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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00HANOI1161 |
VIETNAM VIEWS ON BURMA AND THE ILO [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GOV) FAVORS RESOLUTION OF THE FORCED LABOR ISSUE IN BURMA THROUGH NEGOTIATION RATHER THAN IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS, AS THE LATTER WOULD ONLY SERVE TO ISOLATE BURMA, ACCORDING TO VIETNAM'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MOFA). IF NEGOTIATION IS UNSUCCESSFUL AND A RESOL [...] |
2000-05-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM BM VM ASEAN LABOR |
| 00HANOI2080 |
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR ILO PROJECTS [...] No summary [...] |
2000-09-19 05:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ETRD VM LABOR |
| 00HANOI930 |
ILO PRESENCE IN VIETNAM AND EMBASSY WORKING ON COOPERATION WITH AFL-CIO [...] THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO) IS PRESENTLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE MINISTRY OF LABOR (MOLISA) AND THE VIETNAMESE GENERAL CONFEDERATION OF LABOR (VGCL) ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE ESTABLISHING A WORKERS COMPENSATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM; A REVIEW OF [...] |
2000-05-04 09:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB VM LABOR |
| 01HANOI1026 |
SOME HILL STAFFERS PUT HIGH PRIORITY ON WORKERS RIGHTS DURING RECENT VISITS TO VIETNAM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: RECENT CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO VIETNAM GAVE HIGH PRIORITY TO LABOR ISSUES. IN MEETINGS WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS AND THE ILO, THE VISITORS HEARD WHAT VIETNAM IS DOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN WORKERS R [...] |
2001-05-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PREL PHUM ETRD VM LABOR |
| 01HANOI145 |
NEXT STEPS ON LABOR COOPERATION AND DIALOGUE MOU [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 12. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 00145 01 OF 02 191043Z 2. LABOR OFFICER MET JANUARY 19 WITH MR. NGUYEN MANH CUONG, CHIEF OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SECTION OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOR, INVALIDS AND SOCI [...] |
2001-01-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PHUM ETRD VM LABOR |
| 01HANOI3259 |
CAMPAIGN 2001 ON DISABLED PERSONS [...] USAID AND ITS GRANTEES ARE PLAYING A MAJOR ROLE IN SUPPORTING A LANDMARK EVENT IN HANOI DURING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 10: CAMPAIGN 2001, THE NINTH ANNUAL CAMPAIGN IN THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC DECADE OF DISABLED PERSONS. UNDER THE OVERALL LEADERSHIP OF THE U.N. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR AS [...] |
2001-12-14 03:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI EAID PHUM VM LABOR |
| 01HANOI641 |
USDOL TEAM PRODUCES AMBITIOUS PLAN OF ACTION FOR WORK UNDER THE LABOR MOU [...] SUMMARY: THE FEBRUARY 26-MARCH 1 TRIP TO HANOI BY A US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (USDOL) PROJECT DESIGN TEAM WAS A SUCCESS. AFTER EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION WITH VIETNAMESE LABOR OFFICIALS AND THE ILO AND OTHER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS, THE TEAM PRODUCED A PACKAGE OF PROJECT DESIGNS ADDRESSING A [...] |
2001-03-20 00:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PHUM ETRD VM LABOR |
| 01HANOI934 |
FORMER DAEWOOSA EMPLOYEES: INFORMATION SHARING WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: EMBASSY OFFICERS MET WITH LABOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS ON APRIL 18 TO SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING THE DAEWOOSA CASE AND THOSE FORMER DAEWOOSA EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY IN THE U.S. THESE OFFICIALS APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION AS WELL AS USG EFFORTS TO BRING TO JUSTICE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] |
2001-04-19 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL PHUM PREF VM LABOR |
| 01HANOI989 |
STAFFDEL ATKINS VISIT TO HANOI APRIL 15-18; BTA ON THEIR MINDS [...] SUMMARY: ON THE EVE OF VIETNAM'S NINTH PARTY CONGRESS, THE GVN HOSTED A LARGE DELEGATION OF CONGRESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS AND AN ACCOMPANYING U.S. BUSINESS GROUP. THE U.S. VIETNAM TRADE COUNCIL UNDERWROTE THE EVENT. DESPITE SENIORMOST GVN LEADERSHIP BEING TIED UP IN PRE-PARTY CONGRESS PLENUMS, [...] |
2001-04-26 09:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ELAB PREL VM BTA LABOR |
| 02HANOI102 |
VIETNAM: SRILA POLASKI BRIEFS GVN OFFICIALS ON [...] SUMMARY: STATE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR INTERNATIONAL LABOR AFFAIRS (SRILA) SANDRA POLASKI BRIEFED VIETNAMESE TRADE AND LABOR OFFICIALS AND INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES ON THE LABOR PROVISIONS OF THE U.S.-CAMBODIA TEXTILE AGREEMENT. BECAUSE NEITHER THE U.S. NOR VIETNAM HAS YET MADE [...] |
2002-01-15 07:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD ECON PHUM VM CB LABOR |
| 02HANOI2057 |
VIETNAM: NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON EMPLOYMENT LAWS AND [...] ON AUGUST 15 - 16, 2002, IN HANOI, A NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON "EMPLOYMENT LAWS AND POLICIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES" WAS JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 02057 210714Z POLICY OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOR, INVALIDS [...] |
2002-08-21 07:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON VN LABOR |
| 03HANOI2778 |
VIETNAM'S IMPROVING LABOR CONDITIONS [...] SUMMARY: In the past year and a half since the inaugural labor dialogue (see ref A), Vietnam has seen significant changes in labor conditions. Improved employment opportunities due to a significant increase in trade with the United States, amendments to the Labor Code, the growing role of th [...] |
2003-10-30 09:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ECON ETRD VM LABOR |
| 03HANOI3252 |
THE SECOND U.S.-VIETNAM LABOR DIALOGUE [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) and Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) held a half-day labor dialogue on November 6 in Hanoi. This discussion, the second since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in November 2000, covered Vietnam' [...] |
2003-12-16 08:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ECON ETRD VM LABOR |
| 03HANOI448 |
VIETNAM: LAUNCH OF CHILD LABOR COOPERATION PROJECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 18, the sixth and final U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) funded project, the National Program for the Prevention and Elimination of Child Labor, officially commenced. This project focuses on the prevention and elimination of child labor by strengthening the capacity [...] |
2003-02-25 06:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ECON ETRD VM HUMANR LABOR |
| 03HANOI489 |
Vietnam: First Round of Bilateral Textile Talks [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: USTR Special Textile Negotiator David Spooner led a 10 person USG delegation to Hanoi to begin negotiation of a bilateral textile agreement. The negotiations, originally scheduled to take place February 19-21, were shortened by half because weather conditions i [...] |
2003-02-28 09:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KTEX VM LABOR |
| 03HANOI527 |
VIETNAM - ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) As instructed ref A, post provides input for the 2003 Anti-trafficking in Persons report. The point of contact in Vietnam is Tim Swanson, tel. 84-4-772-1500 and fax 84-4-772-2614. Post estimates that collecting information for and drafting the report required 48 hours, including 8 hours [...] |
2003-03-06 08:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM TIP LABOR |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY450 |
KON TUM: STILL STRUGGLING..... AND GOING NOWHERE FAST [...] (SBU) Returning to Kon Tum for the first time in a year, the Consul General found little changed in the poorest and least developed of the four Central Highlands provinces. While poverty continues to be the biggest story in Kon Tum, local officials seemed hopeful that construction of new hig [...] |
2003-05-20 13:38:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SOCI ETRD EINV VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE LABOR |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY949 |
THE SEA-MY SIDE OF THE SEA GAMES: HCMC CRACKS DOWN ON [...] (SBU) Effective September 30, 2003, Ho Chi Minh City authorities will round up and classify all street persons living and working in public places around the city as part of a new program run by the HCMC Committee on Population, Family, and Children. Street children picked up under the progra [...] |
2003-10-01 04:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PHUM PGOV VM LABOR HUMANR |
| 04HANOI1010 |
LABOR EXPORT SITUATION AND VIETNAM'S TIER [...] (U) Summary and action request: Embassy has reviewed the suggested language in the Trafficking in Persons report and would like to clarify some issues that appear to have led G/TIP to recommend a "watch list" designation for Vietnam. The GVN is engaged in monitoring and investigation of work c [...] |
2004-04-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI1074 |
DAEWOOSA CASE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR 2004 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: The GVN cracked down hard on the Vietnamese labor companies involved in the Daewoosa case, including jail terms for some executives, who publicly acknowledged their wrongdoing. Since that response to illegal trafficking-related activity in Vietnam, the GVN has reformed its labor [...] |
2004-04-14 10:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI1188 |
PROTECTION OF TRAFFICKING VICTIMS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: In Ho Chi Minh City, various sectors of society - including the city government, Communist Party mass organizations, NGOs, and even local churches - are working together to protect victims and women identified as particularly vulnerable to trafficking. A visit to the central prov [...] |
2004-04-26 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI1190 |
LAWSUIT AGAINST DAEWOOSA TRAFFICKING VICTIMS [...] (U) Ref A contained documents originally provided by G/TIP allegedly supporting the assertion that the GVN sued victims in the Daewoosa trafficking case to recover the back wages they were paid in the U.S. as part of the court settlement. It also described G/TIP's position that this lawsuit w [...] |
2004-04-27 02:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
| 04HANOI2068 |
VIETNAM: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT APPENDIX [...] This cable provides the suggested text of the 2004 Investment Climate Statement Appendix for Vietnam. As requested reftel, post has also sent the ICS/A via email to EB/IFD/OIA Alexander T. Bryan. 2.Begin text of the 2004 Investment Climate Statement Appendix for Vietnam: Vietnam - July 2 [...] |
2004-07-26 08:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC VN FINREF IPROP LABOR |
| 04HANOI2107 |
ENCOURAGING TIP PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: To provoke the changes necessary to graduate Vietnam off the TIP Watch List, the USG should encourage greater protection of workers while staying out of the sensitive debate over the character and desirability of the labor export sector in Vietnam. We should push hard on areas [...] |
2004-07-29 09:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI2499 |
TIP IN VIETNAM: DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) used a recent meeting with Emboffs and a visiting G/TIP officer to complain about the decision to resurrect a five year-old labor trafficking case in the 2004 TIP report. MOLISA challenged some of the fact [...] |
2004-09-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
| 04HANOI2719 |
VIETNAM: TRACKING CHANGES IN TEXTILE/APPREL [...] In response to reftel, Post provides the FY 2002 and 2003 data on the following issues pertaining to Vietnam: Total Industrial Production: Year USD (millions) 2002 23,800 2003 27,600 Total Textile/Apparel Production: Year USD (millions) 2002 [...] |
2004-10-01 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON KTEX VM WTO LABOR |
| 04HANOI2888 |
VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOLISA MINISTER HANG [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Madame Nguyen Thi Hang expressed hope that the Department of Labor would continue and expand its projects in Vietnam and gratitude for the selection of Vietnam as a President [...] |
2004-10-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ECON VM HIV AIDS LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI291 |
SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-03 06:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM VM ETMIN HUMANR LABOR RELFREE TIP |
| 04HANOI3021 |
UPDATE ON LABOR EXPORT IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) officials and Vietnamese press reports, increasing labor exports from Vietnam have created new demands for services and protections for overseas workers. While not yet complete, the process of turn [...] |
2004-11-09 09:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR |
| 04HANOI3071 |
VIETNAM: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is the Vietnam mission's interim assessment of Vietnam's anti-Trafficking in Persons performance according to the three questions posed in reftel A. QUESTION A: PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Procuracy's new statistics office only [...] |
2004-11-15 03:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI330 |
TIP IN VIETNAM: VISIT OF G/TIP PROGRAM OFFICER [...] Summary: G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Gregory Holliday's meetings in Vietnam were productive and reflected the hard work and effort Vietnam is putting into the fight against trafficking in persons. He heard about the GVN's increasing attention to trafficking and about recent changes to how [...] |
2004-02-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM ELAB CB CH MY RP VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
| 04HANOI336 |
DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN VIETNAM'S LABOR [...] SUMMARY: With approximately 340,000 Vietnamese currently working overseas, Vietnam looks to labor exports as a means to expand opportunities for its growing labor force while generating foreign exchange. In order to address the challenges created by the increase in labor exports, Vietnam inc [...] |
2004-02-09 01:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON VM KTIP TIP LABOR |
| 04HANOI636 |
VIETNAM: CONGRESSMAN COLLINS MEETS MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: On February 27, Congressman Mac Collins (R- GA) met with Vietnam's Minister of Trade Truong Dinh Tuyen to discuss bilateral trade relations. Collins emphasized that bilateral cooperation on trade is closely linked to cooperation in other areas such as MIA issues. Tuyen emphasize [...] |
2004-03-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP ETRD ECON PREL KPOW VM BTA LABOR WTO DPOL |
| 04HOCHIMINHCITY1270 |
DANANG - WAITING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TO PAY OFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Consulate visit to Danang led by the CG highlighted the city's eagerness to serve as a gateway to Central Vietnam and mainland Southeast Asia. City leaders have boosted infrastructure investment, developing roads and a deep-sea port; now they are hoping their efforts will pay [...] |
2004-10-08 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EINV SOCI VM ASEAN LABOR |
| 04HOCHIMINHCITY201 |
COCA-COLA PEACEFULLY RESOLVES LABOR DISPUTE WITH GVN [...] A recent labor dispute over the termination of Coca-Cola's direct-hire guardforce deteriorated into a two-day stand-off when more than half of the guards refused to relinquish their posts. Coca-Cola, which had previously cleared the terms of the lay-off and related severance package with the l [...] |
2004-02-27 10:40:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | VM ELAB ECON LABOR |
| 04PANAMA1000 |
ANOTHER PANAMANIAN MADAM IN JAIL; IMMIGRATION [...] (C) According to GOP police reports, an alleged child prostitution ringleader, Elizabeth Archibold Diaz, surrendered herself to the Policia Tecnica Judicial (PTJ) on April 14, 2004. She was accompanied by her attorney and, to date, remains in custody. Archibold is alleged to be the masterm [...] |
2004-04-30 12:34:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SMIG CO PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA148 |
PANAMA NGO CONCERNED ABOUT CHINESE DEBT BONDAGE [...] (SBU) In a January 8 meeting to discuss trafficking in persons (TIP) and related issues with PolOff and political assistant, acting director of Casa Esperanza, Ramon Aleman Arias said Chinese migrant debt bondage and unregulated child labor are problems in Panama. (NOTE: Casa Esperanza is a l [...] |
2004-01-23 18:10:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PREL PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL POL SPECIALIST |
| 04PANAMA1992 |
PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR USG DELEGATION TO THE [...] (SBU) US Embassy Panama welcomes the USG delegation to the National Security Planning Workshop, Aug. 11-13, which is designed to assist the incoming PRD government headed by President-elect Torrijos who assumes office September 1. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG commitment to [...] |
2004-08-06 12:18:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL MASS PGOV PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2087 |
NATIONAL SECURITY PLANNING WORKSHOP LAUNCHES U.S.- [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior members of Panama's newly elected leadership met with counterparts from the Embassy and other USG interlocutors in an August 11 - 13 workshop to discuss the incoming PRD administration's national security strategy. With the assistance of facilitators from the Center for [...] |
2004-08-17 18:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS SNAR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2153 |
PANAMA CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE DEVELOPMENT [...] Has the GOP developed a list of occupations considered to be the worst forms of child labor? -------------------------------------------- - In 2002, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) fully funded a $1 million program with the International Labor Organization/International Programme on [...] |
2004-08-24 11:47:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2176 |
PANAMA PARDONS ANTIâ€CASTRO CUBANS [...] (SBU) Late on August 25, outgoing President Mireya Moscoso signed an executive decree pardoning four anti"Castro Cuban prisoners "" Luis Posada Carriles and AmCits Gasper Jimenez, Guillermo Novo, and Pedro Remon (see Reftels) and 163 others, as one of her final acts as president. The GOP imme [...] |
2004-08-26 22:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM CU HO LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2589 |
PANAMA INVESTIGATORS, PROSECUTORS PUSH TIP AGENDA [...] (SBU) Despite the continued absence of funding for the anti-TIP law enacted in March 2004 (see Reftel A) and a recent change in administration, Panama's Judicial Police (PTJ) and prosecutors have continued to push the TIP agenda. They have publicized the anti-TIP law, created a specialized se [...] |
2004-10-19 21:11:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SMIG PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2661 |
PANAMA PROTESTS: THE STORY BEHIND BOCAS VIOLENCE [...] (C) A peaceful protest in a north coast town far from the capital against an electric company veered into violence on October 24 after a radical group exploited local tensions and attacked the national police (PNP) with iron bars and Molotov cocktails, injuring 28 people including 24 officers [...] |
2004-10-28 22:43:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA274 |
EMBASSY PANAMA CONVENES MINI-CTAG [...] (U) Per ref B, on February 2, Embassy's Pol Counselor, AID Director, Econ Counselor and NAS Director met with diplomatic representatives from G-8 countries and Spain to discuss Panama's counterterrorism (CT) requirements and vulnerabilities, each country's CT-related assistance to Panama, and [...] |
2004-02-06 18:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2923 |
PANAMA SEEKS SOLUTIONS TO ARMS-FOR-DRUGS TRADE [...] (C) Since the seizure of the "Otterloo" in 2001, a ship carrying about 3,000 weapons from Nicaragua through Panama to the AUC in Colombia, the Colombian armed groups (FARC and AUC) appear to be relying increasingly on smaller arms-for-drugs purchases, instead of purchasing large amounts of w [...] |
2004-12-03 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS SNAR PGOV PREL PARM PM NI CO CR LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2937 |
PANAMA, THE G4 AND "PLAN PUEBLA" [...] (C) Mexican President Vicente Fox publicly endorsed Panama's inclusion in the G3 (Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico) during his November 2-3 visit to Panama. According to MFA Advisor Nils Castro and International Organizations Director Javier Bonagas, the GOP's primary interest in joining the G [...] |
2004-12-06 21:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG PM CO VZ LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2986 |
PANAMA VIEWS FROM THE FIELD: INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) PolOff recently traveled to several remote indigenous areas of Panama, which are among the least accessible, least developed, and poorest parts of the country. With little economy to speak of aside from subsistence agriculture, indigenous groups focus on capturing development grants. [...] |
2004-12-14 17:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID PGOV PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA2997 |
PANAMA REFUGEE NEWS: GOP COOPERATES, COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Since the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) established a permanent office in Panama in April (reftel), the GOP has cooperated increasingly with the UNHCR and other NGOs to assist the approximately 821 displaced Colombians in the Darien border area. Under the Torrijo [...] |
2004-12-16 18:54:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA3034 |
PANAMA PUSHES DISABLED RIGHTS UNDER THE TORRIJOS [...] (SBU) In his first hundred days in office, President Torrijos has moved quickly to deliver on campaign promises to 280,000 disabled citizens and their families to create practical and inclusive institutions to boost compliance with Panama's disability laws. The president's personal interest [...] |
2004-12-21 22:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA399 |
FOCUSING PANAMA'S EFFORT TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) The January 18-21 G/TIP visit to Panama helped refine Embassy and GOP anti-TIP efforts approach to strategies (Ref A). The Embassy will push the GOP to focus its anti-TIP improvements on public awareness campaigns, victims assistance, and increased training. In the short term, legisla [...] |
2004-02-19 12:54:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SMIG PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA419 |
PANAMANIAN MADAM HEADED TO PRISON [...] (U) After two trials, two guilty verdicts, years of appeals, and not one day behind bars, the former head of a child prostitution ring, Thonya Xiomara Hubbard (aka Madam Thonya), will be spending the next 76 months in prison. On February 16, the Supreme Appeal Court rejected Hubbard's appea [...] |
2004-02-20 23:34:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA484 |
THREE PURCHASES BY DEPORTES EL CAZADOR OK: [...] (U) This message contains proprietary business information. Please protect. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On February 27, EmbOffs met with Deportes El Cazador's owner and president Rolando GONZALEZ Salerno at the company's offices, which are co-located with Gonzalez' residence [...] |
2004-03-02 14:34:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA548 |
PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) While Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a problem in Panama, it is still relatively small and manageable. Embassy has worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover more about the extent of the problem in Panama and to encourage the GOP to wor [...] |
2004-03-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA586 |
PANAMA OFFERS BETTER HIGH-VALUE TRANSIT GUARANTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Panama's unilateral alternative to the USG's bilateral MOU proposal may be a better force protection guarantee for US military high-value transits (HVTs). After Embassy receives actual GOP language, probably in one to two months, we will analyze it and report our conclusions and [...] |
2004-03-10 21:36:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PINS EWWT MOPS PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA615 |
TORRIJOS TEAM BEGINNING TO LOOK AHEAD TO NEW [...] (C) Still leading in the polls, Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential candidate Martin Torrijos is starting to consider what his administration might look like, well aware of our interest in key PRD appointments. Meeting with PolOff, senior advisor and "friend of Martin" Ubaldino [...] |
2004-03-16 21:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ETRD MASS PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA652 |
MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: US-PANAMA EXCHANGE OF [...] The following US diplomatic note no. 325, dated March 17, 2004, was presented by Embassy to the GOP (text per ref B with changes per ref A). Begin text: No. 325 The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Republic o [...] |
2004-03-19 20:33:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA663 |
PANAMA TO OUTLINE INITIATIVES AND GOALS TO STEM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA705 |
PANAMA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN: VERAGUAS PROVINCE IS [...] (SBU) On March 14, seven weeks before Panama's May 2 general elections, PolOffs toured rural Veraguas province with members of three of the four party coalitions vying for the presidency and 78 legislative seats. Though Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential candidate Martin Torrij [...] |
2004-03-26 18:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA730 |
ARTICLE 98 SUPPORTER IN CLOSE RACE WITH U.S. [...] (U) This cable is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. Please protect accordingly. ----------------- A Fighting Chance ----------------- 2. (SBU) On March 14, PolOffs accompanied Arnulfista Party legislative challenger Jose "Pepe" Gomez on a tour of Veraguas province's 9-3 electoral circuit [...] |
2004-03-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA810 |
PANAMA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN: ALEMAN MAY BE COUNTING [...] (U) PolOffs recently toured Panama's Herrera and Los Santos provinces, meeting with Herrera's Electoral Tribunal Regional Director Hector Paulette, Arnulfista Party legislative challenger Pacifico Escalona and Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) Herrera elections coordinator Reynaldo Salerno. [...] |
2004-04-06 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA813 |
PANAMA REFUGEE NEWS--UNHCR PERMANENT OFFICE, [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-06 21:56:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PGOV CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA853 |
PANAMA STRONGLY ENDORSES PSI LEADING UP TO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-13 12:49:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA925 |
PANAMA COURT SENTENCES ANTI-CASTRO CONSPIRATORS, [...] (SBU) On April 20, Panama's Fifth Penal Court convicted six anti-Castro conspirators, including three AmCits, for endangering public safety and sentenced them to seven and eight-year jail terms for a November 2000 plot to kill Fidel Castro. (See Refs A and B.) Luis Posada Carriles, currently [...] |
2004-04-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CJAN CASC SNAR CU PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04PANAMA954 |
PSI: ANSWERS TO KEY QUESTIONS ON CARGO HANDLING [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-26 15:19:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP EWWT EAIR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04TELAVIV1381 |
ISRAELI VENTURE CAPITALISTS REQUEST CLARITY ON [...] (C) Summary. Senior Israeli venture capitalists outlined to the Ambassador March 3 difficulties Israeli firms are having selling software relating to homeland security and counterterrorism to certain USG entities. According to Chemi Peres, chairman of one of Israel's largest VC firms, Pitang [...] |
2004-03-05 09:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PTER IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS LABOR COMMERCE |
| 04TELAVIV1623 |
COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND LOOKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the Bureau of Industry and Security met with high-ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli a leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's hi-tech and def industries. [...] |
2004-03-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR COMMERCE ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1676 |
QIZ TALKS: GETTING CLOSER, BUT ISRAELI, EGYPTIAN [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassies Tel Aviv and Cairo. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The third round of Israeli/Egyptian QIZ talks ended without an agreement on March 17 in Jerusalem. As in the previous discussions in Jerusalem and Cairo, the stumbling block remained the minim [...] |
2004-03-18 10:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECON EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
| 04TELAVIV1683 |
COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the SIPDIS Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), met with high- ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli and American leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's [...] |
2004-03-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR AND COMMERCE ECONOMY FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV1729 |
TRADE MINISTER OLMERT PROMISES COOPERATION, ACTION [...] (C) Summary. Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor (MOIT) Ehud Olmert told the Ambassador March 18 that he takes U.S. complaints about trade barriers seriously and would seek to correct problems. He said MOIT will be the point of contact on complaints related to gov [...] |
2004-03-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD BEXP IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV2039 |
GOI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON ISRAEL-EGYPT QIZ [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Gabbi Bar, Deputy Director General in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor confirmed to us April 2 that Israel and Egypt had agreed to 11.7% minimum Israeli content for all Egyptian QIZ products. Bar said the next step is a meeting in Athens April 14, wher [...] |
2004-04-02 13:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL EG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
| 04TELAVIV2041 |
UNHAPPY ISRAELI TRADE MINISTER REACTS TO POSSIBLE [...] (C) Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry, Trade and Communications Ehud Olmert called the Ambassador late April 1 to complain about reports that the USG intended to put Israel back on the 301 Priority Watch List. Olmert said such an action would be unjustified. Olmert noted that he [...] |
2004-04-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV2070 |
SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE GETS QUICK GOI ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary: Aaron Abramovitch, Director General of Israel's Ministry of Justice, told Econ/C April 5 that the GOI was "surprised and confused" by the USG statement that it planned to raise Israel to Special 301 Priority Watch List status unless action is taken on data protection and copyri [...] |
2004-04-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 04TELAVIV2123 |
DETAILS OF EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS PIPELINE APPROVED BY [...] (C) Summary. The Egypt/Israel gas pipeline project cleared a crucial hurdle on April 4 when the GOI gave its blessing to the Israel Electric Company (IEC) to negotiate an agreement with the supplier of Egyptian natural gas, Eastern Mediterranean Group (EMG). Under the proposed agreement EMG, [...] |
2004-04-08 13:47:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
| 04TELAVIV2167 |
While Israel's Economy Grows, Unemployment Remains [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Netanyahu's declaration in late 2003 that the recession has ended appears to look more realistic today than it did at the time. There is increasing optimism in Israeli economic circles regarding a return to growth in 2004. All indications currently point to growth of m [...] |
2004-04-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE GOI INTERNAL |
| 04TELAVIV6626 |
ISRAELI OFFICIALS ON BUDGET, BACHAR COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary. Treasury Desk Officer for Israel Catherine Downard discussed the budget, privatization, and other subjects with Israeli officials on December 13. Her visit to the Karni Industrial Zone will be reported septel. The highlights of her discussions: -- The GOI is committed to mainta [...] |
2004-12-29 06:43:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
| 05HANOI1374 |
VIETNAM'S MURKY REMITTANCE PICTURE [...] Summary: Remittances through the banking system to Vietnam in 2004 amounted to USD 3.0 billion according to the State Bank. The IMF representative estimates that this was really USD 3.2 billion and that another USD 3 to 4 billion is flowing in through unofficial channels. These informal infl [...] |
2005-06-09 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON VM LABOR CTERR FINREF |
| 05HANOI575 |
VIETNAM: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-09 04:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | APEC ASEAN BTA EFIN EINV ELAB FINREF IPROP KTDB LABOR OPIC PGOV SOE VN |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1092 |
TOURISM SUCCESS IN CENTRAL VIETNAM TOWN OF HOI AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The historic coastal town Hoi An in central Quang Nam province is a model of private sector development. A thriving trading center 300 years ago, Hoi An in recent years has drawn on its tradition of entrepreneurship and has leveraged the progressive attitudes of provincial leader [...] |
2005-10-20 10:55:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PGOV VM LABOR |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY11 |
DELTA FACES DIFFICULTIES ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting the Mekong Delta, the Ambassador found that considerable investment in infrastructure, education and government reform are needed to set conditions for rapid economic growth. The long, porous border with Cambodia is a challenge for local officials, who are struggling t [...] |
2005-01-06 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM KCRM SMIG SNAR LABOR HIV AIDS TIP CNARC |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1146 |
VIETNAM TEXTILES: COMPETING IN A QUOTA-FREE WORLD [...] (SBU): Vietnam's apparel exports to the United States have boomed since the entry-into-force of the BTA. However, the Vietnamese garment industry is beginning to feel the pinch of being one of the only countries still subject to textile quotas. Vietnam is not reaping any benefit from safeguard [...] |
2005-11-02 08:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KTEX VM BTA WTO LABOR |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY516 |
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO HCMC: CHALLENGES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During his visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) on May 6, the Deputy Secretary focused on the economic challenges and opportunities that lay ahead for HCMC, Vietnam's economic and financial locomotive. The U.S.-educated Vice-Chairman of HCMC's People's Committee told the Deputy Sec [...] |
2005-05-18 13:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI EAID PINR OVIP VM WTO SOE LABOR IPROP |
| 05PANAMA1431 |
PANAMA STRIKE LEADERS EXPLAIN OPPOSITION TO CSS [...] (SBU) Members of the anti-CSS-reform FRENADESSO coalition -- a mixed bag of ideological leftists and bread-and-butter trade unionists -- want the GOP to pay more and the people to pay less to reform Panama's CSS than the June 1 Law 17 stipulates. During recent meetings with PolOffs, leaders o [...] |
2005-07-06 19:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB PREL EINV PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA1526 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy confirmed the bona fides of Armunex with Panama's corporate registry. Armunex is an abbreviation for Armas, Municiones, and Explosivos and is part of the company Grupo Seguridad Especial (GSE). GSE also operates a security company (Vigilancia Especial) with 250 secur [...] |
2005-07-18 21:33:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 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 |
| 05PANAMA1646 |
PANAMA: SUPPORT FOR US VIEWS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Reftel demarche talking points to MFA Deputy International Organizations and Commissions Director Nubia Lezcano on August 2, stressing the U.S. desire for Panama's continued support in creating a new UN Human Rights Council. PolOff emphasized the need for an action-ori [...] |
2005-08-05 19:28:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR UNGA LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA1651 |
PANAMA: GITMO TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO MFA [...] (C) PolOff delivered GITMO talking points to MFA Deputy International Organizations and Commissions Director Nubia Lezcano on August 2. PolOff emphasized that detainees are held at Guantanamo Bay for security reasons and that interrogations of inmates have provided over 4,000 reports of actionab [...] |
2005-08-08 19:01:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA1779 |
TORRIJOS CONFIDANT: JUDICIAL REFORM "NOT A [...] (SBU) In an August 3 meeting with PolOffs, Institutional Protection Service (SPI, the Presidential body guard) Chief Leonel Solis, and close confidant of President Martin Torrijos, described the current national dialogue on social security as "going nowhere" and reform of Panama's judicial s [...] |
2005-08-29 19:23:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA1802 |
PANAMAX 2005: TRAGIC LOSS MARS GREAT SUCCESS [...] (SBU) PANAMAX 2005, a twelve-day, fifteen-nation military exercise involving the defense of the Panama Canal, concluded August 16. Although all participants viewed this year's multinational exercise as a great success, the drowning deaths of three Panamanian Marines during the exercise's fi [...] |
2005-09-01 15:00:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA1947 |
PANAMA EVANGELICALS SEEKING POLITICAL POWER [...] (SBU) Two Panamanian Evangelical ministers plan to form a political party (Partido Teologia) in 2007 with the goal of electing a president and legislators in 2009. If nerve and energy were the only prerequisites for political success, these admitted political novices would surely win some e [...] |
2005-09-23 22:55:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA2152 |
POTUS VISIT PANAMA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-25 21:44:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA2191 |
PANAMA PROPOSED MERGER OF AIR AND MARITIME [...] (SBU) An October 6 proposal by Panama's Minister of Government and Justice (MOGJ) Hector Aleman to combine Panama's National Maritime Service (SMN) and National Air Service (SAN) into a National Coast Guard (Guardacostas) as an efficiency and cost-saving measure drew criticism from former Pa [...] |
2005-11-02 16:56:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA2417 |
2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Panama continues to be a strong partner with the U.S. in the global war on terrorism. The Panama Canal is the country's most important economic asset. Any act of terrorism that closes off the Canal could severely impact Panama's economy, the U.S., and other countries in the [...] |
2005-12-14 19:04:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA277 |
PANAMA: FISCAL REFORMS PASS WITH A GRIMACE [...] (SBU) In a show of political courage and discipline, and despite yelps of pain from business and white collar groups, President Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) swiftly passed a fiscal reform package on January 31 that was signed into law February 2 (see Reftels). After t [...] |
2005-02-07 21:50:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA390 |
PANAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL CONVOKES ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) In a big move forward for Panama's anti-TIP efforts, on February 15 Panama's new attorney general Ana Matilde Gomez convoked the anti-TIP commission (CONAPREDES) as contemplated by Panama's March 2004 anti-TIP law (see reftel A). The new commission institutionalizes anti-TIP policy co [...] |
2005-02-18 22:39:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM SMIG ELAB PM KTIP LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA436 |
PANAMA LAUNCHES DOL-FUNDED LABOR TRADE CAPACITY [...] (U) With a Panama-US FTA Agreement still in limbo after the 8th negotiating round, on February 17 Panama's Labor Ministry launched Panama's participation in the DOL-funded labor trade capacity building project called "Cumple y Gana" (Comply and Win). The four-year project includes the CAFTA [...] |
2005-02-25 20:43:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID ELAB ETRD PGOV PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA555 |
PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a relatively small and manageable problem, involving around 200-500 victims. In 2004, Embassy worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover the true extent of TIP in Panama and to strengthen the anti-TIP leg [...] |
2005-03-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA608 |
PANAMA TACKLES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (C) Armed with Panama's tough March 2004 anti-TIP law, Darien province Prosecutor Arnesia Janeth Torrero recently arrested indigenous National Police (PNP) officers for their alleged commercial sexual exploitation of indigenous minor girls in the remote Darien province. In January, Torrero finis [...] |
2005-03-16 22:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA614 |
PANAMA RESPONSE TO CHILD MARRIAGE TASKING [...] (SBU) Despite laws that permit 14-year-old girls and 16-year-old-boys to marry with parental consent, legal child marriage is uncommon in Panama. Nonetheless, Panama has significant levels of early cohabitation, especially among indigenous populations in rural areas. Panamanian experts agre [...] |
2005-03-17 20:40:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA810 |
PANAMA'S SUNTRACS: UNION OR POLITICAL PROTEST [...] (C) Recalling the September 2003 street violence sparked by the firing of Social Security (CSS) director Juan Jovane (reftels A, B, C), Panama is collectively holding its breath as the GOP prepares to release its proposed CSS reforms. The SUNTRACS construction union and its labor confederation CO [...] |
2005-04-11 21:13:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB PINR SOCI PM CU VE LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA835 |
PANAMA'S REPORT ON CHAVEZ'S ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Per reftel A, following is Embassy's report on Chavez's activities in Panama, making reference to its extensive prior reporting in reftel B. Embassy has already forwarded the desk copies of recent DAO Panama reports (and Embassy political and economic reftels) on Chavez and Venezuela. [...] |
2005-04-13 20:35:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PM VZ LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA837 |
PANAMA RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 [...] (SBU) Summary. Fire Arms International Inc. is a legimate business. While the present government would not have approved the import request, it has no plans to revoke it. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Per reftel request, PolOff visited Fire Arms International Inc.'s President Vicente Banon R [...] |
2005-04-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA914 |
PANAMA'S IMPENDING SOCIAL SECURITY REFORMS: A [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment. Actuarially bankrupt, Panama's Social Security System (CSS), which provides pensions and medical benefits to the majority of Panamanians, continues to operate through the use of its re [...] |
2005-04-25 15:15:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05PANAMA959 |
PANAMA ARRESTS EIGHT DARIEN POLICE IN TIP [...] (C) In a vital advance of Panama's anti-TIP agenda, in late March Anti-corruption Prosecutor Maribel Cornejo detained eight National Police (PNP) officers and one private citizen on charges of rape, commercial sexual exploitation, and corruption of minors in Darien Province. The alleged victims [...] |
2005-04-28 21:15:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 05TELAVIV1246 |
POST'S SUBMISSION SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Summary. The attached evaluation of protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Israel focuses on areas of specific concern as detailed in reftel B. Post's policy recommendation is being transmitted septel. End Summary. -------------------- Optical Media Piracy ----------- [...] |
2005-03-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV1271 |
(C) IPR: ISRAEL TO PURSUE LEGISLATION ON PATENTS [...] (C) Minister of Industry and Trade Ehud Olmert called the Ambassador March 3 to say that the government will push ahead with pending legislation on patents and IPR. Since the legislation is attached to the budget bill, Olmert expected it to be adopted on March 16. In conveying this message, [...] |
2005-03-03 13:11:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IS KIPR ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV1429 |
(C) GOI MOVING AHEAD WITH DATA EXCLUSIVITY [...] (C) This is an action request message. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Post has received a clear message from Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor (MOITL) that the GOI intends to move ahead this week to have the Knesset consider the data exclusivity legislation as pa [...] |
2005-03-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV2338 |
GOI TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PATENT TERM EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary. On April 13 local research-based pharmaceutical representatives expressed concern about GOI intentions on the issue of patent term extension legislation. The representatives said that they considered the patent-term extension (PTE) roll-back as direct compensation to the generi [...] |
2005-04-14 12:27:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05TELAVIV2367 |
EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS DEAL TO BE SIGNED IN EARLY MAY [...] (C) Summary: Egypt and Israel appear to be coming closer to signing a gas deal that has been in the negotiations for years. The GOI says that the governments are ready to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) by early May. In addition, the two companies involved, Israel Electric Corporat [...] |
2005-04-15 07:59:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IS EG GOI EXTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE |
| 05TELAVIV466 |
Privatization Update: GOI Sells Israel Discount [...] (U) The Israeli government's privatization program is moving forward. On January 22, GOI Accountant General Yaron Zelka concluded an agreement with prominent businessman and Seagram heir Matthew Bronfman for the transfer of 26% of Discount Bank to the Matthew Bronfman group for a price of NIS [...] |
2005-01-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE |
| 05TELAVIV71 |
GOI RESPONSE TO DATA EXCLUSIVITY DEMARCHE [...] (S) Ambassador Kurtzer delivered points in reftel to Vice PM and Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Ehud Olmert on January 4, 2005. Olmert objected to the language used in the demarche, but he accepted the principle that if the data exclusivity legislation is withheld from passage by the [...] |
2005-01-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ECON ETRD KIPR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE LABOR COMMERCE GOI INTERNAL |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY229 |
(SBU) HCMC NEWSPAPERS PUSH BOUNDS OF POLITICAL DEBATE [...] (C) Summary: Although all of HCMC's newspaper are subject to Party control and censorship, two of its leading national dailies -- Tuoi Tre and Thanh Nien -- have become more assertive, even on some political matters. The newspapers, financially independent, politically well-connected, and i [...] |
2006-03-03 10:37:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM VM LABOR DPOL HUMANR |
| 06PANAMA123 |
PANAMA DEMARCHE ON REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED [...] (C) On January 17, Ambassador Eaton delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis and discussed the GOP's position on a possible emergency IAEA Board meeting to report Iran to UNSC. Ambassador Eaton emphasized to Lewis that Iran has violated both IAEA resolutions and EU-3 agreements [...] |
2006-01-20 16:49:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 06PANAMA14 |
PANAMA: MIGUEL ANTONIO BERNAL'S QUEST TO SAVE [...] (SBU) In May 2005, when newspapers reported that the University of Panama (UP) had issued thousands of false diplomas, Professor Miguel Antonio Bernal quickly took the lead in denouncing the school's administration. Bernal went even further and filed criminal charges against university rect [...] |
2006-01-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PM SCUL LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 06PANAMA160 |
PANAMA ATTORNEY GENERAL CONFRONTS PRISON ABUSE [...] (U) Panama's Attorney General made an unscheduled visit to La Joya Maximum Security Prison following newspaper reports detailing prisoner abuse by guards in the crowded facility. After her visit, the AG told reporters she had found evidence of human rights violations and that the police cus [...] |
2006-01-26 20:20:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 06TELAVIV1220 |
EXPORT CONTROLS: COMMERCE U/S MCCORMICK'S MARCH 9 [...] (C) At his March 9 meeting at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Commerce Under Secretary for Industry and Security David McCormick was told by MFA Deputy Director General Miriam Ziv and her team that the MFA is committed to seeing Israel's export control system improved through new [...] |
2006-03-30 06:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | ETTC PREL PINS IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS LABOR COMMERCE |