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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03GUATEMALA1032 |
GUATEMALA SUPPORTS CUBA RESOLUTION AT OAS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-21 22:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1337 |
GUATEMALA ON INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] Information provided below is keyed to reftel questions: A. The OAS Terrorism Convention is not currently on the legislative agenda. Congress is in recess until August. General elections will be held in November. The Foreign Ministry continues to consult internally and with various line M [...] |
2003-05-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTIA AORC GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1375 |
GUATEMALA MAKES COUNTER REQUEST ON OAS CANDIDATES [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Per ref A, following up on our previous demarche (ref B) and diplomatic note, PolOff discussed post-specific and Central American points with Sylvia Corado, Director for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on May 28. Corado ex [...] |
2003-05-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA146 |
OMBUDSMAN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION TO [...] (U) Summary: On January 16, Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales unveiled a proposal for a UN-OAS led commission to investigate clandestine groups (for details on the proposal, see Ref A). The proposal was enthusiastically received by the press, human rights NGOs, and the international commu [...] |
2003-01-17 18:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA147 |
GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO THE THIRD CICTE [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Sylvia Corado, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Foreign Ministry. The Guatemalan delegation will be headed by Vice Minister Gabriel Aguilera of the Foriegn Ministry and will include Vice Minister of Interior Alfredo Caseres, Colonel Francisco Permudes [...] |
2003-01-17 18:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AORC GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1535 |
HELEN MACK'S TAKE ON JUSTICE, POLITICS, AND CICIACS [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, Helen Mack had breakfast at the residence with the Ambassador and Human Rights Officer to discuss the Supreme Court appeal in her case set for June 19, the latest political alliance between Oscar Berger and Eduardo Stein, the mixed commission to investigate clandestin [...] |
2003-06-13 19:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1642 |
AMBASSADOR VIELMAN SAYS GOG IS PRESSING UN FOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, Acting DCM and Human Rights Officer met with Ambassador Maritza Ruiz de Vielman, Foreign Minister Gutierrez's Special Advisor, to discuss the state of play on the proposed mixed commission to investigate clandestine groups (CICIACS), to commend GOG collaboration with t [...] |
2003-06-24 21:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA189 |
AMBASSADOR AND PRESS MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON GOG FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In the days following the Human Rights Ombudsman's public presentation of the proposal for a UN-OAS led commission to investigate clandestine groups (Ref A)), the media has followed up with domestic editorials and international endorsements of the idea. The Ambassador has conti [...] |
2003-01-23 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA220 |
AMBASSADOR AND LARUE DISCUSS CLANDESTINE GROUPS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador visited the headquarters of the Center for Legal Action in Human Rights (CALDH) on January 22 to meet with director Frank LaRue. The Ambassador informed LaRue of his personal efforts in support of the commission to investigate clandestine groups with various GOG le [...] |
2003-01-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA2635 |
RIGOBERTA MENCHU HARASSED BY FRG SUPPORTERS [...] Summary: Nobel Peace Prize winner and indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchu Tum was harassed by supporters of FRG presidential candidate Efrain Rios Montt inside the Constitutional Court building on October 9. Although she was not harmed, Menchu still sounded shaken by the incident ear [...] |
2003-10-10 18:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL PINS GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA2727 |
GUATEMALA ON COLOMBIAN'S SIDE DECLARATION AT OAS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-24 18:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER CO GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA2794 |
GUATEMALAN ELECTION UPDATE: ONE WEEK TO BALLOTING [...] (C) Summary: Polls show voter preferences largely unchanged, with Berger ahead with 41%, followed by Colom (22.3%) and Rios Montt (13.3%). Informal polling conducted by Embassy in the countryside supports these results. The OAS and EU Observer Missions say the TSE has addressed problems with [...] |
2003-10-31 18:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM EAID GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA2796 |
GOG WORKING ON SOLUTION TO MAJOR FLAP OVER [...] (C) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress passed a law on October 28 forbidding "any productive activity" on election day, the day before and the day after, ostensibly to enable migrant workers to return to their homes to vote. Minister of Labor Moreira told reporters that the law forbid all but f [...] |
2003-11-03 00:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID KDEM GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA2827 |
IN PORTILLO'S ABSENCE, ELECTION HOLIDAY LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Portillo traveled to Panama without vetoing the controversial election holiday bill (reftel), and opposition to the legislation has taken on a fever pitch. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal called on Portillo (who returns on the afternoon of November 4) to veto the law beca [...] |
2003-11-04 22:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINR GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA551 |
AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales on February 27 to support the Ombudsman's proposal for the commission to investigate clandestine groups (CICIACS). Morales was encouraged by President Portillo's recent official response and believes Vivanco's recent memo [...] |
2003-02-28 18:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA651 |
MACK CASE MISSTEP INCREASES SUSPICION [...] (U) Summary: The case against the GOG on behalf of the family of murdered anthropologist Myrna Mack was presented February 18-20 in the Inter-American Court in San Jose, Costa Rica. In the days leading up to the trial, FM Gutierrez attempted to short-circuit this hearing by publicly accepting [...] |
2003-03-12 16:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA696 |
GUATEMALAN MFA DISCUSSES FUTURE OF BORDER TALKS [...] (C) In a March 11 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff, the Belize Border Commission of the Guatemalan MFA said that resolution of the long-running border dispute would be passed along to the new Guatemalan government that will take office in January, 2004, and said the new government will have to [...] |
2003-03-17 20:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV GT OAS BZ |
| 03GUATEMALA705 |
AGREEMENT ON CLANDESTINE GROUP COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The human rights community, Human Rights Ombudsman, and FM Gutierrez agreed on the make-up and mandate for an international commission to investigate recent attacks on human rights defenders in Guatemala. Helen Mack invited the Ambassador to attend the public signing ceremony [...] |
2003-03-18 17:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL GT OAS UN |
| 03GUATEMALA929 |
NGOS UPBEAT ON CICIACS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy officers met with human rights activists Frank LaRue, Claudia Samayoa, and Orlando Blanco on April 2 to discuss both the recent protest by human rights groups in front of the Embassy and their silence on Cuban dissident jailing (Ref A), as well as steps that the Embassy ca [...] |
2003-04-08 13:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT UN OAS |
| 03OTTAWA1129 |
CANADA SUPPORTS OAS CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-22 17:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV HA CA OAS |
| 03OTTAWA1466 |
CANADA NOT READY TO COMMIT TO U.S. CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-22 20:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KJUS CA OAS |
| 03OTTAWA1537 |
OAS ELECTIONS: CANADA TO SUPPORT TWO U.S CANDIDATES [...] (U) On May 23, Post delivered talking points contained ref A to Bertrand-Xavier Asselin, Desk Officer for Hemispheric and OAS Relations in DFAIT,s Inter-American Division. Asselin indicated that Canada has decided to support the candidacy of Douglass Cassel for re-election to the Justice Studi [...] |
2003-05-29 20:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KJUS CA OAS |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1274 |
HONDURAS HAS SIGNED BUT NOT YET RATIFIED 2002 [...] (U) The Government of Honduras has signed but not yet ratified both the 2002 Inter-American Convention Against Terrorism (ref A), as well as the 1971 Convention to Prevent and Punish the Acts of Terrorism Taking the Forms of Crimes Against Persons and Related Extortion that are of Internationa [...] |
2003-06-04 20:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KTIA AORC HO OAS |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA139 |
HONDURAN DELEGATION TO CICTE IN EL SALVADOR; GOH [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel A demarche January 10 on the CICTE Third Regular Session January 22-24 in El Salvador to MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario Fortin. Fortin informed PolOff January 16 that the Honduran delegation to the CICTE meeting would be AMB Policarpo Callejas, Advisor to the [...] |
2003-01-17 18:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL AORC HO OAS |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2490 |
HONDURAS STILL FAR AWAY FROM NAMING ABMASSADOR TO [...] (C) President Maduro's National Security Advisor, Ramon Medina Luna, informed PolCouns October 21 that the Government of Honduras (GOH) was still a long way from naming an ambassador to Cuba. Medina Luna assured PolCouns that selecting an ambassador to Cuba was not a pressing issue, nor was i [...] |
2003-10-23 23:02:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM CU HO OAS |
| 03THEHAGUE2291 |
DUTCH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO GUATEMALA OAS OBSERVER [...] (SBU) The Dutch plan to contribute approximately USD 100,000 to the OAS Electoral Observer Mission in Guatemala, confirming the information in ref A. On September 11, Lucie de Zwaan of the MFA Western Hemisphere Division informed EconOff of the intended contribution, but asked that the USG [...] |
2003-09-12 07:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL GT NL OAS |
| 04BOGOTA11206 |
URIBE REJECTS AUC PROPOSAL TO JOIN MILITARY [...] (U) President Uribe shot down a United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) proposal that demobilized paramilitaries be incorporated into the armed forces. On October 28, Uribe said that members of an illegal armed group who demobilize would be given generous reinsertion benefits but would no [...] |
2004-11-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PTER PHUM SNAR CO OAS AUC |
| 04BOGOTA11735 |
OAS URGES MORE SUPPORT FOR AUC PEACE PROCESS [...] (U) On November 9, OAS Mission Chief Sergio Caramagna, in charge of verifying the paramilitary peace process, publicly urged the international community to give more support to the government's plan to demobilize the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). In a statement to Colombia's l [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER KJUS PINR CO OAS AUC |
| 04BOGOTA12409 |
AUC DEMOBILIZATION ON A SHOESTRING [...] (U) The GOC has begun demobilization of the 3,000-4,000 United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) by the end of 2004. According to OAS mission chief Sergio Caramagna and staff, they are being forced to improvise and go without key supplies, including tables, phones, and bathrooms. End su [...] |
2004-12-03 22:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM PINR PREL KJUS CO OAS AUC |
| 04BOGOTA12602 |
THREE MORE AUC DEMOBILIZATIONS [...] (C) The GOC continues to demobilize elements of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). As of December 8, 510 out of about 1,500 paramilitaries from the Catatumbo Bloc had registered in their demobilization zone in Norte de Santander Department. They are scheduled to publicly demobi [...] |
2004-12-10 00:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM SNAR PINR CO OAS AUC |
| 04BOGOTA12939 |
AUC'S CALIMA BLOC DEMOBILIZES [...] (C) The Calima Bloc, the fifth paramilitary group to demobilize in 2004, demobilized near a small village in northern Valle del Cauca Department on December 18. Bloc members, most from the departments of Valle del Cauca or Antioquia, turned in over 500 weapons. The police have increased thei [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR ASEC PHUM PINR CO OAS AUC |
| 04BOGOTA12945 |
Guarded Optimism at First Year Anniversary of [...] Just hours after the November 25 demobilization of AUC's Bananero Bloc combatants in Turbo, Antioquia Department (reftel), the first anniversary of the demobilization of the Cacique Nutibara Bloc (BCN) was celebrated in the department capital of Medellin. With banners emblazoned with the slog [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PHUM KJUS CO OAS AUC |
| 04BOGOTA13216 |
YEAR END RESULTS OF AUC PEACE PROCESS [...] (U) In 2003 and 2004, the GOC demobilized over 3,600 paramilitaries from the AUC. They turned in well over 1,000 weapons and other supplies, which were inventoried by the OAS verification mission. 2005 will be the most challenging year for the peace process; the GOC is commited to demobilizin [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PHUM CO OAS AUC |
| 04BOGOTA4951 |
NEXT STEPS IN PARAMILITARY PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: On May 14, Ambassador and Peace Commissioner Restrepo discussed the paramilitary peace agreement. The paramilitary leaders have a month to concentrate. Restrepo speculated they agreed after almost destroying the talks because: (1) the government had followed a consistent line a [...] |
2004-05-17 12:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS SNAR KJUS CO OAS ELN |
| 04BOGOTA5276 |
THE AUC PEACE PROCESS: AVOIDING ANOTHER CAGUAN [...] (C) In its negotiations with the paramilitaries the Uribe administration has avoided several mistakes the Pastrana administration committed during its fruitless peace process with the FARC. In contrast to talks with the FARC, the Uribe government has used public commentary sparingly and effec [...] |
2004-05-24 22:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER SNAR KJUS PINS CO OAS AUC |
| 04BOGOTA92 |
AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES PRESIDENT AND FM ON SPECIAL [...] (C) As requested by reftel, Ambassador Wood demarched President Uribe on January 4, 2004 and Foreign Minister Carolina Barco on January 5, both in the company of Senator Bill Frist. In the meeting with Barco, Senator Frist himself urged Colombian support for USG proposals at the Special Summit [...] |
2004-01-07 11:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM CO OAS |
| 04CARACAS1347 |
OAS DEMOCRATIC CHARTER: REACTION TO COLOMBIAN [...] (U) The GOV and the National Assembly reacted harshly to the vote April 13 by the Colombian Senate to request that the OAS consider applying the Democratic Charter to Venezuela. Opponents of President Chavez have generally welcomed the vote as a sign of international support for the opposition [...] |
2004-04-21 21:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS1730 |
VENEZUELA: SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE [...] (C) Opponents of President Hugo Chavez and the National Electoral Council (CNE) continue to prepare for the signature appeals process ("reparos") scheduled for May 27-31. Relations between the international observers (OAS and the Carter Center) and the CNE improved slightly, but sensitivities [...] |
2004-05-19 18:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS1799 |
VENEZUELA: PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE [...] (C) The signature appeals process for the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez will begin May 27, with 2,659 centers opening to the public May 28-30. The pro-Chavez campaign committee Comando Ayacucho formally requested the National Electoral Council (CNE) remove OAS Chief Observer [...] |
2004-05-26 21:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS1878 |
VENEZUELA: SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE, JUNE 1 [...] (C) The Coordinadora Democratica (CD) claimed on June 1 they had collected 131,000 more signature appeal than needed to activate the referendum against President Hugo Chavez. National Electoral Council (CNE) Vice President Ezequiel Zamora (pro-opposition) denounced on May 31 that the CNE had i [...] |
2004-06-02 19:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS2431 |
VENEZUELA'S RECALL REFERENDUM: OBSTRUCTIONS AND [...] (C) With little more than two weeks to go before the scheduled Presidential recall referendum, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) refused July 29 to consider requests to changes in voting locations which the opposition claims were done fraudulently. The more than one million chang [...] |
2004-07-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS2516 |
CODEL BALLENGER: MEETING WITH OAS REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Representatives Cass Ballenger, Gregory Meeks, Bill Delahunt and Butch Otter, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Organization of American States (OAS) representative Patricio Carbacho at the Ambassador's residence August 3. Carbacho said he believed the OAS observer mission could do i [...] |
2004-08-05 20:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS2563 |
VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 10 [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) President Francisco Carrasquero August 9 warned the opposition and the media not to violate rules prohibiting the announcement of referendum results before the votes are officially counted August 15. Chavez supporters attacked opposition campaign workers in [...] |
2004-08-10 21:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS2597 |
VENEZUELA REFERENDUM UPDATE, AUGUST 12 [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) director Jorge Rodriguez made clear that the referendum campaign officially closes at midnight August 12, as was initially decided by the CNE, despite Chavez's Comando Maisanta's request to extend the deadline so its campaign closing event could be held Aug [...] |
2004-08-12 20:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS2598 |
LOOKING TOWARD REFERENDUM DAY [...] (C) On August 15, Venezuelans will take a decisive step in finding a peaceful, democratic electoral solution to the country's political crisis. Nearly 15 months since the signing of the OAS agreement, Venezuelans will say whether President Hugo Chavez stays or goes. The CNE appears ready fo [...] |
2004-08-12 20:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS2607 |
VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 13 [...] (C) As the campaigns for the Presidential recall referendum closed August 12, supporters and opponents of President Hugo Chavez celebrated, each claiming future victory. Chavez said he would extend dialog invitations to opposition leaders who accepted his victory and said he would step down i [...] |
2004-08-13 21:10:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS2615 |
VENEZUELA: REFERENDUM DAY, NOON, AUGUST 15 [...] (U) Despite reported delays in the opening of voting locations, long lines of people (between 400-1,000 people) waited patiently to vote in the August 15 presidential recall referendum. As of 10:30 am local, 99% of the voting centers had opened, according to CNE director Jorge Rodriguez. CNE [...] |
2004-08-15 15:57:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS2629 |
VENEZUELA: NO CLOSER TO ACCEPTANCE OF GOV VICTORY [...] (U) In a press conference August 16, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Cesar Gaviria announced that the results of SIPDIS their quick count coincide with the results announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE) giving Presiden [...] |
2004-08-16 20:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS2903 |
OAS REFERENDUM WRAP-UP GETS SPUN BY BOTH SIDES [...] (C) The report issued by OAS Secretary General (SYG) Cesar Gaviria on September 13 gave ammunition to both the GOV and the opposition regarding the question of fraud in the August 15 presidential recall referendum. The GOV played up Gaviria's admonitions to the opposition to begin to accept t [...] |
2004-09-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS292 |
DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING CHIEF JUSTICE RINCON [...] (C) DURING A JANUARY 22, 2004 MEETING WITH SUPREME COURT (TSJ) CHIEF JUSTICE IVAN RINCON, WHA DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY PETER DESHAZO NOTED THAT THE USG REMAINS VITALLY SIPDIS INTERESTED IN A DEMOCRATIC AND ELECTORAL PROCESS, SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF THE CARTER CENTER AND THE ORGANIZATION O [...] |
2004-01-27 19:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS295 |
DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING WITH G-5 OPPOSTION LEADERS [...] (C) On January 22, WHA DAS Peter DeShazo gave opposition leaders (4 of 5 of the members of the so-called G-5) a positive assessment of his meetings earlier in the day with officials from the OAS, Carter Center, and UNDP, and of their ability to monitor the signature verification process in the [...] |
2004-01-27 20:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS329 |
DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING WITH CHIEF JUSTICE RINCON [...] (C) During a January 22, 2004 meeting with Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Ivan Rincon, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Peter DeShazo noted that the USG remains vitally SIPDIS interested in a democratic and electoral process, supports the efforts of the Carter Center and the Organization o [...] |
2004-01-29 20:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS3781 |
VENEZUELA: POLICE OFFICIALS IN CUSTODY AFTER [...] (U) Venezuelan authorities took former Metropolitan Police commissioners Henry Vivas and Lazaro Forero into police custody on December 3, after the government of El Salvador refused their request for political asylum. The former police leaders sought asylum at the Salvadoran Embassy in Caraca [...] |
2004-12-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM VE OAS |
| 04CARACAS752 |
IS ANYONE KEEPING SCORE? HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS [...] (U) Growing violence since February 27 has produced a sharp rise in the number and types of human rights violations throughout Venezuela. Several local human rights organizations, Amnesty International, and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission issued statements condemning the violence [...] |
2004-03-08 11:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM VE OAS |
| 04GUATEMALA178 |
SMALL GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO 4TH CICTE IN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-26 20:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER GT OAS |
| 04GUATEMALA2673 |
LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT BERGER [...] (C) Summary: At lunch October 21, President Berger and the Ambassador addressed a variety of international and national topics. Principal among them, Berger said Guatemala would give the informal candidacy of exGuatemalan UN PermRep Gert Rosenthal 30 days and then fall in behind his good fr [...] |
2004-10-22 19:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC ETRD MARR PHUM NU ES OAS USAID |
| 04MONTREAL696 |
OAS ASSISTANCE FOR HEMISPHERE PORTS IN MEETING [...] Per reftel A request, post's Principal Officer contacted Port of Montreal (POM) Security Director Felixpier Bergeron to inquire about the POM's progress in completing a plan of action to comply with the new international regulations and standards set by the International Maritime Organization [...] |
2004-05-12 16:59:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT KCRM PREL PTER MARAD OAS |
| 04PARAMARIBO165 |
DEMARCHE TO OAS MEMBERS STATES [...] THE FOREIGN MINISTER IS OUT OF THE COUNTRY UNTIL MARCH 2, 2004. AMBASSADOR MADE REFTEL POINTS TO THE ACTING PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, A FORMER AMBASSADOR TO VENEZUELA. HE WAS AWARE OF THE FEBRUARY 13 OAS/TCC STATEMENT AND UNDERSTOOD OUR CONCERNS. HE INDICATED [...] |
2004-02-23 19:20:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM VE NS OAS |
| 04PARAMARIBO523 |
SURINAME CLINCHES CARICOM'S SUPPORT FOR ITS [...] During their July 5-8 meeting in Grenada, CARICOM heads of state endorsed the nomination of Surinamese diplomat Albert Ramdin for the position of Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of the American States. Ramdin is currently the Caribbean Affairs Advisor to OAS Secretary General [...] |
2004-07-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AORC NS OAS |
| 04PARAMARIBO8 |
SURINAME FAVORS A MEANINGFUL DECLARATION AT THE [...] (C) Surinamese Foreign Minister Levens told the Ambassador January 5 that Suriname supports the US vision for a meaningful declaration at the Monterey Special Summit of the Americas, which Surinamese President Venetiaan will attend. In addition to firm commitments with firm time frames, Leve [...] |
2004-01-06 11:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM MARR AMGT NS OAS |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA201 |
HONDURAN DELEGATION TO OAS CICTE; 2002 OAS CT [...] PolOff delivered January 20 reftel demarche on the OAS CICTE to MFA Director for Multilateral Issues Wendy Flores. MFA Director General fro Foreign Policy Mario Fortin told PolOff January 26 that the GOH delegation will only be Frontier Police Chief Ramon Sabillon. Note: Sabillon is an excel [...] |
2004-01-26 21:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KTIA XL XM CA HO OAS |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2318 |
CONVOKING A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE OAS PERMANENT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-17 14:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM NU OAS |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA2321 |
HONDURAS' CANDIDACY TO OAS WOMEN'S COMMISSION [...] Post received a diplomatic note from the Honduran Foreign Ministry informing Post that the Government of Honduras will present the candidacy of Ambassador Soledad Funez de Ramirez Soto for election to the OAS Women's Commissions Governing Committee at elections to be held in at the OAS October [...] |
2004-10-19 20:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN PHUM AORC HO OAS |
| 05ASUNCION1076 |
PARAGUAY DISMISSIVE OF CHAVEZ SOCIAL CHARTER EVENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-26 16:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM SOCI PA OAS |
| 05ASUNCION1440 |
PARAGUAY: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-22 21:10:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER CO PA OAS |
| 05ASUNCION152 |
PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENT SUPPORTS COLOMBIA IN DISPUTE [...] (C) During a lengthy meeting on other issues 1/28 (septel) President Duarte raised with the Ambassador the Colombia-Venezuela dispute. Duarte said President Uribe called him three days ago and that he supports Colombia's position. Duarte said he understands the need for "diplomatic nicetie [...] |
2005-01-28 15:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PA OAS |
| 05ASUNCION537 |
PARAGUAY TO SUPPORT CHILEAN INSULZA AS OAS SYG [...] According to press reports, President Duarte's Private Secretary Jose Maria Ibanez has announced that Paraguay will SIPDIS support Miguel Insulza, the Chilean candidate for Secretary General of the OAS when member States vote again on May 2. Ibanez noted that President Duarte had only pledge [...] |
2005-04-20 20:20:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PA OAS |
| 05ASUNCION546 |
PARAGUAY TOWS BRAZILIAN LINE ON MERCOSUR - ECUADOR [...] (U) On April 21, Paraguay, in its capacity as temporary President of Mercosur, issued a statement calling upon the "political and social forces of Ecuador to preserve democracy" and seek a peaceful solution to the crisis occurring in that country. According to the press, Paraguay,s statemen [...] |
2005-04-22 17:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EC BR PA OAS |
| 05ASUNCION610 |
PARAGUAY DELEGATION TO THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] On 5/4, PolOff informed MFA International Organizations Director Martha Moreno, OAS Desk Officer Mirtha Benitez, and Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga that the Secretary plans to head the U.S. delegation to the 35th Regular General Assembly of the OAS. 2. Moreno and Benitez advised that F [...] |
2005-05-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC CVIS PREL PGOV EAID KSUM KPAO XM PA OAS |
| 05ASUNCION612 |
PARAGUAY ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-05 15:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM XM PA OAS |
| 05ASUNCION619 |
COMPOSITION OF PARAGUAY'S OAS DELEGATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-05 21:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ASEC CVIS PREL PGOV EAID KSUM KPAO XM PA OAS |
| 05ASUNCION669 |
PARAGUAY: FM ON OAS, ARTICLE 98, BRAZIL, ECUADOR, [...] (C) Summary. On 5/13, the Ambassador and FM Rachid discussed machinations over OAS appointments -- past and future, holding Article 98 negotiations on the margins of the upcoming OAS Ministerial, the GOP's support for the U.S. position on the OAS Social Charter, concerns about Brazil's trad [...] |
2005-05-19 11:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS BR PA OAS |
| 05ASUNCION746 |
PARAGUAY ON SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) Drawing on points in reftels (A) and (C) Ambassador reached Vice Minister Ruben Ramirez Lezcano (in absence of Foreign Minister and other Vice Foreign Minister, both of whom were traveling) to press for GOP support for Paolo Carozza. Ramirez noted the arguments in favor of Carozza, but w [...] |
2005-06-06 19:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM XM PA OAS |
| 05ASUNCION935 |
PARAGUAY ON OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTROL AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy has no information to suggest that there are MANPADs in Paraguay, within or outside of government control. However, the lack of import/export controls on arms, corruption within the military, other government agencies and Paraguayan society in general, and known FARC a [...] |
2005-07-25 14:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL PTER PA OAS |
| 05BANGKOK7268 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAILAND INTERESTED BUT [...] Poloff delivered Reftel demarche on November 21 to Ms. Patchanee Kithavorn, Director of the Latin America Division of the MFA Department of American and South Pacific Affairs. Patchanee told Poloff that she received Post's non-paper and that the RTG was sympathetic to the needs of the OAS Missi [...] |
2005-11-23 03:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER TH OAS |
| 05BOGOTA10062 |
COLOMBIA: WANTS CONSENSUS BUT NEEDS SECURITY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Summit of the Americas Coordinator Francisco Gonzalez on October 24. Gonzalez agreed that much progress was made at the October 3-7 SIRG, but that more negotiation is needed before the Summit Declaration can be signed. He was confident, however, that [...] |
2005-10-26 14:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KSUM CO OAS |
| 05BOGOTA10164 |
CARAMAGNA POSITIVE ON OAS VERIFICATION MISSION'S [...] (C) WHA/AND Director Phil French met with Organization of American States (OAS) Verification Mission Director Sergio Caramagna on October 21 to discuss financial and political support for the mission. Caramagna explained that a lack of resources had limited the mission's capacity to assist the [...] |
2005-10-28 17:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO OAS |
| 05BOGOTA1071 |
AUC'S SOUTHWESTERN ANTIOQUIA BLOC DEMOBILIZES [...] (U) The 126 members of the Self Defense Forces of Southwestern Antioquia demobilized on January 30, bringing the total number of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) members to have demobilized since December 2003 to 4,699. Senior paramilitary commanders Salvatore Mancuso and Erne [...] |
2005-02-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM KJUS CO OAS |
| 05BOGOTA1159 |
AUC'S LA MOJANA BLOC DEMOBILIZES AND MANCUSO STEPS [...] (U) Summary: 110 members of the La Mojana Bloc of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) demobilized on February 2. They received Reincorporation Program IDs, took a demographic survey, and renounced AUC membership. Six members faced active arrest warrants. The bloc was active in [...] |
2005-02-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM KJUS CO OAS AUC |
| 05BOGOTA11995 |
MULTILATERAL STRATEGY ON AERIAL ERADICATION NEAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. -------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Government of Ecuador (GOE) has proposed a UN study on the alleged negative health effects associated with the Government of Colombia's (GOC) aerial spraying of glyphosate near Ecuador's northe [...] |
2005-12-29 18:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL CO EC OAS UN |
| 05BOGOTA2526 |
A CLOSER LOOK AT DEMOBILIZED AUC DEATHS [...] (C) Thirty-two out of 3,784 demobilized paramilitaries have been killed since the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) began demobilizing in 2004. This figure does not include the nineteen members of the Cacique Nutibara Bloc (BCN) killed in Medellin, whose demobilization was not held [...] |
2005-03-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER SNAR CO OAS |
| 05BOGOTA3927 |
UPDATE ON DEMOBILIZATION/REINSERTION PROCESS [...] (C) Since 2003, almost 5,000 members of the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) have demobilized. The last demobilization was the La Mojana Bloc on February 2, 2005. The GOC has begun to remedy the deficiencies in the reinsertion process. Almost 90 percent of demobilized paramilitar [...] |
2005-04-25 21:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM ECON SNAR CO OAS |
| 05BOGOTA4339 |
GOC DELEGATION TO OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] FM Carolina Barco will lead the GOC delegation to the OAS General Assembly in Ft. Lauderdale. Other senior members will include Deputy FM Camilo Reyes and OAS Ambassador Alvaro Tirado. 2. Embassy Bogota lead POC is poloff Tom Keene (alternate: Brian Walch). WOOD [...] |
2005-05-06 20:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC CO OAS |
| 05BOGOTA5289 |
COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT PAOLO CAROZZA FOR THE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-02 13:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM XM CO OAS |
| 05BOGOTA5980 |
AUC'S HEROES OF TOLOVA DEMOBILIZE [...] (U) Summary: Over 450 members of the "Heroes of Tolova Bloc of the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) demobilized on June 15. Both government and paramilitary speakers welcomed the move and encouraged demobilizing forces to return to a peaceful, civilian life. Diego Murillo ("Don B [...] |
2005-06-23 18:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM KJUS CO OAS AUC |
| 05BOGOTA6683 |
OAS REP ASKS ABOUT DEMOBILIZATION FUTURE [...] (C) On July 8, the Ambassador met with Organization of American States (OAS) Peace Process Verification Coordinators Sergio Caramagna and Claudia Vargas at the latters' request. Caramagna told the Ambassador that he appreciated U.S. Congressional support for the GOC's paramilitary peace proces [...] |
2005-07-18 14:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV EAID CO OAS |
| 05BOGOTA7399 |
COLOMBIA'S CANDIDATE FOR THE INTER-AMERICAN [...] Post received on August 2 dipnote DPM/CAI No. 39477 dated March 16 requesting U.S. support for Geraldo Burgos Bernal's candidacy as Director General of the Inter-American Institute for the Child and the Adolescent with Burgos's CV (dipnote and CV faxed to WAH/AND). The candidacy is to be propo [...] |
2005-08-04 22:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | CO OAS |
| 05BOGOTA8050 |
COLOMBIA ON SOCIAL CHARTER [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA North America and Summit of the Americas Coordinator Francisco Gonzalez on August 24. Poloffs stressed the importance of creating a consensus Social Charter, within the framework of the OAS, and noted that Chavez's maneuver subverted the process. [...] |
2005-08-25 22:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KSUM VE CO OAS |
| 05BOGOTA8329 |
COLOMBIA ON SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The United States can "count on Colombia's support" at the Summit of the Americas if such support is "crucial," according to the MFA, but Colombia hopes to avoid being in the middle of disputes, especially with Venezuela, unless absolutely necessary. The GOC asked for support for [...] |
2005-09-02 20:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KSUM PGOV ECON CO OAS |
| 05BOGOTA9566 |
GOC SEEKS ASSISTANCE TO REINFORCE SECURITY AFTER [...] (C) The GOC is seeking USG assistance to strengthen security in areas formerly occupied by demobilized paramilitaries. Thus far, there have only been isolated incidents of FARC incursions into former paramilitary territory, but the FARC could become emboldened as the demobilization process ad [...] |
2005-10-07 15:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR EAID ASEC SNAR CO OAS AUC FARC |
| 05BOGOTA9790 |
COLOMBIAN PEACE PROCESS: URGENT REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 6). 2. (U) The Government of Colombia (GoC) is currently leading an unprecedented peace process with the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). More than 18,000 former combatants have laid down their arms since the beginning of the Uribe adm [...] |
2005-10-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL CO OAS |
| 05BRASILIA769 |
BRAZIL: OAS MANPADS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Chief of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Santiago Mourao, acknowledged that while he still believed the OAS is not an appropriate forum for a stand-alone MANPADS resolution, others obviously felt that it is appropriate. As a result of active [...] |
2005-03-21 20:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MASS ETTC BR OAS |
| 05BRUSSELS2208 |
EU ON HAITIAN ELECTIONS BUDGET SHORTFALL [...] (SBU) We presented reftel demarche on June 8 to John Caloghirou, Head of the Caribbean Affairs Unit in the Development Directorate-General of the European Commission (EC). Caloghirou said the EC would contribute 18 million euros for elections, plus 2-1/2 million euros for an election-related [...] |
2005-06-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID EFIN HA PGOV PREL EUN OAS UN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05CARACAS305 |
VENEZUELA FAVORS INSULZA OVER FLORES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-28 21:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC VE OAS |
| 05CARACAS871 |
GOV NOMINATES DELGADO FOR OAS'S JUDICIAL COMMITTEE [...] (U) The GOV notified the Embassy through a diplomatic note dated March 14 that it is nominating Dr. Jose Manuel Delgado Ocando for the Interamerican Judicial Committee (IJC) of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the 2006-2009 period, and asked for U.S. support for Delgado's candidacy [...] |
2005-03-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV VE OAS |
| 05DUBLIN1409 |
ADDITIONAL IRISH AID TO OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA [...] On November 16, emboff delivered reftel points to Department of Foreign Affairs Americas Section Third Secretary Margaret Stanley. Stanley confirmed previous Irish SIPDIS contributions to the Organization of American States (OAS) Mission in Bogota as the following: --euro 130,000 core-f [...] |
2005-11-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER OAS CO EI |
| 05GUATEMALA146 |
GUATEMALA ON US SUPPORT FOR OAS SYG CANDIDATE [...] The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Guatemalan FM Briz, who expressed great satisfaction with news that U.S. would announce its support for President Flores's candidacy for the OAS SYG position, noting that Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic had alre [...] |
2005-01-19 23:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA2022 |
GUATEMALA ON AUG 28 CHAVEZ SOCIAL CHARTER EVENT [...] (C) Guatemalan MFA official told polcouns that FM Briz declined to accept Venezuela's invitation to attend August 28 Social Charter event. MFA instructed Guatemala's ambassador in Caracas, Ivan Espinoza, to attend the GOV-hosted meeting "in a listening mode." 2. (C) Polcouns made other ref [...] |
2005-08-23 18:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI EAID KSUM GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA212 |
GUATEMALA ON CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE OAS CANDIDACY OF [...] In the absence of President Berger, who was travelling in the interior of Guatemala, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to FM Briz. 2. Briz said Guatemala was willing to be very active in a coordinated effort to promote the candidacy of Flores for OAS Secretary General. He noted that [...] |
2005-01-28 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GA OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA2303 |
GUATEMALA POISED TO RATIFY INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-03 14:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KTIA GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA2611 |
GUATEMALAN LEGAL REFORM: THE ARMS REGULATION BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress is on the verge of approving an arms regulation bill that will transfer oversight of privately-owned firearms from the Defense Ministry to the Government (Interior) Ministry, per a stipulation in the Guatemalan Peace Accords. Among other reforms, the [...] |
2005-11-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PGOV MCAP ASEC KCRM KJUS GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA2690 |
GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-30 22:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BO GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA391 |
GUATEMALA ON SECURING OAS ACTION TO INVESTIGATE MANPADS TRAFFIC [...] (SBU) Guatemalan FM Briz reacted very positively to Ambassador's demarche per reftel. Briz said he fully agreed with the urgency of getting the GON to request an OAS technical verification mission. 2. (SBU) To that effect, Briz promised to speak with President Berger later the same day, Fe [...] |
2005-02-15 19:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS NU GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA437 |
GUATEMALA ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER [...] (SBU) On the margins of the Embassy's February 17 National Day reception, the Ambassador discussed with Guatemalan FM Briz our views on the OAS Social Charter and chairmanship of the working group. The Ambassador gave Briz an aide memoire drawn from reftel info. 2. (C) Briz said he shared [...] |
2005-02-17 23:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA806 |
BERGER ON CAFTA ISSUES CUBA OAS SECGEN ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: At lunch March 30, Berger took on board the Ambassador,s arguments that he needs to do something about the lack of effective labor inspection (in the context of the U.S. CAFTA debate) and that he needs to answer the mail from U.S. organizations protesting alleged repression of pea [...] |
2005-03-30 23:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SNAR CU GT OAS |
| 05KINGSTON1161 |
JAMAICAN DELEGATION TO THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Per reftel request, poloff on April 29 delivered reftel points on the OAS General Assembly to Ann Scott, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Scott responded that Foreign Minister K.D. Knight has been proposed to lead the delegation, but that the r [...] |
2005-05-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM AORC ASEC CVIS PREL PGOV EAID KSUM KPAO XM OAS |
| 05KINGSTON1251 |
GOJ SUPPORT FOR IACHR CANDIDATE CAROZZA STILL [...] On April 29, poloff deliverd reftel talking points and CV by telephone and fax to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Brown welcomed the information and replied that she was already aware of the issue a [...] |
2005-05-12 18:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM XM JM OAS |
| 05KINGSTON1462 |
GOJ SUPPORTS U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE [...] Per Ref A instructions, Poloff on June 3 met with Pamela Ingleton, International Organizations Department (IOD), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) to again solicit GOJ support for Prof. Paolo Carozza in the June 7 IACHR elections, and to deliver talking points. As reported [...] |
2005-06-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM XM JM OAS |
| 05KINGSTON168 |
USG SUPPORT FOR FLORES OAS/SG CANDIDACY [...] (C) Charg spoke to MFA Minister of State Delano Franklyn on January 19 and delivered the talking points provided in REFTEL concerning U.S. support for the candidacy of former Salvadoran President Flores for OAS Secretary General. Franklyn responded that although he was aware that at least two [...] |
2005-01-19 20:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC JM OAS |
| 05KINGSTON2617 |
SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-30 19:26:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER CO JM OAS |
| 05KINGSTON382 |
JAMAICA'S RESPONSE TO CICTE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-11 19:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AORC JM OAS |
| 05LIMA2461 |
PERU TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-02 20:59:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PE BO OAS |
| 05LIMA3914 |
NEW PERM REP TO OAS [...] A Supreme Resolution published on 9/7 in the GOP's "Legal Norms" named Fernando de la Flor Arbulu as Peru's Permanent Representative to the Organization for American States (OAS). A subsequent Ministerial resolution will determine the date upon which De la Flor will assume responsibility. 2. [...] |
2005-09-09 20:45:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR PGOV PE OAS |
| 05LIMA5008 |
PERU ON SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS COLOMBIA MISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-23 18:11:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EAID CO PE OAS |
| 05MADRID2275 |
SPAIN: RESPONSE TO HAITI ELECTIONS BUDGET SHORTFALL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-14 09:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID EFIN PREL PGOV SP HA EUN OAS |
| 05OTTAWA1246 |
CANADA: CANDIDATE FOR MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTOR [...] Post received the following note (original/fax) from Foreign Affairs Canada: QUOTE NO LIA-0057 Foreign Affairs Canada presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to inform the Embassy that the Government of Canada has the honour to presen [...] |
2005-04-26 13:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CA OAS |
| 05OTTAWA329 |
CANADA: PREPARATIONS FOR CICTE [...] Foreign Affairs Canada, Director for International Crime, Evelyn Puxley told poloff on February 2 that the Government of Canada is in full agreement with the US on the importance of CICTE's role in strengthening hemispheric political will to combat terrorism and enhance OAS member states' cou [...] |
2005-02-03 15:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL PTER CA OAS CICTE |
| 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 |
| 05PANAMA1570 |
PANAMA SUPPORTS OAS MANPADS GUIDELINES [...] (S) Ministry of Government and Justice Security Advisor Severino Mejia told POLOFF on July 19 that Panama supports OAS Guidelines for Control of MANPADS. Importing or exporting this type of weapon into Panama is illegal. Mejia wants to work with the Embassy to reduce smuggling of weapons a [...] |
2005-07-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS 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 |
| 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 |
| 05PARAMARIBO746 |
INTER-AMERICAN CYBER SECURITY INCIDENT RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-17 15:38:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCIP PGOV PREL NS OAS |
| 05PARIS7831 |
FRENCH LUKEWARM TO SUPPORTING PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi. Parfait stated that the French did not share our analysis of the success of the disarmament camp [...] |
2005-11-17 16:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PTER FR CO OAS |
| 05PRAGUE1655 |
CZECHS ARE CONSIDERING WHETHER TO SUPPORT OAS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER CO EZ OAS |
| 05QUITO121 |
ECUADOR UNDECIDED ON OAS SYG, SUPPORTS [...] (C) In response to Reftel regarding U.S. support for Francisco Flores's OAS secretary general (OAS SYG) candidacy, Charge January 19 called on Roberto Betancourt, the Ecuadorian MFA's third-ranking official and ambassador-designate to the United States (FM Patricio Zuquilanda was unavailable [...] |
2005-01-19 20:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EC OAS |
| 05QUITO1268 |
ECUADOR TO SUPPORT U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs, Julio Prado, told PolChief on June 2 that he had instructed Ecuador's OAS mission to support the candidacy of Prof. Paolo Carozza for commissioner on the IACHR. Prado said the GOE had the highest estimation of Carozza's qualifications and expressed app [...] |
2005-06-02 22:42:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EC OAS |
| 05QUITO2706 |
SUPREME COURT SELECTED, FIRST STEP IN DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Achieving a major democratic milestone and goal of the mission's democracy support strategy (RefTel), on November 28 a new, more independent Supreme Court was named unanimously by the special selection committee, permitting an inauguration ceremony to take place on November 30 [...] |
2005-11-29 15:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PREL EC OAS |
| 05QUITO537 |
SOCIAL CHARTER: GOE WORRIED OVER VENEZUELA'S ROLE [...] At a March 8 working lunch with MFA Subsecretary (U/S equivalent) for Multilateral Affairs Jose Piedrahita, Poloffs raised Reftel preoccupation over Venezuelan attempts to hijack the proposed OAS Social Charter. The USG fully supported efforts to establish said document and sought hemispheri [...] |
2005-03-08 22:41:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EC OAS |
| 05QUITO857 |
ENGAGING THE DIPCORPS ON ECUADORIAN STABILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives from Quito's largest foreign missions gathered April 18 to discuss the ongoing political crisis in Ecuador. UN Judicial Rapporteur Leandro Despouy, who visited Ecuador March 13-18 (Ref A), weighed in via conference call. As non-US diplomats here are wont to do, [...] |
2005-04-19 21:14:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EC OAS |
| 05QUITO964 |
ECUADOR CONSIDERING IACHR NOMINATION [...] PolOff conveyed reftel TPs and curriculum vitae to MFA Human Rights Officer Carmen Larrea on April 26. PolOff emphasized Carozza's impressive background and experience in human rights legal work in Latin America. Larrea thanked us for the information and said she considered the nominee an [...] |
2005-04-28 19:56:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM XM EC OAS |
| 05QUITO978 |
WELCOMING FM PARRA TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ecuador's new foreign minister, Antonio Parra, will travel to Washington to participate in the election of the next OAS Secretary General (slated for May 2). Parra, currently in Santiago for the Community of Democracies gathering, arrives in Washington May 1, accompanied by a [...] |
2005-04-29 19:50:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EC OAS |
| 05SANJOSE2710 |
ON THE ROAD TO SANTA CRUZ: OAS TECHNICAL WORKSHOP [...] SUMMARY: On November 2, Regional Environmental Hub Officer (REO) and Regional Environmental Assistant (REA) joined Dan Martinez, Economic Advisor and Alternate Representative for the U.S. Mission to the OAS, Department of Agriculture official Catherine Karr-Colque, and other U.S. delegation [...] |
2005-11-23 17:15:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR XS XM CS OAS |
| 05SANTIAGO2352 |
CHILE LOOKING TO CONTRIBUTE TO OAS MISSION IN [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on support for the OAS Mission in Colombia to Foreign Ministry Director General for External Affairs Carlos Portales (the number 3 in the MFA) on November 16. The Ambassador noted the OAS Mission was playing an essential role in the peace process, [...] |
2005-11-16 20:18:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PTER OAS PREL CO CI |
| 05SANTODOMINGO2938 |
OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY: COMPOSITION OF DELEGATIONS - [...] In response to Embassy's inquiries per reftel, the MFA on May 18 informed us of the principals who will comprise the Dominican Republic's delegation to the OASGA in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, June 5-7. MFA indicated there might be later additions to this list and also promised to provide the delegat [...] |
2005-05-24 21:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL DR OAS |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3004 |
DOMINICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) The DCM and econ officer called on Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano in her office, May 23 and discussed the selection of a Deputy Secretary General at the Organization of American States SIPDIS (OAS), repatriations of Haitians, anti-terrorism conventions, racial discrimination [...] |
2005-06-01 15:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV DR PTER HA OAS |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3045 |
OAS SECRETARY GENERAL INSULZA ON DEMOCRACY AND [...] OAS Secretary General Jos Miguel Insulza spoke last night, June 2, to the annual conference participants of the Caribbean Studies Association, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Diplomats and other guests invited the event organized by President Fernndez,s think-tank, the Foundation [...] |
2005-06-06 11:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OAS |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4097 |
DOMINICAN DEPUTY MFA ON AUG28 CHAVEZ SOCIAL [...] (SBU) On August 23 Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandro Liriano listened carefully to DCM's delivery of talking points concerning the Venezuelan initiative to exert control the OAS Social Charter undertaking. Liriano replied that the Dominicans are sending to the event their newly appointed ambas [...] |
2005-08-25 18:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | XL KSUM SOCI DR OAS |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4611 |
DOMINICANS ANGERED BY VERDICT AT INTER-AMERICAN [...] (U) On October 8 the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published its 91-page decision ordering the Dominican government to pay USD 26,000 in compensation to families of two Dominican children of Haitian ancestry to whom officials refused to issue birth certificates. The mother of each child [...] |
2005-10-12 16:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL DR OAS |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4814 |
DEMARCHE TO DOMINICANS ON SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] On October 28 Charge contacted both Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso and Dominican ambassador to the United States Flavio Dario Espinal concerning U.S. concerns on draft declaration for the OAS summit. She raised the need to ensure that there is a consensus document and expressed USG concer [...] |
2005-10-28 16:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM ECON PGOV DR OAS |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA1462 |
GHOSTS OF HONDURAS' PAST; MANPADS AND THE OAS [...] (S) Honduras does not/not possess any MANPADS. Please remove Honduras from the list. During the last two years, the Honduran military has discovered two MANPADS left from the 1980s in comprehensive inventory exercises. There was no prior knowledge of their existence. When cleaning out the [...] |
2005-07-13 19:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL HO OAS |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA149 |
OAS SECGEN CANDIDACY OF FRANCISCO FLORES - [...] (C) Ambassador has raised this matter on multiple occasions with Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, most recently on January 18 during visit of CODEL Weller. Maduro again demurred taking a position in support of Francisco Flores. During this most recent instance, Maduro, after reciting aga [...] |
2005-01-21 21:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC HO OAS |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA1776 |
HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON CHAVEZ SOCIAL CHARTER EVENT; [...] (C) Charge and PolChief delivered August 25 ref A demarche on the Venezuelan-hosted Social Charter event (schedule for August 28) and emphasized USG concern to Minister of the Presidency Ramon Medina Luna and Foreign Minister AMB Mario Fortin. PolChief noted that USG representation would be at [...] |
2005-08-26 20:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PREL KSUM XL XM HO OAS |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA2263 |
HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-03 17:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KSUM KDEM HO OAS |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA697 |
OAS SYG: GOH BELIEVES DERBEZ AND INSULZA HAVE [...] (C) Honduran Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista and Senior MFA advisor AMB Policarpo Callejas told POLCOUNS on March 30 that next week's OAS SYG race will hinge on the ability of the U.S. to swing the votes of CARICOM nations. Callejas added that Honduras expected the U.S. would be able t [...] |
2005-03-31 23:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC HO OAS |
| 05TEGUCIGALPA978 |
HONDURAN DELEGATION TO OAS GA TO BE LED BY FM; GOH [...] Honduran MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Irena Cardona told Acting PolCouns PolOff that the Honduran delegation to the OAS General Assembly will be led by Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista, and will include Honduran OAS PermRep Salvador Rodezno, Director of Foreign Policy Alan Ovied [...] |
2005-05-06 21:52:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM XM HO OAS |
| 05VIENNA3735 |
SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS MISSION IN COLUMBIA: [...] Post conveyed reftel talking points November 18 to Andreas Melan, Deputy Chief (DAS-equivalent) in the MFA's America's Division. Econ Unit Chief followed up on November 23 with Melan, the GoA's Latin American expert. Melan noted that there was no direct EU support for the OAS Mission, altho [...] |
2005-11-25 13:16:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PTER CO AU OAS |
| 05YEREVAN2009 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR OAS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-16 07:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PTER CO AM OAS |
| 06ASUNCION1071 |
PARAGUAY: DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-24 21:42:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PTER SMIG OAS XM MX PA |
| 06ASUNCION1245 |
PARAGUAY: IDENTIFICATION OF OAS DEMOCRACY [...] (U) In support of the Organization of American States' (OAS) "Democracy Practitioners" program search, Post has identified experts in the following areas of legislative, electoral, and judicial reform; judiciary independence; citizen participation; and other public policy issues. 2. Marta S [...] |
2006-12-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM PHUM PREL OAS PA |
| 06ASUNCION294 |
PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON OAS COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-17 16:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS PA VE |
| 06BELIZE248 |
BELIZE RESPONSE US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL INITATIVE ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post passed non-paper and draft Initiative concerning the U.S.-CARICOM Initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Arms (CITIA) to CEO Lawrence Sylvester of the Belize Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and to North American Desk Officer Aisha Borland. 2. (SBU) Borland no [...] |
2006-03-17 20:43:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL MASS OAS XL BH |
| 06BELIZE250 |
BELIZE WILL NOT ATTEND OAS CICTE VI [...] (U) Per reftel A, in response to post's inquiry, the Government of Belize (GOB) indicates that it will not send a delegation to the Sixth Regular Session of CICTE in Bogota, Columbia. GOB did send Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ministry of Home Affairs Alan Usher to the conference last [...] |
2006-03-17 20:55:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS VE BH |
| 06BELIZE487 |
DEMARCHE: TESTING CARICOM CONSENSUS IN SUPPORT OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 19:27:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC PBTS OAS BH GT VZ XL |
| 06BELIZE562 |
(C) BELIZE: PM MUSA ON GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA UNSC [...] (C) Belize appreciates U.S. assurances that its recent TIP Tier 3 ranking is not linked to its unwillingness to support Guatemala's candidacy for a seat on the UNSC, and will make a concerted effort to implement the 60-day mini-plan, according to Prime Minister (PM) Said Musa. Guatemala sh [...] |
2006-06-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS SMIG UNSC KWMN OAS BH GU |
| 06BRASILIA1333 |
BRAZIL SPONSORS REFLECTIVE RACIAL CONFERENCE [...] Poloff participated in a June 29 meeting hosted by Itamaraty and SEPPIR (Special Secretariat of Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality), an advisory body to the Presidency, which aimed to explain in more detail the Regional American Conference on Advances and Challenges in the Action Pla [...] |
2006-07-03 17:44:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI OAS KNSD BR US |
| 06BRASILIA1854 |
BRAZIL: OAS CULTURAL DIVERSITY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Econoff made reftel points to Marcelo Dantas, Director of the Division of Multilateral Cultural Agreements and Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dantas told Econoff that he would be "quite frank." According to Dantas, the Braz [...] |
2006-09-01 18:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OAS PREL BR |
| 06BRIDGETOWN777 |
AMBASSADOR MAISTO PETITIONS CARIBBEAN FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador John F. Maisto, visited Bridgetown, Barbados, April 26-28 to attend the U.K.-CARICOM Forum. His primary goal was to meet with CARICOM Foreign Ministers to discuss the June OAS General Assembly [...] |
2006-05-05 19:56:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECIN ETRD KFPC KPAO OAS BB BF |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1025 |
ARGENTINA VERY UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO OAS [...] (C) POLOFF met May 5 with Minister Maria Ines Fernandez in the MFA's Office of International Organizations, to discuss reftel points. POLOFF said that Canada, the U.S., and Brazil had all contributed to the proposed OAS electoral mission for Guyana, but that the OAS was still short of the nece [...] |
2006-05-05 21:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC OAS PREL AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1181 |
OAS PERMREP MAISTO'S DISCUSSIONS IN ARGENTINA [...] (C) Summary: OAS Permanent Representative John Maisto met May 17 with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to brief him on the U.S. perspective of current OAS activities and the state of play for the upcoming General Assembly meeting in Santo Domingo. Ambassador Maisto also took the oppo [...] |
2006-05-24 18:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OAS AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES1733 |
CHARGE MEETING WITH VICE MOD VASQUEZ OCAMPO [...] (C) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with CDA Matera, Mil Group Commander, A/DATT and PolOff, Vice Minister of Defense (Vice-MOD) Vasquez Ocampo stated his satisfaction with the state of bilateral mil/mil relations, including continued cooperation, the Bilateral Working Group, training and e [...] |
2006-08-03 19:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL OAS HA AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES2669 |
ARGENTINA AT THE SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Embassy made reftel points November 29 to GOA Undersecretary of Environment and delegation head Bruno Carpinetti and to MFA Counselor Ana Bianchi, another member of Argentina's delegation to the [...] |
2006-11-30 20:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON SENV EFIN PHUM OAS USTR AR |
| 06BUENOSAIRES660 |
ARGENTINA WILL NOT SUPPORT VENEZUELAN CHANGES TO [...] (C) On March 20, POLOFF delivered talking points (REFTEL) to Ambassador Victor Beauge and Deputy Director Gustavo Urrutia of the Office of Counter Terrorism and Related Crimes. Mr. Urrutia will head the Argentine delegation at the CICTE meeting in Colombia on March 22-24. 2. (C) Beauge [...] |
2006-03-21 13:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL OAS PARM AR VE |
| 06CARACAS1231 |
OAS EOM FINAL REPORT ON VENEZUELA ELECTIONS -- [...] (C) On April 25, the OAS electoral observation mission (EOM) quietly released its final report on the December 2005 legislative elections. The report, like the preliminary version, was less critical of the electoral process than the EU EOM (refs a and b). In general, most criticism of the g [...] |
2006-05-08 20:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OAS VE |
| 06CARACAS2238 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU TROIKA -- ELECTION [...] (C) During a lunch for EU Troika representatives at the Ambassador's residence July 26, Finnish Ambassador Mikko Pyhala said the EU received a formal invitation to observe the December 3 presidential elections. (Note: Venezuelan-based representatives of the OAS and Carter Center report they [...] |
2006-07-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EU OAS VE |
| 06CARACAS633 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR US DELEGATION TO [...] The Embassy grants country clearances for the visit to Venezuela of T. March Bell, Mark Mittelhauser, Pedro Moreno, Stacy D. Williams, and Carla Menares Bury from Monday, March 13 through Saturday, March 18. This approval is granted on the condition that the travelers will be utilizing an off [...] |
2006-03-08 20:52:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAGR ECON KCRM KFRD OAS AMGT APER VE |
| 06CARACAS757 |
SUMATE'S ALEJANDRO PLAZ REVIEWS ONGOING PROJECTS, [...] (C) PolCouns met with electoral NGO Sumate President Alejandro Plaz March 21 to discuss the progress of Sumate's audit of the electoral registry and his recent trip to Peru and the United States. Their temporary reprieve from trial is allowing them to re-focus on their electoral activities. [...] |
2006-03-23 10:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OAS VE |
| 06GEORGETOWN1043 |
GUYANA: OUR POST-ELECTION AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: President Bharrat Jagdeo starts his second five-year term with a firm parliamentary majority and apparent control over his own People's Progressive Party (PPP). He aligned his priorities in an October 2 conversation with the Ambassador as breaking Guyana's wave of violent crime [...] |
2006-10-05 20:01:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PHUM KDEM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN1135 |
OAS AMBASSADOR MAISTO VISITS GUYANA: TALKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador John Maisto, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), visited Georgetown October 18-20, meeting government and opposition leaders, addressing local media, and encouraging the pursuit of democracy and development. He also used his tr [...] |
2006-10-31 14:52:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN1218 |
GUYANA ENDORSES U.S.-CARICOM INITIATIVE TO COMBAT ILLICIT [...] Ambassador met with Guyana Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee on November 14 and delivered the joint U.S.-CARICOM Agreement on Illicit Trafficking in Arms. Rohee said that Guyana endorses the statement and that he will raise the matter with FonMin Insanally and President Jagdeo. Ambassador [...] |
2006-11-16 20:27:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS PARM PREL CARICOM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN1252 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL [...] EmbOff delivered reftel talking points on November 29 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Americas and Asia Director Audrey Waddell. Waddell promised to relay talking points to Commissioner of the Civil Defense Commission Col. Chabilall Ramsarup, who will represent Guyana at the Minis [...] |
2006-11-29 20:28:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM SENV USTR OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN167 |
A/SYG RAMDIN WANTS STRONG OAS ENGAGEMENT IN GUYANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. OAS A/SYG Albert Ramdin visited Guyana February 13-14. Key takeaways from his visit are: a) Ramdin wants to increase OAS' involvement in Guyana and will act quickly to form a long-term mission of some sort; b) he wants any OAS electoral observation mission to act in close part [...] |
2006-02-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM GY OAS |
| 06GEORGETOWN267 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OAS CICTE VI [...] PolOff delivered demarche March 20 per reftel to Audrey Waddell, Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Americas and Asia Department. Waddell will be Guyana's head of delegation to the OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) sixth regular session in Bogota. No one else from [...] |
2006-03-21 20:20:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER GY OAS |
| 06GEORGETOWN29 |
FONMIN DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND OAS VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Insanally January 9 to discuss: a) efforts to strengthen the UN human rights machinery through the Human Rights Council; b) OAS A/SGY Ramdin's anticipated visit and the need for an OAS long-term observer mission for the upcoming elections; and [...] |
2006-01-10 19:54:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL GY UN OAS |
| 06GEORGETOWN308 |
GUYANA POLL DATE UNDER THREAT: ELECTION PREVIEW #6 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The likelihood of Guyana holding elections by the August 4 constitutional due date has plummeted over the past ten days. The Guyana Elections Commissioner (GECOM) Secretariat - the technical staff - took the country by SIPDIS surprise March 24 when they circulated a draft re [...] |
2006-04-03 18:12:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN344 |
OAS OBSERVERS FOR GUYANA, CONCERN OVER ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. OAS A/SYG Ramdin led a three-person OAS mission to Guyana April 6-11 that paves the way for an OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) with a broader role of ensuring that Guyana has elections. His visit coincided with the Guyana Elections Commission's (GECOM) capitulation that [...] |
2006-04-18 14:16:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OAS XL GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN371 |
GUYANA ELECTION DELAYED, PROESS IN DISARRAY: [...] U) SUMMARY. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECO) says it cannot deliver elections by the Auust 4 constitutional due date and will not be ready before August 30. This raises thorny constitutional questions about Guyana's governance after August 4. GECOM has also failed to set a new election [...] |
2006-04-24 15:26:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN462 |
POLITICAL STALEMATE CONTINUES: ELECTION PREVIEW #8 [...] (U) SUMMARY. Guyana's election impasse has moved into a new phase. The country currently has neither a legislature (dissolved May 2 by President Jagdeo) nor an election date (no new date has been set since the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) decided April 12 that it could not meet the Au [...] |
2006-05-17 19:23:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KDEM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN685 |
JAGDEO DETERMINED TO HOLD ELECTIONS ON AUGUST 28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Jagdeo is determined to hold national elections on August 28 -- one to two weeks sooner than expected -- and within the constitutional deadline. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) needs to push hard to be ready by then. The pressure is also on donor countries and [...] |
2006-07-13 19:23:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN710 |
GUYANA: RESPONSES TO DEMARCHE ON GOVERNANCE REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: US, UK, Canada and EU chiefs of mission delivered demarche on governance reforms to President Jagdeo July 13, Opposition Leader Robert Corbin July 14, the upstart Alliance For Change (AFC) July 17, and the ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP) July 18. Jagdeo generally agreed w [...] |
2006-07-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OAS GY UK CA |
| 06GEORGETOWN855 |
GUYANA ELECTION STATUS REPORT: AUGUST 29 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Georgetown remained quiet overnight as the consensus solidified that the August 28 national and regional elections proceeded better than expected on a technical level. OAS A/SYG Albert Ramdin made a statement to this effect after the polls closed. Field reports from Embassy pers [...] |
2006-08-29 18:50:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN860 |
GUYANA ELECTION STATUS REPORT: AUGUST 30 AT 15:00 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Georgetown continues to remain quiet two days after the August 28 national and regional elections, but things may change as the official results are announced. Although both international and local observers agree that the vote went technically well, conflicting reports concernin [...] |
2006-08-30 20:46:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN862 |
SUBJECT: GUYANA ELECTION STATUS REPORT: AUGUST 31 [...] (C) SUMMARY: GECOM is expected to officially announce final results at 6:00 p.m. showing that the ruling PPP/C has won the election and will retain its majority in the National Parliament. Due to persistent rumors yesterday of impending street protests by PNCR supporters, the PNCR released a [...] |
2006-08-31 20:15:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN869 |
SUBJECT: THE RESULTS ARE IN: PPP/C IN A LANDSLIDE [...] (U) The Guyana Elections Commission announced the official results of the August 28 national and regional elections yesterday evening - the result: the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) in a landslide. With 338,839 total votes cast, the ruling PPP/C received 183,887 (54.6%) votes, the [...] |
2006-09-01 19:49:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN915 |
SUBJECT: GUYANA ELECTION: FREE, FAIR AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guyana's 2006 national and regional elections: free, somewhat fair, but not transparent. International observers agree that: (1) the elections were technically a success; (2) proper procedures were followed at polling places in the subsequent vote count. However, there are lo [...] |
2006-09-13 20:20:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN932 |
SIGNIFICANT ELECTORAL REFORM DOUBTFUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Broad national and international consensus says Guyana's August 28 elections were a qualified success. The vote itself was free, fair and transparent; even the losing opposition candidates conceded defeat before the last ballot was counted. But smooth voting and the unchara [...] |
2006-09-15 20:24:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OAS GY |
| 06GEORGETOWN974 |
WHO NEEDS A GOVERNMENT? GUYANA NOT BOTHERED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The PNCR and AFC have both filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the delay in convening Parliament and of the swearing-in of government ministers before they were formally elected to Parliament. Also, in an unprecedented move President Jagdeo left the country for [...] |
2006-09-22 20:37:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM OAS GY |
| 06GUATEMALA1082 |
GUATEMALA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITIONS ON OAS [...] (SBU) On June 1, Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Carla Rodriguez, the Director General of Multilateral Relations (A/S equivalent) at the MFA. Rodriguez was familiar with Helms-Burton and indicated that Guatemala generally supports multi-lateral diplomacy and opposes unilateral me [...] |
2006-06-01 21:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETTC OAS GT |
| 06GUATEMALA1386 |
GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON OAS MLAT OPTIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on the OAS MLAT (mutual legal assistance treaty) Optional Protocol July 13 to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN and OAS Affairs in the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Relations Directorate. Carranza said Guatemalan ratification of th [...] |
2006-07-18 20:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS OAS GT |
| 06GUATEMALA1961 |
AMBASSADOR MAISTO'S SEPTEMBER 27-28 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During a September 27-28 visit to Guatemala, U.S. Ambassador to the OAS John Maisto promoted "relevant multilateralism" in a number of fora and discussed the Guatemala-Belize dispute with the Belizean Ambassador to Guatemala and with senior officials in the Guatemalan Foreign Mi [...] |
2006-10-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KDEM OTRA OAS GT BH HO |
| 06GUATEMALA2247 |
GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON CWC NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 18:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER CBW CWC OPCW OAS GT |
| 06GUATEMALA654 |
GUATEMALA-BELIZE RELATIONS IMPROVING DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 23 and 24 in Antigua, Guatemala, delegates from Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras met to begin negotiating maritime boundaries in the Gulf of Honduras. Following the meeting, the parties issued a public statement expressing their satisfaction in having concluded a cordial [...] |
2006-04-03 17:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF EAID PBTS OAS BH GT |
| 06KINGSTON1006 |
GOJ REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF JUSTICE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. On May 1, Embassy received via diplomatic note dated April 27, the following request to support the re-election of Justice Lloyd Ellis to the Board of Governors of the Justice Studies Center of the America's (JSCA). Text of note and accompany [...] |
2006-05-22 19:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OAS JM |
| 06KINGSTON1007 |
CARICOM MINISTERS OF NATIONAL SECURITY MEET TO [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting of CARICOM Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement addressing security issues surrounding Cricket World Cup 2007 held in Kingston on May 19 and 21, ministers were very receptive to proposals for USG assistance, through the OAS Inter-American Committee Aga [...] |
2006-05-22 19:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CPAS OAS PINR PREL PTER XL JM |
| 06KINGSTON2328 |
JAMAICA: CDA'S MEETING WITH PERMANENT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a regular bimonthly meeting with GOJ Permanent Secretary Douglas Saunders, he and CDA discussed a range of areas of mutual interest. CDA, accompanied by econoff, delivered reftel talking points on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), the Millennium Challenge Corp [...] |
2006-12-01 19:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ETRD EFIN KMCA OAS MARR MOPS JM XL |
| 06KINGSTON2427 |
JAMAICA: 1540 CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP [...] Per Reftel (B), in a private conversation of Dec. 22 with Chief Legal Counsel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Michelle Walker, PolOff extended thanks to the MFAFT for offering to host a CARICOM-wide consultative workshop to strengthen member states' capacity to ful [...] |
2006-12-22 18:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EFIN KPAO OAS OSCE PARM PGOV PREL UNSC |
| 06KINGSTON513 |
DEMARCHE ON OAS CICTE VI DELEGATION PREPARATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) On March 10, P/ECouns and PolOff met with and conveyed reftel points (without leaving points behind) to Joy Wheeler, Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, and A'Dale Robinson, Americas Desk Officer, a [...] |
2006-03-14 17:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER OAS JA |
| 06KINGSTON558 |
DEMARCHE FORWARDED: OAS COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-20 20:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS VE JM |
| 06KINGSTON563 |
GOJ'S RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) March 16, Poloff delivered reftel talking points via facsimile to Joy Wheeler, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. On March 20, Poloff received a response from Karl Hamilton, Ministry of National Security, through Claudette Francis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] |
2006-03-21 14:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL JM |
| 06LIMA1549 |
EMBASSY'S ASSESSMENT OF OAS MONITORING OF PERUVIAN [...] As noted in Ref A, Embassy Lima participated in force in the Organization of American States (OAS) Election Observation Mission for the 4/9 Peruvian general elections, and thus had the opportunity to evaluate the Mission's performance at all levels. Lloyd Axworthy's leadership of the delegati [...] |
2006-04-24 17:54:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OAS PE |
| 06LIMA1752 |
FOREIGN MINISTER MAURTUA'S MESSAGE TO OAS MEMBER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Maurtua on May 4 convoked Ambassadors from OAS member states (except Venezuela) to brief them on the Chavez Government,s interference in Peru,s Presidential elections. Echoing the presentation Peru made to the OAS Permanent Council the day before, Maurtua emphasized that: [...] |
2006-05-05 22:02:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OAS PE VE |
| 06LIMA2314 |
OAS MONITORING DOCUMENTS A FREE AND FAIR SECOND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As was the case in April, Lloyd Axworthy provided energetic and skillful leadership to the OAS monitoring mission in Peru. In a private meeting on 6/6, Axworthy told the Ambassador that his final report, although generally positive, would highlight the need for better GOP inte [...] |
2006-06-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OAS PE |
| 06MANAGUA1423 |
EU LIKELY TO SEND OBSERVATION MISSION FOR [...] (SBU) The European Union Commission official heading the EU election observation exploratory mission to Nicaragua, Andrew Bruce, gave a presentation to the Elections Donor Group on the parameters of a possible EU electoral observation mission (EOM). Although the mission will not conclude unti [...] |
2006-06-29 18:55:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM OAS EU NU |
| 06MANAGUA1565 |
MPN WARNS OF CEDULA IRREGULARITIES [...] (C) Summary: Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) leaders warned poloffs on July 14 that Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) is failing to issue national/voter ID cards (cedulas) in a fair and efficient manner. A recent MpN study of eligible voters in secondary schools revealed that only 18 [...] |
2006-07-18 15:27:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR SOCI OAS NU |
| 06MANAGUA2286 |
OAS EOM POSITIVE ON NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The technical team leading the OAS' electoral observation mission (EOM) in Nicaragua appeared generally positive during a recent briefing regarding preparations for the November 5 national elections, although they noted some areas of concern. Technical mission chief Patricio Ga [...] |
2006-10-17 16:33:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM EAID OAS NU |
| 06MANAGUA23 |
BOLANOS CONFIDENT HE CAN DEMAND KEY LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: In a recent breakfast meeting on January 4, Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos told the Ambassador that he could obtain agreement on key legislation during negotiations for the upcoming elections for the National Assembly's Executive Board ("Junta Directiva"). Such legislation [...] |
2006-01-05 23:19:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM SOCI OAS NU |
| 06MANAGUA511 |
NICARAGUAN ATLANTIC COAST ELECTIONS: PLC GARNERS [...] (U) Summary: Belying early predictions of an FSLN victory in the March 5 regional council elections for the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS), the PLC surged ahead as late returns from rural voting centers were added to the vote count. The FSL [...] |
2006-03-07 23:59:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI OAS NU |
| 06MANAGUA571 |
NICARAGUA CICTE DELEGATION [...] The final composition of Nicaragua's delegation to the CICTE Sixth Regular session has not been confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but will likely be led by Vice Foreign Minister Javier Williams Slate. At the technical level, the GON will send Myriam Vasquez, the Vice Director for [...] |
2006-03-14 19:26:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL OAS NU |
| 06MANAGUA624 |
NICARAGUA: FOLLOW UP CICTE DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, poloff met with Myriam Vasquez, the Nicaraguan Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Vice Director for Sovereignty, Territory and International Legal Issues. (Note: Vasquez is the Ministry's terrorism guru. The Ministry recently decided that she will head Nicaragua's CICTE [...] |
2006-03-20 23:00:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS OAS NU |
| 06MEXICO1462 |
MEXICO: SRE DOES NOT SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Marta Vasquez, Assistant Director for International Cooperation Against Narcotics-trafficking and Corruption, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Vasquez and Director General for Global Themes, Ernesto Cespedes, are the SRE's lead officials [...] |
2006-03-17 20:50:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MARR MASS CVIS OAS MX |
| 06MEXICO6972 |
POST'S NOMINEES AS OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS [...] Per reftel, post would like to nominate the following persons for selection as "OAS Democracy Practitioners." 2. Name: Jose WOLDENBERG Karakowsky Bio: Woldenberg, 54, holds a Bachelor's degree in sociology, a Master's degree in Latin American studies, and a Doctorate in political scie [...] |
2006-12-15 23:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MX OAS KSUM PHUM |
| 06MEXICO7055 |
AMBASSADOR MAISTO CALLS ON SRE OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: During a brief visit to Mexico City December 13-14, USOAS Ambassador John Maisto met separately with outgoing SRE Undersecretary for Latin America Jorge Chen Charpentier and his successor, Geronimo Gutierrez Fernandez. Chen offered a readout of the recent South American summit in [...] |
2006-12-22 19:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OAS MX VE CI BR BL CU NI |
| 06MONTEVIDEO239 |
OAS CICTE VI DELEGATION PREPARATION [...] (U) This telegram responds to action requests in reftel. 2. (U) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to the MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Gustavo Alvarez on March 6. Alvarez said that the Uruguayan delegation to the OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE) Sixth Regu [...] |
2006-03-09 19:19:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER OAS UY |
| 06MONTEVIDEO459 |
OAS AMBASSADOR JOHN MAISTO'S MAY 18 VISIT TO [...] (C) U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) Ambassador John F. Maisto visited Montevideo on May 18 to discuss Summit of the Americas follow-up, the June OAS General Assembly, and U.S./Uruguayan bilateral relations. He met with President Vazquez, lunched with [...] |
2006-05-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS UNSC UY |
| 06NASSAU1609 |
BAHAMAS UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT OAS DECLARATION ON US [...] On October 23, Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Permanent Secretary Marilyn Zonicle. Following discussion of U.S. concerns, Zonicle acknowledged similar Bahamian sensitivity to border control issues in light of Bahamian challenges with Haitian and [...] |
2006-10-23 20:22:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER SMIG MX XM OAS BF |
| 06OTTAWA1209 |
OAS CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] (SBU) DCM and Econ Counselor made points reftel to DFAIT Assistant Deputy Minister Peter Boehm, Susan Fountain Smith, Director, Brazil, Southern Cone and InterAmerican Affairs, and Deputy Director Leonard Beaulne. 2. (SBU) Our contacts responded that they see a "lot of agreement" on the ag [...] |
2006-04-25 16:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD UNESCO PREO OAS |
| 06OTTAWA3503 |
SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) On November 30, Economic Minister presented reftel demarche conveying U.S. views on the Santa Cruz Ministerial on Sustainable Development at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) to an inter-agency group headed by Leonard Beaulne, Deputy Director (Policy), Braz [...] |
2006-11-30 21:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM SENV OAS CA |
| 06OTTAWA3511 |
SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) This afternoon the Economic Minister received a formal Canadian response to the demarche he delivered to Canadian officials on the Santa Cruz Ministerial on November 30 (ref B). The reply was sent by Jenna MacKay-Alie, Director General, Americas Directorate, Environment Canada. 2. (U) [...] |
2006-12-01 19:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM SENV OAS CA |
| 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 |
| 06PANAMA473 |
OAS CICTE VI DELEGATION PREPARATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-15 18:46:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS CVIS OAS VE |
| 06PARAMARIBO449 |
MEDIA VIEW - SURINAME FACES ITS TROUBLED PAST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-18 19:51:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL OAS NS |
| 06PARAMARIBO450 |
MEDIA VIEW - SURINAME FACES ITS TROUBLED PAST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-18 19:51:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL OAS NS |
| 06PARAMARIBO769 |
SURINAME'S RESPONSE TO SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON [...] (U) Per reftel, post delivered demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Government of Suriname acknowledged receipt of information and promised to share any information it may receive in the future. 2. (U) Post will inform the Department of any response from GOS. GENTON [...] |
2006-12-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM SENV OAS USTR NS |
| 06PARIS2928 |
FRENCH MFA ANTICIPATES DONATION TO OAS ELECTION [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 4 to MFA Guyana Desk Officer Eric Amblard, who indicated that the GoF was troubled by the growing violence, instability, and likely electoral delays in Guyana. According to Amblard, the precarious situation was a driving force in Guyanese immigration [...] |
2006-05-04 13:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS KDEM PGOV FR GY |
| 06PORTOFSPAIN1230 |
DEMARCHE: DECLARATION IN OAS ON U.S. BORDER SECURITY [...] On October 23, we verbally presented the talking points contained Reftel to MFA Americas Division Director Margaret Rousseau who also handles the OAS portfolio. 2. In response to a question from Rousseau, we assured her that the US delegation has worked long and hard in an effort to craft [...] |
2006-10-23 20:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | OAS PHUM PREL PTER SMIG MX XM TD |
| 06PORTOFSPAIN337 |
GOTT'S CICTE VI DELEGATION [...] DCM and Political Officer delivered demarche contained reftel to Laura West, Head of the Americas Department in the MFA on March 6. Ms. West is our primary point of contact on CICTE issues in the MFA. The DCM emphasized USG support for the comprehensive nature of the draft Declaration of San [...] |
2006-03-16 11:16:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER OAS TD |
| 06PORTOFSPAIN356 |
T&T FRUSTRATED BY VENEZUELA BREAKING CICTE [...] (S) Ambassador delivered talking points contained reftel to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph. Joseph is the outgoing chair of CICTE, and head of Trinidad and Tobago's CICTE delegation to the upcoming Bogota talks. Joseph (protect) spoke very candidly and expressed his extreme frus [...] |
2006-03-20 20:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | SECRET | PTER PREL ECON MARR MASS OAS TD |
| 06PORTOFSPAIN663 |
WTO WAIVER FOR CBTPA BENEFICIARIES [...] A/DCM delivered points from reftel on June 1 to Razia Ali, MFA Director for International Trade. Ali appreciated the fact that we were approaching other beneficiary countries of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) and Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). Ali had raise [...] |
2006-06-01 15:35:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO OAS TD XL |
| 06PORTOFSPAIN690 |
CWC ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE: DETAILS WOULD BE [...] (U) Political Officer delivered the demarche contained reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk, Multilateral Affairs Desk and Protocol Office (as each office has a hand due to how this assistance is proposed to be delivered), and passed a copy to the Office of the Prime Minist [...] |
2006-06-05 17:32:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER OAS XL TD |
| 06QUITO1249 |
OXY DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FM REJECTS GOE SHIFT [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador conveyed USG regret (per instructions RefTel) over the GOE decision against Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) to FM Francisco Carrion on May 22. Carrion said he would convey the U.S. position to President Palacio later the same day. Carrion rejected press speculation th [...] |
2006-05-22 22:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OAS ETRD PREL EC |
| 06QUITO3047 |
ECUADOR'S OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS [...] Per reftel request, Embassy and AmConGen Guayaquil have identified the following democracy activists we recommend be included in the OAS democracy practitioner registry. 2. Manuel Ignacio Gomez Lecaro is a public relations expert and respected weekly editorialist for Guayaquil's leading n [...] |
2006-12-15 22:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC KSUM PHUM OAS |
| 06QUITO678 |
GOE OPPOSES VENEZUELA'S CICTE MOVE [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered RefTel points to MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs and CICTE delegation head Mauricio Montalvo on March 16. Montalvo said the GOE also was taken aback by Venezuela's alternate declaration, and offended by the interruption of the ongoing negotiation. He said the GOE [...] |
2006-03-17 22:23:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ECON MARR CVIS OAS EC |
| 06SANJOSE1390 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OAS IICA MEETING STACY [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Stacy Williams, USOAS representative who will be on assignment from June 14 to June 17. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Special Advisory Committee on Management Issues meeting at the Inter American Institute for Coop [...] |
2006-06-19 22:06:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OAS CS |
| 06SANSALVADOR2562 |
EL SALVADOR: MFA SAYS WILL SUPPORT CONSENSUS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-25 12:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SMIG OAS MX ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2746 |
EL SALVADOR: OAS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTAL MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-13 20:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES OAS DRL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2865 |
EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON [...] Action Request: See Paragraph 2. On November 29 Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Rhina Jarquin, Director General of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Environment (MARN), and Mauricio Ruiz Cacho, Office of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both understood [...] |
2006-11-29 21:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV EAGR EFIN ETRD PHUM OAS USTR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR512 |
EL SALVADOR ELECTIONS: OAS PRE-ELECTION REVIEW AND [...] SUMMARY: With 11 days remaining until the election, the Organization of American States (OAS) election monitoring mission has certified voter registration rolls, but still notes problems with the new digital advance vote count system. On a separate front, Farabundo Marti National Liberation [...] |
2006-03-01 20:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER OAS ES |
| 06SANTIAGO1058 |
OAS PERMREP MAISTO DISCUSSES OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: OAS PermRep Maisto outlined USG objectives for the OAS General Assembly during meetings with senior Foreign Ministry officials on May 16. Foreign Ministry Director General for External Relations Portales agreed to consider the U.S. non-paper on introducing a resolution during the [...] |
2006-05-18 20:26:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS PGOV SOCI VZ CI |
| 06SANTIAGO561 |
CHILE: SUPPORTIVE OF MOST CICTE GOALS; CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Special Policies Director Luis Winter told EPOL Counselor that Chile supported most of the U.S. goals for CICTE VI, but would like to discuss further the declaration language on "shared responsibility." Chile was satisfied with CICTE's performance to date, and wo [...] |
2006-03-17 21:57:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MARR OAS CI |
| 06SANTIAGO879 |
DONORS TO SUPPORT OAS ELECTION EFFORTS IN GUYANA [...] (C) Poloff orally delivered reftel points to Foreign Ministry Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs Jose Manuel Lira on April 26. Lira agreed it was important for the international community to support OAS efforts to get the electoral process back on track. He confirmed the GOC already ha [...] |
2006-04-27 17:00:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS KDEM PGOV CI GY |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1418 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CIVIL [...] Per reftel, Embassy contacted the following pro-democracy civil society organizations to encourage their registration as "Special Guests" to attend the OAS General Assembly: -- Human Rights Institute Santo Domingo, -- Foundation for Institutionality and Justice (FINJUS), -- Center for Integra [...] |
2006-05-02 11:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | OAS PREL PHUM XK XL XM XR XS |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1468 |
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES AT OAS JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 24 and 25, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales attended the 6th Regular Meeting of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA-VI), held in Santo Domingo. A hour-long conversation with President Leonel Fernandez provided suggestions for improv [...] |
2006-05-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS OAS DR TD VE |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1751 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, [...] (C) Summary. President Leonel Fernandez and his party have just triumphed in mid-term elections in this pro-United-States, lower-middle income developing country in the Caribbean. Democracy is both young and fragile. Fernandez wants to use his mandate to build a modern state, and he has cal [...] |
2006-05-30 20:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL ETRD OAS DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1955 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EMBRACES IACHR: PLACES JUDGE [...] (U) Long-time Foreign Ministry professional Dr. Radhys Abreu de Polanco was elected from among 6 candidates during the recent OAS General Assembly (June 4-6) to serve a term as judge on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). She is one of six judges; each has a term of six years wit [...] |
2006-06-12 20:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS OAS DR HA |
| 06SANTODOMINGO238 |
DOMINICANS ORGANIZING PRE-OAS-ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso told the Ambassador and visitng WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Patrick Duddy on January 12 that the Dominicans are SIPDIS hoping to organize a summit meeting of U.S.-friendly presidents on May 28-29, the week before the OAS General Asse [...] |
2006-01-23 11:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OPDC DR OAS HA |
| 06SANTODOMINGO841 |
DOMINICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MAY 30-31 SUMMIT, [...] (C) Recommendation and action request -- see para 6. 2, (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador March 6, Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso previewed his March 14-15 visit to Washington regarding two planned events in the Dominican Republic: a May 30-31 regional summit, t [...] |
2006-03-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR PREL OAS OPDC |
| 06SANTODOMINGO879 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: VISITING OAS SYG INSULZA [...] Summary: OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, in a visit to the Dominican Republic March 5-6, met with President Fernandez and Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, spoke at the opening events of the 23d Model OAS (March 5) and the Regional Forum on Modernization of Legislatures and [...] |
2006-03-10 21:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR PREL OAS |
| 06SANTODOMINGO946 |
OAS CICTE VI PREPARATION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy political officer met on March 16 with Dominican Republic MFA legal adviser Miguel Pichardo to discuss preparations for the March 22-24 OAS counterterrorism ministerial in Bogota (CICTE VI). Drawing on talking points in both reftels, political officer emphasized the need to finish wor [...] |
2006-03-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL OAS DR CO ECON MARR MASS CVIS VE |
| 06TOKYO4618 |
JAPAN WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO GUYANA'S ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-15 07:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OAS KDEM PGOV GY JA |
| 07ASUNCION306 |
PARAGUAY: OAS SG STEERS CLEAR OF INTERNAL FIGHTS, [...] (U) SUMMARY. OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza used a visit to Paraguay to focus on the 2008 Presidential elections but declined to enter the debate on a number of swirling controversies. He offered generally favorable views on the state of democracy in Latin America, but criticized [...] |
2007-04-12 22:31:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PA PGOV PREL OAS |
| 07BOGOTA7625 |
COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE - Q3'07 [...] (C) The following reflects the Country Team's quarterly review of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and GOC activities. During the third quarter of 2007, the FARC shifted forces to its core territories between Meta Department and the Pacific coast -- evidently to hunker down, pro [...] |
2007-10-23 13:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MCAP OAS CO |
| 07BOGOTA7954 |
AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 29 MEETING WITH FORMER [...] (C) The Ambassador reviewed with Liberal Party leader Cesar Gaviria on October 29 the result of the preceding day's local elections, Senator Cordoba's and President Chavez' efforts to promote a humanitarian accord, and prospects for U.S. Congressional approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agre [...] |
2007-11-06 22:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD PHUM PINR PREL OAS PE VE CO |
| 07BRIDGETOWN461 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CARICOM-U.S. INITIATIVE TO [...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "CARICOM-U.S. Initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Arms" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0313, Barbados #0314, Dominica #0315, St. Kitts #0316, St. Lucia #0317, and St. Vincent #0318) on April 16, 2007. The original D [...] |
2007-04-17 19:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL BB |
| 07GEORGETOWN295 |
EAB REPORT ON 2006 ELECTIONS: FREE AND FAIR, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: More than six months after election day, the local Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) released its Final Report on Guyana's 2006 National and Regional Elections. The EAB declared the elections "free and fair" and found the Final Declaration of Results was "largely representative o [...] |
2007-03-23 12:27:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OAS GY |
| 07GUATEMALA1043 |
GUATEMALA WITHDRAWS NOMINEE FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-29 22:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KDEM KJUS OAS GT |
| 07KINGSTON1193 |
JAMAICA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP NUMBER THREE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-02 19:29:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ECPS ASEC SNAR KCOR OAS CARICOM |
| 07KINGSTON1348 |
JAMAICA: AMEMBASSY KINGSTON PARTICIPATES IN OAS OBSERVER [...] On September 3, 2007, National General Elections were held in Jamaica. The Organization of American States (OAS) was present at the invitation of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to serve as impartial observers for the electoral process. OAS fielded 38 volunteers in two-person teams and cover [...] |
2007-09-05 16:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | OAS CASC PREL PGOV JM |
| 07KINGSTON1610 |
JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION [...] On October 26, PolOff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Pamela Ingelton, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. Ms. Ingleton stated that Jamaica believes this is an issue best left to the UN. However, she promised to give the U.S. talkin [...] |
2007-10-30 20:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | OAS PREL JM XL |
| 07KINGSTON534 |
JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT, WASHINGTON [...] Per Reftel, PolOff provided the proposed agenda and notional schedule to the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Caribbean and American Affairs, Mrs. Joy Wheeler, on April 12, emphasizing the U.S. commitment to a successful, positive, outcomes-based US [...] |
2007-04-12 19:41:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM PREL OAS JM XL |
| 07KINGSTON584 |
JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT JUNE 19-21; [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-23 16:23:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM PREL ENRG MARR PHUM OAS JM XL |
| 07KINGSTON820 |
JAMAICA: GOJ OFFICIALS RAISE QUESTIONS/CONCERNS [...] (C) Deputy Director of WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff visited Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Permanent Secretary Ambassador Douglas Saunders on May 22. Williams raised the issue of the Government of Venezuela's attempts to enlist OAS support in calling for the e [...] |
2007-05-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI OAS XM XL JM |
| 07LIMA4 |
IDENTIFICATION OF OAS DEMOCRACY PRACTITIONERS [...] Post provides the following information to identify "democracy practitioners" in Peru. Diego Garcia Sayan, justice reform, political analysis. Garcia Sayan was the Peruvian Minister of Justice from November 2000 to July 2001 and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Peru from July 2001 to July 20 [...] |
2007-01-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM HUM PREL XL XK XM XR XS OAS PE |
| 07MANAGUA494 |
NICARAGUA: AMERICA'S COMPETITIVENESS FORUM [...] (U) At the earliest opportunity after the inauguration of the new president and the seating of a new cabinet, the Ambassador met the new Minister of Trade, Industry and Development Horacio Brenes Icabalceta about attending the Americas Competitiveness Forum in Atlanta on June 11-13 (refs A and [...] |
2007-02-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB SOCI OAS KSUM NU |
| 07MEXICO2886 |
HUMAN RIGHTS TALKS REVEAL AREAS OF AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials held trilateral talks in Mexico City on human rights cooperation. This is the first of two cables summarizing the talks, and will focus on issues relating to the upcoming OAS General Assembly (OASGA); issues relating to the UN Hum [...] |
2007-06-04 18:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN |
| 07MEXICO2947 |
NORTH AMERICAN PARTNERS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: This is the second of two cables summarizing trilateral talks on human rights cooperation with Canada and Mexico held in Mexico City on May 29. This cable focuses on issues relating to the UN system, with a particular focus on those before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC); ref [...] |
2007-06-06 19:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN |
| 07OSLO961 |
NORWAY DECLINES JOINING PDG [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM OAS NO |
| 07OTTAWA1831 |
CANADIAN VIEWS ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) According to Graham Shantz, Head of Policy Planning at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada has put a good deal of diplomatic effort into the Partnership for Democratic Governance (reftel) and is pleased to be a founding member and steering group member. The GO [...] |
2007-09-27 18:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM OAS EAID CA |
| 07PANAMA787 |
NEGROPONTE AND TORRIJOS DISCUSS TPA, BIOFUELS, [...] (C) Summary. In a May 11 call on Panamanian President Martin Torrijos, Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte and President Torrijos discussed the commercial and strategic importance of pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Peru, and Panama. They also discussed the potential of [...] |
2007-05-15 17:29:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV ENRG UNSC OAS PM |
| 07PANAMA788 |
PANAMA TO NEGROPONTE: WE WELCOME TRADE DEAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In separate May 11 encounters with Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, a cross-section of Panamanian business, civil society, and media leaders welcomed the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). They cautioned, however, that Panama also had to reform its educati [...] |
2007-05-15 17:38:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV ENRG UNSC OAS PM |
| 07PANAMA901 |
PANAMA: CHAVEZ'S CLOSURE OF RCTV "SOVEREIGN" [...] (U) "The decision to not renew RCTV's concession was a sovereign decision of the Government of Venezuela," Panamanian President Martin Torrijos told the press on May 25 during a press conference in Brazil. "Neither Panama nor any other country can judge whether or not the application of oth [...] |
2007-05-31 19:51:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ENRG ECON OAS VE PM |
| 07PANAMA915 |
PANAMA/OASGA: CODEL Meeks? Luncheon with OAS [...] CODEL Meeks briefly touched upon OAS member nations? priorities while sharing the Congress members? desire to further invigorate U.S. engagement in the region. Congressman Meeks focused on the need to adequately support institutions like the OAS in furthering development and strengthening dem [...] |
2007-06-04 12:45:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF OAS PM |
| 07PANAMA920 |
PANAMA/OASGA: CODEL MEEKS' LUNCHEON WITH OAS [...] CODEL Meeks briefly touched upon OAS member nations' priorities while sharing the congress members' desire to further invigorate U.S. engagement in the region. Congressman Meeks focused on the need to adequately support institutions like the OAS in furthering development and strengthening dem [...] |
2007-06-04 16:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREF OAS PM |
| 07PARAMARIBO233 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CARICOM-U.S. INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] Per reftel, Poloff delivered demarche to Terence Craig Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA) April 18, 2007. Craig said that he was unaware of our desire to issue a joint statement to begin cooperative efforts to combat illicit trafficking in arms. Poloff share [...] |
2007-05-10 19:55:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL JM BB GY TD NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO562 |
SKEPTICISM FROM SURINAME ON YEAR OF ACTION FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-25 18:36:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OAS KTIA NS |
| 07PORTAUPRINCE679 |
CARICOM SUMMIT RSVP EXPECTED SOON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM PREL OAS XL HA |
| 07PORTAUPRINCE859 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CARICOM INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 17:32:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | |