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| 03TEGUCIGALPA2221 | HONDURAS CONFIDENT ICJ WILL RULE IN ITS FAVOR; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran officials are confident the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will uphold its original 1992 decision demarcating the border between Honduras and El Salvador and are dismissive of El Salvadoran claims that new material unknown to the Court at the time would have been a [...] |
2003-09-18 21:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS ES HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2757 | HONDURAS ANXIOUS TO MOVE EL SALVADOR BORDER [...] (C) Summary: As part of the on-going effort to demarcate the Honduran-El Salvador border, on November 11 OAS envoy, NIMA specialist John Gates, awarded over one square kilometer of territory to El Salvador that was originally designated to Honduras by the 1992 International Court of Justice (IC [...] |
2003-11-24 20:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MOPS ES HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2952 | ICJ REJECTS EL SALVADOR'S APPLICATION FOR REVISION [...] On December 18, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, by a vote of 4-1, rejected El Salvador's September 10, 2002 application for revision of the Court's original 1992 decision demarcating the land and maritime border between El Salvador and Honduras as "inadmissible." The ICJ [...] |
2003-12-19 23:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS KTIA PREL PGOV ES HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA548 | HOSTAGE SITUATION IN NAHUATERIQUE POCKET ON BORDER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 25 at around 10:00am a Honduran patrol comprised of seven police and four military personnel was surrounded by approximately 400 compesinos in the Nahuaterique pocket on the border with El Salvador. The incident occurred after the patrol had confiscated a number of c [...] |
2003-02-27 23:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PHUM PREL PTER ECON PINR ES HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA654 | HONDURAN REQUEST FOR BORDER MAPPING [...] Per refs A, B, C, and D Honduras and El Salvador are looking to move forward on border demarcation via a binational border commission but progress has been stymied due to outdated maps. Their joint request, received at both Embassy Tegucigalpa and San Salvador, is for maps at scale of 1:25,00 [...] |
2003-03-13 20:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL ES HO |
| 04GUATEMALA1464 | GOG RESPONSE TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Sylvia Corrado on June 8. Corrado asserted that GOG wished to respect its obligations to Article VII of the Chemical Weapons Convention, but that she was not aware of any current legislation. Corrado will bring up the CW [...] |
2004-06-14 17:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD ES GT AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 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 |
| 04MADRID2257 | PRE LICENSE CHECK: GARCIA PANDO,CARLOS.USDOC 02022 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC ES |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA1437 | OAS ENVOY JOHN GATES TO ISSUE HONDURAS/EL SALVADOR [...] On June 20, OAS envoy, National Geospacial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Specialist, John Gates completed his survey of the six disputed land border areas between Honduras and El Salvador. Gates, who began the project on August 18, 2003, was tasked (as an honest broker), with assisting Honduras an [...] |
2004-06-24 20:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL MOPS ES HO |
| 05BRUSSELS1147 | RESULTS OF MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING [...] (SBU) In addition to postponing Croatia's accession talks (septel), EU FMs at the March 16 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) also noted positive developments in the Middle East and issued conclusions on Lebanon calling for Syria to withdraw all troops and intelligence servi [...] |
2005-03-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ETRD LE IR SU ES IN RU ICC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05KINGSTON687 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-10 19:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM PARM ABUD ES CWC CBW OPCW |
| 05MADRID2712 | EXBS: INVITATION TO STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL EXPORT [...] ESTHOFF passed reftel invitation letter July 20 to MFA International Disarmament Affairs Ambassador Tomas Rodriguez Pantoja, urging Spain to send two experts to the September 20-22 International Export Control Conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Rodriguez Pantoja said he would coordinate with the [...] |
2005-07-20 12:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MASS ETTC KSTC ES |
| 05QUITO280 | ECUADOR FAVORING CHILEAN FOR OAS SYG [...] In response to Ref A, Ambassador discussed the upcoming OAS Secretary General election during her February 3 meeting with Ecuador President Lucio Gutierrez. Gutierrez mentioned that former El Salvador President Paco Flores, whom the United States backed for the OAS position, would soon visit [...] |
2005-02-04 13:45:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL EC ES |
| 05QUITO391 | ECUADOR ON CWC: NATIONAL AUTHORITY IN PLACE, [...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy February 15 delivered non-paper to Ruben Herrera, the Technical Agencies representative in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs directorship general. In a follow-up telcon February 17, Herrera refuted a Reftel assertion, claiming Ecuador had in fact established i [...] |
2005-02-17 17:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD ES EC AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
| 05SANSALVADOR2027 | EL SALVADOR: COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) Poloff provided Ref A talking points to Special Advisor to the Foreign Minister Ambassador Marisol Argueta de Barillas and to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Mario Rivera on June 8. During a July 13 follow-up meeting with Poloff, Rivera stated that the CCIT topic had been briefly d [...] |
2005-07-14 21:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL ES UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2033 | EL SALVADOR: WILLING GLOBAL PEACE OPS INITIATIVE (GPOI) PARTNER [...] (SBU) Reftel demarche was delivered to Foreign Minister by Ambassador and to Minister of Defense (MOD) by MILGP Commander on July 13. On July 14, Ambassador also hand delivered to FM, who is in Washington with Ambassador for the Saca/Bush meeting, a non-paper summarizing Ref B background on G [...] |
2005-07-15 18:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS PREL ES UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2038 | A WARNING NOTE ON VIGILANTE JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two men who murdered three gang members who had killed their brother are in jail awaiting trial, in what is one of the first cases of open vigilante justice in response to the current elevated murder rates in El Salvador. The men confessed to the murders, and will likely be fou [...] |
2005-07-15 20:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PGOV ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2060 | EL SALVADOR: POORLY-ATTENDED FMLN "PRIMARIES" [...] (C) Although FMLN leaders were hesitant to provide exact numbers of voters at each polling place, it appeared that only about one-third of eligible party activists bothered to participate in Sunday's primaries for March 2006 municipal and Legislative Assembly elections. In San Salvador, it wa [...] |
2005-07-19 20:09:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL ELECTIONS |
| 05SANSALVADOR2068 | EL SALVADOR: LOCAL USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS [...] Econ staff visited an upscale supermarket in San Salvador to identify examples of foods for sale using names included in the list in Reftel para. 5. The following were identified: Mozzarella (made in El Salvador), Pecorino (Guatemala), Parmigiano (Guatemala and United States), Manchego (Costa [...] |
2005-07-20 15:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR OTRA ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2085 | SALVADORANS GO POSTAL - SEEK SUPPORT FOR SEAT ON [...] Post received a letter from Governance Minister Rene Mario Figueroa dated July 5, 2005, requesting U.S. support for El Salvador's nomination to be a member of the Management Committee of the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP), which will be elected at the XIX PUASP Congre [...] |
2005-07-22 12:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2126 | EL SALVADORS'S EVOLVING FOREIGN POLICY - ARAB [...] (C) Summary: Following a July 20 visit by Morocco's Health Minister, leading daily "La Prensa Grafica" led July 25 with a 3-page spread detailing El Salvador's evolving political strategy and rapprochement with the Middle East. The article discussed El Salvador's hopes of gaining an ECOSOC, o [...] |
2005-07-27 20:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MO QA BA ES UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2144 | EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY APPROVES IRAQ DEPLOYMENT EXTENSION [...] (SBU) El Salvador's Legislative Assembly voted late July 28 to extend troop deployment to Iraq for an additional year. The vote provides the legal basis for the planned August 11 departure of the fifth contingent of 380 troops, and would cover a sixth contingent, should President Saca decide to ke [...] |
2005-07-29 15:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR IZ ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2174 | NATIONAL AND MEDIA REACTION TO CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF [...] SUMMARY: Salvadoran elation at the July 28 U.S. Congressional approval of the U.S.-Central America-DR free trade agreement (CAFTA- DR) was evident in the first hours after the vote, when President Saca called it a victory for democracy. Subsequent days have brought heavy and constant press c [...] |
2005-08-02 12:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KPAO ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2195 | Speaker Program Evaluation - Photojournalism [...] PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PHOTOJOURNALIST ESSDRAS SUAREZ OF THE BOSTON GLOBE SHARED HIS EXPERTISE IN LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, AND FIELD REPORTING TRIPS WITH SALVADORAN PHOTOJOURNALISTS FROM JULY 26-31. SUAREZ PROVED TO BE AN EXCELLENT AND ENGAGING SPEAKER, WHO CONNECTED EQUALLY WELL WITH BEAT REPORTE [...] |
2005-08-08 20:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2198 | GOVERNMENT GETTING WORKERS UP AND OUT 30 MINUTES [...] On June 8, President Saca announced the formation of a public-private sector "National Emergency Commission" to identify ways to mitigate the impact of high global petroleum prices. On July 22, the government announced that it would implement four measures to reduce traffic congestion and the [...] |
2005-08-08 21:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET ENRG ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2220 | EL SALVADOR: GITMO DETAINEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-10 11:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PREL ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2239 | DRUG PROCUREMENT CHANGES COULD POSE HEALTH RISKS [...] Summary. The Salvadoran Chemical and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (INQUIFAR) is pushing the Salvadoran Social Security Institute (ISSS) to relax its requirements for the procurement of seventy medicines for which the ISSS now requires the manufacturer to either submit evidence of r [...] |
2005-08-11 17:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI KIPR ETRD ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2333 | EL SALVADOR: DIALOGUE WITH TAIWAN ON PRC ACTIVITIES [...] (C) This cable is in response to questions posed in reftel C. Embassy will reply to reftel B request for information on Chinese activities septel. 2. (C) El Salvador is one of the 26 countries that maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Both to nurture this relationship and to conti [...] |
2005-08-22 12:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | PREL ECON ES CH TW |
| 05SANSALVADOR2336 | SALVADORAN BUDGET DATA FOR MCC [...] The Salvadoran Ministry of Finance, in coordination with the Technical Secretariat, provided seven-years' of budget data to the MCC in response to reftels. Emboffs who worked with Salvadoran officials on this task were impressed by the professional effort they put forth to compile the data in [...] |
2005-08-22 15:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMCA EAID ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2356 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in July 2005. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of July 2005. ------- ILEA ------- 2. (U) The International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) began the presentation of its six-week core program on July 25. Th [...] |
2005-08-23 20:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS ES INL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2357 | WIRE TRANSFER COMPANIES USED IN MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (U) On August 17, 2005, the Salvadoran police (PNC) arrested Panamanian national Luis Pinto for allegedly laundering US$75,000 a day through Salvadoran wire transfer companies since March of 2004. Participants in the scheme, using false identities, wired money from the United States to fictit [...] |
2005-08-24 11:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2364 | SALVADORANS TO BAN ADVERTISING ON CABLE TV [...] (U) Summary: The Telecommunications and Electricity Superintendency (SIGET) is preparing a draft regulation for cable television that would ban advertising. Such a rule change will have a negative impact on the profitability of U.S.-owned AMNET, which dominates the sector. Post are concerned t [...] |
2005-08-24 17:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECPS ECON ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2374 | EL SALVADOR: HOMICIDE RATE RISES TO WARTIME LEVELS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In recent months, El Salvador has experienced a significant increase in homicides, straining law enforcement authorities' ability to make arrests and prosecute those responsible. However, polls indicate that Salvadorans do not perceive the rise in killings as a failure of the S [...] |
2005-08-25 18:08:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV ES PREL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2391 | EL SALVADOR: RETURNING TROOPS RELATE POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Having been relieved by a fifth rotationof troops deployed to Iraq in support of coalition forces, El Salvador's fourth contingent returned to El Salvador August 24-25. Notwithstanding the loss of one of their comrades in a non-combat-related incident, the troops related general [...] |
2005-08-26 20:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES IZ MARR PGOV PREL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2392 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQ CONTINGENT, COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT WITH PRESIDENT SACA [...] (C) Summary: During an August 26 courtesy call on President Saca, the Ambassador praised Saca's commitment to the Iraq effort by sending a fifth Salvadoran contingent, announced that Commerce Secretary Gutierrez would be coming to El Salvador October 21-22, and offered Embassy assistance to the G [...] |
2005-08-26 20:53:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMCA EAID ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2415 | EL SALVADOR COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF SUPPORT BY [...] (C) During an August 29 meeting with Polcouns, GOES Vice-Foreign Minister Eduardo Calix expressed frustration with his Central American counterparts for their unwillingness to confront anti-U.S. positions at the August 25-26 Rio Group Meeting in Bariloche. Calix said that "the usual group" o [...] |
2005-08-29 21:17:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2416 | HAITI ELECTORAL OBSERVATION REQUEST: GOES FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-30 11:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID HA ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2417 | EL SALVADOR: 2005 CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: This cable updates information on last year's child labor report, which otherwise remains valid. As a country eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA), El Salvador has implemented steps to el [...] |
2005-08-30 11:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ES PHUM SOCI |
| 05SANSALVADOR2425 | CHAVEZ SOCIAL CHARTER EVENT (EL SALVADOR) [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-30 21:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM SOCI ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2426 | CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN EL SALVADOR [...] (U) The following is provided in response to Ref. B. Summary ------- 2. (C) El Salvador does not have diplomatic relations with China and instead has ties with Taiwan. As a result, official Salvadoran contact with the Chinese is limited. Trade and investment volumes are very low. However, [...] |
2005-08-30 21:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN PHUM EMIN CH ES ESENV |
| 05SANSALVADOR2429 | SCENESETTER FOR ACTING U/S BEARDSWORTH VISIT TO EL [...] (SBU) Acting Under Secretary Beardsworth, I look forward to your delegation's visit to El Salvador from September 1 to 3 to meet with Salvadoran officials and attend the inaugural graduation of the ILEA. The following background information may be useful for your preparations. ------------ [...] |
2005-08-31 17:08:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ES PGOV PREL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2464 | EL SALVADOR OFFERS SUPPORT IN HURRICANE KATRINA [...] During the Ambassador's and DCM's August 31 meeting with Foreign Minister Lainez, President Saca phoned to express his sympathy and solidarity, and to offer whatever assistance possible to the USG and/or affected states. Saca indicated that he would send letters the following day to President [...] |
2005-09-06 21:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID ES PGOV PREL US HURRICANE KATRINA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2475 | ACTING DHS U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS WITH GOES [...] (C) Summary: On September 2, Acting DHS U/S Beardsworth and Minister of Governance Rene Figueroa met to discuss border and migration issues. The meeting focused on violent (mostly gang members) and non-violent (mostly immigration violators) deportees. GOES officials demanded more background [...] |
2005-09-07 15:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER SOCI KCRM KJUS ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2477 | INL FLASH REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING AUGUST 31, 2005 [...] The cumulative allotments and obligations for FY 2005 INL funds as of the end of August 2005 are provided: Project Cumulative Cumulative Number Project Title Allotments Obligations ------- ------------- ---------- ----------- [...] |
2005-09-07 15:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES INL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2482 | SAN SALVADOR - Request to reprogram FY-05 PD&S Funds [...] INL, San Salvador, requests authorization to reprogram $17,000 to FY-05 Street Gang Violence. 2. If you have any questions, please contact INL Administrative Assistant, Catherine Anstead: commercial line(503)501-2031, IVG 830-2031, or e-mail Ansteadcm@state.gov. 3. Your assistance in thi [...] |
2005-09-07 19:52:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES INL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2488 | GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR REITERATES KATRINA [...] (C) GOES Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez called CDA on September 7 at at President Saca's request. Saca had been informed that Mexican troops had entered the U.S. to participate in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in New Orleans, and he wanted to remind us that Salvadoran troops are ready [...] |
2005-09-08 13:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR CASC EAID ES MARR PGOV PINS PREL US HURRICANE KATRINA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2503 | MEDIA REACTION ON HURRICANE KATRINA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-08 20:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO HURRICANE KATRINA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2504 | EL SALVADOR UN SUMMIT OUTCOME DOCUMENT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Felix Ulloa, MFA Officer in charge of United Nations and Multilateral Organizations. Ulloa stated that he had not yet received a copy of the September 6 draft of the Outcome Document and that the Salvadoran government was concerned by the fact that the do [...] |
2005-09-08 23:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ES UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2507 | EL SALVADOR: SIX MONTHS FROM ELECTIONS, ARENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months away from March 12, 2006 municipal and Legislative Assembly elections and fifteen months into his five-year term, President Saca continues to enjoy high approval ratings unprecedented in El Salvador's postwar history. Recent polls rate Saca highest in infrastructure- [...] |
2005-09-09 15:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL ELECTIONS |
| 05SANSALVADOR2510 | IRAQ: PRESENTATION OF DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-09 15:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ES IZ |
| 05SANSALVADOR2524 | RESPONSE TO NON-PAPER: DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN THE [...] Poloff discussed reftel with Felix Ulloa, Office of Multilateral Affairs on September 12, 2005. Ulloa stated that the GOES would review the information prior to the conference on September 14. Butler [...] |
2005-09-12 19:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECIN PREL ES UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2530 | FY 2005 General Authorization, Final Review [...] Following is Ag San Salvador's General Authorization Final Review funds: 2. General Authorization No. 1-120. - Current Oblig. Requir. Total Surplus(PLUS) - Auth. (Oct-Sept) (4) Deficit (-) - (1) (2) (3) (2&3) (5 [...] |
2005-09-12 22:25:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR AMGT ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2539 | POST'S NOMINATIONS OF POLICE OFFICERS TO ATTEND [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post nominates the following Salvadoran police officers to attend ILEA course Tactical Safety and Survival Seminar at Laguna El Pino, Guatemala, from October 3 to 7, 2005. All officers have the rank of Agent (equivalent to corporal), are members of the Salvadoran Anti-Narcotic [...] |
2005-09-13 18:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES INL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2541 | CAFTA BRINGS HOPE TO SLUGGISH SALVADORAN ECONOMY [...] GDP grew by a lackluster 1.6 percent during the first quarter of 2005. Official data have not been released yet for the second quarter, but a Central Bank indicator based on real production data suggests that the economy continued to perform poorly. High oil prices are taking a toll on economi [...] |
2005-09-13 22:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES CAFTA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2542 | EL SALVADOR: HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSWOMAN ACCUSED OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ombudswoman for Human Rights (PDDH) Beatrice Carrillo stands accused of misspending up to US$26,000 of public funds. Carillo's eccentric history of inept leadership and alleged instances of malfeasance lend credibility to the accusations. There is little hope for improved [...] |
2005-09-13 22:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2549 | FINANCE VICE MINISTER SHARES U.S. VIEW ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-14 20:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN ES UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2572 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS AND [...] SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador's economy continues to be highly dependent on the textile and apparel industry, which represents a substantial portion of total industrial production, exports and employment. The sector, which has been crucial to the government's developmen [...] |
2005-09-16 22:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES CAFTA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2577 | OPIC LOAN TO BAJA SALT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-16 22:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV MX ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2583 | CORRECTED VERSION TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: [...] SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador's economy continues to be highly dependent on the textile and apparel industry, which represents a substantial portion of total industrial production, exports and employment. The sector, which has been crucial to the government's developmen [...] |
2005-09-19 15:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES CAFTA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2627 | MEDIA REACTION - UNGA, SEPTEMBER 11, AND KATRINA [...] "Disappointment at the Summit, Passivity on the Plains" by Joaquin Samayoa in Sept. 21 moderate daily La Prensa Grfica (circ. 110,000). "The UN General Assembly on global poverty produced a lukewarm consensus, expressed in a document that emerged after several months of work to accommodat [...] |
2005-09-22 15:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2635 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in August 2005. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of August 2005. ------- ILEA ------- 2. (U) On September 2, the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) concluded the presentation of its six-week cor [...] |
2005-09-22 20:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS ES INL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2636 | AMBASSADOR, INL DAS FARRAR DISCUSS CRIME AND [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, the Ambassador and INL DAS Jonathan Farrar discussed the relationship between crime and economic development with Vice President Ana Vilma de Escobar. Vice President Escobar outlined the government's efforts to promote investment and economic growth, emphasizin [...] |
2005-09-22 21:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ES KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL INL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2637 | UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-22 21:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SCUL ETRD ES UNESCO |
| 05SANSALVADOR2644 | HOME USE ONLY CD-ROM FOR LES [...] The following information is provided in response to the request made in Para. 7 of reftel: SAN SALVADOR DCM, ECONOFF, FCSO, and IMO ---------------------------------------- Deputy Chief of Mission: Michael Butler Economic Officer: David Krzywda FCSO: Mary Boscia IMO: Dale Rice Complian [...] |
2005-09-23 15:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KVIR AADP ACOA ASEC AMGT OIIP KRIM KPAO ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2659 | DESIRES OUTWEIGH ACTION AT SALVADORAN PORT [...] (U) During econoff's August 30 introductory call with the Economic Counselor, Autonomous Executive Port Commission (CEPA) President Juan Jose Llort Choussy laid out his goals for CEPA infrastructure development. Llort's briefing indicated that there will be a number of potential opportuniti [...] |
2005-09-23 22:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EWWT ENRG ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2679 | EL SALVADOR: THE DECLINING INFLUENCE OF THE ROMAN [...] SUMMARY: In the last 17 years, the Roman Catholic Church has lost 12 percent of its share of the nation's population, falling from 64 to 52 percent, and Catholicism seems to have declined in power since the end of the country's 1980-1992 civil war. The proportion of Salvadorans belonging to [...] |
2005-09-27 20:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PHUM ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2680 | INCENTIVES FOR GOES COOPERATION AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Officials at the highest levels of the Government of El Salvador have, thus far, responded positively (ref. b) to Post demarche on DHS's Secure Border Initiative (SBI), and seem to fully grasp the fact that the USG intends to move very quickly to implement an accelerated deportations prog [...] |
2005-09-27 20:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG ASEC KFRD ES ACCELERATED DEPORTATION |
| 05SANSALVADOR2682 | DEMARCHE URGING SUPPORT FOR SUA NON-PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-27 21:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2689 | REGISTERING A BUSINESS IN EL SALVADOR [...] The World Bank's "Doing Business in 2006" reports that it takes 40 days and about $2,775 to register a limited liability company (corporation) with start-up capital of $23,500 in El Salvador. We believe the process takes 40 days but that the actual cost is only about $775, $2,000 less than t [...] |
2005-09-28 20:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA EINV ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2691 | EL SALVADOR WILL NEGOTIATE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH [...] The September 27 press reported that El Salvador and Taiwan had agreed at the September 26 Managua summit of Central America, Taiwan and the Dominican Republic to negotiate a free trade agreement. President Saca made the announcement that the two countries would begin talks very soon followin [...] |
2005-09-28 22:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES ETRD PREL TW |
| 05SANSALVADOR2692 | AVIAN FLU PARTNERSHIP NOT A PRIORITY FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-28 22:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI ES WHO |
| 05SANSALVADOR2727 | INL FLASH REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, [...] The cumulative allotments and obligations for FY 2005 INL funds as of the end of September 2005 are provided: Project Cumulative Cumulative Number Project Title Allotments Obligations ------- ------------- ---------- --------- [...] |
2005-10-04 17:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES INL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2734 | DISASTER DECLARATION FOR VOLCANIC ERUPTION AND [...] EL SALVADOR IS SIMULTANEOUSLY EXPERIENCING TWO NATURAL DISASTER EVENTS. THE SANTA ANA VOLCANO WHICH HAS BEEN SEISMICALLY ACTIVE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS ERUPTED ON SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER 1, 2005 SPEWING TONS OF SULFURIC GAS EMISSIONS AND ROCK INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN [...] |
2005-10-04 21:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2759 | MEDIA REACTION - U/S HUGHES AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-06 22:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO |
| 05SANSALVADOR2763 | ICJ ELECTIONS - DEMARCHE DELIVERED (EL SALVADOR) [...] On October 6, POLOFF delivered REFTEL to Mauricio Ruiz, Candadacies Officer of the MFA. Ruiz stated that they would review the information and inform us of their decision prior to the election. Butler [...] |
2005-10-07 16:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES UNSC UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2764 | HEALTH AND EDUCATION SPENDING UP IN EL SALVADOR'S [...] On September 29, Minister of Finance Guillermo Lopez Suarez submitted the government's $3.3 billion budget proposal for 2006, an 11.6 percent increase over the budget approved for 2005. The Ministry of Education would see funding increase by 5.6 percent, while the Ministry of Health would re [...] |
2005-10-07 16:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV KTDB ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2771 | GOES, EMBASSY HOLD FIRST DEPORTATION WORKING GROUP [...] (C) On October 6, the joint Embassy-GOES Working Group on Accelerated Deportations held its first meeting at the Ministry of Government (Gobernacion). The GOES delegation was headed by Vice-Government Minister Rodrigo Avila, and included MinGob Executive officer (and former Migration Directo [...] |
2005-10-07 20:57:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG ASEC ES ACCELERATED DEPORTATION |
| 05SANSALVADOR2778 | MEDIA REACTION: ZOELLICK IN NICARAGUA, IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-11 18:54:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ETRD ES KPAO USTR |
| 05SANSALVADOR2793 | GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS VIDEO FOCUSES GOES ATTENTION [...] (U) On October 12, Economic Counselor and Agricultural Specialist showed ref a video to representatives of the trade policy offices of the Ministries of Agriculture and Economy, of the National Registry Center (CNR), and of the National Science and Technology Committee (CONACYT). Embassy staf [...] |
2005-10-12 22:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD KIPR ES WTO |
| 05SANSALVADOR2795 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in September 2005. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of September 2005. ------- ILEA ------- 2. (U) On September 20, Ambassador Barclay and Governance Minister Figueroa signed a bilateral agreement to estab [...] |
2005-10-13 16:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS ES INL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2796 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER (TFCO) AND ACTION PLAN [...] Post is pleased to provide the following information, keyed to Ref. A requests, on coordination of efforts to combat terrorism financing: a. TFCO: Jessica Webster, Economic Counselor, 503-2501-2050, websterjm@state.gov; b. Deputy TFCO: David Krzywda, Economic Officer, 503-2501-2050, krzyw [...] |
2005-10-13 16:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2818 | MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR BARCLAY TO SECRETARY [...] (U) I am looking forward to your visit to El Salvador. Your pivotal role in securing U.S. Congressional approval of CAFTA-DR gives your visit a special significance; the Embassy and the Government of El Salvador also recognize that your making Central America the destination of your first overs [...] |
2005-10-17 13:25:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PREL OVIP ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2853 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOES FOMIN LAINEZ ON [...] (C) During a 45 minute conversation with Ambassador on October 18, Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez (strictly protect) recounted his efforts to avert approval of an Ibero-American Summit resolution calling for an end of the U.S. "blockade" against Cuba. Lainez, who had just return [...] |
2005-10-19 15:57:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2857 | LETTERS ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] Post delivered ref A letter to the office of the Minister of Economy on October 17. A key aide to the Minister agreed to inform the Minister of Secretary Gutierrez' letter as the Minister was in Guatemala to attend events related to the Secretary's visit to the region. Post also delivered re [...] |
2005-10-19 16:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ES PREL SCUL UNESCO |
| 05SANSALVADOR2873 | COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ MEETS WITH CENTAM [...] (U) Summary: On October 20, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez met with Presidents Saca (El Salvador), Bolanos (Nicaragua), Berger (Guatemala), and Maduro (Honduras) to review CAFTA-DR implementation. The Secretary expressed the USG's full commitment to CAFTA as a model for political and [...] |
2005-10-20 21:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL ES CAFTA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2875 | SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' BILATERAL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SACA [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez began his October 20-21 visit to El Salvador with a friendly but businesslike meeting with President Elias Antonio ("Tony") Saca. Saca reaffirmed El Salvador's commitment to CAFTA and to its relationship with the United States, thanking Preside [...] |
2005-10-20 22:57:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD OVIP PREL EPET ECIN ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2878 | EL SALVADOR'S NOMINATIONS TO ATTEND ILEA CRIME SCENE MANAGEMENT TRAINING FROM NOV 14 TO 18, 2005 [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post nominates the following Salvadoran police officers to attend ILEA course Crime Scene Management and Kidnapping in El Salvador from November 14 to 18, 2005. All nominated officers were born in El Salvador. SubInp. XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 2/15/1972 POB: La Libertad SubInp. XXX [...] |
2005-10-21 20:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS ES KTLA INL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2904 | SECOND DEPORTATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 21, the joint Embassy-GOES Deportations Working Group met to review issues to be raised by a GOES delegation traveling to Washington to discuss accelerated deportations the week of October 24. The delegation will consist of Governance Vice-Minister Rodrigo Avila, Vice [...] |
2005-10-25 15:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREF PREL PTER KCRM KJUS ES ACCELERATED DEPORTATION |
| 05SANSALVADOR2913 | AMBASSADOR SEEKS SALVADORAN SUPPORT FOR USG SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez on October 24 to enlist Salvadoran support for concluding an acceptable draft Declaration and Plan of Action for the Summit of the Americas. Ambassador also expressed disappointment over El Salvador's support for the Salaman [...] |
2005-10-26 14:55:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV KSUM CU ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2925 | WCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED, GOES CUSTOMS LOOKING TO [...] (U) Summary. Econoff met with Hector Gustavo Villatoro, Director General of Customs to deliver the demarche on Implementing the World Customs Organization (WCO) Framework of Standards. Villatoro confirmed he will sign the WCO Letter of Intent, but did not commit to a date. Villatoro also r [...] |
2005-10-26 22:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2929 | ARENA'S SAN SALVADOR MAYORAL CANDIDATE LEADS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With little more than four months to go until the March 2006 municipal and Legislative Assembly elections, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party is making a serious effort at regaining the San Salvador mayoralty, held by the left for nearly a decade. A San Salvador [...] |
2005-10-27 19:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL ELECTIONS |
| 05SANSALVADOR2930 | EL SALVADOR'S COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, A WEAK [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador's supreme audit institution is the Comptroller,s Office (Corte de Cuentas). It is a nominally-independent body charged with reviewing fiscal spending by the public sector, and has been at the center of recent political scandals. The National Conciliation Party (PCN [...] |
2005-10-27 20:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2940 | EL SALVADOR: GOVERNMENT MOVES TOWARD RATIFYING ILO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Longstanding international pressure on El Salvador to ratify International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions 87 (freedom of association and protection of right to organize) and 98 (right to organize and collective bargaining) appears to have borne fruit; on October 25 Preside [...] |
2005-10-28 22:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ES ETRD PGOV PREL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2942 | Anti-Gang Cooperation Generates Multiple Benefits [...] SUMMARY: Post persuaded two Salvadoran government organs with a limited history of mutual coordination, the National Civil Police (PNC) and the National Civil Registry (RNPN,) to cooperate on biometrics collection during a five- nation law enforcement operation against members of the Salvado [...] |
2005-10-28 23:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHLS CVIS PINS KFRD ES GANGS |
| 05SANSALVADOR2951 | 2005 El Salvador CBI Report for USTR [...] In response to reftel, please see the following Embassy El Salvador report for USTR on El Salvador's compliance with requirements under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. ----------------------------- Commitment to WTO Obligations ----------------------------- 2. El Salvador has committed [...] |
2005-10-31 17:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2958 | SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Visiting Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez met with his Salvadoran counterpart, Minister of Economy Yolanda Mayora de Gavidia, for a brief bilateral meeting on October 21. The bulk of the meeting was taken up with the Minister's presentation on GOES implementation of CAFTA-DR and i [...] |
2005-11-01 16:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR OVIP PREL ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2959 | INL FLASH REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 30, 2005 [...] The cumulative allotments and obligations for FY 2006 INL funds as of the end of October 2005 are provided: Project Cumulative Cumulative Number Project Title Allotments Obligations ------- ------------- ---------- ----------- [...] |
2005-11-01 16:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES INL |
| 05SANSALVADOR2964 | AMBASSADOR RAISES SUMMIT, ETHICS DECREE, FDR [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, the Ambassador met with President Saca to review GOES support at the upcoming Summit of the Americas, the controversy regarding certification of the moderate left FDR Party, rumors of a new government ethics decree, and Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez recent visit [...] |
2005-11-01 18:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KSUM KCOR EINV ETRD ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2972 | ICJ ELECTIONS - DEMARCHE DELIVERED (EL SALVADOR) [...] On October 6, POLOFF delivered REFTEL to Mauricio Ruiz, Candidacies Officer of the MFA. Ruiz stated that they would review the information and inform us of their decision prior to the election. Barclay [...] |
2005-11-01 20:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES UNSC UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR2978 | SALVADOR HOMICIDE RATE CONTINUES OUT OF CONTROL [...] (U) Local San Salvador press reported on November 1 that the National Police(PNC) recorded 335 homicides in the month of October 2005. Thus far during the calendar year, 3,115 individuals have been murdered in El Salvador, as violent deaths have increased by thirty-nine percent over 2004. Alt [...] |
2005-11-01 22:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2979 | DEMARCHE -IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM [...] On November 1, Polcouns and poloff delivered talking points (reftel) condemning Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's call for the destruction of Israel to Amb. Mario Rivera Mora, GOES Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Affairs Director. Poloff further asked Rivera to have the GOES consider [...] |
2005-11-01 23:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM IR ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR2980 | IRAQ: REPORTING INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO THE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-01 23:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3002 | MEDIA REACTION, OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 3: Millennium [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-04 19:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT |
| 05SANSALVADOR3013 | EL SALVADOR: RESULTS OF MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETING [...] (U) On November 4, 2005, Post convened a meeting of the Salvadoran Mini-Dublin Group (MDG). In attendance were representatives from the Embassies of Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy. The following provides information requested in Reftel and a summary of MDG bilateral, counte [...] |
2005-11-07 22:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES PINR PINS PREL KCRM INL |
| 05SANSALVADOR3023 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-08 17:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ES UNHRC |
| 05SANSALVADOR3034 | SALVADORAN FOMIN DEBRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON SUMMIT [...] (C) On November 7, Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez (protect) briefed the Ambassador on events surrounding the Mar del Plata summit. According to Lainez, the Argentine government was prejudiced against the U.S. from the outset, and proof positive was that the GOA allowed Hugo Chave [...] |
2005-11-08 22:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KSUM ES UNSC UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR3045 | BLUE LANTERN 05-973965 [...] On November 1, 2005, Econoff visited the business office and a retail outlet of Tiros Cobra-CA, S.A. de C.V. (Tiros), the subject of Ref. A pre-license end-use check. He met with Yanira Elizabeth de Melara, who in function appears to be the general manager but introduced herself as the owner' [...] |
2005-11-09 15:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3125 | MEDIA REACTION: MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT [...] Reactions were enthusiastic to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) selection of El Salvador and Namibia as the two lower-middle income countries who are eligible to submit proposals for possible MCA funding. Press coverage of the decision was ample, mostly accurate, and included the e [...] |
2005-11-10 18:52:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT |
| 05SANSALVADOR3214 | MEDIA REACTION: MILLENNIUM ACCOUNT / ICANN [...] Millennium Challenge Account "Namibia and El Salvador," op-ed in moderate "La Prensa Grfica "(circ. 100,000) on Sunday, November 13, by columnist and National Development Commission member Sandra de Barraza: "Namibia is now getting national attention because we will be competing against [...] |
2005-11-14 22:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT |
| 05SANSALVADOR3215 | EL SALVADOR: FDR LOSES BATTLE FOR OFFICIAL STATUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, El Salvador's Supreme Electoral Council (TSE) threw out some 12,000 invalid signatures out of approximately 49,000 total signatures obtained by the moderate FMLN splinter group Revolutionary Democratic Front (FDR) in its efforts to obtain legal recognition as a pa [...] |
2005-11-14 23:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL KCOR ELECTIONS |
| 05SANSALVADOR3222 | SAN SALVADOR'S CLO REPORT FOR THE PERIOD OF [...] Co-CLO Coordinator Monique Reyes FP-6 and other Co-CLO position is currently vacant recruitment is in process; 25 hours per week each. 2. Additional staff: Part-time CLO Assistant Milagros Root FP-9, 20 hours per week. 3. Post Profile A. Agencies served: State (Public Diplomacy, H [...] |
2005-11-15 19:25:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLO AMGT ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3224 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN [...] (U) On November 9, 2005, PolOff delivered Reftel talking points to Jorge Santibanez, Director of Migration. Santibanez acknowledged the diffencies, and expressed a real desire to address them. He also noted that his government lacked the financial and manpower resources to fully implement all [...] |
2005-11-15 20:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3225 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - NO SAFE HAVEN FOR ALEMAN (EL [...] (C) On November 9, 2005, PolOff delivered unclassified Reftel talking points to Jorge Santibanez, GOES Director of Migration. Santibanez relayed that the Minister of Governance would have to declare Aleman and his family members as persona non grata in order to deny the Aleman family physical [...] |
2005-11-15 20:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM ES SAFE HEAVEN |
| 05SANSALVADOR3229 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOES FOMIN ON SUMMIT, [...] (C) On November 14, the Ambassador met with Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez (strictly protect) at the Ambassador's request to discuss Summit of the Americas issues and Salvadoran domestic politics, inter alia. Regarding the Mar del Plata Summit, Lainez said that Saca had been very [...] |
2005-11-15 22:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EINV ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3283 | SECURING US BORDERS AGAINST SALVADORAN GANGS: [...] SUMMARY: Travel to the United States is now more difficult for members of Salvadoran-based gangs. Since June 2005, when the Departments of State and Homeland Security agreed that INA 212(a)(3)(A)(ii) renders members of Salvadoran street gangs ineligible for a visa, Post successfully used th [...] |
2005-11-22 19:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD PREL SNAR PTER KCRM SOCI KHLS PINS ES GANGS |
| 05SANSALVADOR3285 | DRAFT 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's submission for the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report. 2. Begin Text. EL SALVADOR TRADE SUMMARY [Note: This section to be prepared in Washington. End note.] IMPORT POLICIES Free Trade Agreement The United States concluded free [...] |
2005-11-22 22:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN ES CAFTA |
| 05SANSALVADOR3298 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S HUGHES, VISIT TO EL SALVADOR, [...] Embassy San Salvador extends a warm welcome to you and your party on December 6, 2005. We expect your visit will underscore the U.S. commitment to the people of El Salvador in assisting their recovery from Hurricane Stan and the eruption of the Santa Ana volcano in early October. Combined, the [...] |
2005-11-23 21:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO EAID PREL ECON ES OVIP |
| 05SANSALVADOR3396 | EXPEDITED DEPORTATIONS MAY NOT INITIALLY DISSUADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Expedited deportations may not initially dissuade illegal immigration from El Salvador. Approximately half of all illegal entry attempts are successful, which provides sufficient incentive for Salvadorans to make attempts and reattempts. In addition, many Salvadorans must secur [...] |
2005-12-02 19:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL KCRM PINS SOCI ES ACCELERATED DEPORTATION |
| 05SANSALVADOR3422 | EL SALVADOR: TERRORISM: TRACKING EXPANSION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-07 16:54:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PREL ANET ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3431 | 2005 INFLUENCE ANALYSIS: EL SALVADOR [...] SUMMARY: Given its relatively small size (6.7 million people in an area smaller than New Jersey), El Salvador has a relatively rich media environment and a fairly well- defined number of "players" jockeying for power and influence. Though their combined circulation is scarcely 300,000, newspa [...] |
2005-12-07 22:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP PREL ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3433 | INFORMATION ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Post, through USAID and the Regional Medical Officer (RMO), is coordinating with Salvadoran authorities to support local efforts to control avian influenza and assess their capability to respond to an influenza pandemic. Responses to Ref. A questions are included in paragraph 2; they are based [...] |
2005-12-08 15:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL ES AVIAN FLU |
| 05SANSALVADOR3439 | CAFTA-DR ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (C) I think it is critical that El Salvador's successful efforts to meet CAFTA-DR requirements be recognized by entry-into-force of the agreement on January 1. Observing this deadline will acknowledge the efforts of the Saca Government (as well as neighboring governments who cross the finish [...] |
2005-12-08 19:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES ETRD PREL CAFTA |
| 05SANSALVADOR3458 | EL SALVADOR: PRESIDENT SACA PUSHES FOR JANUARY 1 [...] (U) During a December 9 conversation with the DCM, President Saca reiterated El Salvador,s strong support for January 1 entry into force of CAFTA, even if El Salvador is the only country to qualify on that date. Saca promised that El Salvador would have all measures in place by the end of the [...] |
2005-12-09 22:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ES CAFTA |
| 05SANSALVADOR3459 | FY-2006 Consular Package Narrative for San [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-09 22:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CASC KFRD AFSI ASIG ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3475 | EL SALVADOR: PLENARY SUPPORT FOR RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-14 17:28:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ES UNGA |
| 05SANSALVADOR3479 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in November 2005. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of November 2005. ------- ILEA ------- 2. (U) From November 14 to 18, FBI instructors taught Crime Scene Management techniques to 12 police officers each [...] |
2005-12-15 13:40:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS ES INL |
| 05SANSALVADOR3480 | EL SALVADOR: 2005 TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-15 13:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN AA KHLS KPAO ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3490 | EL SALVADOR: FIRST DRAFT OF 2006 INCSR PART II [...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Post's first draft of the 2006 INCSR Part II. Year-end statistics for CY-05 are not yet available. Post will add these statistics in January 2006 and retransmit this report. Text follows. 2. (U) El Salvador Located on the Pacific coast of the Central Am [...] |
2005-12-15 19:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER KJUS ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3491 | EL SALVADOR: FIRST DRAFT OF 2006 INCSR PART I [...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Post's first draft of the 2006 INCSR Part I. Year-end statistics for CY-2005 are not yet available. Post will add these statistics in January 2006 and retransmit this report. Text follows. 2. (U) El Salvador I. Summary El Salvador is a transit count [...] |
2005-12-15 19:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PINR PINS PREL KCRM KJUS ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3505 | EL SALVADOR: THREE MONTHS FROM ELECTION, ARENA'S [...] (SBU) Leading daily La Prensa Grafica publicized a CID-Gallup poll taken November 30-December 5 that involved 1,212 interviews nationwide. President Saca's approval rating remained at 72 percent overall, tying his rating of August, and scarcely lower than the 74 percent approval recorded at [...] |
2005-12-16 20:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ES ELECTIONS |
| 05SANSALVADOR3507 | AFTER THE DELUGE: THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE STAN AND ILAMATEPEC VOLCANO ERUPTION [...] SUMMARY: El Salvador's geography and geology make it vulnerable to natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanoes. During October, the nation suffered a volcanic eruption, hurricane-induced flooding and mudslides, and an earthquake, although the latter caused little if any [...] |
2005-12-16 21:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3508 | OPIC REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON MICROFINANCING [...] The microfinancing sector has grown significantly in recent years in El Salvador, and its expansion has helped satisfy micro entrepreneurs' demand for credit. In El Salvador, the traditional banking sector typically lends only under strict conditions, thereby excluding many potentially good [...] |
2005-12-16 21:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3517 | EL SALVADOR: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with Multilateral Affairs Officer Felix Ulloa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 13 regarding reftel a. Ulloa stated that, although the GOES continues to support the coalition in Iraq and supports the election process, the GOES is not planning on making any pub [...] |
2005-12-19 18:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3537 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN FORCES PARTICIPATING IN TRAINING [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates: Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX Date of Birth: 11 February 1959 Place of Birth: San Salvador 3. Post has reviewed avail [...] |
2005-12-21 17:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3539 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date and place of birth for your reference. All individuals are male. X [...] |
2005-12-21 18:55:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3544 | APPEALS COURT AWARDS FORMER MCDONALD'S FRANCHISEE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an unexpected twist in McDonald's ten-year legal battle with former franchisee Servipronto, the Second Court of Appeals ruled on December 7, 2005, that the U.S. fast-food giant had illegally terminated its franchising agreement with Servipronto on July 1, 1996, and therefore [...] |
2005-12-21 20:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PGOV ECON ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3554 | EVALUATION - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) WORKSHOP [...] ELISSA STEGLICH IS THE MANAGING ATTORNEY AT THE MIDWEST IMMIGRANT AND HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER IN CHICAGO. SHE PROVIDES DIRECT REPRESENTATION TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. MS. STEGLICH CONDUCTED A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP ON "HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY: AN EFFECTIVE RESPO [...] |
2005-12-22 19:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KOCI KWMN ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3560 | MESSAGE FOR COALITION PARTNERS ON FORCE ADJUSTMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-22 22:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ ES |
| 05SANSALVADOR3567 | CODEL BLUNT URGES PRESIDENT SACA TO RESOLVE [...] Summary: In a positive December 20 meeting with President Saca, a congressional delegation headed by Acting Majority Leader Roy Blunt (R-MO) acknowledged the efforts of the Salvadoran government in getting ready for CAFTA-DR implementation by January 1, and urged the President to resolve ou [...] |
2005-12-23 20:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL ETRD ECON ES CAFTA |
| 06BAGHDAD1181 | COALITION PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ PRTS [...] (U) Please see para 4 for an ACTION REQUEST. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Five of the eight planned U.S.-led Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) have been staffed and have received initial training: three are fully operational, one is at initial operational capability (IOC) and expected to achieve [...] |
2006-04-11 17:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL IZ AS JA PL KS ES MD LO MK |
| 06LIMA1177 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR TREASURY ADVISOR [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Treasury Advisor Joseph Bognanno for the period of March 27, 2006 through March 29, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to provide technical assistance and assesment of the Financial Intelligence Unit's IT systems. Per Reftel [...] |
2006-03-24 17:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EFIN OTRA AR ES PE |
| 06MANAGUA1411 | MONTEALEGRE WARNS A/S SHANNON, "LEWITES IS [...] (C) Summary: ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre warned A/S Shannon, Ambassador and others at a June 27 breakfast that MRS candidate Herty Lewites is corrupt, surrounded by unreformed Sandinistas, and likely to siphon votes from Montealegre. Montealegre and his advisors further dis [...] |
2006-06-29 11:11:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU ES |
| 06PANAMA1099 | PANAMA: MFA VICE MINISTER "DOUBTFUL" ON CUBAN AND [...] (SBU) Pol Counselor delivered reftel talking points to MFA Deputy Ricardo Duran. Duran told Pol Counselor he was doubtful that Panama would accept migrants from Guantanamo but he would check with MFA for a final answer. Comment: Duran's answer is a diplomatic "no." In recent years, Panama h [...] |
2006-06-07 20:46:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF CU ES GT NU PA PM SMIG UY |
| 06SANJOSE1299 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CAROLINE BREARLEY AND LARRY [...] Embassy San Jose is pleased to grant country clearance to Caroline Brearley and Larry Brady, USAID Mission in San Salvador, Officials to travel to Costa Rica O/A 06/27- 28/2006. Purpose of the visit: is to iIntroduce the Rregional tTrade pProgram to the U.S. Embassy and to counterparts in th [...] |
2006-06-13 16:34:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA EAID ES CS |
| 06SANJOSE58 | COSTA RICA'S RESPONSE ON THE JANUARY 9 MEETING ON [...] (C) Foreign Minister Tovar told us he would not sign a Mexican-authored communique on U.S. immigration proposals merely as a gesture of solidarity, especially if the document is "confrontational." End Summary. Costa Ricans Have Their Own Immigration Problems ------------------------------- [...] |
2006-01-09 21:37:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG ECON ES NU HO EC DR CO GT CS |
| 06SANSALVADOR1012 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in March 2006. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of March 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) From March 20 to 22, two Congressional staffers from the House International Relations Committee visited Post in or [...] |
2006-04-19 21:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PINR SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1013 | EL SALVADOR: HERMOSA MANUFACTURING CASE REMAINS [...] This is an action request; see para. 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Hermosa Manufacturing Co., a Salvadoran owned and operated apparel manufacturer, ceased operations in May 2005, leaving more than 250 workers jobless and liabilities of USD 825,000 in outstanding wages, severance payments, and unp [...] |
2006-04-20 13:55:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ES ETRD PGOV |
| 06SANSALVADOR1014 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, Date of Birth: 20 Oct 1977, Place of Birth: Chalatenango, Male. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has not [...] |
2006-04-20 13:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1021 | 2005 SUA PROTOCOLS SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION(EL [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On April 18, Poloff spoke to the Director of Legal Affairs for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Elizabeth Villalta, regarding the signature and ratification of the 2005 protocols to the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) conventi [...] |
2006-04-20 17:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1027 | EL SALVADOR FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (C) During a long conversation at his residence the evening of April 19, GOES Finance Minister Guillermo Lopez Suarez (strictly protect throughout) confirmed to Polcouns that he had, indeed, resigned his post, effective May 1. Lopez Suarez recounted how, on April 7, he had gone to see Preside [...] |
2006-04-20 19:48:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ES ECON EFIN |
| 06SANSALVADOR103 | TACA AIRLINES FINDS HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN THE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (U) Summary: The Supreme Court of El Salvador has ruled that the Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) of El Salvador violated the constitutional rights of TACA International Airlines S.A. (TACA) in allowing Compania Panamena [...] |
2006-01-12 21:52:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1047 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidate. Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 15 Nov 1968 POB: San Salvador Male 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above [...] |
2006-04-21 19:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1048 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidate. NAME: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 26 Oct 1964 POB: San Salvador Male 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the ab [...] |
2006-04-21 19:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1049 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 20 May 1961 POB: Usulutan Male Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 21 Jul 1964 POB: La Union Male N [...] |
2006-04-21 19:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1080 | TOPICS REGARDING PRESIDENT ELIAS ANTONIO SACA (EL SALVADOR) [...] (S/NF) This cable is a response to the questions posed in reftel. 2. (C) How does Saca react to disappointments? Can he deal with them internally, or does he lash out at others? How does Saca rationalize his own failures or those of his subordinates? Does he tolerate mistakes? Saca [...] |
2006-04-25 19:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1085 | SALVADORAN APPOINTED WORLD BANK MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] On April 21, 2006, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz named Salvadoran Juan Jose Daboub as a Managing Director of the World Bank. Daboub was one of ex-President Flores' most trusted advisors, and he served as Chief of Staff and Minister of Finance during Flores' term from 1999-2004. He is [...] |
2006-04-25 21:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IBRD PINR ECON EAID EFIN ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1088 | NEEDED CENTRAL BANK RESTRUCTURING NOT FORTHCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary. El Salvador adopted the dollar as legal tender in 2001, but the Central Bank still maintains institutional vestiges of a monetary authority, issuing short-term and long-term debt and keeping on its balance sheet more than $700 million in government debt. Completing the institu [...] |
2006-04-26 15:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR109 | SACA TO ANNOUNCE 6TH CONTINGENT TO IRAQ; EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saca will inform the President January 13 that El Salvador will send a sixth contingent of troops to Iraq. The formal public announcement will come in early February. Saca told the Ambassador January 12 that he is concerned about two issues going into March 12 elections [...] |
2006-01-13 15:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECIN SMIG ES HO IZ |
| 06SANSALVADOR1090 | MDA - DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADORS MEETING IN GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-26 20:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREL PREF ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1094 | DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-26 21:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ES VE |
| 06SANSALVADOR1118 | SALVADORAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES WITNESS [...] (C) Summary: On April 26, the Salvadoran National Assembly finally passed a Witness and Victims Protection Law after more than a year of lobbying by the Embassy. The vote was 57-0, with 27 FMLN abstentions. The government's ARENA Party and the other right-of-center parties, as well as the mod [...] |
2006-04-27 20:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SNAR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1131 | SACA'S ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM AFTER ONE YEAR [...] Summary. Torola, a small town on the border with Honduras, is the poorest municipality in El Salvador, but also the first to receive targeted assistance from the Salvadoran Government under Saca's anti-poverty program "Red Solidaria." At least for the next few years that the program continu [...] |
2006-04-28 16:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1152 | SACA NAMES TACA VETERAN FINANCE MINISTER [...] (U) On April 23, President Saca named William J. Handal Minister of Finance, to replace Gullermo Lopez Suarez effective May 1. Handal is from the Department of Usulutan, the home of President Saca. Handal graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University with a Bachelor,s Degree in Economics [...] |
2006-05-02 15:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR116 | NO GOOD OPTIONS ON CAFTA FOR EL SALVADOR: [...] (C) Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez and Minister of Economy Yolanda de Gavidia met the Ambassador in the evening of January 12 to continue the discussion of CAFTA implementation, in anticipation of a January 13 morning call from President Bush to President Saca. De Gavidia repeated that th [...] |
2006-01-13 21:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ES CAFTA |
| 06SANSALVADOR1166 | EL SALVADOR PASSES HISTORIC GOVERNMENT ETHICS LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: El Salvador's departing Legislative Assembly on April 25 unanimously approved a comprehensive and robust ethics law to oversee conduct of public sector employees across all branches of government, following an often-frustrating five-year Embassy effort to institute such legislat [...] |
2006-05-03 19:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ES PGOV KCOR |
| 06SANSALVADOR1177 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDATES (EL SALVADOR) [...] (U) Per reftel A instructions, diplomatic note from Secretary Rice to Foreign Minister Lainez was delivered to SIPDIS the GOES Foreign Ministry on April 24. 2. (C) On April 28, poloff discussed reftels with Mario Rivera, Multilateral Affairs Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...] |
2006-05-04 14:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1181 | SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT UNVEILS TIP VICTIMS SHELTER [...] (U) On the margins of the Regional Migration Conference being hosted by the Government of El Salvador (GOES), Minister of Governance Rene Figueroa announced at a May 3 press conference the unveiling of a GOES shelter for trafficking in persons victims. Figueroa stated that the shelter openin [...] |
2006-05-04 21:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG ES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS |
| 06SANSALVADOR1193 | EL SALVADOR: LAST-MINUTE PASSAGE OF KEY LAWS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In its final days in office prior to its May 1 replacement by newly-elected deputies, El Salvador's outgoing Legislative Assembly approved a number of significant constitutional reforms and other legislative measures, including a witness protection law. However, under Article 2 [...] |
2006-05-05 20:53:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR1194 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF IRAN (EL [...] (C) On May 4, poloff spoke again with Mario Rivera, Multilateral Affairs Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rivera stated that El Salvador was continuing to evaluate candidate countries, but assured poloff that the GOES was in opposition to the candidacy of Iran and other countrie [...] |
2006-05-05 20:55:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM PREL ES IR |
| 06SANSALVADOR1195 | EL SALVADOR: LETTER REGARDING HUMAN RIGHTS FROM [...] (C) On May 4, 2006, poloff met with Mario Rivera, Multilateral Affairs Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, Rivera showed poloff a letter that the GOES had received from the North Korean Embassy in Mexico City requesting that the GOES oppose any motion regarding [...] |
2006-05-05 20:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ES KN |
| 06SANSALVADOR1214 | RELATIVE OF AMERICAN AIRLINES EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE [...] (U) According to an April 28 story in Salvadoran daily "El Mundo," the Salvadoran National Police is investigating a munitions cache found in a piece of luggage inspected and seized at Comalapa International Airport. Salvadoran National Police (PNC) Director Rodrigo Avila was quoted as sayin [...] |
2006-05-09 19:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM EAIR PTER SMIG ETTC ASEC ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1224 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX San Salvador 24 Aug 1960 Male XXXXXXXXXXXX San Salvador 26 Apr 1962 Female XXXXXXXXXXXX San Salvador [...] |
2006-05-10 13:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1225 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE [...] According to the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) website, the UNHCR no longer maintains a full office in El Salvador, but has a representative to assist in the processing of refugees. The Political Section contacts the UNHCR representative, Desiree Massier, annually for [...] |
2006-05-10 13:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES PHUM PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR1228 | EL SALVADOR'S NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] (U) Summary: As one of their final acts before conclusion of the Legislative Assembly session, the 2003-2006 Assembly on April 30 elected five new members to the Supreme Court (CSJ). The new justices appear ready to confront the problems of the judicial system and undertake needed reforms. [...] |
2006-05-10 15:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1233 | EL SALVADOR CONSIDERS MOVING TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS [...] Summary. The GOES is considering implementing a daylight savings time change, advancing clocks by one hour during the summer. El Salvador's neighbors and trading partners, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua have already implemented the measure in order to reduce energy consumption in the face [...] |
2006-05-10 20:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1260 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in April 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) From April 4 to 6, the PNC hosted the second annual regional gang conference attended by representatives from Mexico, Central America, and the United States. The conference provided a forum to [...] |
2006-05-12 15:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR PINS PREL SNAR KCRM KIPR KJUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1275 | WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE (EL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-12 19:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC TBIO ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1276 | WOMEN IN SALVADORAN POLITICS: SLOW BUT STEADY [...] SUMMARY: Although in the wake of March elections, El Salvador now slightly outpaces the United States in its percentage of women legislators, it still lags behind several countries in the region in terms of the number of women elected to political office. Salvadoran women are also less like [...] |
2006-05-12 19:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR1278 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, Date of Birth - 20 July 1953, Place of Birth - Cojutepeque, Male. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individua [...] |
2006-05-12 19:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1297 | EL SALVADOR: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-16 14:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL PHSA KNNP ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1312 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX 28 Jul 1968 San Miguel Male Resource Management Course Start Date: 22 May 2006 XXXXXXXXXXXX 13 Jun 1965 [...] |
2006-05-17 13:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1352 | REDUCING THE MURDER RATE COMPLICATED BY POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The citizens of El Salvador are outraged by numerous murders occurring daily in this country. Police Director Avila is trying to professionalize his police force, but he lacks sufficient manpower and equipment. Yesterday, President Saca announced that his administration will seek [...] |
2006-05-23 15:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS ES ASEC |
| 06SANSALVADOR1373 | SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS U.S. ITU CANDIDATES [...] Post received a letter (text paragraph 2) from the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 16, 2006 informing us they will support the U.S. candidates for the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council and the Radio Communications Regulation Board for the period 2006- 2010 i [...] |
2006-05-24 21:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ITU ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR138 | POST SUPPORTS GOES REQUEST FOR DHS ASSISTANCE RE [...] (C) On September 2, 2005, DHS Acting U/S Randy Beardsworth visited El Salvador to discuss the mechanics of the Secure Borders Initiative (SBI) with Salvadoran officials. During these discussions, U/S Beardsworth noted that SBI required the GOES to issue travel documents for deportable Salvad [...] |
2006-01-18 17:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER KCRM ES GANGS ACCELERATED DEPORTATION |
| 06SANSALVADOR1388 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM [...] Poloff on May 25 delivered reftel demarche talking points on UN reform and the May 27-30 NAM Ministerial to MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Mario Rivera, who offered assurances that he would personally see to its further distribution to all relevant MFA officers and offices, and to El Sa [...] |
2006-05-26 17:46:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC ES PGOV PREL UNGA |
| 06SANSALVADOR1403 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, San Salvador, 17 Nov 1966, Male. Major XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves with the Military Doctrine Command Unit. 3. Post has reviewed available hu [...] |
2006-05-30 16:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1404 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. All candidates are male and serve with the Ilopango Air Force Unit. XXXXXXXXXXXX San Vicente 08 JUL 1975 XXXXXXXXXXXX C [...] |
2006-05-30 16:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1413 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights record of XXXXXXXXXXXX March, 23 JUL 1964, San Salvador, Male. Major XXXXXXXXXXXX is a member of the Second Air Force Brigade. 3. Post has reviewed available human righ [...] |
2006-05-30 19:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1414 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX Chalatenango 28 Aug 1962 Male Military Police Unit XXXXXXXXXXXX San Miguel 09 Nov 1962 Male 3rd Infantr [...] |
2006-05-30 19:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1415 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX Rank: Major Ministry of Defense Office Chalatenango 07 May 1969 Male XXXXXXXXXXXX Rank: Major Military D [...] |
2006-05-30 19:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR142 | INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE AECA SECTION 3 VIOLATION [...] (S) Summary. Salvadoran Minister of Defense Otto Romero told Charge on December 2, 2005, that the arms seized in Honduras in April 2005 were likely lost by the Salvadoran Armed Forces (ESAF) to guerrillas of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation front (FMLN) during El Salvador's 1980-1992 ci [...] |
2006-01-19 14:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | ETTC KOMC ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1430 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE REGARDING U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Ambassador and Acting DCM met with President Saca, Foreign Minister Lainez, and Presidential Private Secretary Charlaix this afternoon and delivered reftel demarche talking points. President Saca stated that he shared our concerns about Iran, and that his government would support the U.S. [...] |
2006-05-31 22:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES IR PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR1455 | IRAN SEEKS CHAIR OF IOM EXCOM (EL SALVADOR) [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 18:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG AORC ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1456 | EL SALVADOR SUPPORTIVE OF USG POSITION AT OAS GA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 18:56:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR15 | INL FLASH REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2005 [...] The cumulative allotments and obligations for FY 2006 INL funds as of the end of December 2005 are provided: Project Cumulative Cumulative Number Project Title Allotments Obligations ------- ------------- ---------- ---------- [...] |
2006-01-04 19:25:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES INL |
| 06SANSALVADOR1501 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 29 Oct 1971, San Salvador, Male, Naval Headquarters Unit. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individuals has b [...] |
2006-06-07 19:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1502 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX 18 Jun 1971 Male San Salvador Ilopango Air Force Base XXXXXXXXXXXX 03 Dec 1972 Male El Transito Ilopang [...] |
2006-06-07 19:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1503 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 23 April 1964, Male, Santa Ana, Salvadoran Military Academy. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has not bee [...] |
2006-06-07 19:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1530 | EL SALVADOR: INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel B talking points June 9 with MFA's Director for Asia, Africa and Oceania Affairs, Milton Magana, who indicated that he would discuss the matter with representatives of the Ministry of Defense. 2. (C) Comment: As outlined in reftel A, at a May 24 meeting with U [...] |
2006-06-09 20:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR154 | FAS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN HUETE, KARLA TAY, [...] Post grants country clearance for Stephen Huete, Ag. Counselor, Karla Tay, Ag Specialist, Edith Vasquez, Marketing Assistant, Mercedes Cruz, Administrative Assistant and Jose Folgar, Clerk/Driver, to travel to San Salvador during the period of January 23-26, 2006 for the purpose of attending t [...] |
2006-01-20 21:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAGR AMGT ASEC ES COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
| 06SANSALVADOR1552 | MDA: SUPPORT AT JUNE 20 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-13 18:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR158 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN FORCES PARTICIPATING IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following members of Battalion Cuscatlan, who will be participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Battalion is scheduled to depart between February 8 and February 11, under the command of XXXXXXXXXXXX. The names of the officers of t [...] |
2006-01-20 21:53:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1588 | EL SALVADOR AUTHORIZES BLANKET CLEARANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM [...] Post received a letter (text paragraph 3) from the Salvadoran Civil Aviation Authority dated June 9, 2006 authorizing blanket clearance for one year for tropical storm and hurricane reconnaissance missions in Salvadoran airspace. 2. Post will fax the original Spanish-language letter to WHA/C [...] |
2006-06-16 21:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR MARR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1595 | MDA: SUPPORT AT JUNE 20 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 21:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1600 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. XXXXXXXXXXXX 06 Feb 1963 San Salvador Male Naval Headquarters XXXXXXXXXXXX 09 July 1963 Cojutepeque Male Armed Force [...] |
2006-06-20 19:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1615 | GOES SEEKS EMBASSY SUPPORT WITH DHS ON DEPORTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior GOES officials appealed to Ambassador on June 14 for help with El Salvador's deportations-related agenda with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Ambassador spoke with DHS Assistant Secretary Julie Myers to discuss the issue of DHS financial support for document pr [...] |
2006-06-21 20:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1618 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in May 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) On May 22, ILEA began the presentation of its six week core program (LEMDP) to police officers from Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and El Salvador. Post has received and processed the NSDD-38 for [...] |
2006-06-22 13:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | APER SNAR KCRM KIPR KJUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1640 | DEMARCHE: OAS MLAT AND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL (EL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-23 20:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ES PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR1643 | EL SALVADOR: FMLN'S "FULL-COURT PRESS" AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The hard-left opposition party Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) has launched an offensive against the Salvadoran Government's proposed Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) project. An FMLN delegation to be led by FMLN Deputy Jose Salvador Arias plans to travel to [...] |
2006-06-23 21:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL KMCA |
| 06SANSALVADOR169 | UNIVERSALIZATION OF FRAMEWORK TREATY ON DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-24 14:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MARR MCAP ES CS PM GANGS |
| 06SANSALVADOR170 | ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OR RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-24 14:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ABLD PHUM ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1702 | EL SALVADOR: GOES FINALLY "GETTING IT" ON CRIME? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Barclay met June 27 with President Tony Saca to underscore U.S. concern about El Salvador's worsening crime problems; the President indicated that he intends to make crime his number-one priority during his remaining three years in office. A flurry of recent activity [...] |
2006-07-03 18:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ES PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR1704 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORMS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-03 18:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC PGOV PREL UNGA ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1709 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 7 Oct 1969, Sonsonate, El Salvador, Male. XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves at the Salvadoran Armed Forces Headquarters. 3. Post has reviewed avail [...] |
2006-07-05 14:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1736 | EL SALVADOR: SACA TIES FMLN TO POLICE MURDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In violent July 5 protests at the University of El Salvador (UES), one or more snipers associated with radical leftist protesters assassinated two Civilian National Police (PNC) officers from the PNC's elite riot-control unit (PNC/UMO), and wounded at least 10 other officers. P [...] |
2006-07-06 23:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL PTER |
| 06SANSALVADOR1783 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date and place of birth for your reference. All individuals are male. X [...] |
2006-07-13 13:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1823 | NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKING A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 20, 2006, the Salvadoran Legislature elected Felix Garrid Safie as Attorney General of the Republic (FGR). Safie was nominated after his predecessor, Belasario Artiga, failed to garner enough support for his reelection bid. With only two months on the job, Safie has a [...] |
2006-07-18 17:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1845 | FY 2007 FOOD FOR PROGRESS REQUEST - EL SALVADOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-21 14:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EAGR AMGT ASEC ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1847 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following member of Battalion Cuscatlan, who will be participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Battalion is scheduled to depart between August 7 and August 11, under the command of XXXXXXXXXXXX. All available records at pos [...] |
2006-07-21 16:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1848 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following members of Battalion Cuscatlan, who will be participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Battalion is scheduled to depart between August 7 and August 11, under the command of XXXXXXXXXXXX . The names and date and pla [...] |
2006-07-21 16:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1849 | EL SALVADOR: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FMLN LEADERS ON MCA AND JULY 5 POLICE KILLINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 12 luncheon that had been planned with leaders of the opposition Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) prior to the July 5 murders of Civilian National Police riot-cotrol (PNC/UMO) officers at the National University (UES), Ambassador Barclay discussed the p [...] |
2006-07-21 18:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ES PGOV PREL PTER KMCA |
| 06SANSALVADOR1864 | 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) On July 20, Poloff spoke with Protocol Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Herbert Caceres. Caceres indicated that the Salvadoran delegation plans to arrive September 18 and depart September 23. They will travel via Taca Airlines and the port of entry will be John F. Kenn [...] |
2006-07-25 15:42:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1874 | P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN (EL SALVADOR) [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-26 17:42:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL AORC ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1887 | THE GOES PUSHES FOR A CHANGE IN WATER LEGISLATION [...] SUMMARY: The Salvadoran Ministry of Environment presented to Embassy officials a review of a draft Water Law to be submitted to the Assembly later this year. This new law would represent an important change in the management of water in El Salvador. The government-owned water utility (ANDA) [...] |
2006-07-28 16:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EAGR SENV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1899 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 27SEP1959, Cojutepeque, El Salvador, Male. XXXXXXXXXXXX currently serves at the Engineer Command Group. 3. Post has reviewed available human ri [...] |
2006-07-31 19:52:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR190 | EL SALVADOR: GOES CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Embassy is in receipt of a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating that the GOES will nominate Ambassador Roberto Mejia Trabanino for a 2007-2010 position on the UN Human Rights Committee, the elections for which will take place September 9, 2006 in New York. Trabanino has ser [...] |
2006-01-25 15:08:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ES PGOV PHUM PREL UN |
| 06SANSALVADOR1909 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in June 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) On June 30, ILEA hosted a ceremony for the graduates of its six week core program (LEMDP) which was attended by police officers from Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and El Salvador. Ambassador Bar [...] |
2006-08-02 13:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1910 | SALVADORAN ECONOMY GROWING, BUT STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS [...] Despite adherence to Washington-consensus policy recommendations, economic growth in El Salvador has been an unimpressive 2.5 percent over the last decade. The economy is picking up, however, with Central Bank data showing 3.2 percent growth for the first quarter of 2006 and forecasted 3.5 pe [...] |
2006-08-02 14:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR192 | MEDIA REACTION - PROPOSED WALL ON U.S. BORDER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-25 18:53:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR ES KPAO IMMIGRATION |
| 06SANSALVADOR1921 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX San Pedro Perulapan 11-Feb-1959 Colonel 4th Infantry Brigade Male XXXXXXXXXXXX La Union 22-Dec-1958 Colonel 4t [...] |
2006-08-07 19:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1932 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, born December 2, 1978 in San Salvador, male, Research Director for the National Council of Public Security. 3. The named individual will partici [...] |
2006-08-07 21:08:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1950 | EL SALVADOR: INL-FUNDED, USG-TITLED VEHICLE [...] (U) The following responds to paragraph 5 of Reftel. A. N/A B. INL-funded, USG-titled vehicle: (1) One vehicle. (2) None. (3) One 2004 Ford Explorer, VIN 1FMZU72K24UA48709. (4) None. (5) None. (6) None. 2. (U) Post INL Property Manager is J. Brian Duggan, DugganBJ@sta [...] |
2006-08-08 20:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASUP ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1962 | (C) UNGA-RELATED QUESTIONS (EL SALVADOR) [...] (C) El Salvador's Permanent Representative to the United Nations is Carmen Maria Gallardo de Hernandez (DPOB November 28, 1949; San Salvador). Gallardo is married with two children; her husband is Xavier Hernandez, a Coca-Cola executive. Ms. Gallardo de Hernandez is the sister of Cecilia Ga [...] |
2006-08-09 19:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PINR |
| 06SANSALVADOR1967 | URGENT DEMARCHE ON LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-09 20:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR197 | EL SALVADOR: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, following is Embassy San Salvador's 2006 Investment Climate Statement. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ 2. The Government of El Salvador views foreign investment as crucial for economic growth and development and has taken numerous steps in recent [...] |
2006-01-25 21:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON ETRD EFIN KTDB ES OPIC USTR |
| 06SANSALVADOR1972 | DEMARCHE REQUEST IN PREPARATION OF THE UN HIGH [...] On July 28, Poloff spoke to MFA Office of Multilateral Affairs Officer Felix Ulloa regarding reftel demarche request. Due to the closure of the GOES from July 31 through August 4, Poloff arranged to speak with MFA Social Affairs Director Elizabeth Cubias on August 9. 2. Background: El S [...] |
2006-08-10 13:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF SMIG ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR198 | EL SALVADOR FRAUD SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER FY06 [...] Political Structure: El Salvador is a constitutional democracy with three branches of national government; a unicameral legislature, a judiciary, and an executive branch headed by a president. El Salvador has a multi-party political system, although in reality two parties, the right leaning [...] |
2006-01-26 12:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1990 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 14 October 1967, Santa Ana, Male, Military Industry Unit, Lieutenant Commander. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above ind [...] |
2006-08-11 18:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1991 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 29 Mar 1970, Sonsonate, Male, Police Counternarcotic and Counterterrorism Unit, Technician. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; th [...] |
2006-08-11 18:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1992 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 08 Mar 1977, San Miguel, Transmissions Command, First Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has no [...] |
2006-08-11 18:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1993 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX 03-July-1977 La Paz Second Air Brigade Seargent XXXXXXXXXXXX 21 Jun 1978 San Vicente Second Air Brigade Seargent [...] |
2006-08-11 18:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1994 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 19 Nov 1976, San Salvador, Engineering Command, First Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has no [...] |
2006-08-11 18:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1995 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX 03 Feb 1963 Chalchuapa BESM unit Major XXXXXXXXXXXX 14 Mar 1965 Chalatenango Special Forces Sergent Major 3 [...] |
2006-08-11 18:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR1996 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 06 Dec 1970, San Salvador, Male, Naval Headquarters, Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individual [...] |
2006-08-11 18:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2008 | EL SALVADOR: FMLN'S LAST MODERATE REFLECTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with poloff, moderate FMLN Legislative Assembly Deputy Hugo Martinez commented on the deadly July 5 violence tied to the FMLN (reftel B), and speculated on his party's prospects for the 2009 presidential elections. The conciliatory tone of Martinez's mes [...] |
2006-08-14 20:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2034 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] Pursuant to reftel B, poloff on August 11 delivered White House press release and Department's one-page overview of the President's national strategy to internationalize efforts against kleptocracy to Felix Ulloa, deputy of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Affairs. Embassy INL Director also [...] |
2006-08-17 20:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EINV ES KCRM KJUS KPOW PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2051 | EL SALVADOR: PROGRESS WITH LABOR MINISTRY IN KEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the span of less than a month, El Salvador's Ministry of Labor has made moves to establish the official status of the airport maintenance workers union (SITEVMAIES) and the telecommunications workers union (SITCOM). The former case had proven controversial and attracted in [...] |
2006-08-18 18:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ES ETRD PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2056 | THREE MONTHS INTO HER TERM, SAN SALVADOR'S FMLN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Little more than three months into her term as Mayor of San Salvador, the FMLN's Violeta Menjivar suffers approval ratings of only 45 percent. A crisis in trash collection has turned many urban streets into foul-smelling and unsanitary garbage dumps. Heavy rains have caused di [...] |
2006-08-21 17:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL CH SOCI |
| 06SANSALVADOR210 | EL SALVADOR: FMLN LEADER SCHAFIK HANDAL DEAD AT 75 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Longtime FMLN leader and 2004 presidential candidate Schafik Handal died suddenly Tuesday afternoon, January 24 from a heart attack as he returned from Bolivia. With six weeks to go until nationwide elections, Handal's death may provide a temporary rallying point and boost for F [...] |
2006-01-27 13:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2120 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran Air Force Cadet Salvador Palacios Bou, DOB 10 Feb 1985, POB San Salvador, Male, Fuerza Aerea Unit, CIMA. Cadet Palacios will be training at the Defense [...] |
2006-08-28 19:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2121 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA PERSONEL HARCOURT POITIER AND [...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for the following representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to visit San Salvador during the period Tuesday, September 5 to Friday, September 15, 2006, to follow up certification inspection of AEROMAN 145 facilities: Harcourt Poitie [...] |
2006-08-28 21:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA AMGT ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2128 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Legal Aspects on Counter Terrorism scheduled to take place at the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Develp [...] |
2006-08-29 18:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2142 | EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY RATIFIES ILO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: El Salvador's Legislative Assembly on August 24 voted unanimously to ratify International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions 87 and 98 regarding freedom of association and the right to organize and bargain collectively, as well as Conventions 135 and 151 dealing with protect [...] |
2006-08-31 20:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ELAB ES ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2181 | SALVADORAN PAYMENT OF IATTC DUES AND LETTER FOR SECRETARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Econoff delivered reftel demarche on non-payment of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Comission (IATTC) contributions to the Center for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture (CENDEPESCA) director Manuel Fermin Oliva and Fisheries Coordinator Sonia Salavarria. They understand th [...] |
2006-09-06 20:55:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS SENV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2188 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GEOFFREY SCHADRACK [...] This is to request country clearance for Geoffrey Schadrack, ESTH Officer San Salvador to travel to Iguassu Falls, Brazil, September 12-16, 2006. The purpose of his travel is to participate in the regional ESTH officers conference. 2. Mr. Schadrack has a top secret security clearance. 3 [...] |
2006-09-06 21:22:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT ASEC ES BR |
| 06SANSALVADOR2192 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE EPA OFFICIAL AL KORGI [...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for Al Korgi of the EPA to visit San Salvador during the period Sunday, September 10 to Thursday, September 14, 2006, to attend a workshop on cleaner production practices for the Central American leather tanning industry. The Control Officer for this vis [...] |
2006-09-07 14:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV AMGT ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2193 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in July 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) ILEA staff continued supervising the renovation of the ILEA - Santa Tecla facility, and made preparations to host two ILEA courses in August 2006. ----------------------- NARCOTICS INTERDICTI [...] |
2006-09-07 15:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EFIN PINR PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2196 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Navel Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, scheduled to take [...] |
2006-09-07 20:52:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2203 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES STEFANOV [...] Post grants country clearance for supervisory physical scientist James Stefanov to visit San Salvador from November 19, 2006 through November 22, 2006 to represent the United States at the Fourth Coordination Workshop of the UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas Program (Transboundary Aquifers of the Ameri [...] |
2006-09-08 16:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY ASEC ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2204 | EL SALVADOR: SACA'S RATINGS SLIP AS SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a poll publicized September 7 and 8 in leading daily La Prensa Grafica, President Saca's ratings, while still relatively high, are continuously declining in the face of citizens' growing concerns about violent crime and sluggish economic growth. Saca's personal charisma is i [...] |
2006-09-08 18:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES KCRM PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2249 | SALVADORAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OVERWHELMED BY VIOLENTSTREET [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-13 18:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINR PINS KCRM KJUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2255 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Cadet Troop Leader Course (Inf) at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), Ft. Benning, [...] |
2006-09-14 14:19:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2264 | EL SALVADOR'S AGGRESSIVE TRADE AGENDA [...] Summary. Under its export-led growth strategy launched in 1989, El Salvador has pursued economic integration with its Central American neighbors and negotiated trade agreements with the Dominican Republic, Chile, Mexico, Panamsa, and the United States. Agreements with Taiwan, Colombia, the Eu [...] |
2006-09-14 20:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2267 | EL SALVADOR: CANINE PROGRAM BEARING FRUIT [...] (U) In November 2004, Post INL financed the construction of a canine training facility at Planes de los Renderos located just outside San Salvador. We have continued to invest in the canine program by purchasing training aids and sending instructors to NAS Colombia and NAS Guatemala for train [...] |
2006-09-14 20:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PINS PTER SNAR KJUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2297 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-20 14:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2300 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Advance Language Instructor Course at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, TX scheduled to begin October 4, [...] |
2006-09-20 15:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2303 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTIN OF SALVADORAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-20 17:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM INR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2307 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-20 19:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2323 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Legal Aspects of Counter Terrorism and Border Patrol, at the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Development [...] |
2006-09-21 17:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2324 | EL SALVADOR- COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACY MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-21 17:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA |
| 06SANSALVADOR235 | EL SALVADOR VIEWS ON MESOAMERICAN ENERGY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The Government of El Salvador (GOES) has expressed interest in the Mesoamerican Energy Initiative (PIEM) and will participate in related working groups, but the GOES appears to be not yet convinced of the feasibility of the proposal or its benefits for Central America. After the Mexica [...] |
2006-01-31 00:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2351 | POLITICAL IMPASSE FORCES PENSION REFORM [...] On September 7 and 14, the Legislative Assembly passed a package of pension reforms that sets up a trust to fund the government's pension obligations incurred in a 1996 transfer from a pay-as-you-go to a funded pension system. The reform includes a refinancing of government debt issued to fin [...] |
2006-09-25 14:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2369 | EL SALVADOR: NEW ANTI-TERRORISM LAW A MESSAGE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on September 21, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly passed new counterterrorism legislation; the ruling ARENA party and their center-right PCN allies were joined by the Christian Democrats (PDC) for a total of 50 votes in favor of the new law, despite vociferous opposition [...] |
2006-09-27 12:54:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES KJUS PGOV PTER KTFN |
| 06SANSALVADOR2371 | MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES AGAINST SALVADORAN [...] (C) On September 25, the financial crimes division of the Salvadoran National Police (DAN) arrested the wife and mother-in-law of (substitute) Congressman Roberto Silva Pereira of the National Conciliation Party on charges of bribery and money laundering. A local bank manager implicated in the [...] |
2006-09-27 15:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EFIN PGOV PINS KCRM ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2379 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-27 20:42:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ES ETRD PGOV PREL SENV |
| 06SANSALVADOR2419 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE FOR EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador continues to have a strong apparel sector that generates most of the country's export revenue, but faces challenges in the future. Rising labor and energy costs are reducing margins in the sector, and the possible phase-out of export [...] |
2006-10-10 21:19:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2437 | TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING IN EL SALVADOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-04 17:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2442 | EL SALVADOR: REQUEST FOR USAF PARTICIPATION IN [...] Embassy San Salvador Country Team strongly supports the widest possible DOD participation in the 2007 Ilopango Air Show, scheduled for February 24-25, 2007 at Ilopango International Airport (MSSS), El Salvador. The participation of the USAF Academy Wings of Blue, in addition to tactical flyi [...] |
2006-10-04 20:53:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES MARR MOPS PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2472 | DIGICEL GROUP TO CONFUSE SALVADORAN CELL PHONE USERS WITH [...] Digicel Group, a telecommunications operator in the Caribbean, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Digicel Holdings Limited (Digicel Holdings), an entirely separate company that operates a GSM mobile telecommunications business in El Salvador by the same name, Digicel. [...] |
2006-10-02 21:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ECPS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2475 | TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR UPDATE FOR EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is in response to reftel. El Salvador continues to have a strong apparel sector that generates most of the country's export revenue, but faces challenges in the future. Rising labor and energy costs are reducing margins in the sector, and the possible phase-out of export [...] |
2006-10-10 21:19:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2492 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INDIGENOUS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-13 18:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2493 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CONVENTIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-13 18:17:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MCAP PREL ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2508 | EL SALVADOR: FMLN "PRESIDENCIABLES" FOR 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: With two and a half years to go until the 2009 presidential election, speculation is emerging with regard to who will be the candidate of the opposition Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). Orthodox-hardliner leader Schafik Handal was beaten soundly in 2004 by ARENA [...] |
2006-10-16 21:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2513 | LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUELS INITIATIVE RESPONSE [...] This cable responds to reftel. There is significant interest in El Salvador to promote biofuels, but to date concrete actions have not been taken. The GOES is working on legislation to promote ethanol production, storage, and sales. The law would mandate a 90/10 gasoline/ethanol mix, a mixtu [...] |
2006-10-17 20:56:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL PGOV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2514 | ADVANCING U.S. EFFORTS ON WATER AND SANITATION IN EL [...] This cable responds to Ref. A. Water is an important topic in El Salvador as the country wrestles with issues such as access to drinking water, management of water infrastructure by the national administrator, aquifer depletion, conservation, and strains caused by development. The USG has op [...] |
2006-10-17 21:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EAGR SENV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR252 | SACA'S 2006 BUDGET APPROVED ON TIME [...] (U) Summary. On December 21, 2005, the Legislative Assembly approved President Saca's $3.3 billion budget proposal for 2006--an 11.6 percent increase over the previous year--to cover higher spending on health and education, pensions, public-sector salaries, and debt payment. The fiscal defi [...] |
2006-02-01 14:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2526 | POLL UNDERSCORES AMBASSADOR'S CONCERNS ON CRIME [...] (U) Summary: Results from a CID-Gallup poll publicized October 17 in leading daily El Diario de Hoy demonstrate that Salvadorans share the Ambassador's deep concern that spiraling violent crime threatens El Salvador's continued economic development and the consolidation of its democratic in [...] |
2006-10-18 19:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES KCRM PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR253 | EAC MEETING - JANUARY 13, 2006: AVIAN INFLUENZA, [...] (U) The Emergency Action Committe (EAC) convened on January 13, 2006 to review, discuss and approve the Mission Response Plan and Tripwires for the Avian Influenza. 2. (U) Overview: The persistence of the H5N1 avian influenza since its appearance in Hong Kong in 1997 indicates that it is u [...] |
2006-02-01 16:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ES KFAM KRIM AVIAN FLU |
| 06SANSALVADOR2530 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE EPA OFFICIAL TOM WIRTH [...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for Tom Wirth of the EPA to visit San Salvador during the period October 23, 2006 through October 26, 2006 to provide final training sessions for experts in El Salvador who are using Greenhouse Gas Inventory Software. The Control Officer for this visit is [...] |
2006-10-19 15:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV AMGT ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2543 | SALVADORAN NONMAQUILA EXPORTS BOOM UNDER CAFTA-DR [...] Central Bank data show that nonmaquila exports were 64 percent higher during the first six months of CAFTA-DR than they were March to August 2005, increasing from $123 million to $202 million. Much of that increase reflects Salvadoran exports of ethyl alcohol, thanks to liberal CAFTA-DR rules [...] |
2006-10-20 18:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2557 | SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT REITERATES THEIR SUPPORT TO THE U.S. [...] This is a response to reftel. Post has reconfirmed with the Ministry of Foreign Affiars the GOES support for the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the international telecommunications union council and for the Radio Communications Regulation Board for the period 2006-2010 in the elections that will [...] |
2006-10-23 21:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ITU ES |
| 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 |
| 06SANSALVADOR2567 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JAMES STEFANOV [...] Post grants country clearance for supervisory physical scientist James Stefanov to visit San Salvador from November 19, 2006 through November 22, 2006 to represent the United States at the Fourth Coordination Workshop of the UNESCO/OAS ISARM Americas Program (Transboundary Aquifers of the Ameri [...] |
2006-10-25 17:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TPHY ASEC ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR257 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Post includes name, sex, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. Please review the following list: XXXXXXXXXXXX, ma [...] |
2006-02-01 17:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2581 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the multinational Standby High-Readiness Brigade for UN Operations (SHIRBRIG) Peacekeeping Operation (PKO) in Spain, schedu [...] |
2006-10-26 17:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2587 | EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PASSES 505 [...] (SBU) On October 26, the Legislative Assembly passed the 505 Agreement, with 44 in favor, none against, and the remainder abstaining. ARENA's 34-seat delegation was joined by 5 PCN deputies and 5 PDC votes in favor, while the FMLN abstained after criticizing U.S.-Salvadoran military cooperat [...] |
2006-10-26 21:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ES MASS MARR |
| 06SANSALVADOR2609 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Security, Defense, and Integration Subregional Conference in Guatemala City, scheduled for November 14 to 16, 2006. [...] |
2006-10-30 14:48:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2623 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Executive Dialogue Seminar in Washington DC, scheduled for December 3 to 9, 2006. XXXXXXXXXXXX Legislative Assembl [...] |
2006-10-31 20:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR265 | DVC EVALUATION - "GOING BEYOND WITH PRACTICE" [...] SUMMARY: On January 26 the Regional English Language Office (RELO) in San Jose, Costa Rica sponsored a successful interactive DVC between speaker Dr. Diane Larsen-Freeman in San Jose and audiences in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Panama. Fifty English teachers and professors from universities a [...] |
2006-02-01 21:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2652 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHES ON LEBANON AND ANTI-ISRAELI [...] (SBU) On November 1, Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Amb. Guillermo Melendez, Director General for Foreign Policy at the MFA, and Mario Rivera, Head of Multilateral Affairs. They replied that, bearing significant changes to the resolutions' text, El Salvador was unlikely to change its vo [...] |
2006-11-03 18:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS ES LE PHUM |
| 06SANSALVADOR2653 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 18:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2654 | EL SALVADOR: POINTS DELIVERED ON WOMEN'S [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 18:48:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2655 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON CUBA AND THE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-03 18:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CU ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2661 | PRESIDENT SACA ESTABLISHES ANTI-CRIME COMMISSION [...] (C) In the wake of the Ambassador's October 16 speech calling for immediate action to stop crime, followed by pressure from leading members of the business community and ex-President Calderon Sol, the Saca administration has inaugurated a new Anti-Crime Commission, which will make recommenda [...] |
2006-11-03 20:52:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2698 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON COUNTRY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 15:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UNHCR KTIA ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2712 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Advanced Engineer's Course, Fort Leonardwood, MO scheduled for December 18, 2006 to June 13, 2007. CAPT XXXXXXXXXXX [...] |
2006-11-08 21:25:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2743 | EL SALVADOR POSITION ON NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-13 18:42:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2744 | EL SALVADOR: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-13 18:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OPID ILC UNGA ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2746 | EL SALVADOR: OAS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTAL MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-13 20:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES OAS DRL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2750 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in October 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) ILEA staff continued supervising the renovation of the ILEA - Santa Tecla facility, and made preparations to host an ILEA course in November 2006. ----------------------- NARCOTICS INTERDI [...] |
2006-11-14 14:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EFIN PINR PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2766 | SACA'S COMMISSION CHATS WHILE MURDER RATE RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOES released new figures on November 14 that show murders are up in October over September, rising to 339 homicides last month alone. The Saca Administration paradoxically responds that the numbers are not entirely negative. They point to the fact that the murder rate is d [...] |
2006-11-16 17:54:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES KCRM PGOV PREL KHLS |
| 06SANSALVADOR2771 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Naval Staff College Course, scheduled for January 10, 2007 in Newport, RI. LT XXXXXXXXXXXX Naval Headquarters DPO [...] |
2006-11-16 18:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2772 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC), in Fort Benning, Georgia, scheduled for January 18, [...] |
2006-11-16 19:08:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2773 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the International Maritime Officers Course, scheduled to begin on January 24, 2007 in Yorktown, VA. LTJG XXXXXXXXXXXX N [...] |
2006-11-16 19:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2777 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 16:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2778 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 16:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL BO ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2779 | EL SALVADOR: U.S. REPORT ON EFFORTS TOWARD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 16:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM XX KN ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2803 | EL SALVADOR: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS MESSAGE ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-22 14:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC IZ ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2841 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Basic Language Course, to be held at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, Texas; January 3 through July 13, [...] |
2006-11-27 19:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2849 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GERI GILBERT [...] San Salvador grants Country Clearance for Geri Gilbert, Special Agent, International Programs Coordinator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance of EPA to visit San Salvador during the period December 11, 2006 through December 14, 2006 to participate in a CAFTA-DR Environmental Crimes [...] |
2006-11-28 20:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA SENV AMGT ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2852 | SAN SALVADOR LOOKS FORWARD TO VISIT OF NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-28 21:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2853 | EL SALVADOR: COMPLIANCE WITH CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-28 21:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW BWC CWC OPCW ES |
| 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 |
| 06SANSALVADOR2868 | EL SALVADOR: OAS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTAL MINISTERIAL [...] (U) This cable originally sent as San Salvador 2746 on November 13 is being re-transmitted due to a technical error. 2. (U) Post delivered reftel message on September 26 to MFA officials Elizabeth Cubias, Deputy Director of Social Development; Mario Rivera, Head of Multilateral Affairs; a [...] |
2006-11-30 13:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2872 | EL SALVADOR: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REMOVES IMMUNITY [...] (C) On November 29, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly voted 82-0 to remove the immunity of Alternate Deputy Roberto Silva Pereira (National Conciliation Party - PCN) to allow for his prosecution on money laundering and bribery charges. The removal of Silva's immunity came two days after a S [...] |
2006-11-30 17:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EFIN PGOV KCOR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2873 | EL SALVADOR'S NEW POPULIST THREAT ? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Populist 41-year-old Mayor Wil Salgado of San Miguel (El Salvador's third-largest city) has publicly expressed his intention of running for president in the March 2009 national elections. Although a Salgado national victory in 2009 is highly unlikely, his popularity in the natio [...] |
2006-11-30 18:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2885 | SALVADORANS SUPPORT USG ON WHO IPR ISSUES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-01 19:09:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2914 | EL SALVADOR TO CO-SPONSOR FINNISH RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-08 16:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL SU UN ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2915 | EL SALVADOR: DIPNOTE RECEIVED ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-08 16:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA KTIA ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2921 | SALVADORAN DESIRE FOR UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S [...] (C) Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez contacted Charge February 8 to outline the importance the GOES places on new UN Secretary General Ban Kim's attendance at January 16 ceremonies marking the fifteenth anniversary of the Peace Accords that ended the nation's 12-year armed conflict, and to a [...] |
2006-12-08 21:28:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2922 | EL SALVADOR: MIDTERM CABINET SHUFFLE ADDRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Halfway through his five-year term, President Saca has created a new Ministry of Public Security and Justice to combat the nation's spiraling violent crime. Rene Figueroa, until now Minister of Governance, will head the new ministry, while former Vice Minister Aguilar will remai [...] |
2006-12-08 21:48:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR2946 | EL SALVADOR: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Post updated country terrorism report on the Intellipedia. 2. Post POC is Poloff Patrick Ventrell. Email: VentrellPH@state.sgov.gov. Phone: 503-2501-2035. Barclay [...] |
2006-12-14 17:08:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PARM ASEC KCRM ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2953 | EL SALVADOR: ASSEMBLY VOTES FOR ONE YEAR EXTENSION IN IRAQ [...] (U) Late on December 14, El Salvador's Legislative Assembly passed a resolution extending the authorization for Salvadoran participation in the Multinational Forces-Iraq through December 31, 2007. The measure passed with 49 votes in favor (ARENA, National Conciliation (PCN), and Christian D [...] |
2006-12-15 15:57:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR MASS IZ ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2960 | EL SALVADOR: 2006 WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] SUMMARY: Pursuant to reftel, this cable provides information on the worst forms of child labor in El Salvador. As a country eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), El Salvador has implemented steps to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, including [...] |
2006-12-18 15:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ELAB ES ETRD PHUM SOCI |
| 06SANSALVADOR2962 | EL SALVADOR: UNGA VOTE ON DEC 19 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-18 18:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNAUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2963 | EL SALVADOR: UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-18 18:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC PREL UNGA ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR2972 | FMLN CONVENTION GOES STALINIST, LOOKING AHEAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In its December 17 national convention, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) Party (with the attendance of 526 delegates known as party militants) overwhelmingly voted into effect new "reforms" whereby open primaries will be abolished, and incumbent party leaders [...] |
2006-12-19 19:57:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL PTER |
| 06SANSALVADOR2996 | LEGISLATURE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES MCC COMPACT [...] Summary. The Salvadoran Legislative Assembly unanimously approved December 20 the nearly $461 million Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact and its implementing legislation. FMLN Legislative Deputies supported the Compact but had expressed concerns about parts of the implementing legislat [...] |
2006-12-22 15:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL ECON PGOV KMCA MCC ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR300 | DVC EVALUATION: WHY STUDY U.S. HISTORY? [...] SUMMARY: On January 31, David Brooks - a Human Rights/Labor officer at Embassy Lima - posed the question "Why Study U.S. History" to an audience of 45 professors, teachers and representatives of museums and the National Archives of El Salvador, all of whom received a copy of the Department of [...] |
2006-02-06 18:55:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR3010 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of a Salvadoran soldier to attend a Basic Language Instructor Course at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, TX from Jan 3, 2007 to July 13, 2007. 2LT XX [...] |
2006-12-27 16:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR3011 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of a Salvadoran soldier to attend a Non-Commission Officer Development Course at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Assistance at Fort Benning, GA from Jan [...] |
2006-12-27 16:42:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR315 | EL SALVADOR: FIVE WEEKS FROM ELECTION, ARENA LEAD [...] (C) Summary: Latest polls indicate that the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) retains the lead in both mayoral and Legislative Assembly races, but its lead over the opposition Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) has narrowed slightly. There is no indication thus far that [...] |
2006-02-07 21:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ES ELECTIONS |
| 06SANSALVADOR318 | EL SALVADOR: POST'S VIEWS ON DISASTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Temporary Protected Status status should be extended for El Salvadoran beneficiaries currently residing and working in the United States. El Salvador's ongoing recovery from the 2001 earthquakes and the 2005 eruption of the Santa Ana volcano is incomplete. Current conditions p [...] |
2006-02-07 21:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
| 06SANSALVADOR346 | FOOD SECURITY AND RURAL INVESTMENT ACT PROVISIONS [...] Per reftel, Post contacted Government of El Salvador certifying authority Salvadoran Sugar Council (CONSAA) to request a written response reflecting sugar supply possibilities for the marketing year 2006 (MY06). Talking points were also delivered to CONSAA. 2. In a letter dated February 7, [...] |
2006-02-09 20:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR353 | VIOLENCE HOBBLES THE SALVADORAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary. Direct and indirect costs of violent crime, estimated at $1.6 billion in 2003 (or 11.5 percent of GDP), pose the most significant challenge to El Salvador's economic growth. High security costs discourage potential investors, and represent resources that are lost to more produ [...] |
2006-02-10 14:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR377 | MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE (EL SALVADOR) [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-14 20:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL PREL ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR402 | UPS SIGNS MOU WITH SALVADORAN CUSTOMS TO EXPEDITE [...] SUMMARY: UPS and the GOES have signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes simplified procedures that could be extended to all international express delivery companies in El Salvador. The MOU enables the application of best practices, according to UPS, to facilitate the clearing of [...] |
2006-02-16 19:46:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR407 | UPDATE ON MCDONALD’S CONTRACTUAL DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. On December 7, 2005, an appeals court ruled that McDonald's had illegally terminated its contract with a local franchisee on July 1, 1996, and therefore owed him $24 million in losses and damages. McDonald's is appealing the decision, but the composition of the chamber that wil [...] |
2006-02-16 20:55:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV PREL ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR411 | UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR'S REPORT (EL SALVADOR) [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-17 15:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR413 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA [...] (C) President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca will meet with the President February 24, shortly before El Salvador's March 12 national congressional and mayoral elections. Saca hopes the meeting with the President will further aid his party's chances in the elections, and help him soundly defeat the [...] |
2006-02-17 17:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL OVIP ETRD MARR MASS KMCA |
| 06SANSALVADOR418 | VIOLENCE SPIRALS IN EL SALVADOR/GOVERNMENT GRASPS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In 2005, El Salvador eclipsed Colombia as the country with the highest homicide rate per capita in the Western Hemisphere. The GOES has responded to the epidemic of gang violence with a variety of initiatives that have thus far failed to stem the tide of violence. The [...] |
2006-02-17 17:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR KCRM ES GANGS |
| 06SANSALVADOR447 | FMLN INVOLVES CUBA AND VENEZUELA IN SALVADORAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: President Saca and other high-ranking GOES officials have recently raised concerns with Ambassador and other Embassy contacts that Cuba and Venezuela are helping the FMLN in the March 12 national elections for deputies and mayors. There are now clear indications tha [...] |
2006-02-22 20:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER VE CU ES ELECTIONS |
| 06SANSALVADOR448 | EL SALVADOR: RESPONSE REGARDING IRANIAN [...] (S) Per reftel, note that Iran maintains no diplomatic representation in El Salvador, and to post's knowledge conducts no diplomatic activities through third parties. Butler [...] |
2006-02-22 20:07:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | ES IR PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
| 06SANSALVADOR450 | EL SALVADOR: ALL BUT ONE SUSPECT IN SOTO MURDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A sentencing tribunal on February 17 absolved two of three suspects accused in the November 5, 2004 murder of AmCit labor activist Gilberto Soto. One man was convicted in the crime and will likely be sentenced Friday. Prosecutors will appeal the court's findings to the Supreme [...] |
2006-02-22 21:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ES KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR454 | SALVADORAN POLICE SHIFT STRATEGY AGAINST DRUG [...] (C) On February 18, elements of the Salvadoran Anti-Narcotics police arrested 155 low-level drug dealers for trafficking in narcotics. This raid occurred as part of a larger operation designated Plan Hawk (Halcon), which has netted 426 drug dealers in the last six weeks. Normally, ninety per [...] |
2006-02-23 15:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR455 | SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) During a lengthy February 23 evening meeting with Polcouns, one Saca cabinet member and two key presidential advisers recounted how stressed Saca is over the March 12 national elections and over recent polls showing Saca and his ARENA party are not faring as well as they expected. Asked [...] |
2006-02-23 15:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ES ELECTIONS |
| 06SANSALVADOR458 | LATEST POLL INDICATES DEAD HEAT IN SAN SALVADOR [...] The Technological University of El Salvador (UTEC) Center for Salvadoran Public Opinion Research (CIOPS) polled 2,123 Salvadorans nationwide February 17-19, and performed an additional poll of 615 San Salvador residents. The race for mayor of San Salvador appears close, with 27.3 percent of [...] |
2006-02-23 17:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES PGOV PREL SMIG |
| 06SANSALVADOR464 | OPTIONAL 2006 SPECIAL 301 REPORT [...] Summary: On December 15, 2005, the Legislative Assembly passed a number of IPR-related reforms to meet CAFTA-DR obligations. Enforcement remains weak, but the government appears willing to step-up efforts once CAFTA-DR is in force. However, institutional weaknesses in law enforcement will [...] |
2006-02-23 21:28:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON ES CAFTA |
| 06SANSALVADOR476 | EL SALVADOR: POLLING DEMONSTRATES MAYORAL [...] SUMMARY: With less than four weeks to go until nationwide municipal and Legislative Assembly elections, results of a CID-Gallup poll publicized in leading daily El Diario de Hoy indicate that the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) will likely win six departmental capitals, while the opp [...] |
2006-02-24 19:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR487 | EL SALVADOR: SCENESETTER FOR VISITS OF U/S KAREN [...] (SBU) Embassy San Salvador welcomes and looks forward to your visit to El Salvador March 17 to 18. You are arriving in country following President Saca's very successful visit with the President on February 24. The announcements during the visit that CAFTA-DR would enter into force for El S [...] |
2006-02-27 18:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR5 | EVALUATION - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) WORKSHOP [...] ELISSA STEGLICH IS THE MANAGING ATTORNEY AT THE MIDWEST IMMIGRANT AND HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER IN CHICAGO. SHE PROVIDES DIRECT REPRESENTATION TO ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. MS. STEGLICH CONDUCTED A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP ON "HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY: AN EFFECTIVE RESPO [...] |
2006-01-03 19:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KOCI KWMN ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR504 | EL SALVADOR: SAN SALVADOR MAYOR OPINES ON [...] (C) During a February 24 informal lunch at the DCM's residence, incumbent San Salvador Mayor Carlos Rivas Zamora, accompanied by his wife Silvia, talked with DCM and poloff about upcoming elections and other subjects. He began by outlining his recent visit to the United States, during which [...] |
2006-02-28 21:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR506 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. All of the following ca [...] |
2006-03-01 14:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR 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 |
| 06SANSALVADOR514 | SALVADORAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS MUDDLE AHEAD [...] SUMMARY: El Salvador's most prominent civil society organizations grew out of the nation's 12-year armed conflict, but many international donors have switched their focus elsewhere since the 1992 end of hostilities. Most Salvadoran NGOs are struggling to replace lost international support w [...] |
2006-03-01 21:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KOCI SOCI ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR515 | FMLN CHALLENGES CAFTA IN COURT [...] (U) On March 1, the FMLN made good on its rhetoric and challenged the constitutionality of the U.S.-Central America Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), which entered into force for the United States and El Salvador that same day. In an event staged for political effect, FMLN [...] |
2006-03-02 14:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR516 | MINISTER OF ECONOMY SEEKS U.S. HELP TO SOLVE CAFTA [...] (U) Minister of Economy Yolanda de Gavidia appealed to Embassy on March 1 for assistance in resolving problems in the textile sector related to staggered CAFTA implementation, well laid out in reftel. De Gavidia claimed that U.S. buyers were preparing to suspend orders from Salvadoran factor [...] |
2006-03-02 15:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EIND ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR52 | EL SALVADOR: GOES VIEWS REGARDING UPCOMING MEXICO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador has on several recent occasions discussed with Salvadoran Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez a planned January 9 meeting on U.S. immigration policy to be held in Mexico City; it will likely include foreign ministers of Mexico, Central America, and the Dominican Rep [...] |
2006-01-09 12:54:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES MX PGOV PREL IMMIGRATION |
| 06SANSALVADOR521 | EL SALVADOR ELECTIONS: LA PAZ AND CUSCATLAN [...] SUMMARY: Poloff visited the cities of Zacatecoluca and Olocuilta in the La Paz Department on February 22. Two days later, Poloff visited the cities of Cojutepeque and Santa Cruz Michapa in the neighboring Cuscatlan department. Zacatecoluca and Cojutepeque are the capitals of their respectiv [...] |
2006-03-02 21:22:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CU ES SOCI |
| 06SANSALVADOR531 | EL SALVADOR 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Post,s submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. The format tracks paragraphs 21 to 24 in reftel. Post POC is INL Country Director J. Brian Duggan, 011-503-2501-2037. For OMB purposes, Duggan (FS-03) spent 10 hours compiling the following information. Sen [...] |
2006-03-03 16:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR547 | EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR ENVIRONMENT PROJECTS [...] Summary: As requested in reftel, this cable contains Post priorities for CAFTA-DR environment activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key environment needs and relat [...] |
2006-03-06 22:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD LAB SENV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR548 | EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR LABOR PROJECTS THAT [...] Summary: Per reftel, this cable provides Post priorities for CAFTA-DR labor-related trade capacity building (TCB) activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key labor [...] |
2006-03-06 22:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD LAB SENV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR623 | ELECTION REPORT: THE WESTERN PROVINCES OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-07 20:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR636 | CORRECTED COPY - EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR LABOR [...] Summary: Per reftel, this cable provides Post priorities for CAFTA-DR labor-related trade capacity building (TCB) activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key labor [...] |
2006-03-08 20:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD LAB SENV ES CAFTA |
| 06SANSALVADOR637 | CORRECTED COPY - EL SALVADOR PRIORITIES FOR [...] Summary: As requested in reftel, this cable contains Post priorities for CAFTA-DR environment activities for FY 2006. The proposals described here build upon a consultative process that began almost six months ago and reflect a consensus view on El Salvador's key environment needs and relat [...] |
2006-03-08 20:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD LAB SENV ES CAFTA |
| 06SANSALVADOR649 | RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-10 19:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR65 | ECONOMIC MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR SPS SYSTEM NOT [...] (C) Salvadoran Minister of Economy Yolanda de Gavidia, accompanied by Ambassador to the United States Rene Leon, told Ambassador Barclay in a January 6 meeting that El Salvador would not be ready by February 1 to recognize U.S. sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS) systems as equivalent [...] |
2006-01-10 14:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ES CAFTA |
| 06SANSALVADOR656 | IMPLEMENTATION OF CAFTA-DR OFF TO ROUGH START FOR [...] (C) Summary. Entry into force of the CAFTA-DR for El Salvador on March 1 has led to problems for the Salvadoran apparel industry. The industry reports hundreds of containers delayed at U.S. ports by U.S. Customs due to unfamiliarity with new rules and changed documentation requirements. Th [...] |
2006-03-13 14:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KTEX ES CAFTA |
| 06SANSALVADOR659 | MDA: DEMARCHE ON SIGNING THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-13 16:22:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ES IS |
| 06SANSALVADOR661 | SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR SEAT [...] Post received a diplomatic note (text paragraph 3) from the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated February 27, 2006 requesting U.S. support for El Salvador's nomination to be a member of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council for the period 2006- 2010. Elections for [...] |
2006-03-13 17:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ITU ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR702 | EL SALVADOR'S CANDIDATE FOR THE INTERAMERICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-15 20:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR711 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, sex, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. The candidate [...] |
2006-03-16 16:46:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR712 | EL SALVADOR: ELECTIONS A QUALIFIED SUCCESS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party made gains in the March 12 nationwide municipal and Legislative Assembly elections, apparently garnering 34-35 Legislative Assembly seats and 144 (55 percent) of the nation's 262 city halls. The opposition Farabundo Marti [...] |
2006-03-16 19:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL |
| 06SANSALVADOR756 | CREATURES GREAT FELLED BY CREATURES SMALL - SEA [...] SUMMARY: Red tide has been determined as the cause of a turtle die off that occurred along the coast of El Salvador in January. Results of toxicology tests on the tissue of a turtle autopsied by U.S. biologists concluded that the turtle died from high levels of saxitoxins in its system. Res [...] |
2006-03-17 17:55:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIS SENV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR77 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MIGRATION, MORALES, AND FMLN [...] (C) Ambassador Barclay spoke for 45 minutes on January 10 with Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez regarding the January 9 regional meeting on migration held in Mexico. (Note: The meetings had been originally scheduled to treat both energy and migration issues, but in response to Lainez's suggest [...] |
2006-01-11 14:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG PREL PGOV ES MX VE BL IMMIGRATION |
| 06SANSALVADOR772 | OAS CICTE VI DELEGATION PREPARATION (EL SALVADOR) [...] On March 10, Poloff discussed Reftel A points with Mario Antonio Rivera, Multilateral Affairs Director and Ambassador Jose Roberto Mejia, Global Themes Coordinator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rivera indicated that the final composition of the delegation has not been determined, but t [...] |
2006-03-21 19:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR794 | SALVADORAN ASSEMBLY APPROVES FINAL CAFTA CHANGES [...] (U) Ministry of Economy Trade Policy Director Johanna Hill told Econcouns late this afternoon that El Salvador's Legislative Assembly did today approve the awaited reform to the CAFTA-DR text to waive Chapter 22.5's 90-day waiting period for entry into force for other CAFTA signatories. Legal [...] |
2006-03-23 22:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PGOV ES CAFTA |
| 06SANSALVADOR832 | UNDERSECRETARY HUGHES' MARCH 17 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes met with President Tony Saca on the morning of March 17 to discuss national and regional politics as well as bilateral issues. President Saca's remark that the United States and El Salvador were "amigos siempre" became a public t [...] |
2006-03-28 18:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL ETRD KMCA PGOV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR850 | POST NOMINATIONS FOR ILEA SAN SALVADOR COMPUTER [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post nominates the following Salvadoran police officers to attend ILEA Computer and Electronic Crimes course from May 8 to 19, 2006, at ILEA San Salvador. All officers were born in El Salvador. XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 9/16/1973 POB: La Libertad XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 6/23/1963 PO [...] |
2006-03-29 21:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR851 | POST NOMINATIONS FOR ILEA ROSWELL ADVANCED [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post nominates the following Salvadoran police officers to attend Advanced Management Training at ILEA Roswell from May 1 to 26, 2006. All officers were born in El Salvador. XXXXXXXXXXXX DOB: 8/14/1968 POB: Ahuachapan USG Training: Crime Scene Management (NCIS); Leadership [...] |
2006-03-29 21:04:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR853 | FMLN MAYORS MOVE FORWARD ON OIL IMPORT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 20, an association of FMLN mayors formalized an arrangement with Venezuela's PDVSA to import Venezuelan fuel on preferential terms. Allegedly a proposal of now-deceased FMLN leader Schafik Handal, the government-mayor deal has been accepted by the economic and politi [...] |
2006-03-29 22:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL ES VE |
| 06SANSALVADOR89 | UNEXPLAINED TURTLE DEATHS RAISE POSSIBILITY OF ILLEGAL FISHING ALONG SALVADORAN COAST [...] SUMMARY: On January 5 and 6, 2006 the Environmental Division of the national police found 37 turtles and 1 dolphin dead on the country's beaches in the eastern part of El Salvador. An additional 25 dead turtles were subsequently discovered in a nearby bay. According to the Environment Minis [...] |
2006-01-11 21:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIS SENV ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR90 | NEW TOURISM LAW A POSITIVE STEP, BUT CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARYSummary: In December 2005, the GOESEl Salvador approved a Tourism Law establishing tax incentives for new investment in the sector. The law shows government support for the industry, but has received criticism from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The GOES is expecting to clo [...] |
2006-01-11 21:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIN ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR940 | EL SALVADOR'S PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLIANCE WITH THE [...] Summary. The GOES is slowly moving to comply with the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and improve the environment for the use of biotechnology. A new law governing the safe management of genetically modified organisms has been under review for four months by the Technical Secretary of the [...] |
2006-04-10 18:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAGR TBIO ES CAFTA |
| 06SANSALVADOR953 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THIEVES REACT VIOLENTLY TO [...] (U) On Friday, April 7, vendors of pirated optical media in downtown San Salvador, joined by suspected FMLN-linked militants, launched violent protests, looting and burning several small stores and causing damages estimated at more than $200,000. More than four hours after the protests began [...] |
2006-04-10 20:40:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ES CAFTA |
| 06SANSALVADOR956 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in February 2006. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of February 2006. ------- ILEA ------- 2. (U) From February 20 to 24, instructors from ICE presented ILEA-sponsored training on financial crimes investiga [...] |
2006-04-11 13:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PINR KCRM KJUS ES |
| 06SANSALVADOR983 | POST'S VIEWS ON OPIC CAFTA-DR FUND [...] Post understands that OPIC is planning to support a Central America and Caribbean Fund that may invest in the financial services sector, to include banks and nonbank financial intermediaries and specialized financial services firms in OPIC-eligible countries in Central America and the Caribbe [...] |
2006-04-17 14:52:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV OTRA ES OPIC |
| 06TEGUCIGALPA2136 | (S) HONDURAN FUEL BID COULD SUPPORT FMLN, LEAD TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: This cable presents Post's best assessment of the current state of play and the political intent behind recent and upcoming steps in the bid solicitation process for fuel imports into Honduras. Among potential pitfalls are: (a) the threatened expropriation of millions of dolla [...] |
2006-11-09 22:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET//NOFORN | EPET EINV BBSR ES VE HO |
| 06WARSAW2008 | POLAND'S PKN ORLEN DISCUSSES MAZEIKIU NAFTA, [...] (C) PKN Orlen's (PKNO) Deputy President Cezary Filipowicz requested information from the USG on whether Yukos International is considering a proposal to put the Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) refinery shares into escrow to further protect them from Yukos Finance. Poland is attempting to gain support fr [...] |
2006-09-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ETRD PL AJ KZ RS ES LG LH PREL |
| 07BELMOPAN715 | BELMOPAN: UPDATE ASSESSMENTS ON CENTRAL AMERICA SECURITY [...] In response to ref A, post has reviewed our earlier assessment of security requirements and continues to believe that border security, gang prevention and anti-corruption measures are the top priorities for Belize. Since ref B was sent there have been some indications that MS-13 is growing st [...] |
2007-12-14 19:27:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PTER SNAR ES BH |
| 07BRASILIA554 | BRAZIL: MFA DISCUSSES UPCOMING LULA CAMP DAVID VISIT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)'s Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, Everton Vieira Vargas, met with the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic, and the Charge d'Affaires of Haiti on March 29. DCM and EconOff were also invited to attend. Per reftel, the [...] |
2007-03-29 20:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENIV ENRG DR ES HA SC |
| 07GUATEMALA2121 | PARLACEN MURDER UPDATE: 16 PRISON GUARDS RELEASED [...] Sixteen prison guards, accused of facilitating the February 25 murder of four National Civil Police (PNC) officers in El Boqueron prison, were released for insufficient evidence. The four murdered PNC officers had been incarcerated in the maximum security prison in Santa Rosa as suspects in t [...] |
2007-10-24 13:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC ES GT |
| 07GUATEMALA375 | GUATEMALA: POLICEMEN ARRESTED FOR ASSASSINATION [...] (SBU) In a February 21 press conference, Guatemalan Minister of Government Carlos Vielmann announced the arrests of four members of the Guatemalan Civilian National Police (PNC) on charges of committing the brutal murders of three Salvadoran representatives to the Central American Parliament [...] |
2007-02-22 20:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PHUM KJUS ASEC PETER SNAR GT ES |
| 07GUATEMALA403 | GUATEMALA: MURDER OF FOUR POLICEMEN ARRESTED FOR [...] (SBU) Four members of the Civilian National Police (PNC) in detention for alleged involvement in the February 19 assassination of three Salvadoran parliamentarians (reftels) were brutally murdered in a Guatemalan prison on February 25. According to media reports, at least two of the PNC suspe [...] |
2007-02-27 00:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PHUM KJUS ASEC PTER SNAR GT ES |
| 07GUATEMALA426 | CICIG AGREEMENT SENT TO GUATEMALAN CONGRESS FOR [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of last week's highly publicized and brutal killings of three Salvadoran parliamentarians and four Guatemalan police officers suspected of carrying out the killings, the Berger Administration delivered to the Guatemalan Congress the agreement to establish the Internat [...] |
2007-03-01 18:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS SNAR EAID PTER ASEC KCRM GT ES |
| 07LAPAZ2494 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BOLIVIA TO VOTE YES ON MINUSTAH [...] (SBU) On September 10, poloffs met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of International Organizations and delivered reftel demarche. The director responded that the GOB is prepared to vote in favor of extending MINUSTAH, although he mentioned that the Bolivian government believes [...] |
2007-09-11 15:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR AR BR BL CI CO EC ES GT PE PA |
| 07LIMA2618 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL RANGEL, LEVIN, [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Reps Charles Rangel, Sander M. Levin, Allyson Schwartz, and accompanying staff members: Timothy Reif, Viji Rangaswami and Matthew John Beck, from August 5-8, 2007. The purpose of the trip is to meet with head of s [...] |
2007-08-02 15:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA ASEC AMGT AFIN ES PE |
| 07LIMA2653 | AMENDED: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL RANGEL, [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Reps Charles Rangel, Sander M. Levin, Allyson Schwartz, Gregory Meeks and accompanying staff members: Timothy Reif, Viji Rangaswami, Matthew John Beck, and Annie Minguez from August 5-8, 2007. The purpose of the t [...] |
2007-08-03 22:09:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA ASEC AMGT AFIN ES PE |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN353 | EL SALVADOR INAUGURATES NEWEST FOREIGN MISSION IN PORT OF [...] On April 11, El Salvador became the latest country to open an embassy in Port of Spain, following Spain's inauguration of its presence here in November 2006 and the establishment of South Africa's mission in December 2006. This brings the total number of foreign missions resident in Port of S [...] |
2007-04-13 18:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ES TD |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN355 | EL SALVADOR INAUGURATES NEWEST FOREIGN MISSION IN PORT OF [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-13 18:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL ES TD |
| 07QUITO2206 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SUPPORT FOR UN SYG'S [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-27 11:22:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AR BR BL CI CO EC ES GT HA PE |
| 07SANJOSE2071 | GREEN FUNDS MEET GREENBACKS: REDLAC IX CONSIDERS [...] SUMMARY: Enterprise of the Americas Initiative (EAI) and Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) debt for nature funds met on the margins of the ninth meeting of the Western Hemisphere Network of Environmental Funds November 13-15. In addition to governance issues, fund managers explored les [...] |
2007-12-19 22:06:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EFIS ENRG ES XM |
| 07SANSALVADOR10 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for January 24, [...] |
2007-01-03 18:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1006 | EL SALVADOR UPDATE ON REGIONAL SECURITY PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 21 emboffs met with Acting Minister of Public Security and Justice Astor Escalante to review progress on the GOES Regional Security plan raised in reftel. Escalante assured emboffs that the GOES team is working on the project to more fully develop the plan, but that the [...] |
2007-05-24 14:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KHLS ES GT HO MX |
| 07SANSALVADOR102 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN AIR [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran Air Force officer for participation in the Pilot Instrument Procedure Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy in San Antonio, Texas; [...] |
2007-01-22 19:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1020 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Patrol Craft Propulsion Course, Naval Small Craft Instruction, and Technical Training School, to be held at Stennis Spa [...] |
2007-05-25 15:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR103 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to attend the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA to start on January 24, 2007. CPT [...] |
2007-01-22 20:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1037 | EL SALVADOR: MCC DEPUTY CEO BENT MEETS WITH HUMAN [...] SUMMARY: In a free-ranging May 18 discussion with Deputy CEO Rodney Bent of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Dr. Beatrice Carrillo of the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDDH) outlined what in her view represent the most serious threats to continued progress in rule of law i [...] |
2007-05-28 14:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES PGOV PHUM PREL KMCA |
| 07SANSALVADOR1044 | EL SALVADOR SIGNS E TRAVEL DOCUMENT MOU [...] (SBU) In a private signing ceremony late in the afternoon on May 18 Ambassador Glazer (on behalf of ICE), Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Margarita Escobar, and Minister of Public Security and Justice Rene Figueroa signed the E Travel Document Memorandum of Understanding between DHS and the [...] |
2007-05-29 18:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SMIG ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR105 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers and Ministry of Defense civilian employees for participation in the Combat Stress Mobile Education Team (MET), scheduled to take place in San S [...] |
2007-01-22 20:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1057 | EL SALVADOR SIGNS E TRAVEL DOCUMENT MOU [...] (SBU) In a private signing ceremony late in the afternoon on May 18 Ambassador Glazer (on behalf of ICE), Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Margarita Escobar, and Minister of Public Security and Justice Rene Figueroa signed the E Travel Document Memorandum of Understanding between DHS and the [...] |
2007-05-30 21:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SMIG ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1070 | EL SALVADOR: DAS COULTER VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Political Military Bureau's Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Coulter visited El Salvador May 7-8 to hold bilateral discussions with the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. He also made a speech to the Salvadoran Armed Forces' equivalent to the War College, had dinn [...] |
2007-05-31 20:48:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV PTER ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1071 | EL SALVADOR ON VENEZUELA/IRAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On May 31, poloff raised reftel C points with MFA Multilateral Affairs Chief Mario Rivera. (Note: The GOES has repeatedly raised with Post their misgivings about the growing Iran-Venezuela relationship, as well as potential Iran-Nicaragua ties; see reftels A and B. End note.) Rivera s [...] |
2007-05-31 20:48:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1072 | EL SALVADOR: ANNUAL DECLARATION FOR HCOC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-31 20:48:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1073 | EL SALVADOR ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-31 20:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP XM ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1088 | Post reply to request for information on other donor [...] Summary: This cable provides information on non-USG TCB related environmental funded projects in the CAFTA-DR region and how these relate to environmental themes. Information was received from the Central American Commission for Environment and Developments and includes ongoing projects. [...] |
2007-06-01 20:56:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB ETRD SENV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR11 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Captain Career Course, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for January 24, [...] |
2007-01-03 18:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1103 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers and soldiers to participate in five separate U.S.-funded training courses, as outlined below. Special Reaction Team Certification Course, In [...] |
2007-06-04 22:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1119 | EL SALVADOR SUPPORTS ZOELLICK WORLD BANK PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-06 21:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IBRD ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1151 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records for a Salvadoran civilian for participation in the Counterterrorism Senior Executive Seminar, to be held at the Marshall Center, Germany; scheduled for August 18 -30, [...] |
2007-06-11 23:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1168 | EL SALVADOR AND U.S.- BRAZIL BIOFUELS INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. Economic Counselor and Brazilian Ambassador to El Salvador delivered June 1 the reftel talking points to Minister of Economy Yolanda de Gavidia. The GOES has formed a small committee on ethanol production and alternative fuels, composed of representatives from the Ministries [...] |
2007-06-13 16:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV EAGR PREL EAID ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1183 | DELL NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] I am pleased to submit the nomination of Dell El Salvador for the Secretary,s annual Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). The Dell Call Center located in San Salvador exemplifies the very best of U.S. corporate and citizen responsibility. Detailed below you will see why Dell is so deservin [...] |
2007-06-15 21:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP EINV ETRD ELAB KSEP SENV AMGT ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1185 | SACA COMPLETES THREE YEARS AND SIDESTEPS FMLN AGAIN [...] (U) Summary. In a June 1 speech to the nation delivered at the Legislative Assembly, President Saca marked his third anniversary of his presidency. With his trademark stirring oratory he lauded his Administration,s achievements, challenged the leftist-opposition party FMLN, and set out an am [...] |
2007-06-15 22:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EPET ENRG EAGR EINV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR12 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) Fort Benning, Georgia scheduled for Jan. 15, 2007 -- Ja [...] |
2007-01-03 18:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1208 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Instructors Course, to be held in Coban, Guatemala; scheduled for July 2-25, 2007. CPT Campos Bonilla, Hugo Alexande [...] |
2007-06-21 22:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1248 | EL SALVADOR: SALGADO'S EXPULSION FROM THE PCN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his expulsion from the National Conciliation Party (PCN), populist San Miguel Mayor Will Salgado is considering whether he will seek to rejoin the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) under whose banner he first sought office, or instead move to the relatively new splinter [...] |
2007-06-29 17:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL |
| 07SANSALVADOR1249 | SALVADORANS WILL GO TO THE POLLS TWICE IN 2009 [...] (U) The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) announced June 15 that the 2009 elections will be held on two separate dates, with Salvadorans going to the polls first on January 18, 2009 for municipal/legislative elections and then again on March 15, 2009 to elect the next president. By TSE estima [...] |
2007-06-29 17:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1258 | YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) I,m delighted that you,ll be visiting El Salvador. Your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador,s contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq, and offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation,s most pressing problem: a public security crisis that has spiraled out [...] |
2007-06-29 22:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR126 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers and civiliams to participation in the Defense Resource Management Mobile Education Course, San Salvador scheduled for Feb. 12 - 23, 2007. C [...] |
2007-01-25 19:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1264 | EL SALVADOR: NEW HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN REPLACES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Political Commission of the Legislative Assembly voted June 27 to tap Oscar Humberto Luna as the country's new Human Rights Ombudsman (PDDH), replacing two-term incumbent Beatrice Carrillo. Luna's selection marked a rare show of cooperation across the aisles in a Legislativ [...] |
2007-07-02 17:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07SANSALVADOR1286 | EL SALVADOR: POLICE CAPTURE JULY 5 POLICE ASSASSIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jose Mario Belloso Castillo, the sniper identified in press photographs as the assassin of riot police (PNC/UMO) during July 5, 2006 disturbances at the National University (UES), was apprehended by police early July 2 after an all-night dragnet that led through the city's sto [...] |
2007-07-03 19:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL PTER |
| 07SANSALVADOR1291 | SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT OF KEY U.S. [...] Post received June 29 a letter (text paragraph 3) from the Salvadoran Civil Aviation Authority dated June 22, 2007 in response to the first of four demarches on soliciting support for key U.S. positions in the 36th Session of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) General Assembly [...] |
2007-07-05 22:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR131 | SALVADORAN ECONOMY SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFE [...] (SBU) The Salvadoran economy grew 4.2 percent in 2006, ending a six-year streak of anemic economic growth. President Saca has expanded on the sound economic policy of his predecessors to implement a sectoral growth strategy that positions El Salvador as a logistics hub in the medium term, wit [...] |
2007-01-25 21:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1341 | EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 3 [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the third of three cables and [...] |
2007-07-11 22:40:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1342 | EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 2 [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the second of three cables an [...] |
2007-07-11 22:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1343 | EL SALVADOR: VETTING OF SOLDIERS FOR IRAQ, TRANCHE 1 [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on August 1, 2007 for a six month tour of duty. This is the first of three cables and [...] |
2007-07-11 22:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1358 | EL SALVADOR COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EPA OFFICIALS [...] Embassy San Salvador grants country clearance to EPA Officials Orlando Gonzales and Lourdes Morales to visit San Salvador from July 26-27, 2007. Purpose of visit is to meet with CCAD to discuss air quality management. The Control Officer for this visit is ECON Officer Geoffrey Schadrack, Emba [...] |
2007-07-12 22:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA ASEC ES GT HO |
| 07SANSALVADOR1374 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officer for participation in course on Civil Military Relations, to be held at the Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperation at Fort Benning [...] |
2007-07-13 21:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1375 | EL SALVADOR: CONCURRENCE WITH 1206 FUNDING [...] (C) I am writing in support of the following three 1206 funding proposals that relate to El Salvador. The three proposals for 1206 funding include: 2. (C) Four High Speed Interceptor Patrol Craft: Providing four high speed Interceptor Patrol Craft (along with trailer and vehicle to move [...] |
2007-07-13 22:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER PINS ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR139 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 2. 2. POST REQUESTS DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS RECORDS OF SALVADORAN AIR FORCE PERSONNEL FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE J-85 TECHNICIAN COURSE, TO BE HELD AT THE INTER-AMERICAN AIR FORCES ACADEMY IN SAN ANTONIO, TX, SCHEDULED F [...] |
2007-01-26 18:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR140 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran sailor for participation in the Officer Indoctrination Course, to be held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, scheduled for February 22, 2 [...] |
2007-01-26 18:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1406 | SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO THE SECOND OF FOUR ICAO DEMARCHES [...] Post received a letter (text paragraph 3) from the Salvadoran Civil Aviation Authority dated July 12, 2007 in response to the second of four demarches on soliciting support for key U.S. positions in the 36th Session of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) General Assembly of all [...] |
2007-07-19 18:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1410 | BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK ON HELICA S.A. DE C.V. [...] On July 5, 2007, Emboff visited the business office of Helicopteros de Centroamerica, S.A. de C.V.(Helica), to conduct a blue lantern end-use check as requested in ref. A. Helica is located at Ilopango Airport, Ilopango, El Salvador. The owner and President of Helica is Mr. Rogelio Pena. Mr [...] |
2007-07-20 21:53:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1423 | SALVADORAN FREE TRADE ZONE BENEFITS EXTENDED TO 2015 [...] SUMMARY: On July 17, President Saca announced that the WTO has extended the phase out period to 2015 for non compliant benefits granted to Salvadoran Free Trade Zones (FTZs). The extension will benefit numerous companies that work inside Salvadoran FTZs, which receive tax breaks and other bene [...] |
2007-07-24 22:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1452 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) Poloffs met with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Salvadoran Ministry of foreign Affairs (MFA) to raise reftel points. Rivera responded that El Salvador is fully supportive of the US position on the participation in the Community of Democracies. 2. (U) Rivera agr [...] |
2007-07-30 16:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ES TW |
| 07SANSALVADOR1458 | SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT REQUEST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-30 22:55:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1459 | VEHICLES FOR REVISITING EXTRADITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy has been advised that there are currently two potential cases to test the Salvadoran judiciary's willingness to extradite Salvadoran nationals to the US. The simplest of these concerns a dual national convicted of child sexual assault who fled the US prior to sentencing. [...] |
2007-07-31 16:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KHLS KCRM ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR146 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers for participation in the Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Course at the Western Hemisphere Institution for Security Cooperation (WHISC) at Fort Be [...] |
2007-01-26 19:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR148 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers from the Cuscatlan Battalion, who plan to depart for Iraq on or about January 31, 2007 for a six month tour of duty in support of coalition for [...] |
2007-01-29 15:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1484 | CAFTA-DR FIRST YEAR IMPACT ON TRADE [...] The one year results on CAFTA-DR are very positive. Total nonmaquila exports increased by 59.1 percent during the first year of CAFTA-DR, rising from $266 million in March 2006 to $423 million by February 2007. Though ethanol exports accounted for 88.1% of this increase, other sectors also en [...] |
2007-08-01 22:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1485 | FALLOUT FROM SUCHITOTO ARRESTS CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: GOES handling of the arrest and prosecution of fourteen individuals who participated in violent demonstrations in Suchitoto on July 2 continues to reverberate throughout the Salvadoran political landscape and to attract attention from U.S.-based NGO's. The GOES decision to prosec [...] |
2007-08-01 23:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1512 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran anti-narcotics officer (PNC/DAN) nominated to participate in the Counter Narcotics Terrorism Course, Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperatio [...] |
2007-08-08 21:28:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1525 | POLICE CORRUPTION IN SAN MIGUEL [...] (U) Summary: Three current and former members of El Salvador's National Civilian Police (PNC) were arrested on July 29 and charged with carrying out a contract killing. Several local businessmen have also been implicated in what press reports describe as an extortion, racketeering and assassin [...] |
2007-08-08 23:07:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1526 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON ADOPTION OF NUCLEAR [...] (U) Poloffs raised reftel A points during a July 23 meeting with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Felix Ulloa, MFA advisor. Rivera pointed out that El Salvador was a signatory to twelve of the thirteen counter-terrorism co [...] |
2007-08-08 23:09:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1530 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participation in the Leadership Mobile Education, San Salvador, scheduled for September 12 - 14, 2007. COL VELASQUEZ HERNANDEZ, HUGO [...] |
2007-08-09 21:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1531 | PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON APPLICATIONS 050050978 & 050050700 [...] Summary. On July 23, Emboff visited the business office of Mudisa (Worldwide moving and cargo), and two days later visited the business office of Hunter's Gun (arms, ammunitions and accessories), to conduct a pre-license check on applications 050050978 and 050050700 for the export of pistols to [...] |
2007-08-09 21:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1532 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participation in the Panamax Exercise, Panama, scheduled for August 21 - September 8, 2007. LTC ARAUZ NAVAS, JUAN ARMANDO 2ND INFAN [...] |
2007-08-09 22:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1533 | EL SALVADOR WILL SUPPORT UNESCO HOLOCAUST [...] (SBU) On August 9, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Mario Rivera, MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs. Rivera noted that it had co-sponsored UN Resolution 61/255 and strongly condemned all forms of Holocaust denial. 2. (SBU) Rivera said that El Salvador would support the reftel UNESCO [...] |
2007-08-09 23:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1534 | DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR UN COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-09 23:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1540 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers to participate in the Patient Administration Course, Army Medical Department Center, San Antonio, TX, scheduled for September 13 - October 25, 2 [...] |
2007-08-10 15:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1541 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of the following Salvadoran officer to participate in the International Maritime Officer Course, Yorktown, VA, scheduled for September 5 - December 7, 2007. 1LT L [...] |
2007-08-10 16:59:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1542 | EL SALVADOR: POSITION ON UNSC IRAN RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Poloff held follow-up discussions on August 9 with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding reftel demarche. Rivera's response was unchanged from initial meeting on the topic held July 23 with Rivera and Felix Ulloa, MFA [...] |
2007-08-10 17:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM IR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1549 | INITIAL SALVADORAN RESPONSE TO U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Poloff raised reftel points and discussed Ambassador Swing's background and candidacy during an August 9 meeting with Mauricio Ruiz, the MFA official in charge of candidacies. Poloff reiterated points raised during a July 23 meeting with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for [...] |
2007-08-10 20:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1555 | ACTION REQUEST: SAN SALVADOR ASSESSMENT OF CENTRAL [...] (U) Introduction: There are numerous policy actions and USG-funded assistance that the government of El Salvador (GOES) could effectively use as part of a comprehensive regional security strategy for Central America. The proposed GOES policy actions discussed below, some of which could prove [...] |
2007-08-10 23:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PINS PREL PTER |
| 07SANSALVADOR156 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldiers to participate in Peace-Keeping Operations (PKO) training to be held in Coban, Guatemala; scheduled for February 6 -13, 2007. CPT XXXXXXXX [...] |
2007-01-29 23:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1566 | EL SALVADOR WILL SUPPORT GAER CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (U) On August 13, post received the following diplomatic note in response to reftel B. 2. (SBU) Begin Text (unofficial translation): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of El Salvador presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honor [...] |
2007-08-14 21:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1574 | EL SALVADOR: INTERIM REPORT ON 62ND UNGA ATTENDANCE [...] (U) In response to reftel, the following members of the Government of El Salvador are expected to attend the 62nd UNGA General Debate: A. Attendance of the Head of State: - Elias Antonio SACA Gonzalez, Constitutional President of the Republic of El Salvador - Exact arrival and departure d [...] |
2007-08-15 14:22:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR158 | INDOOR AIR POLLUTION IN EL SALVADOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-30 16:07:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1611 | FORMER FMLN CITY COUNCILMAN SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS [...] (U) On August 15, Jose Mario Belloso, a former Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) city councilman was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the 2006 assassination of two riot control police officers and the attempted murder of five other members of the riot police. 2. (U) During a July [...] |
2007-08-17 21:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ES KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07SANSALVADOR1623 | KEY CABINET RESIGNATION MAY SIGNAL TROUBLE FOR [...] (U) On August 15 Eduardo Zablah, the Technical Secretary to the Presidency, resigned his position in the Saca administration effective September 1. During an official press conference, President Saca announced that Zablah was leaving his position in order to "dedicate himself to other profes [...] |
2007-08-20 18:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ES PGOV PREL |
| 07SANSALVADOR1628 | EL SALVADOR: EVALUATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE [...] (U) Per reftel, Post met with the three Salvadoran participants in the White House Conference on the Americas--Claudia Umana, Director of the Legal Studies Department of FUSADES (Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development), Jose Leon Bonilla, Executive Director of CLUSA (Coopera [...] |
2007-08-20 22:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM KPAO ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1646 | EL SALVADOR TOUGHENS PUBLIC DISTURBANCE LAWS [...] (U) Summary: On August 16, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly passed amendments to key crime legislation that will increase penalties for public disturbance. The party-line vote was contentious, and the ruling ARENA party, which promoted the legislation, was unable to garner the support of i [...] |
2007-08-22 14:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM PTER ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1652 | EL SALVADOR PREPARES FOR THE CONFERENCE OF FIRST [...] (SBU) El Salvador will host the 14th Conference of the First Ladies, Spouses and Representatives of Heads of State and Government of the Americas in San Salvador November 19-21, 2007. The Conference theme is "Building a Society for All Ages," and the proceedings will focus on aging and the pa [...] |
2007-08-23 13:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ES KWMN PREL KHIV SOCI |
| 07SANSALVADOR1655 | EL SALVADOR SUPPORTS US ICAO CANDIDATE [...] Post delivered reftel talking points to Jose Rene Rodriguez Gutierrez, Executive Director of El Salvador's Civil Aviation Authority who promised to support the re-election of the U.S. candidate to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Rodriguez will lead the Salv [...] |
2007-08-23 15:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR171 | EL SALVADOR: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-31 20:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR172 | ICITAP PRISON EVALUATION: NO-COST METHODS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: From January 8 to 12, 2006, Mike Cooksey from ICITAP visited El Salvador to evaluate the Salvadoran penal system. Based upon his visit, he made the following recommendations: (1) eliminate packages for gang members; (2) require prisoners to work; (3) isolate gang leaders; (4) i [...] |
2007-01-31 21:08:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1720 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN [...] (U) On August 29, Ambassador Glazer visited the Salvadoran Human Rights Ombudsman, Oscar Luna, in his San Salvador office. In this, their first meeting, the Ambassador and Luna exchanged views on the importance of respect for human rights in democratic countries. 2. (U) Luna stated that hi [...] |
2007-08-30 17:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1764 | ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN SACA INNER CIRCLE [...] (C/NF) Summary: On August 28, Oscar Bonilla, the President of the cabinet-level National Council on Public Security, told the Ambassador that he has proof that key advisors to President Saca are corrupt, and offered details of an alleged multi-million dollar bribery scheme centering on electr [...] |
2007-09-04 19:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ES PGOV PREL |
| 07SANSALVADOR1779 | CAFTA-DR FIRST YEAR SUCCESS STORIES: MAQUILAS & TEXTILES [...] CAFTA-DR has shown very positive results in El Salvador during its first year of implementation. Manufacturing is expanding and diversifying, the local food and beverage industry is booming, and new investments are arriving to sectors before unexplored. It is the general view among entrepreneur [...] |
2007-09-05 22:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1783 | SAN MIGUEL POLICE CORRUPTION PROBE CASTS WIDER NET [...] (C) Summary: The ongoing investigation into police corruption in San Miguel has so far resulted in the arrest of a total of eight National Civilian Police (PNC) officers, as well as indictments ranging from murder to obstruction of justice to dereliction of duty. While the cases point to ser [...] |
2007-09-06 16:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR179 | EL SALVADOR: EXTENSION OF TPS FOR EL SALVADOR [...] (C) Temporary Protected Status should be extended again for the nearly 250,000 Salvadoran beneficiaries living and working in the United States. El Salvador's ongoing reconstruction from two devastating earthquakes in 2001 is incomplete, and a series of moderate local earthquakes during lat [...] |
2007-02-01 20:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ES HO NU PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
| 07SANSALVADOR1807 | REPLY TO INVITATION TO LUNCHEON ON LITERACY AND [...] (U) Post received a letter on September 4 confirming the attendance of Salvadoran First Lady Ana Ligia Sol de Saca at the September 24 luncheon to be hosted by First Lady Laura Bush. 2. (U) Per reftel instructions, Post provides the following information: a) Mrs. Saca will attend the lun [...] |
2007-09-07 22:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1834 | EL SALVADOR: IMPLEMENTING POCKETING AMENDMENT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador has just begun the implementation process for the CAFTA-DR pocketing amendment and must complete a legal review before submitting it to Congress. While the Government has the political will to see the amendment implemented, domestic political cons [...] |
2007-09-12 15:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ETRD ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1844 | CAFTA-DR EARLY SUCCESS STORIES: SERVICES & MANUFACTURING [...] CAFTA-DR has shown very positive results in El Salvador during its first year of implementation. In the services sector, an innovative, USAID-supported health firm has started exporting medical services. Software and logistics firms have also expanded, with new investments generating 645 jobs. [...] |
2007-09-12 22:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1853 | EL SALVADOR: INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Per Reftel request, Embassy San Salvador is pleased to provide information on Post's efforts to advance human rights in El Salvador. We trust the following information will advance Department's efforts related to the Democracy and Human Rights Roundtable at the UN General Assembly. ---- [...] |
2007-09-14 16:09:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR188 | EL SALVADOR: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-01 23:07:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1880 | DEMARCHE - ICAO SPLIT CURRENCY ASSESSMENTS [...] Post delivered the proposed language and non-paper from reftel on September 17 to the office of Jose Rene Rodriguez Gutierrez, Executive Director of El Salvador's Civil Aviation Authority who is leading the Salvadoran delegation to the 36th Session of the ICAO General Assembly on September 18-2 [...] |
2007-09-18 22:53:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ETRD ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1906 | GOES CONCERNED ROMERO CASE AT IACHR WOULD [...] (C) Summary: Contacts both within and outside the GOES have expressed concern that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is hearing a case that involves a complaint related to El Salvador,s civil war. Thus, the case falls under the reservation with which El Salvador joined the [...] |
2007-09-21 18:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1909 | EL SALVADOR MICROFINANCE SECTOR 2007: MOVING TOWARDS [...] SUMMARY. A recent visit to three leading micro-finance institutions shows a booming market serving a broad client base ranging from street vendors to medium enterprises. Microfinance organizations are also seeking to become regulated financial institutions, which will allow them to take dep [...] |
2007-09-21 21:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1911 | EL SALVADOR: TERRORIST FINANCE: USG CONCERN OVER [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to Jose Rolando Monroy Sintigo, Director of the Unidad de Investigacion Financiera, Fiscalia General de la Republica (El Salvador's Financial Intelligence Unit) on September 21. 2. (SBU) Monroy replied that his organization was eager to fully implement th [...] |
2007-09-21 23:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFIN PTER PREL ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1913 | CAFTA-DR EARLY SUCCESS STORIES: FOOD & BEVERAGE AND [...] CAFTA-DR has shown early successes in El Salvador, especially in the local food and beverage industry and in artisan crafts. Agricultural exports are up 32 percent in the first half of 2007, especially exports of "ethnic foods," including cheese, loroco, and seafood, and producers are preparing [...] |
2007-09-21 23:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1928 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-25 22:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1939 | YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq, and offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation's most pressing problem: a public security crisis that has spiraled out [...] |
2007-09-26 22:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1943 | POTENTIAL THIRD FORCE IN THE SALVADORAN ELECTORAL [...] (U) Former ARENA party Economy Minister Arturo Zablah is heading up a center-left alliance which may serve as a launching pad for a run at El Salvador's presidency in 2009. Following nearly a year of meetings and alliance building with politicians, academics and civil society representatives, [...] |
2007-09-27 22:22:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1947 | FORMER JOURNALIST LIKELY TO HEAD FMLN TICKET IN [...] (U) Local Salvadoran media reports that the FMLN has announced that journalist Mauricio Funes will head the party's presidential ticket in the 2009 election. Salvador Sanchez Ceren, former FMLN General Coordinator and currently FMLN head of faction in the National Assembly, will be the party [...] |
2007-09-28 13:13:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ES PGOV PREL |
| 07SANSALVADOR1953 | YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your presence here will underline the importance of El Salvador's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq, and offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation's most pressing problem: a public security crisis that has spiraled out [...] |
2007-09-28 21:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR OVIP ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1959 | SALVADORAN VP ANNOUNCES RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY [...] (U) Ana Vilma de Escobar, El Salvador's Vice-President, has announced her possible candidacy for the ARENA party's nomination for President in the 2009 election. Escobar made her announcement in a hastily organized press conference on September 27. In her statement, she said only the she "wa [...] |
2007-09-28 21:08:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1964 | CAFTA HELPING STABILIZE SALVADORAN MAQUILA SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: El Salvador's textile and apparel industry is showing signs of greater stability in 2007 after two years of decline following the end of global textile quotas. As reported in reftel B, CAFTA-DR has helped to attract new investment in the maquila sector. The extension of Free Trade Zo [...] |
2007-10-01 12:22:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR1999 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DRAFT RESOLUTION "CONDEMNING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-04 22:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2000 | MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY BECOMES THIRD DECLARED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-04 22:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2040 | BIOFUELS FORUM IN EL SALVADOR [...] SUMMARY: At a biofuels forum on September 25, diverse Salvadoran stakeholders heard presentations on biofuels, the U.S.-Brazil biofuels partnership and ongoing feasibility studies in El Salvador. A visiting biofuels researcher sponsored by EB and IIP, Dr. George Philippidis, drew on U.S. and Br [...] |
2007-10-11 14:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EINV EPET ETRD ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR206 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran officers for participation in the Irregular Challenges Workshop to be held in San Salvador, scheduled for Feb. 13 - 15, 2007. COLONEL XXXXXXXXXXX [...] |
2007-02-06 20:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2065 | El SALVADOR: ECONOMIC AND TRADE UPDATE [...] Summary. According to Central Bank indicators, economic activity has remained buoyant in El Salvador during the first half of 2007. GDP for the first quarter of 2007 increased by 4.01 percent and the Bank's Index of the Volume of Economic Activity increased by 4.01 percent for the first half o [...] |
2007-10-12 22:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2069 | EL SALVADOR MOVES CLOSER TO RESOLVING GULF OF [...] (U) Summary: On October 4 the leaders of El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras signed an agreement declaring their commitment to working together to develop the Gulf of Fonseca. The leaders labeled the agreement the first step toward resolving territorial disputes that have plagued the gulf [...] |
2007-10-12 23:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ES HN NU |
| 07SANSALVADOR2085 | SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT AGREES WITH TEXT OF THE PROPOSED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-18 16:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAIR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR21 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the NCO Development Course at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Ft Benning, GA scheduled for Janua [...] |
2007-01-05 13:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR210 | EL SALVADOR: KEEN TO RUN FOR HRC SEAT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-07 20:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ES UNHRC |
| 07SANSALVADOR2149 | EL SALVADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO CANDIDACY OF [...] (U) On October 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche and provided David Walker's biographic information to Gustavo Argueta, MFA Specialist in Charge of the United Nations. Argueta said that El Salvador recognized the need for effective oversight at the UN and said the MFA would review the info [...] |
2007-10-24 22:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UNGA UN ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2156 | EL SALVADOR: POULTRY INDUSTRY MAIN PLAYERS [...] (SBU) Summary. The entrance of U.S. poultry producers to the Salvadoran market has been deterred by GOES claims that U.S. poultry and eggs do not meet stringent GOES sanitary and phytosanitary requirements. However, there are also a small number of well-connected business interests who control [...] |
2007-10-25 18:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD AGR USTR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2157 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO NEXT STEPS ON [...] (U) On October 22, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Gustavo Argueta, MFA Specialist in Charge of the United Nations. Argueta was supportive of the proposal for the "Year of Action" and requested the text of the proposal be forwarded to the MFA as soon as possible for review. He was open [...] |
2007-10-25 19:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2169 | (C) ARTURO ZABLAH LIKELY TO RUN; WAITING TO [...] (C) Summary: Arturo Zablah told us October 24 he would know by the end of the month which parties (FDR, PDC, and CD) would support his presidential campaign in coalition, at which point he would make a decision and announce his candidacy. At this point, Zablah believes only CD's support is st [...] |
2007-10-26 21:09:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2174 | EL SALVADOR: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-29 18:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR219 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran soldier for participation in U.S.-funded Military Academy training to be held at Colombia's National Military Academy in Bogota, Colombia, scheduled for [...] |
2007-02-08 19:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR220 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran soldier for participation in the Supply/Warehouse Course, to be held at the Inter-American Air Force Academy in San Antonio, Texas, scheduled for March 3 [...] |
2007-02-08 21:57:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2206 | POPULIST SAN MIGUEL MAYOR LOOKS TO LARGER [...] (U) Summary: Will Salgado, the populist mayor of the city of San Miguel, plays a dominant role in the regional politics of eastern El Salvador. A political maverick known for his brash public persona, frequent party changes, and allegations of involvement in extrajudicial vigilante groups, [...] |
2007-11-01 16:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL |
| 07SANSALVADOR2228 | EL SALVADOR: DRAFT 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) The following is El Salvador's draft 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), Part One, Drugs and Chemical control. Draft INCSR is submitted in compliance with instructions contained in reftel. 2. (U) Begin draft text: 2007-2008 INCSR Part One: Drugs and Ch [...] |
2007-11-05 22:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES SNAR |
| 07SANSALVADOR2229 | EL SALVADOR: THE CASE FOR MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY [...] (C/NF) Introduction: The government of El Salvador (GOES) has evolved into a major U.S. partner in Latin America and beyond. U.S.-Salvadoran cooperation extends across a broad spectrum, encompassing defense, counter-terrorism, and law enforcement, as well as regional, multilateral, and trade [...] |
2007-11-05 22:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ES MARR MOPS PREL |
| 07SANSALVADOR2240 | EL SALVADOR: CBERA REPORT INPUT [...] Economic Review: After more than a decade of systematic economic reforms, crowned in January 2001 with the introduction of the U.S. dollar as full legal tender, EL Salvador has been described as having the most open trade and investment environment in Central America; in Latin America, only Ch [...] |
2007-11-06 17:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD AMGT ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2248 | EL SALVADOR SUPPORTS U.S. AGENDA AT COMMUNITY OF [...] (U) On November 5 Poloff delivered demarche requested reftel to Ambassador Guillermo Melendez, El Salvador's Director General of Foreign Policy. Ambassador Melendez informed poloff that unforeseen staffing shortages preclude Salvadoran representation at the November 14-17 Bamako conference. [...] |
2007-11-07 16:01:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA |
| 07SANSALVADOR2249 | EL SALVADOR: SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) As requested reftel, we provide the following assessment of the political and legal challenges El Salvador would face in order to deploy troops to Iraq in 2009 without the umbrella of a United Nations (UN) Chapter VII mandate. 2. (C) The government of El Salvador (GOES) has maintained a [...] |
2007-11-07 18:14:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES MARR MOPS PREL |
| 07SANSALVADOR2255 | FMLN SEEKS TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH U.S., [...] (C) Summary: Moderate FMLN Deputy Hugo Martinez told us November 1 that FMLN leadership had decided improving relations with the U.S. was important and that he had been tapped to coordinate U.S.-FMLN relations. He commented on the difficulties presented by the FMLN's presidential ticket, but [...] |
2007-11-08 17:09:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PGOV PREL |
| 07SANSALVADOR2269 | FMLN APPROVES FUNES-SANCHEZ CEREN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The FMLN approved unanimously November 11 its presidential ticket of journalist Mauricio Funes and Salvador Sanchez Ceren, head of the FMLN's bloc in the National Assembly. As expected, Sanchez Ceren's acceptance speech played to the FMLN's core supporters, while Funes' message w [...] |
2007-11-13 19:26:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2297 | EL SALVADOR: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND POLICY SUPPORT [...] (U) Summary: A U.S. Navy ship visit to El Salvador under the auspices of the upcoming commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet circumnavigating the globe would offer Embassy San Salvador significant public diplomacy and policy support opportunities. As such, mission hop [...] |
2007-11-19 16:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KPAO MASS MOPS PREL |
| 07SANSALVADOR2300 | Superintendent of Competition's Active Agenda [...] (SBU) Summary. The Superintendent of Competition (SC), established less than two years ago has been aggressively pursuing cases of alleged non-competitive practices in El Salvador. It recently imposed fines against gasoline and electricity distribution companies and commodity brokers. Local [...] |
2007-11-20 20:47:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EINV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2301 | DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA DELIVERED TO EL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General for Political Affairs Guillermo Melendez told us November 15 that the GOES shared our concerns about anti-democratic reforms in Venezuela and would continue to raise the issue publicly. End Summary. 2. (C) On November 13, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche [...] |
2007-11-20 21:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE EU WHA PHUM ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2323 | EL SALVADOR: CNIES INFORMATION SHARING MESSAGE [...] (U) Post delivered reftel message via diplomatic note and letter to the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Public Security and Justice, and the National Civilian Police. In each case, Post requested a written acknowledgement and will inform INL/LP when rec [...] |
2007-11-29 22:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR OTRA ES PREL |
| 07SANSALVADOR2324 | ADIDAS OPEN LETTER SEEKS RESOLUTION OF LABOR CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Hermosa Manufacturing, a Salvadoran owned and operated garment manufacturer, ceased operations in May 2005. The closure resulted in more than 250 unemployed workers and liabilities of USD 825,000 in outstanding wages, severance payments, and unpaid benefits. The GOES has bee [...] |
2007-11-29 22:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2325 | EL SALVADOR DECLINES TO ATTEND NEW DELHI AVIAN FLU [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to El Salvador's Ministries of Agriculture and Health. Both ministries informed post that they do not plan to send any representative to the New Delhi Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza. The Minister of Agriculture previously declined an invitation to t [...] |
2007-11-30 16:17:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KFLU EAID TBIO PREL ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2333 | EL SALVADOR INTERESTED IN PCIA [...] Per reftel A request, post delivered information on the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (PCIA) to the Violeta Larde, Director for International Cooperation in the Ministry of Environment (MARN) and to Minister of Health Dr. Jos Guillermo Maza Brizuela. During a meeting with USAID Health Progr [...] |
2007-12-03 18:25:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2334 | EL SALVADOR DELEGATION TO CCAA BIOFUELS MEETINGS [...] Per reftel request, post delivered Winrock International's draft assessment of biofuels development in El Salvador to Salvadoran points of contact on November 27-28. During a November 28 meeting with Econoff, Vice Minister of Agriculture Jose Emilio Suadi and advisor Ernesto Hayem expressed ke [...] |
2007-12-03 18:25:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EINV EPET ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2341 | WHA/CEN OFFICE DIRECTOR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (U) Summary: WHA/CEN Office Director John Feeley and El Salvador Desk Officer Hillary Thompson visited San Salvador November 15-16. Feeley explained to Salvadoran interlocutors the way ahead on the Central American component of the Merida Initiative and stressed the key role that SICA must pl [...] |
2007-12-04 16:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES PREL PGOV |
| 07SANSALVADOR2344 | EL SALVADOR 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE SUBMISSION [...] According to the Central Bank of El Salvador, the U.S. goods trade balance with El Salvador went from a trade surplus of $872.6 million in 2005 to a trade surplus of $1,080 million in 2006 (Central Bank data). U.S. goods exports in 2006 were $3.1 billion, up 5.34 percent from the previous year [...] |
2007-12-04 19:17:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2347 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) On November 30, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Gustavo Argueta, MFA Official in Charge of UN and Multilateral Fora. Argueta acknowledged the US position on such resolutions and added that El Salvador strongly supports the Middle East peace process. He also said th [...] |
2007-12-04 21:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2349 | EL SALVADOR: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT 2007 [...] (U) Summary: Pursuant to reftel, this cable provides information on the worst forms of child labor in El Salvador. As a country eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), El Salvador supports efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. During 200 [...] |
2007-12-04 21:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2358 | EL SALVADOR: CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO IRAN/NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told us December 5 they would study the NIE summary and our non-paper, but that El Salvador's basic approach to the Iran/nuclear issue would continue to be cautious. Our interlocutors were especially receptive to the argument that Iran must comply with existing UNSC [...] |
2007-12-06 19:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2363 | EL SALVADOR: US-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-07 15:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ES IZ MARR MOPS |
| 07SANSALVADOR2378 | COUNT ON EL SALVADOR TO ATTEND THE UNGA PLENARY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-10 19:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV UNGA ES |
| 07SANSALVADOR2383 | HIGH OIL PRICES RAISE EL SALVADOR'S ENERGY SUBSIDY [...] SUMMARY: A freeze on El Salvador's electricity |