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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |