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| 01VATICAN2955 | VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE MAY 26 - JUNE 01 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - POPE SENDS ENVOYS TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN TERRITORY - CONSISTORY: OUTREACH TO THE ORTHODOX? - VATICAN CALLS NUTRITION AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHT - POPE'S UKRAINE TRIP NOT A THREAT SAYS VATICAN FM - POPE W [...] |
2001-06-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAGR IS AM KZ BU UP GT MEPP RU |
| 02ROME3757 | FAO FIELD VISIT TO GUATEMALA AND ECUADOR TO REVIEW [...] THE FAO IS ORGANIZING AN INVITATION-ONLY FIELD VISIT TO GUATEMALA AND ECUADOR, OCTOBER 19-21 AND 21-23, RESPECTIVELY. THE TRIP WILL GIVE PARTICIPANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW FIELD-LEVEL PROGRESS IN THE FAO'S SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR FOOD SECURITY (SPFS). -------------------- BACKGROUND ----- [...] |
2002-08-01 05:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR EAID EC GT FAO |
| 03GUATEMALA1 | DRUGS, TRADE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR'S FIRST [...] (C) Summary: At an informal dinner at the home of President Portillo December 28 that also included FM Gutierrez and the DCM, the Ambassador emphasize the need to focus in Portillo's remaining year in office on being recertified and on making progress in other areas -- human rights, corrupt [...] |
2003-01-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SNAR KDEM PHUM CASC US GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1015 | LOS CIMIENTOS: A PORTILLO PRESS SPECTACLE AND NEW [...] (U) Summary: On April 8, HROff and EconOff attended President Portillo's inauguration of a primary school at the new site of the Los Cimientos Community in San Vincente, Siquinala, Escuintla. After the flashy Presidential press opportunity, HROff and EconOff visited the community's temporary [...] |
2003-04-15 22:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA102 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MILITARY-TO-MIILTARY [...] (C) Summary: During an introductory call on MOD Robin Moran, the Ambassador restated USG policy in dealing with the Guatemalan military and reviewed the benchmarks for possibly establishing normal military-to-military relations. The Ambassador said that the military needs to improve its human [...] |
2003-01-14 22:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINR MASS PGOV SNAR PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1032 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS CUBA RESOLUTION AT OAS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-21 22:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1036 | DEMARCHE ON FLEEING IRAQI OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-22 17:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1066 | CUBA VOTE PROVOKES LARGELY POSITIVE REACTIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Unlike previous years, Guatemala's vote in favor of the 2003 Cuba resolution at the UN Human Rights Commission drew favorable editorials in the press. Cuba's repression of dissidents and the execution of the three hijackers led to a steady stream of press criticism of Castro's [...] |
2003-04-24 15:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR GT CU |
| 03GUATEMALA1084 | APPEAL OF 2002 MACK CASE SENTENCE [...] (U) Summary: On April 23, the Fourth Court of Appeals heard the public arguments from both the defense and the prosecution for the appeal of the Third Sentencing Court's October 3, 2002 decision in the Myrna Mack murder case, in which retired Colonel Juan Valencia Osorio was convicted and sent [...] |
2003-04-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1108 | GUATEMALA STILL STUDYING BALLISTIC MISSILE ICOC [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-28 19:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM MNUC ETTC TSPA GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1125 | VICTIMS' ASSISTANCE CENTER: GUATEMALA'S HRDF GRANT [...] (U) Embassy Guatemala appreciates the opportunity to propose an HRDF grant to help implement our human rights strategy.(Ref A) We believe that the Human Rights Victims' Assistance Center project outlined below offers an excellent opportunity to increase the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office cap [...] |
2003-04-30 20:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KSEP GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1131 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT PORTILLO [...] Confirm we have received and will deliver letter to President Portillo following working day. HAMILTON [...] |
2003-04-26 18:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1170 | PRE-CAFTA ROUND GUATEMALA LABOR UPDATE (#3) [...] (SBU) Summary: The following labor developments in Guatemala are discussed in the paragraphs marked below. -- Special Prosecutor's Case Files--Violence Against Unionists (2) -- More May Day Marchers Reject CAFTA (3) -- President Portillo Touts Labor Priorities and CAFTA (4) -- U.S. H [...] |
2003-05-06 17:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1172 | PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT BERGER LEAVES THE PAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential front-runner Oscar Berger announced on May 1 that he was leaving the National Action Party (PAN) to head a coalition of three smaller parties. Berger broke with the PAN after internal tensions erupted April 30 when the PAN Executive Committee (controlled by his ri [...] |
2003-05-06 22:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1177 | ANOTHER STEP FORWARD: FURTHER REDUCTION OF EMP [...] (U) Summary: At a May 2 public event, President Portillo officially demobilized 107 Presidential Guard (EMP) members in the second phase of the peace accord-mandated process to replace the EMP with a civilian agency. The Ambassador attended the ceremony at the National Cultural Palace, and la [...] |
2003-05-06 22:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1189 | SPURNED EX-PACS KIDNAP OFFICIALS, BURN PROPERTIES [...] Summary: Former civil patrol members (ex-PACs) on Guatemala's south coast rioted on May 5 to protest continued delays in promised GOG payments for their war-time service. In San Francisco Zapotitlan, a small municipality in Suchitepequez Province, former members of civil-defense committees too [...] |
2003-05-07 20:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SOCI ASEC CASC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1191 | ANOTHER LANDMARK TOPPLED: MACK CONVICTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 7, the Fourth Court of Appeals overturned the Third Sentencing Court's October 3, 2002 conviction of Colonel (ret.) Juan Valencia Osorio (Ref A). The Fourth Court of Appeals also found Helen Mack's appeal of the acquittal of General (ret.) Edgar Godoy Gaitan and Colonel (re [...] |
2003-05-07 22:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1205 | GUATEMALA DEMARCHED ON TOBACCO CONTROL CONVENTION [...] PolOff discussed reftel points and left non-paper with Sylvia Corado, Director for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on May 5, 2003. Corado expressed appreciation for the Spanish language version of the non-paper, saying it would help her prod the Health Ministry. Corado said it [...] |
2003-05-08 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GT WHO |
| 03GUATEMALA1243 | PRESIDENT OF SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, the President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) indicated his belief that General Rios Montt is prohibited by law from being a candidate for president, but noted that if the TSE is asked to decide this question, other magistrates ma [...] |
2003-05-13 16:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL PINR KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1254 | URC-119 RADIO TRANSFER TO GUATEMALAN MILITARY [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Ref A was Post's request for authorization to transfer one URC-119 High Frequency (HF) Radio Set to the Guatemalan Military through the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) Program. The transfer is part of a region-wide upgrade to provide an Automati [...] |
2003-03-13 14:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS MARR GT MACP |
| 03GUATEMALA127 | AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON HELEN MACK [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Helen Mack at the Myrna Mack Foundation on January 13. They discussed the proposal to investigate clandestine groups, the impending decertification decision, the Consultative Group meeting, the status of the Mack case, and recent wave of [...] |
2003-01-16 16:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1277 | GUATEMALA RATIFIED INSTRUMENTS ON PROTECTION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-15 20:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA128 | PAN IN THE PROCESS OF OVERCOMING INTERNAL RIVALRY [...] (C) Summary: The National Advancement Party's two rival leaders, presidential candidate Oscar Berger and party Secretary General Leonel Lopez Rodas, announced their accord SIPDIS to work together in support of Berger's presidential candidacy. In a symbolic media event on January 13, bull [...] |
2003-01-16 17:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SNAR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1281 | NATIONAL ELECTIONS CONVOKED FOR NOVEMBER 9 [...] The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) officially announced on May 15 the convocation of elections for President, all 158 seats in Guatemala's unicameral Congress and mayors and city council members to take place on November 9, 2003. If no candidate for President receives more than 50% of the v [...] |
2003-05-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1299 | PRESIDENT PORTILLO DISCUSSES CAFTA, PEACE ACCORDS, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 14 breakfast at the Ambassador's residence with visiting senior USG officials, President Portillo expressed hope for the prompt conclusion of a free trade agreement with the U.S. which, he said, "will transform Guatemala;" said that in his remaining months in office he [...] |
2003-05-19 22:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR PHUM KDEM EAID ELAB GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1320 | GUATEMALA: 2002 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT UPDATE [...] Post recommends the following updates to the 2002 country report on religious freedom for Guatemala: Section I. ---------- No changes. Section II. ----------- Legal/Policy Framework Paragraph 1: Please replace "In April 2002, on the seventh anniversary of the signing of the accord, th [...] |
2003-05-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KIRF GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1336 | DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE PUERTO RICAN REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-23 15:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1337 | GUATEMALA ON INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] Information provided below is keyed to reftel questions: A. The OAS Terrorism Convention is not currently on the legislative agenda. Congress is in recess until August. General elections will be held in November. The Foreign Ministry continues to consult internally and with various line M [...] |
2003-05-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTIA AORC GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1357 | FRG NOMINATES RIOS MONTT FOR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The ruling Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) nominated its founding leader, Efrain Rios Montt, for President; former Agriculture Minister Edin Barrientos for Vice President; and corrupt former Minister of Public Works Luis Rabbe was nominated for Mayor of Guatemala City by a p [...] |
2003-05-27 20:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA137 | USING THREAT OF GSP REVIEW TO PREPARE FOR CAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Pending further steps from the GOG to protect labor rights, Embassy recommends that USTR inform the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington (and the Department instruct us to inform the GOG here) that the GSP petition is under informal USG review pending an assessment of current GOG [...] |
2003-01-17 14:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PHUM PGOV ELAB PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1375 | GUATEMALA MAKES COUNTER REQUEST ON OAS CANDIDATES [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Per ref A, following up on our previous demarche (ref B) and diplomatic note, PolOff discussed post-specific and Central American points with Sylvia Corado, Director for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on May 28. Corado ex [...] |
2003-05-29 15:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA139 | THIRD ANNUAL CORRUPTION REPORT - GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Guatemala made limited progress in 2002 in implementing its commitments under the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption. The primary obstacle to greater progress was the lack of effective leadership on the part of the Executive in fighting corruption, and the political polariz [...] |
2003-01-17 15:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL PGOV GT |
| 03GUATEMALA143 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: On January 16, the Ambassador and FRG legislator Zury Rios discussed possible counter-narcotics decertification and the importance of securing more effective GOG cooperation in the war on drugs before a free trade agreement is ready to be approved by Congress. Rios said that the [...] |
2003-01-17 16:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SNAR ETRD CASC KIPR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1435 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY STRUBLE'S MAY 29-31 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During a May 29-31 visit to Guatemala, to participate in a WHA Entry Level Conference, Acting Assistant Secretary Curt Struble met with Vice President Reyes Lopez, SIPDIS Acting Foreign Minister Aguilera and Minister of Interior Reyes Calderon to discuss the full range of bila [...] |
2003-06-05 14:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ETRD CASC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA145 | PORTILLO SPEECH TURNED FRG CAMPAIGN RALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The FRG used the occasion of President Portillo's January 14 state of the union speech to bus in to the capital thousands of former self defense committee patrollers (ex-PACs). After delivering his annual review of his government's accomplishments and priorities in Congress, [...] |
2003-01-17 17:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1454 | FRG REACTS TO USG STATEMENT ABOUT RIOS MONTT CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-05 22:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | GT PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR |
| 03GUATEMALA146 | OMBUDSMAN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION TO [...] (U) Summary: On January 16, Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales unveiled a proposal for a UN-OAS led commission to investigate clandestine groups (for details on the proposal, see Ref A). The proposal was enthusiastically received by the press, human rights NGOs, and the international commu [...] |
2003-01-17 18:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1464 | AMCIT LAND DISPUTE IN ALTA VERAPAZ [...] Summary. "Finca Esmeralda," a coffee farm in Alta Verapaz province owned by Carlos Ardebol, and AmCit, has been occupied since February by organized landless peasants who have damaged personal property and prevented the return of the Ardebol family. There are of over 40 such occupations by [...] |
2003-06-06 18:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ELAB PHUM SOCI GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1465 | SOCIAL SECURITY SCANDAL HITS FRG UNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Critics continue to pounce on the ruling FRG for the scandal over the plundering of an estimated $45 million in funds from Guatemala's social security institute (IGSS). President Portillo is rumored to have given the green light for a thorough investigation. The President, Vi [...] |
2003-06-09 13:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR EFIN PGOV GT |
| 03GUATEMALA147 | GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO THE THIRD CICTE [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Sylvia Corado, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Foreign Ministry. The Guatemalan delegation will be headed by Vice Minister Gabriel Aguilera of the Foriegn Ministry and will include Vice Minister of Interior Alfredo Caseres, Colonel Francisco Permudes [...] |
2003-01-17 18:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL AORC GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1479 | RIOS MONTT CANDIDACY FACES FIRST LEGAL CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOG's Registry of Citizens announced on June 6 its rejection of Efrain Rios Montt's presidential candidacy. Rios Montt announced his intention to appeal the decision, a process involving several different institutions which could take months. The deadline for candidates t [...] |
2003-06-09 22:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1530 | ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL UPHOLDS BAR AGAINST RIOS MONTT [...] (U) By a three to two vote on June 12 the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) upheld a ruling from the Registry of Citizens (reported RefTel) barring President of Congress Efrain Rios Montt from running for president. The ruling was based on Article 186 (a) of the Constitution. Rios Montt has [...] |
2003-06-13 17:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1535 | HELEN MACK'S TAKE ON JUSTICE, POLITICS, AND CICIACS [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, Helen Mack had breakfast at the residence with the Ambassador and Human Rights Officer to discuss the Supreme Court appeal in her case set for June 19, the latest political alliance between Oscar Berger and Eduardo Stein, the mixed commission to investigate clandestin [...] |
2003-06-13 19:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1541 | GUATEMALA LABOR AND TIP UPDATE #4 [...] The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector. Topics include: -- Bilateral Labor Group Convoked for Early July (para 2) -- Union Leader Arrested in Social Security Scandal (3) -- Choi Shin/Cimatextiles in the GOG's Crosshairs (4) -- American Dat [...] |
2003-06-16 17:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN ETRD CVIS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1548 | RIOS MONTT STONED BY MOURNERS IN RABINAL [...] (U) Summary: During a poorly-timed campaign stop in the highland town of Rabinal on June 15, former General and FRG presidential candidate Rios Montt was greeted with stones and bottles thrown by a group of war victims participating in an inhumation of 67 community members killed by the army du [...] |
2003-06-17 14:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS MOPS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1561 | RIOS MONTT CAMPAIGN SUFFERS THIRD LEGAL DEFEAT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-17 22:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1581 | BERGER SELECTS EDUARDO STEIN AS VP CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: The front-running Gran Alianza Nacional (GANA) officially nominated former Foreign Minister and chief of two OAS missions to Peru, Eduardo Stein, as its Vice Presidential candidate. The move, announced on June 16, broadens the appeal of the Berger ticket providing it with needed [...] |
2003-06-19 20:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA159 | LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER GUTIERREZ TO [...] Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez gave us on January 21 a letter to Secretary Powell (dated January 17) in which he thanks the Secretary for his letter (reftel) congratulating Gutierrez on his nomination as Foreign Minister. In his letter, Gutierrez expresses his desire to work together with t [...] |
2003-01-21 21:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS GT BZ |
| 03GUATEMALA1596 | LAST CHANCE FOR JUSTICE IN MACK CASE [...] (C) Summary: On June 19, Helen Mack, the prosecution, and the defense presented oral arguments before the Supreme Court for the final appeal in the case against the three retired military officers allegedly responsible for ordering the murder of Myrna Mack in September 1990. All three officers [...] |
2003-06-20 18:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS PREL KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1609 | COUNTER-NARCOTICS MARITIME AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) Ambassador Hamilton and Foreign Minister Gutierrez signed the bilateral counter-narcotics maritime agreement (reftels) in a ceremony at the MFA on June 19. Signature of this landmark agreement has been an important element in our dialogue with the GOG on counter-narcotics certification. T [...] |
2003-06-20 18:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIA SNAR PBTS KCRM PHSA EWWT EAIR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1642 | AMBASSADOR VIELMAN SAYS GOG IS PRESSING UN FOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, Acting DCM and Human Rights Officer met with Ambassador Maritza Ruiz de Vielman, Foreign Minister Gutierrez's Special Advisor, to discuss the state of play on the proposed mixed commission to investigate clandestine groups (CICIACS), to commend GOG collaboration with t [...] |
2003-06-24 21:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1673 | KEEPING NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS FROM BEING RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Attorney General de Leon and with Foreign Minister Gutierrez to raise, inter alia, our concerns that an irregular change of judges presiding over the case of major narcotics trafficker Otto Herrera's organization could be the prelude to releasing the defen [...] |
2003-06-26 21:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KJUS PGOV PREL PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1674 | RECENT GOG ACTIONS TO COMBAT ALIEN SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOG cooperated fully with us in the expulsion through the US of alien smuggler Karla Chavez, wanted by US law enforcement authorities in connection with the May 13 death of 19 illegal aliens in Victoria, Texas. Foreign Minister Gutierrez also informed the Ambassador that the [...] |
2003-06-26 21:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG CVIS PREL PGOV PINS PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1683 | FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS FOR TIME TO CONSIDER ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez told the Ambassador on June 24 that the MFA is seeking interagency comments on the proposed bilateral Article 98 Agreement, and is engaged in internal political consultations on the desirability of signing the agreement. He asked that we give the [...] |
2003-06-27 17:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS PGOV PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1686 | XAMAN CASE REOPENED [...] (C) Summary: On June 17, Human Rights Officer attended a public session of the Xaman trial in San Pedro Carcha, Alta Verapaz. This trial is the third attempt to prosecute 25 soldiers for the October 5, 1995, massacre of eleven civilians in the community of Aurora 8 de Octubre, Finca Xaman, Al [...] |
2003-06-27 19:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS KDEM PREL KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1692 | MAJOR COCAINE SEIZURE IN GUATEMALAN HIGHLANDS [...] At 09:45 local time on June 27 a Bell 212 helicopter carrying 757 kilos of cocaine crashed near the town of San Francisco el Alto, in Totonicapan Department, near the border with Mexico. Its three crew members, injured in the crash, escaped and remain at large. Local police immediately arriv [...] |
2003-06-29 20:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1693 | SAIA INTERNAL REGULATIONS SIGNED BY MINISTER OF [...] Minister of Government Jose Adolfo Reyes Calderon told the Ambassador on June 27 that he had signed the global internal regulations of the SAIA (Guatemala's counter-narcotics police). These new internal regulations, which were drafted in consultation with the Embassy, represent a major step [...] |
2003-06-29 20:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1698 | INCREASED POLICE PROTECTION FOR ANTHROPOLOGISTS, [...] (C) Summary: In response to increased threats targeting forensic anthropologists conducting exhumations, Ambassador Hamilton met with Minister of Interior Reyes Calderon on June 27 to press for an enhanced GOG response. Reyes Calderon said he had already given orders in the case of the anthro [...] |
2003-07-01 21:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1699 | 58TH UNGA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOG [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-01 21:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GT UNGA UN |
| 03GUATEMALA1700 | AMBASSADOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hamilton met with Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales on June 26 to express concern over the recent murder of an Auxiliary Ombudsman and new threats against human rights defenders and journalists. The Ambassador also praised Morales' efforts to promote the prompt e [...] |
2003-07-01 21:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS PINR MOPS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1727 | CAFTA LABOR TRACK TWO DEMARCHE: GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary: Embassy welcomes Department's proposal, outlined in Ref A, to demarche Central American Ambassadors in Washington to emphasize the need for progress on labor rights protections in the context of CAFTA negotiations, and appreciates the opportunity to provide input for the demarch [...] |
2003-07-07 14:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD CA PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1728 | INTERIOR MINISTER COMMENTS ON ASSAULT AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on June 27 with Interior Minister Reyes Calderon to express concern over the June 24 criminal attack of the home of newspaper publisher Jose Ruben Zamora, and to urge a thorough investigation. Reyes Calderon said that the Public Ministry was investigating the c [...] |
2003-07-07 14:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1743 | SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN RIOS MONTT CANDIDACY, [...] (U) On July 4, the Supreme Court denied the appeal of FRG presidential candidate Efrain Rios Montt against a decision of the Registry of Citizens (Ref A) which stated that he could not be a candidate for President based on prohibitions contained in Article 186 of the Constitution. Twelve of th [...] |
2003-07-07 19:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1751 | GUATEMALA DEMARCHED ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-08 18:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI GT ECOSOC |
| 03GUATEMALA1752 | HUMAN CLONING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] In the absence of more senior officials, PolOff conveyed the Spanish version of reftel points to Marco Tulio Chicas, Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs on July 2 and followed up on July 7. Chicas said our points had been instrumental in preparing a briefing for his superiors, but that [...] |
2003-07-08 18:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KSCA GT USUN |
| 03GUATEMALA1774 | RECUSAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT MAGISTRATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The recusal of one Constitutional Court magistrate and attempted recusal of five others on July 9 created a temporary crisis in the Court's consideration of the case involving the eligibility of Efrain Rios Montt to be a presidential candidate. The crisis was resolved when the [...] |
2003-07-10 20:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1805 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES RIOS MONTT ELIGIBLE [...] (U) By a vote of 4 to 3, the Constitutional Court issued a decision on the evening of July 14 striking down the earlier findings of the Registry of Persons, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and the Supreme Court (reftels), which had found that former de facto President Efrain Rios Montt was not [...] |
2003-07-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MOPS PHUM KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1806 | SUPPORT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROSECUTOR [...] This is an action request for DRL. See para 8. 2. Summary: Attorney General Carlos De Leon has requested USG support for the Public Ministry's Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes Against Human Rights Workers. De Leon cited the Public Ministry's resource constraints and the crit [...] |
2003-07-15 17:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1813 | SECOND LABOR WORKING GROUP: LIMITED PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador attended the second bilateral working group meeting on labor issues with the GOG on July 10 and emphasized the need for concrete progress prior to submission of a CAFTA to the U.S. Congress. He reiterated USG concern about impunity for violence against union le [...] |
2003-07-15 22:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM PGOV GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1814 | CHOI SHIN/CIMATEXTILES LABOR AGREEMENT REACHED [...] (SBU) Summary: After being threatened with withdrawal of tax exemption privileges by the Ministry of Economy, management of the Choi Shin/Cimatextiles maquila plants met GOG requirements by successfully concluding and signing on July 9 a collective bargaining agreement with each plant union [...] |
2003-07-15 22:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1815 | BILATERAL TIP WORKING GROUP FORMED [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to RefTel, on July 7, the Ambassador and visiting G/TIP Program Officer Greg Holliday met with an inter-governmental group including the Minister of Government, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vice Minister of Labor, Secretary of Social Welfare, a Supreme Court m [...] |
2003-07-15 22:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SMIG PREL ASEC KSEP KFRD CA CVIS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1853 | AIDS Worker Escapes Kidnapping [...] (U) Summary: Violence against human rights workers has escalated in recent months and a group working to educate street workers on the prevention and danger of HIV/AIDS has been the most recent victim of such assaults. There have been several threats and acts of intimidation against workers [...] |
2003-07-21 14:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1862 | SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS REGISTRATION OF RIOS MONTT [...] (U) On July 20, the Supreme Court accepted two appeals filed by opposition political parties against the presidential candidacy of former General Efrain Rios Montt, and suspended registration of the candidate until the court hears the appeal. The President of the Supreme Court immediately rec [...] |
2003-07-21 23:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA188 | AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH G-13 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on January 14 with members of the Donor Dialogue group (6 major bilateral donors, plus 4 multilaterals, MINUGUA, USAID, and UNDP) to discuss development cooperation and preparations for the May consultative group meeting. Ambassadors and IFI Reps queried the [...] |
2003-01-23 22:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SNAR PGOV PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1888 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS APPEAL IN RIOS MONTT [...] (SBU) The Constitutional Court met on July 23 to hear the FRG's appeal ("ocurso" in Spanish) to the appeal filed by two political parties against the earlier Constitutional Court decision which allowed former de facto President Efrain Rios Montt to become a presidential candidate (reftels). Ag [...] |
2003-07-23 23:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PHUM KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA189 | AMBASSADOR AND PRESS MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON GOG FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In the days following the Human Rights Ombudsman's public presentation of the proposal for a UN-OAS led commission to investigate clandestine groups (Ref A)), the media has followed up with domestic editorials and international endorsements of the idea. The Ambassador has conti [...] |
2003-01-23 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1896 | INDIGENOUS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Indigenous presidential candidate and mayor of Guatemala's second city Rigoberto Queme told the Ambassador July 18 that the Constitutional Court's decision to allow Rios Montt to run for President was fracturing the indigenous movement politically, with some groups calling for a [...] |
2003-07-24 17:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1900 | FRG ORGANIZES VIOLENT PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: In response to a major legal reversal in Rios Montt's bid for the Presidency (reftel), thousands of well-organized Rios Montt supporters took to the streets of the capital on July 24, closing off strategic intersections with burning tires. Mobs have targeted opposition newspapers [...] |
2003-07-24 22:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CASC ASEC KDEM PINR PINS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1902 | STATUS OF GUATEMALAN COUNTER-NARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: GOG cooperation in the war on drugs has had several concrete successes in the past six months, and there has been further progress since the June 30 Inter-Agency meeting in which the Ambassador participated. A quick run down on our benchmarks: cocaine seizures have increased four [...] |
2003-07-24 23:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KDEM PGOV KJUS KCOR KCRM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1904 | FRG PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (U) An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 pro-Rios Montt protesters remained overnight at several locations in the capital and continue to surround the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal building. A tense calm has returned to Guatemala City for the moment, with v [...] |
2003-07-25 16:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR PINS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1906 | UPDATE ON VIOLENT POLITICAL PROTESTS IN GUATEMALA [...] (U) At 2:00 PM local time on July 25, the disturbances seem to be winding down. In a second day of protests, pro-Rios Montt demonstrators focused their morning activities around the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, and Supreme Electoral Tribunal buildings--all related to Rios Montt's effo [...] |
2003-07-25 21:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR PINS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1907 | VIOLENT STREET PROTESTS OVER--FOR NOW [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-25 22:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR PINS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1908 | FRG PROTEST AFTERMATH: GUATEMALA MORE FRAGMENTED [...] (C) Summary: Unexpected legal setbacks to the registration of former General Rios Montt's presidential candidacy have led to profound frustration among FRG leaders. They view Rios Montt as the only FRG candidate who has a chance of winning the elections, and the biggest draw for voters to sup [...] |
2003-07-27 18:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM PREL PINR PHUM ASEC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1928 | GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT PORTILLO TO ATTEND 58TH UNGA [...] (SBU) The following preliminary information is keyed to reftel's format requesting information on the GOG delegation to the 58th UNGA. A. Attendance of Head of State: -- Alfonso Portillo, President -- Portillo currently plans to arrive on September 22 (NFI). We understand that he is 9th sp [...] |
2003-07-30 15:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA GT UNGA UNAUS |
| 03GUATEMALA1944 | POLICE CHIEF MANCHAME FIRED; CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [...] (U) Summary: Responding to accusations that the Police did not ensure public order during the protests of July 24-25, Government Minister Reyes Calderon fired Police Chief Manchame on July 27. On July 28, the Constitutional Court rejected the FRG's latest appeal on behalf of Rios Montt. The F [...] |
2003-07-30 21:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC GT PJUS |
| 03GUATEMALA1952 | RIOS MONTT REGISTERED AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: FRG leader Efrain Rios Montt was registered as a presidential candidate on July 31, following a ruling by the Constitutional Court ordering the electoral institutions to carry out its decision to that effect of July 14 and void all appeals. Opposition and civil society leaders cal [...] |
2003-07-31 17:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KJUS KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1981 | POLITICAL TENSIONS RELATED TO RIOS MONTT'S [...] (SBU) Following the Constitutional Court's controversial July 30 decision to order the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and Registry of Persons to register FRG leader Efrain Rios Montt as a presidential candidate in the November elections (reftel), the political opposition and civil society gr [...] |
2003-08-01 18:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2014 | CODEL BALLENGER VISIT ADVANCES U.S. INTERESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. Congressional delegation led by Rep. Cass Ballenger, and including U.S. Representatives Kevin Brady, Jerry Weller, and Marsha Blackburn, visited Guatemala August 4-6. The CoDel conveyed to the GOG, civil society, the private sector and the press USG concern over recent [...] |
2003-08-06 23:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR ELAB CASC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2017 | GUATEMALA'S NO SHOOT-DOWN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Following the April 14 downing of a civilian aircraft carrying cocaine in Honduras, we have met with senior Guatemalan military officials to confirm that the GOG has a strict policy against firing on civilian aircraft believed to be transporting narcotics and to ensure that they u [...] |
2003-08-07 17:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS EAIR PREL PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2040 | GETTING AHEAD OF THE POLICY CURVE IN GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary: We need to be planning now as to how we would respond to a variety of contingencies during the campaign and as a result of the November 9 elections. I believe we have in place most of the policy elements we need: a sound public position on the Rios Montt candidacy in the May 27 [...] |
2003-08-12 00:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM ETRD GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2052 | NEW ELECTION POLL PUTS RIOS MONTT FIFTH, WITH [...] (SBU) Election poll results released on August 12 show GANA presidential candidate Oscar Berger leading the pack with 44% (up from 37% in July); followed by UNE candidate Alvaro Colom with 17% (up from 13% in July) and FRG candidate Efrain Rios Montt with 3% (down from 8% in July in the same p [...] |
2003-08-12 22:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2065 | EMBASSY GUATEMALA'S 90-DAY GOAL PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Guatemala's highest priority goals for the next 90 days include ensuring that the national elections (to be held on November 9) are free and fair; that Guatemala ratifies and places in force a bilateral counter-narcotics maritime agreement with the U.S.; and that Guatema [...] |
2003-08-13 22:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PREL GT WHA |
| 03GUATEMALA2080 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PORTILLO [...] (C) Summary: In an August 13 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, President Portillo promised to veto a badly flawed law on the new civilian presidential security force, to reinstate the highly-regarded, recently-fired head of the national disaster relief agency, to look into a decision taken [...] |
2003-08-14 17:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2094 | Vital Voices Meets With Guatemalan Women [...] (U) Summary: Vital Voices Global Partnership held a two-day Women's Leadership Retreat in Guatemala City in July. Present at the conference were approximately 40 women leaders from diverse backgrounds. The Ambassador hosted a reception in honor of the group attended by more than 100 women [...] |
2003-08-18 14:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT WHA PDA |
| 03GUATEMALA2108 | CHILD LABOR UPDATE: GUATEMALA [...] Summary: In response to Ref A, this cable provides update information to supplement Refs B (last year's Child Labor report, which otherwise remains valid) and C (Guatemala Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report). Significant child labor developments over the past year include publication of a ne [...] |
2003-08-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI GT USAID |
| 03GUATEMALA218 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRESIDENTIAL PRE-CANDIDATE [...] (C) At a January 24 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, presidential pre-candate Alvaro Colom of the center-left Union for National Hope Party (UNE) said that the main challenge for the winner in this year's presidential election will be to jump-start the economy and to shut down the transn [...] |
2003-01-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR PHUM ETRD GT |
| 03GUATEMALA220 | AMBASSADOR AND LARUE DISCUSS CLANDESTINE GROUPS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador visited the headquarters of the Center for Legal Action in Human Rights (CALDH) on January 22 to meet with director Frank LaRue. The Ambassador informed LaRue of his personal efforts in support of the commission to investigate clandestine groups with various GOG le [...] |
2003-01-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA2253 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS CENTRAL AMERICAN ARMS INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-02 21:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2254 | GUATEMALA LABOR UPDATE #5-2003 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector. Topics include: -- Minister of Labor's Priorities for Levine Bilateral in Brazil (para 2) -- Minister of Labor Wants Changes to USAID Labor Regional Project (PROALCA II) (4) -- Ambassador Again Ra [...] |
2003-09-02 21:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM KCRM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2255 | RIOS SOSA SUDDENLY RESIGNS [...] (U) General Enrique Rios Sosa, Army Chief of Staff and son of Presidential Candidate Efrain Rios Montt, retired without warning or explanation from the Guatemalan military on Monday, September 1. He has been replaced by Deputy Chief of Staff General Fredy Raul Ramirez Giron. Brigadier General [...] |
2003-09-02 22:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV MOPS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2277 | DECREE ENACTING COUNTERNARCOTICS MARITIME [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-04 18:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KTIA MOPS PHSA GT EWWT |
| 03GUATEMALA2278 | PRESIDENT SIGNS MINI-SOFA DECREE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-04 18:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL MASS MOPS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2288 | VIOLENT CRIME: GROWING THREAT TO GUATEMALAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalans have become numbed by the daily press reports of violent crime, and an increasing number identify the lack of public security as the nation's number one problem. The emergence of gangs ("maras") has taken the violence even to the remote rural areas of the country, an [...] |
2003-09-04 22:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KDEM ASEC PINR PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA231 | GERARDI WITNESS FOUND DEAD [...] (U) Summary: A key witness in the Gerardi trial was reportedly murdered on December 19, 2002. The body of the witness, Noe Gomez Limon, was found on January 21, nearly a month after the murder, and details about the murder remain fragmentary. On January 22, MINUGUA called on the government t [...] |
2003-01-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2331 | AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 8TH MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Portillo says he fired number two in the army General Rios Sosa (Rios Montt's son) for disobeying orders to use the military to restore public order during the FRG violent protests July 24 and for lending military resources to the FRG campaign. He has Rios Montt's suppo [...] |
2003-09-09 19:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ELAB PHUM ETRD GT BZ |
| 03GUATEMALA2334 | OAS MISSION WORRIED ABOUT ELECTORAL VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with OAS Election Observation Mission Chief Valentin Paniagua on September 8. The Ambassador pledged continued USG support to the OAS mission, briefed Paniagua on the re-certification process, and raised the need for a private communications channel between [...] |
2003-09-09 21:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2341 | STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION PRINCIPLES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-09 21:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2371 | AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez on September 10 to discuss re-certification; Article 98; Belize; a draft law on the successor to the Presidential Guard (SAAS); the Commission to Investigate Parallel Groups (CICIACS); and trafficking in persons. Gutierrez [...] |
2003-09-12 00:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2387 | GT NAVY BRINGS IN 102 STRANDED ILLEGAL ALIENS [...] The Guatemalan Navy launched patrol boats in response to information from the Embassy's Tactical Analysis Team indicating an Ecuadorian vessel, possibly transporting narcotics, was stalled 40 nautical miles southwest of Guatemala's Puerto Quetzal. The vessel "Matheus Tollet" was intercepted a [...] |
2003-09-16 16:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2388 | BELIZEAN DATT ON BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) PolOff met with Lt. Col. Omar L. Pulido, Belizean Defense Attache in Guatemala, at his request, on September 9. Pulido wanted our readout on whether the future of the confidence building measures had been affected by Guatemala's rejection of the OAS facilitator's proposals. Pulido said [...] |
2003-09-16 16:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL BH GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2412 | CAMPAIGN POLITICS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the registration of twelve presidential tickets complete, the presidential race has narrowed to four main contenders (only the top two in the first round, on November 9, will contend in the second round, on December 28). Oscar Berger of the tripartite GANA coalition is a [...] |
2003-09-18 19:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2413 | ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES FOR GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS [...] Summary. This message provides information about procedures to prevent electoral fraud in response to questions raised at the September 4 Policy Coordinating Committee meeting on Guatemala. We are encouraged by the measures that electoral authorities and institutions are taking to reduce po [...] |
2003-09-18 20:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2426 | URGENT MIDDLE EAST DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-19 18:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL GT UNGA |
| 03GUATEMALA243 | AMBASSADOR AND RIOS MONTT DISCUSS DECERTIFICATION, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President of Congress Rios Montt professed to be a strong supporter of CAFTA (which he views as reducing the political influence of the traditional economic elites), and expressed understanding for Guatemala's impending counternarcotics [...] |
2003-01-29 20:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM ETRD PINR MOPS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2441 | BAD BLOOD BETWEEN OMBUDSMAN AND PROSECUTOR: [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of the break-in at the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office on August 26 (reftel), a dispute over the motivation for the break-in erupted between the Public Ministry and the Ombudsman's Office. This dispute has divided opinion of human rights groups and threatens to perman [...] |
2003-09-22 19:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS SNAR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2461 | ICOC - GUATEMALA UNABLE TO SUBSCRIBE BY OCTOBER [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-23 21:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA GT MTCRE |
| 03GUATEMALA2473 | SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL KOLBE [...] (U) Summary: Your September 27-29 visit to Guatemala comes in the final weeks of Guatemala's heated national election campaign, leading up to the November 9 election of the President, all members of the unicameral Congress and all local government officials. The sometimes violent confrontatio [...] |
2003-09-25 16:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA248 | AMBASSADOR WEIGHS IN WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL DE LEON [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador phoned Attorney General Carlos de Leon on January 29 to enlist his immediate action on the investigation of a recent Gerardi witness murder (Ref A) and the protection of the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights, Tatiana Morales, who has been receiving threats coincide [...] |
2003-01-29 22:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2486 | INVITATION TO THE SECRETARY TO GUATEMALAN [...] A letter addressed to the Secretary from Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez, dated September 18, was delivered to the Embassy on September 24. The original letter will be pouched to WHA/CEN. Text of the letter follows. 2. Begin Text: Excellency, Mister Secretary of State: It is my ho [...] |
2003-09-25 22:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2500 | MILITARY PENSION FUND: MILITARY FOCUS ON [...] (S) Summary: EmbOffs met with General Alfredo Gonzalez to discuss recent developments in the theft and mismanagement of the Military Pension Fund. Gonzalez, who has been involved in the military's internal investigation of the matter, alleged payoffs were made to current and former top milit [...] |
2003-09-29 17:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | KCOR EFIN PGOV MOPS PINR GT PM |
| 03GUATEMALA2527 | GUATEMALA DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION YET ON [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-01 15:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EAIR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2550 | ELECTION UPDATE: OAS CRITICIZES ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: The OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) issued its second report, criticizing the GOG's failure to investigate and prosecute electoral violence, especially the murders of political activists and the violent FRG protests of July. On October 1, the OAS EOM opened offices in sev [...] |
2003-10-02 20:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2563 | HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: COURT UPHOLDS GERARDI [...] (U) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights in Guatemala. Topics include: -- Constitutional Court Rejects Defense Request to Annul Gerardi Sentence -- Murder of Community Organizer in Chichicastenango -- Ovalle Shooters Sentenced to Life [...] |
2003-10-03 17:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2586 | GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #6-2003 [...] Summary: Following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons. Topics include: -- GOG to Attend GSP Hearing -- Progress in Monzon Lima Murder Investigation? -- MOL Willing to Combat "Blacklisting" -- Ambassador to Speak at Labor Ju [...] |
2003-10-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2587 | GERARDI WITNESS MURDERED [...] Press reported the murder on October 5 of Erick Urizar, a defense witness in the murder case of Bishop Juan Gerardi. Urizar was shot while exiting his gun shop in the capital with his brother. He had provided an alibi for ex-Capitan Byron Lima Oliva, convicted to 30 years imprisonment (since [...] |
2003-10-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KCRM ASEC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2594 | HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS APPLAUD NEW SAAS LAW [...] (U) On September 24 the Guatemalan Congress passed the organic law of the Secretariat for Administrative and Security Matters (SAAS) of the Presidency, which will replace the notorious Presidential Guard (EMP) set to be disbanded on November 1. The SAAS was created by presidential decree on J [...] |
2003-10-07 22:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV EFIN PINR MOPS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2613 | CAFTA LABOR/ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION REQUEST [...] In response to reftel request for information on legal remedies or actions the GOG can take to address violations of or non-compliance with labor and/or environmental laws, we submit the following: 2. Labor --------- -- Violations of labor law are generally brought to the attention of [...] |
2003-10-09 18:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SENV ETRD GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2615 | CAFTA LABOR/ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION REQUEST [...] This message is in response to RefTel request for information on legal remedies or actions the GOG can take to address violations of or non-compliance with labor and/or environmental laws. 2. Labor --------- -- Violations of labor law are generally brought to the attention of authorit [...] |
2003-10-09 19:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SENV ETRD GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2623 | GUATEMALA: SUPPORT FOR LEVITSKY NOMINATION TO THE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-09 22:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2630 | GUATEMALA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR AIDS PROGRAM [...] Summary: On October 9, the Ambassador attended a GOG presentation to elicit support for its latest attempt to secure funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The Guatemalan AIDS proposal, slightly modified since its last presentation in Geneva in March, will be v [...] |
2003-10-10 17:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI TBIO EAID GT UNDP UNESCO |
| 03GUATEMALA2634 | JUST ANOTHER LATIN AMERICAN ELECTION, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The election campaign, which got off to a violent start, marred by allegations of expected fraud, has settled in recent weeks into what the UN mission aptly described as "just another Latin American election." The continuing heated confrontation between the ruling FRG and the opp [...] |
2003-10-10 18:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR GT UN |
| 03GUATEMALA2635 | RIGOBERTA MENCHU HARASSED BY FRG SUPPORTERS [...] Summary: Nobel Peace Prize winner and indigenous rights activist Rigoberta Menchu Tum was harassed by supporters of FRG presidential candidate Efrain Rios Montt inside the Constitutional Court building on October 9. Although she was not harmed, Menchu still sounded shaken by the incident ear [...] |
2003-10-10 18:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL PINS GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA264 | PRESIDENTIAL PRE-CANDIDATE WHITBECK DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Former senior FRG member Harris Whitbeck told the Ambassador that it is almost certain he will run for President as the candidate of the Partido Patriota, and said the FRG has lost much of its popular support. He believes Rios Montt would be defeated at the polls if he runs. The [...] |
2003-01-31 16:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ETRD PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2649 | DEMARCHE TO THE GOG ON CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE [...] DCM and Polcouns met with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabriel Aguilera and MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Carla Rodriguez on October 15 to request GOG support for the candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer for re-election to the UN Committee Against Torture. The DCM provided the MFA with a d [...] |
2003-10-15 23:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM GT UNHCR |
| 03GUATEMALA2650 | GUATEMALA DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION YET ON CLONING [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-15 23:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO GT UNGA KSCI |
| 03GUATEMALA2651 | GUATEMALA'S DELEGATION TO OAS SPECIAL CONFERENCE [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on October 7. In a follow-up meeting on October 9, Rodriguez said that the Guatemalan delegation would be led by Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez. Other delegates include Mini [...] |
2003-10-15 23:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC MARR PARM XM XL XS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2659 | INAUGURAL INVITATION FOR PRESIDENT BUSH [...] On October 15, the Embassy received Diplomatic Note number 9-1452 from the Directorate of Protocol at the Foreign Ministry. The note, unofficially translated in paragraph 2, is a cover letter for an invitation to President Bush from President Portillo to attend the January 14 inauguration in [...] |
2003-10-16 17:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OVIP GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2660 | DEMARCHE MADE TO GOG ON IRAQ DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) DCM and PolCouns met with Deputy Foreign Minister Gabriel Aguilera and MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Carla Rodriguez on October 15 to urge the GOG to attend the Madrid Donors Conference and to pledge financial support for the reconstruction of Iraq. DCM noted that the whole interna [...] |
2003-10-16 18:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID IZ GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2664 | ELECTION ROUND UP WITH THREE WEEKS TO GO [...] (SBU) Summary: Polls continue to show GANA candidate Berger significantly ahead in voter preferences, followed by UNE's Colom and the FRG's Rios Montt in a dead heat for second place. Some electoral experts believe the FRG will not make it into the second round, though poll results suggest th [...] |
2003-10-17 18:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR PINS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2705 | WITH TWO WEEKS TO GO, VOTER PREFERENCES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The polls continue to show GANA candidate Oscar Berger in a clear lead in the run up to the November 9 national elections, followed by Colom and Rios Montt vying for second place. Fears of potential electoral fraud are much diminished, and pre-election violence and electorally m [...] |
2003-10-23 22:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PREL EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2707 | ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT 1: ALL QUIET ON THE EASTERN [...] (SBU) Summary: EmbOffs visited the eastern provinces of Zacapa and Chiquimula to conduct man-on-the-street interviews and to discuss the ongoing election campaign with resident international election observers. Widespread disillusionment with the Portillo Administration was reflected in our [...] |
2003-10-24 12:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2727 | GUATEMALA ON COLOMBIAN'S SIDE DECLARATION AT OAS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-24 18:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER CO GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA2728 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT #2: SOUTH COAST HOT SPOTS [...] Summary: Election officials in Suchitepequez and Esquintla provinces generally anticipate a transparent process, with minimal vote fraud. Election officials, OAS observers, and men and women encountered in the street all anticipate high voter turnout. Based on a tiny, unscientific sample, [...] |
2003-10-24 18:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2744 | FORMER CIVIL PATROL MEMBERS TAKE JOURNALISTS [...] (C) Summary: A group of approximately 500 ex-PACs blocked the inter-American highway in La Libertad, Huehuetenango on October 26 and took four journalists hostage, in an attempt to get the government to compensate them for wartime service. The former civil patrol members had originally taken t [...] |
2003-10-28 18:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PINS ASEC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA275 | GUATEMALAN COSPONSORSHIP OF CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) I have misgivings about our seeking Guatemalan co-sponsorship of the UNHRC resolution on Cuba (seeking a yes vote would be different). There is the question, first, whether Guatemalan support would be a genuine asset to the effort in Geneva. As the Department is aware, violence and thr [...] |
2003-01-31 20:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PHUM PREL GT UNCHR |
| 03GUATEMALA2753 | GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #7-2003 [...] (SBU) Summary: Following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons. Topics include: -- Political Parties Respect Labor Rights (para #2) -- Fired Maquila Workers Reinstated (3) -- GOG GSP Submission Incomplete (4) -- Changes Likel [...] |
2003-10-28 22:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV SMIG KCRM PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2759 | GUATEMALA ON CUBAN EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT UN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-29 18:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM CU GT UNGA |
| 03GUATEMALA2764 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT #3: LEGACY OF NEGLECT LIVES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in Quiche, historically a bastion of the FRG, told us that their votes this time would be for any candidate other than the former General. Berger and Colom led the pack of presidential preferences. While there is little concern among the international observers or the loc [...] |
2003-10-29 20:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR EAID GT UN |
| 03GUATEMALA2769 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH RIOS MONTT [...] (C) Summary: In an October 29 breakfast with the Ambassador, FRG presidential candidate Rios Montt said he would respect the outcome of the election, whatever it is. He expressed concern about technical problems with the voter registration list ("padron") and locally organized acts of violenc [...] |
2003-10-29 23:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MOPS PREL EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2783 | FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE ON CANDIDATE FOR UN COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-10-30 21:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM GT UNHCR |
| 03GUATEMALA2787 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT #4: CONCERNS IN THE INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: EmbOffs visited the indigenous highland areas of Quetzaltenango and San Jose Poaquil to continue to meet with local and international election monitoring organizations and test the pulse of the electorate outside the capital. Our unscientific polling suggests widespread frust [...] |
2003-10-31 15:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2793 | HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: JOURNALISTS RELEASED, EMP [...] (SBU) Summary: Protesting ex-PACs have released four journalists in Huehuetenango, President Portillo presided over a ceremony marking the dissolution of the Presidential Guard (EMP), and the GOG formed a working group to analyze the UN's revised proposal for a Commission to Investigate Clan [...] |
2003-10-31 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AORC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2794 | GUATEMALAN ELECTION UPDATE: ONE WEEK TO BALLOTING [...] (C) Summary: Polls show voter preferences largely unchanged, with Berger ahead with 41%, followed by Colom (22.3%) and Rios Montt (13.3%). Informal polling conducted by Embassy in the countryside supports these results. The OAS and EU Observer Missions say the TSE has addressed problems with [...] |
2003-10-31 18:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM EAID GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA2796 | GOG WORKING ON SOLUTION TO MAJOR FLAP OVER [...] (C) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress passed a law on October 28 forbidding "any productive activity" on election day, the day before and the day after, ostensibly to enable migrant workers to return to their homes to vote. Minister of Labor Moreira told reporters that the law forbid all but f [...] |
2003-11-03 00:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID KDEM GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA2802 | VOTERS IN JALAPA SET TO CAST BALLOTS FOR "ANYBODY [...] Summary: Man-on-the-street interviews with voters in the Department of Jalapa suggest a strong backlash against the ruling FRG party and its candidate Efrain Rios Montt in the November 9 election. Jalapa voted overwhelmingly for the FRG in the past two elections, but respondents said the curren [...] |
2003-11-03 18:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2827 | IN PORTILLO'S ABSENCE, ELECTION HOLIDAY LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Portillo traveled to Panama without vetoing the controversial election holiday bill (reftel), and opposition to the legislation has taken on a fever pitch. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal called on Portillo (who returns on the afternoon of November 4) to veto the law beca [...] |
2003-11-04 22:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID PINR GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA2831 | PRESIDENT PORTILLO WILL VETO ELECTION HOLIDAY LAW [...] (C) President Portillo called the Ambassador early on the morning of November 5 to say that he would veto the election holiday law, as he had promised. Congress did not hold a special session to revise the bill on November 4, and the Executive Decree of November 3 (signed by Vice President Re [...] |
2003-11-05 14:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2845 | UNRWA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-06 17:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS GT UNGA |
| 03GUATEMALA2850 | SCENE SETTER FOR GUATEMALA'S ELECTIONS: A GROWING [...] (C) Summary: The November 9 elections will pit Guatemala's past (represented by General Rios Montt and his authoritarian vision of Guatemala rooted in the armed internal conflict) against the region's future (represented by Oscar Berger and Alvaro Colom, and their vision of private sector-drive [...] |
2003-11-06 19:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2853 | GUATEMALA DOWNSIZES ITS MILITARY, INCLUDING THE [...] (C) Summary: The first of three voluntary force reductions, phased over the next three years, commenced on October 29, and involved 1648 Defense Ministry employees including 198 career officers, 100 assimilated officers, 600 non-commissioned officers (NCO's) and 750 civilians. This first phas [...] |
2003-11-06 21:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2857 | GUATEMALA ON MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTIONS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-07 16:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS GT UNSC |
| 03GUATEMALA2864 | ALL QUIET ON EVE OF GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS [...] With fourteen hours to go before the opening of voting tables on November 9, no election-related disturbances have been reported. The prohibition on partisan campaigning went into effect at noon on November 7, and all the political parties have ceased campaigning. The sale of alcohol has bee [...] |
2003-11-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR EAID KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2867 | GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: POLLS OPEN WITH LONG LINES [...] The polls opened on time, and reports from around the country indicate that voter participation is larger than in previous elections. Lines are long, and moved slowly at the beginning, frustrating many voters, but reports from many precincts indicate that by the second hour of voting, lines w [...] |
2003-11-09 16:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR EAID KDEM ASEC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2869 | GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: PROBLEMS WITH VOTER [...] Embassy election observers around the country report that voter lines are moving slowly and many intending voters are not able to vote because of problems with the voter registration list ("padron electoral") or their voter identification document ("cedula"). Authorities in Chimaltenango Depa [...] |
2003-11-09 23:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM EAID ASEC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2870 | GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: VERY PRELIMINARY RESULTS [...] Early election results from around the country (often representing only one or two tables) at 8 p.m. on election night have given the following results. We note that the sample is too small to be considered statistically reliable, but does reflect the vote from the four corners of the country [...] |
2003-11-10 02:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2871 | BERGER AND COLOM WIN FIRST ROUND OF GUATEMALAN [...] (U) At 0630 hrs local time on November 10, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced preliminary results of the national elections. With 21% of voting tables reporting, GANA presidential candidate Oscar Berger is ahead with 47.7% of the vote, followed by UNE candidate Alvaro Colom with 26.4%. [...] |
2003-11-10 13:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2880 | GUATEMALA ON MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTIONS AT THE UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-10 22:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL IS GT UNGA |
| 03GUATEMALA2889 | BERGER AND COLOM BEGIN SECOND ROUND CAMPAIGN; FRG [...] (C) Summary: Guatemalan voters turned out in history-making numbers on November 9 to say "no" to General Rios Montt's presidential bid, but gave his FRG a large bloc in Congress and a majority of the municipalities. Preliminary vote results, with 94% of tables counted, give Berger 35% of the v [...] |
2003-11-12 21:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2916 | FRG CONGRESSMAN COMMENTS ON ELECTORAL DEFEAT [...] (C) Summary: FRG Congressman-elect Antonio Arenales told the Ambassador on November 13 that the FRG accepts its electoral defeat and will not challenge the election results. The FRG will not endorse a candidate in the second round elections. Within the party there are those who want the FRG [...] |
2003-11-13 22:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2937 | INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATION CONTRIBUTES TO DECLINE [...] Summary: Protests, some violent, continue in communities where dissatisfaction with the mayoral election results is ongoing, but violence overall is much decreased from the 1999 elections. Allegations of 29 "political" murders during the electoral campaign were disputed by international observ [...] |
2003-11-17 19:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2942 | EMBASSY ELECTION OBSERVATION: DISORGANIZATION, NOT [...] Summary: Guatemalans refused to be intimidated by predictions of violence and fraud, and braved the disorganized election process to vote in record numbers. Thirty-nine Embassy observers of the November 9 national elections witnessed this display of democratic participation by Guatemalans wh [...] |
2003-11-17 22:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2948 | RIOS MONTT CONCEDES, AND OTHER POST-ELECTION [...] Summary: On November 14, FRG presidential candidate Rios Montt publicly accepted the election results which put an end to his presidential aspirations. No challenges have been filed to the results of the national elections (and only minor challenges in municipal races). The Supreme Electoral [...] |
2003-11-18 16:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2956 | CAPITALIZING ON POLITICAL CHANGE IN GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary: The assumption of power on January 14, 2004 of a new government more aligned with USG interests offers an opportunity to advance our priority goals in Guatemala by engaging creatively up front on our shared interests in free trade, human rights, strengthening democracy and counter [...] |
2003-11-18 23:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID PHUM MASS ETRD SNAR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA305 | GERARDI SUPREME COURT APPEAL [...] SUMMARY: On January 31, the Supreme Court Chamber of Appeals held the public audience of the latest appeal in the Gerardi case. The Archbishop's Office on Human Rights (ODHA) and the Public Ministry presented their appeals of the fourth appeals court's October 8, 2002 decision (Ref A) to annu [...] |
2003-02-04 23:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA307 | CIRCULAR 175 REQUEST FOR NEW HORIZIONS 2004 [...] Summary and Action Request: Post requests circular 175 authority to negotiate an exercise-specific agreement with the Government of Guatemala (GOG) that would cover U.S. personnel participating the planned New Horizons 2004 - Guatemala exercise. Except for point number 13 which incorporates [...] |
2003-02-05 13:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS MASS PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA317 | RULING PARTY OFFICIAL CALLS FOR SUPPORT FOR CUBA [...] Aristedes Crespo, Floor Leader for the ruling FRG party in Congress, used the visit of three Cuban legislators to announce in Congress that the FRG would press President Portillo to support Cuba at this year's UNCHR in Geneva. Crespo said his remarks were in response to Cuba's long-standing so [...] |
2003-02-05 21:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CU GT UNCHR |
| 03GUATEMALA329 | GUATEMALAN OFFICIALS EXPRESS CONDOLENCES FOR SPACE [...] Post has received numerous expressions of condolences over the tragic loss of the Columbia and her crew. Phone calls, faxes, letters and e-mails expressing sorrow and solidarity have come from private citizens as well as Guatemalan officials. Noteworthy are letters from President Portillo, [...] |
2003-02-05 22:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA369 | AMBASSODOR,S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch at the residence February 10, the Ambassador gave FM Gutierrez a heads up that we are actively working on specific benchmarks for re-certification; pressed him on Article 98, extradition, Belize-Guatemala, election observation, the proposal to investigate clandestine gr [...] |
2003-02-10 23:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN EAGR KTIA PGOV PHUM SNAR CFED GT |
| 03GUATEMALA370 | GUATEMALA NONCOMMITTAL ON IRAQ IN WAKE OF [...] (C) Due to the absence of President Portillo on February 6, Ambassador Hamilton discussed Secretary Powell's UNSC presentation of the case against Iraq with Vice President Reyes (reftel). The Ambassador concluded that no one prefers the option of war, and that the best way to convince Saddam [...] |
2003-02-11 15:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IZ GT UNSC |
| 03GUATEMALA379 | GSP WORKER RIGHTS: EMBASSY SUPPORTS CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy believes that bilateral consultations would be as productive as a formal GSP review of Guatemalan worker rights. Although the labor rights situation is bad, it is not worsening and the GOG has in fact taken steps to protect labor rights since the last review was suspe [...] |
2003-02-11 20:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA403 | WHA/CEN DIRECTOR TRIVELLI DISCUSSES CAFTA, [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Guatemala, WHA/CEN Director Paul Trivelli discussed counter-narcotics certification and free trade with Vice President Reyes and the Acting Foreign Minister; CAFTA and fiscal responsibility with the economic cabinet and business leaders; and support for [...] |
2003-02-13 23:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR PHUM ECON ETRD MARR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA427 | MANPADS THREAT CONSIDERED MINOR IN GUATEMALA [...] (C) The information below is keyed by paragraph number to reftel questions. Paragraph 7. General Information: To our knowledge, the Government of Guatemala (GOG) does not possess MANPADS. However, black and gray arms markets exist in Guatemala and exotic weapons systems are said to occasiona [...] |
2003-02-18 17:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PTER ETTC GT PARMS |
| 03GUATEMALA428 | PRISON RIOT KILLS GERARDI MURDERER, SIX OTHERS [...] Summary. Sergeant Jose Obdulio Villanueva, serving a 30-year sentence for the murder of Bishop Gerardi, was decapitated along with three other inmates during a prison riot on February 12. The riot was an internal power struggle between two groups of inmates. The sixth prison uprising in the [...] |
2003-02-18 17:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA429 | GUATEMALA WILL NOT ADDRESS FEB 18 UNSC OPEN SESSION [...] Per reftel, DCM discussed Iraq's failure to disarm with Foreign Minister Gutierrez on February 17. Gutierrez was noncommittal. He requested a Spanish version of Secretary Powell's UNSC speech of February 14 (which Post will provide) and stated that Guatemala would not take the opportunity to [...] |
2003-02-18 18:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM IZ GT UNSC |
| 03GUATEMALA471 | VIVANCO MISSION: STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Human Rights Watch Latin America Director Jose Miguel Vivanco visited Guatemala February 11-14 to consult with the GOG, the Human Rights Ombudsman, and human rights leaders about the Ombudsman's proposal to create an international Commission to Investigate Clandestine Groups ( [...] |
2003-02-21 17:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV GT |
| 03GUATEMALA473 | PROTESTS IN FINAL YEAR OF PORTILLO ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: Portillo's virtual absence from public during a time of mounting social protests has led to growing concern about governability. The latest challenges, from teachers, ex-PACs and the "campesinos," are not easily attributed to Portillo's traditional opponents in the private secto [...] |
2003-02-21 17:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PINS ETRD ELAB KDEM PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA489 | EMBASSY VIEWS ON REGIONAL ANTI-TIP HARMONIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy concurs that regional harmonization of anti-trafficking in persons legislation, as outlined in RefTel, would further U.S. interests in Guatemala. Harmonized anti-TIP legislation is necessary to achieve greater regional cooperation to prevent and combat trafficking, an [...] |
2003-02-24 22:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF ELAB SMIG SNAR KCRM KWMN GT |
| 03GUATEMALA496 | GUATEMALA COOPERATIVE ON IRAQ AT NAM SUMMIT [...] (C) DCM raised ref A points with Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez on February 21. In a brief discussion, DCM urged Guatemalan support for a constructive outcome regarding Iraq at the NAM Summit in Malaysia. Gutierrez said he would instruct Vice Minister Aguilera, heading Guatemala's delegati [...] |
2003-02-25 16:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ GT NAM |
| 03GUATEMALA511 | FEBRUARY 25 DINNER WITH PRESIDENT PORTILLO [...] (S) Summary: In a one-on-one dinner, President Portillo committed to making his decision on the UNHRC Cuba issue "in a calm moment," promised to energize his Labor ministry on issues of labor justice, issued instructions to his Agriculture Minister (by phone during dinner) to get the Mediter [...] |
2003-02-26 16:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CU ELAB PHUM SNAR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA533 | VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO CUBA SPURS SPECULATION [...] (C) Summary: A glowing press conference by Vice President Reyes after an official visit to Cuba fueled speculation that some in the GOG are reconsidering Cuba policy. Reyes hinted that Guatemala would abstain on the Cuba vote at the UNCHR, did not rule out voting with Cuba, and said that he b [...] |
2003-02-27 18:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU GT UNCHR |
| 03GUATEMALA534 | PROGRESS TOWARD REGIONAL ARMS INVENTORY [...] (C) Summary: On February 19, Central American Foreign Ministers ratified a model format for providing each other with information about the composition, armaments, material and equipment of their military and police forces. The measure removes another hurdle in establishing a "reasonable bala [...] |
2003-02-27 18:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MCAP GT |
| 03GUATEMALA537 | TEACHERS STRIKE DEEPENS, TESTING GOG [...] (SBU) Summary: February 26, Day 38 of the national teachers strike affecting 80,000 public schoolteachers and over 2 million students, saw blockades of major airports, ports, border crossings, and oil refineries, and the indefinite suspension of Congress due to the protests. After receiving [...] |
2003-02-27 18:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA55 | ESTABLISHMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] Embassy Guatemala has established a Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG) comprising all the agencies at Post with law enforcement or security responsibilities, as well as appropriate Mission section heads. The HSWG will ensure Post is able to coordinate its resources to provide Mission-wide [...] |
2003-01-08 22:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER CVIS PREL PGOV APER SNAR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA551 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales on February 27 to support the Ombudsman's proposal for the commission to investigate clandestine groups (CICIACS). Morales was encouraged by President Portillo's recent official response and believes Vivanco's recent memo [...] |
2003-02-28 18:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA555 | MEETING WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL DE LEON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a dinner conversation February 28, De Leon told the Ambassador that he would seek to energize investigations of murdered American citizens and labor leaders, to beef up his office on money laundering investigations and said that, if invited, he would attend the next high-lev [...] |
2003-03-03 16:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM GT CACS |
| 03GUATEMALA57 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BERGER SUPPORTS CAFTA AND A [...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with the Ambassador on January 7, PAN Presidential candidate Oscar Berger said that the PAN believes it will win the 2003 national elections, and that their priorities as a government would be completing negotiation of a free trade agreement with us, "rightsizi [...] |
2003-01-08 22:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ETRD MOPS SNAR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA571 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES LABOR AGENDA WITH NEW LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador told Labor Minister Victor Moreira during a courtesy call March 3 that there is heightened USG interest in labor rights in Guatemala in the context of CAFTA negotiations, and urged Moreira to address cases in outstanding GSP petitions. Moreira said that his pri [...] |
2003-03-04 15:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA577 | GUATEMALA NOT FOCUSED ON REINFORCING THE NPT TREATY [...] PolOff conveyed reftel points to Sylvia Corado, Acting Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, on February 19. Corado agreed that the DPRK's announced intention to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was worrisome but had no o [...] |
2003-03-04 21:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KNNP GT NPT |
| 03GUATEMALA605 | ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT--GUATEMALA [...] (U) The following are responses to questions in Ref A. Additional information on Embassy projects and strategies to combat trafficking can be found in Ref B. 2. (SBU) Country Overview: A. Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, wome [...] |
2003-03-07 13:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT |
| 03GUATEMALA623 | NEW GUATEMALAN AMBASSADORS TO GENEVA, TOKYO, AND [...] (SBU) An excellent MFA source confirmed that Ricardo Alvarado was sworn in at noon on March 4 as Guatemalan Ambassador to Geneva. Ambassador to the OAS, Arturo Duarte, will move to Tokyo and will probably be replaced by Victor Godoy. Bio information below. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Ricardo A [...] |
2003-03-07 18:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GT UNHRC |
| 03GUATEMALA636 | MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) Ambassador met one on one for a few minutes with FM Gutierrez March 7 on the heels of the fourth high-level working group meeting on narcotics, which the two had just chaired. That meeting is being reported septel. Following is a quick rundown: Gutierrez in Washington -------------- [...] |
2003-03-10 22:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS BEXP GT CU KICC |
| 03GUATEMALA64 | AMBASSADOR HAMILTON PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] Ambassador John R. Hamilton presented credentials to President Alfonso Portillo in a ceremony at the National Palace on the morning of January 8, 2003. 2. Following his presentation of Credentials, Ambassador Hamilton made the following statement to the press: In the course of the ceremon [...] |
2003-01-09 21:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT APER GT |
| 03GUATEMALA648 | GUATEMALA NOT LIKELY TO ASSIST ON IRAQ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Although the GOG has informally indicated support for Iraq's unconditional need to comply with UNSCR 1441, it has remained non-committal on US/UK/Spanish resolution on Iraq. Were we to press Guatemala we believe it might play an unhelpful role. We therefore did not urge GOG participation [...] |
2003-03-11 23:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ GT UNSC |
| 03GUATEMALA651 | MACK CASE MISSTEP INCREASES SUSPICION [...] (U) Summary: The case against the GOG on behalf of the family of murdered anthropologist Myrna Mack was presented February 18-20 in the Inter-American Court in San Jose, Costa Rica. In the days leading up to the trial, FM Gutierrez attempted to short-circuit this hearing by publicly accepting [...] |
2003-03-12 16:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA66 | GUATEMALA NOMINEE FOR THE 2003 OMS CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Guatemala would like to nominate Paula C Wikle for the 2003 OMS Conference to be held March 16 through March 22 in Washington, DC. 2. Information on nominee is as follows: Paula C. Wikle, FP-06, Political Section OMS. Embassy Guatemala is a mid-sized embassy with 4 FS OMS assigned. [...] |
2003-01-09 22:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AOMS APER AMGT AFSI GT |
| 03GUATEMALA673 | LABOR UPDATE #2-2003 [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector. Topics include: -- Teachers Back in School -- Ambassador Raises GSP with GOG -- Ambassador Flags Labor Rights in AmCham Speech -- MOL Coordinating GOG Response to GSP -- GOG CAFTA Tea [...] |
2003-03-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA678 | GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO 59TH UNHRC DEMARCHE: [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel points, MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Castillo told us Guatemalan positions at the UNHRC this year might differ from previous years. On Cuba, Castillo repeated that President Portillo would ultimately decide how the GOG will vote, but said the decision [...] |
2003-03-14 17:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GT UNHRC |
| 03GUATEMALA696 | GUATEMALAN MFA DISCUSSES FUTURE OF BORDER TALKS [...] (C) In a March 11 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff, the Belize Border Commission of the Guatemalan MFA said that resolution of the long-running border dispute would be passed along to the new Guatemalan government that will take office in January, 2004, and said the new government will have to [...] |
2003-03-17 20:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV GT OAS BZ |
| 03GUATEMALA705 | AGREEMENT ON CLANDESTINE GROUP COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: The human rights community, Human Rights Ombudsman, and FM Gutierrez agreed on the make-up and mandate for an international commission to investigate recent attacks on human rights defenders in Guatemala. Helen Mack invited the Ambassador to attend the public signing ceremony [...] |
2003-03-18 17:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL GT OAS UN |
| 03GUATEMALA706 | DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE UNGA AND UNCHR SESSIONS ON [...] (C) In the absence from Guatemala of Foreign Minister Gutierrez, the Ambassador spoke with senior Presidential Advisor Arturo Montenegro on March 18 to express USG concern over the possible convocation of a special UNGA or a special session of the UNCHR to condemn possible coalition military a [...] |
2003-03-18 18:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IZ GT UNSC |
| 03GUATEMALA708 | PORTILLO PLEDGES UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT IN [...] (SBU) President Alfonso Portillo sent the Ambassador a letter (text below) on March 17 expressing consideration for the difficult situation facing the U.S. and offering Portillo's personal unconditional support for the Ambassador and Embassy staff. Written without explicit reference to Iraq, [...] |
2003-03-18 21:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR IZ GT |
| 03GUATEMALA710 | GOG TO SUPPORT CENTAM SUMMIT ON IRAQ AND TO ISSUE [...] (C) The Ambassador urged President Portillo on March 18 to join the Central American Summit Statement on Iraq or to issue a unilateral statement along the same lines. As Portillo is not attending the Summit in Roatan, Honduras, he told the Ambassador he would instruct Vice Minister Aguilera [...] |
2003-03-18 21:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ GT |
| 03GUATEMALA711 | GUATEMALA WILL CONSIDER OAS BUDGET INCREASE IN JUNE [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Acting Director General for Multilateral Affairs, Sylvia Corado, at the Foreign Ministry on February 28. Corado said she would have to consult internally before she could speak officially. However, she speculated that, given "severe" budget constraints, th [...] |
2003-03-18 21:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GT USOAS |
| 03GUATEMALA723 | GUATEMALAN VIEWS ON IRAQ SITUATION [...] (U) Summary. President Portillo told reporters on March 18 that Guatemala "stands beside the United States," but said Guatemala does not take a position for or against war with Iraq. He added that he sent a letter of support to President Bush (reftel). According to the MFA, the GOG delegation [...] |
2003-03-19 19:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ GT |
| 03GUATEMALA724 | MENCHU CASE ADVANCES IN SPAIN [...] Summary: With broad coverage in the Guatemalan press, the Spanish Supreme Court reportedly accepted Spanish jurisdiction for Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu's case against six Guatemalan military leaders and two civilian officials linked to torture and murder of Spanish citizens in Guatemala i [...] |
2003-03-19 20:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS SP GT |
| 03GUATEMALA73 | URC-119 RADIO REQUEST FOR GUATEMALAN MILITARY [...] Summary and Action Request: Embassy requests State Department and Defense Security Cooperation Agency concurrence to transfer one URC - 119 High Frequency Radio set to the Guatemalan Military through the Excess Defense Articles Program. The radio's purpose is to enhance natural disaster respo [...] |
2003-01-10 16:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MCAP PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA746 | MARCH 17 LETTER FROM PRESIDENT PORTILLO TO [...] (U) President Alfonso Portillo sent President Bush a letter on March 17 (delivered by the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington to the White House and Department of State) saying that Guatemala stands by the United States during the current difficult international situation. Following is the Embas [...] |
2003-03-20 22:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR GT IZ |
| 03GUATEMALA758 | KEEPING THE IRAQ ISSUE IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] In the absence of the Director General for Multilateral Affairs, PolOff discussed reftel points with his assistant, Sylvia Corado on March 21. Corado said the MFA had anticipated our position on this issue and agreed that the UN Charter gives responsibility for international peace and securi [...] |
2003-03-21 18:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM IZ GT UNSC HNCHR |
| 03GUATEMALA759 | TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON LABOR ISSUES [...] Ref A requests information about current or recently completed technical cooperation activities in the labor field. That information was included in Ref B and is included in Paras 2-9 below. Information about USAID bilateral projects in the labor sector is included in Paras 10-11, and USAID [...] |
2003-03-21 18:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID KSUM ECON SOCI GT |
| 03GUATEMALA760 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON KEEPING THE IRAQ ISSUE IN THE [...] Ambassador made reftel points to Foreign Minister Gutierrez by phone on March 21. Gutierrez responded that the Government of Guatemala agrees that Iraq is an issue for the Security Council exclusively. However, Gutierrez would not clearly commit to supporting us on substance. HAMILTON [...] |
2003-03-21 18:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM IZ GT UNSC UNCHR |
| 03GUATEMALA77 | AMBASSADOR AND MINUGUA CHIEF TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and USAID Director met with MINUGUA Chief Koenigs, who was thankful for USG support on extension of MINUGUA's mandate through 2004, and was cautiously optimistic about further implementation of the Peace Accords. The Ambassador discussed possible counternarcoti [...] |
2003-01-10 18:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID PGOV MOPS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA770 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PROTILLO [...] (C) Summary: Over dinner at the residence March 22, President Portillo acknowledged that Guatemala ought to support a UNHCR resolution on Cuba but said he has a problem with General Rios Montt's resentment over U.S. opposition to his presidential candidacy. Portillo said Guatemala agreed with [...] |
2003-03-24 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELAB PGOV KTIA MARR SNAR KDEM PHUM EFIN ETRD CU IR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA781 | RE-CERTIFICATION BENCHMARKS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: As requested in Ref A, the Ambassador discussed counter-narcotics re-certification benchmarks in detail with President Portillo on March 22. The Ambassador gave Portillo a copy of the diplomatic note on benchmarks (full text para 10), rebuffed a request for material assistance [...] |
2003-03-25 21:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV GT |
| 03GUATEMALA783 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOG ON U.S. INTENTION TO [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered talking points (reftels) on the USG's intention to rejoin UNESCO and our candidacy for the Executive Board to the MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Giovanni Castillo on March 25. Castillo said that Guatemala welcomed the USG decision to rejoin UNESCO, and [...] |
2003-03-25 22:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC GT FR UNESCO |
| 03GUATEMALA784 | GUATEMALA RESPONSE TO CUBAN CRACKDOWN AGAINST [...] (C) In a March 22 meeting with President Alfonso Portillo, the Ambassador raised USG concerns (Ref A) over the Cuban crackdown against the opposition. As noted in Ref B, Portillo acknowledged that the arrests carried out by the Cuban Government were worrisome, but stopped short of committing [...] |
2003-03-25 22:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU GT UNHRC |
| 03GUATEMALA786 | GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO BLOCKING ARAB EFFORTS AT UN [...] (C) In the absence from the country of President Portillo, and the absence from the office of Foreign Minister Gutierrez (due to illness), the Ambassador spoke with Vice Foreign Minister Jorge Perez on March 25 and relayed reftel request that the GOG oppose any effort to convoke a special Gener [...] |
2003-03-25 23:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IZ GT UNSC |
| 03GUATEMALA802 | GUATEMALA DEMARCHED ON SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN [...] (SBU) The Embassy raised reftel talking points with MFA Deputy Director General for Multilateral Affairs Marco Tulio Chicas, in the absence of more senior officials. Chicas took note of our concerns and promised to immediately relay our points to the Guatemalan PermRep in New York. 2. (SBU [...] |
2003-03-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM IZ GT UNSC |
| 03GUATEMALA803 | GUATEMALA WILL OPPOSE SPECIAL SITTING ON IRAQ [...] (C) DCM McFarland called Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Perez on March 26 to reconfirm the GOG's commitment of March 25 to vote against a special sitting on Iraq at the 59th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights. DCM noted that the Guatemalan Mission in Geneva had informed our [...] |
2003-03-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IZ GT UNHCR |
| 03GUATEMALA82 | GUATEMALA CONSULTING INTERNALLY ON LIBYAN CHAIR OF [...] (C) Embassy raised reftel points with the MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Sylvia Corado on January 9. Corado expressed her personal dismay with Libya chairing the UNCHR, but said that the GOG had not decided how it would respond to this unprecedented situation. Corado noted that Foreign [...] |
2003-01-13 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM LY GT UNCHR |
| 03GUATEMALA836 | GUATEMALAN COUNTERPROPOSAL FOR ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: The Guatemalan MFA has proposed an Article 98 Agreement that contains three additions to the modified text in reftel. The additions consist of making reference to UNSCR 1422 (the one-year exemption from the ICC for UN Peaceke [...] |
2003-03-31 16:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR KTIA GT KICC |
| 03GUATEMALA871 | GUATEMALA WILL OPPOSE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING ON [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez on April 2 and raised reftel talking points, requesting that the GOG oppose ongoing efforts to convene a special UN General Assembly on Iraq. Foreign Minister Gutierrez said that the GOG agrees with the USG position that debate of thi [...] |
2003-04-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GT IZ UNGA |
| 03GUATEMALA873 | GUATEMALA WILL OPPOSE UNESCO DEBATE ON IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador called Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez on April 2 and relayed reftel talking points, urging the GOG to oppose attempts at the UNESCO Executive Board meeting to add to the agenda an item on Irak. Foreign Minister Gutierrez said that, like us, the GOG opposed UNESCO discussion o [...] |
2003-04-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC GT IZ UNESCO |
| 03GUATEMALA884 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hamilton met with Minister of Government Jose Adolfo Reyes Calderon March 31 to express concern about a recent case involving torture by security forces in an anti-narcotics raid in Zacapa. The Ambassador also raised the murder of an American citizen on March 28, thr [...] |
2003-04-03 16:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CASC SNAR PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA890 | EMBASSY DISCUSSES IRAQ AND CUBA WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary: Embassy and USAID Officers met with Guatemalan human rights leaders Frank LaRue, Claudia Samayoa and Orlando Blanco on April 2 to discuss developments in the establishment of CICIACS (septel) and to express Embassy disappointment with the participation of members of their organizatio [...] |
2003-04-03 16:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ASEC IZ CU GT |
| 03GUATEMALA91 | G/TIP INVITEE CONFIRMED: ANA CARPIO ALFARO [...] Reftel invitation to the February 23-25 international conference entitled "Pathbreaking Strategies in the Global Fight Against Sex Trafficking" was delivered on January 13 to Ana Ignez Carpio Alfaro, International Correspondent for Telemundo based in Guatemala. Ms. Carpio accepted the invita [...] |
2003-01-14 16:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM CVIS KWMN SMIG PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA916 | HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT RECEIVES LIMITED PRESS COVERAGE [...] (U) Summary: Upon public release of the 2002 Human Rights Report (HRR) on March 31, Embassy issued a press statement from the Ambassador highlighting the USG human rights concerns in Guatemala and areas where we believe improvements can made. However, neither the report nor the Ambassador's s [...] |
2003-04-07 15:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA927 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES TORTURE CASE WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Minister of Defense Robin Moran on April 3 to emphasize that resorting to illegal detention and torture as appears to have occurred in the March 6 drug seizure in Rio Hondo, Zacapa is totally unacceptable. Moran clearly understood that these methods put Guat [...] |
2003-04-07 22:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS SNAR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA929 | NGOS UPBEAT ON CICIACS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy officers met with human rights activists Frank LaRue, Claudia Samayoa, and Orlando Blanco on April 2 to discuss both the recent protest by human rights groups in front of the Embassy and their silence on Cuban dissident jailing (Ref A), as well as steps that the Embassy ca [...] |
2003-04-08 13:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA932 | GUATEMALA STILL NON-COMMITTAL ON UNHRC CUBA [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez on April 3, and raised reftel talking points requesting GOG co-sponsorhip of a UNHRC resolution on Cuba. The Ambassador noted that, to avoid unnecessary controversy, the draft resolution presented by three Latin American countries di [...] |
2003-04-08 15:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU GT UNCHR |
| 03GUATEMALA933 | AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Gutierrez met on April 3 to discuss the upcoming visit of the Central American presidents to Washington to meet with President Bush on CAFTA. The Ambassador carried out demarches on Cuba and Iraq (septels), mentioned upcoming visits of USG off [...] |
2003-04-08 17:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR OVIP KIPR PHUM ELAB MARR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA937 | GUATEMALA OPPOSES DISCUSSION OF IRAQ AT UNESCO [...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel concerns with Foreign Minister Gutierrez on April 3. Gutierrez confirmed his earlier statement that the GOG believes multilateral discussion of Iraq should be confined to the UNSC. Guatemala will oppose discussion of Iraq at UNESCO, according to Gutierrez. [...] |
2003-04-08 21:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IZ GT UNESCO |
| 03GUATEMALA955 | EMBASSY CALLS ON RULING PARTY TO URGE PORTILLO TO [...] (U) On April 9, the Guatemalan Congress passed an unscheduled resolution calling on President Portillo to abstain in the upcoming UNCHR resolution on Cuba. Only one independent congressman, Emilio Saca, voted against the measure, saying that the Government of Cuba should be censured for its d [...] |
2003-04-09 23:05:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR CU GT UNCHR |
| 03GUATEMALA962 | OMINOUS SIGNS COME IN THREES: LATEST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Both in the capital and farther afield, new human rights concerns are popping up in Guatemala. To the north, in Quiche, a Mayan priest and human rights activist was murdered; to the east, in Izabal, the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDH) Auxiliary office was ransacked; here in the Guatemala Cit [...] |
2003-04-10 22:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA967 | GUATEMALA: ICC/ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT AND SOFA [...] (C) Summary: On the Article 98 Agreement, discussions with the GOG covered all the points where the GOG counterproposal differs from the US text. New language was proposed by both sides ad ref. If approved, and the negotiating team believes the proposed changes are workable, we would have a [...] |
2003-04-11 14:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GT KICC |
| 03THEHAGUE2291 | DUTCH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO GUATEMALA OAS OBSERVER [...] (SBU) The Dutch plan to contribute approximately USD 100,000 to the OAS Electoral Observer Mission in Guatemala, confirming the information in ref A. On September 11, Lucie de Zwaan of the MFA Western Hemisphere Division informed EconOff of the intended contribution, but asked that the USG [...] |
2003-09-12 07:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL GT NL OAS |
| 04GUATEMALA1007 | PRESS CRITICISM OF FM BRIZ COULD HURT [...] (SBU) Summary: Signaling the end of the honeymoon for at least one member of the Berger Administration, a major national daily has attacked the performance of Jorge Briz Abularach's Foreign Ministry. While the motives for the attack are still unclear, Briz confided to the Ambassador he is se [...] |
2004-04-26 21:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1055 | (C) GUATEMALA SIGNS ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Charge Bruce Wharton and Foreign Minister Jorge Briz signed an Article 98 agreement on April 28, 2004, bringing two years of negotiations to a successful conclusion. The terms of the agreement require Congressional approval and a Presidential signature to enter into force. 2. (C) The [...] |
2004-04-29 22:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS KTIA GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1058 | GUATEMALA ON UNGA PALESTINIAN OBSERVER MISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-30 17:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA108 | ARTICLE 98 LETTER TO SECRETARY POWELL FROM [...] Outgoing Foreign Minister Gutierrez sent a letter, dated January 13 (his last day in office), to Secretary Powell stating his understanding that Guatemala is exempt from the restrictions on U.S. military aid under the Servicemember's Protection Act of 2001 (SPA), due to the fact that Guatemala [...] |
2004-01-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR KTIA MASS GT ICC |
| 04GUATEMALA1081 | BERGER'S FIRST 100 DAYS: HONEYMOON ENDING? [...] (SBU) Summary: President Oscar Berger,s government is off to a strong start and retains strong public approval. Berger and his team have effectively conveyed new energy and direction, launching significant initiatives to reduce and modernize the military and to open borders to freer intra-reg [...] |
2004-05-04 14:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MOPS GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1097 | HISTORIC STEPS FORWARD IN MACK CASE [...] Summary: The Ambassador attended a formal ceremony at the National Palace on April 22, at which President Oscar Berger publicly apologized to the Mack family for the state's responsibility in the 1990 murder of anthropologist Myrna Mack. The remarkable ceremony was prompted by a November 25, [...] |
2004-05-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1103 | GUATEMALAN EMBASSY IN CARACAS TO OBSERVE APPEALS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-05 18:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM VE GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1106 | GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- Labor: 100 Days in Labor (paras 1-2) -- Labor: Apparel Sector Plans Mediation Center (3) -- Labor: Uncertainty at NB Maquila (4) -- Labor: [...] |
2004-05-05 20:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1112 | GUATEMALA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN OR OPPOSE UNGA [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the Palestinian resolution with Foreign Minister Briz on May 5, urging Guatemala to oppose the UNGA resolution on Palestine. Briz said it was the first he had heard of the issue, and asked his staff to "look into it." PolOff also delivered the demarche to Carla Rodri [...] |
2004-05-05 23:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA1117 | CICIACS SETBACK IN CONGRESS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May 4, the Congressional Human Rights and Government Commissions issued a joint recommendation to the plenary of Congress against CICIACS, on constitutional grounds. On May 5, President Berger and Vice President Stein bot [...] |
2004-05-06 19:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1124 | GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- Labor: 100 Days in Labor (paras 1-2) -- Labor: Apparel Sector Plans Mediation Center (3) -- Labor: Uncertainty at NB Maquila (4) -- Labor: [...] |
2004-05-07 00:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1132 | OAS RELOCATES GUATEMALANS FROM ADJACENCY ZONE [...] Summary: On April 30, HROff attended the inauguration of a community constructed by the Organization of American States (OAS) to relocate Guatemalans living in the "Adjacency Zone" between Belize and Guatemala. Twenty families moved voluntarily from Nueva Juda on the Belizean side of the bo [...] |
2004-05-07 18:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1213 | EXECUTIVE RALLIES BEHIND CICIACS [...] This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Berger has taken the first step to salvage the GOG-UN agreement to create a UN Commission to Investigate Clandestine Groups (CICIACS) by convincing the Congressional leadership to withdraw the agreement to the Executive [...] |
2004-05-14 16:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1241 | GANA-FRG VOTE STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-18 13:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS GT PGOV PHUM |
| 04GUATEMALA1259 | PEREZ MOLINA LEAVES GOVERNMENT FOR CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: On May 17, after meeting with President Berger, GOG Security and Defense Commissioner Otto Perez Molina announced his resignation from the Executive branch, the Patriot Party's (PP) exit from the GANA coalition, and his return to Congress to lead the PP in opposition. Perez Mo [...] |
2004-05-19 15:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1278 | BERGER RECOVERS AFTER STUMBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism lingers of Berger's handling of his private talks with the FRG, but the political storm has apparently passed and media criticism has decreased considerably. Berger shored up the GANA coalition after the departure of Security Commissioner Otto Perez Molina and his [...] |
2004-05-21 17:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1292 | GUATEMALA INTERESTED IN SECURITY RESOLUTION FOR [...] Poloffs discussed reftel points and proposed resolution with Marco Tulio Chicas, Director for Integration at the Foreign Ministry, on May 20. Chicas said Guatemala shared the goals outlined in the resolution and said he would immediately consult with Guatemala's mission to the OAS, which he [...] |
2004-05-24 21:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1313 | COLITE APPLICATION FOR BILLBOARD CONSTRUCTION [...] Summary: Embassy has no objections to Colite Outdoor's application for OPIC insurance for its billboard operation but recommends caution in defining what is covered due to the vagueness of Guatemalan law with respect to "visual pollution." End Summary. 2. The construction of billboards i [...] |
2004-05-26 19:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1328 | TENTATIVE GOG SUPPORT FOR PEREZ IAJC CANDIDACY [...] In the absence of Foreign Minister Jorge Briz (in Guadalajara for Ibero-American Summit), Ambassador Hamilton discussed reftel talking points with Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Marta Altolaguirre on May 28. Altolaguirre expressed tentative GOG support for Antonio Perez's candidacy to the [...] |
2004-05-28 16:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1361 | (C) DIFFICULT POLITICS OF ARTICLE 98 PASSAGE [...] (C) Summary. As reported reftel, the GOG signed an Article 98 agreement on April 28 but requested that we keep the agreement confidential while it devises a strategy to gain Congressional approval. MFA Vice Minister Skinner-Klee told DCM on May 25 that the GOG remains absolutely committed t [...] |
2004-06-02 14:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1397 | GUATEMALA WILL EXPRESS SUPPORT OF INTERIM IRAQUI [...] On June 4, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister Jorge Briz and Interior Minister Arturo Soto. The Ambassador urged the GOG to express support for the Interim Iraqi Government (IIG) bilaterally in a diplomatic note and in coordination with other Central American countrie [...] |
2004-06-04 18:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1442 | ANTI-GOG PROTESTS END PEACEFULLY, EARLY [...] (U) Summary: Nationwide protests organized by labor and popular groups scheduled for June 8-9 were suspended late on June 8 after protest leaders reached agreement with President Berger on a range of measures to address demands. The demonstrations were smaller than expected and remained pea [...] |
2004-06-10 16:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PHUM ELAB GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1447 | GUATEMALA: HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #4-2004 [...] (U) This message summarizes significant recent developments relating to human rights, including: -- Executive Send CICIACS to Court (paras 2-3) -- Progress on Southcom Human Rights Initiative (4) -- Human Rights NGOs Speak Out on National Police (5) -- New Trial in Rio Negro Massacre [...] |
2004-06-10 19:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN AORC GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1460 | BREAKFAST WITH BERGER: PROGRESS ON MILITARY [...] (C) At breakfast with Ambassador June 10, President Berger expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance to date on military downsizing and accepted that we would need a better idea of how the money would be used before asking the Congress to unfreeze the $2.2 million of MAP funds. Vice Presid [...] |
2004-06-10 23:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS MCAP GT |
| 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 |
| 04GUATEMALA1477 | TFUS01: REAGAN CONDOLENCES [...] Summary: The Embassy received condolence letters addressed to the Ambassador from President Oscar Berger Perdomo and former President (1986-90) and sitting Congressional Deputy Vinicio Cerezo regarding the passing of former President Reagan. The President, the Vice President, the Foreign Mi [...] |
2004-06-15 20:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | GT PGOV PREL US |
| 04GUATEMALA1479 | GUATEMALA WILL VOTE AGAINST NO-ACTION IN ECOSOC [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Sylvia Corrado on June 14. Corrado relayed demarche to the GOG Mission to the UN. Corrado confirmed on June 15 that GOG will vote against any no-action motion on Belarus, North Korea, or Cuba resolutions raised in ECOSOC [...] |
2004-06-15 22:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM GT PDEM UNCHR ECOSOC UN |
| 04GUATEMALA1519 | GOG RESPONSE ON ECLAC MEETING IN PUERTO RICO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-17 22:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI EAID PHUM XL XM GT UN ECLAC |
| 04GUATEMALA1550 | GOG RESPONSE TO HAITI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-23 15:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA PREL GT XLUM |
| 04GUATEMALA1555 | PAYMENTS TO EX-PACS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The Constitutional Court (CC) ruled on June 21 that payments to the ex-civil self defense patrollers (ex-PACs), authorized by the government of former President Alfonso Portillo, were unconstitutional. After a week of public threats against the Court, the reaction to the ruling [...] |
2004-06-23 20:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PHUM ELAB GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1573 | TIP BILATERAL MINISTERIAL MEETING RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Embassy anti-TIP team met with the Government of Guatemala inter-institutional group to combat TIP on June 22 to formally present the 2004 TIP report and urge continued progress combating TIP. The GOG's reaction to the release of the 2004 Trafficking in Per [...] |
2004-06-25 13:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1604 | ATTACK AGAINST KAREN FISCHER REPORTED [...] (U) On June 23, major daily "Prensa Libre" reported that Karen Fischer, former Special Prosecutor against Corruption and private plaintiff in the 1993 murder of "El Grafico" publisher Jorge Carpio Nicolle, was the target of an attempted assault June 19. EconCouns contacted Fischer, who report [...] |
2004-06-29 20:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA162 | GUATEMALA & CAFTA ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC SUBMISSION [...] Embassy learned from GOG that its preference is to have SIECA (Secretaria de la Integracion Economica Centroamericana) (a SICA body, as is the CCAD) enforce the environmental chapter because its members include ONLY the Central Americans. An office of trade and environment within SIECA (NAFT [...] |
2004-01-23 18:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1635 | POST SUGGESTS POSTPONING PROPOSED VISIT ON PSI [...] (C) While Post fully supports the establishment of a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) ship boarding agreement with Guatemala, we wish to avoid overloading the MFA and Congress while other sensitive bilateral issues are on the boiler. The MFA has recently indicated that pushing a PSI s [...] |
2004-07-01 22:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1641 | FISCAL PACKAGE PASSED: LESS THAN IDEAL, BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Guatemalan Congress passed on June 21 and 23 the Temporary and Extraordinary Tax to Support the Peace Agreements (IETAP), reforms to the Corporate Income Tax, and reforms to the Tax on the Distribution of Alcoholic Beverages. Reform of the value added and personal income tax [...] |
2004-07-02 16:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1643 | UPCOMING TESTIMONY IN CARPIO CASE [...] (SBU) On July 1, EconCouns discussed with former anti-corruption prosecutor Karen Fischer her upcoming testimony in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) hearing on the 1993 murder of Jorge Carpio Nicolle. Carpio Nicolle was killed while traveling to a campaign rally (gearing up f [...] |
2004-07-02 17:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1668 | GOG RESPONSE ON TRANSPARENCY CLAUSE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-07 22:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KSUM KCRM GT KDEM KCOR PREF |
| 04GUATEMALA1696 | GOG GIVES NEW REPARATIONS COMMISSION 3.7 MILLION [...] (U) Summary. President Oscar Berger formally installed Rosalina Tuyuc, head of CONAVIGUA (an organization representing widows and orphans from the civil conflict), as President of the National Reparations Commission (CNR) on July 6. Berger also confirmed seven Commission representatives fro [...] |
2004-07-09 17:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1698 | CENTRAL AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT [...] (U) Summary: Heads of state from member countries in the Central American Integration System (SICA) met in Guatemala City at the organization's 24th Presidential Summit on June 29. Summit representatives discussed reforms to the Central American Parliament (Parlacen), migratory issues, comme [...] |
2004-07-09 17:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1718 | SECSTATE 150754 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-12 22:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1727 | GROUNDBREAKING CONVICTION OF MILITARY OFFICIALS [...] Summary. Fourteen soldiers were sentenced to 40 years in prison on July 9 for the murder of 11 civilians during the 1995 Xaman massacre. The Xaman killings were the last of approximately 626 massacres perpetrated by the army during Guatemala's 36-year civil conflict, and occurred only fourte [...] |
2004-07-13 23:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1742 | GUATEMALA RESPONSE TO ICJ ADVISORY ON ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 22:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS GT ICJ UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA1743 | 59TH UNGA - GUATEMALA ATTENDANCE STILL UNDETERMINED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 22:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA1757 | GUATEMALA WILL OPPOSE ECOSOC CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-15 22:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1758 | GOG WILL NOT ATTEND HAITI DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-15 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN HA PREL XL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1765 | TAX COLLECTIONS EXCEED TARGETS THANKS TO PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tax collections are above target through June, despite delays in the fiscal reform. The good news comes as a result of much better collections by Customs of duties and value added tax in the ports, the result of a shifting focus from physical inspection of containers to ensu [...] |
2004-07-16 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD GT UNCTAD WTRO |
| 04GUATEMALA178 | SMALL GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO 4TH CICTE IN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-26 20:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER GT OAS |
| 04GUATEMALA1783 | TIER 2 WATCH LIST PLAN FOR GUATEMALA [...] On July 16, Charge met with Vice Foreign Minister Marta Altolaguirre to discuss progress in fighting trafficking in persons, and what Guatemala can do to improve its standing on the Tier 2 Watch List. Charge delivered all the points in reftel, and Altolaguirre took careful notes of each. Ch [...] |
2004-07-20 17:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG GT XK WM |
| 04GUATEMALA1791 | Guatemala - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-20 19:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE KTDB EFIN ECON GT OPIC |
| 04GUATEMALA1811 | GUATEMALA UNLIKELY SOURCE FOR ASSISTANCE ON CUBA [...] (C) The Berger Administration is unlikely to push actively or publicly for democratic reform in Cuba. Its primary focus is on internal reform and housecleaning. Its roots are conservative, but it is trying to be seen as non-ideological, bringing business leaders and human rights activists s [...] |
2004-07-21 21:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1959 | OAS SPECIAL ENVOY PRAISES GOG PROGRESS ON HUMAN [...] HROff attended a forum on August 3 co-sponsored by the President's Commission on Human Rights (COPREDEH) and Landivar University to discuss the GOG's impressive new acceptance of accountability in cases before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). In the front of the room, Frank [...] |
2004-08-04 23:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA197 | GUATEMALA GRANTS OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR 2004 [...] Embassy sent a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Relations requesting overflight clearance for subject scientific mission. EconOff received a faxed letter directly from the Guatemalan Civil Aviation authority granting overflight clearance for the mission. Following is an informal t [...] |
2004-01-27 20:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA TSPL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA1979 | DISAPPOINTING COURT DECISION ON CICIACS [...] (U) The Ambassador and PolOff attended the presentation of the Constitutional Court's decision regarding the constitutionality of CICIACS on August 6. Disappointingly, the judges ruled that many of the robust elements of the agreement conflict with the Guatemalan Constitution. Most signific [...] |
2004-08-06 22:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA206 | BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS ROLANDO [...] (U) Dr. Rolando Morales Chavez (47) of the Union Nacional para la Esperanza (UNE) party was elected President of Congress on January 14, 2004, as part of a governability pact negotiated between the ruling GANA party and the center-left UNE and center-right PAN blocks in Congress. Morales is a [...] |
2004-01-28 15:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2114 | STAFFDEL SHANK'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - entire text. 2. Summary: Staffdel Shank,s three-day visit to Guatemala gave the Congressional visitors an updated picture of the Guatemalan reality, through meetings with key GOG and private sector interlocutors. The GOG representatives emphasized the Berger [...] |
2004-08-20 16:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID GT KCOR KCRM MARR PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR |
| 04GUATEMALA2126 | GUATEMALAN PETROLEUM IMPORTS FROM VENEZUELA -- ALL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-08-20 18:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG XK GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2146 | GUATEMALAN CONGRESS APPROVES PAYMENTS TO EX-PACS [...] (U) Summary: Guatemala's Congress has approved payments to ex-members of the civil self-defense patrols (PAC) that served as adjuncts to the Guatemalan Army from 1981 to 1996. The Congress agreed to pay the equivalent of about 665 dollars in three payments to each ex-PAC between now and the [...] |
2004-08-24 22:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EFIN EAID MASS SNAR PREF ASEC GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2163 | ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION PLANS PROGRESSING [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Minister is now persuaded that moving ahead quickly on Article 98 ratification makes better sense than leaving it to an end-of-legislative session rush. The Ambassador's consultations with the FRG and Patriotic Party appear to have lined up their support. If procedur [...] |
2004-08-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2180 | GOG LOOKING TO KEEP CICIACS ALIVE [...] The Ambassador met with Guatemalan Transparency and Political Reform Commissioner Mario Fuentes-Destarac on August 20 to discuss the GOG,s plans to revise CICIACS. The Constitutional Court,s August 6 decision eliminated the possibility for an entirely independent CICIACS. Since that decisio [...] |
2004-08-26 21:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR ASEC GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2191 | HARBURY ASKS FOR EMBASSY'S ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Amcit Jennifer Harbury on August 17 to discus... [...] |
2004-08-27 17:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2192 | STAFFDEL SIMON [...] (U) Summary: Jennifer Simon, Professional Staff to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Guatemala from August 21-25. During her visit, Simon met with a broad range of GOG and NGO contacts, including Vice President Eduardo Stein, MFA Vice-Minister Marta Altolaguirre, Human Rights [...] |
2004-08-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR MARR KJUS ASEC GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2201 | GUATEMALAN VP STEIN MEETS WITH SFRC STAFFER SIMON [...] Summary and introduction: Guatemalan Vice President Eduardo Stein received Jennifer Simon, visiting professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, at the presidential palace August 24. Stein outlined GOG plans for salvaging CICIACS, explained the GOG's position on comp [...] |
2004-08-27 20:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MARR KCRM SNAR ASEC GT |
| 04GUATEMALA223 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Guatemala comes as President Berger and his team are anxious to demonstrate publicly that bilateral relations have improved and that we have a shared agenda on trade and investment, fighting domestic corruption and transnational crime, and the 1996 Peace Accords. As he did w [...] |
2004-01-29 21:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP PGOV SNAR EAID ETRD PHUM MASS KTIA GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2248 | GUATEMALA: ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE SQUATTERS LEAVES [...] (SBU) Summary: At least ten persons, including four police, were killed in an August 31 police attempt to remove several hundred squatters from a farm in southwestern Guatemala. The squatters had occupied the farm to protest GOG inaction following the apparent disappearance last year of the [...] |
2004-09-02 17:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS ASEC SNAR KCRM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA233 | FOREIGN MINISTER BRIZ'S RESPONSE TO SECRETARY'S [...] On January 30, the Embassy received a letter from Foreign Minister Jorge Briz (dated January 23) responding to the Secretary's letter congratulating Briz on being named Foreign SIPDIS Minister. The original letter is being pouched to WHA/CEN. Following is an Embassy translation of Foreign M [...] |
2004-01-30 18:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2351 | GUATEMALAN RESPONSE ON ENDING STATE SPONSORSHIP OF [...] (C) Embassy Guatemala polcouns delivered reftel points to Ambassador Anamaria Dieguez, MFA Director General for Bilateral Relations, asking that the GOG elevate the terrorism issue to the top of its bilateral agenda with the states listed. 2. (C) Dieguez said the GOG does not have a substan [...] |
2004-09-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2365 | GUATEMALAN MILITARY COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATION [...] On September 10, the Guatemalan Defense Ministry complied with a civilian court order and released to government investigators the military financial records from the 2001-2003 calendar years. The investigation is focused on allegations of mishandling approximately $115 million in military f [...] |
2004-09-14 22:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PHUM EFIN KCOR SNAR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2390 | PRESIDENT BUSH'S REPLY TO PRESIDENT BERGER ON [...] (U) The Ambassador is seeking an appointment with President Berger to carry out ref instructions. In the interim, the Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting September 16 to provide Guatemalan FM Briz an advance brief, given that he and President Berger are leaving Septemb [...] |
2004-09-17 18:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS SMIG KCRM SNAR ASEC PBTS GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2391 | GUATEMALA ON WORLD HUNGER SUMMIT [...] (U) The Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting with Guatemalan FM Briz to deliver reftel points. 2. (U) The Ambassador reviewed the USG's commitment to fighting hunger and alleviating poverty, noting that President Bush had already increased ODA by 50 percent. He stre [...] |
2004-09-17 18:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN ECON PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2406 | GUATEMALA: INFORMATION ON U.S. MANUFACTURED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-20 22:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KHDP GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2415 | CHILD LABOR UPDATE: GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Significant child labor developments in Guatemala over the past year include the introduction in Congress of legislation raising the minimum age to work and NGO efforts to help children leave the fireworks industry for less hazardous jobs. ILO-IPEC programs launched since 2001 aim [...] |
2004-09-21 19:05:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD EAID PHUM SOCI GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2416 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: SCUTTLING THE DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-21 20:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL GT DR XK |
| 04GUATEMALA2429 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: SCUTTLING THE DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-09-23 21:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL DR XK GT |
| 04GUATEMALA244 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Minister of Finance Maria Anonieta de Bonilla on January 22. Bonilla is a former banker and executive director at the IMF and IDB and is close to economic cabinet coordinator Richard Aitkenhead and new tax and customs chief Willy Zapata (septel). Her immediate [...] |
2004-02-02 19:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON PINR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA245 | DESPISED TAX AND CUSTOMS CHIEF ABADIO QUITS; IS [...] (C) President Berger appointed respected banker and former Central Bank President Willy Zapata to be the new Superintendent of Tributary Administration on January 28. His exceptionally unpopular predecessor, Marco Tulio Abadio, quit as rumors circulated that the government sought his removal [...] |
2004-02-02 19:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | EFIN PGOV KCOR SNAR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA247 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF ENERGY AND [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Minister of Energy and Mines Roberto Gonzalez on January 28. Gonzalez has strong free-market credentials and beliefs, has a background in the electric power sector, and shares our views on respecting contracts, attracting investment, reducing subsidies, and pres [...] |
2004-02-02 22:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EMIN PGOV PINR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA25 | EMBASSY GUATEMALA'S 90-DAY PLAN: FIRST QUARTER 2004 [...] (C) Oscar Berger's assumption of power on January 14 opens the door to an improved bilateral relationship and increased GOG cooperation with us in a wide range of areas. Embassy Guatemala's highest priority goals for the first quarter of 2004 will be to establish a positive, solid working rel [...] |
2004-01-08 20:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AMGT GT |
| 04GUATEMALA251 | ADDRESSING LABOR VIOLATIONS BY US FIRMS: THE [...] Subject: Since mid-December, a U.S.-owned maquila has been closed, throwing up to 800 workers, mainly single mothers, out of work after failing to meet a payroll. The GOG has requested USG assistance resolving the workers' claims against the U.S. owners, Robert and Steven Alexander of Medle [...] |
2004-02-03 15:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EINT GT |
| 04GUATEMALA252 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS: U.S. EFFORTS IN GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Following is the Embassy response to Reftel request. End Summary. Overview of Human Rights and Democracy Environment and U.S. Strategy for Improving It --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. Guatemala held free and fair elections in November and December of 2 [...] |
2004-02-03 15:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KCRM PREL PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2563 | 59TH UNGA: GUATEMALA AND U.S. DRAFT REFORM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-07 22:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL GT CDG UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA2578 | GUATEMALA: NEXT STEPS ON PSI [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Following up on U/S Bolton's discussion with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Briz (ref A), the Ambassador raised the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with Briz on September 29. Briz expressed support for the PSI in principle. He said th [...] |
2004-10-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA258 | SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 4-6 NODEL VISIT OF [...] Summary: Your visit, only three weeks after Oscar Berger assumed the presidency, will draw fresh attention to the emotional issue of international adoptions in Guatemala. Your Guatemalan interlocutors will also be anxious to discuss unrelated issues such as the rapidly evolving trade relatio [...] |
2004-02-03 21:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KOCI CVIS CASC PREL OVIP PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA26 | NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE CESAR MENDEZ: BIOGRAPHICAL [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General Cesar Augusto MENDEZ Pinelo (53) was named to be the next Minister of Defense by President-elect Berger on January 7. Mendez is a protege of former General Otto Perez Molina, a ranking member of Berger's GANA coalition. Embassy databases contain no derogatory i [...] |
2004-01-08 22:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MOPS MARR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2636 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-18 18:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM CU GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA2637 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. NOMINEE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-18 18:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA2716 | EMBASSY GUATEMALA SUPPORTS APPLICATIONS FOR [...] Eleven members of the Otoniel De La Roca Mendoza Family have applied for humanitarian parole in the United States. Otoniel De La Roca Mendoza is a witness to the 1992 detention and torture of Efrain Bamaca Velasquez by Guatemalan military authorities. In 1997 Mr. De la Roca Mendez sought and [...] |
2004-10-27 00:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA272 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW MINISTER OF ENERGY AND [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Minister of Energy and Mines Roberto Gonzalez on January 28. Gonzalez has strong free-market credentials and beliefs, has a background in the electric power sector, and shares our views on respecting contracts, attracting investment, reducing subsidies, and pres [...] |
2004-02-04 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EMIN PGOV PINR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2726 | GUATEMALA'S NOMINATES CANDIDATE FOR OAS SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy has received Diplomatic Note No. 3922 dated October 22, 2004, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs presenting the candidacy of Dr. Gert Rosenthal, former Guatemalan Ambassador to the United Nations, for the Secretary General position of the OAS. Post will send by fax SIPDIS c [...] |
2004-10-27 22:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | IO PGOV PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2804 | GUATEMALA'S EX-PARAMILITARY GROUPS BLOCK [...] Summary. Guatemala's ex-PAC members practically shut down the nation on November 3 in protests over the Government's failure to disburse payments promised to them in the 2003 election. These payments have been delayed due to constitutional challenges to the process. Congress immediately met [...] |
2004-11-04 22:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC GT PGOV PHUM PINS |
| 04GUATEMALA2805 | GUATEMALAN SQUATTERS REINVADE SITE OF PREVIOUS [...] Summary: Guatemalan squatters reinvaded Nueva Linda farm, the site where eleven people were killed during a violent eviction in August. The squatters, who this time were unarmed, maintain their previous demand for government action to investigate the 2003 disappearance of their colleague and [...] |
2004-11-04 23:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON GT KCRM PGOV PHUM PINS ASEC |
| 04GUATEMALA2819 | GUATEMALA WILL SUPPORT ALL UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV IO GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2840 | GUATEMALA: UN OPEN TO PROPOSALS FOR AN ALTERED [...] (U) Summary: Attorney General Juan Luis Florido met with UN/DPA representative Martha Doggett on October 28 to discuss his proposal for a new Special Prosecutor on Organized Crime and Clandestine Groups, designed to complement an eventual CICIACS. According to Doggett, who spoke to PolOff Nov [...] |
2004-11-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2845 | GUATEMALA'S INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TIP [...] The Government of Guatemala made appreciable progress in each of the following areas in regard to trafficking in persons (TIP). The responses below are keyed to the questions in paragraph D of reftel. Our own comments follow in para 2. a) Guatemala has several pending legal proposals to co [...] |
2004-11-10 17:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2868 | GUATEMALA: MINUGUA CLOSES ITS DOORS [...] (U) Summary: On November 15, MINUGUA will hold a closing ceremony in the National Palace to commemorate the end of its ten years in Guatemala. Over the last two months, the organization has released a final report and held a closing conference to evaluate the progress made in implementation [...] |
2004-11-12 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2869 | GUATEMALA OFFERS EXCHANGE OF SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On November 12, the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry informed us that Guatemala is willing to support the candidacy of Judge Theodor Meron for reelection to the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia provided that the USG support [...] |
2004-11-12 19:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA29 | CICIACS: PENDING CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7, the Government of Guatemala and the UN signed an agreement to establish a Commission on the Investigation of Illegal Bodies and Clandestine Apparatuses (CICIACS) at the UN Headquarters in New York. Foreign Minister Gutierrez represented the GOG at the signing cerem [...] |
2004-01-09 17:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS GT UN |
| 04GUATEMALA2904 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #5-2004 [...] (U) This message summarizes significant recent developments relating to human rights, including: -- Conviction in murder of Menchu Foundation accountant (para 2) -- Courts Give PDH Access to EMP Documents (3) -- Journalists Demand Justice for &Black Thursday8 Riots (4) -- Threats Aga [...] |
2004-11-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID GT MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR |
| 04GUATEMALA2926 | GUATEMALA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON REPASCH [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-18 21:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC GT UNGA UN |
| 04GUATEMALA2941 | GUATEMALA ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Guatemalan MFA, about Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution at the UNGA and support for the remaining country resolutions. According to Carranza, following our reftel meeting with him where he had indicated suppo [...] |
2004-11-19 19:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA2945 | GUATEMALA: OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-22 17:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA2948 | GUATEMALA ON HAITI DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-22 18:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2964 | GUATEMALA ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS /// [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Guatemalan MFA, about Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution at the UNGA and support for the remaining country resolutions. According to Carranza, following our reftel meeting with him where he had indicated suppo [...] |
2004-11-24 16:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA2969 | GUATEMALA: NO REPORTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-24 17:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2985 | UN OFFICIAL'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA SPURS ACTION ON [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Guatemala sent UN SYG Kofi Annan a letter reaffirming its commitment to CICIACS and outlining interim measures it is taking to pave the way for CICIACS. The letter was prompted by the visit to Guatemala of UN U/S for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast to Guat [...] |
2004-11-29 13:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC GT |
| 04GUATEMALA30 | BERGER NAMES PROFESSIONAL, EXPERIENCED CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: On January 7, President-elect Oscar Berger announced the members of his cabinet. He also named eight "policy coordinators" (super-ministers) to head functional areas. It is not clear what their relationship will be to the ministers, but Berger has described th [...] |
2004-01-09 17:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID SNAR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA305 | FOREIGN MINISTER BRIZ DESCRIBES AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (C) EconCouns and an AID delegation called on Foreign Minister Briz Feb. 6 to discuss integration. Briz confirmed that a customs union, beginning with El Salvador, was a top priority of President Berger. He noted that El Salvador and Guatemala already had harmonized 96% of their external t [...] |
2004-02-10 00:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA3071 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA [...] (U) This is the first of a series of biweekly cables with which, in a more discursive style than the standard telegram, the Embassy intends to report on newsworthy political and economic developments and provide some context to Guatemalan policy-making. ---------------------- Cabinet Change [...] |
2004-12-01 23:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON GT |
| 04GUATEMALA3161 | GUATEMALAN OHCHR OFFICE NEGOTIATIONS AT DELICATE [...] (C) Summary: The DCM and Polcouns met with Ambassador Carla Rodriguez, MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs, on December 9 to discuss the state of play of negotiations between the GOG and UN to establish a local Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Following divided [...] |
2004-12-10 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL GT UN |
| 04GUATEMALA3162 | GOG ON IRAN RESOLUTION IN UNGA [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN Affairs in the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry, to express appreciation for Guatemala's vote in 3rd Committee on the Turkmenistan resolution, but again note disappointment about Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution. Poloff asked [...] |
2004-12-10 18:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL GT IR UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA3163 | GUATEMALAN PARTICIPATION IN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In addition to deployment of a military police company to Haiti, the Guatemalan military has military observers in the Ivory Coast and Burundi, has finished training military observers for deployment to Sudan, and has promised to send a Special Forces company and a military poli [...] |
2004-12-10 18:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MOPS GT HA BY IV SU CF UN |
| 04GUATEMALA317 | WHA A/S ROGER NORIEGA'S FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO [...] (C) During a February 3-5 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega met with President Oscar Berger and senior members of his government to discuss the full range of bilateral issues. A/S Noriega highlighted the importance the Bush Administration places on CAFTA as a means of [...] |
2004-02-10 17:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID MOPS KTIA ETRD KCOR PHUM ELAB GT |
| 04GUATEMALA3198 | GUATEMALA NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE 2005 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD GT |
| 04GUATEMALA3211 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (2) [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-17 17:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR PREL KIPR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA3241 | GUATEMALA: MILITARY CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: The Guatemalan Ministry of Defense and the U.S Southern Command co-sponsored a December 7-10 conference in Antigua, Guatemala, to develop an action plan for the regional Human Rights Initiative (HRI) Consensus Document. Civilians worked alongside military officers to design a pla [...] |
2004-12-21 21:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MASS SNAR ASEC GT |
| 04GUATEMALA3244 | GUATEMALA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Guatemala's submission for the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report: Begin text: There were no significant acts of international terrorism in Guatemala in 2004. The Government of Guatemala has supported the war on terrorism in international fora such as the UN and OAS a [...] |
2004-12-21 23:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GT |
| 04GUATEMALA3246 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met on December 14 with Guatemala's Human Rights Coalition Against Clandestine Structures (CDHCEC, formerly known as "Coalition for CICIACS") to discuss the general human rights situation. The CDHCEC harshly criticized what they viewed as the low priority the Ber [...] |
2004-12-21 23:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC MASS SNAR GT UN |
| 04GUATEMALA3262 | SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-23 18:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA3265 | CASA ALIANZA IN GUATEMALA [...] We strongly support the work of Casa Alianza's Guatemalan operation and are pleased that their work continues unabated in light of the issues raised in ref (A). As we reported in the ref (B) Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Update, Casa Alianza is a critical component of Guatemala's anti-TIP activ [...] |
2004-12-23 20:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG EAID SNAR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA3270 | GUATEMALA/MEXICO BORDER ISSUES, STAFFDEL MEACHAM [...] Summary: SFRC Staffdel Meacham visited Guatemala to discuss a broader North American security architecture and Guatemala's role as the southern border state of that area. Based on meetings with the country team, Ministry of Foreign Relations, Migration, and the Ministry of Defense, Staffdel M [...] |
2004-12-27 16:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID OREP PREL SMIG CVIS MASS GT MX CA |
| 04GUATEMALA3272 | GUATEMALA'S WISH LIST FOR MIGRANTS [...] Summary: Guatemala's MFA sent the Embassy its latest proposal for the U.S. Government to extend legal status to its large population of undocumented migrants resident in the U.S. While we have repeatedly advised the GOG that many of these proposals are politically or legally untenable, we be [...] |
2004-12-27 18:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG ASEC PHUM PREL CVIS SNAR EAID GT |
| 04GUATEMALA3288 | GUATEMALA ACCEPTS OHCHR RESIDENT OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: The GOG and the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have agreed to establish an OHCHR Resident Office in Guatemala. We believe the agreement, although later than desired, reflects well on the GOG and will help secure advances in human rights. The final [...] |
2004-12-29 21:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL GT UN |
| 04GUATEMALA355 | GUATEMALA ON CUBA UNCHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, called a meeting with Poloffs on February 11 to discuss the Cuba Resolution at the 60th CHR. This is the first time in our collective memory that the GOG has reached out to us on the Cuba resolu [...] |
2004-02-13 17:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CU GT CHR |
| 04GUATEMALA356 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-13 17:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA360 | GUATEMALA EXTENDS AUTHORIZATION FOR US MILITARY CD [...] (SBU) Summary: With more than a two-thirds majority and as a matter of national urgency, on February 12 the Guatemalan Congress approved a two-year extension of Central Skies/Mayan Jaguar authority to conduct joint counternarcotics exercises. Extensive lobbying on the part of WHA A/S Noriega [...] |
2004-02-13 18:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR SNAR PREL PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA362 | COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- GUATEMALAN [...] (C) Summary: Few of the G-8 diplomatic missions to Guatemala have counter-terrorism (CT) programs, and we detected no overlap among them. None of the other missions have conducted formal assessments of Guatemala's CT needs. However, there is a consensus that Guatemala's greatest CT weakness i [...] |
2004-02-13 18:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL GT |
| 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 |
| 04GUATEMALA406 | GUATEMALA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WHO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-20 16:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL GT |
| 04GUATEMALA407 | BLUE ORCHARD MICROFINANCE: EMBASSY COMMENT ON OPIC [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-20 16:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA412 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS OAS PROCESS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Ambassador Hamilton raised reftel talking points with Foreign Minister Jorge Briz on February 19. Briz responded that he has personally always been supportive of real democracy in Venezuela, adding that until recently, as a member of the private sector, he had maintained close contact wit [...] |
2004-02-20 18:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE GT |
| 04GUATEMALA449 | ICAO'S MEETING IN CAIRO, GUATEMALA'S PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-24 23:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA466 | PRESIDENT BERGER FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL, [...] (U) Summary: President Berger announced on February 24 that he had fired Attorney General Carlos De Leon. The Constitutional Court has twice issued temporary rulings upholding Berger, but its final rulings could yet reinstate De Leon and deal a severe blow to Berger's legal reform efforts. [...] |
2004-02-26 16:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA479 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #2-2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights. Topics include: -- GOG to Re-dedicate Peace Accords (para 2) -- President Supports Gang Rehabilitation (3-4) -- Bruce Harris Acquitted on Slander Charges (5) -- Escape of convicted Mack murd [...] |
2004-02-26 23:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA496 | UNDC DEMARCHE RESULTS: GUATEMALA TO FOLLOW NAM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-02-27 18:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM GT UNDC |
| 04GUATEMALA504 | SCENE SETTER FOR MARCH 5 PCC ON GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary and introduction: After only six weeks in office, the Berger government has generated high expectations among Guatemalans that it will spur economic growth, reduce violent crime and investigate and prosecute official corruption and organized crime. Berger has also told us privatel [...] |
2004-03-01 21:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV SNAR CVIS MASS KCOR OVIP PBTS GT |
| 04GUATEMALA508 | GUATEMALA ANTI-TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Government of Guatemala took office on January 14, 2004, is giving TIP priority attention, and is building on initial progress by the outgoing government. The Ambassador and Embassy TIP Working Group met with the GOG Inter-Institutional Group to Combat TIP on February [...] |
2004-03-01 22:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT |
| 04GUATEMALA525 | EMBASSY SUPPORTS GUATEMALAN REQUEST FOR QUICK [...] (C) Guatemala's new government is strapped for cash. It inherited a backlog of unpaid bills and lost 10% of its tax base to a court challenge. It is proposing serious fiscal reform, including cutting the military by half and attacking the corruption that depletes or diverts revenues, but its [...] |
2004-03-02 20:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA526 | RESUMPTION OF FTAA TNC AND NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) EconCouns discussed resumption of FTAA Trade Negotiating Committee activities (reftel) with Vice Minister of Economy for Trade and Integration Eduardo Sperisen on March 1. Sperisen fully agreed on the importance of moving ahead quickly and across the board on a high-quality plurilater [...] |
2004-03-02 20:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV SNAR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA529 | GSP DELEGATION PROMOTES LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary: An inter-agency USG delegation visited Guatemala on February 23-24 to review GOG compliance with GSP labor conditions and encourage the new government to take steps to protect fundamental worker rights. The group met with GOG officials, union, and business leaders to discuss th [...] |
2004-03-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD GT |
| 04GUATEMALA531 | THE BERGER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST FIFTY DAYS [...] (C) Summary: In his first fifty days in office, President Oscar Berger increased his influence in Congress, removed the controversial Attorney General and the corrupt head of the Tax Authority, relaunched the fiscal pact, dealt effectively with his government's first protest demonstrations and [...] |
2004-03-03 20:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR ECON ETRD EAID MOPS GT |
| 04GUATEMALA538 | SUCCESSFUL VISIT OF NASA ADMINISTRATOR SEAN [...] Summary. NASA Administrator Sean O,Keefe had a very successful visit to Guatemala during his brief six-country trip to Latin America. In Guatemala he met with GOG officials in the Peten where NASA briefed on environmental/climate change and archeological programs carried out through a Memor [...] |
2004-03-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPA GT |
| 04GUATEMALA58 | NEW GOVERNMENT AND MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTY AGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: The incoming GANA government reached agreement on January 12 with the UNE and PAN delegations in Congress to elect the congressional leadership board and to support a progressive legislative agenda. The agreement gives the center-left UNE party of Alvaro Colom the Presidency of C [...] |
2004-01-13 15:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID GT |
| 04GUATEMALA583 | GUATEMALA ON 60TH UNCHR [...] (C) Per instructions ref A, PolOff jointly delivered reftel demarches to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on March 11. Rodriguez said Guatemala's interests at 60 UNCHR largely coincide with ours and that this overlap had improved with the arriv [...] |
2004-03-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT UNHRC |
| 04GUATEMALA584 | BERGER ASKS FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE TO PLAN RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: Frustrated by military foot-dragging, President Oscar Berger has formally requested US assistance with developing a plan to shrink his military. We have mapped out a process of engagement using E-IMET funds to contract specialized expertise at the Center for Civil Military Relat [...] |
2004-03-09 17:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA624 | GUATEMALA CURRENTLY UNABLE TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-03-12 16:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID HA GT |
| 04GUATEMALA655 | GOG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON ALLEGED RACIAL [...] This is an action request for the Department--See Para 4. 2. During a March 9 meeting with Human Rights Officer, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Marta Altolaguirre expressed concern regarding the possible racial motive in a recent attack against two Guatemalans in Atlanta. The two men, C [...] |
2004-03-16 22:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM GT CAVO PROV |
| 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 |
| 04GUATEMALA691 | LABOR/TIP UPDATE #2-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- TIP: GOG Stepping Up Enforcement Efforts (para 2) -- TIP: ILO Introduces Reforms to Congress (3-4) -- Labor: Successful USDOL Project Design Visit [...] |
2004-03-19 17:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA717 | ENGAGING TRADE MINISTERS IN UNCTAD XI [...] (SBU) Summary: UNCTAD is a traditional preserve of the MFA, which is prone to G-77 views and rhetoric. The new Vice Minister of Trade understands our concerns and plans to work with the pro-trade Minister of Foreign Affairs to align Guatemala's positions in UNCTAD with its Cairns Group agen [...] |
2004-03-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD GT UNCTAD WTRO |
| 04GUATEMALA737 | GOG TO IMPROVE INFORMAL TIES WITH BELIZE [...] (C) Summary: At our request, Foreign Minister Jorge Briz discussed the border dispute with Ambassador Hamilton and British Ambassador Richard Lavers on March 17. Briz said that the Berger Administration wants to develop close, informal ties with its Belizean counterpart and to engage in as ma [...] |
2004-03-24 22:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GT BH |
| 04GUATEMALA747 | GUATEMALA SUPPORT LIKELY ON CUBA AND CHINA IN UNCHR [...] (C) On March 25, in response to reftel demarches, MFA Vice Minister Jorge Skinner-Klee told DCM and PolOff that the GOG will support the Honduran resolution on Cuba, but is undecided on whether to co-sponsor. DCM forcefully argued for co-sponsorship and co-tabling on the merits, using reftel [...] |
2004-03-25 23:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT UNHRC |
| 04GUATEMALA771 | GOG ACCORD ON DEEP MILITARY REDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Oscar Berger told the Ambassador on March 27 that he had achieved a "political understanding" with his Minister of Defense to reduce military strength to 15,500 officers and men, and to sharply reduce the military budget to .33 % of GDP (down from the Peace Accords limi [...] |
2004-03-30 13:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GT |
| 04GUATEMALA779 | GUATEMALA TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Summary: The new Government of Guatemala is giving TIP priority attention. A major step forward has been the creation of an anti-TIP unit in the Public Ministry's Office of the Special Prosecutor for Women, which is taking the lead on TIP investigations and has launched a series of operations [...] |
2004-03-30 20:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB GT |
| 04GUATEMALA798 | GUATEMALA: SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Berger Government has recently taken significant steps to combat trafficking in persons. During President Fox's recent visit to Guatemala, Guatemalan authorities signed an MOU on anti-TIP cooperation with Mexico. The GOG will deposit its articles of ratification of the U [...] |
2004-03-31 22:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA8 | PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT ON HOLD PENDING NEW [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-06 15:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA PARM MNUC KTIA GT |
| 04GUATEMALA801 | OFFICIAL INFORMAL [...] Dear Paula, I would like to encourage you to accept a meeting request from WHA for an incredibly committed and impressive new Guatemalan Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Human Right and Migration, Marta Altolaguirre, who will be in Washington on April 2. Marta is a recent President of th [...] |
2004-03-31 23:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA821 | BERGER PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES DEEP MILITARY CUTS [...] (U) In a public ceremony at the National Palace on April 1, President Berger formally announced a reduction in troop levels, to be implemented by June 30, from 27,214 to 15,500 (about 43%) and a 30% reduction in the military's budget for 2004 (the budget cut for 2004 was even deeper if intra-bu [...] |
2004-04-02 17:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS GT |
| 04GUATEMALA824 | CICIACS GOES TO COURT [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOG-UN agreement to create a Commission to Investigate Clandestine Groups (CICIACS) is slowly moving toward implementation, if fitfully. The CICIACS agreement underwent Congressional review in February and March and will shortly be sent to the Constitutional Court for its [...] |
2004-04-02 17:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA842 | GUATEMALA UNDECIDED ON CO-SPONSORSHIP, OPPOSES [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed ref A points with Foreign Minister Briz on April 1, and followed up with Vice President Stein on April 2. Both Officials told the Ambassador that the decision to co-sponsor was still being debated. On April 5, the Ambassador again pressed Briz for Guatemala's posi [...] |
2004-04-06 17:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT UNCHR |
| 04GUATEMALA860 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights. Topics include: -- Cutbacks in Special Prosecutor's Office for Human Rights (para 2 and 3) -- Rosalina Tuyuc to Head Presidential Reparations Committee (para 4) -- CALDH Kidnapping (para 6) [...] |
2004-04-07 22:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA874 | CONGRESS HALF WAY TO ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a last-minute shift by the ruling GANA coalition, the Congress approved the articles of a long-pending electoral reform law on March 31 by a two-thirds majority. Final approval was deferred until after Congress returns from the Easter holiday break. GANA Congressional lead [...] |
2004-04-12 17:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA89 | VISIT OF GOV. BUSH FOR BERGER INAUGURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Jeb Bush headed the White House Delegation to the inauguration of Guatemalan President Oscar Berger, January 13-14, 2004, and met privately with both outgoing President Portillo and incoming President Berger. In the meeting with Berger, Governor Bush pledged continued U [...] |
2004-01-15 22:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EAID GT |
| 04GUATEMALA909 | GUATEMALA ANNOUNCES SUPPORT BUT NOT CO-SPONSORSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-13 22:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GT UNCHR |
| 04GUATEMALA921 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS CHR-60 COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] (C) Guatemala will vote in support of all the country-specific resolutions listed reftels (Belarus, China, Cuba, Sudan, Turkmenistan and Zimbabwe) according to Carla Rodriguez, Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry. Rodriguez also repeated Guatemala's principled po [...] |
2004-04-14 20:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA941 | OPIC'S REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON LOAN TO PEGGY SA [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-16 16:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV GT |
| 04GUATEMALA942 | GUATEMALAN FREE TRADE ZONES [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-16 17:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON GT |
| 04GUATEMALA944 | GUATEMALA COOLS RHETORIC ON BELIZE SHOOTING [...] (C) Summary: GOG officials are ratcheting down what had been a war of words over the April 7 shooting of a Guatemalan peasant by Belize Defense Forces. On April 15, President Berger called the incident "isolated" and said he would not send troops to the border area. Foreign Minister Briz con [...] |
2004-04-16 18:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM BH GT |
| 04GUATEMALA962 | GUATEMALA TO VOTE AGAINST GITMO RESOLUTION [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed ref B points with Foreign Minister Briz on April 16 and secured a commitment from Briz to vote against Cuba's resolution. President Berger was subsequently quoted in several newspapers stating that Guatemala would "support human rights no matter who it affects." [...] |
2004-04-20 18:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA97 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS AUSTRALIA FOR CHR 60 CHAIR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-16 16:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM GT OIC UNHRC |
| 04GUATEMALA973 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC DRAFT NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-21 22:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP GT UNSC |
| 04GUATEMALA985 | ACTION PLAN FOR PSI AGREEMENT WITH GUATEMALA [...] (C) We discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and proposed ship-boarding agreement with the MFA in December 2003 (Ref B). We have been careful in following up to avoid distracting the Berger administration from our highest priority which is the achievement of an Article 98 agr [...] |
2004-04-22 22:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM PHSA KTIA MNUC GT |
| 04ROME2274 | FOOD SECURITY IN GUATEMALA: VISIT OF ALTERNATE [...] Summary: Travel of U.S. Mission Rome's Alternate Permanent Representative to Guatemala provided an opportunity for review of selected projects of the World Food Program (WFP), the UN Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in rural are [...] |
2004-06-14 13:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR EFIN AORC SENV GT XK WFP FAO IFAD |
| 04THEHAGUE65 | Dutch Support Early FATF Review of Guatemala [...] No summary [...] |
2004-01-12 15:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA1179 | GUATEMALA ON IRAQ TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Following up on reftel demarche, the Ambassador spoke with Guatemalan Acting FM Marta Altolguirre to urge the GOG to welcome the formation of the Iraq Transitional Government and convey support for Iraq's reconstruction and political transition. 2. (SBU) Altolaguirre said she was impr [...] |
2005-05-10 18:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ GT |
| 05GUATEMALA1191 | GUATEMALA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON MILITARY ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Worried about continuing problems with public security, Guatemala has formalized arrangements for police-military cooperation by forming a dedicated unit for this purpose that has a combined police-military staff and leadership. The GOG has explicitly named gangs, organized cri [...] |
2005-05-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCRM MOPS SNAR MCAP KJUS ASEC EAID GT |
| 05GUATEMALA1204 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (8) [...] (SBU) There has been some buzz about Vice President Eduardo Stein's unhappiness with the government's direction, triggered by an interview in "Prensa Libre" where he intimated he would leave the administration if the GOG failed to boost social spending in next year's budget. Stein is a Euro-s [...] |
2005-05-13 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON GT |
| 05GUATEMALA1403 | GUATEMALA COUNTERDRUG PERFORMANCE: C-CN5-00289 [...] (C) The Berger Government (GOG) is seized with and increasingly alarmed by the growing power of drug traffickers in Guatemala. Guatemala,s political, business, and even NGO and Church leaders recognize drug trafficking and the crime and violence it spawns as a very serious threat to the nation,s [...] |
2005-06-02 22:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR SNAR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA1404 | GUATEMALAN CONGRESS APPROVES OHCHR RESIDENT OFFICE [...] Guatemala's Congress unanimously approved legislation May 31 to establish a resident office of the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The resident office is expected to start operations at the beginning of July, providing technical and training assistance to Guate [...] |
2005-06-02 22:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID GT UN |
| 05GUATEMALA1411 | SKEPTICAL GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO CARACAS TO [...] (U) A Guatemalan delegation consisting of Minister of Energy and Mines Luis Ortiz, congressional Energy Commission chair Mynor Lopez, and Finance Committee chair Victor Ramirez departed Guatemala the afternoon of June 2 to pursue a public offer of significantly lower petroleum prices made by [...] |
2005-06-03 17:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV VE GT |
| 05GUATEMALA146 | GUATEMALA ON US SUPPORT FOR OAS SYG CANDIDATE [...] The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Guatemalan FM Briz, who expressed great satisfaction with news that U.S. would announce its support for President Flores's candidacy for the OAS SYG position, noting that Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic had alre [...] |
2005-01-19 23:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA1464 | NO CHEAP PETROLEUM FROM VENEZUELA; FREE TRADE ZONE [...] (SBU) EconCouns met with Minister of Energy and Mines Luis Ortiz and congressional Energy and Mines Committee chair Mynor Lopez the evening of June 7 for a readout on their recent trip to Venezuela (reftel). The two reported that there had been no surprises: Venezuela offered no special de [...] |
2005-06-09 20:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV EFIN KCOR EPET VE GT |
| 05GUATEMALA162 | GUATEMALAN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WALK OFF JOB [...] Guatemalan air traffic controllers walked off the job on January 11, shutting down Guatemala's airports for 20 hours. They were protesting the GOG's refusal to renew their employment contracts, which had expired December 31. At least one commercial aircraft landed without tower assistance [...] |
2005-01-21 18:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAIR ELAB ASEC CASC MOPS SNAR GT FAA |
| 05GUATEMALA163 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (4) [...] (SBU) The year got off to a rough start for Guatemalan President Oscar Berger. --------------------------- Campesino Protests Get Ugly --------------------------- 2. (SBU) Solola, the province best known for the breathtakingly beautiful Lake Atitlan, became the center of attention when [...] |
2005-01-21 18:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID SNAR MASS ASEC PHUM SENV GT |
| 05GUATEMALA171 | GUATEMALA REQUEST FOR ESF, INCLE ANTI-TIP FUNDS [...] Summary: We request that Washington offices allocate INCLE funds to one Guatemalan project to improve the criminal justice sector in regard to trafficking in persons and allocate ESF funds to two Guatemalan projects to improve care to trafficking victims. End summary. Guatemala's need for [...] |
2005-01-24 22:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM ASEC ELAB EAID SMIG GT |
| 05GUATEMALA1745 | GUATEMALA'S LATEST BOOGEYMAN: "SOCIAL CLEANSING" [...] Summary: "Social cleansing" is a phrase increasingly bandied about in Guatemala to explain some unsolved killings. Although frustration with the government's inability to reduce crime is very real, there is no indication of a state policy to pursue extrajudicial executions of delinquents, nor [...] |
2005-07-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM PGOV EAID ASEC SNAR MASS KJUS GT |
| 05GUATEMALA1746 | GUATEMALAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA--INTERIM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OVIP GT UNGA |
| 05GUATEMALA1751 | POLITICALLY DRIVEN LOCAL REFERENDUMS SEEK TO BLOCK [...] (C) Referendums organized by two municipalities in different parts of Guatemala attempted to demonstrate massive local rejection of a large gold mine and a hydroelectric project. Organizers then declared that the people had spoken and demanded that the projects be stopped. The process of c [...] |
2005-07-19 22:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EMIN PGOV EAID SENV SNAR PHUM ELAB GT |
| 05GUATEMALA1754 | GUATEMALA NEAR COMPLETION OF DEMINING [...] Summary: Per reftel request for planning inputs for the Department's FY06 PM/WRA Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) Strategic Plan, post is not submitting such inputs as the Guatemalan Government's HMA plan forecasts a completion of all demining activity in Guatemala by October 2005. The follow [...] |
2005-07-20 23:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP MOPS MARR PREL GT |
| 05GUATEMALA1890 | GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT DENOUNCES ALLEGED THREATS [...] Summary. The Guatemalan Government recently denounced threats and intimidation against human rights defenders, apparently in response to the widespread but unconfirmed impression that such incidents rose dramatically in the first half of 2005. If the self-reported statistics are reliable, t [...] |
2005-08-04 21:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC ELAB EAID SNAR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA1897 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (9) [...] (SBU) Late June and early July saw a spate of media reports of GOG interest in merging the Defense and Government (Interior) Ministries. According to media and GOG sources, Minister of Government Vielmann generated the proposal, presumably as part of his continuing efforts to get control of [...] |
2005-08-05 15:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC MASS PHUM EAID KJUS GT |
| 05GUATEMALA1993 | GUATEMALA'S COMMITMENT TO HAITI [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Guatemalan Acting FM Carlos Ramiro Martinez and U/S for International Organizations Amb. Carla Rodriguez, who said that Guatemala's resident ambassador in Chile, Amb. Castellanos, would represent Guatemala at the August 19 Santiago vice-ministerial. R [...] |
2005-08-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR HA GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2014 | GUATEMALA'S CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] The information below is keyed to the reftel paragraphs: A. The Guatemalan Labor Code sets the minimum age for employment at 14 years. In exceptional cases, the Labor Inspectorate can provide work permits to children under the age of 14, although the practice has diminished significantly. [...] |
2005-08-22 22:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI EAID ETRD GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2022 | GUATEMALA ON AUG 28 CHAVEZ SOCIAL CHARTER EVENT [...] (C) Guatemalan MFA official told polcouns that FM Briz declined to accept Venezuela's invitation to attend August 28 Social Charter event. MFA instructed Guatemala's ambassador in Caracas, Ivan Espinoza, to attend the GOV-hosted meeting "in a listening mode." 2. (C) Polcouns made other ref [...] |
2005-08-23 18:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI EAID KSUM GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA2050 | CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN GUATEMALA [...] (S) Summary: Guatemala does not maintain substantial public or private sector ties with PRC China. Taiwanese influence in political and military affairs effectively blocks Chinese access. That influence has been maintained through direct assistance and bribes to government officials and is [...] |
2005-08-26 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG EAGR EFIN EMIN PINS PGOV KCOR CH TW GT ESENV |
| 05GUATEMALA218 | GUATEMALA: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-31 13:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE KTDB EFIN ECON GT USTR OPIC |
| 05GUATEMALA2250 | Energy producers worried about energy sector [...] (SBU) Summary: In early September, a delegation of energy producers, including three US firms, complained to the Embassy that their contracts are under threat by the regulator, which claims their prices are too high. They fear legislation that would give the regulator a hand in setting prices [...] |
2005-09-23 17:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP ETRD SENV GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2260 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON GUATEMALAN CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The president of the Guatemalan Congress, Jorge Mendez Herburger (JMH), predicted to the Ambassador that Article 98 would be approved "by Halloween." The Ambassador also stressed the need for, and JMH agreed to, legislative action on anti-crime measures, CAFTA implementation, an [...] |
2005-09-26 19:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CVIS CASC KCRM EAID PHUM GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2261 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON GUATEMALAN VP STEIN [...] (C) Summary and introduction: During his introductory call on Guatemala VP Stein, the Ambassador urged the GOG to push for congressional ratification of Article 98 ahead of the Rome Statute. To strengthen Guatemala's ability to dismantle organized crime, the Ambassador made a pitch for legis [...] |
2005-09-26 19:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SNAR KCRM PHUM EAID GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2273 | GUATEMALA ON CHANGES TO DEPORTATION PROCEDURES [...] (C) Guatemalan FM Briz reacted favorably to reftel demarche delivered September 27 by the Ambassador, saying the GOG would seek to cooperate with USG efforts to reduce to three days the turnaround time to repatriate illegal Guatemalan immigrants apprehended at the border. 2. (C) The Ambassa [...] |
2005-09-27 22:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG CVIS SNAR KCRM EAID PREF PHUM GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2303 | GUATEMALA POISED TO RATIFY INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-03 14:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KTIA GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA2395 | GUATEMALA NEEDS TPS [...] Embassy Guatemala strongly supports granting Guatemalans living in the United States Temporary Protected Status (TPS) following Hurricane Stan, which produced floods and mudslides that have devastated the country. Guatemala is in a state of calamity and will be hard pressed to address any add [...] |
2005-10-17 22:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF CVIS SMIG EAID MASS PHUM AEMR ASEC ETRD EAGR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2466 | GUATEMALAN LEGAL REFORM: CREATION OF A CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress approved a law creating a civilian intelligence agency, including an initially controversial provision to permit wiretapping in restricted circumstances. Inclusion of the wiretapping provision in the bill augurs well for passage of what the Embassy has [...] |
2005-10-27 21:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KJUS KCRM PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PHUM GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2469 | GUATEMALA'S CABLE SUBMISSION FOR THE 2005 REPORT TO [...] Below is Post's cable submission of the email version sent to USTR for the 2005 Report to Congress on the Operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA). STATISTICS Population statistics are drawn from the 2005 edition of the CIA World Fact Book. Per capita income figures [...] |
2005-10-27 21:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ELAB ECON GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2483 | Top economists' views on Guatemala [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan economists generally agree that to address the country's socio-economic problems institutions must become more effective. However, for this the government will need more revenue, and tax increases have been repeatedly blocked by special interest groups, including bu [...] |
2005-10-28 18:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EAGR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2495 | Visit of Secretary of Commerce to Guatemala [...] Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez visited Guatemala from October 16-18, 2005, leading a business delegation of 19 U.S. companies as well as an interagency group with top officials from OPIC, USTDA, EXIM, IDB/Treasury, SBA and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The Sec [...] |
2005-11-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV BEXP PREL OVIP GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2504 | DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF STAN [...] Summary: Still gripped with the immediate concerns of disaster relief, GOG officials have not yet tallied the economic costs of Tropical Storm Stan and the accompanying rains that drenched more than one third of Guatemala's territory in the first two weeks of October. Some estimates have put [...] |
2005-11-02 21:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ET EAID SENV PGOV KPAO EAGR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2511 | Guatemala and the MCC [...] (SBU) Summary: Going by MCC statistical procedures, Guatemala is unlikely to be selected to negotiate an MCC compact in FY 2006. But Guatemala's suitability for a compact should be evaluated in a more basic sense: is the Berger administration making progress toward MCC goals, and how do Gu [...] |
2005-11-03 21:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON SOCI ETRD PGOV PREL KCOR GT MCC |
| 05GUATEMALA2611 | GUATEMALAN LEGAL REFORM: THE ARMS REGULATION BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress is on the verge of approving an arms regulation bill that will transfer oversight of privately-owned firearms from the Defense Ministry to the Government (Interior) Ministry, per a stipulation in the Guatemalan Peace Accords. Among other reforms, the [...] |
2005-11-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PGOV MCAP ASEC KCRM KJUS GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA2623 | Adoption Visas Processed in Guatemala City [...] Guatemala City's Immigrant Visa Unit issued 3,783 immigrant visas to adopted Guatemalan orphans in FY 2005. This is a new record for Guatemala City, and is a 15.9 percent increase in orphan visa workload over FY 2004. It also represents nearly 53 percent of our total IV workload for the ye [...] |
2005-11-17 19:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CASC CMGT GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2641 | EMBASSY GUATEMALA HOSTS MINI-DUBLIN MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2642 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-21 17:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL GT UNHRC |
| 05GUATEMALA2644 | GUATEMALA INCREASINGLY FOCUSING ON HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Guatemala's social indicators still lag behind most countries in Latin America, the Berger administration has made education and health a top priority and has undertaken convincing initiatives that are moving the country in the right direction. The relevant indicators [...] |
2005-11-21 17:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI EAID EFIN GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2653 | CONTRABAND, CUSTOMS REFORM AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY [...] (C) Contraband poses an ongoing threat to Guatemala's economic development, undermining growth in the formal sector and diminishing the government's ability to collect taxes. The potential nexus with organized crime, human and drug smuggling, along with the incentive to corrupt and undermine [...] |
2005-11-22 22:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN BEXP ETTC KCOR KCRM KIPR PGOV PM PINR ASEC SNAR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2656 | GUATEMALA: CABLE SUBMISSION FOR THE 2006 NATIONAL [...] Below is Post's cable submission of the email version sent to USTR for the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report. Post was not required to update the trade summary section of the report. IMPORT POLICIES Free Trade Agreement The United States began free trade negotiations with five Cent [...] |
2005-11-22 22:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON PREL GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2658 | ECLAC ASSESSMENT OF HURRICANE STAN'S DAMAGE TO GUATEMALA [...] SUMMARY. An ECLAC study of the impact caused to Guatemala by Tropical Storm Stan estimates the total damage and losses to be just shy of US$1 billion ($983 million) and suggests that while the Storm's impact may have been marginal in macroeconomic terms, the impact was devastating for the tho [...] |
2005-11-22 22:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREF MOPS GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2684 | PROPOSAL FOR REBUILDING LIVELIHOODS IN STAN- [...] SUMMARY. Post requests State and USAID support for a two-year program "Rebuilding Rural Livelihoods in Western Highlands" to respond to U.S. national interests and assist the GOG in the recovery and reconstruction from damages caused by Hurricane Stan. This program responds directly to impo [...] |
2005-11-29 17:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR PREF MOPS GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2685 | TERRORISM FINANCE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS COVER [...] (SBU) Guatemala's Financial Intelligence Unit (IVE) proposed implementing regulations for the recently passed terrorism finance legislation. The regulations will need to be approved by the monetary board before implementation. In advance of this submission, the IVE consulted EconOff and pro [...] |
2005-11-29 20:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SNAR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2690 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIAN ELECTIONS ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-30 22:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BO GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA2693 | Views on CAFTA's "human" face [...] (SBU) Summary: Judging from a November 23 conference, views on the social and human aspects of CAFTA by top opinion makers are mixed. Concerns range from including the poor in CAFTA's benefits, to the asymmetries between Guatemala and the US and Guatemala's ability to compete. Supporters foc [...] |
2005-12-01 15:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV SOCI PGOV PREL GT CAFTA |
| 05GUATEMALA2724 | GUATEMALA: RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-06 17:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC GT UNGA |
| 05GUATEMALA280 | GUATEMALA'S LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COURT RULINGS [...] Summary: The Guatemalan Labor Inspectorate has at least been temporarily stripped of its power to impose fines on employers found to be in non-compliance with labor laws, due to an August 2004 Constitutional Court decision. Inspectors must now take their findings to labor courts for court-o [...] |
2005-02-03 22:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PREL PGOV EAID GT |
| 05GUATEMALA2849 | BIRTH OF A UNION IN GUATEMALA [...] (U) Summary: Following months of negotiation and some severe conflicts regarding labor rights, the management of a major apparel manufacturer agreed to support the establishment of a labor union in its workforce. Potential CAFTA benefits and the steady interest of U.S. brands were encouragin [...] |
2005-12-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC GT |
| 05GUATEMALA294 | EXTRA, EXTRA! LETTER FROM GUATEMALA: THE BEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PITY THE POOR REPORTERS IN GUATEMALA. WHIPPED INTO A FRENZY OF HATRED AGAINST THE PREVIOUS PORTILLO GOVERNMENT, THEY NOW HAVE HAD A YEAR TO ADJUST TO PRESIDENT BERGER'S CLEANER ADMINISTRATION. WITH NO OBVIOUS GOVERNMENTAL ENEMY, EDITORIALISTS HAVE STRUGGLED TO STAY ON AN ADVERSA [...] |
2005-02-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCOR KPAO EAID ELAB SENV ETRD GT |
| 05GUATEMALA297 | ALLEGED VIOLENCE AT GUATEMALAN MAQUILA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Korean manager of a Guatemalan maquila allegedly punched a female union leader in the face during a January 20 altercation at the factory. Both sides filed claims with the prosecutor's office and the Ministry of Labor. The case demonstrates the weakness of Guatemala's abi [...] |
2005-02-07 17:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM KCRM EAID GT |
| 05GUATEMALA307 | GUATEMALA STRENGTHENS TIP LAW [...] Summary: Guatemala's Congress approved strong anti-TIP legislation that will aid GOG efforts to investigate, prosecute, and convict those engaged in trafficking. The new law includes a much broader and more effective definition of trafficking that will aid police and prosecutors and much sti [...] |
2005-02-07 19:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA312 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (6) [...] (SBU) January 31 marked the 25th anniversary of the fire at the Spanish Embassy that killed 37 persons. In a land that has suffered more than its share of grim tragedies over the last 50 years, this particular incident remains vividly controversial. Bishop Gonzalo de Villa, former head of L [...] |
2005-02-07 22:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ETRD EAID ASEC MASS SNAR SENV KCOR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA316 | PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS FOR WTO NAMA OUTREACH [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-07 22:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD GT WTRO |
| 05GUATEMALA341 | GUATEMALAN OPTIONS FOR LABOR STANDARDS ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) has identified three approaches (not mutually exclusive) to reinstate the Labor Inspectorate's authority to impose fines on employers found to be in non-compliance with labor laws. The Minister of Labor -- in congruence with our recommendations [...] |
2005-02-09 21:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PREL PGOV EAID GT |
| 05GUATEMALA344 | GUATEMALAN COURT AGAIN STRIKES DOWN PAYMENTS TO [...] (U) Summary and introduction: For the third time in the past 14 months, Guatemala's Constitutional Court struck down direct payments to former members of the armed civil defense (paramilitary) forces (PAC) established by the Guatemalan Army in the early 1980s. The ex-PACs have refrained from [...] |
2005-02-09 23:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC EAID MASS SNAR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA376 | GANG VIOLENCE THREATENS GUATEMALAN SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the implementation of hardline policies against gangs in neighboring Honduras and El Salvador (reftels), Guatemala is searching for ways to combat its own gang problem. The GOG blames the gangs for the continued upswing in homicides, which have increased each year for th [...] |
2005-02-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR SNAR KCRM PGOV PHUM PARM PTER SMIG MASS ASEC EAID KCOR KFRD GT |
| 05GUATEMALA391 | GUATEMALA ON SECURING OAS ACTION TO INVESTIGATE MANPADS TRAFFIC [...] (SBU) Guatemalan FM Briz reacted very positively to Ambassador's demarche per reftel. Briz said he fully agreed with the urgency of getting the GON to request an OAS technical verification mission. 2. (SBU) To that effect, Briz promised to speak with President Berger later the same day, Fe [...] |
2005-02-15 19:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS NU GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA392 | GUATEMALA: PKO UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: The Guatemalan military continues its preparations for a March 2005 deployment of an Army Kaibil (Special Forces) company to the UN Peacekeeping Operations Mission in the Congo (MONUC). Plans to also deploy a Military Police company for MONUC duty are pending a final UN decisio [...] |
2005-02-15 20:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL MOPS ETTC GT HA CG DA AR CI UN |
| 05GUATEMALA437 | GUATEMALA ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER [...] (SBU) On the margins of the Embassy's February 17 National Day reception, the Ambassador discussed with Guatemalan FM Briz our views on the OAS Social Charter and chairmanship of the working group. The Ambassador gave Briz an aide memoire drawn from reftel info. 2. (C) Briz said he shared [...] |
2005-02-17 23:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA47 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (3) [...] (U) This is the third in our planned biweekly series of discursive messages on what's ticking in Guatemala. Generics: Moving to Plan B after Xmas Setback --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) President Berger signed into law Decree 34-2004 on December 22, effectively elim [...] |
2005-01-07 21:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR KCRM ASEC SNAR EAID GT |
| 05GUATEMALA492 | U.S.-OWNED MAQUILA IN TROUBLE IN GUATEMALA [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan maquila workers detained an Amcit factory manager in the workplace for nine hours in response to the factory's closure. The workers still have the Amcit under virtual house arrest. The workers are protesting that the factory owners offered them only twenty percent [...] |
2005-02-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM CASC ASEC PINS EAID SNAR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA502 | SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSION FOR GUATEMALA [...] Embassy is in daily contact with Washington agencies over efforts to resolve problems that have arisen due to the passage in December 2004 of legislation that effectively stripped data protection for pharmaceutical and agro-chemical products from Guatemalan legislation. That legislation had, [...] |
2005-02-23 18:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD GT KIPT |
| 05GUATEMALA533 | GUATEMALA ON CSW WOMEN'S ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-28 17:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN EAID GT UN CSW |
| 05GUATEMALA545 | GUATEMALA 2004 TIP REPORT [...] Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) achieved remarkable success in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) during the reporting period, particularly in the development of new legal instruments to criminalize TIP activities. We note that Guatemala has achieved or made signif [...] |
2005-03-01 22:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KCOR EAID KPAO GT |
| 05GUATEMALA554 | GUATEMALAN COURT DECISION DELIVERS SETBACK, NOT A [...] SUMMARY: On February 16, Guatemala's Constitutional Court issued a clarification of its earlier decision in the appeal of Reyes Collin Gualip, one of 16 soldiers implicated in the 1982 Dos Erres massacre. The court reiterated that the case against Gualip cannot proceed without a decision from [...] |
2005-03-02 22:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV EAID ASEC MASS SNAR GT |
| 05GUATEMALA56 | GUATEMALA GSP PETITIONS [...] (U) Summary and introduction: In this cable, post provides its comments on the petition submitted December 13, 2004, to USTR by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the U.S./Labor Education in the Americas project (US/LEAP) to remove Guatemala from the list of GSP and CBI benefic [...] |
2005-01-10 20:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM GT |
| 05GUATEMALA564 | GUATEMALA ON CSW DECLARATION, OP 1 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-03 18:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT |
| 05GUATEMALA565 | GUATEMALA ON UNGA CONSIDERATION OF DECLARATION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-03 18:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO GT UNGA KCSI |
| 05GUATEMALA577 | SMALL STEP FOR GUATEMALAN LABOR STANDARDS [...] (U) Summary: Labor Courts have begun to impose fines on employers found by the Labor Inspectorate to be in non-compliance with the Labor Code. This shows a measure of political will, but without increasing resources to the labor courts, this process does not represent a functioning system of [...] |
2005-03-04 18:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PREL PGOV EAID GT |
| 05GUATEMALA578 | UPDATE ON U.S.-OWNED MAQUILA IN GUATEMALA [...] Although production at Guatemalan maquila J&R Sportswear has stopped, the company itself has not yet formally closed (ref A). Company management filed for a legal suspension of work at the maquila. The Ministry of Labor has not yet ruled on that application, but sources tell us that the appl [...] |
2005-03-04 19:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB CASC ECON ETRD PHUM ASEC EAID GT |
| 05GUATEMALA595 | PUBLIC DIPLOMACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO PREL GT |
| 05GUATEMALA658 | GUATEMALA ON CHR-61 [...] (SBU) DFM Marta Altolaguirre will head Guatemala's delegation to the Commission on Human Rights. She is currently in Vancouver attending a conference on migration issues. Polcouns therefore delivered reftel demarche to Guatemalan MFA's Luis Carranza, deputy director for multilateral policy [...] |
2005-03-11 18:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM GT UNCHR |
| 05GUATEMALA659 | GUATEMALA'S CONGRESS REINSTATES DATA PROTECTION: [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's Congress passed legislation by an overwhelming majority to reinstate data protection for drugs and agrochemicals, paving the way for consideration of the CAFTA in the U.S. Congress. This was the end of a drama played out over years that was fraught with misinformation, co [...] |
2005-03-11 19:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL GT |
| 05GUATEMALA675 | CAFTA RATIFIED BY CONGRESS, 126 VOTES TO 12 [...] Guatemala's Congress ratified the CAFTA text by a 10.5 to 1 margin on March 10 as some 800 unruly demonstrators sought to impede access. UNE and Integracionista party members returned to the Congress after absenting themselves the day before, allowing the 2/3 majority vote to pass the bill on [...] |
2005-03-14 22:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV PREL GT |
| 05GUATEMALA699 | GUATEMALAN ANTI-CAFTA DEMONSTRATORS INCITE [...] Summary. Having failed to head off congressional approval of CAFTA through democratic means, a small group of Guatemala's CAFTA opponents sought to tarnish the agreement by staging violent protests over the last week. From March 8-14, demonstrators turned out mostly in the capital, where th [...] |
2005-03-17 01:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ETRD ASEC ELAB SNAR MASS EAID GT |
| 05GUATEMALA703 | IMF AND FINANCE MINISTRY NOT PURSUING STAND-BY [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala and the IMF have decided not to proceed with a new stand-by agreement (SBA). The IMF is insisting on a commitment to pass fiscal reform legislation by a given date, which Guatemala does not believe it can guarantee in the current congressional environment. Both si [...] |
2005-03-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV GT |
| 05GUATEMALA734 | GUATEMALA CHILD MARRIAGE [...] The answers below are keyed to the reftel questions. A. Article 8 of the Civil Code specifies that the age of majority is 18 years for both males and females. Article 81 establishes the age of majority as the legal age of marriage. Articles 82-84, however, specify that males over age 16 an [...] |
2005-03-21 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB EAID KWMN PGOV SCUL SOCI GT |
| 05GUATEMALA766 | GUATEMALA INVESTIGATING DEATH OF ANTI-CAFTA [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Guatemala is investigating the death from a gunshot wound of a teacher in the March 15 anti-CAFTA demonstration and roadblock in the department of Huehuetenango. Several other demonstrators were seriously wounded. It is not clear who fired the shot that killed [...] |
2005-03-23 16:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ETRD ASEC ELAB SNAR MASS EAID GT |
| 05GUATEMALA806 | BERGER ON CAFTA ISSUES CUBA OAS SECGEN ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: At lunch March 30, Berger took on board the Ambassador,s arguments that he needs to do something about the lack of effective labor inspection (in the context of the U.S. CAFTA debate) and that he needs to answer the mail from U.S. organizations protesting alleged repression of pea [...] |
2005-03-30 23:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SNAR CU GT OAS |
| 05GUATEMALA807 | GUATEMALAN CONCERNS ABOUT "MINUTEMAN PROJECT" [...] The Ambassador received March 30 a letter from Guatemalan FM Jorge Briz expressing concern about the "Minuteman Project" and other private U.S. efforts to patrol the border and intercept illegal migrants. Text of the letter, dated March 27, follows in para 2. Embassy requests the Department [...] |
2005-03-30 23:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG CVIS KFRD ASEC EAID PHUM SNAR KCRM PBTS GT |
| 05GUATEMALA81 | GUATEMALA ON CUBAN CANDIDACY TO CHR WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-12 17:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM GT CU UNCHR |
| 05GUATEMALA819 | LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM GUATEMALAN FM BRIZ [...] Embassy received late March 30 a letter from Guatemalan FM Jorge Briz to the Secretary. Text follows in para 2. The letter argues for greater cooperation in combatting narco-trafficking, alien smuggling and trafficking in persons by providing spare parts, training and other resources to Gua [...] |
2005-03-31 17:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PHUM ASEC SNAR EAID MASS PREF PTER KCOR KDEM GT |
| 05GUATEMALA828 | GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS DEPART FOR CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalan military continue to expand their participation in peacekeeping operations, most recently with 105 Guatemalan peacekeepers joining the MONUC mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Guatemalan Defense Ministry has apparently won an interagency struggle ov [...] |
2005-03-31 22:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL MOPS PHUM EAID ASEC GT CG UN |
| 05GUATEMALA867 | LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (7) [...] (SBU) Three and a half weeks have passed since Guatemala's Congress ratified CAFTA, without much sign of the second wave of demonstrations promised by a number of NGO leaders. It could be that potential demonstrators joined the rest of Guatemala in taking Semana Santa (Easter week) off, as [...] |
2005-04-07 16:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV EINV GT |
| 05GUATEMALA888 | IMMIGRATION IN U.S.-GUATEMALAN RELATIONS: [...] This is an action request: See paras 8 and 9. 2. (C) Summary: Supported by civil society and the mainstream media, the Guatemalan community in the U.S. has from the outset of the Berger administration brought acute pressure on the Government of Guatemala to be assertive with us on t [...] |
2005-04-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG ELAB PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN CVIS KPAO GT |
| 05ROME3980 | AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL VISITS GUATEMALA: CHRONIC [...] Six weeks after Hurricane Stan swept through Guatemala, I visited the country from November 12 to 15 to assess the food security situation and efforts to restore the nation's infrastructure. Damage to foodstocks and infrastructure has made emergency assistance challenging; reconstruction will [...] |
2005-12-02 16:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR AORC GT CONGRINT FAO WFP |
| 06ABUDHABI3626 | UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDING NAM IN HAVANA: [...] (C) Post delivered ref B and C demarches in a series of meetings with members of the UAE delegation to the NAM conference prior to their respective departures to Havana: Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ), MFA Under Secretary Tariq Al-Haidan, and International Organiza [...] |
2006-09-13 13:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM KPKO UNSC PGOV GT SU IR |
| 06ABUDHABI3952 | UNGA ISSUES: UAE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNGA UNSC GT AE |
| 06ACCRA566 | GHANA PROMISES SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA,S UNSC [...] (U) The Ambassador spoke with Ghanaian Foreign Minister Nana Akufo-Addo March 8 and raised ref A points regarding support for Guatemala,s candidacy as Latin America,s next non-permanent member of the UNSC. Akufo-Addo quickly stated that the GOG would support Guatemala and asked when the vot [...] |
2006-03-10 09:11:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH GT KPKO PREL SU VE NATO UNSC UN |
| 06ADDISABABA2739 | ETHIOPIA TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA FOR UNSC [...] (SBU) In an October 10 meeting with Charge, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi confirmed that Ethiopia will support Guatemala, rather than Venezuela, in its bid for a UNSC non-permanent member seat. HUDDLESTON [...] |
2006-10-11 11:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE ET |
| 06ADDISABABA2811 | ETHIOPIA REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO GUATEMALA FOR [...] (SBU) In an October 17 call with Charge, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Europe and North America Almaz Amha confirmed Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's commitment to support Guatemala, rather than Venezuela, in its bid for a UNSC non-permanent member seat. Almaz assured the Charge that E [...] |
2006-10-17 15:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE ET |
| 06AMMAN4386 | BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA IN UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE JO |
| 06AMMAN7682 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF UNSC ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE JO |
| 06ANKARA648 | TURKEY NON-COMMITTAL TO DEMARCHE ON DEFEATING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Gulin Dinc, Department Head in the Directorate for International Political Organizations at the Foreign Ministry on February 10. Ms. Dinc expressed appreciation for our information and said the MFA would carefully consider our position on the Venezuelan [...] |
2006-02-14 08:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNSC GT VE TU |
| 06ANTANANARIVO1177 | Comoros on Guatemala for the UNSC [...] (SBU) After repeated attempts throughout the day, Charge was unable to contact a senior official of the Union of the Comoros to discuss the UNGA vote on membership on the UNSC as requested in Ref A. President Sambi is apparently traveling in Saudi Arabia and will not return to Comoros until [...] |
2006-10-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC GT VE CN |
| 06ANTANANARIVO1190 | Comoros on Guatemala for the UNSC [...] (SBU) On October 21, upon the return from Saudi Arabia of Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, DCM spoke to him by telephone to convey Ref A demarche regarding the vote for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). 2. (SBU) Based on the most [...] |
2006-10-23 12:52:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC GT VE MA |
| 06ASHGABAT1080 | TURKMENISTAN REMAINS NON-COMMITTAL ON UNSC VOTE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-13 14:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL GT VE TX |
| 06ASHGABAT1081 | UNSC ELECTION: TURKMENISTAN WILL SUPPORT GUATEMALA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-14 09:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GT VE PREL TX |
| 06ASHGABAT326 | TURKMENISTAN LIKELY TO GAME VOTE ON GUATEMALA VS [...] (C) Turkmenistan's vote on the GRULAC seat for the UNSC is likely to depend more on GAZPROM negotiations and U.S. sponsorship of a UNGA Turkmenistan resolution than it will on Latin American politics. With the United States pushing so hard for Guatemala, GOTX likely will use its vote to puni [...] |
2006-03-29 13:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | GT PREL TX UNGA VE UNSC |
| 06ASUNCION1018 | PARAGUAY ON UNSC RACE [...] (C) Ambassador met with FM Ramirez October 3 to urge that Paraguay reconsider its commitment to support Venezuela's UNSC candidacy. Chavez had insulted President Bush and demonstrated no respect for the important role assumed by the Security Council in addressing pressing challenges in rece [...] |
2006-10-05 21:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL GT VE PA |
| 06ASUNCION1055 | PARAGUAY ON UNSC IMPASSE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-19 20:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GT VE PREL PA |
| 06ATHENS373 | AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH GREEK FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the face of an ongoing phone-tapping scandal (Ref A) of high-level Greek Government officials (in which the U.S. has been fingered in the media as the culprit), Greek FM Molyviatis used a one-on-one lunch February 8 with Ambassador in a central Athens restauarant to emphasize [...] |
2006-02-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PGOV PREL CY TU RS YI VE GT EU AMB |
| 06BAGHDAD3735 | IRAQ SUPPORTS GUATEMALA'S BID FOR UNSC MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-08 16:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IZ GT VE |
| 06BAKU460 | AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE ON GUATEMALAN UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On March 17 DCM delivered reftel demarche, following up on a previous demarche by Ambassador, this time to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mamadguliyev and asked for a substantive response to request to support Guatemala in its bid for a non-permanent UN Security Council seat. Mamadguliye [...] |
2006-03-24 09:18:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNSC GT VE AJ |
| 06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN485 | BRUNEI CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA IN UNSC RACE [...] (C) On September 19, Ambassador asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Permanent Secretary Pengiran Dato Osman for an update on Bruneian views of the contest between Guatemala and Venezuela for a Latin American UNSC seat. After checking with others at the Ministry, Osman got back t [...] |
2006-09-22 08:45:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA VE BX GT |
| 06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN524 | BRUNEI WILL STICK WITH GUATEMALA [...] (C) DCM delivered ref A demarche to Florence Chong, Assistant Director for International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, at OOB on October 16 (twelve hours ahead of OOB in New York). Chong responded that Brunei's support for Guatemala remained firm (ref B). She shared o [...] |
2006-10-18 08:10:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC GT VE BX |
| 06BANGKOK1341 | DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE 2006 ELECTION FOR THE [...] (C) Per reftel request, on March 3 Ambassador Boyce raised with Thai FM Kantathi the Venezuelan and Guatemalan competition for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Ambassador stated the strong USG belief that Guatemala should be given preference. He made reftel points regarding t [...] |
2006-03-03 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GT VE UN UNSC |
| 06BANJUL226 | THE GAMBIA: FURTHER DEMARCHE ON 2006 ELECTION FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-13 15:20:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV PTER UNDC GT VE GA |
| 06BANJUL439 | THE GAMBIA: REACHING OUT TO VENEZUELA, IRAN [...] (C) Prominent journalist and Embassy contact portrayed President Jammeh's invitation to Venezuelan and Iranian leaders to recent African Union Summit here as a swipe at the U.S. following the suspension of The Gambia's MCA eligibility. According to our source, Chavez actively lobbied Summit d [...] |
2006-07-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMCA UNSC GA IR VE GT |
| 06BANJUL612 | THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RACE [...] (C) Ambassador made ref a demarche October 2 to Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof (Deputy Formin equivalent), stressing that Venezuelan President Chavez's UNGA speech further demonstrated that Venezuela's election to the UNSC would seriously undercut its ability to address world [...] |
2006-10-02 15:29:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VE GA |
| 06BANJUL645 | UNSC ELECTION ON AGENDA OF GAMBIAN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-17 13:58:00 | Embassy Banjul | SECRET | PREL UNSC GT VE GA |
| 06BEIRUT3299 | UNSC ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM U/S BURNS (LEBANON) [...] (C) On October 13, Charge spoke with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh to reinforce, per ref (a), the U.S. position on the race between Venezuela and Guatemala for the Latin American seat in the UN Security Council. Salloukh acknowledged our previous messages on this issue, initiated [...] |
2006-10-13 10:10:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GT VN LE |
| 06BELGRADE1698 | SERBIAN SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA IN UNSC VOTE [...] (U) DCM raised reftel points with Serbian Assistant Foreign Minister Sahovic, and Poloff conveyed substance of reftel points to representatives of the Serbian MFA as requested. MFA officials noted Serbia usually supports the EU consensus position. We expect they will continue to be sensitiv [...] |
2006-10-18 07:47:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC GT UN VE SR |
| 06BELIZE487 | DEMARCHE: TESTING CARICOM CONSENSUS IN SUPPORT OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 19:27:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC PBTS OAS BH GT VZ XL |
| 06BOGOTA2981 | SEEKING PANAMANIAN SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S 2006 UN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-03 22:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CO GT PM |
| 06BRATISLAVA105 | SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT GUATEMALA FOR NON-PERMANENT [...] (C) Slovak MFA Director for UN and International Organizations Roman Buzek and UNSC Coordinator Marcel Pesko told us February 10 that Slovakia will support Guatemala for the Group of Latin American Countries' non-permanent seat on the UNSC (reftel). Buzek pointed out that -- in addition to s [...] |
2006-02-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UN GT VE LO |
| 06BRATISLAVA738 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS GUATEMALA [...] (C) Emboff delivered talking points fo Jana Bartosiewiczova, Deputy Director for the United Nations and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Bartosiewiczova confirmed that Slovakia will be voting for Guatemala in the upcoming 2006 UNSC election. She said that [...] |
2006-08-31 14:21:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE LO |
| 06BRIDGETOWN1504 | ST. KITTS PM ASSURES AMBASSADOR OF CARIBBEAN [...] (C) After three weeks' worth of daily attempts to deliver reftel demarche, St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas returned Ambassador Kramer's call on August 25. The Ambassador indicated the USG's extreme disappointment in his remarks several weeks ago regarding a "smooth tra [...] |
2006-08-25 21:32:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR UNGA SC CU GT |
| 06BRIDGETOWN2028 | UNSC AFTERMATH: CARICOM HAPPY WITH PANAMA, UPSET [...] (U) On November 3, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states unanimously supported the compromise nomination of Panama as the candidate to the United Nations Security Council from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC). However, Ambassadors to the UN from CARICOM countrie [...] |
2006-11-17 21:50:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |