 | LA PRENSA FOUNDER ROBERTO EISENMANN SLAMS PANAMA'S [...] (C) Roberto Eisenmann, Jr., founder of Panama's anti-dictatorship daily newspaper La Prensa, since 1990 turned political maverick and op-ed gadfly, recently shared with POL Counselor some caustic commentary on what he called the "outrageous" attitude of Panama's political class and its corrup [...] |
2004-03-04 19:40:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA548 | PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) While Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a problem in Panama, it is still relatively small and manageable. Embassy has worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover more about the extent of the problem in Panama and to encourage the GOP to wor [...] |
2004-03-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA564 | NEW PANAMA POLLS SHOW TORRIJOS WITH LARGE LEAD. [...] (SBU) New polls from two different not necessarily reliable sources are ranking presidential candidates in the usual order. In the Assembly, legislators seeking to rejuvenate their rotten image have proposed forward-leaning reductions in their own privileges, but may lack the political will t [...] |
2004-03-08 22:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA576 | PANAMA ADOPTS "ENERGETIC MEASURES" AGAINST [...] (SBU) In the past ten days (March 1-9) the Panamanian government (GOP) organized an inter-agency anti-TIP working group, set into motion a 45-day action plan, launched a public awareness campaign, prepared tougher anti-TIP legislation, readied a victims hotline, and announced that it had iden [...] |
2004-03-09 20:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA584 | PANAMA (FTAA/TNC): STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE G-14 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Panamanian Vice Minister for Foreign Trade Romel Adames told Econ Chief on March 8 that Panama would strongly support the USG position within the G-14 and moving forward with agreement on procedures for p [...] |
2004-03-10 20:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA586 | PANAMA OFFERS BETTER HIGH-VALUE TRANSIT GUARANTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Panama's unilateral alternative to the USG's bilateral MOU proposal may be a better force protection guarantee for US military high-value transits (HVTs). After Embassy receives actual GOP language, probably in one to two months, we will analyze it and report our conclusions and [...] |
2004-03-10 21:36:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PINS EWWT MOPS PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA613 | OBSERVERS, OPACITY, AND A PLEDGE. PANAMA ELECTION [...] (SBU) With less than two months to go, electoral issues are finally gaining prominence in Panama's media. Panamanian and foreign observers organize for the May 2 elections. Embassy plans to coordinate with OAS and Ombudsman's Office observers to ensure broad coverage of key polling areas on [...] |
2004-03-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA615 | TORRIJOS TEAM BEGINNING TO LOOK AHEAD TO NEW [...] (C) Still leading in the polls, Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential candidate Martin Torrijos is starting to consider what his administration might look like, well aware of our interest in key PRD appointments. Meeting with PolOff, senior advisor and "friend of Martin" Ubaldino [...] |
2004-03-16 21:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ETRD MASS PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA632 | STATUS OF FORMER USG PROPERTIES IN THE PANAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Panama,s Interoceanic Region Authority (ARI) is responsible for converting former USG property in the Panama Canal area to private and commercial use. It has had a number of significant successes, and current and future investment in these "reverted" areas could total $2.5 bil [...] |
2004-03-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA633 | SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR ARCOS' VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) I warmly welcome your March 23-25 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG appreciation for the ongoing maritime security cooperation between our two countries, and to press for continuing focus on this as well as aviation security (and increasingly cruise ship securi [...] |
2004-03-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KNNP PTER ETTC PREL PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA648 | U.S.-PANAMA FTA NEGOTIATIONS - THOUGHTS ON TIMING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Commerce and Industry Joaquin Jacome and VM for Trade Romel Adames will be traveling to Washington next week for the March 23 TPSC Panama hearing at USTR and to press for moving forward expeditiously with FTA negotiations. The upcoming November U.S. elections and the [...] |
2004-03-19 17:49:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA651 | MORE SECRETS, A DEBATE, AND ANOTHER POLL SHOWS [...] (SBU) Local press meticulously covered former President Ernesto Perez Balladares' unexpected disclosure of discretionary expenditures during his presidency (1994-99), tied to the ongoing battle between Electoral Prosecutor Gerardo Solis and President Moscoso. (Reftels A & B). A March 16 presi [...] |
2004-03-19 19:39:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA652 | MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: US-PANAMA EXCHANGE OF [...] The following US diplomatic note no. 325, dated March 17, 2004, was presented by Embassy to the GOP (text per ref B with changes per ref A). Begin text: No. 325 The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Republic o [...] |
2004-03-19 20:33:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA663 | PANAMA TO OUTLINE INITIATIVES AND GOALS TO STEM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA669 | PANAMA'S INPUT: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRAINING, [...] Summary. Post has provided primarily financial support and equipment to Panama in support of promoting effective protection and enforcement of IP rights. Panama has relatively well-developed intellectual property laws and institutions, and the GOP has also increased specialized IPR training [...] |
2004-03-22 20:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON SNAR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA672 | FATE OF ANTI-CASTRO CUBAN AMERICANS IN THE HANDS [...] NAME: NOVO, GUILLERMO; REMON, PEDRO; JIMENEZ, GASPAR 2. SEX: MALE 3. DOPB: JUNE 08, 1939, CUBA; SEPTEMBER 13, 1944, CUBA; OCTOBER 06, 1935, CUBA 23. (SBU) REMARKS: After nearly three and one-half years of incarceration, prosecutors and defense attorneys completed the argume [...] |
2004-03-22 20:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CJAN SNAR PHUM CU PM NOVO GUILLERMO REMON PEDRO JIMENEZ GASPAR CONSULAR AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA705 | PANAMA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN: VERAGUAS PROVINCE IS [...] (SBU) On March 14, seven weeks before Panama's May 2 general elections, PolOffs toured rural Veraguas province with members of three of the four party coalitions vying for the presidency and 78 legislative seats. Though Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential candidate Martin Torrij [...] |
2004-03-26 18:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA715 | NAMES FLOATED, A BLAST FROM THE PAST, AND A [...] (SBU) Panama's electoral campaign suddenly became more interesting with a bristling 3/23 confrontation between Arnulfista youth and Endara supporters and a 3/24 shooting incident in a depressed area. From here forward, campaign tensions will mount, primarily in the form of mudslinging and edi [...] |
2004-03-29 12:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA730 | ARTICLE 98 SUPPORTER IN CLOSE RACE WITH U.S. [...] (U) This cable is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. Please protect accordingly. ----------------- A Fighting Chance ----------------- 2. (SBU) On March 14, PolOffs accompanied Arnulfista Party legislative challenger Jose "Pepe" Gomez on a tour of Veraguas province's 9-3 electoral circuit [...] |
2004-03-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA748 | DHS AMBASSADOR ARCOS PRESSES MARITIME SECURITY [...] Summary: During a March 23-24 visit to Panama, Ambassador Cresencio Arcos, Director for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security pressed the USG agenda on maritime security. At a meeting with Panama's Minister of Government and Justice (MOGJ), Arnulfo Escalona, the [...] |
2004-04-01 15:28:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PTER ETRD PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA76 | PANAMA'S CHANCES FOR QUICK CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Due to a lack of support from the two biggest political parties and disagreements over procedure, the possibility that Panama's legislators will enact constitutional reforms in the near future is fading rapidly. Many politicians have acknowledged publicly a need to reform Panama's curr [...] |
2004-01-14 17:04:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PM |
| 04PANAMA791 | Rumors, Observers, and Negative Advertising. [...] (SBU) With the May 2 elections just one month away, the campaigns and the candidates are entering the home stretch. The Electoral Tribunal and the Ombudsman's office are focused on Election Day logistics and observers. Panama's media and civil society are investigating candidates' backgrounds [...] |
2004-04-02 21:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA798 | PANAMA: KEY AGRICULTURAL ISSUES FOR THE UPCOMING [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. Summary: This cable provides an overview of Panama's agricultural sector and Post's assessment of key issues in preparation for the upcoming bilateral negotiations (Round One will be held April 26-30, 2004 in Panama [...] |
2004-04-05 16:46:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA802 | PANAMA'S DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTIONARY PARTY (PRD) AND [...] (C) The prospect of a PRD government assuming power on September 1 is high, barring an unforeseen development. Martin Torrijos enjoys a big lead in the polls barely four weeks before Panama's May 2 presidential election. According to many observers, Martin has consolidated his control over t [...] |
2004-04-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA810 | PANAMA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN: ALEMAN MAY BE COUNTING [...] (U) PolOffs recently toured Panama's Herrera and Los Santos provinces, meeting with Herrera's Electoral Tribunal Regional Director Hector Paulette, Arnulfista Party legislative challenger Pacifico Escalona and Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) Herrera elections coordinator Reynaldo Salerno. [...] |
2004-04-06 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA813 | PANAMA REFUGEE NEWS--UNHCR PERMANENT OFFICE, [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-06 21:56:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA823 | PANAMANIAN SUPREME COURT THROWS OUT CHARGES [...] (C) Citing "lack of jurisdiction," by an 8-1 vote, Panama's Supreme Court has terminated Public Ministry investigations of all charges against Israeli national Shimon Yalin Yelinek, currently residing in Panama, for his alleged role in smuggling Nicaraguan military weapons to the paramilitary [...] |
2004-04-07 19:29:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PARM PREL KCOR PTER KJUS PM NI CO GA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA828 | PANAMA PUBLIC OPINION POLLS NOT DEPENDABLE [...] (SBU) Panama's nationally-published public opinion polls are probably biased, do not offer a dependable measure of Panamanians' voting preferences, and probably will not accurately predict outcomes for the May 2 elections. While we still think Martin Torrijos will win the May 2, 2004 presiden [...] |
2004-04-08 15:13:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA85 | SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR OTTO REICH'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Panama welcomes Special Envoy for Western Hemisphere Initiatives Ambassador Otto Reich on his January 17 - 24 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate the Ambassador's good governance message to GOP officials, including Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso, priva [...] |
2004-01-15 20:19:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EWWT SNAR OVIP PM NAS |
| 04PANAMA853 | PANAMA STRONGLY ENDORSES PSI LEADING UP TO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-13 12:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA861 | PANAMA'S TELECOM/TECH SECTOR: AN OVERVIEW [...] Summary: Panama's telecommunications and technology sector is growing, and now represents 6% of GDP. The regulatory authority "Ente" has maintained a fairly good record for enforcement over the sector, though the former monopoly, Cable & Wireless Panama (CWP) has been slow in negotiating int [...] |
2004-04-13 20:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECPS PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA863 | FRAUD PREVENTION, OBSTRUCTIONISM, AND BICKERING. [...] (SBU) Panama's May 2 election - only three weeks away - is starting to concentrate minds. The Electoral Tribunal is implementing fraud prevention procedures, informing voters, and fending off critics. Electoral Prosecutor Gerardo Solis depoliticized his investigation of the Presidency's lega [...] |
2004-04-13 21:43:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA875 | PANAMA'S FORMER PRESIDENT GUILLERMO ENDARA DRIVES [...] (SBU) His campaign may lack money and glitz and his poll numbers are stubbornly stuck in second place behind Martin Torrijos but former president Guillermo Endara (1989-1994) is confident his single-message campaign -- that he is Panama's only hope for honest government -- will catapult him to [...] |
2004-04-14 22:12:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAGR PM POL CHIEF |
| 04PANAMA886 | PANAMA's MAY 2 ELECTORAL PROCESS: NUTS AND BOLTS [...] (U) Panama will hold general elections on Sunday, May 2 to elect a total of 1,756 new officials for five-year terms. Voters will elect a President, two Vice Presidents, 78 legislators (and 156 alternates), 75 mayors (and 150 alternates), 619 local representatives, 7 councilmen, 20 representa [...] |
2004-04-16 14:51:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA892 | Education, Absenteeism, and Closing Rallies. [...] (SBU) Candidates, voters, and electoral officials are in the home stretch for Panama's May 2 general elections. The Electoral Tribunal (ET) briefed the diplomatic corps on elections in an April 13 luncheon presentation with media present. On April 14, the ET warned the Supreme Court not to a [...] |
2004-04-19 12:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA896 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS TEAM STIFLES ELECTION EVE [...] (C) Arnulfista and Solidarity Party opponents of presidential candidate Martin Torrijos have given documents to reporters that they hope will link him to a 1985 drug-related kidnapping. Apparently rattled by a potentially damaging story that could break just before the May 2 election, the To [...] |
2004-04-19 21:46:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA906 | USG SUCCESS STORY: PANAMA REGAINS CATEGORY 1 FOR [...] Summary: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) downgraded Panama in 2001 for not complying with international air safety standards. Over the past 18 months, the Embassy has worked to focus the GoP's highest levels on making needed changes to its aviation authority to regain the status. [...] |
2004-04-20 19:33:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD BEXP CASC PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA914 | PRE-ELECTION VIEWS FROM THE FIELD: NEW [...] (U) EmbOffs recently visited the western Panama reservation (or Comarca) of the Ngobe-Bugl indigenous group as part of our pre-election coverage. The Comarca will elect three new representatives on May 2 to the 78-seat unicameral Legislative Assembly. The new seats could provide some impor [...] |
2004-04-21 19:23:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PM |
| 04PANAMA924 | PANAMA: THE CAMPAIGN OF ARNULFISTA PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Arnulfista Presidential Candidate Jose Miguel Aleman, a distant third in most public opinion polls, seeks to emerge from President Moscoso's shadow to place first in Panama's May 2 elections. Neutralizing Aleman's greatest logistical asset, the three-party coalition that backs him and its [...] |
2004-04-22 12:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA925 | PANAMA COURT SENTENCES ANTI-CASTRO CONSPIRATORS, [...] (SBU) On April 20, Panama's Fifth Penal Court convicted six anti-Castro conspirators, including three AmCits, for endangering public safety and sentenced them to seven and eight-year jail terms for a November 2000 plot to kill Fidel Castro. (See Refs A and B.) Luis Posada Carriles, currently [...] |
2004-04-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CJAN CASC SNAR CU PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA929 | SCENESETTER: AUSTR VARGO'S TRIP TO PANAMA FOR THE [...] (U) I warmly welcome your April 25-30 visit to Panama. The USDEL's visit marks the culmination of a long campaign by the GoP to move forward on an FTA with the U.S. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG commitment to expanding trade and investment between our two countries, and to pre [...] |
2004-04-22 20:43:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA936 | Observers, a non-debate, more polls, and some [...] (SBU) As campaigning hits a feverish pace, candidates Torrijos and Endara decided to skip the final, April 20 debate. Two final public opinion polls with conflicting results have generated controversy, as has another group of Endara supporters who made their support publicly known. The Electo [...] |
2004-04-23 19:58:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA954 | PSI: ANSWERS TO KEY QUESTIONS ON CARGO HANDLING [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-26 15:19:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP EWWT EAIR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA975 | PANAMA ELECTION EVE OUTLOOK: LIKELY WINNER [...] (C) Martin Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD), well ahead by most indicators, are poised to win the presidency and a plurality of legislative seats in Panama's Sunday, May 2, 2004 general elections. The American-educated Torrijos has marginalized the PRD's "old guard" and ha [...] |
2004-04-27 22:52:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 04PANAMA995 | Rallies, a ceremony, and transition planning. [...] (SBU) Presidential candidates staged campaign closing rallies throughout the final week before Panama's Sunday, May 2 General Elections. EmbOffs met OAS observers to discuss Election Day plans on April 27. Electoral authorities announced final logistical arrangements and accepted control of [...] |
2004-04-29 20:59:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 04SANTODOMINGO5982 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AGREES TO CO-SPONSOR UNGA [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the MFA on October 19. On October 29, Deputy IO Ddirector Rhadys Abreu de Polanco called to say that Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso had approved the Dominican Republic's co-sponsoring the proposed U.S. draft UNGA resolution on the international [...] |
2004-11-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCIP IO PM DR |
| 04YEREVAN1813 | ARMENIA'S TEST FOR NATO AND PFP: WILL THEY BE [...] (C) GOAM senior policy makers are looking to the upcoming Cooperation Best Effort 2004 (CBE04) Partnership for Peace (PfP) mid-September exercise in Azerbaijan as a test case for whether NATO, PfP members and the U.S. genuinely want to work with Armenia. Until the five Armenian military office [...] |
2004-08-16 11:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PM PGOV AM AJ |
| 05AMMAN6848 | STREAMLINING THE JORDAN ARMED FORCES [...] (C) Summary: The Jordan Armed Forces are seeking to re-make themselves as a smaller, more highly-skilled force. It remains to be seen whether this will be a less-expensive force. Some of the military,s traditional social welfare and political functions will be hard to shed at a time of belt- [...] |
2005-08-24 12:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MCAP PM JO |
| 05ASUNCION711 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21-27 [...] (U) Summary: ----------------- -- Congress approves military exercises with the US -- Paraguay to sign Open Skies with Panama -- Bangladeshi nationals arrested -- Presidential cabinet shuffle -- Brazilian troops control border with Paraguay -- Venezuela and Cuba seek deeper ties Congre [...] |
2005-05-27 16:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM MOPS VE CU PM PA |
| 05BRATISLAVA939 | GUIDANCE REQUEST: SLOVAKS BUYING MILITARY SUPPLIES [...] SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. The Slovak Ministry of Defense has signed contracts with a Slovak firm to purchase replacement military parts made in Belarus. Embassy Bratislava requests guidance on the USG's view of a NATO ally indirectly purchasing military supplies from Belarus. END SUMMARY A [...] |
2005-11-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PM LO BO |
| 05BRUSSELS2840 | EU RECEIVES DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON CHINA [...] (SBU) On July 25 and 26, we delivered Reftel A points to Ana Ramirez, Principal Administrator for China and Southeast Asia at the European Council, and Henriette Geiger, China Desk Officer at the European Commission. Both expressed appreciation for the report and talking points. They pointed [...] |
2005-07-27 15:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH PARM PM PREL USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05GUATEMALA2653 | CONTRABAND, CUSTOMS REFORM AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Contraband poses an ongoing threat to Guatemala's economic development, undermining growth in the formal sector and diminishing the government's ability to collect taxes. The potential nexus with organized crime, human and drug smuggling, along with the incentive to corrupt and undermine [...] |
2005-11-22 22:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN BEXP ETTC KCOR KCRM KIPR PGOV PM PINR ASEC SNAR GT |
| 05LAGOS1965 | TERRORISM FINANCE: AHMED IDRIS NASREDDIN [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ off and Poloff presented ref D demarche to Ibrahim Lamorde, Director of Operations for Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos office. Lamorde said the EFCC had been investigating the Nasco group of companies since October, after receiving communication [...] |
2005-12-30 12:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PM NI |
| 05PANAMA1023 | SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR SICHAN SIV MAY 12-13 VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to meet with senior officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to [...] |
2005-05-06 21:14:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM |
| 05PANAMA1024 | PANAMA OAS DEMARCHE: GOP LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-06 21:15:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM AORC PGOV PREL PM USOAS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1025 | PANAMA UNCHR DEMARCHE: GOP LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-06 21:15:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PM UNGA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1042 | PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BURTON [...] Embassy warmly welcomes Representative Dan Burton (R- IN), House International Relations Committee (HIRC), Western Hemisphere Chairman, who will lead a delegation to Panama during June 4-6, 2005. Embassy also welcomes the following participants of the congressional delegation: Members: Re [...] |
2005-05-09 22:35:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OVIP PM |
| 05PANAMA1102 | PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF [...] Country Clearance is granted to Department of Labor Consultant Kjell Enge, from Juarez and Associates, for travel to Panama June 1-5, 2005. 2. Purpose of this visit is to provide technical assistance and conduct workshops with USDOL grantees on project performance monitoring issues concerni [...] |
2005-05-17 17:11:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB OTRA AFIN PM NU |
| 05PANAMA1117 | SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON JUNE 4-6 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and the economic environment. You [...] |
2005-05-19 22:31:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM |
| 05PANAMA1134 | PANAMA CSS REFORM DEMONSTRATIONS BEGIN IN EARNEST [...] (SBU) ON MONDAY, MAY 23, THE FIRST ROUND OF DEBATES IN PANAMA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUED AMID ROWDY, MAINLY STUDENT-LED DEMONSTRATIONS IN PRINCIPAL STREETS OF THE CITY, AND AT LEAST 70 ARRESTS. POLICE REPORTED STUDENTS WERE CARRYING KNIVES, MOLOTOV COCKTAILS, PLIERS, AND PETARDS. SOME WORE [...] |
2005-05-23 23:13:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PGOV PM PREL POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1138 | PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] Country Clearance is granted to Inter-American Foundation Director of Corporate Programs Walter Allan Price, for travel to Panama May 25-27, 2005. 2. Purpose of this visit is to meet with business leaders to offer them information on the REDEAMERICA Initiative, which involves companies and [...] |
2005-05-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON OTRA PM |
| 05PANAMA1139 | PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] Country Clearance is granted to Inter-American Foundation Representative John Matthew Reed, for travel to Panama May 27-June 10, 2005. 2. Purpose of travel is to visit potential grantees to pre- screen possible new projects, and to visit current grantees for project monitoring. 3. As pe [...] |
2005-05-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ECON OTRA PM |
| 05PANAMA1173 | PANAMA RESPONSE TO ILO DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-31 22:29:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CU ELAB PGOV PHUM PM PREL ILO POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1175 | OAS: PANAMA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Watt called Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis on Friday, May 27, to encourage support for the U.S. candidate for Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Paolo G. Carozza. The Foreign Minister informed Ambassador Watt on Tuesday, May 31, that the GOP would support Carozza. 2 [...] |
2005-06-01 14:12:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1183 | PANAMA'S SOLIDARIDAD-LIBERAL NACIONAL MERGER WILL [...] (SBU) Two of Panama's small opposition parties, the National Liberal Party (PLN) and the Solidarity Party (Partido Solidaridad), are reportedly close to agreement on merging into a single political party. A merger between the two would lend Solidaridad, the larger of the two parties, a wider [...] |
2005-06-01 20:39:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1184 | PANAMA'S CSS REFORM PACKAGE PASSES WITH MINOR [...] (SBU) On May 31, nine minutes before midnight, Panama's National Assembly passed President Martin Torrijos's Social Security (CSS) reform package with a vote of 43-30. All 43 Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) legislators voted in favor, while the opposition presented a united front against [...] |
2005-06-01 21:21:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PM PREL POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1205 | PANAMA AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama offers the following information and analysis in response to Reftel A tasking. CUBA AND PANAMANIAN POLITICS 2. (C) Currently GOP and Cuba maintain only consular relations. Full diplomatic relations between the GOP and Cuba have not been reestablished since Cuba broke [...] |
2005-06-06 21:51:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PGOV PM PREL POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1320 | MDA: PANAMA RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 14:02:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PM ICRC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1326 | PANAMA HAS NO RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNESCO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-17 21:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL PGOV PM UNESCO KSCI |
| 05PANAMA1339 | PANAMA: NO POSITION TO SHARE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-20 21:31:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KUNR PREL PM UNHCR POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1343 | PANAMA RECEPTIVE TO USG PRIORITIES FOR UN REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-21 17:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL PGOV AORC PM UNSC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1352 | AS HIS POPULARITY PLUMMETS, PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Apparently surprised by the persistence of anti-CSS (Social Security) reform agitation following passage of a June 1 reform bill (see Reftel), and as one poll placed his approval rating at just over 20%, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos on June 16 proposed a 90-day social security refo [...] |
2005-06-21 22:38:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1377 | PANAMA PRESIDENT TORRIJOS BOWS TO LABOR PRESSURE [...] (C) In a surprise move on the evening of June 21, as anti-CSS (social security) strikes that no one thought would last more than a few days were set to enter their fifth week, President Torrijos announced that he would "suspend" writing regulations for the June 1 CSS reform law (Law 17), pendin [...] |
2005-06-24 21:26:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PM VE POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1415 | PANAMA PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'S POPULARITY NOSE-DIVES [...] (C) Panama President Martin Torrijos's popularity plummeted in the wake of the June 1 passage of the Social Security (CSS) reform package pushed through the National Assembly by his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD). Less than one in four Panamanians now believe that Torrijos is doing an a [...] |
2005-07-01 21:24:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1416 | PANAMA AND CUBA SET TO REESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC TIES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-01 21:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PM CU POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1423 | SENIOR PANAMANIAN OFFICIALS TO VISIT CARACAS JULY [...] (C) Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis called POL Counselor July 5 to let us know that he plans a one-day visit to Venezuela tomorrow, July 6, to meet with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez to "review" the bilateral relationship. Minister of Government and Justice Hector Aleman [...] |
2005-07-05 20:39:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1426 | MDA: PANAMA RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-05 21:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL PGOV PM ICRC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1431 | PANAMA STRIKE LEADERS EXPLAIN OPPOSITION TO CSS [...] (SBU) Members of the anti-CSS-reform FRENADESSO coalition -- a mixed bag of ideological leftists and bread-and-butter trade unionists -- want the GOP to pay more and the people to pay less to reform Panama's CSS than the June 1 Law 17 stipulates. During recent meetings with PolOffs, leaders o [...] |
2005-07-06 19:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB PREL EINV PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA1433 | PANAMA HAS NO OFFICIAL CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO; WILL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-06 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL OTRA PREL PGOV PM UNESCO POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1435 | PANAMA'S POSITION SIMILAR TO U.S. ON UN COMMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-06 22:24:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KUNR PREL PM UNCHR POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1438 | PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HARRY PONTING AND ALEX [...] Country Clearance is granted to Harry Ponting and Alex Yates, for travel to Panama during July 13-16, 2005. 2. Purpose of this visit is to assist Embassy implementation of the classified web publishing initiative known as Net- Centric Diplomacy (NCD). 3. As per reftel, hotel reservations [...] |
2005-07-07 15:03:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF PGOV PINR OTRA PM |
| 05PANAMA144 | PANAMA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IS NOW A FACT [...] (SBU) Panama's revised constitution, now in effect for one month, fulfills a key goal of President Torrijos's domestic political agenda. The entire constitutional revision process -- from its post-May 2004 national election start to its November 15 appearance in the national register -- took o [...] |
2005-01-19 16:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1445 | JULY 4 MESSAGE FROM PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS [...] ON MONDAY, JULY 4, EMBASSY PANAMA RECEIVED ORIGINAL NOTE DGPCE NO. 794/2005 TRANSMITTING A CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT MARTIN TORRIJOS TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ON A NEW CELEBRATION OF THE U.S. INDEPENDENCE DAY. EMBASSY TRANSLATION OF TEXT FOLLOWS: BEGIN TEXT. PLEASE ACCEPT [...] |
2005-07-07 17:35:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ODIP OPDC PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 05PANAMA1446 | JULY 4 MESSAGE FROM VICE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN [...] ON MONDAY, JULY 4, EMBASSY PANAMA RECEIVED ORIGINAL NOTE DGPCE NO. 795/2005 TRANSMITTING A CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM VICE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER SAMUEL LEWIS NAVARRO TO SECRETARY CONDOLEEZZA RICE ON A NEW CELEBRATION OF THE U.S. INDEPENDENCE DAY. EMBASSY TRANSLATION OF TEXT FOLLOWS [...] |
2005-07-07 17:36:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ODIP OPDC PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 05PANAMA1463 | PANAMA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT CANDIDACY TO POSTAL [...] (U) This is an Action Request (see para 3). 2. (U) On July 6, Embassy received a dip note from the MFA's Bureau of International Organizations requesting USG support for Panama's candidacy to the Management Committee of the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal at elections to ta [...] |
2005-07-11 21:24:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PM PUAS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1491 | PANAMA POSITION ON G-4 PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-13 20:45:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PM UNSC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1492 | PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] Country Clearance is granted to Inter-American Foundation Representative Wilbur Thurston Wright for travel to Panama July 20-22, 2005. 2. Purpose of travel is to visit site for possible 2006 conference. 3. As per IAF e-mail request, Embassy assistance is not required. 4. Embassy poi [...] |
2005-07-13 22:19:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AMGT APER ECON OTRA PM |
| 05PANAMA1496 | PANAMA-VENEZUELA RELATIONS STUCK ON INTERNAL [...] (C) Panamanian concerns about suspected Venezuelan meddling in Panama's internal politics and domestic headaches due to high oil prices prompted Panamanian Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis and two GOP cabinet officials to meet Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez in Caracas on Jul [...] |
2005-07-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EAIR EPET PM VE OAS IDB POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1525 | PANAMA GENERALLY SUPPORTS USG ON PEACEBUILDING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-18 20:22:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PM UNSC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1526 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy confirmed the bona fides of Armunex with Panama's corporate registry. Armunex is an abbreviation for Armas, Municiones, and Explosivos and is part of the company Grupo Seguridad Especial (GSE). GSE also operates a security company (Vigilancia Especial) with 250 secur [...] |
2005-07-18 21:33:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA1552 | PANAMA POSITION ON G-4 VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-22 20:48:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL PM UNGA UNSC POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1553 | (C) VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212(F) VISA [...] (C) Embassy Panama is seeking a security advisory opinion under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending entry into the United States and revoking the visa of Winston Spadafora (DPOB: 22 DEC 1941; Panama). Embassy [...] |
2005-07-22 22:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1576 | PANAMA CONFIRMS HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE TO 60TH UNGA [...] (U) This cable is an interim report on GOP attendance to the High-Level Event (HLE) and the 60th UNGA General Debate. GOP officials will provide Embassy with additional information after the first week of August. 2. (SBU) GOP delegation is as follows: A. Head of State: --Martin Torrij [...] |
2005-07-27 16:56:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA OVIP KSEP PREL PM UNGA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1577 | REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...] |
2005-07-27 18:17:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS |
| 05PANAMA1578 | REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...] |
2005-07-27 18:17:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS |
| 05PANAMA1584 | PANAMA ON UNSC REFORM: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-27 20:20:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PGOV PM UNSC UNGA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1589 | PANAMA'S CSS NATIONAL DIALOGUE INCHES FORWARD, [...] (SBU) Four weeks into the 90-day National Dialogue on Social Security (CSS) Reform (reftels A and B), negotiations have produced few results other than threats of more strikes and demonstrations. The National Front for the Defense of CSS (FRENADESO) is promising to demonstrate on July 28, in [...] |
2005-07-28 17:13:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1591 | PANAMA'S COLON: FLINT MICHIGAN ON THE CARIBBEAN [...] (SBU) When the USG began to draw down military forces from its bases in the Panama Canal Zone in the 1970s, the port city of Colon, on the Canal's northern terminus, was hit hard, experiencing the same rapid decline that made one-time car manufacturing center Flint, Michigan infamous. By the [...] |
2005-07-28 20:25:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1595 | REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...] |
2005-07-28 21:35:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS |
| 05PANAMA1596 | REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...] |
2005-07-28 21:35:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS |
| 05PANAMA1597 | REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...] |
2005-07-28 22:39:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS |
| 05PANAMA1604 | REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...] |
2005-07-29 21:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS |
| 05PANAMA1606 | PANAMA RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1540 DEMARCHE [...] (U) On June 20, 2005, Embassy delivered reftel demarche via diplomatic note to MFA International Organizations (IO) Director Javier Bonagas. MFA IO responded with the following note verbale on July 27, 2005. (Begin unofficial translation) "Republic of Panama, Ministry of Foreign Relations [...] |
2005-07-29 21:56:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1613 | PANAMANIAN COMPTROLLER GENERAL DANI KUZNIECKY [...] (C) Disturbed by an administration he sees as rudderless and by President Torrijos's lack of attention to his reform agenda, especially anti-corruption, Comptroller Dani Kuzniecky is considering throwing in the towel. Kuzniecky's defection would deprive Torrijos of one of his most able refor [...] |
2005-08-02 15:10:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1633 | REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...] |
2005-08-04 16:08:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS |
| 05PANAMA1652 | REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to E [...] |
2005-08-08 19:12:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS |
| 05PANAMA1688 | PANAMA USAID BOOSTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN [...] (U) Now in its second year, the USAID-funded Darien Development program can boast significant achievements. The local community sees the USAID programs as the most successful aid effort in the area. It has boosted micro enterprises, improved market access, and advanced sustainable forestry in [...] |
2005-08-12 20:03:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID PREL PGOV PM POL OMS |
| 05PANAMA1695 | (C) PANAMA: DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC ACTIVITIES [...] (C/NF) Embassy maintains excellent informal relations with Taiwan diplomats in Panama and frequently engages in productive dialogue with them. For instance, PolOffs have met with former Taiwan ambassador David Hu and current Taiwan ambassador Tomas Hu several times. (See Reftel B.) PolOffs [...] |
2005-08-12 22:53:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PM TW POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1711 | UNHCR UNHAPPY WITH PANAMANIAN REFUGEE POLICY [...] (C) UNHCR Representative Gonzalo Vargas Llosa believes the Torrijos government is starting down the same path as the previous Moscoso administration in failing to meet its international obligations under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. One never-ending issue is that the Government of Panama (GOP) [...] |
2005-08-17 19:11:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PHUM PM |
| 05PANAMA1729 | PANAMANIAN INSIDERS ACCUSE TORRIJOS GOVERNMENT OF [...] (SBU) This message is the first in a three"part series on views of the Torrijos administration's performance as it approaches its September 1 first anniversary. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION """""""""""""""""""""""" 2. (C) Martin Torrijos's reform"m [...] |
2005-08-19 22:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PINR PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1779 | TORRIJOS CONFIDANT: JUDICIAL REFORM "NOT A [...] (SBU) In an August 3 meeting with PolOffs, Institutional Protection Service (SPI, the Presidential body guard) Chief Leonel Solis, and close confidant of President Martin Torrijos, described the current national dialogue on social security as "going nowhere" and reform of Panama's judicial s [...] |
2005-08-29 19:23:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA1781 | DIP NOTE RECEIVED FROM GOP RE: ACCESS TO NATIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 3. 2. (U) Following is an unofficial translation of a Diplomatic Note received by the Panama Embassy's Political Section regarding a request for a document from the National Archives in Washington, DC. BEGIN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION REPUBLIC OF [...] |
2005-08-29 20:11:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1802 | PANAMAX 2005: TRAGIC LOSS MARS GREAT SUCCESS [...] (SBU) PANAMAX 2005, a twelve-day, fifteen-nation military exercise involving the defense of the Panama Canal, concluded August 16. Although all participants viewed this year's multinational exercise as a great success, the drowning deaths of three Panamanian Marines during the exercise's fi [...] |
2005-09-01 15:00:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA1818 | PANAMA FOREIGN MINISTRY ADVISOR NILS CASTRO ON [...] (C) On August 22, PolOff met with senior MFA advisor Nils Castro, former Ambassador to Mexico, to discuss GOP's August 20 re-establishment of full diplomatic relations with Cuba and GOP objectives in its petroleum negotiations with Venezuela. Castro, who recently spent two days in Caracas wit [...] |
2005-09-02 23:02:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM POL FOREIGN |
| 05PANAMA1930 | PANAMA'S "COSMETIC" CABINET RESHUFFLE. [...] (SBU) The long-awaited GOP "re-organization," rumored since last April, was finally announced by President Torrijos on Saturday, September 3. Despite high expectations for in-depth Cabinet changes, in the end, just as GOP Embassy contacts predicted, changes were minimal, leading many in the [...] |
2005-09-22 14:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 05PANAMA1947 | PANAMA EVANGELICALS SEEKING POLITICAL POWER [...] (SBU) Two Panamanian Evangelical ministers plan to form a political party (Partido Teologia) in 2007 with the goal of electing a president and legislators in 2009. If nerve and energy were the only prerequisites for political success, these admitted political novices would surely win some e [...] |
2005-09-23 22:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA1948 | PANAMA TURNING TOWARD TAIWAN [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos's last-minute September 22 announcement that he would attend a September 26 Taiwan-Central America Summit in Managua comes on the heels of First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis's September 19 remarks to Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxi [...] |
2005-09-23 23:06:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM CM TW POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA1975 | PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT AND FM ON CASTRO, CHAVEZ, AND [...] (C) Summary: President Torrijos told WHA DAS Fisk and Ambassador that his government is under intense domestic pressure to strike a cheap oil deal with Chavez. The GOP hopes to address this by enticing Mexico to become a counterweight by offering similar oil deals. Torrijos believes that Ch [...] |
2005-09-29 22:18:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA1976 | PANAMA PLEDGES SUPPORT ON NICARAGUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 29, Panamanian President Torrijos told WHA DAS Fisk and Ambassador Eaton that he shares our concerns about developments in Nicaragua and urged the U.S. to maintain a broad range of contacts and channels with the entire spectrum of Nicaraguan political parties and pl [...] |
2005-09-29 23:07:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2004 | GOP WINS BIG AGAINST CHINESE-OWNED PANAMA PORTS [...] (C) Summary: The GOP and Panama Ports Company (PPC) agreed on September 8 to reverse a highly questioned move by the former Moscoso administration in 2002 that freed PPC from its contractual obligations to pay $22.2 million annually plus a variable annual payment of 10% of its gross annual in [...] |
2005-10-05 12:59:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ETRD ECON PREL PM CH ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 05PANAMA202 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PANAMA DESK OFFICER [...] Embassy grants country clearance and welcomes Panama Desk Officer Thomas Pierce, who will visit Panama during January 31-February 4, 2005 for in-country orientation. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is Political Officer Karen Covert, telephones: office (507) 207-7131, residence ( [...] |
2005-01-27 22:41:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER OTRA PM |
| 05PANAMA2020 | PANAMA,S ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEDGES FULL COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Panama,s Attorney General pledged to cooperate fully with the USG as the case against former Nicaraguan President Aleman goes before a judge on November 23. There are opportunities for the USG to assist Panamanian prosecutors as they prepare for the November hearing. An arres [...] |
2005-10-06 20:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PGOV PINR PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2025 | INTERAGENCY TEAM DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Panamanian President Torrijos and his principal national security advisors met with a visiting USG interagency delegation September 29 and agreed to pursue enhanced information sharing, improve border security cooperation, and develop a mechanism for closer bilateral security coo [...] |
2005-10-07 16:19:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PINR PINS MARR PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2038 | PANAMA: UNHCR - AID EFFORTS UPSTAGING GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) UNHCR's unwavering support of refugee rights and its aid to Colombian civil-war refugees has given it great status and respect in Puerto Obaldia, a Caribbean town 200 miles from Panama's capital on the coastal border of Colombia. However, the distance from Panama City seems much great [...] |
2005-10-11 20:02:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PM |
| 05PANAMA2095 | PANAMA SENDS OBSERVERS TO HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-18 22:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PM HA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA210 | PANAMA PRESIDENT MARTIN TORRIJOS AND HIS FAMILY [...] THE GOP HAS REQUESTED COURTESIES OF PORT AND PROTECTION FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS AND SIX FAMILY MEMBERS, INCLUDING FIRST LADY VIVIAN TORRIJOS, WHO WILL TRAVEL TO MIAMI AND ORLANDO, FLORIDA IN EARLY FEBRUARY ON A PRIVATE VISIT. ITINERARY FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS FOLLOWS: 02/05 DEPART PANAMA VI [...] |
2005-01-28 18:11:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PM OVIP TORRIJOS MARTIN POL SPECIALIST |
| 05PANAMA2139 | NO EVIDENCE OF "WHIPSAWING" BY PANAMANIAN TELCOMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econoff and Econ Specialist delivered reftel points to Jose Galan, Director President of Panama's Public Utilities Regulatory Agency (Ente Regulador) on October 14th. Galan confirmed that circuit blockages by Panamanian telecommunications companies to place price pressure on i [...] |
2005-10-24 18:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ETRD PGOV PREL XM PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 05PANAMA2141 | PANAMA'S BUSINESS LEADERS FRET THAT INEQUALITY MAY [...] (C) Summary: Worried that Panamanians can no longer "live in Switzerland and Haiti at the same time," local business leaders blame Venezuelan and Cuban-influenced agitators for stalling the GOP's reform agenda and for flirting with anarchy. In recent meetings with the Ambassador, these busin [...] |
2005-10-24 18:43:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 05PANAMA2152 | POTUS VISIT PANAMA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-25 21:44:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA2162 | PANAMANIAN OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC THAT CANAL [...] (SBU) This message is the second in a three-part series on views of the Torrijos administration's performance as it passes its September 1, 2005 first anniversary. Part One (Reftel A) evaluated the performance of the Panamanian government (GOP), citing the views of critics outside and inside the [...] |
2005-10-27 14:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2190 | SCENE SETTER: POTUS NOVEMBER 6-7 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome to President Bush for his upcoming visit to Panama. Canal expansion, bilateral security cooperation, and good governance initiatives currently top the bilateral [...] |
2005-11-02 16:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA2191 | PANAMA PROPOSED MERGER OF AIR AND MARITIME [...] (SBU) An October 6 proposal by Panama's Minister of Government and Justice (MOGJ) Hector Aleman to combine Panama's National Maritime Service (SMN) and National Air Service (SAN) into a National Coast Guard (Guardacostas) as an efficiency and cost-saving measure drew criticism from former Pa [...] |
2005-11-02 16:56:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA2200 | AMBASSADOR EATON DISCUSSES PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION [...] (U) Ambassador William Eaton met with French Ambassador to Panama Christophe Philibert on October 31, 2005. The ambassadors discussed French interests in Panama, President Bush,s November 6-7 visit to Panama, and French ambitions for Panama Canal expansion. End Summary. French Economic Int [...] |
2005-11-04 17:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV CMGT PM FR POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2232 | STATE COMMISSION FOR JUSTICE REFORMS FINAL REPORT [...] (SBU) On September 28, the State Commission for Justice Reform submitted to President Torrijos recommendations for in-depth changes to Panama's administration of justice (AOJ). Many of the report's suggested reforms will require constitutional changes. The report attempts to address glaring [...] |
2005-11-15 17:09:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 05PANAMA2246 | PANAMA HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: QUOTES ON FREEDOM AND THE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-16 22:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA2263 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER,S VISIT TO PANAMA: FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: FBI Director Robert Mueller visited Panama October 27 ) 28 as part of his five day, five nation visit to Latin America. During his brief stay he met with President Martin Torrijos and senior GOP national security officials, Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez and her senior st [...] |
2005-11-18 14:27:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR PINS PM LEGATT |
| 05PANAMA2289 | PANAMA'S CANDIDACY FOR THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) On November 15, Embassy Panama received GOP Diplomatic Note DGOCI/DGca/897/05, dated November 1, 2005, by which the Ministry of Foreign Relations informs the USG that the Government of Panama has decided to submit their candidacy for [...] |
2005-11-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PGOV PM UNDP POL SPECIALIST |
| 05PANAMA2292 | PANAMA HEARING IN ALEMAN CASE POSTPONED AS DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Panama,s November 23 hearing in the money laundering case against former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman and cronies was postponed until March 30 after defense attorneys failed to appear due to alleged health problems. The next step in Panama will be for prosecutors to r [...] |
2005-11-23 21:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL PM NU NAS |
| 05PANAMA2294 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES FACE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT IF [...] (SBU) In the wake of a March 2005 scandal that featured mutual allegations of wrongdoing between four Supreme Court Justices, on November 14 Alianza Pro Justicia (Pro-Justice Alliance) dramatically submitted to the National Assembly a criminal complaint against eight Supreme Court Justices. [...] |
2005-11-23 22:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 05PANAMA2309 | PANAMA AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama offers the following information and analysis in response to Reftel A tasking. CUBA AND PANAMANIAN POLITICS 2. (C) On August 20, 2005, the GOP and Cuba reestablished full diplomatic ties with the signing of diplomatic notes in Havana, Cuba (Reftel C). Prior to the re [...] |
2005-11-25 21:06:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL PM CU POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA234 | PANAMANIANS PONDER BOLIVARIAN CIRCLES AND [...] (C) Despite recent press reports and speculation about Venezuelan-inspired Bolivarian Circles in Panama, threatening language from Venezuelan president Chavez that Venezuelan "terrorists" are using Panama as a base, and Panama-Venezuela discussions about oil and other commercial links (to be [...] |
2005-02-01 22:29:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MARR PINS ENRG EPET PM VZ POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2342 | GOP AT ODDS WITH PETROLEUM INDUSTRY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-02 15:36:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EIND EPET ETRD PM ENIV ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 05PANAMA235 | PANAMA PRESIDENT TORRIJOS TOUTS POLITICAL VALUE OF [...] (U) This is an action message. See Embassy recommendations in paras 13 and 14 below. Summary ------- 2. (S) Citing internal political pressures and dwindling domestic room for maneuver, President Martin Torrijos on January 27 made a plea to the Ambassador for U.S. concessions in the f [...] |
2005-02-01 22:50:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2351 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISMISSES CRIMINAL COMPLAINT [...] (U) In a decision that surprised no one, on November 29 the National Assembly Judicial Affairs Committee decided to dismiss Alianza Pro Justicia's criminal complaint against eight Supreme Court Justices. November 29, the Panamanian press was quick to point out, also was the day that the U.S. [...] |
2005-12-02 17:10:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM POL SPECIALIST |
| 05PANAMA2357 | PANAMANIAN REACTION TO 212 (F) VISA REVOCATION OF [...] (SBU) On the same day that Panama's National Assembly Justice Affairs Committee dismissed a complaint filed by the NGO Alliance for Justice against eight Supreme Court justices for highly questionable rulings, on November 29, Embassy Panama delivered formal notification to Winston Spadafora t [...] |
2005-12-05 13:02:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA2369 | PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS ON THE HUSTINGS WITH [...] (S) President Torrijos invited Ambassador Eaton to accompany him on a November 25 helicopter visit to Cocle Province for a series of civic, cultural and political events. With each mile separating him from Panama City, Torrijos relaxed and transformed into a gregarious politician, enthusiast [...] |
2005-12-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2371 | DIALOGUE FINDS CONSENSUS ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) According to Second Vice President Ruben Arosemena, Panama's National Dialogue on Social Security (Caja de Seguridad Social - "CSS") achieved consensus on reforms aimed at restoring t [...] |
2005-12-07 19:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 05PANAMA2373 | DIALOGUE FINDS CONSENSUS ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) According to Second Vice President Ruben Arosemena, Panama's National Dialogue on Social Security (Caja de Seguridad Social - "CSS") achieved consensus on reforms aimed at restoring t [...] |
2005-12-07 19:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL PM ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 05PANAMA2375 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 19:41:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PM NAS |
| 05PANAMA2392 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PANAMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a 3-hour private dinner December 5 at the Residence, Ambassador held a wide-ranging discussion with Panamanian Foreign Minister (FM) Samuel Lewis Navarro on subjects including U.S. concerns about the integrity of the Panamanian judicial system (including the recent revocati [...] |
2005-12-09 19:35:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA2416 | PANAMA'S CANDIDATE FOR A POSITION WITHIN THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) On November 15, Embassy Panama received GOP Diplomatic Note DGOCI/DGca/896/05, dated November 2, 2005, by which the Ministry of Foreign Relations informs the USG that the Government of Panama has decided to submit Guillermo Castro He [...] |
2005-12-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PGOV PM UNDP POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA2417 | 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Panama continues to be a strong partner with the U.S. in the global war on terrorism. The Panama Canal is the country's most important economic asset. Any act of terrorism that closes off the Canal could severely impact Panama's economy, the U.S., and other countries in the [...] |
2005-12-14 19:04:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA2457 | PANAMA FACES UNCERTAIN ENERGY FUTURE [...] SUMMARY (SBU). Major electricity generators estimate that Panama's demand for electricity will exceed supply by 2009. In the absence of investment in additional generating capacity, Panama could face energy shortages. Only plants using higher cost gas-generated electricity could be brought o [...] |
2005-12-19 22:20:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ENRG EPET ETRD PM ENIV ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 05PANAMA2463 | PANAMA MOVES CLOSER TO NAMING NEW SUPREME COURT [...] (C) As a civil society evaluative commission released its December 19 report on 72 self"nominated candidates for two high"court vacancies, Supreme Court Magistrate Adan Arjona predicted that President Torrijos probably would choose "serious" people for the job. (See para 4.) Torrijos is expecte [...] |
2005-12-21 20:41:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PM |
| 05PANAMA2470 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-23 16:22:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KTFN KCRM PTER PM OTHER AGENCIES |
| 05PANAMA2490 | PANAMA NAMES TWO NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] (SBU) On December 28, President Torrijos submitted the names of Harley James Mitchell and Victor Leonel Benavides Pinilla to the National Assembly for ratification as Supreme Court magistrates. In a fast legislative session that evening, the National Assembly ratified both magistrates along w [...] |
2005-12-29 18:13:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA277 | PANAMA: FISCAL REFORMS PASS WITH A GRIMACE [...] (SBU) In a show of political courage and discipline, and despite yelps of pain from business and white collar groups, President Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) swiftly passed a fiscal reform package on January 31 that was signed into law February 2 (see Reftels). After t [...] |
2005-02-07 21:50:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA331 | SCENESETTER: CODEL TAYLOR'S FEBRUARY 20-22 VISIT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on the upcoming February 20-22 visit of your delegation to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues in [...] |
2005-02-14 23:14:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL EINV AMGT ASEC PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA337 | PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USDOL/ILAB [...] Embassy grants country clearance and welcomes USDOL/ILAB Gary Russell, Acting Director, Office of Foreign Relations (OFR), and contractor Rodolfo Piza, Project Director, USDOL funded Cumple y Gana Project, who will visit Panama during February 16-17, 2005 to participate in the project kickoff. [...] |
2005-02-15 20:04:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID OTRA PM |
| 05PANAMA338 | PANAMA RESPONSE TO TIP PROTECTION (ESF) PROPOSAL [...] (U) Embassy is pleased to submit three anti-TIP bilateral project proposals (including two from the same government ministry), chosen from five submissions. Since the passage of the GOP's groundbreaking anti-TIP law in March 2004, the GOP has worked hard with its limited resources to promot [...] |
2005-02-15 20:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB EAID KWMN KCRM KDEM PHUM SMIG PM |
| 05PANAMA350 | PANAMA: SHOWDOWN AT THE ARNULFISTA CONVENTION [...] (SBU) Defying expectations, former president Mireya Moscoso retained her position as Arnulfista Party (PA) president at a January 16 closed-door convention, co-opting one of her main antagonists, Marco Ameglio, while defeating the other key challenger, liquor magnate Juan Carlos Varela. Now re [...] |
2005-02-16 21:31:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA352 | PANAMA FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS ON THE CANDIDACY [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis on February 14 to discuss the OAS Secretary General race, per reftel instructions. Bringing Spanish and English versions of WHA PA's suggested op-ed article, she explained to Lewis that she preferred to deliver the text directly to him rather [...] |
2005-02-16 21:41:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA371 | EMBASSY PANAMA WELCOMES CODEL TAYLOR [...] Embassy warmly welcomes Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS), member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), who will visit Panama during February 20-22, 2005. Embassy also welcomes HASC Cousel Henry J. Schweiter, and DOD escorts Col. Chris Perkins and Ltc. Mike Legg, U.S. Special Operations Command [...] |
2005-02-18 17:27:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN HO CS PM |
| 05PANAMA388 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED SEEKING SUPPORT FOR US [...] (SBU) DCM demarched Vice Foreign Minister Ricardo Duran on February 18, stressing U.S. concern about Venezuela's aggressive bid to chair the working group that will draft the OAS social charter and action plan. DCM underscored the U.S. commitment to work constructively with other countries to [...] |
2005-02-18 22:16:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY POL |
| 05PANAMA390 | PANAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL CONVOKES ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) In a big move forward for Panama's anti-TIP efforts, on February 15 Panama's new attorney general Ana Matilde Gomez convoked the anti-TIP commission (CONAPREDES) as contemplated by Panama's March 2004 anti-TIP law (see reftel A). The new commission institutionalizes anti-TIP policy co [...] |
2005-02-18 22:39:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG ELAB PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA391 | PANAMANIAN V/MFA ON SECURING OAS ACTION TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-18 22:41:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PM OAS POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA436 | PANAMA LAUNCHES DOL-FUNDED LABOR TRADE CAPACITY [...] (U) With a Panama-US FTA Agreement still in limbo after the 8th negotiating round, on February 17 Panama's Labor Ministry launched Panama's participation in the DOL-funded labor trade capacity building project called "Cumple y Gana" (Comply and Win). The four-year project includes the CAFTA [...] |
2005-02-25 20:43:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID ELAB ETRD PGOV PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA437 | CODEL TAYLOR MEETS PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT MARTIN [...] (SBU) In a 48-hour visit during February 20-22, Codel Taylor toured the Darien border region by helicopter, met with senior Panamanian officials (including President Martin Torrijos) and viewed a joint combined training exercise (JCET) in Chagres National Park (former Ft. Sherman) that includ [...] |
2005-02-25 20:43:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA439 | PANAMA SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-25 20:57:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM OAS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA475 | EMBASSY PANAMA GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO OPDAT [...] Country Clearance is granted to Assistant United States Attorney Rosa Rodriguez-Mera, DHS Senior Special Agent Raul Aguilar, Attorney/Victim Witness Specialist Ana Isabel Vallejo, and OPDAT Program Analyst Jessica Alpert, who will arrive in Panama on March 6, 2005 and depart on/about March 12 [...] |
2005-02-28 22:36:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | APER KCRM PM |
| 05PANAMA476 | PANAMA: MINISTRY OF PRESIDENCY SUPPORTS U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-03 22:24:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM |
| 05PANAMA495 | PANAMA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-07 21:17:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA555 | PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a relatively small and manageable problem, involving around 200-500 victims. In 2004, Embassy worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover the true extent of TIP in Panama and to strengthen the anti-TIP leg [...] |
2005-03-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA608 | PANAMA TACKLES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (C) Armed with Panama's tough March 2004 anti-TIP law, Darien province Prosecutor Arnesia Janeth Torrero recently arrested indigenous National Police (PNP) officers for their alleged commercial sexual exploitation of indigenous minor girls in the remote Darien province. In January, Torrero finis [...] |
2005-03-16 22:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA614 | PANAMA RESPONSE TO CHILD MARRIAGE TASKING [...] (SBU) Despite laws that permit 14-year-old girls and 16-year-old-boys to marry with parental consent, legal child marriage is uncommon in Panama. Nonetheless, Panama has significant levels of early cohabitation, especially among indigenous populations in rural areas. Panamanian experts agre [...] |
2005-03-17 20:40:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA629 | PANAMANIAN SUPREME COURT FRACAS BLURS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) A public row pitting one Supreme Court Justice against three others has incited vehement public demands for the dismissal of all nine justices. On March 10 the Panamanian government (GOP) institutionalized those demands by forming a State Justice Commission (SJC) comprising state officials and [...] |
2005-03-18 21:46:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA680 | PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL RENZI [...] Embassy warmly welcomes Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ), member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), who will visit Panama during April 1-3, 2005. Embassy also welcomes committee professional staff member Mr. Robert Myhill and former HPSCI staffer Brant Bassett. 2. Emba [...] |
2005-03-24 17:03:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX PM |
| 05PANAMA688 | PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LT COL VINCENT C SMITH [...] Embassy warmly welcomes Lt. Col. Vincent C. Smtih, USAF, as the Escort Officer for Codel Renzi, which will visit Panama during April 1-3, 2005. 2. Embassy Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Karen Covert, telephones: office (507) 207-7131, residence (507) 225-2850, cell (50 [...] |
2005-03-28 19:50:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MX PM |
| 05PANAMA691 | REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to [...] |
2005-03-28 21:20:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS |
| 05PANAMA695 | SCENESETTER: CODEL RENZI APRIL 1-3 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on the upcoming visit of your delegation to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilate [...] |
2005-03-29 17:14:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC PM |
| 05PANAMA698 | YOUR VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (C) When I heard of your plan to visit Panama on April 10 my Embassy immediately began making preparations to welcome you. I personally have been looking forward to meeting you and working with you. Recently Panama has been the focus of intense Washington interest and we have had the honor to ho [...] |
2005-03-29 19:51:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL MOPS PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA701 | SCENESETTER: GEN CRADDOCK APRIL 4-5 VISIT TO PANAMA [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and [...] |
2005-03-29 22:02:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC MOPS OREP PGOV PM PREL |
| 05PANAMA702 | PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PAIGH REPRESENTATIVE [...] Embassy grants country clearance for Ms. Jacqueline Klaver, Executive Secretary of the U.S. National Section, Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH), United States Geological Survey, who will visit Panama during April 4-8, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to represent the [...] |
2005-03-29 22:28:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CS OTRA SOCI PM PAIGH |
| 05PANAMA778 | PANAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL TESTS TORRIJOS [...] (C) Panama's independent Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez may have put the government of Martin Torrijos in an uncomfortable position in March when she asked the Supreme Court to reopen two three-year-old bribery investigations into a government contract for Centro Multimodal, Industrial y d [...] |
2005-04-07 18:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA779 | CODEL RENZI MEETS PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT MARTIN [...] (C) In a cordial April 1 meeting with President Martin Torrijos and Vice President Lewis, Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Arizona) said that the USG must get Panamanian government (GOP) concessions on Canal procurement and the right of U.S. citizens to engage in retail trade to bring the bilateral Free Trade A [...] |
2005-04-07 19:45:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD PREL EPET PM VZ POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA780 | PANAMA: U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND GENERAL CRADDOCK [...] (SBU) In cordial, back-to-back April 4 meetings, U.S. Southern Command General Bantz Craddock met President Martin Torrijos and Canal Administrator (ACP) Alberto Aleman Zubieta to underline close U.S. Panama cooperation on security matters and to discuss the growing bilateral security agenda. [...] |
2005-04-07 19:54:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA810 | PANAMA'S SUNTRACS: UNION OR POLITICAL PROTEST [...] (C) Recalling the September 2003 street violence sparked by the firing of Social Security (CSS) director Juan Jovane (reftels A, B, C), Panama is collectively holding its breath as the GOP prepares to release its proposed CSS reforms. The SUNTRACS construction union and its labor confederation CO [...] |
2005-04-11 21:13:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB PINR SOCI PM CU VE LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA835 | PANAMA'S REPORT ON CHAVEZ'S ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Per reftel A, following is Embassy's report on Chavez's activities in Panama, making reference to its extensive prior reporting in reftel B. Embassy has already forwarded the desk copies of recent DAO Panama reports (and Embassy political and economic reftels) on Chavez and Venezuela. [...] |
2005-04-13 20:35:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PM VZ LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA837 | PANAMA RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 [...] (SBU) Summary. Fire Arms International Inc. is a legimate business. While the present government would not have approved the import request, it has no plans to revoke it. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, PolOff visited Fire Arms International Inc.'s President Vicente Banon R [...] |
2005-04-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA867 | PANAMANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-18 22:27:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA898 | PANAMA SUPPORTS THE SECRETARY'S COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-21 20:34:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PM POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA909 | PANAMA: CHINA AND TAIWAN TEND THEIR GARDENS AS [...] (C) China had high hopes of replacing Taiwan as Panama's diplomatic partner, given the supposed pro"China tilt of President Torrijos's PRD government, in power since 9/1/2004. Also, Taiwanese diplomats worried that China could use the Mar del Sur public relations disaster (that grew out of the Ta [...] |
2005-04-22 20:27:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ETRD EWWT PM CH TW VE POL CHIEF |
| 05PANAMA914 | PANAMA'S IMPENDING SOCIAL SECURITY REFORMS: A [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment. Actuarially bankrupt, Panama's Social Security System (CSS), which provides pensions and medical benefits to the majority of Panamanians, continues to operate through the use of its re [...] |
2005-04-25 15:15:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA955 | REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to [...] |
2005-04-28 14:13:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS |
| 05PANAMA959 | PANAMA ARRESTS EIGHT DARIEN POLICE IN TIP [...] (C) In a vital advance of Panama's anti-TIP agenda, in late March Anti-corruption Prosecutor Maribel Cornejo detained eight National Police (PNP) officers and one private citizen on charges of rape, commercial sexual exploitation, and corruption of minors in Darien Province. The alleged victims [...] |
2005-04-28 21:15:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA969 | PANAMA TO CONSIDER SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-29 21:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY |
| 05PANAMA984 | PANAMA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR SICHAN SIV, [...] Embassy warmly welcomes Ambassador Sichan Siv, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and USUN Coordinating Ambassador for the UN General Assembly, who will visit Panama during May 12-13, 2005. 2. Embassy Control Officer for the visit is Political [...] |
2005-05-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP ASEC ECON PM UNGA |
| 05PRAGUE889 | CZECH ARMS SALES/DONATIONS TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST, SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2 (C) As the western-most country in the Soviet bloc, then Czechoslovakia became the forward ammo depot for any potential invasion of Western Europe.That fact, combined with the recent draw-down in the number of Czech troops from over 130,000 to roughly [...] |
2005-06-10 13:36:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PM EZ |
| 06AMMAN1606 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING USE OF KASOTC DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PM JO |
| 06BEIJING10103 | PRC MFA ON DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON CHINA [...] (C) China is strongly dissatisfied with and opposed to the U.S. Defense Department's Annual Report to Congress on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China, which reflects "China Threat" and "Cold War" thinking, MFA North America Department Deputy Director General Xie Feng said. X [...] |
2006-05-24 10:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PM CH |
| 06BEIJING12179 | ASD RODMAN-MFA HE YAFEI MEETING: LOOKING FOR [...] (C) China maintains a positive view of relations with the United States in the aftermath of Chinese President Hu Jintao's April visit to Washington, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman. AFM He characterized the United States and China as stakeh [...] |
2006-06-13 12:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PM CH TW |
| 06BEIJING2090 | PRC EXPRESSES STRONG DISSATISFACTION OVER QDR [...] (C) China is "strongly dissatisfied and completely disagrees" with the China portion of the February 6 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), MFA Director General for North American and Oceanian Affairs Liu Jieyi told the CDA under instructions and reading from a prepared text at a February 7 meeti [...] |
2006-02-07 12:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PM PREL CH |
| 06BEIRUT1444 | MGLE01: A/S HILLEN'S DINNER WITH LEBANESE [...] (C) On May 3, the Ambassador hosted a dinner at his residence for visiting PM A/S Hillen. The guests represented a diverse range of international and Lebanese political figures, all united by their common interest in Lebanon's security situation and relationship with the United States. Durin [...] |
2006-05-08 12:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PGOV PM SY |
| 06BEIRUT672 | MGLE01: UN OFFICE VIEWS IMPROVED GOL COOPERATION [...] (C) On March 3, econoff and epartment NEA/ELA Deputy Director met with UN Political Officers Imran Riza and Georges Nasr of the office of UNSYG's Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson. Riza said that the GOL's Joint Security Force (JSF) had modestly increased its presence in sout [...] |
2006-03-06 15:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | IS KPKO LE MOPS PM PTER SY |
| 06BOGOTA2981 | SEEKING PANAMANIAN SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S 2006 UN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-03 22:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CO GT PM |
| 06BRIDGETOWN2028 | UNSC AFTERMATH: CARICOM HAPPY WITH PANAMA, UPSET [...] (U) On November 3, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states unanimously supported the compromise nomination of Panama as the candidate to the United Nations Security Council from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC). However, Ambassadors to the UN from CARICOM countrie [...] |
2006-11-17 21:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KPAO EC PM VE GT DO XM |
| 06CANBERRA1430 | AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS ON DOD REPORT ON CHINA'S [...] (S/NF) An Australian Government interagency review of the U.S. Defense Department's 2006 Report on China's Military Power has yielded broad agreement with most of the report's key conclusions. Australia estimates that China's military spending for 2006 is approximately USD 70 billion, twice th [...] |
2006-09-15 07:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM MOPS PREL CH PM AS |
| 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, Poligonos S.A. Due to unreliable GOG counterparts, private sector practices that lack transparency, porous borders, and generally weak law enforcement, meaningf [...] |
2006-04-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GT KCOR PM |
| 06LUXEMBOURG641 | LUXEMBOURG'S PM ON THE NATO SUMMIT [...] (C) During an 11 December meeting the Ambassador and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker discussed the NATO Summit, the NATO Response Force (NRF), and the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. The Ambassador expressed her appreciation to the PM for Luxem [...] |
2006-12-14 13:08:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO PM LU |
| 06MANAGUA213 | EVIDENCE SUGGESTS SECRET TAIWAN PAYMENTS TO [...] (C) On January 25, poloff and RLA met Attorney General for Criminal Affairs Ivan Lara and Economic Crimes investigator Mario Diaz of the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) to discuss Taiwan's use of foreign aid funds in Nicaragua in recent years. Lara and Diaz did not have any evidence of Taiwan [...] |
2006-01-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EAID CH PREL ECIN EINV ETRD PM GT TW |
| 06MANAGUA883 | NICARAGUA BOLSTERS CENTAM SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-21 23:45:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE DR PM NU |
| 06PANAMA10 | SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON JANUARY 12-13 VISIT TO [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and the economic/trade environment. [...] |
2006-01-04 20:46:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC ETRD PM CA GT ECONOMIC AFFAIRS |
| 06PANAMA1029 | PRD FORCES TORRIJOS TO GIVE GROUND [...] (C) President Torrijos's attention -- to the exclusion of virtually all else -- is consumed by political maneuvering within his party, the PRD, and the approaching must-win Canal expansion referendum (probably in October 2006). Torrijos has tried to sell Canal expansion as a non-political "mat [...] |
2006-05-31 22:45:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ETRD KPAO PM VE CU |
| 06PANAMA1044 | PANAMA CABINET RESHUFFLE LEAVES TORRIJOS WEAKER [...] (C) The April 28 cabinet changes (Reftel A) exposed and intensified a rift dividing President Torrijos's inner circle from the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) rank and file. Although Torrijos and Consejo (Intelligence Chief) Leonel Solis succeeded in removing Minister of Government and J [...] |
2006-06-02 18:26:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
| 06PANAMA1050 | PANAMA: FOREIGN MINISTER RECEPTIVE TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eaton delivered talking points (reftel) to FM Samuel Lewis yesterday afternoon. Lewis told Ambassador Eaton that he welcomed the U.S. initiative and would look for an opportunity to make a public statement. Lewis also said he hoped that this bold and welcome step by the U.S [...] |
2006-06-02 21:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM NEA IR |
| 06PANAMA1072 | PANAMA CITY MAYOR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT CANAL [...] (SBU) During a brief but intense conversation on May 22, Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro told Emboffs that possibilities for the GOP to win a potential Canal referendum in 2006 are close to null. Navarro, a usually cheerful and positive character, was pessimistic when explaining why he, [...] |
2006-06-05 21:03:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM |
| 06PANAMA1092 | GOP TURNS TO CHAVEZ TO BOOST CANAL REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) The GOP has invited Venezuelan President Chavez to attend the June 22 Congreso Anfictionico in Panama in an attempt to sway leftist voters, trade unions, and students before the upcoming Canal expansion referendum, Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador in a June 1 mee [...] |
2006-06-07 00:04:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EWWT PM |
| 06PANAMA1099 | PANAMA: MFA VICE MINISTER "DOUBTFUL" ON CUBAN AND [...] (SBU) Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points to MFA Deputy Ricardo Duran. Duran told Pol Counselor he was doubtful that Panama would accept migrants from Guantanamo but he would check with MFA for a final answer. Comment: Duran's answer is a diplomatic "no." In recent years, Panama h [...] |
2006-06-07 20:46:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF CU ES GT NU PA PM SMIG UY |
| 06PANAMA1104 | PANAMA: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] Below is Embassy Panama's input for the Congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act. Text is keyed to reftel. The United States is aware of four claims of United States citizens that may be [...] |
2006-06-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN KIDE CASC OPIC PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA1124 | POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF NORIEGA'S RETURN TO PANAMA [...] (C) As Manuel Noriega's fall 2007 release from prison draws closer, Embassy consensus is that Noriega's extradition to Panama could lead to political instability and unrest. Alternatively, his extradition to France may actually further U.S. relations with the GOP, although the USG will need a publ [...] |
2006-06-09 22:26:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
| 06PANAMA1166 | GOP SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON TORRES STRAIT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-15 18:52:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT PBTS PHSA SENV PREL PM |
| 06PANAMA1169 | PANAMA: EMBASSY ACTION PLAN FOR CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (C) At the invitation of the GOP, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will visit Panama on June 22 for a one-day stop to celebrate the 180th anniversary of Simon Bolivar's Anfitionic Congress in Panama when Simon Bolivar called on individual Latin American countries band together into a hemispheric u [...] |
2006-06-15 19:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
| 06PANAMA1187 | Money Laundering Panamanian Style [...] (SBU) Acting jointly, DEA and several Latin American authorities knocked out a sophisticated multi-national drug cartel that smuggled tons of cocaine on a monthly to the U.S. Drug lord Pablo Rayo Montano was arrested on May 16 in Brazil. Authorities have seized millions of dollars in assets a [...] |
2006-06-16 22:29:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM |
| 06PANAMA1213 | PANAMA & VENEZUELA TO SIGN ENERGY AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Trade and Industry Alejandro Ferrer told Econ Chief June 19 that the GOP expects to sign a framework agreement and two related agreements on energy with Venezuela during the June 22 visit of Hugo Chavez. He stressed that the deals would be limited to general agreements "t [...] |
2006-06-20 20:59:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ENRG PREL PM |
| 06PANAMA1223 | PANAMA COORDINATES RESPONSE TO AVIAN FLU THREAT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 31, 2006, a broad range of GOP ministries and NGOs met to coordinate efforts on Panama's Avian Influenza (AI) National Prevention and Response Plan. Participants included officials from the Ministry of Health (MINSA), Ministry of Agricultural Development (MIDA), the Panama [...] |
2006-06-22 15:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU SENV PM |
| 06PANAMA1231 | HHS VISIT BOOSTS REGIONAL FOCUS ON AVIAN FLU [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) Michael Leavitt's June 7-10 visit to Panama boosted the efforts of Central American health ministers to prepare for a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) or another type of pandemic. Through a series of official meetings and publ [...] |
2006-06-22 19:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU SENV PM |
| 06PANAMA1249 | PANAMA'S 2006 GDP GROWTH OFF TO STRONG START [...] (U) SUMMARY: Panama posted impressive GDP growth during the first quarter of 2006. The 7.9% GDP growth was the largest quarterly GDP growth rate in 16 years. Almost all sectors of economy saw growth in real terms. Increased export demand for agricultural products and construction spending, [...] |
2006-06-26 17:28:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAIR PM |
| 06PANAMA125 | PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS AND REP DAN BURTON [...] (SBU) Congressman Dan Burton (R-IND) and the Ambassador called on President Torrijos on January 12th to discuss on-going U.S./Panama FTA negotiations and Hugo Chavez's influence in the region. Torrijos reiterated GOP commitment to free trade and sought Burton's help in resolving a key obstacle to [...] |
2006-01-20 20:18:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ETRD OREP PM |
| 06PANAMA1281 | PANAMA OUSTS CONTROVERSIAL HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN [...] (U) The National Assembly voted June 29 to remove from office controversial Human Rights Ombudsman Liborio Garcia, who had been under fire from women's and civic groups for a 2004 domestic violence incident. In a near unanimous vote, the Assembly found Garcia in violation of the Ombudsman's l [...] |
2006-06-30 21:00:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PM |
| 06PANAMA1289 | PANAMA REQUESTS NOTE EXCHANGE FOR PANAMAX [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Panama has requested a diplomatic note exchange for the August PANAMAX exercise. The note does not suggest any change to our existing policy; it essentially puts on paper what has always taken place in practice. The GOP wants thi [...] |
2006-07-03 20:09:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS PM |
| 06PANAMA1291 | PRESIDENT TORRIJOS CHANGES CABINET [...] (SBU) President Torrijos nominated June 29 three new vice ministers to his cabinet. The newly named vice minister for Government and Justice is current ministry advisor Severino Mejia. Current vice minister for Social Development Doris Zapata is the new nominee for vice minister of Housing. [...] |
2006-07-03 21:48:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA1359 | PANAMA HOSTS SUMMIT ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION [...] (U) The presidents and foreign ministers of the Central American countries, Mexico, and Colombia gathered in Panama July 11 for the 8th summit of the Tuxtla Mechanism and the System for Central American Integration (SICA). The foreign ministers held a pre-summit meeting July 10 to finalize th [...] |
2006-07-11 21:56:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD PM |
| 06PANAMA1371 | NEW LAW BACKSLIDES ON ANTIâ€CORRUPTION, [...] (C) In a move contrary to his anti"corruption pledges, President Torrijos signed a law July 5 restoring some of the legislative immunities taken away by Panama's 2005 constitutional reforms. Attorney General Gomez may challenge the constitutionality of the new Law 25. One Supreme Court justice to [...] |
2006-07-12 21:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA14 | PANAMA: MIGUEL ANTONIO BERNAL'S QUEST TO SAVE [...] (SBU) In May 2005, when newspapers reported that the University of Panama (UP) had issued thousands of false diplomas, Professor Miguel Antonio Bernal quickly took the lead in denouncing the school's administration. Bernal went even further and filed criminal charges against university rect [...] |
2006-01-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PM SCUL LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 06PANAMA1402 | GOP PREVIEWS NEW NATIONAL SECURITY PLAN [...] (S) Summary: At the Ambassdor's request, Panama's National Security Director Erick Espinosa, Minister of Government & Justice (MOGJ) Olga Golcher, and other top GOP security officials briefed Ambassador and Emboffs July 14 on Panama's new national security strategy. The strategy is premised [...] |
2006-07-17 20:09:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PM |
| 06PANAMA1411 | GOP SETS CANAL EXPANSION VOTE FOR OCT. 22 [...] (U) President Torrijos announced Saturday, July 15 that the referendum on the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal would be held October 22, 2006. The National Assembly approved the expansion legislation on Friday July 14th in a unanimous 72-0 vote. Three amendments were made to the o [...] |
2006-07-18 17:37:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD PM |
| 06PANAMA1455 | PANAMA REELS FROM LOSS TO KEY ANTI-DRUG OFFICIALS [...] (C) The sudden July 20 resignation of Panama's top anti-drug prosecutor, Patricio Candanedo, has dealt a harsh blow to a law enforcement community that was already reeling from the suspicious July 19 death of Franklin Brewster, the top counter-narcotics detective in the Judicial Technical Pol [...] |
2006-07-25 20:24:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KCRM PM |
| 06PANAMA147 | VP/FORMIN ON EVO MORALES AND U.S.-PANAMA FTA MOOD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-24 18:41:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA1477 | BANK SUPERINTENDENT UNDER PRESSURE TO QUIT [...] (C) Panama's Bank Superintendent Delia Cardenas said President Torrijos had asked her to resign "voluntarily," ostensibly so he could "restructure" GOP oversight of bank and financial institutions. Cardenas also told ECON Chief on July 27 that this was the first time that any of the three Pr [...] |
2006-07-28 16:43:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV SNAR PM |
| 06PANAMA1485 | PRESIDENT TORRIJOS TO ATTEND UNGA [...] (U) President Torrijos planned to attend the 61st UN General Assembly and was scheduled to speak September 20 in the second time slot, said MFA Director for External Affairs Javier Bonagas. He told POL OFFS July 28 that the rest of the Panamanian delegation would be finalized next week. Post [...] |
2006-07-28 21:56:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OVIP PREL UNGA PM |
| 06PANAMA1518 | GOP DIVIDED ON REGIONAL ENERGY POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 17, Minister of Trade and Industry Alejandro Ferrer told Ambassador and Econchief that he remains committed to the Occidental Petroleum refinery project (Ref A) but finds himself a lone voice. He said President Martin Torrijos, VP/FM Samuel Lewis Navarro, and other cabinet me [...] |
2006-08-04 15:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA1532 | TORRIJOS PICKS EX-CHASE MANHATTAN GM AS NEW BANK [...] (C) Summary. On August 7, President Torrijos appointed Olegario "Gary" Barrelier as Panama's new Bank Superintendent. Barrelier is a well-respected, albeit elderly, banker. He replaces Delia Cardenas, whom Torrijos had forced to resign two years before her second (and final) term was due to exp [...] |
2006-08-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV SNAR PM |
| 06PANAMA1580 | GOP PITCHES REGIONAL HEALTH SCHOOL AS WAY TO BOOST [...] (C) The GOP hopes for strong U.S. support to establish a "School of Health for the Americas" in Panama. With students and faculty drawn from throughout the hemisphere, the school is aimed at improving healthcare delivery, particularly to poor communities. In so doing, the GOP believes it could a [...] |
2006-08-11 22:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO EAID PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA1586 | PANAMA ORDERS ARREST OF EX-NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Panamanian Judge Adolfo Mejia ordered on 11 August 2006, via Interpol, the arrest of former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman and three of his accomplices who were ordered to appear in court on 25 August 2006. Aleman is accused of laundering USD 58.2 million through Panamanian banks a [...] |
2006-08-14 22:12:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM PREL KJUS KCRM |
| 06PANAMA160 | PANAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL CONFRONTS PRISON ABUSE [...] (U) Panama's Attorney General made an unscheduled visit to La Joya Maximum Security Prison following newspaper reports detailing prisoner abuse by guards in the crowded facility. After her visit, the AG told reporters she had found evidence of human rights violations and that the police cus [...] |
2006-01-26 20:20:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 06PANAMA1629 | SCENESETTER FOR FINCEN DIRECTOR WERNER VISIT [...] (U) This message is confidential. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides support for our Mission's anti-money laundering programs. Your dialogue with key anti-money laund [...] |
2006-08-18 21:07:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PTER SNAR PINR KCOR KCRM PM |
| 06PANAMA1649 | CANAL EXPANSION REFERENDUM: INDECISION GROWS, [...] (C) The undecided vote for the October 22 Panama Canal expansion referendum has grown about five points to 28.5 percent in the last two months at the expense of both the &yes8 and the &no8 votes, according to a recent Dichter and Neira poll. Embassy interlocutors cite lack of confidence in the gov [...] |
2006-08-24 15:01:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EWWT ETRD PREL PM |
| 06PANAMA1650 | AMBASSADOR LUNCH WITH CFZ GENERAL MANAGER NILDA [...] (SBU) Colon Free Zone (CFZ) General Manager Nilda Quijano told Ambassador on 14 August 2006, that she is disappointed over the lack of GOP action to gain support for the Canal Referendum. A self-described "leftist radical," Quijano enjoys good support from Panama's business community and has been [...] |
2006-08-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EWWT PM |
| 06PANAMA1662 | WORRIED TORRIJOS DROPS IN ON AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-25 22:08:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON KCRM SNAR ETRD ELAB CU PM |
| 06PANAMA1663 | PANAMA TO PAY IATTC DUES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-28 16:47:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ETRD SENV PM |
| 06PANAMA1726 | TORRIJOS APPEALS TO PUBLIC FOR CANAL EXPANSION [...] (U) President Torrijos urged the Panamanian people to take advantage of the "unique and possibly irrepeatable" opportunity of the October 22 Canal expansion referendum in his September 1 "state of the nation"- like address. Torrijos called on Panamanians to vote according to what was best for [...] |
2006-09-07 17:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA1753 | SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-11 15:51:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM PM |
| 06PANAMA1798 | FINCEN DIRECTOR BOOSTS USG ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] This message is SENSITIVE. Please protect accordingly. 2.(U) Summary: FinCEN Director Robert Werner, Deputy Director William Baity, and staff member Mauricio Pastora visited Panama on August 23 and 24. Director Werner delivered the keynote address at the 10th Hemispheric Conference on M [...] |
2006-09-13 22:48:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM PM |
| 06PANAMA1820 | BENEFICIARIES OF PANAMA'S OFF SHORE CORPORATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama is the second most popular jurisdiction for forming offshore corporations (sociedad anonimas or anonymous societies) after Hong Kong. Offshore corporations can be used for asset protection, diversification, tax and currency control evasion, money laundering and terroris [...] |
2006-09-15 17:33:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRK KCRM PTER PM |
| 06PANAMA1825 | PANAMA NONCOMMITTAL ON NAM DEMARCHE ISSUES [...] (U) Panama continues to support Guatemala's candidacy for the UN Security Council, MFA Deputy Director for External Politics Vladimir Franco told POLOFFS September 8. Franco was less enthusiastic about USG views on terrorism, democracy in Cuba, and the Middle East (see reftel A). He doubted [...] |
2006-09-18 18:36:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA1836 | GOP SLEIGHT OF HAND DEALING IN GAMING INDUSTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite overcoming two key bureaucratic hurdles, U.S.-based Merit Management continues to encounter what they believe to be high-level GOP obfuscation and delays in securing the license for its $8 million casino in Colon. Merit attributes its delay to financial incentives from the exi [...] |
2006-09-19 20:15:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PM |
| 06PANAMA184 | (C) PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS: LACK OF U.S. [...] (S) During a January 30 meeting with Ambassador and DOD DASD Roger Pardo-Mauer, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos Espino shared his frustration with what he perceives as a leadership void created by a lack of a coherent U.S. strategic vision for the region. In his view, the increasingly r [...] |
2006-02-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PGOV PREL ETRD PM |
| 06PANAMA1868 | PANAMA'S LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCEDURES [...] Embassy Panama's Political Section has developed a system to coordinate Leahy Amendment vetting. All candidates for USG-funded travel, training (military or civilian), or material assistance -- in-country or in the United States -- must be vetted on human rights, corruption, narcotics, or cr [...] |
2006-09-22 16:06:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP MARR MASS SNAR PINS PREL PHUM PINR PM |
| 06PANAMA190 | PANAMA: INCREASING URGENCY ON CANAL REFERENDUM [...] (U) A flurry of recent detailed discussions at the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to discuss the proposed Canal expansion suggest that the GOP is speeding up its internal technical process, in order to hold a constitutionally mandated referendum in 2006. Amid the hubbub at ACP headquarters, one [...] |
2006-02-01 21:51:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM |
| 06PANAMA1932 | PANAMA REPORTS NO COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION [...] (SBU) Contrary to a recently published U.S. Department of Labor report, there were no official cases or claims of children trafficked for sexual exploitation in Darien Province, Head of the Panamanian Judicial and Technical Police's sex crimes unit Ana Cecilia Cajar said. Cajar wrote in a Se [...] |
2006-09-29 18:39:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ELAB PM |
| 06PANAMA1999 | GOP SCHIZOPHRENIC ON VENEZUELAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] SUMMARY. (C) GOP Energy policy remains divided as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) pursues divergent paths to ensure an affordable supply of petroleum for Panama. MICI Vice-Minister Jose Paredes stated publicly that the new Panamanian state run oil company would not distribute fue [...] |
2006-10-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA2005 | PANAMA'S THREE WAY RACE FOR A CENTRAL AMERICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Panama appears to be the site for up to three proposals for the construction of a regional petroleum refinery. During his June 2006 visit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered to build a 130,000 barrels per day refinery in Panama (Refs A & B). The MesoAmerican Energy Initiative [...] |
2006-10-11 20:47:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA2018 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY FORE [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to share our transformational diplomacy agenda and to help advance U.S. interests. Your dialogue with our Mission and key govern [...] |
2006-10-13 22:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT OVIP PGOV PREL ECON PM |
| 06PANAMA2026 | OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT: PANAMA AGREES TO DELETE CRS [...] On October 2, 2006, Post received a letter from the GoP's Ministry of Foreign Relations (MFA) acknowledging the GoP's agreement to delete the computer reservation systems (CRS) provisions contained in Annex 3 of the Air Transport Agreement between the GoP and the USG. 2. Below is an unoffic [...] |
2006-10-16 21:40:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON KTIA PM |
| 06PANAMA206 | PANAMA: PORTOBELO - LANDMARK TOWN ONCE PLAGUED BY [...] Portobelo is a small village of 7,000 people on Panama's Atlantic coast, located on a difficult road 40 kilometers east of Colon. Community leaders invited EmbOffs to visit and discussed their town's needs and their concerns about drug traffickers who transit the coastal waters. Portobelo c [...] |
2006-02-03 21:47:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PM SNAR |
| 06PANAMA2087 | PANAMA RESPECTS U.S. POSITION BUT CAN'T COMMENT ON [...] (SBU) Panama cannot comment on Mexico's proposed OAS declaration on U.S. border security because it has not yet seen the text, MFA Sub-Director for Exterior Politics Vladimir Franco told Poloff October 24. However, Franco stated that Panama understood and respected the sovereign right of cou [...] |
2006-10-24 20:08:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PTER SMIG OAS PM |
| 06PANAMA2088 | PANAMA SEEKS BALANCE ON NAM LEBANON RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Panama will seek a balanced approach on Israel/Lebanon issues but cannot guarantee it will vote against the NAM resolution on Lebanese children's human rights, MFA Sub-Director for Exterior Politics Vladimir Franco told Poloff October 24. Franco said Panama could not decide its vote wi [...] |
2006-10-24 20:09:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER PM |
| 06PANAMA2102 | STAFFDEL MEACHAM AND TOON MEET WITH MOGJ GOLCHER [...] (SBU) "The United States is Panama's strategic partner of choice on security issues, but Panama needs additional resources to strengthen its security infrastructure," Minister of Government and Justice Olga Golcher told STAFFDEL Meacham and Toon on October 18. Golcher lauded the bilateral re [...] |
2006-10-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA2103 | STAFFDEL MEACHAM AND TOON MEET WITH FM LEWIS [...] (SBU) Passage of the U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was key to deepening the bilateral relationship and facilitating cooperation in security issues, First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis told Meacham and Toon October 18. Lewis discussed strategies to shore up Congres [...] |
2006-10-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD PM |
| 06PANAMA2105 | LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUEL INITIATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Below is post's response to Reftel A. END SUMMARY. ---------------------------- ENERGY SECTOR - HYDROCARBONS ---------------------------- 2. (U) Panama's energy sector consists of the hydrocarbons industry and the electricity sector. Panama's hydrocarbons industry was 100 [...] |
2006-10-26 15:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SENV PM |
| 06PANAMA2111 | AMCIT V. AMCIT IN PANAMA'S BOCAS DEL TORO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama's Bocas del Toro archipelago is a complex region of islands, mainland bays, rivers and forested mountain slopes on the Caribbean side of the Panamanian isthmus 20 miles from the Costa Rican border. The area has a high diversity of marine and terrestrial ecosystems and is hom [...] |
2006-10-27 14:11:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN BTIO CASC KMRS PM |
| 06PANAMA2112 | PANAMA CERTIFIES CANAL REFERENDUM RESULTS- 78 [...] (U) The official results of the October 22 Canal expansion referendum were 705,144 "yes" votes in favor of expansion (77.80 percent) and 201,247 "no" votes (22.20 percent). There were 9,967 blank ballots cast and 7,673 null votes, where voters marked both options. Panama's Junta Nacional de [...] |
2006-10-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA2129 | USG ADVOCACY FOR AMERICAN BENEFICIARIES OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Post requests Department's guidance on the extent of advocacy services to be provided for Amcit beneficiaries and Amcit executor alleging corruption and delayed due process in the Panamanian courts, during the settlement of the estate of Wilson Charles Lucom. [...] |
2006-10-30 21:58:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN CASC PM |
| 06PANAMA2189 | PANAMA WILL CONSIDER CUBA RESOLUTION AND AMENDMENT [...] (SBU) Panama is not familiar with the Australian amendment to the Cuba embargo resolution but will consider the U.S. viewpoint, MFA Sub-Director for Exterior Politics Vladimir Franco told Poloff November 8. He agreed to transmit the U.S. message and talking points (reftels A and B) to the Pa [...] |
2006-11-08 15:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA PM |
| 06PANAMA2207 | FM LEWIS ON UNSC, CORRUPTION, FTA, REGIONAL [...] (C) Panama will be a voice for all of Latin America on the UN Security Council and is willing to help the USG spread its message, Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador November 8. He also addressed corruption, saying the court system is the crux of Panama's co [...] |
2006-11-09 21:44:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD KCOR PM |
| 06PANAMA2228 | PANAMA NAMES NEW ELECTORAL MAGISTRATE [...] (SBU) In a move seen as an affront to President Torrijos, the Supreme Court named electoral prosecutor and dual American citizen Gerardo Solis as its pick for the three-magistrate Electoral Tribunal. Solis, who began his six-year term November 13, was rumored to be the choice of former Presi [...] |
2006-11-15 20:29:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA2248 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: APPLICATION 05-1009444 [...] (U) EconOff spoke with Rogelio Medina, owner and director of Helicopteras Agricolas SA (HA), on November 13, 2006, and Robert Harmon, HA maintenance officer, on November 8, 2006. 2. (U) Both HA officials confirmed the order to purchase one SA319B Alouette helicopter from William Seltenrich. [...] |
2006-11-17 21:14:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC PM |
| 06PANAMA2259 | RESPONSE TO GOP ON DOL CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] (U) The Public Ministry, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has requested a copy of the Department of Labor child labor report that generated front-page controversy when it was released in September 2006 (reftel). Panamanian press reports misquoted the report, saying that according to t [...] |
2006-11-21 21:21:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ELAB PM |
| 06PANAMA2268 | FM BACKTRACKS ON TORRIJOS PUERTO RICO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) After several attempts to wiggle out of a bad position, FM Samuel Lewis Navarro admitted to the Ambassador November 21 the GOP had "screwed up" when attempting to draw a distinction between President Torrijos's role as President of Panama and as Secretary General of the PRD (the ruling party) [...] |
2006-11-22 20:36:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
| 06PANAMA2269 | ORTEGA WANTS TO SEND POSITIVE MESSAGE TO U.S., [...] (C) Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega told Panamanian President Torrijos November 21 that he wants good relations with the United States. His visit to Panama sends a signal that Nicaragua can be a positive player in the region, FM Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador the same day. Panam [...] |
2006-11-22 20:43:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
| 06PANAMA2272 | HEALTH MINISTER UNDER FIRE, BUT NOT (YET) OUT [...] (SBU) Summary. The deaths of some 44 Panamanians from poisoned medications produced and distributed by the GOP's Social Security Fund (CSS) have prompted growing calls for the ouster of Minister of Health Camilo Alleyne and CSS Director Rene Luciani. Although several CSS employees and execut [...] |
2006-11-24 15:57:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PGOV KSCA CDC PM |
| 06PANAMA2319 | PANAMA - BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 LICENSE 05-1011679 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-04 21:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC PM |
| 06PANAMA2320 | MERIT MANAGEMENT RECEIVES CASINO LICENSE [...] (SBU) U.S. investor, Merit Management, received its license to operate the Mallorca Casino in the Sol Melia Hotel in Colon on October 11, 2006. After a lengthy battle of more than 12 months involving allegations of corruption and obfuscation on behalf of GOP officials (reftels), Panama's Mini [...] |
2006-12-04 21:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PM |
| 06PANAMA233 | FTA: GOP WRESTLES WITH POLITICAL STAKES AND [...] (C) Summary: President Martin Torrijos told visiting U.S. Representative Sander Levin on Jan. 26 that he is committed to resolving USG concerns on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) issues and to concluding a free trade agreement (FTA) with the U.S. Public support for the FTA has slipped dramatical [...] |
2006-02-08 02:11:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA2355 | TERRORIST LISTS [...] (SBU) Posts inter-agency Illicit Finance Task Force reports that the GOP does not maintain a national list of banned terrorist entities. Panama's Financial Analysis Unit (UAF) and Superintendency of Banks rely on the USG Specially Designated Global Terrorist List and the OFAC website in exec [...] |
2006-12-07 19:19:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER PM |
| 06PANAMA2357 | PANAMA/CUBA RELATIONSHIP: TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Post answers to reftel questions are based on information obtained by the GoP's Comptroller General's offices, the GoP Ministry of Foreign Relations, the administrative offices of the Colon Free Zone, various industry and third country publications and conversations with various Panamanian [...] |
2006-12-07 21:44:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PM CU |
| 06PANAMA2372 | PANAMA'S RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1718 [...] (U) Post delivered reftel letter to MFA Director for Foreign Policy Javier Bonagas November 1. Below is an unofficial translation of the text of the MFA's reply, diplomatic note DGPE-DG-348-2006 dated November 21, 2006. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT. (Complimentary opening.) As a member of the Uni [...] |
2006-12-13 16:04:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS PM |
| 06PANAMA2374 | PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION NEXT STEPS PART I: CONTRACT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On December 5 and 12, 2006, the US Department of Commerce Foreign Commercial Service in Panama (FCS) hosted a Webinar (internet conference) with Panama Canal Authority (ACP) officials to discuss the contract bidding process for the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion project (Pr [...] |
2006-12-13 20:45:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT FCSC PM |
| 06PANAMA2375 | PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION NEXT STEPS PART II: [...] (U) SUMMARY. At a December 6, 2006 meeting with Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Chief Financial Officer Jose Barrios Ing told EmbOffs that he believes the ACP will need to raise $2.5 billion in debt financing, not $2.3 billion as the ACP originally estimated. Barrios also prefers to have the deb [...] |
2006-12-13 20:50:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT FCSC PM |
| 06PANAMA2392 | UPDATE FOR WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] (U) Please find below updated information on child labor in Panama, divided by section. Post will report additional statistics septel as they become available. Incidence and Nature of Child Labor ----------------------------------- - The Comptroller General's Office reports that over 47, [...] |
2006-12-15 21:59:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PM |
| 06PANAMA2412 | REFINERY, FUEL HUB AND BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In November, representatives from state-run Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) met with Panama's Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) to discuss the proposed refinery and tour the Puerto Armuelles site (Ref A). Favorably impressed with Panama's economic and p [...] |
2006-12-19 18:50:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA2442 | FM LEWIS ON TORRIJOS TRAVEL, PARTY FUTURE, COURT [...] (C) President Torrijos plans to visit the United States in February and may seek an appointment with President Bush, Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador December 27. The most likely day for the meeting request with President Bush is February 26, the same day Torrijos is schedu [...] |
2006-12-28 19:12:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
| 06PANAMA2451 | PANAMA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama continues to be a strong partner with the United States in the global war on terrorism. The Panama Canal is the country's most important economic asset. Any act of terrorism that closes off the Canal could severely impact Panama's economy, the United States, and other [...] |
2006-12-29 18:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO KHLS PM |
| 06PANAMA267 | PANAMA: RULING PARTY LEGISLATORS DISGRUNTLED AT [...] (SBU) PRD legislators are angry at President Martin Torrijos for failing to consult and for ordering them around. Several ruling-party legislators told Emboff recently that they are disappointed and feel "used" by a Torrijos leadership style they see as arrogant, high-handed, presumptuous, an [...] |
2006-02-10 22:06:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PM |
| 06PANAMA303 | EMBASSY ACTS TO REPAIR RELATIONS WITH PANAMANIAN [...] (C) Ambassador recently held two dinners linked to Islamic religious celebrations to launch an Embassy effort to help create an atmosphere of mutual respect and candid interchange and to reverse increasing local perceptions of anti-Muslim policy bias by the United States. The Ambassador's effort [...] |
2006-02-15 20:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
| 06PANAMA320 | PANAMA: G/TIP AND WHA/PPC VISIT TO PANAMA FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy greatly appreciated the visit of GTIP Reports Officer Linda Brown and WHA/PPC Senior Advisor Mike Puccetti. Meetings with Government of Panama (GOP), EmbOffs, and visits to NGO were productive and helpful. Embassy looks forward to working with GTIP to complete the annual Traf [...] |
2006-02-17 21:11:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PM |
| 06PANAMA335 | FTA - GOP TO GRANT SPS EQUIVALENCY TO U.S. [...] Summary. Panamanian officials announced February 19 that it will soon grant "equivalency" to the U.S. system for food safety and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) protection. The GOP is finalizing a "decree law" that President Torrijos expects to issue by February 28 to create an autonomous, [...] |
2006-02-21 20:54:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR USTR PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA337 | PANAMA -- CHINA RECOGNITION HANDWRITING IS ON THE [...] (U) This message contains an action request. (See para 3.) SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) Panamanian presidential advisor Jorge Ritter on February 20 detailed Panama's thinking about diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for DCM, which he called a "medium-term" pros [...] |
2006-02-21 21:50:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PM SP CH TW HO |
| 06PANAMA36 | EXIT INTERVIEW WITH FORMER PANAMANIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Former Secretary for Planning and Goals Ebrahim Asvat commented on President Torrijos's leadership style, the possibility of an early 2006 cabinet shakeup, and the timing of a future Canal referendum in a December meeting with POL Counselor. Always outspoken and provocative, the bespeckled, g [...] |
2006-01-06 19:27:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR EFIN PM |
| 06PANAMA360 | PANAMA - 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The resolution of a number of investment dispute cases in recent years opened the way for the April 2004 start of bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama. 2. Traditionally, Panama has maintained a rather liberal regime for foreign investment [...] |
2006-02-24 20:39:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PM |
| 06PANAMA376 | PANAMA: IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN LATIN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-01 17:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PM |
| 06PANAMA383 | PANAMA: AMBASSADOR EATON DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-01 18:34:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GT PM UNAUS UNSC VE |
| 06PANAMA40 | PANAMANIAN COMPTROLLER DANI KUZNIECKY ALERT TO [...] (C) Comptroller General Dani Kuzniecky recently met with Emboff to discuss questionable public bidding cases that had attracted his negative attention. They included the Tocumen airport duty free zone (which involved an American company), the unrelated Pacific "mega-port" project involving a [...] |
2006-01-06 22:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BEXP PM |
| 06PANAMA486 | PANAMA HOSTS CENTRAL AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Seven presidents, one prime minister and one vice president met in Panama March 8-9 to sign a lengthy and wordy declaration calling for the negotiation of a Central America-Panama free trade agreement (FTA) and possibly FTAs with the European Union and CARICOM. Panamanians mostly do not [...] |
2006-03-16 22:00:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM |
| 06PANAMA502 | PANAMA: INTERNAL RULING-PARTY DYNAMICS AS JOSTLING [...] (U) This is part one in a three-part series. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) With over three years to go before the May 2009 presidential elections, the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is already full of ferment and rumors as potential candidates joust for position. The U.S.-educated [...] |
2006-03-21 14:52:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PM |
| 06PANAMA525 | PANAMA: INTERNAL RULING-PARTY DYNAMICS AS JOSTLING [...] (U) "The Unwanted One" is Part II in a three-part series on Democratic Revolutionary Party inner dynamics. Part I (reftel): The Front Runners. Part III (septel): The Veeps. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Ernesto Perez Balladares (PB) is widely seen as angling for another shot at Panama's presidency, [...] |
2006-03-23 22:04:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PM |
| 06PANAMA533 | GOP STRUGGLES TO RESOLVE FTA STUMBLING BLOCKS [...] (C) Summary: Panama's trade minister remains convinced the GOP is within reach of an FTA with the U.S. However, First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) fears the deal may be "dead" and hinted that the GOP might turn its near-term focus to the proposed expansion of the Pan [...] |
2006-03-24 17:50:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR ECON EWWT PGOV PM |
| 06PANAMA534 | VP/FORMIN LEWIS FINDS CASTRO "HEALTHY" AND [...] (C) Panamanian First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) told Ambassador on March 23 that he met for the first time with Fidel Castro in Cuba over the March 18-19 weekend. He said Castro appeared to be in good health, as he turned what SLN expected to be a 15-minute "p [...] |
2006-03-24 18:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ENRG ETRD PM CU |
| 06PANAMA540 | PANAMA: INTERNAL RULING-PARTY DYNAMICS AS JOSTLING [...] (U) "The Veeps" is Part III in a three-part series on Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) inner dynamics. Part I: The Front Runners (reftel A). Part II: The Unwanted One (reftel B). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The PRD's vice presidential candidate in 2009 is likely to be Balbina Herrera o [...] |
2006-03-24 19:20:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM |
| 06PANAMA543 | PANAMA BANANA WORKERS END STRIKE AT COSTA RICAN [...] (SBU) In response to mediation and a grant from Minister of Labor Reynaldo Rivera, banana workers ended a peaceful strike March 18 that closed the Panama-Costa Rica border for three days. The laborers from Cooperativa de Servicios Multiples de Puerto Armuelles (Coosemupar) blocked trucks and [...] |
2006-03-24 20:35:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV PM PREL |
| 06PANAMA544 | PANAMA BRACES FOR NORIEGA'S RETURN [...] (SBU) On Thursday, March 16 Panamanian newspapers reported in banner headlines that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to release former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega on September 9, 2007, after 17 years in a Tampa, Florida prison, and that Noriega would return to Panama. [...] |
2006-03-24 20:36:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM |
| 06PANAMA610 | PANAMA: JUDICIAL PROCESS FINALLY BEGINS FOR [...] (C) Embassy is closely following the money laundering case of former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman. The probable cause hearing began on March 30, 2006 following a four-month postponement (for a defense attorney's emergency dental work). Judge Adolfo Mejia, assigned as a replacement justic [...] |
2006-04-03 21:53:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM PREL |
| 06PANAMA629 | FORMIN WEIGHS USG DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA UNSC BID, [...] (C) On April 5, Ambassador pressed First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) and Minister of the Presidency Ubaldino Real on the importance of Panama's support for Guatemala's UN Security Council candidacy. Lewis Navarro revealed that Mexico's FM Derbez had called him to re [...] |
2006-04-06 20:04:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR PREL PM |
| 06PANAMA723 | SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR ARCOS APRIL 26-28 VISIT [...] (U) This message is confidential. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. We see your visit as a key element of our strategy to partner with Panama on its Secure Trade and Transportation [...] |
2006-04-20 18:54:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PM PREL |
| 06PANAMA751 | NEW PANAMA OMBUSDMAN TAKES OFFICE AMID A STORM OF [...] (SBU) Maritime lawyer Liborio "Garcia" Correa took office as Panama's third human rights Ombudsman during a short ceremony at the National Assembly on April 3, 2006, amid raucous demonstrations opposing his appointment. A group of enraged women forced their way into the National Assembly cha [...] |
2006-04-24 14:02:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PM |
| 06PANAMA824 | PANAMA: PRESIDENT TORRIJOS SHAKES UP CABINET [...] (SBU) President Martin Torrijos announced three major changes in his cabinet during a nationwide radio and TV address this afternoon. The much anticipated changes come twenty months into the Torrijos presidency and were the subject of widespread rumors for several weeks. In the Ministry of [...] |
2006-04-28 22:45:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM PREL |
| 06PANAMA884 | GOP HAS NO RECORD OF DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE SHIPS [...] (S) Fernando Solorzano, Director of the Panamanian Maritime Authority's (AMP) Merchant Marine Office, advised Econ Chief on May 8 that, based on reftel information, the AMP has no record of any North Korean flagged ships associated with Panama. He said that, as Panama does not maintain a mer [...] |
2006-05-09 20:11:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA PM KN |
| 06PANAMA897 | PANAMA SNAPSHOT FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'S VISIT TO [...] (U) This message is intended as a scenesetter for A/S Shannon and former President Bush's May 11 meeting with President Torrijos. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Embassy's relations with the Torrijos government (GOP) are warm and bilateral cooperation on security and anti-narcotics matters r [...] |
2006-05-10 23:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD PM CU VE CH |
| 06PANAMA913 | HEALTH MINISTER ON REGIONAL FORUM, AVIAN FLU, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Health Minister Camilo Alleyne anticipates HHS Secretary Leavitt's participation at a regional forum of health ministers the GOP plans to host in early June, with a focus on pandemic flu issues. He is willing to attend the June 6-7 IPAPI meeting in Vienna. Alleyne believes that [...] |
2006-05-11 22:39:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU SENV PM |
| 06PANAMA919 | PANAMA: REHABILITATING THE DICTATORSHIP [...] (C) A joke making the rounds in Panama is that the only ex-Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) officer who hasn't found a job in the Torrijos government is Manuel Noriega. The late-April elevation of former Dignity Battalions chief Benjamin Colamarco to the cabinet as Minister of Public Works is [...] |
2006-05-12 21:40:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PM VE CU |
| 06PANAMA951 | PANAMANIAN JUDGE ORDERS DETENTION OF FORMER [...] (SBU) As first reported by Panamanian television early May 18, Panamanian Judge Adolfo Mejia has ruled that the money laundering case against former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman and cronies (reftels) will go forward. Ruling on the evidence presented during a March 30 hearing, Mejia o [...] |
2006-05-18 21:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR PM NU |
| 06RANGOON56 | REGIME POSES OBSTACLES TO ICRC PRISON ACCESS [...] (C) Summary: The GOB has imposed new restrictions, including the meddling of regime-controlled organizations, that hamper the ability of ICRC to access and inspect the country's vast gulag of prison detention facilities and labor camps. These restrictions "have slowed down considerably the f [...] |
2006-01-17 10:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID PM |
| 06SANSALVADOR169 | UNIVERSALIZATION OF FRAMEWORK TREATY ON DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-24 14:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MARR MCAP ES CS PM GANGS |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1099 | SEEKING PANAMANIAN SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S 2006 UN [...] (C) Ambassador on March 30 met and discussed reftel talking points with Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. Morales Troncoso said he would call Panamanian Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro to discuss the potential negative consequences of Venezuela's membership on the [...] |
2006-03-31 21:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC DR PM |
| 06SEOUL1758 | POINTS ON DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON CHINA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-24 07:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PM CH KS |
| 06SEOUL4116 | SMA NEGOTIATIONS ROUND VI: ONE LAST PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a small group meeting and plenary session that followed, Ambassador Loftis and his ROK counterpart, Ambassador Cho Tae-yong, presented their respective negotiating positions on the 2007-2008 Special Measures (burden-sharing) Agreement (SMA). The ROKG proposed a contribution [...] |
2006-12-01 00:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PM PREL MARR MASS MCAP |
| 06SEOUL4211 | SMA AGREEMENT 2007-2008 INITIALED [...] (SBU) On December 8, 2006, Pol M/C Joseph Yun and MOFAT Director General for North American Affairs Cho Tae-yong initialed the English language text of the agreed Special Measures Agreement (SMA). DG Cho commented that he was pleasantly surprised at the positive ROK press coverage on SMA and [...] |
2006-12-08 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KSAC PM PREL MARR MASS MCAP |
| 06STATE190867 | SMA NEGOTIATIONS ROUND V: TOWARDS THE FINAL ROUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Round Five of negotiations on funding levels for the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) between the United States and Republic of Korea (ROK) took place at the State Department on November 13, 2006. Lasting one day, the talks concluded with the two parties falling short of a final [...] |
2006-11-22 22:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PM PREL MARR MASS MCAP |
| 06TAIPEI1263 | TAIWAN STRUGGLING TO COUNTER THE PRC IN LATIN [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials continue to worry about Taipei's diplomatic standing in Latin America and Beijing's growing influence in the region. Taipei is particularly concerned that Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua might soon switch recognition from Taipei to Beijing. In an effort to cou [...] |
2006-04-10 22:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | CR NC PM PGOV PREL TW XR |
| 06TAIPEI2921 | FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG ON HIS CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan Foreign Minister James Huang believes his visit to Central America last week shored up Taiwan's fragile relations with Panama, Costa Rica and Honduras. He remains deeply concerned, however, that Daniel Ortega might win the November presidential election in Nicaragua and [...] |
2006-08-23 22:07:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PM CS HO BH NU TP CH TW |
| 06TAIPEI2933 | FOREIGN MINISTER HUANG ON HIS CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan Foreign Minister James Huang believes his visit to Central America last week shored up Taiwan's fragile relations with Panama, Costa Rica and Honduras. He remains deeply concerned, however, that Daniel Ortega might win the November presidential election in Nicaragua and [...] |
2006-08-24 08:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PM CS HO BH NU TP CH TW |
| 06TAIPEI82 | (U) TAIWAN'S EVERGREEN MARINE CORPORATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-10 09:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EWWT EAIR TW CH PM |
| 06USUNNEWYORK376 | PANAMA: UNDP/UNFPA CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of Panama to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Fund and the United Nations Population Fund (UNDP/UNFPA) for the term 2007-2009, at the elections to be he [...] |
2006-02-28 15:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UNDP UNFPA PM |
| 06WARSAW207 | POLAND: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the last two years, Poland has been a staunch ally of the United States. According to the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland spent about 1,213,151,800 Zloty ($370,994,434) and committed 4,122 troops to Iraq-coalition and NATO operations in 2005. In 2004, Polan [...] |
2006-02-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MCAP PM KS KU QA SA US PL TC NATO |
| 07ALGIERS1823 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] On 23 December 2007 we met with Saadi Saib, Assistant to the Provisioning Manager for Air Algerie, to conduct the post shipment end use check on license 050036215. Saib attended the meeting in place of Mr. Zaoeali, the Provisioning Manager listed as the contact on reftel. While we were not a [...] |
2007-12-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC PM AG |
| 07BAKU135 | BLANKET OVERFLIGHT GRANTED BY AZERBAIJAN UNTIL THE [...] (SBU) The Government of Azerbaijan has extended for one year blanket diplomatic overflight clearance for all US Government and contract flights in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in Iraq. The GOAJ renewed this important support fo [...] |
2007-01-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AJ PGOV PM PTER MARR |
| 07BEIJING3063 | MAY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ARMS SALES TO SUDAN; [...] Key points at the May 8 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Jiang Yu were: -- The MFA said arms sales to Sudan are limited to conventional weapons and such sales to African nations are generally "small-scale." -- In light of PM Abe's reported gift to the Yasukuni Shrine, China hope [...] |
2007-05-08 10:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD SU JA KN CA PM MX IV RW VM |
| 07BEIJING3117 | MAY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SPECIAL REP FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS; DARFUR; TAINTED PRODUCTS; BUSH-HU; HUANG JU; DALAI LAMA; SED; IPR; VISITS [...] Key points at the May 10 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokeswoman Jiang Yu were: -- Liu Guijin has been appointed to the newly created position of "special representative for African affairs" where he will focus on the Darfur issue. -- China will send a team of 275 engineers to Darfur [...] |
2007-05-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PRE ETRD SU XA XW ZU PM UK NL BE |
| 07BEIJING3261 | MAY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TRADE AND SED; SUDAN; [...] Key points at the May 15 MFA Press Conference were: -- United States-China trade is "win-win," trade frictions are natural given the volume of trade and China has made efforts to revalue the rmb. Such topics will be discussed in the upcoming Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). -- China pla [...] |
2007-05-15 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD CH SU JA XA XW VM PM KS KN ZK |
| 07BEIJING3535 | MAY 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, ENVOY TO SUDAN, [...] Key points at the May 24 MFA Press Conference were: -- IAEA and UNSC decisions must be implemented, but all parties must intensify diplomatic efforts so as to arrive at an enduring, comprehensive solution that serves the interests of all, said the spokeswoman. -- China hopes the Sudanese G [...] |
2007-05-24 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD SU JA KN IR PM BM MX IN GM |
| 07BEIJING4132 | JUNE 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, TIP [...] Key points at the June 19 MFA Press Conference were: -- The spokesman said the DPRK's invitation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) affirms the DPRK's political will to implement the initial actions of the February 13 Joint Document. -- The Chinese Government places importanc [...] |
2007-06-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EFIN ETTC KN JA IZ SU SP PM VT CH |
| 07BEIJING4483 | JULY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the July 5 MFA Press Conference were: -- It is imperative for all sides to fulfill commitments to denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and China holds an open attitude toward the resumption of Six-Party Talks. -- China hopes Defense Minister Nelson's upcoming visit will streng [...] |
2007-07-05 10:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KS KN JA PM GT PA AS DR RS VT |
| 07BEIRUT1102 | LEBANON: POST APPROVES SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-25 09:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | LE PARM PM PTER |
| 07CANBERRA1603 | AUSTRALIAN IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS DEPENDENT [...] (C) Australia's requirements to deploy forces to Iraq following expiry of the MNF-I mandate will depend heavily on which party forms the government following the November 24 election. The Liberal/National Coalition government under Prime Minister John Howard has been solidly behind the missio [...] |
2007-11-02 06:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL AS PM |
| 07CARACAS423 | ACTION REQUEST: BRV QUERIES ON MILITARY [...] (C) This is an Action Request; See Paragraph 3, and action recommendation in Paragraph 5. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: In May 2006 the Department announced that the BRV was not fully cooperating with the global war on terrorism. As a result, the USG, though the Arms Export Control Policy, "suspende [...] |
2007-02-28 19:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PM PREL VE |
| 07CARACAS634 | ACTION REQUEST: CLOSURE OF VMAO [...] (C) This is an Action Request -- see Paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post requested February 28 guidance on the status of the Venezuelan Air Force's purchases currently in the pipeline and regarding the removal of items in the Venezuelan Military Acquisitions Office (VMAO) in Miami, Florida. Based on [...] |
2007-03-26 18:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PM PREL VE |
| 07CARACAS701 | VENEZUELAN ARMY HOSTS U.S. MILITARY DELEGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. An eight person U.S. Army delegation attended a March 26-30 Conference of American Armies (CAA) seminar on Disaster Relief in Venezuela, the first U.S. military delegation hosted in-country since 2003. U.S. participants were generally well received. Failure to conduct the exerci [...] |
2007-04-04 21:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PM PREL VE |
| 07DARESSALAAM101 | TANZANIA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL [...] (S) Post supports the FY 2007 proposal entitled, Improvements and Theater Maritime Safety and Security Information System Network. The proposed initiative aims to strengthen Tanzania's coastal security which is a key tactic under the Embassy's MPP anti-terrorism strategy. RETZER [...] |
2007-01-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PARM PM PPA PREL TZ |
| 07DARESSALAAM388 | TANZANIA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PARM TZ DJ ET YM TU PM PPA MASS |
| 07DJIBOUTI1414 | DJIBOUTI REPLACES DUBAI AS A FOOD FOR PEACE [...] (C) In a November 26 meeting, Djibouti's President Ismael Omar Guelleh warmly thanked USAID Assistant Administrator for Africa Kate Almquist for the U.S. decision to make Djibouti the new site for pre-positioned Food For Peace aid in the region (replacing Dubai). Guelleh called the decision a [...] |
2007-12-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | DJ EAID ECON ET FAS MAS MOPS PINR PM PREF |
| 07KUWAIT1399 | NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU DEPUTY COMMENTS ON IRAQ, [...] (SBU) On August 27, Charg paid a courtesy call on Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Deputy Director Shaykh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah. On September 5, NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo also met with SIPDIS Shaykh Thamer and later provided a briefing of hi [...] |
2007-09-16 10:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KU PM PINR |
| 07KUWAIT1400 | COURTESY CALL ON MOD'S SHAYKH SABAH AL-NASSER AL [...] (C) Summary. On September 6, Charg and Chief, OMC-K paid a courtesy call on Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense Under Secretary Shaykh Sabah Al-Nasser Al Sabah. The Under Secretary offered his thoughts on an ongoing investigation of aircraft engine sales to Iran, his dreams of upgrading the Kuwaiti [...] |
2007-09-16 11:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU PINR PM |
| 07KUWAIT1429 | AMIR: IRAN SHOULD COOPERATE WITH IAEA; IRAN AMB [...] (U) On September 19, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported that the Amir of Kuwait Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah urged neighboring Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He was quoted as saying, "We believe in the importance of reaching a peaceful so [...] |
2007-09-20 14:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KU KPAO PM |
| 07KUWAIT1457 | US CENTCOM COMMANDER FALLON MEETS WITH AMIR AND [...] (S) Summary. On September 24, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander, Admiral William J. Fallon discussed the issues of Iraq, Iran, and Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees with the Amir of Kuwait, the Crown Prince, the Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Armed Forces Chief of Staff. The Governme [...] |
2007-10-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | IR IZ KU MARR PGOV PM PREL |
| 07LAPAZ3068 | 2008 AGREEMENT WITH BOLIVIA ON STATUS OF FORCES [...] This is an action request for WHA/AND, L/PM, and PM/ISO. See Paragraph 5. 2. Background: DOD has asked the State Department to secure status protections for U.S. military personnel who will be present in Bolivia during 2008. DOD has requested Post immediately propose to the Government of [...] |
2007-11-20 21:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL BL |
| 07MANILA3615 | PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON M/V GOLDEN NORI PIRACY [...] (S) As relayed to Department via ref B telcon, poloff on November 2 delivered to the Department of Foreign Affairs reftel C points regarding the actions of U.S. naval vessels that responded to the Panamanian tanker M/V Golden Nori's call for assistance off the coast of Somalia. The DFA was u [...] |
2007-11-07 08:38:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | EWWT IMO KCRM PBTS PGOV PHSA PM PREL RP SO |
| 07NAIROBI1311 | KENYA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PARM PPA DJ ET PM TU TZ KE |
| 07NDJAMENA53 | CHAD:SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (S/NF) Following are AmEmbassy N'djamena's comments on Section 1206 proposals for Chad. Given the fragility of the political situation in Chad, highly visible equipment deliveries or major new training programs should be avoided, 2. (S/NF) A. Improve Partner National Intelligence (Al [...] |
2007-01-22 11:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PK PM PREL MASS CD |
| 07NDJAMENA628 | CHAD: SECTION 1206 FOR FY 07 [...] (S/NOFORN) Post has reviewed the FY 07 proposed 1206 activity (reftel A) and declines the following program: Tactical Communications Interoperability (TCI) (USD 3.144) for Chad, Algeria, Mauritania and Nigeria Reason: At this time a number of training and equipment activities are underway [...] |
2007-07-31 10:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET | PARM PK PM PREL MASS CD |
| 07PANAMA1007 | ACE NOMINATION - MANZANILLO INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: I am pleased to nominate Manzanillo International Terminal Panama-S.A. (MIT) as Embassy Panama's multinational enterprise candidate for the Secretary of State's 2007 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). MIT is a joint venture between Carrix, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Washi [...] |
2007-06-14 20:22:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AID BEXP ELAB ETRD PM SENV |
| 07PANAMA1035 | PANAMA POST: EDITION I [...] (U) This cable is the first edition of what we hope will be a periodic series of reports on political developments. The Panama Post will include news items that would normally fall on our editor's cutting room floor. Our intent is to provide our Washington consumers a more textured understan [...] |
2007-06-18 19:25:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM KCRM AMGT VE PM |
| 07PANAMA1042 | PANAMA: WHITE PAPER LAYS OUT POLICY ON COLOMBIAN [...] (U) Panama's MFA and Council for Public Security and National Defense (CSPDN) separately provided Embassy Panama a copy of the GOP's white paper on "Displaced Colombians on the Border" in March. Regarding Colombian refugees, this paper states: -- Panama has an obligation to guard its borde [...] |
2007-06-19 18:48:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PM CO |
| 07PANAMA1052 | PANAMA POST: EDITION II [...] (U) Welcome to edition II of the Panama Post! We hope that our readership will enjoy the following items and that they will enhance your understanding of Panama's political environment: -- Terrorist possible next National Assembly President; -- Balbina Herrera may be Revolutionary Democrat [...] |
2007-06-21 20:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM PM |
| 07PANAMA1053 | PANAMA: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-21 20:56:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI PM |
| 07PANAMA1065 | TOP PANAMANIAN LABOR COUNCIL ENDORSES TPA [...] SUMMARY. Panama's top labor council reversed course and voted to endorse the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) on June 21, 2007. The Executive Council of the National Council of Organized Labor (CONATO) voted 4 to 3 to support the TPA, reversing its earlier opposition in what CONATO [...] |
2007-06-22 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ELAB PM |
| 07PANAMA1081 | PANAMA: EMBASSY INITIATES NEW OUT-REACH TO MUSLIM [...] (C) EMBOFFs visited for the first time a traditional Muslim school (madrasa) in Aguadulce, Cocle Province on June 21. Representatives from the Embassy's Political and Public Diplomacy sections donated English-language books and discussed a possible opportunity for students to participate in [...] |
2007-06-25 21:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI PM |
| 07PANAMA1089 | PANAMA: TAIWANESE SEEK CLOSER COORDINATION WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Taiwan and the U.S. should coordinate more closely on assistance to Panama," Taiwanese Ambassador to Panama Ping-Fu Hou told POLCOUNS on June 11. "Working together we can ensure that the chavista threat does [...] |
2007-06-26 21:27:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON PM TW |
| 07PANAMA1095 | GOP TO SEEK QUICK TPA RATIFICATION IN JULY [...] (SBU) First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told Ambassador on June 26 that the GOP will seek quick action by Panama's National Assembly to ratify the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). As the Assembly normally goes into recess after June 30, he said President [...] |
2007-06-27 18:23:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PM |
| 07PANAMA1099 | PANAMA: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION GIVES TO SCHOOL WHAT [...] (U) The Santa Rosa School-- an impoverished public school in Ipeti, Darien Province-- inaugurated on June 15 its kindergarten and newly installed indoor plumbing, projects supported by the U.S.-based Panama Missions. The completion of these efforts was yet another success for the Embassy's Pe [...] |
2007-06-28 21:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PM PREL SOCI |
| 07PANAMA1102 | PANAMA POST: EDITION III [...] (C) The following are the top stories for the third edition of the Panama Post: -- Attorney General names new acting head of FBI-equivalent; -- Fifth candidate announces run for presidency of governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD); -- Insights into why Panamanians join political par [...] |
2007-06-29 20:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR SOCI PM |
| 07PANAMA1107 | OXY REFINERY PROJECT OFFERS GREAT OPPORTUNITIES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 27, 2007, EconOff met with Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) executives to discus the status of Oxy's and Qatar Petroleum's (QP) proposed $7 billion, 350,000 barrel per day refinery in Puerto Armuelles, Panama. Oxy executives said that they have only just begun to [...] |
2007-07-02 17:08:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD PM SENV |
| 07PANAMA1111 | PANAMA: NEW CANAL MINISTER DISHES [...] (C) While ostensibly reaching out to make himself available to address concerns U.S. firms may have concerning the canal expansion project, recently appointed Minister of Canal Affairs (and former Comptroller General) Dani Kuzniecky was more intent on dishing on the Panama Canal Authority (AC [...] |
2007-07-02 22:15:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EWWT ECON PM |
| 07PANAMA1112 | PANAMA: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Below is Embassy Panama's input for the Congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorizations Act. Test is keyed to reftel. The United States is aware of one claim of United States citizens that may be [...] |
2007-07-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ECON EFIN ENIV KIDE PGOV PM OPIC |
| 07PANAMA1143 | PANAMA POST: EDITION IV [...] (C) Welcome to the Fourth of July edition of the Panama Post! Our staff members were out in force trolling crowd at the Ambassador's residence for this year's Independence Day reception to take Panama's political pulse. This week, Panamanian President Torrijos flexed his muscle: powering [...] |
2007-07-06 17:12:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM SMIG SOCI PM |
| 07PANAMA1152 | EXTRAORDINARY LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Martin Torrijos called an Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly to consider and vote on the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) on July 4, 2007. This followed cabinet approval the TPA on July 3. The Extraordinary Session will is scheduled to run July [...] |
2007-07-09 15:06:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1166 | CBERA/CBTPA HAS NEGLIGIBLE EFFECT ON PANAMA'S [...] (U) This is a brief overview of the effect of Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA)/ Caribbean Basin Trade Promotion Act (CBTPA) on foreign direct investment (FDI) and on Panama's exports to the U.S. While there is limited FDI data, export data show that the majority of products from [...] |
2007-07-09 20:41:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR PM |
| 07PANAMA1177 | PANAMA: NO TO GITMO DETAINEES [...] (C) The GOP was unlikely to reconsider its previous decision to not accept Chinese Uighur detainees currently being held in Guantanamo, Panamanaian MFA Sub-Director for Political Affairs Vladimir Franco told POLOFFs on July 10 in response to delivery of reftel demarche. Franco asked for clari [...] |
2007-07-11 16:16:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PM PREL PTER |
| 07PANAMA1186 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS VENTS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos vented to Ambassador on July 9 as they traveled together from Panama City to Colon to visit the USNS Comfort. In an atypically chatty mood and highly agitated, Torrijos let down his guard and let loose: lambasting the press, asserting that former civil [...] |
2007-07-11 20:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1189 | PANAMA: PRESIDENT TORRIJOS GRIPES THAT U.S. [...] (C) It would be "unfair and unwise" for the U.S. Congress to "move the goalposts" before acting on the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA), President Martin Torrijos told Ambassador on July 9. He was unhappy with recent statements from the U.S. Congress indicating that Panama and Per [...] |
2007-07-12 14:11:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PM |
| 07PANAMA1193 | PANAMA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OVERWHELMINGLY RATIFIES [...] (U) Panama's National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to ratify the U.S. - Panama TPA on July 11, 2007. Fifty eight MSI6632 INVALID FORMAT LINE 12 members of the assembly voted in favor of the TPA, three voted against it (Mireya Lasso, Miguel Fanovich, and Enrique Garrido), one member (W [...] |
2007-07-12 20:37:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1197 | PANAMA POST: EDITION V [...] (C) In this week's edition, the Panama Post takes a look at the internal workings of the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) and the Patriotic Union (UP) party. Also, the Panama Post reports that the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) reform effort is on hold and that its newly appoin [...] |
2007-07-13 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PM |
| 07PANAMA1198 | PANAMA: UIGHUR DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO 1ST VP AND FM [...] (C) Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis undertook on July 11 to check to see if Panama's position regarding acceptance of Uighur detainees from Guantanamo had changed; "I doubt that it has." Lewis made these comments in response Ambassador's delivery of REFTEL A demarche. Lewis, who dep [...] |
2007-07-13 21:43:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINO PTER PREL PM |
| 07PANAMA1210 | PANAMA: NEW POLL OUT [...] (C) While Democratic Change (CD) President and presumed presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli maintained a comfortable lead in the polls and dominated the opposition, the real news of Dichter and Neira's latest poll was the near two-fold jump in undecideds "don't knows," and "didn't answer [...] |
2007-07-16 21:59:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA1226 | PANAMA POST: EDITION VI [...] (C) Dichter and Neira's latest poll (REFTEL B), published by Panama City broad sheet daily La Prensa on July 16, set the political tone for this week. Taking a significant dive in the polls, Panama City Mayor and aspirant for the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential no [...] |
2007-07-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA1236 | PANAMANIAN FIRM WINS FIRST CANAL EXPANSION CONTRACT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 6, 2007, the Panamanian company, Constructora Urbana S.A. (CUSA), presented the lowest bid on the Panama Canal expansion project's first construction contract, and was awarded the contract on July 16. CUSA is Panama's largest highway/heavy construction contractor. The co [...] |
2007-07-23 12:37:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EWWT FCSC PM |
| 07PANAMA1244 | NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: JUNE [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during June 2007. In early June our key focus was the visit of Codel Meeks. UPDATE ON TITLE III PROGRAM --------------------------- 2. (SBU) DEA and NAS arrang [...] |
2007-07-23 21:27:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KJUS MCAP PM |
| 07PANAMA1302 | PANAMA: DRC ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-02 15:56:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC DR PM |
| 07PANAMA1303 | PANAMA: MFA RESPONDS TO REQUEST FOR 505 AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-02 20:45:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV PM XK |
| 07PANAMA1305 | PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY SEEKS TO KEEP COAST GUARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 26, 2007, Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta told the Ambassador that he would like to keep the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) billet (CGB) embedded with the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). He added that the ACP would continue to benefit from the [...] |
2007-08-02 21:18:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1309 | PANAMA POST VII [...] (C) In its latest edition, the Panama Post covers the following stories: -- Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, wanted in the U.S. for the 1991 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, riding high in his campaign to be President of Panama's National Assembly; -- Jose Miguel Aleman to be Endara's vice pr [...] |
2007-08-03 17:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA1346 | PANAMA POST: EDITION VIII [...] (C) The latest edition of the Panama Post reports on a relatively slow week in Panamanian politics, though with some important movement on efforts to block a terrorist from becoming National Assembly President. Highlights include: -- President Torrijos gets message on Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, [...] |
2007-08-10 20:04:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KJUS KCRM EWWT PM |
| 07PANAMA1369 | PANAMA: EDUCATION SYSTEM NEEDS DRASTIC REFORM [...] (U) Most stakeholders interviewed recently view the most significant challenges faced by Panama's education system as: inequality, lack of quality, cronyism, corruption, poor budget administration, antiquated technology, and politicized education initiatives, the longevity of which lasts only a [...] |
2007-08-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PM SOCI |
| 07PANAMA1370 | RESPONSE: EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION SECTION FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-15 17:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ELAB ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1393 | PANAMA: CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-20 16:29:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PM |
| 07PANAMA1408 | PANAMA: WANTED FELON/TERRORIST CLOSER TO SECURING [...] (C) "President Torrijos and (1st VP and FM) Samuel Lewis informed (National Assembly President) Elias Castillo and (National Assembly President aspirant) Deputy Pedro Miguel Gonzalez on August 14 at the Decameron resort that Torrijos would back Gonzalez to be the next President of the Nationa [...] |
2007-08-21 17:58:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KCRM KJUS ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1410 | PANAMA: NONPROLIFERATION DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1540 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-21 18:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER KNNP UNSC ID SF PM |
| 07PANAMA1424 | U.S. COAST GUARD BILLET IN PANAMA CANAL TO END [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 17, 2007, Charge and EconOff told Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta that the USG cannot absorb the $60,000 in additional yearly costs to keep USCG billet embedded at the ACP under existing terms (Ref. A). Charge explained that Post had co [...] |
2007-08-24 18:09:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ECON ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1430 | PANAMA POST: EDITION IX [...] (C) For the ninth edition of the Panama Post, our top stories are: -- Ernesto "El Toro" Perez Balladares will run for president, wants to face Vallarino; -- Jose Manuel Teran: opposition needs to rally around Vallarino; -- Juan Carlos Varela and his campaign team lunch with Ambassador; [...] |
2007-08-24 21:22:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ELAB PM |
| 07PANAMA1431 | PANAMA: PRD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTIES TO ELECT [...] (C) Governing Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) National Assembly Deputies will meet on August 30 to select in a secret ballot its slate of candidates to lead the chamber, PRD National Executive Committee (CEN) Member Samuel Buitrago explained to Ambassador on August 23. Presently, Pedro M [...] |
2007-08-24 22:26:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
| 07PANAMA1438 | NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: JULY [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during July 2007. PENDING GOP INITIATIVES ----------------------- 2. (SBU) Issues we have been following closely -- rollout of a coast guard service, reorganization o [...] |
2007-08-27 21:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KJUS MCAP PM |
| 07PANAMA1440 | PANAMA: CABINET RESIGNS, PEDRO MIGUEL GONZALEZ [...] (C) President Torrijos, entire cabinet composed of fourteen ministers resigned on the afternoon of August 27. Torrijos will now be free to accept and reject resignations as he reorganizes his cabinet. This sudden mass resignation is not only the culmination of months-long rumors of a cabinet [...] |
2007-08-27 22:09:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
| 07PANAMA1471 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION - [...] (C) Econ Chief delivered ref points and background on Aug. 30 to Delia Villamonte, Director General for International Organizations, and Leoncio Hernandez, Director for Anti-Terrorist Issues, both with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Neither Villamonte nor Hernandez offered any imme [...] |
2007-08-31 20:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PM |
| 07PANAMA1474 | PANAMA POST: EDITION X - "THE PEDRO MIGUEL [...] (C) This week's politics -- and in turn this week's edition of the Panama Post -- was dominated by the race to become the next President of the National Assembly and the prospects that Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG), a fugitive from U.S. justice in connection with the 1992 murder of U.S. servic [...] |
2007-08-31 20:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
| 07PANAMA1476 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS NAMES NEW CABINET [...] (U) Replacing five cabinet ministers, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos named a total twenty-seven high-level appointments to his administration. Torrijos' decisions were announced by Secretary of State Communication Erich RODRIGUEZ Auerbach on August 30 in a press release. On August 27, a [...] |
2007-08-31 21:04:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PM |
| 07PANAMA1479 | GOP INVESTIGATES USDA'S SCREWWORM PARTNER FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has discovered apparent financial irregularities by the Panamanian section of the U.S.-Panama Commission for the Eradication of Screwworm (Spanish acronym: "COPEG"). These include the use of a Panama COPEG-only account for reimbursements based on falsified travel vouchers [...] |
2007-09-04 20:19:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ASIG EAGR KCOR PM |
| 07PANAMA1484 | PANAM POST: EDITION XII [...] (C) The election and aftermath of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez -- wanted in the U.S. in connection with the 1992 murder of a U.S. serviceman -- dominated political discussions in Panama this week. Nonetheless, the Panama Post's editor nonetheless found the time for a sit-down with presidential aspir [...] |
2007-09-05 18:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
| 07PANAMA1487 | SCENESETTER: SECRETARY OF COMMERCE CARLOS [...] (U) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our bilateral relationship, boost support for the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA), reinforce U.S. export opportunities regarding the $5.25 bil [...] |
2007-09-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP ETRD PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA1497 | TORRIJOS TALKS SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 6 office call by SouthCom Commander, ADM Stavridis, and Ambassador Eaton, an unusually talkative Panamanian President Torrijos talked about a broad range of security issues, but studiously avoided mentioning the elephant in the room: his ongoing political crisis ov [...] |
2007-09-06 22:09:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1532 | GUTIERREZ DELIVERS POSITIVE TPA MESSAGE AND [...] (C) Summary: Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez visited Panama September 12-13 with a strong message on the benefits of a TPA for Panama and the U.S. Alluding to Pedro Miguel Gonzalez's (PMG's) elevation to National Assembly presidency, Secretary Gutierrez also made clear in all his public a [...] |
2007-09-14 23:16:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KPAO PGOV OVIP PM |
| 07PANAMA1592 | BUSINESS LEADERS DESPAIR OVER PMG'S EFFECT ON TPA [...] (C) Summary: Panamanian business leaders are increasingly glum about the country's prospects for securing Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) ratification in the U.S. owing to Pedro Miguel Gonzalez's (PMG's) September 1 elevation to PanamaQs National Assembly presidency. In their meetings with se [...] |
2007-09-26 23:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA1624 | PANAMA: KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE REGIME -- [...] (C) "Panama supports full-heartedly a very firm response to the recent developments in Burma," MFA DG for International Political Affairs Javier Bonagas told POLCOUNS on October 2. President Torrijos underscored Panama's dissatisfaction in his September 25 UNGA address by stating, "We condem [...] |
2007-10-03 18:15:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM PM |
| 07PANAMA1625 | PANAMA: INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING UNGA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) "Panama would probably like to co-sponsor the proposed U.S. resolution" condemning the use of rape as an instrument of state policy, MFA DG for International Political Affairs Javier Bonagas told POLCOUNS on October 2. Bonagas said that he would ask Panama's Mission to the UN to engage [...] |
2007-10-03 18:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KWMN AORC SOCI UN UNGA PM |
| 07PANAMA1632 | MFA RESPOND TO DIPLOMATIC NOTE NO. 1197 OF AUGUST [...] (U) "Panama has decide to support the candidacy of Ms. Gaer as member of the United Nations Committee against Torture", the MFA informed post in a Diplomatic Note DG/2048/07. Text follows: 2. UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION REPUBLIC OF PANAMA Ministry of Foreign Relations PANAMA 4, PANAMA [...] |
2007-10-04 17:27:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV PM XK |
| 07PANAMA1673 | LATIN AMERICA BANANA PRODUCERS HIT EU TARIFF [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 4, 2007, representatives of Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Brazil and the United States met in Panama City to discuss a collective response to the July 2007 European Union (EU) proposed changes to the EU's current banana tariff regime. The re [...] |
2007-10-15 15:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1677 | TRADE MINISTER: BEAT PMG BY RATIFYING THE TPA [...] (C) Summary: Trade Minister Alejandro Ferrer cautioned the U.S. on October 11 to not turn its back on its friends. He argued that USG ratification of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) would be the best way to beat back Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) and others of his ilk in the PRD. [...] |
2007-10-15 20:09:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA1708 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-26 16:44:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU PM |
| 07PANAMA1719 | U.S. FIRM EXPECTS LABOR AND HOUSING CONSTRAINTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 16, 2007, EconOff met with Bechtel's Peter Pappas, Principal Vice President, and Paul Gibbs, Business Development Manager, to discuss Bechtel's design/build contract bid on the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion project. The contract winner is scheduled to be announc [...] |
2007-10-30 16:44:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PM PREL |
| 07PANAMA172 | PANAMA: GOP "INSISTS" ON REVERTING TO "OLD [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. ------------------------- GOP "INSISTS" ON OLD NOTE ------------------------- 2. (C) The Panamanian MFA has not completed its legal analysis of the new U.S. diplomatic note language requesting status of forces protections (REFTEL A) and does [...] |
2007-02-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MASS AA MOPS PREL PGOV PM US |
| 07PANAMA1722 | PANAMA: FORMER PRESIDENT MOSCOSO COMES TO LUNCH [...] (C) "The opposition must unite if it is to have a chance at defeating the (governing Revolutionary Democratic Party) PRD," former President Mireya Moscoso on October 29 during a lunch hosted by Ambassador at his residence. Alberto Vallarino would be opposition's best candidate, though she was [...] |
2007-10-30 19:27:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1737 | PANAMA: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) The election of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG), who is under federal indictment on five counts related to the 1992 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, as president of Panama's National Assembly marks a watershed for the U.S.-Panama bilateral relationship and Panamanian domestic politics [...] |
2007-11-02 18:54:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SNAR MARR MOPS KCRM PM |
| 07PANAMA1738 | PANAMA: SOMBER 1ST VP & FM UNLOADS PRIVATELY WITH [...] (S) "I do not trust Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis confessed to Ambassador while conceding that President Martin Torrijos was unlikely to dissuade PMG from stepping down from the Presidency of the National Assembly thereby clearing the way for the U.S. Congress to [...] |
2007-11-02 18:55:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS PTER CU VE MX PM |
| 07PANAMA1742 | PANAMA: LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS DEMARCHE [...] Bonagas had no substantive response, but expressed his pleasure regarding continued USG efforts to engage the MFA on matters that were before the UN Security Council, such as the current situation in Lebanon. EATON [...] |
2007-11-06 20:46:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY EUN PM |
| 07PANAMA1743 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-06 20:46:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM AORC IAEA IR PM |
| 07PANAMA1782 | PANAMA SUPPORTS U.S. IMO COUNCIL REELECTION [...] (U) On November 19, 2007, Post received a letter from the Panamanian Maritime Authority AMP) stating that it will support the re-election of the U.S. to the International Maritime Organization as a Category A member. The AMP letter stated that such voting instructions have been transmitted. [...] |
2007-11-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT IMO PHSA PM |
| 07PANAMA1797 | GOP REQUEST USG SUPPORT FOR REELECTION TO IMO [...] (U) On November 20, 2007, Post received a diplomatic note from the GOP's Ministry of Foreign Relations, dated November 16, 2007, requesting USG support and vote for Panama's re-election as a Category A member to the International Maritime Organization's Council. On November 19, 2007, the GO [...] |
2007-11-21 17:46:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT IMO PHSA PM |
| 07PANAMA1801 | PANAMA POST: EDITION XI [...] (C) Back from an extended hiatus, the Panama Post now brings you its Thanksgiving edition. Increasingly, the Panama Post is the hearing these days from all quarters that, despite her protests to the contrary, current Minister of Housing Balbina Herrera will be the governing Democratic Revolu [...] |
2007-11-21 20:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA1806 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US-IRAQ BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-26 21:10:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ PM |
| 07PANAMA1807 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. VIEWS ON IAEA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-26 21:11:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM AORC PREL IAEA IR PM |
| 07PANAMA181 | PANAMA PROPOSES CANAL TOLL INCREASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February, 2, 2007, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced its proposed toll increases for the Panama Canal. The proposed toll increases run through 2009. The ACP is holding a public comment period through March 12, 2007 and a public hearing on March 14, 2007. The full tex [...] |
2007-02-06 13:18:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON FCSC EFTA ETRD EWWT PM |
| 07PANAMA1812 | SECOND PANAMA CANAL EXCAVATION CONTRACT GOES TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Consorcio Cilsa Minera Maria, a unit of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's Grupo Carsa, was the low bidder on the second dry excavation contract for the new Pacific lock access channels portion of the Panama Canal expansion project. It what has become a trend, the sole U.S. bidd [...] |
2007-11-27 16:00:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EWWT FCSC PM |
| 07PANAMA1813 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-27 16:41:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS PM |
| 07PANAMA1817 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS ADMINISTRATION SILENT AS MAJOR [...] (C) Though thirteen days into its first major corruption scandal, no senior Torrijos Administration official has yet to speak out publicly regarding the alleged embezzlement of approximately USD 892,932 from the Fund for Educational Equality and Quality (FECE). The scandal, which broke on No [...] |
2007-11-29 21:22:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PREL PM |
| 07PANAMA1824 | PANAMA: THE ITALIAN BUTCHER HIRES A CAMPAIGN [...] (C) "I have agreed to be campaign manager for Ricardo (Martinelli) starting full-time on January 1," Jimmy Papademetriu told POLCOUNS on November 27, though he said he would eschew the title "campaign manager" as it "paints a target on one's back." Papademetriu said that Patriotic Union (UP) [...] |
2007-11-30 19:15:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA1827 | PANAMA: WEIGHING "OVERALL POLICY REVIEW" OF [...] |