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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02ROME2188 |
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: INFORMAL [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: AT THE INSTIGATION OF THE INDEPENDENT CHAIR OF THE FAO COUNCIL, A GROUP WILL UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 02188 061414Z MEET INFORMALLY MAY 18 TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER. GU [...] |
2002-05-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID FAO AGR |
| 02ROME2487 |
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: INFORMAL [...] SUMMARY: AN INFORMAL MEETING WAS HELD AT THE FAO TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION FOR THE WORLD FOOD SUMMIT: FIVE YEARS LATER MEETING (WFS5YL) TO BE HELD IN ROME JUNE 10-13, 2002. PARTICIPANTS AGREED TO START FROM THE DRAFT LEFT UNFINISHED BY THE OPEN ENDED WORKING GROUP [...] |
2002-05-21 08:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID FAO AGR |
| 02ROME2565 |
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER:TWO WEEKS TO [...] SUMMARY: THIS CABLE UPDATES ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE JUNE 10-13 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) MEETING IN ROME, JUNE 10-13, 2002. SOME 50 HEADS OF STATE/HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ARE EXPECTED, MOSTLY FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. ITALY, SPAIN, BELGIUM AND SWEDEN ARE THE ONLY OECD HEADS OF [...] |
2002-05-28 12:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID FAO AGR |
| 02ROME3214 |
OUTCOME OF WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER [...] SUMMARY: DESPITE POSTPONEMENT AND COMPETING EVENTS, THE JUNE 10-13 WORLD FOOD SUMMIT:FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) MEETING WAS WELL ATTENDED AND UNMARRED BY VIOLENT PROTESTS. 47 HEADS OF STATE ATTENDED, OF WHICH TWO WERE OECD COUNTRY LEADERS (SPAIN AND ITALY). THE U.S. DELEGATION, LED BY SECRET [...] |
2002-07-02 07:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID FAO AGR |
| 02ROME79 |
PROPOSED TAX ON BEEF [...] ON FEBUARY 15 AGRICULTURE MINISTER ALEMANNO PROPOSED ATAX ON BEEF TO FUND NEW MEASURES TO ENSURE MEAT AFETY. ACCORDING TO ALEMANNO THIS TAX WOULD INCRASE GOVERNMENT REVENUE BY 67 MILLION EUROS AND B USED TO AUGMENT FUNDS PRESENTLY EARMARKED FOR TH BSE CRISIS. THIS TARGET WAS CALCULATED UNDE [...] |
2002-02-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU IT AGR FAO |
| 02ROME895 |
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER STATE OF [...] SUMMARY. THE RESCHEDULED UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00895 01 OF 03 221143Z ORGANIZATION (FA0) WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER (WFS5YL) WILL MEET JUNE 10-13 IN ROME. THE FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (MEETING IMMEDIATELY BEFO [...] |
2002-02-22 11:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID FAO AGR |
| 04GUATEMALA387 |
AGREMENT REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR TO THE [...] On February 2 the Embassy received from the MFA a written request for agrement for Jose Guillermo Castillo Villacorta as Guatemalan Ambassador to the U.S., dated January 30, 2004. The original has been pouched to WHA/CEN under registry #306131. Castillo Villacorta is known well and favorabl [...] |
2004-02-18 18:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | GT AGR |
| 04GUATEMALA392 |
AGREMENT REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR TO THE [...] On February 2 the Embassy received from the MFA a written request for agrement for Jose Guillermo Castillo Villacorta as Guatemalan Ambassador to the U.S., dated January 30, 2004. The original has been pouched to WHA/CEN under registry #306131. Castillo Villacorta is known well and favorabl [...] |
2004-02-18 22:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GT AGR |
| 04GUATEMALA673 |
Notification of Agrement [...] Per reftel request, on March 13, the Embassy notified the MFA by diplomatic note (#56) of USG approval of the nomination of Jose Guillermo Castillo Villacorta as Ambassador to the United States. 2. MFA Bilateral Affairs Director Ana Maria Dieguez informed us that she expects Ambassador Ca [...] |
2004-03-17 22:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | GT AGR |
| 05DHAKA5633 |
MONGA - CYCLES OF POVERTY AND HUNGER IN NORTHERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Each fall and winter, the northern rural agricultural districts of Bangladesh experience "monga," a period of severe food insecurity coupled with high seasonal unemployment as a result of natural gaps in the normal planting season on which these regions depend. Government food p [...] |
2005-11-20 04:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR ECON PGOV TBIO BG AGR CARE CDC |
| 05TAIPEI4156 |
Food Supply in Southern Taiwan Faces Scrutiny [...] The food supply in Taiwan has come under increasing scrutiny following reports of more dioxin-contaminated duck and fish products (reftel A), commercially raised fish contaminated with the carcinogen, malachite green, and large additional amounts of diseased pork (reftel B). Moreover, most o [...] |
2005-10-12 06:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON TW IND AGR |
| 07LAPAZ2730 |
USDA IN BOLIVIA: FEEDING CHILDREN, FORTIFYING [...] (SBU) Since 2005, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has donated about $7.3 million through NGOs to Bolivia. One program provides a daily hot meal to approximately 20%-25% of rural school children in the nation. The program has helped build school greenhouses, chicken coup [...] |
2007-10-11 16:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL |
| 07LAPAZ2873 |
WINE AND GAS IN TARIJA: ONE FLOWS FREELY [...] (SBU) The Department of Tarija forms the southern base of the so-called half moon, a grouping of departments resistant to the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) agenda. It is home to both vineyards and almost all of the major Bolivian gas fields. As a result, Tarija may be the wealthiest of [...] |
2007-10-24 21:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR PREL EPET BL |
| 07LAPAZ2928 |
READY TO GAMBLE ON BIOFUELS IN BOLIVIA? [...] (C) The potential for biofuel development in Bolivia is significant: land is abundant, fertile, and cheap; labor is plentiful (and employment demands great); and there is even an under-used pipeline to carry the fuel to a pacific port. Government rhetoric, lack of legal definitions, and pote [...] |
2007-10-31 20:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA PREL EPET BL |
| 07LAPAZ3038 |
EVO: OPPOSITION WAGING ECONOMIC WAR [...] (C) President Evo Morales declared in a November 15 speech that opposition forces are trying to sabotage his administration through economic means. As a defensive measure in this "economic war", Morales temporarily eliminated the tariff on key agricultural imports, prohibited the exportatio [...] |
2007-11-16 21:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL AGR AADP FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL |
| 07LAPAZ3230 |
PL-480: WE CAN'T GIVE MONEY AWAY. [...] (C) Institutional incompetence, politicking, and resistance to any cooperation with the United States is hamstringing USDA programs in Bolivia. At the end of the Title I wheat monetization program in 2005, a committee within the PL-480 Secretariat was set up to administer the approximately [...] |
2007-12-11 19:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL |
| 07LAPAZ3236 |
PL-480: WE CAN'T GIVE MONEY AWAY [...] (C) Institutional incompetence, politicking, and resistance to cooperation with the United States is hampering USDA programs in Bolivia. At the end of the Title I wheat monetization program in 2005, a committee within the PL-480 Secretariat was set up to administer the approximately US$6 [...] |
2007-12-12 15:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL |
| 07LAPAZ3259 |
DIESEL SHORTAGES: EXCUSES, BLAME, AND INFLATION [...] (SBU) Over the past four months, Bolivia has suffered repeated shortages of diesel, especially in the eastern, agricultural powerhouse of Santa Cruz where the concurrent winter harvest and summer planting seasons are hampered by fuel shortages. Logistical problems appear to be principally t [...] |
2007-12-14 18:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL FAS IICA AGR FAO IFAD BL |
| 07MANILA3948 |
AMBASSADOR EMPHASIZES ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL [...] Summary: The Ambassador visited three provinces in Northern Luzon December 5 to 7 and spoke to enthusiastic crowds principally on the theme of preservation. She presented the Embassy's International Woman of Courage award to Isabela Provincial Governor Grace Padaca, delivered an address to 6 [...] |
2007-12-17 09:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON EIND PGOV PHUM OEXC SENV RP AGR |
| 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 |
| 07STOCKHOLM957 |
SWEDEN: NOTIFICATION OF AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | AGR PREL PGOV SW |
| 08ABIDJAN127 |
COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON SEC GENERAL OF INT'L [...] (SBU) Econoff demarched Vincent Niagne Agnimel, Secretary General of the Ivoirian Rubber Association APROMAC SIPDIS and delivered talking points related to U.S. concerns about the tenure of Dr. Smits as International Rubber Study Group Secretary General. APROMAC is the designated Ivoirian [...] |
2008-02-22 17:30:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD AGR IV |
| 08KINGSTON366 |
JAMAICA RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD AND COMMODITY [...] (SBU) Jamaica does not currently face a chronic shortage in aggregate food supplies, but soaring prices over the last two years have led to a growing nutritional deficit among the most vulnerable citizens. Food substitution has also been on the rise as consumers search for cheaper alternatives [...] |
2008-04-30 12:43:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD SOCI PREL AGR EAID ENRG |
| 08LAPAZ1006 |
ADM BREAKS RANKS, CUTS DEAL TO EXPORT COOKING OIL [...] (C) Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) struck a deal with the government of Bolivia to restart exports of cooking oil. The American company stands alone among the four principal cooking oil exporters in its decision to negotiate with the Morales Administration and accept conditions on exporting. [...] |
2008-04-30 22:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL |
| 08LAPAZ1053 |
REQUEST OF WHEAT AID FOR BOLIVIA [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. 2. (U) Bolivia is currently experiencing a serious shortage of wheat. It is the result of public and private mismanagement, faulty Argentinean supplies, and world-wide shortages. Donated wheat has been a fundamental part of Bolivian supply under both the T [...] |
2008-05-06 21:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AGR FAO FAS IFAD BL |
| 08LAPAZ111 |
BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY TAKES BACK SEAT [...] (C) The Bolivian Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (SENASAG) is facing a funding crisis heading into the new year. The termination of an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan and an unwillingness to accept administrative controls mandated by the P.L. 480 program leave SENASAG [...] |
2008-01-15 20:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA EINV BL |
| 08LAPAZ1154 |
SANTA CRUZ BOLIVIA: SECOND CITY'S ECONOMY NOT [...] (SBU) Under the spotlight surrounding the autonomy votes, the Department of Santa Cruz is often portrayed as wealthy and white, and the movement for autonomy is simplistically characterized as a struggle over resources. While there is some truth in these generalizations, none of them adequat [...] |
2008-05-19 17:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS PREL PINR EAGR EAID BO |
| 08LAPAZ1175 |
AGRICULTURAL DEMARCHES DELIVERED, BOLIVIAN FOOD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) EconOff delivered demarche regarding the U.S. candidate for Chairperson FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission (Ref. A) to Carmen Timeo, the new head of the Bolivian Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (SENASAG). The [...] |
2008-05-21 20:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL |
| 08LAPAZ2601 |
BOLIVIAN FOOD SAFETY: TENTATIVE STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) The Bolivian Plant and Animal Health Service (SENASAG) has spent the better part of 2008 trying to reorganize and line up operational funding. Our effort to fund technical programs with remaining Title I funds has been caught up in political battles and the refusal by some members of th [...] |
2008-12-18 12:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR |
| 08LAPAZ589 |
BOLIVIA: A PRODUCTIVE SECTOR SQUEEZE IN SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) The Department of Santa Cruz is the commercial agricultural center of Bolivia. It has suffered two consecutive years of flooding, but Morales Administration political actions, neglect, and mismanagement have combined to exacerbate the problems. The agricultural sector has faced diesel [...] |
2008-03-17 12:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL |
| 08LAPAZ638 |
BOLIVIAN EXPORT BAN COULD DEVASTATE ECONOMY [...] (C) On March 19, President Morales issued a decree banning the exportation of four types of cooking oil. If maintained for any length of time, the move would destroy the most important sector of the economy in the opposition stronghold of Santa Cruz and force the withdrawal of American firm [...] |
2008-03-20 20:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL |
| 08LAPAZ670 |
EXPORT BAN STRETCHES TO SIX DAYS [...] (C) The devastating ban on Bolivian cooking oil exports has now been in effect for six days. The Morales Administration, according to the Vice President in a meeting with the Ambassador March 26 (Septel), is determined to guarantee the supply of cooking oil at affordable prices. They are pre [...] |
2008-03-26 22:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL FAS AGR FAO IFAD BL |
| 08LAPAZ693 |
BOLIVIA FORECAST: LEADING UP TO MAY 4 [...] (C) Short of an outbreak of widespread chaos and violence, the opposition-led department (state) of Santa Cruz is on track to hold a referendum on its autonomy statute despite President Evo Morales' attempts to stop or at least postpone it. The Catholic Church and the international communit [...] |
2008-03-28 22:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV ECON EAID AGR BL |
| 08LONDON470 |
INTERNATIONAL RUBBER STUDY GROUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary. Per Department of Commerce's request, Embassy London Econoff represented the USG during the Executive Committee meeting of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) on February 12 - 13. U.S. concerns with the contract extension for the Secretary General (SG) found little tract [...] |
2008-02-14 14:00:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD UK AGR EIND |
| 09GENEVA236 |
UNCTAD COMMODITIES EXPERTS MEETING, APRIL 6-8, GENEVA - [...] This is an action request. See para 11. 2. SUMMARY: After rescheduling twice, UNCTAD finalized dates for the first meeting of its multi-year expert group on commodities and development. The group will meet April 6 and 7 in Geneva, back-to-back with a multi-stakeholders meeting on coffee o [...] |
2009-03-19 07:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | UNCTAD ECON ETRD AGR |
| 09GUAYAQUIL243 |
CORREA'S STATE RUN BANANA COMPANY - A GOOD IDEA OR JUST [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-27 14:36:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT AGR EC CH IR LY |
| 09KINGSTON458 |
JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UPCOMING ELECTION OF NEW [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to determine whether Jamaica will present a candidate or support another country's candidate for Director General (DG) of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at its biennial meeting in October in Montego Bay, Jamaica. D [...] |
2009-06-09 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABUD AGR AORC EAGR ECON ETRD FAO FAS IICA OAS PGOV |
| 09LAPAZ248 |
BOLIVIA: NO INFORMATION ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON [...] (SBU) Emboff spoke with multiple representatives at the Bolivian foreign ministry and the phytosanitary agency SENASAG. Officials informed us that Bolivia is not a signatory to the Cartagena Protocol. They did not know if they had received invitations to participate in the upcoming Mexico Ci [...] |
2009-02-13 13:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR BL |
| 09LAPAZ871 |
PL-480: TWO YEARS OF FRUSTRATION [...] (C) As the Bolivian State presses forward with its desire to more fully control U.S. donations, the attempt to program and use PL-480 Title I funds provides an insightful case study. Following the monetization of agricultural commodities in 2004-05, about $6.7 million was planned to be joint [...] |
2009-06-15 13:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR |
| 09QUITO1148 |
ATPDEA Still Key to Many Ecuadorian Industries and Jobs [...] (U) Ecuador has benefitted substantially from the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) program since its inception in 1991. ATPA currently provides duty-free access to the U.S. market for approximately 5,600 Ecuadorian products. According to GoE estimates, approximately 350,000 jobs are tied [...] |
2009-11-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL EC AGR FAS EPET EMIN |