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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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08GUATEMALA327 | GUATEMALA'S INPUT FOR 2008 TIP REPORT (APRIL 2007 [...] Post submits the following information (keyed to ref A) on anti-trafficking efforts undertaken by the Guatemalan government between April 2007 and March 2008 in the areas of prevention, protection and assistance to trafficked victims, and investigation and prosecution of traffickers. While ch [...] | 2008-03-13 22:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT |
08GUATEMALA328 | GUATEMALAN WOMEN'S GROUPS PRESENT 100-DAY PLAN [...] (U) Summary: Women's groups congregated in front of the National Palace, Congress, and the Supreme Court on March 5 to present to the government a 100-day plan for women. First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom pledged her support to advance their agenda and promised to deliver the plan to Presiden [...] | 2008-03-13 22:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV SOCI GT |
08GUATEMALA33 | COLOM ANNOUNCES HIS CABINET [...] (C) President-Elect Alvaro Colom, who will assume office January 14, announced his new cabinet January 8. Many of the nominees are well and favorably known to the Embassy, and we believe we can work well with them. Colom told the Ambassador that, in choosing his cabinet officers, he tried t [...] | 2008-01-11 17:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR GT |
08GUATEMALA353 | DECLASSIFICATION OF FOUR MILITARY PLANS RULED [...] (U) Summary: On March 5, the Constitutional Court unanimously rejected the appeal of former General Efrain Rios Montt and affirmed the decision of an appeals court to declassify four military plans executed during the early 1980s at the height of the country's 36-year internal conflict. The [...] | 2008-03-18 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM KCRM PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA355 | CICIG COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES PROGRESS AND [...] (C) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Counselor, CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana discussed progress in establishing the CICIG office and beginning its first investigations. He outlined concerns over the extent to which some Guatemalan law enforcement organi [...] | 2008-03-19 13:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM ASEC VZ PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA357 | LABOR VICE MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS SOCIAL ISSUES AND [...] Summary: During a March 17 meeting with poloff, Labor Vice Minister Mario Illescas discussed some of the challenges facing the Labor Ministry and some of his initiatives to address social issues, including labor compliance and public transport security. He expressed concern over the low salar [...] | 2008-03-19 19:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SOCI PHUM KDEM KJUS GT PGOV |
08GUATEMALA363 | GUATEMALA UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE OUTLINES 12 [...] Summary: On March 7, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Country Representative Anders Kompass presented to the diplomatic community a report of the human rights situation in Guatemala and the activities of his office during 2007. Kompass said his office was most concerned about v [...] | 2008-03-24 18:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KJUS KDEM KCRM KWMN PGOV SOCI GT |
08GUATEMALA371 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seeking GOG support for DPRK mandate extension and support for the other country-specific mandates that are up for renewal. Carranza said that Guatemala would not oppose [...] | 2008-03-25 22:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM PJUS PREL SOCI GT |
08GUATEMALA373 | GUATEMALA STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 22:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU GT |
08GUATEMALA387 | GUATEMALAN NARCO-GUNFIGHT HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (U) Summary. A shootout involving Mexican and Guatemalan narcotraffickers in Zacapa left eleven dead and two more wounded on March 25. Initial DEA and NAS reports confirm that members of the Mexican gang "Los Zetas" participated in the shootout that resulted in the death of Guatemalan major [...] | 2008-03-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM SNAR PTER PGOV KJUS KDEM GT |
08GUATEMALA398 | USG-FUNDED PROJECT TO STRENGTHEN GUATEMALA'S LABOR [...] USG-funded CAFTA-DR labor project "Cumple y Gana" and the Guatemalan Apparel and Textile Industry Commission (VESTEX) signed an agreement March 12 to design and develop an organizational conflict resolution system, which will include two groups of trained mediators specialized in organizational [...] | 2008-03-28 22:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM KJUS KDEM GT |
08GUATEMALA446 | GOG STRUGGLES TO MAKE ENDS MEET [...] SUMMARY: The Colom administration arrived in office with a surging economy and a reasonable budget that projected a 2008 fiscal deficit of 1.6% of GDP. On April 1, Guatemala's Congress approved the last of five IDB and World Bank loans necessary to finance the 2008 budget deficit. Finance Min [...] | 2008-04-09 19:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA448 | GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN TRAVEL BAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-10 15:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC GT |
08GUATEMALA464 | CRIME OVERSHADOWS SOCIAL INITIATIVES DURING [...] (C) The Colom Government's first three months in office have been difficult. High-profile crimes shocked the country and distracted public attention from the government's plans for social investment and reform. Contradictory policy pronouncements and personnel shifts have given the impressio [...] | 2008-04-15 19:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC GT |
08GUATEMALA465 | GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN 050062674 AND 050095703 [...] Summary: On April 11, Poloff accompanied PM/DTCC Officers Judd Stitziel and Kyle Ballard on the post-shipment end-use check of STI Guatemala per Reftel A. Officers toured the STI Office and met with STI owner Estuardo Gomez. STI has yet to receive the 100 .22 caliber handguns authorized un [...] | 2008-04-15 21:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KMOC GT |
08GUATEMALA466 | SANTA ROSA RELOCATION PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY [...] SUMMARY: On April 14, the last two Guatemalan families were relocated from the village of Santa Rosa inside the territory of Belize. The move brings to an end one of the longest-running and high-profile irritants in the Guatemala-Belize bilateral relationship. The OAS Adjacency Zone Office p [...] | 2008-04-15 22:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER SNAR GT |
08GUATEMALA482 | GUATEMALAN RESPONSE ON POTENTIAL SALE OF [...] SUMMARY: On April 10, PM/DDTC representatives Judd Stitziel and Kyle Ballard, and Embassy officers conducted meetings requested Ref A to explore the sale of MAP-origin firearms by the Guatemalan Ministry of Defense (MOD) to U.S. firearms dealer Century Arms via Guatemalan company GIR SA in [...] | 2008-04-17 19:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
08GUATEMALA498 | POLITICAL MOTIVES RULED OUT IN 52 MURDERS REPORTED [...] (U) The National Civil Police (PNC) and the Public Ministry have ruled out political motives in almost all of the 53 murders of political activists and mayoral pre-candidates reported between March 2006 and October 2007 during the run-up to the first round of national and local elections. Acc [...] | 2008-04-21 16:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM ASEC KDEM PHUM SNAR PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA514 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON US-EU PRISONERS OF [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza stated that he will recommend Guatemala's co-sponsorship of the US-EU Prisoners of Conscience Declaration to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. 2. [...] | 2008-04-23 19:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA522 | GUATEMALA: AFL-CIO SUBMITS COMPLAINT UNDER [...] The AFL-CIO, along with six Guatemalan unions, filed an official complaint April 23 with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Trade and Labor Affairs, alleging violations of the Labor Chapter of CAFTA-DR. The complaint is the first of its kind under the labor provisions of the trade agreeme [...] | 2008-04-24 22:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM GT |
08GUATEMALA529 | COLOM DEFENDS FIRST 100 DAYS [...] (U) On April 23, President Alvaro Colom publicly outlined his government's achievements during its first 100 days. The Vice President, First Lady, Cabinet, Diplomatic Corps, some Members of Congress, press, and others were in attendance. Colom described his government as breaking with the pas [...] | 2008-04-25 14:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ASEC GT |
08GUATEMALA531 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, non-paper, and the U.S.-proposed papers to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),in advance of the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee Meeting in Geneva. 2. Carranza stated that the MFA [...] | 2008-04-25 17:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA GT |
08GUATEMALA54 | GUATEMALA'S CHILD LABOR UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-18 23:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA556 | GOG CHANGES SECURITY DETAIL OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On April 24, the Guatemalan government announced that the Presidential Secretariat of Security and Administrative Affairs (SAAS) will no longer provide personal security to private citizens, including human rights defenders, who are not affiliated with the government. National Civil Police (P [...] | 2008-04-30 00:05:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM GT |
08GUATEMALA559 | GUATEMALA: IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S FREEDOM [...] As reported in our Advancing Freedom and Democracy Report (AFDR) and Democracy Strategy Paper, the Embassy reached out to support democracy and human rights activists through activities to implement the President's Freedom Agenda. 2. The Chief of Mission engaged with the President and senior [...] | 2008-04-30 21:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS GT |
08GUATEMALA566 | GUATEMALA: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPARATORY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA GT |
08GUATEMALA590 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-07 22:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW GT |
08GUATEMALA592 | GANG MEMBERS KILL WARDEN INSIDE GUATEMALAN JAIL [...] On May 1, imprisoned gang members killed Jorge Augusto Mendoza, Deputy Director of the Preventive Detention Center in Chimaltenango. Press reports indicate that the prisoners decapitated Mendoza after holding him hostage. The prison director and three guards were also taken hostage and suff [...] | 2008-05-08 22:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ASEC PGOV SNAR KJUS GT |
08GUATEMALA593 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NOBEL LAUREATE MENCHU [...] (C) 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu told the Ambassador May 8 she did not regret her failed 2007 presidential bid. She said her nascent political movement would compete in future elections, and discussed her many international activities. Menchu said she was unimpressed by th [...] | 2008-05-08 22:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM GT |
08GUATEMALA6 | GOG RESPONSE TO CHAVEZ ASSASSINATION PLOT CLAIMS [...] (U) During a December 26 press conference, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez claimed that Venezuelan Intelligence had uncovered a U.S.-backed plot to assassinate him in Guatemala during the January 14 inauguration of president Alvaro Colom. Chavez offered few specifics on the plot, but his c [...] | 2008-01-03 22:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA600 | COLOM SAYS PETROCARIBE NEGOTIATIONS AT "IMPASSE" [...] (U) President Alvaro Colom told press May 8 that the GOG's discussions with the Government of Venezuela about a PetroCaribe deal are at an "impasse." "We do not want to get into the fuels business; that's not a government function," Colom reportedly told journalists. Colom also dismissed the [...] | 2008-05-09 18:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON VZ GT |
08GUATEMALA607 | GUATEMALA NOT PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO AT THIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 22:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU YI GT |
08GUATEMALA614 | GUATEMALA: CO-SPONSORSHIP OF US-EU PRISONERS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 22:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA621 | CICIG COMMISSIONER PROVIDES UPDATE [...] (C) At luncheon hosted by Swiss Ambassador on May 14, CICIG Commissioner, Carlos Castresana provided overview to international community ambassadors involved with CICIG on activities to date. Of note were the following comments by Castresana: Relations between CICIG and the GOG - Castresa [...] | 2008-05-16 13:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV GT ASEC |
08GUATEMALA632 | GUATEMALA SUBMITS REPORT ON UNSCR 1803 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR GT |
08GUATEMALA633 | FOLLOW-UP FOR MAY 21 DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL SOCI CU GT |
08GUATEMALA644 | TRANSPORTATION CRISIS LOOMS FOR COLOM [...] (U) Transportation problems are looming for the Colom Administration as a 15-day "State of Prevention" draws to a close May 21. On May 7, President Colom declared a nationwide "State of Prevention," which suspended all strikes and protests, to restore order after truck drivers demonstrated in [...] | 2008-05-21 05:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI ELAB ENRG PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA654 | GUATEMALA: REVIEW OF CUBA FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (C) Post's response to reftel regarding the relationship between the Cuban and Guatemalan governments is provided below. -- The GOG has not actively promoted the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba, and has not officially supported activities connected with the May 21 Day of [...] | 2008-05-22 22:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU GT |
08GUATEMALA677 | GUATEMALA TAKES STEPS TO RESOLVE ELECTRICITY CRISIS [...] Summary: During a recent lunch with the Ambassador, Guatemalan Energy and Mines Minister Carlos Meany detailed steps the GOG has taken to mitigate a shortage of electricity that would have resulted in blackouts by April 2009. The Ministry has signed contracts to expand Guatemalan electrical [...] | 2008-05-28 22:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA678 | GUATEMALA: CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LEADING [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel requesting names, titles and contact numbers for leading government and political officials follows below: Country: Republic of Guatemala Date: May 27, 2008 Head of State Last/Family Name: COLOM Caballeros First/Middle Names: Alvaro Conve [...] | 2008-05-28 22:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL GT |
08GUATEMALA684 | EMBASSY GUATEMALA FOLLOW-UP MAY 21 - DAY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 15:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL SOCI CU GT |
08GUATEMALA689 | GUATEMALA TELCOM DISPUTE - GOG INTERESTED IN [...] (U) On March 6, U.S.-owned telecommunications company Americatel submitted a letter to the Guatemalan Ministry of Economy requesting consultations with the GOG under Article 10 of CAFTA-DR, the first step in filing a dispute for arbitration under CAFTA-DR. Americatel requested that the GOG ta [...] | 2008-05-30 19:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINV GT |
08GUATEMALA692 | GUATEMALA SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 20:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP GT |
08GUATEMALA693 | GUATEMALA: INFORMATION ON CHILD/FORCED LABOR IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-02 20:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI GT |
08GUATEMALA700 | GUATEMALAN COURT SENTENCES 5 FORMER CIVIL DEFENSE [...] On May 28, a Guatemalan court convicted and sentenced five former Civil Defense Patrol members (local civilian militias trained and supervised by the Guatemalan military) to 780 years in prison for the March 1982 murder of 177 civilians -- 70 women and 107 children -- in Rio Negro, Baja Verapaz [...] | 2008-06-02 22:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS MARR KJUS KCRM PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA702 | SUSPECT FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER OF SON OF PROMINENT [...] On June 2, a Guatemalan court sentenced Erwin Omar Gudiel Arias to 20 years in prison for the August 2007 murder of Jose Mendez Dardon, son of prominent human rights activist and former Congressman Amilcar Mendez. The three-judge panel found conclusive the testimony of two witnesses who were a [...] | 2008-06-03 20:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KCRM PHUM KDEM PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA703 | GUATEMALA: 2008 TIP REPORT PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] On June 3, in advance of the public release of the 2008 TIP Report, poloff delivered reftel talking points and provided the text of the TIP Report narrative for Guatemala to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Embassy will place an op-ed in loca [...] | 2008-06-03 20:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO GT |
08GUATEMALA736 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza expressed regret over the U.S. decision to withdraw from observer status in the UNHRC and [...] | 2008-06-10 22:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM GT |
08GUATEMALA754 | CICIG'S FIRST PUBLIC CASE [...] (U) On June 9, Guatemalan National Civilian Police (PNC) Director Isabel Mendoza announced the arrests of four senior policemen assigned to Zone 1, Guatemala's city center. Mendoza said the four were involved with a criminal gang known as "the Crazy Mariachi," and had robbed currency couriers [...] | 2008-06-13 18:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PREL ASEC GT |
08GUATEMALA759 | INVESTMENT SCANDAL WRACKS CONGRESS [...] (C) On June 9, President of Congress Eduardo Meyer, a member of President Alvaro Colom's National Unity of Hope (UNE) Party, announced that a member of his staff illegally transferred approximately $11 million of public funds to a private investment house, MDF, provoking a firestorm of public [...] | 2008-06-16 22:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ECON GT |
08GUATEMALA76 | GOG RESPONSE TO HCOC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 18:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MTCRE PREL MNUC SKCA ETTC TSPA GT |
08GUATEMALA763 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON IOM DG CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 19:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SMIG AORC XR XM XL CA GT |
08GUATEMALA771 | A VIEW FROM THE FIELD: THE COLOM GOVERNMENT'S [...] Summary. The Colom government's political fortunes are closely linked with its ability to deliver on promises of reducing poverty, especially among the rural, indigenous poor of Guatemala. Across the countryside, optimistic technocrats are determined to implement new programs announced by th [...] | 2008-06-18 22:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON GT PGOV |
08GUATEMALA773 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has confirmed that the reftel arms purchase was ordered by the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) for the purpose of establishing an internal security force capable of providing protection for CICIG staff and investigators. Due to the high profil [...] | 2008-06-19 22:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IS GT |
08GUATEMALA775 | GUATEMALA'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DILEMMA [...] (U) Summary: Soaring gasoline prices, increased violence against bus drivers, and protracted talks of a fare increase are among the factors placing Guatemala's public transportation system under increasing strain. Bus owners demand greater government subsidies to offset their increasing expe [...] | 2008-06-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ENRG PGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR ELAB ECON GT |
08GUATEMALA783 | GUATEMALA CLOSE TO SIGNING ON TO PETROCARIBE [...] Minister of Mines and Energy, Carlos Meany, met with Ambassador on June 20 and discussed in some detail status of negotiation with Venezuela on a Petrocaribe agreement. Bottom line is that both sides are very close to a final agreement. Meany anticipated that President is likely to sign a Pet [...] | 2008-06-23 22:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA789 | GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY [...] (SBU) On May 27, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Leila Villatoro, Deputy Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Villatoro thanked Poloff for the non-paper and promised to study the material and consult with other members of the Foreign Affairs Mi [...] | 2008-06-24 22:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM GT |
08GUATEMALA791 | GUATEMALA'S RESPONSE TO UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR [...] (C) On June 22, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and updated P5 1 package for Iran to Leila Villatoro, Deputy Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Villatoro thanked Poloff for the information and promissed to forwarded it to the Guatemalan Mission in New Y [...] | 2008-06-25 17:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR GT |
08GUATEMALA793 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT COLOM [...] (SBU) President and Mrs. Colom hosted the Deputy Secretary, Mrs. Negroponte, WHA A/S Shannon, and the Ambassador for drinks and dinner at the National Palace on the evening of June 5. The event, which included music by the Presidential marimba band and a tour of the National Palace, was prim [...] | 2008-06-25 19:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV GT |
08GUATEMALA796 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CICIG COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Carlos Castresana, Commissioner of the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG),told visiting Deputy Secretary Negroponte that criminal penetration of the Guatemalan state was substantially worse than he had anticipated. Castresana described the Police and A [...] | 2008-06-26 16:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP KCRM PGOV PHUM ASEC GT |
08GUATEMALA802 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH GUATEMALAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte visited Guatemala June 5-6. On June 6, he met with civil society leaders to discuss human rights and other key social issues. Civil society leaders expressed concern over impunity and corruption, and stressed the need to strengthen state institution [...] | 2008-06-26 22:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP ESOCI KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM SNAR ECON GT |
08GUATEMALA821 | GUATEMALAN MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT DIES IN [...] (U) On June 27, Minister of Government Carlos Vinicio Gomez Ruiz, along with Vice Minister of Government Edgar Hernandez Umana and two pilots, died in a helicopter crash. The four men were returning from a ceremony in the department of Peten when their helicopter crashed in a remote and mounta [...] | 2008-07-01 23:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC SNAR ES GT |
08GUATEMALA826 | GUATEMALAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S LETTER TO SECRETARY [...] Embassy received a letter on July 2 from the Minister of Foreign Affairs extending best wishes to Secretary Rice on the occasion of our Independence Day. Below is the unofficial translated text of the letter. BEGIN TEXT Guatemala June 26, 2008 Your Excellency Secretary of State: I [...] | 2008-07-02 17:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM GT |
08GUATEMALA830 | GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES NEW MINISTER OF [...] (U) On July 2, President Colom announced Francisco Jose Jimenez Irungaray, current Director of the General Directorate for Civil Intelligence (DIGICI),as the new Minister of Government, and Emilio Arnoldo Villagran Campos as the new Vice Minister of Government, following the June 27 deaths of [...] | 2008-07-03 00:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC SNAR GT |
08GUATEMALA845 | GUATEMALAN LABOR MINISTRY HOSTS NATIONAL SEMINAR [...] On July 1, the Ministry of Labor, in coordination with representative organizations of the Guatemalan labor movement and civil society, hosted the "First National Seminar to Promote Employment and Business Competitiveness through Compliance with Labor Laws in Guatemala." Government officials, [...] | 2008-07-07 22:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM ECON KJUS KDEM GT |
08GUATEMALA85 | CICIG SELECTING CASES, RECRUITING STAFF [...] (C) CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana told Ambassador Jan. 25 that he was in the process of selecting the first cases that CICIG would investigate. He believes CICIG should concentrate on recent cases in which new evidence could still be gathered, rather than older cases of historic intere [...] | 2008-01-29 16:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SNAR ASEC KCRM KJUS GT |
08GUATEMALA853 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on the Universal Postal Union (UPU) to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA); Joaquin Flores Espana, Director General of Postal Services at the Ministry of Communications; and Ingrid Barillas, Hea [...] | 2008-07-08 21:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ETRD WTRO GT |
08GUATEMALA866 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] (U) The Military Group at Embassy Guatemala has identified Vice Admiral Roberto Fernando Campos Sanchez to attend the Panamax 2008 Counter Terrorism Exercise August 13-22, 2008 in Miami, Florida. 2. (C) Embassy conducted its own review and DEA initially submitted derogatory information on [...] | 2008-07-09 22:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
08GUATEMALA867 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT COLOM [...] (C) During the Ambassador's July 8 farewell call on President Colom, Colom defended his decision to sign a PetroCaribe deal with Venezuela, asserting that the deal would help to alleviate rising fuel and food prices. Colom expressed confidence in new Minister of Government Jimenez, and reviewed the [...] | 2008-07-09 22:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON GT |
08GUATEMALA890 | PARLACEN MURDER UPDATE: 13 GANG MEMBERS ACQUITTED [...] (SBU) On July 10, a three-judge panel acquitted 13 gang members of charges relating to the February 2007 murder of four Guatemalan police officers accused of killing three El Salvadoran representatives to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) and their driver (reftel). The police officers [...] | 2008-07-14 22:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC ES GT |
08GUATEMALA895 | PRESIDENT COLOM SIGNS PETROCARIBE DEAL WITH [...] On July 13, President Colom signed a PetroCaribe deal (reftel) with Venezuela during the 5th Extraordinary Summit of PetroCaribe member states in Maracaibo, Venezuela to help alleviate Guatemala's increasing fuel and food prices. Under the terms of the deal, which requires congressional approv [...] | 2008-07-14 23:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI GT |
08GUATEMALA90 | VFM IBARRA DISCUSSES FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES [...] (C) According to new Vice Foreign Minister Miguel Ibarra, the Colom Government will make a priority of maintaining productive, positive relations with the USG, and advancing toward resolution of the Belize border dispute. The GOG is considering joining Petrocaribe, but the MFA is giving close [...] | 2008-01-29 21:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BE VE CU GT |
08GUATEMALA906 | PARLACEN MURDER SUSPECT SMEARS NAS EMPLOYEE WITH [...] (SBU) On July 15 Mayor of San Jose Acatempa Carlos Enrique Castillo delivered to prosecutors fabricated recordings in which a speaker purporting to be Embassy NAS employee Ray Campos gives police instructions to intercept and detain the three Salvadoran PARLACEN deputies who were murdered Feb [...] | 2008-07-16 21:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ASEC PINR ES GT |
08GUATEMALA924 | INFLATION AND NARCOTRAFFICKING WORRIES IN ZACAPA [...] (C) Weak rule of law and rising inflation are taking a toll on economic activity and citizen security in Zacapa, an eastern department of Guatemala wracked by narcotrafficking. An unprecedented March 25 gun battle between Mexican and Guatemalan narcotraffickers that killed eleven has left Zac [...] | 2008-07-22 14:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SNAR ENRG PGOV SENV GT |
08GUATEMALA934 | GUATEMALA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATES FOR UNIVERSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 22:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ECON ETRD WTRO GT |
08GUATEMALA943 | GUATEMALA DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 22:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM GT |
08GUATEMALA948 | REINFORCING THE MESSAGE ON IRAN: GUATEMALAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PARM TRGY GT |
08GUATEMALA955 | GUATEMALA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 17:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA GT |
08GUATEMALA956 | GPS TRACKING SYSTEM IMPLICATES DETECTIVES IN [...] (C) The Global Positioning System (GPS) located in a National Civil Police (PNC) vehicle and eyewitness accounts led to the arrest of three detectives from the PNC's Division of Criminal Investigation (DINC),who were charged with the extrajudicial killings of two individuals. Arrest warrants [...] | 2008-07-28 17:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC GT |
08GUATEMALA962 | GUATEMALA RATIFIES PROTOCOL ON UN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 22:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV UN GT |
08GUATEMALA969 | COLOM RESHUFFLES CABINET AT SIX MONTHS [...] (C) Summary: Just over six months into his Presidency, Alvaro Colom has replaced some members of his cabinet and indicated that further changes may be forthcoming. While publicly defending his administration's progress to date, in private Colom has expressed growing frustration with the slow [...] | 2008-07-29 20:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC SNAR GT |
08GUATEMALA974 | U.S. LABOR OFFICIALS VISIT GUATEMALA TO INITIATE REVIEW OF [...] (U) U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) officials visited Guatemala July 20-25 to initiate review of a submission filed by the AFL-CIO, in collaboration with six local unions, under CAFTA labor provisions. The submission alleges labor violations in five cases, including the 2007 murder of two union [...] | 2008-07-30 18:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KDEM PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM GT |
08GUATEMALA977 | PRESIDENT COLOM ANNOUNCES PERSONNEL CHANGES AT [...] (U) On July 29, President Colom announced changes in the military high command and the Public Ministry. Jose Amilcar Velasquez Zarate, Chief of the Attorney General's Guatemala City Office, will replace Juan Luis Florido as Attorney General. Colom also announced that General Ronald Mauricio [...] | 2008-07-30 23:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM GT |
08GUATEMALA985 | KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC: GUATEMALAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-31 22:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PGOV PREL CO VE GT |
08LAPAZ612 | GLOBAL MICROFINANCE PARTNERSHIPS: BOLIVIA/OPIC [...] Embassy La Paz supports the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) initiative to support microfinance institutions in Latin America. The three Bolivian microfinance institutions (Crecer, Diaconia, and Pro Mujer Bolivia) are non-profit, non-regulated NGOs that are authorized to provid [...] | 2008-03-17 21:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV BL ECIN ES GT HO MX NU PE |
08SANSALVADOR1170 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR STEPHEN G. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-08 20:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA GT ES |
08SANSALVADOR231 | (C) FM: EL SALVADOR AND OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-25 22:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ES UN UNMIK YI EU KV GT HO |
08STATE100396 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050122616 and 050122547 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete th [...] | 2008-09-19 15:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
08STATE105117 | REQUEST FOR HEAD OF STATE-LEVEL DEMARCHE BY [...] This is an action request for the Ambassador or Charge. OBJECTIVE --------- 2. To seek tangible improvements in UNGA voting by Guatemala as part of a targeted effort to engage 17 friendly countries whose UNGA voting records vary sharply from their close relations with the United State [...] | 2008-10-01 21:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL GT |
08STATE119150 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on licenses 050127380 and 05012568 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to comp [...] | 2008-11-07 20:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC GT KOMC |
08STATE119308 | GUATEMALA: GUIDANCE ON CICIG RESOLUTION [...] The Department requests that USUN co-sponsor the resolution on the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (para 3),scheduled for consideration by the UN General Assembly on Monday, November 10, and to deliver the following Explanation of Vote (EoV). 2. Begin text of EoV [...] | 2008-11-08 00:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL PHUM GT |
08STATE129794 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050134068 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern [...] | 2008-12-10 17:43:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
08STATE130457 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050092123 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blu [...] | 2008-12-11 22:42:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC KOMC GT |
08STATE132987 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050091143 and 050121440 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to c [...] | 2008-12-19 17:41:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GT |
08STATE133162 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050137875 for the export of revolvers to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lant [...] | 2008-12-19 22:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
08STATE133173 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050137099 for the export of revolvers to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this B [...] | 2008-12-19 22:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GT |
08STATE35779 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050062674 and 050095703 for the export of pistols to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete [...] | 2008-04-07 15:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC GT KOMC |
08STATE44861 | RECOGNITION OF EXEMPLARY SUPPORT OF BLUE LANTERN [...] I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance of political officers Lance Hegerle and Drew Blakeney in supporting the Blue Lantern program during the last year. As you know, Blue Lantern is the Department's primary instrument for monitoring the end-use of expo [...] | 2008-04-28 21:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ETTC KOMC GT |
08STATE6064 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 05-050081292 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lant [...] | 2008-01-18 21:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC GT KOMC |
08STATE61431 | GUATEMALAN MND POTENTIAL AECA SECTION 3 VIOLATION [...] Summary: (SBU) Over the last several months, the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) has been working with the Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers (PM/RSAT) to investigate the apparent unauthorized re-transfer of firearms that had been provided to the [...] | 2008-06-06 21:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KOMC GT |
08STATE61434 | BLUE LANTERN: DISCUSSIONS WITH EMBASSY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Compliance Specialists from the Department,s Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) met April 9-11 in Guatemala City with USG and Guatemalan officials to discuss implementation of the Blue Lantern end-use monitoring program and other defense trade issues in Guatem [...] | 2008-06-06 22:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC OTRA PARM PREL GT |
08STATE63028 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050107086 for the export of firearms to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Bl [...] | 2008-06-11 19:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GT IS |
08TAIPEI1373 | FOREIGN MINISTER OU ON UN EFFORT, DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Ou told the Director on September 18 that the failure of Taiwan's UN proposal the day before was expected. Both Taiwan and the PRC made an effort to downplay the issue, and although the PRC reaction was "a little tough," PermRep Wang Guangya's UN statement also [...] | 2008-09-18 10:12:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PM PA NU GT DR CH TW |
08TELAVIV1328 | RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, emboffs visited International Security & Defense Systems (ISDS) at its offices in Moshav Nir Tzvi in the Tel Aviv area and met with office manager Maurice Cusnir. Cusnir provided emboffs the following information in response to their questions: 2. (SBU) Bon [...] | 2008-06-20 11:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT IS |
08USUNNEWYORK1066 | UNGA CONSIDERS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATION [...] On November 10-11, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) considered the following agenda items: strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the UN, including special economic assistance; cooperation between the UN and the League of Arab States (LAS); the situa [...] | 2008-11-13 23:01:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM XF GT UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK134 | UNGA 63: NICARAGUAN CANDIDACY FOR PGA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 19:39:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA XK XL XM BR DR GT PA PM |
09BEIJING2814 | U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-September, a request for technical consultation by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC),and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) experts working in China on 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) was made by Dr. WANG Yu, Director of the [...] | 2009-10-06 23:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ |
09GENEVA127 | FEBRUARY 2009 TRADE POLICY REVIEW OF GUATEMALA [...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of Guatemala on February 4 and 6, 2009. The head of Guatemala's delegation, Vice-Minister Morales, discussed Guatemala's export market diversification efforts and its firm belief in the rules-based multilateral trading system, unshaken i [...] | 2009-02-12 16:30:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR GT XK XM |
09GUATEMALA100 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-05 07:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1000 | ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF GUATEMALA [...] On September 14, 2004, USAID/Guatemala signed a five-year Strategic Objective Grant Agreement (SOAG) with the Government of Guatemala for a total of US$98,567,440 (The Grant). 2. The first amendment to this agreement was signed on August 31, 2005 to provide additional funds to the initial [...] | 2009-10-05 16:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID GT |
09GUATEMALA1002 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 111 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 20:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1003 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US CANDIDACY FOR WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 17:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO GT |
09GUATEMALA1009 | Repeating Request for Guidance: Rome Statute/Article 98 [...] (U) Embassy is repeating a request for guidance (reftel) in response to a renewed request Nov. 24 from the Guatemalan MFA's Director General for Multilateral Affairs, Julio Martini, on USG reaction to the possibility of Guatemala becoming a party to the International Criminal Court in 2010. [...] | 2009-11-30 21:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS GT |
09GUATEMALA1013 | VISAS DONKEY: - ISRL (ZOLLER, ORI) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 19:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS PARM PGOV PTER MASS IS GT |
09GUATEMALA1015 | Demarche Delivered: December Vote on "Defamation of [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 19:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNGA UN GT |
09GUATEMALA1022 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 7 October 2009 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON, DHS/USCIS PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: Non [...] | 2009-10-07 19:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA1023 | Retired Colonel Sentenced to 53 Years in Ground-Breaking War [...] (U) Summary: On December 3, for the first time in Guatemala's history, a former high-ranking army officer was convicted for directly participating in war crimes that occurred during the country's 36 year-long armed internal conflict. Retired Colonel Marco Antonio Sanchez Samayoa, along with [...] | 2009-12-11 00:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA1025 | Vigilante Groups Taking Justice Into Their Own Hands [...] (U) Summary: The last several weeks have seen an uptick in violence spearheaded by Local Citizen Security Groups (Juntas Locales de Seguridad Ciudadana). These groups, made up of armed civilians frustrated by the poor security situation and economic depression in their communities, are [...] | 2009-12-12 21:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA1027 | WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOCUSES ON MERIDA INITIATIVE AND [...] (SBU) A variety of interlocutors described Guatemala's deteriorating security situation, rampant corruption, and the GoG's struggle against increasing narco-trafficking to WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe during a November 18-21 visit. MOD Valenzuela reiterated his support for a professiona [...] | 2009-12-17 15:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA1028 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 114 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 14:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1029 | Ambassador Brokered Historic First Step in Dialogue Between [...] (C) SUMMARY: Guatemalan MOD officials exchanged views, November 23, during a first of its kind breakfast the Ambassador hosted in honor of visiting SouthCom Military Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Ken Keen. The meeting, designed to stimulate dialogue between the mutually distrustful groups [...] | 2009-12-18 17:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA1030 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 113 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 14:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1031 | SOUTHCOM Visit Provides Opportunity to Showcase USG [...] (C) Summary: USSOUTHCOM's Military Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Ken Keen's visit provided an opportunity to highlight USG assistance in Guatemala while noting areas where the Guatemalans need to improve. The USG-trained Guatemalan military/police joint unit boasts some successfu [...] | 2009-12-23 19:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV KCRM PHUM KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA1032 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 112 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 14:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1033 | Ambassador brings together President Colom and private [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a meeting December 8 designed to facilitate dialogue between Guatemala's influential private sector and President Colom. The four-hour meeting began as a therapeutic airing of grievances. The President stressed in detail his frustration with how the pr [...] | 2009-12-24 16:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EFIN GT |
09GUATEMALA1035 | WHA DAS Reynoso's Visit Reaffirms Partnership with Guatemala [...] (C) Summary: During her December 13-16 visit to Guatemala, WHA DAS Julissa Reynoso met with President Colom, First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom, senior members of government, CICIG Commissioner Castresana, and representatives of civil society, the press, and the business community. Col [...] | 2009-12-24 18:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SNAR PGOV PHUM UN HO GT |
09GUATEMALA106 | UNDER NARCO THREAT, RULE OF LAW COLLAPSING IN COBAN [...] (C) Confronted by the threat from three narcotrafficking groups, including recently arrived "Zetas" from Mexico, the local Rule of Law (ROL) apparatus in the northern city of Coban is no longer capable of dealing with the most serious kinds of crime. What is happening there is typical of many rural [...] | 2009-02-06 10:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR EAID KCRM ASEC PHUM PINR MX GT |
09GUATEMALA1102 | USG DELEGATION ADDRESSES CAFTA LABOR SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings in Guatemala the week of September 29, civil society and union leaders presented a visiting USG inter-agency delegation with a generally bleak assessment of the country's labor environment. They asserted that the government has made little headway in add [...] | 2009-10-19 19:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA1108 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 115 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 17:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1110 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 116 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 17:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1154 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 117 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA117 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 11:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1174 | Candidacy of Lucretia Myers for ICSC Seat [...] (SBU) In an October 26 meeting with Leila Villatoro, the MFA's Deputy Director for Multilateral Policy (United Nations),poloff delivered reftel demarche, urging the GoG to support U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers in the November 6 election of the International Civil Service Commission. 2 [...] | 2009-10-29 23:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER UNGA PREL KUNR GT |
09GUATEMALA1176 | Demarche on 64th UNGA Third Commitee Prorities [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 23:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN GT |
09GUATEMALA1178 | Human Rights Defender Norma Cruz Softens Rhetoric on [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an Oct 1 meeting with Ambassador McFarland, prominent human rights defender Norma Cruz reiterated her claim that three children adopted by U.S. couples had been stolen in 2006 from their Guatemalan birth mothers. Cruz pressed the United States to cooperate with the Guatemalan [...] | 2009-10-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KOCI CVIS CASC GT |
09GUATEMALA118 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 11:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1204 | GOG: Mixed Results on Transparency [...] SUMMARY: NGOs and private sector leaders have complained that access to public information declined significantly during the Colom administration. They point to lack of executive leadership, its failure to implement the 2005 presidential decree, the cancellation of a Berger-era (2003-2007) e-g [...] | 2009-11-03 15:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA1210 | Guatemala's Response to Demarche on Goldstone Report [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 16:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL GT |
09GUATEMALA1212 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2009 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 4 November 2009 CHAIR: Charge Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: ACG Barbara Armstrong ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: N [...] | 2009-11-04 17:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA1224 | PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY -- GUATEMALA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 15:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL EAGR GT |
09GUATEMALA123 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-10 12:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1238 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 118 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 19:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1262 | Peasant Groups Growing Impatient with Colom [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's various peasant and indigenous groups are growing increasingly impatient with the Colom administration for what they believe has been its slow and inadequate response in addressing the needs of the rural poor, many of whom have been hit hard by the combined effect [...] | 2009-11-13 15:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ELAB EAGR PHUM SOCI ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA1276 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 119 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 21:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1284 | GUATEMALA FY2010 SCORECARD DELIVERED [...] (U) On October 28, USAID Mission Director and Emboffs delivered the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) FY 2010 Scorecard for Guatemala to Vice President Jos???? Rafael Espada. Overall, VP Espada was pleased with Guatemala's progress on the indicators, contrasting them with the deteriorat [...] | 2009-11-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON SOCI PGOV PREL KMAC GT |
09GUATEMALA1292 | GUATEMALA RESPONSE FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Below is Post's response to Ref. A request for an interim TIP assessment. IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING THE NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW 2.(SBU) Since the passage of the Law against Sexual Violence, Exploitation and Trafficking in Persons in March 2009, the GoG has done little to implement or [...] | 2009-11-18 17:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KTIP SMIG KCRM KWMN GT |
09GUATEMALA130 | ENGAGING STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 16:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC ICJ KV GT |
09GUATEMALA1300 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 120 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 19:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1304 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 121 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 18:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1306 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 122 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 19:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PINR APER AFSN GT |
09GUATEMALA132 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA133 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA134 | CICIG CONFRONTS ATTORNEY GENERAL AS CORRUPT [...] (C) On February 3 a judge released former prosecutor Alvaro Matus on $2000 bail after the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity (CICIG) had raised charges against him for obstructing justice in the murder of Victor Rivera. Matus resigned as the country's Chief Homicide Prosecutor [...] | 2009-02-12 16:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PINR SNAR PGOV KCRM PHUM GT |
09GUATEMALA1344 | Labor Unions Accuse Government of Neglect on Labor Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of prominent union leaders used the occasion of a November 12 breakfast hosted by Ambassador McFarland to criticize the Government of Guatemala (GOG) for its alleged indifference to the country's principal labor problems. They complained that the GOG continues to do a p [...] | 2009-11-24 22:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON KDEM PHUM KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA1348 | Helping Guatemala's Indigenous and Rural Population address [...] The impacts of the global economic crisis in combination with the El Nino induced drought has created severe hardships for Guatemala's poor, exacerbated levels and severity of malnutrition and caused a spike in food security related deaths in children under 5. With substantial funding ($20 [...] | 2009-11-25 17:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KDEM PHUM EFIN PGOV PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA1352 | ALGAE IN LAKE ATITL??N THREATENS TOURISM, POSES CHALLENGE TO [...] (U) Summary: The appearance of an unsightly and potentially toxic algae in Lake Atitl????n poses a significant threat to one of Guatemala's most well-known tourist attractions, and has created a high-profile environmental challenge for the Colom Administration. Scientists identified the bacteri [...] | 2009-11-30 15:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PGOV EINT GT |
09GUATEMALA1376 | Congressman Arrested for Illicit Investment Scandal [...] On November 26, Former President of Congress Rub????n Dar????o Morales was arrested while attempting to flee from the Congress building. The previous day, the Supreme Court had stripped Morales of his parliamentary immunity for accepting payoffs in return for authorizing illicit investments [...] | 2009-12-02 17:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM SNAR KDEM PHUM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA138 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1386 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 123 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 20:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA140 | NEW DEATH THREATS AGAINST UNION LEADERS UNDERSCORE [...] (U) Summary: The December 23 murder of a union legal advisor in Quetzaltenango and new death threats against two union leaders in Izabal have prompted the Guatemalan labor movement to reiterate its demands for justice and increased security. The threats may have been a response to a CAFTA la [...] | 2009-02-16 18:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA1404 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2009 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 2 December 2009 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...] | 2009-12-09 00:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA1406 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2009 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 2 December 2009 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...] | 2009-12-09 00:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA1418 | Embassy Guatemala: November 2009 Merida Report [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for November 2009. Issues for Washington 2. (SBU) Allocation of Merida funding continues to be inconsistent and slow. Some Embassy programs are still aw [...] | 2009-12-10 22:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA142 | INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY INCREASING [...] (U) Summary: Guatemala's climate of impunity and violence is affecting not only the country's urban, concentrated areas, but also rural indigenous areas where public lynchings are a common form of social justice and deterrence. Human rights activist Manuel Calel Morales, leader of an indigeno [...] | 2009-02-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM SOCI KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA145 | DEMARCHE ON CAFTA-DR LABOR SUBMISSION REPORT [...] (U) The Ambassador, DCM, and Embassy officers have met with the full range of GOG officials since January 16 to discuss the CAFTA-DR Labor Submission Report and to seek prompt and effective cooperation to address the concerns raised in the report. Embassy officers delivered reftel demarche an [...] | 2009-02-17 12:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA1450 | GUATEMALA ANTICIPATES CLIMATE CHANGE, BUT WILL SUPPORT G-77 [...] (U) Summary: On November 12, a panel of diplomats, scholars and civil society representatives discussed the issue of climate change at an event hosted by the Latin American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO). All panelists viewed climate change as an imminent but reversible threat and lamented [...] | 2009-12-17 15:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG GT |
09GUATEMALA1452 | Guatemala Confirms Participation in Americas Energy and [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 15:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ENRG KGHG KSUM SENV GT |
09GUATEMALA1454 | Algae Bloom Shrinks But Problems Remain for Lake Atitlan [...] (U) Summary: Recent satellite photos from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) show that the algae bloom has shrunk since mid-November and water experts expect the bloom to disappear by the end of the year, the underlying problems will still remain and require remediation by [...] | 2009-12-17 17:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV EAID EINT GT |
09GUATEMALA1458 | Guatemala: 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Guatemala's 2009 Report on Terrorism is below. This report was compiled by Political Officer Gina M. Werth, available at email: WerthGM@state.gov ; tel. (502) 2326-4636. 2. (SBU) Guatemala does not suffer from a general terrorist threat and ther [...] | 2009-12-17 17:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA1460 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 125 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1462 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 126 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-18 13:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1464 | Mining Presents Opportunities and Challenges for Guatemala [...] (U) Summary: Experts from the Colorado School of Mines, participating in a roundtable discussion, December 15, said mining ventures in Guatemala could only be successful if they engage local communities and other stakeholders in a meaningful way, are transparent in their corporate and operatio [...] | 2009-12-18 14:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINT EMIN GT |
09GUATEMALA147 | GUATEMALA: ESCALATING VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guatemala is experiencing a significant escalation in the level of violent crime throughout the country, including areas in close proximity of the Embassy and Embassy staff residences. In addition to a general increase in the frequency of street assaults and homicides, new wea [...] | 2009-02-17 17:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC GT KCRM PHUM PTER SNAR |
09GUATEMALA1476 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 127 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 20:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1478 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 128 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 20:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1480 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 129 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 20:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1512 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 131 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 21:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1514 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 130 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 21:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA1516 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 132 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 21:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA158 | IMF'S DARK FORECAST FOR GUATEMALAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 11 meeting with Econoff, Alfred Schipke, the local IMF Representative, noted the Guatemalan economy will likely experience a sharper downturn than currently forecast. Supporting his analysis was a noticeable decrease in remittances, sharply slowing growth i [...] | 2009-02-19 16:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA162 | COLOM'S FIRST YEAR HAS SUCCESS IN SOCIAL POLICY, [...] (C) President Colom's first year in office was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others. Controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom led the government's efforts to fulfill campaign promises of poverty alleviation and social inclusion of indig [...] | 2009-02-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR ASEC SNAR EAID GT |
09GUATEMALA169 | AMBASSADOR RAISES CAFTA-DR LABOR SUBMISSION REPORT [...] (SBU) On February 19, the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns regarding enforcement of labor laws with President Colom and Foreign Minister Rodas. The Ambassador stressed the importance of responding quickly to the concerns raised in the CAFTA-DR labor submission and the recommendations in the su [...] | 2009-02-23 16:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA17 | SEEKING TO IMPROVE SECURITY, COLOM REPLACES [...] (C) On January 7, President Colom named Salvador Gandara to replace Francisco Jimenez as Minister of Government, the position that has responsibility for the police and domestic security. Gandara is a tough and ambitious politician who has earned a reputation as an effective administrator, e [...] | 2009-01-09 13:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR ASEC PHUM KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA170 | GOG LEADERS DISCUSS APPLICABILITY OF COLOMBIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted a meeting February 18 for senior Guatemalan leaders, including Acting President Espada, with Embassy Bogota's NAS Director to discuss the applicability of Colombian lessons to Guatemala's deteriorating security environment. Bogota NAS Director identified political wil [...] | 2009-02-24 08:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV ASEC PINR CO GT |
09GUATEMALA172 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NOBEL LAUREATE RIGOBERTA [...] (U) Summary: During a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Nobel laureate and former presidential candidate Rigoberta Menchu highlighted the work of her foundation, which supports educational centers and programs promoting peace and multiculturalism. Menchu also discussed the political a [...] | 2009-02-24 17:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KDEM KJUS PHUM KCRM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA179 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 15:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA180 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA181 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA182 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 17:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA184 | PROGRESS IN BRIDGING GAP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador has been facilitating constructive dialogue between civil society and the Colom government, urging both sides to find common ground. The most recent event was a meeting at the Residence between human rights leader Helen Mack and Minister of Government Gandara wher [...] | 2009-02-26 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KJUS PHUM PGOV KCRM SOCI GT |
09GUATEMALA19 | STAFFDEL ALMEIDA, GUATEMALA VISIT DECEMBER 14-17 [...] Labor Counsel to the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, Tico Almeida, visited Guatemala December 14-17 as part of a two-country fact-finding visit to Central America to discuss labor issues within the jurisdiction of his Committee. The trip was scheduled for the week after the Depar [...] | 2009-01-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV OREP GT |
09GUATEMALA192 | KILLINGS OF GARMENT BUSINESSMEN RECALL DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although there are no indications of union involvement, the January 21 killings of two representatives of a garment factory (Industria Textil Choishin, S.A.) highlighted tension between management and a workers union (SitraChoi). Through November of last year, Choishin and Sitr [...] | 2009-03-03 09:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM ETRD PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA197 | GUATEMALA'S INPUT FOR 2009 TIP REPORT [...] Below is post input (keyed to ref B) on anti-trafficking efforts undertaken by the Guatemalan government between April 2008 and February 2009 in the areas of prevention, protection of and assistance to trafficked victims, and investigation and prosecution of traffickers. While challenges remai [...] | 2009-03-03 17:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA198 | 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: INPUT FROM GUATEMALA [...] (U) Summary: Post recommends that Guatemala be moved to the Special 301 Priority Watch List for 2009 and that specific actions be requested to improve the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). In November 2008, the Ambassador communicated USG concerns over IPR enforcement with At [...] | 2009-03-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD GT |
09GUATEMALA199 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON US-CANADA-OAS BORDER [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, invitation letter, and draft agenda to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),urging Guatemala's participation in the upcoming US-Canada-OAS Border Security Seminar in Vancouver. Carranza said he would advise [...] | 2009-03-04 13:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC PREL PBTS EWWT OAS GT |
09GUATEMALA202 | EMBASSY GUATEMALA VEHICLE HIT BY GUNFIRE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 4, 2009, at approximately 0915 hours, an official Embassy vehicle was hit by one round of gunfire in the rear window assembly while traveling within six blocks of the Embassy. No Embassy personnel were injured. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) On March 4, 2009, at 0912 hours [...] | 2009-03-05 08:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD ASEC GT KCRM |
09GUATEMALA213 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA214 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA215 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA216 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA217 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 15:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA22 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 17:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA222 | MINISTER OF DEFENSE UNDER PRESSURE TO TURN OVER [...] (U) Summary: On March 6, the Ministry of Defense presented to a judge certified copies of two of the four 1980s-era military counterinsurgency plans -- Victoria 82 and Firmeza 83 -- ordered by the Constitutional Court to be turned over to the Public Ministry. The two other plans -- Plan Sofi [...] | 2009-03-11 14:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM MOPS KDEM KCRM KJUS PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA224 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-11 16:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA227 | GUATMELA'S GARIFUNA FACE CHALLENGES TO CULTURE [...] SUMMARY. From February 18-20, CAO traveled to Livingston and Puerto Barrios on Guatemala's Caribbean coast in an effort to improve the Embassy's cultural and educational links with the Afro-Caribbean Garifuna community. Livingston, which can only be reached by boat, is an isolated community [...] | 2009-03-11 16:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM KPAO GT |
09GUATEMALA23 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 17:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA238 | TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR 1984 FORCED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 17:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV ELAB GT |
09GUATEMALA239 | RECOMMENDATION THAT USG SUPPORT CICIG MANDATE [...] (SBU) The two-year mandate of the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) is set to expire in September 2009, and public opinion in Guatemala strongly favors extending it. The Embassy recommends that the USG support extension. CICIG is of pivotal importance to [...] | 2009-03-17 07:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR EAID PINR PHUM UN GT |
09GUATEMALA24 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 17:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA241 | TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR 1984 FORCED [...] (U) Summary: After 25 years of eluding justice, two suspects -- an active-duty police officer and a retired police officer -- were arrested March 5 and 6 for the 1984 disappearance of labor leader Edgar Fernando Garcia, late husband of influential Congresswoman Nineth Montenegro. The arrests [...] | 2009-03-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV ELAB GT |
09GUATEMALA252 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 15:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA253 | WORKERS' RIGHTS CENTER ASSISTS INDIGENOUS WORKERS [...] Summary: On February 25, Embassy officers made a site visit to a USG-funded Workers Rights Center in Chimaltenango. Poloffs met with the project coordinator and an indigenous staff lawyer who discussed the project's achievements and challenges during the first three months of its operation. [...] | 2009-03-18 16:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA254 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON'S MARCH 19-21 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Colom's tenure has been characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom leads the government's efforts to fulfill campaign promises of poverty alleviation and social in [...] | 2009-03-18 18:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR ASEC SNAR EAID GT |
09GUATEMALA26 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA263 | Making CAFTA-DR Produce in a Down Market [...] Summary: CAFTA-DR has substantially improved Guatemala's ability to participate and compete in global markets. Regulatory structures were modernized and wide swaths of the Guatemalan economy were opened to international competition. As a result, trade increased substantially, foreign direct [...] | 2009-03-19 13:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON ELAB PGOV PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA264 | AFL-CIO SOLIDARITY CENTER SUGGESTS STEPS TO [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Laboff met with AFL-CIO Solidarity Center Central America representative Rob Wayss on March 13 to review labor issues and to discuss ways to improve labor compliance. Responding to Wayss' concerns about the reporting of alleged labor crimes in the annual Human [...] | 2009-03-19 13:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA265 | GUATEMALAN ECONOMY SUFFERS THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The latest round of economic indicators shows continued deterioration of the Guatemalan economy as a result of the global economic crisis. The Central Bank indicated it would revise downward 2009 economic growth estimates, currently at 3 to 3.5 percent. Remittance flows and internati [...] | 2009-03-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID SNAR KJUS PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA266 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 16:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA269 | CRONYISM TRUMPS PUBLIC WELFARE IN VACCINE PURCHASE [...] (C) After 25 years of purchasing vaccines through the Pan-American Health Organization's (PAHO) Revolving Fund (RF),the GOG recently awarded a contract to purchase seven types of vaccines and many high costs drugs from a local pharmaceutical company (J.I. Cohen) that was a major donor to the [...] | 2009-03-20 07:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI TBIO PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA278 | GUATEMALA: RECENT SIGNIFICANT CRIME EVENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As violent crime continues to increase throughout Guatemala, the following are some of the more recent significant events, including crimes against Embassy employees and American citizen visitors. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On March 19, 2009, at approximately 0740 hours, an Ame [...] | 2009-03-24 12:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC GT KCRM |
09GUATEMALA289 | CN TACTICAL RESPONSE TEAM SEIZESS A CESSNA 210 AND [...] SUMMARY: On March 20, 2009 a host nation Tactical Response Team (TRT) consisting of Guatemalan Counter Narcotics Police (SAIA),Guatemalan military special forces unit GEIR/KAIBIL and DEA agents from the GCO intercepted a drug trafficking group as they attempted to off load a shipment of narco [...] | 2009-03-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA290 | AMBASSADOR INTERVENES TO PROTECT CITI FROM [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting, the Ambassador urged Attorney General Velasquez not to let politicians influence the investigation of Citibank in the Mercado de Futuros (MDF) embezzlement case, in which $11.2 million of congressional funds were stolen and lost in risky commodities investments. The [...] | 2009-03-26 17:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA291 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN'S WIFE ATTACKED [...] (SBU) On March 25, Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales reported to authorities that his wife, Gladys Monterroso, was abducted by unknown assailants earlier that day from a restaurant in zone 10 of Guatemala City while having lunch, and released 15 hours later in a park in zone 18 after she w [...] | 2009-03-26 18:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS KDEM SOCI PHUM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA298 | GUATEMALAN POLICE ARREST TEN NARCOTRAFFICKERS [...] (C) On March 5, the Guatemalan National Civil Police (PNC) arrested ten alleged members, mostly Guatemalans, of the Mexican Zetas (the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel) in response to shootouts that same day between PNC officers and the alleged narcotraffickers. The confrontations between the PNC [...] | 2009-03-30 14:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM PTER PGOV KJUS KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA301 | ENGAGING WITH STATES ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON [...] (U) Pol/Econ Counselor made reftel demarche March 31 to Julio Martini, Director General for Multilateral Affairs of the Guatemalan MFA. Martini said he understood that Guatemala would not file a brief with the ICJ on Kosovo, but noted that Vice Foreign Minister Lars Pira, who has the MFA lea [...] | 2009-03-31 20:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV GT |
09GUATEMALA302 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 21:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA303 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 21:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA304 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 21:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA311 | A/S SHANNON'S MARCH 19-21 VISIT TO GUATEMALA [...] (C) During his March 19-21 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon met with President Colom, other senior members of government, CICIG Commissioner Castresana, and representatives of civil society, press, and the business sector. Colom said Guatemala's fiscal conservatism would h [...] | 2009-04-01 17:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | PREL ECON SNAR CVIS PGOV PHUM UN HO ES CU GT |
09GUATEMALA32 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-13 15:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA324 | CICIG'S OPENING SALVO IN PORTILLO-ERA EMBEZZLEMENT [...] (U) On March 26 and the days immediately thereafter, Guatemalan police arrested retired army General Enrique Rios Sosa, active duty Naval Captain Rondolfo Leonel Chacon Alvarez (Commander of the Naval School),army Captain Adolfo Catalan Munoz, retired army Colonel Sergio Cardenas Sagastume, [...] | 2009-04-03 16:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA33 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA330 | GUATEMALAN MINISTRY OF LABOR LAUNCHES CALL CENTER [...] Summary: On April 3, the Ministry of Labor inaugurated a call center, funded by USDOL, to respond to public requests for information, provide legal consultations, and refer complaints to the Labor Inspectorate. Earlier the same day, USDOL-funded "Cumple y Gana" (Comply and Win) program launch [...] | 2009-04-06 23:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ECON PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM EAID GT |
09GUATEMALA334 | DEMARCHE ON USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 18:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA336 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 22:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA337 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 17:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA338 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 17:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA339 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 17:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA340 | GUATEMALA HUAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 17:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS REL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA341 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 17:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA347 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 19:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA367 | DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA379 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 20:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA380 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 21:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA381 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-21 21:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA396 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA406 | GUATEMALA'S NEW LEFT: THE NEW REPUBLIC MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Amid growing insecurity, narco-related violence, and an economic crisis, independent Congressman Anibal Garcia has announced the formation of a new leftist movement to promote reform and to represent traditionally under-represented sectors of the population. Garcia hopes to turn [...] | 2009-04-29 03:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ELAB ECON PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA420 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 22:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA425 | GUATEMALA RESPONSE:PROPOSED OPIC FINANCING - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-05 17:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA427 | GUATEMALA'S MARGINALIZED WORKERS: PROSTITUTES AND [...] (U) Summary: Driven by economic hardship into prostitution, women loiter in the doorways of dozens of brothels lining the street in the seedy red-light district of Chimaltenango. Driven by the same economic forces, children, some as young as ten, toil alongside their parents in a municipal l [...] | 2009-05-05 23:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON SOCI PHUM KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA434 | VISIT OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY NANCY LEE TO [...] (SBU) Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Americas Nancy Lee visited Guatemala April 17 to attend the Central American Finance Ministers meeting and discuss the impact of the global economic crisis on Guatemala and Central America. In meetings with a variety of private and public secto [...] | 2009-05-06 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA446 | WILSON CENTER CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION VISITS [...] (U) The Wilson Center on the Hill sponsored a non-official Congressional delegation (NODEL) to Guatemala, April 15-17, for briefings on security and trade in Central America. During their visit, Congressmen James Sensenbrenner (R-WI),Peter Roskam (R-IL),and Devin Nunes (R-CA) met with Vice P [...] | 2009-05-11 23:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS ECON EAID KCRM EAGR GT |
09GUATEMALA449 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 19:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA45 | NEW MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT OUTLINES AMBITIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Newly sworn-in Minister of Government Salvador Gandara, with whom the Embassy has long had a good relationship, outlined an ambitious agenda to the Ambassador January 9. He said he planned to increase the tempo and efficiency of police operations, including against major narcot [...] | 2009-01-14 16:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA450 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 20:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA451 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 20:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA452 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 20:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA453 | MURDER OF PROMINENT LAWYER TARS COLOM [...] (C) Summary: Rodrigo Rosenberg, a respected local attorney, was assassinated on May 10 while riding his bicycle in Guatemala City. Following his death news media aired a pre-recorded videotape of Rosenberg accusing President Colom, First Lady Sandra Torres, Private Secretary to the President [...] | 2009-05-13 00:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA454 | SUPREME COURT SELECTION: HIGH STAKES FOR RULE OF [...] (C) The Guatemalan Congress recently set aside draft legislation that would have cast much needed sunlight on the selection process for the next Supreme Court, which is to be selected not later than October. Congress will soon establish a nominating committee to select the 13 new magistrates [...] | 2009-05-13 13:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SNAR PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA457 | GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK, [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, Emboffs researched the bona fides of the arms import company Armeria el Guerrero (AG). The research included an on-site inspection of AG, an interview with the company's owner, and records checks of both the company and the owner with the Guatemala's Arm [...] | 2009-05-14 16:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KMOC GT |
09GUATEMALA462 | GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN POST-LICENSE PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, Emboffs conducted a background check of the Mazatenango owner of El Venadito, Zoraida Elizabeth Valenzuela Gomez, whose company was formerly connected to El Venadito of Coban through marriage, the same El Venadito which purchased large volumes of Marlin [...] | 2009-05-15 17:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KMOC GT |
09GUATEMALA471 | ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN GUATEMALA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The continuing escalation of violence in areas near US Embassy Guatemala and in close proximity official residences, including the two incidents listed below, pose a significant direct threat to Embassy personnel. The below incidents also raise the possibility of political vio [...] | 2009-05-15 21:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV ALOW GT |
09GUATEMALA478 | THE ROSENBERG CASE: THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE STREETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than a week after his death, the accusations made by attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg against President Colom, the First Lady, and Colom's inner circle continue to reverberate in Guatemala. On May 17 thousands took to the streets in two very large yet peaceful demonstrations bo [...] | 2009-05-19 23:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KJUS KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA485 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 23:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA487 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 23:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA49 | GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK, [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, PolMil Officer researched the bona fides of the arms import company Comercial Agricola Bolanos (CAB). The research included an on-site inspection of CAB, an interview with the company's owner, and records checks of both the company and the owner with th [...] | 2009-01-16 12:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KMOC GT |
09GUATEMALA497 | ROSENBERG CASE OPENS DOOR TO IMPORTANT RULE OF LAW [...] (C) Summary: Public opinion, newly focused by the Rosenberg murder on corruption and transparency, created a political opening for the U.S. Embassy, along with the international community, to revive a stalled law to improve transparency in the process of selecting supreme court magistrates. T [...] | 2009-05-26 18:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SNAR PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA5 | GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel a, PolMil Officer researched the bona fides of the arms import company Aguila del Desierto, examined records regarding the weapons imported under license 050092123, and the company's relationship with the freight forwarding company Sercogua. The research [...] | 2009-01-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KMOC GT |
09GUATEMALA50 | PRESIDENT COLOM ALLEGES ASSASSINATION PLOT [...] (U) In the days leading up to his one-year anniversary in office, President Alvaro Colom has engaged in an increasingly strident public war of words with opposition leaders and the press. The tiff started when Colom responded to press criticism of First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom by calling h [...] | 2009-01-16 12:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PTER PINR MOPS GT |
09GUATEMALA501 | GOG UPDATES USG ON CAFTA-DR LABOR SUBMISSION [...] (U) Summary: On May 13, Embassy hosted a DVC with the GOG and USG inter-agency to discuss progress on the CAFTA-DR Labor Submission Report and to follow up on a November 2008 DVC (ref C) and demarches delivered by the Ambassador and Embassy pol/econ officers in February 2009 (refs A, B). Seni [...] | 2009-05-27 20:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA509 | OAS SYG INSULZA GIVES BOOST TO PRESIDENT COLOM [...] (U) Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) Miguel Insulza visited Guatemala May 24-25 at President Colom's invitation. Insulza's visit, two weeks after the assassination of lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg and the ensuing scandal (ref A),was designed to express OAS support fo [...] | 2009-05-29 14:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA518 | DAS ROBINSON HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Summary: During his May 18 visit to Guatemala, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Robinson underscored U.S. support for CICIG's investigation into the assassinations of businessman Khalil Musa and his Amcit daughter Marjorie, and lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg. He urged his interlocutors to de-poli [...] | 2009-06-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR PINR ELAB KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA527 | SECURITY: BAD AND GETTING WORSE IN QUETZALTENANGO [...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent trip by Emboffs to Quetzaltenango, in western Guatemala, found widespread concern over increasing insecurity, a significant lack of confidence in the ability of the national police (PNC) to address the issue, and a belief that Guatemala City is pushing its problems to th [...] | 2009-06-04 23:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV SOCI PHUM GT |
09GUATEMALA535 | USG-FUNDED WORKER RIGHTS CENTERS OPEN IN IZABAL [...] Summary: On May 28, Emboffs attended the inauguration of two Worker Rights Centers in the Department of Izabal as part of the DOL-funded project, "Campo a Campo:Trabajando con dignidad." The three-year project is implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and its local partner, the Social [...] | 2009-06-08 20:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA538 | ROGUE ELEMENTS OF GUATEMALAN MILITARY SELLING [...] (S) SUMMARY. In the wake of a recent deadly shoot-out between GOG anti-drug agents and Zetas, the embassy has received new information indicating rogue elements within the Guatemalan army are selling military-grade weapons and munitions to narcotraffickers. The Embassy DAO has learned that 1 [...] | 2009-06-08 22:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | MARR PGOV PTER MCAP PREL PINR MOPS GT |
09GUATEMALA539 | HUMAN RIGHTS' OMBUDSMAN'S WIFE REQUESTS TRANSFER [...] (SBU) On March 25, Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales' wife, Gladys Monterroso, was abducted by unknown assailants and released some 15 hours later after she was beaten and raped (reftel). Early indications suggested that the kidnapping may have been intended to intimidate Morales into ba [...] | 2009-06-08 23:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KDEM SOCI PHUM GT |
09GUATEMALA546 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 22:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA547 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 22:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA551 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 22:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA556 | GUATEMALA OPEN TO ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) On June 9, Emboffs delivered reftel points to Luis Carranza, Minister Counselor for Multilateral Policy at the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza was noncommittal but did say the GOG looks favorably upon candidates from the Western Hemisphere. He promised post a response a [...] | 2009-06-10 22:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA GT |
09GUATEMALA579 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 21:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA580 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 20:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA582 | UPDATE ON SITRABI CASE OF THE CAFTA-DR LABOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 29 Poloff met with AFL-CIO Solidarity Center Central America Representative Rob Wayss and Banana Workers' Union of Izabal (SITRABI) representative Cesar Humberto Guerra Lopez. Guerra updated Poloff on the outcome of SITRABI's most recent meetings with the GOG. The first m [...] | 2009-06-19 01:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA588 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-23 18:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA595 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 20:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA596 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 20:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA608 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 22:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA609 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 22:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA61 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 16:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA610 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 22:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA611 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 22:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA612 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 22:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA613 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 22:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA614 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 22:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA619 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-26 18:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA62 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 16:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA623 | GUATEMALA KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT UNSCR 1874 [...] (U) On June 25, poloff passed reftel points to Luis Carranza, Minister Counselor for Multilateral Policy at the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza was aware of the resolution and stated that the ports had been briefed on the enforcement mechanisms necessary for implementation of [...] | 2009-06-29 22:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE ECON EFIN KNNP GT |
09GUATEMALA647 | RE-CAP OF USG ACTIONS IN CAFTA-DR LABOR COMPLAINT [...] (U) Summary: As the mid-July deadline for reassessment of the CAFTA-DR labor complaint draws near, Post would like to highlight the numerous actions taken by various USG agencies to encourage the GOG to recognize the significance of and to undertake the recommendations made in DOL's Public Rep [...] | 2009-07-07 23:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA654 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 17:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA656 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 17:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA657 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 17:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA658 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 17:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA659 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 17:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA67 | GUATEMALA'S CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA670 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA671 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA687 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 15:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA688 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 15:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA689 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 15:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA69 | GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK, [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref a, PolMil Officer researched the bona fides of the arms import company Munar S.A. The research included an on-site inspection of the facility, an interview with the company's owner, and records checks of both the company and the owner with Guatemala's Arms [...] | 2009-01-26 14:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KMOC GT |
09GUATEMALA690 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 15:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA691 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 15:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA696 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: ROME STATUTE/ARTICLE 98 [...] (SBU) At the MFA's request, the Ambassador received July 17 Vice Foreign Minister Lars Pira, Director General for Multilateral Affairs Julio Martini, and MFA Legal Advisor Rodrigo Montufar. The MFA visitors said that the GOG is seriously considering renewing an unsuccessful 2005 effort to se [...] | 2009-07-20 17:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS GT |
09GUATEMALA703 | PUTTING OUT FIRES: THE OAS OFFICE IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent trip by PolOff to the Organization of American States (OAS) office in the Belize-Guatemala Adjacency Zone (AZ) found an effective team performing difficult tasks under often arduous conditions. By resolving territorial disputes early in the process and at a local level, [...] | 2009-07-21 22:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | OAS PBTS PREL PGOV PINR PNAT GT |
09GUATEMALA705 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 23:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA718 | GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN POST SHIPMENT END-USE [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, Emboffs researched the bona fides of the arms import company Black Desert (BD). The research included an on-site inspection of BD, an interview with the company's owner, and records checks of both the company and the owner with the Guatemala's Arms and M [...] | 2009-07-27 15:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KMOC GT |
09GUATEMALA732 | ATTEMPTED ARREST OF NARCO FAMILY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 21, 2009, DEA agents accompanied Guatemalan military and police units in the execution of search and arrest warrants in Reforma, Zacapa, Guatemala. The warrants were for the arrest of members of the Lorenzana family. No arrests were made. End Summary 2. (U) PRE RAID D [...] | 2009-07-30 20:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA740 | MIXCO RESIDENTS SHARE CONCERNS, DESIRE FOR NAS [...] SUMMARY: On June 26, the Ambassador attended the official kick-off of the NAS-funded Precinct Program in Mixco, a crime-ridden, working class neighborhood of Guatemala City. During the meeting the Ambassador listened to residents' concerns regarding lack of security and their support for the P [...] | 2009-08-04 13:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA741 | GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 17:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA GT |
09GUATEMALA756 | WHILE STEALING COCAINE, POLICE CONFRONTED BY AG'S [...] (U) This is a spot report based on late-breaking, initial information that is subject to confirmation. 2. (U) Guatemalan press reported that on August 6 authorities captured 830 (according to DEA sources, 800-830) kilos of cocaine hidden in a semi-trailer truck in a northern part of Guate [...] | 2009-08-07 18:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | SNAR KCRM MOPS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA764 | GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN POST-LIC./PRE-SHIP END-USE [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftels, Emboffs researched the bona fides of Distribuidora Piper S.A. (DP). The research included an on-site inspection of DP, an interview with the company's senior administrative staff, and records checks of both the company and the owner with the Government [...] | 2009-08-11 16:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | ETTC KOMC GT |
09GUATEMALA776 | SENIOR POLICE FIRED FOR STEALING COCAINE, [...] (S) On August 7 President Colom ordered the firing of four senior police officers after they were implicated in a partially successful police heist of more than 1000 kilograms of cocaine. The Attorney General's Office is now investigating at least 23 police officers. The Attorney General vis [...] | 2009-08-12 23:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | SNAR KCRM PINR ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA777 | GUATEMALA: RECENT SIGNIFICANT CRIME EVENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: As violent crime continues throughout Guatemala, the following are some of the more recent significant events, including acts against Guatemalan government facilities and personnel, American citizen visitors, Embassy employees, and in residential areas of Embassy personnel. END S [...] | 2009-08-12 23:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA778 | PUBLISHER RAUL FIGUEROA REQUESTS EMBASSY STAY [...] (U) Pol/Econ Counselor and Pol Assistant met August 12 with Raul Figueroa, a Guatemalan national journalist and publisher whose work has focused on exposing abuses by Guatemala's previous military governments and other human rights topics at Lehman College (New York). Figueroa's wife, AmCit [...] | 2009-08-13 00:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL GT |
09GUATEMALA780 | CONGRESS APPROVES JUDICIAL REFORMS ON CICIG'S [...] (U) On August 4, the Guatemalan Congress passed two measures intended to strengthen the rule of law. Both were requested by the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG); the U.S. and other embassies lobbied hard for their passage. The "Law on Penal Competence in [...] | 2009-08-13 22:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA782 | CURRENT STATUS OF THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 17:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AFIN DCHA PGOV PREL KDEM GT FPC |
09GUATEMALA788 | UNCHARTED TERRITORY: USG DELEGATION TO GUATEMALA [...] SUMMARY: During the week of July 29, a USG delegation visited Guatemala to discuss next steps for the CAFTA-DR labor complaint. The purpose of the visit was three-fold: to verify the achievements made to date in the five cases; to discuss the issues still outstanding in each of the cases; an [...] | 2009-08-18 16:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA79 | PRIME SUSPECT IN PEDRO ZAMORA MURDER CASE ARRESTED [...] (U) On January 10, Guatemalan authorities arrested Wilfredo Waldemar Valiente Garcia, the prime suspect in the January 2007 murder of port union leader Pedro Zamora (reftel). The arrest concluded a one-and-a-half year search for the fugitive, who had eluded authorities since July 2007. Accor [...] | 2009-01-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA80 | GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE FOR 050091143 [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, PolMil Officer researched the bona fides of the arms import company Defensa S.A. The research included an on-site inspection of Defensa S.A., interviews with the company's owner, and records checks of both company and owner with the Guatemala's Arms and [...] | 2009-01-28 15:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GT |
09GUATEMALA805 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 21:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA806 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 21:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA807 | Bond Passage Loosens Fiscal Straightjacket [...] SUMMARY: On August 6, the Guatemalan Congress passed a measure authorizing the issuance of Q3 billion (approximately $375 million)in bonds to help cover the 2009 budget gap created by tax collections that are running nearly 8 percent below 2008 levels and nearly 20 percent below 2009 expectat [...] | 2009-08-25 18:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID GT |
09GUATEMALA817 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA818 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA819 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA820 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 22:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA822 | INFORMATION REGARDING UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR [...] What is the extent to which the host government supports the program financially or politically? Current host government laws, policies and priorities serve as the foundation for the proposed program. The Population and Social Development Law and the Universal Access to Family Planning Law [...] | 2009-08-27 21:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID GT PHUM PGOV SOCI UG UNFPA |
09GUATEMALA824 | GUATEMALAN ADOPTION CONTROVERSY: POLITICS, HUNGER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a move that generated front-page coverage in Guatemala, prominent human rights defender Norma Cruz recently completed a 10-day hunger strike to demand that three children adopted by U.S. couples be returned to Guatemala. She is the recipient of the Secretary's Women of Cour [...] | 2009-08-28 16:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CASC KOCI CVIS GT |
09GUATEMALA825 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 17:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA826 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 17:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA827 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 17:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA840 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-02 18:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA846 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 18:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA847 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 18:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA848 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS EAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 18:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PINR GT PHUM PINS |
09GUATEMALA849 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-03 18:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA85 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST CLEARED OF ACCUSATION OF [...] (U) Summary: At a January 23 pre-trial hearing, a Guatemalan court found insufficient evidence to charge human rights activist Jorge Luis Lopez Sologaistoa of attempted murder for the July 2008 armed assault of a sex worker. Peace Brigades International had requested Embassy intervention on t [...] | 2009-01-29 15:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA868 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 16:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA869 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 16:05:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA871 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 21:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA872 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 21:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA873 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 21:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA874 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 21:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA875 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 21:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA876 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDENT VETTING REQUEST - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 21:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA884 | WITH ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE AMBASSADOR AND CICIG, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 2, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom signed into law two important pieces of criminal legislation that had been supported by the international community. The two laws, one for plea-bargaining and one for &high-impact8 courts with additional security measures, would [...] | 2009-09-16 18:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA890 | GUATEMALAN COURT SETS PRECEDENT WITH FORCED [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 31, a Chimaltenango court approved Guatemala's first-ever conviction for the crime of forced disappearance. Felipe Cusanero, a military commissioner who acted under military authority, was sentenced to 150 years for the disappearance of six civilians during the inte [...] | 2009-09-16 22:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA895 | GUATEMALA RESPONSE DEMARCHE FOR KOSOVO RECOGNITION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 14:05:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KV GT |
09GUATEMALA897 | GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, Emboffs researched the bona fides of the arms import company Almacen El Bisonte (AEB). The research included an on-site inspection of AEB, an interview with the company's legal representative, and records checks of both the company and the rep [...] | 2009-09-21 16:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
09GUATEMALA898 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST [XXX] [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 14:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA899 | Despite Retaliation Attempts, Guatemalan Prosecutors Put [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, 2009, the wife of Guatemalan organized crime prosecutor Rony Lopez became the victim of a possible assassination attempt. The Ambassador immediately met with the Attorney General (MP) following the attack and discussed ways to assist the MP in improving security [...] | 2009-09-21 21:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | SNAR PGOV KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA9 | EX-SECURITY CHIEF QUINTANILLA TURNS HIMSELF IN [...] (C) Controversial ex-Director of Presidential Security Carlos Quintanilla, a longtime friend and campaign financier of President Alvaro Colom, turned himself in to authorities December 22. Now under house arrest and prohibited from leaving the country, Quintanilla faces charges of negligence, [...] | 2009-01-06 16:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR GT |
09GUATEMALA904 | STAFFDEL JACOBSTEIN STRUCK BY GUATEMALA'S SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Human rights and UN officials told Staffdel Jacobstein September 1-4 that weak institutions, vulnerability to narco-traffickers, and corruption were all serious problems facing the Colom government. These points were reiterated by the Country Team, and driven home during the St [...] | 2009-09-18 18:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PHUM PREL PGOV PINS ASEC EAID MARR MCAP MOPS GT |
09GUATEMALA91 | EMBASSY GUATEMALA'S ASSESSMENT OF UN FIELD [...] Summary: As requested in reftel, following is post's assessment of the Guatemala office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR/Guatemala),including a description of the office, its successes and challenges in promoting human rights, its relationship with the GOG, civil society, a [...] | 2009-02-02 18:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM PREL KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA913 | Ten Arrested in Rosenberg Murder Case [...] (S) Summary. Ten men, including three police officers, were arrested as a result of a CICIG investigation into the May murder of attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg. The FBI is assisting with the investigation. The men are currently being held together at Guatemala City's Zone 18 prison, but CICIG [...] | 2009-09-28 22:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | PGOV PINR SNAR ASEC KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA917 | First Lady Prepares Controversial Bid for Presidency [...] (C) Although she has not publicly stated her intentions, it is clear that First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom intends to run for the Guatemalan Presidency in 2011. Torres, who is to the left of her husband, President Alvaro Colom, is a controversial figure. She is the most able manager in the governm [...] | 2009-09-28 22:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM SOCI GT |
09GUATEMALA919 | Congress Elects Supreme Court Amid Controversy [...] (C) On September 30, the Guatemalan Congress elected the thirteen new members of the Supreme Court from a list of 26 candidates. The candidates' list was the result of a reformed and improved selection process which the U.S. and other embassies, as well as CICIG, had successfully encouraged C [...] | 2009-10-02 19:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS KDEM EAID GT |
09GUATEMALA921 | GUATEMALA: Blue Lantern Level 3: Post-License/Pre-Shipment [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref a, Emboffs researched the bona fides of the arms import company Importadora Milenium, S.A.(IMSA). The research included an on-site inspection of IMSA, an interview with the company's legal representative, and records checks of both the company and the repres [...] | 2009-10-02 21:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
09GUATEMALA924 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST-106 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 16:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA925 | CICIG Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary with Compounding [...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 4, the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) celebrated its two-year anniversary and the approval of another two-year mandate. CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana summarized CICIG's successes, including numerous CICIG-led investigati [...] | 2009-10-05 23:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA929 | Three Supreme Court Justices Replaced at CICIG's Behest [...] (C) On October 7, the Guatemalan Congress replaced three of the thirteen justices it had elected September 30 to the new Supreme Court, which is to be sworn in NLT October 13. The three were the most problematic of six whom CICIG publicly signaled as unfit to serve on the Supreme Court. All [...] | 2009-10-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA930 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST- 107 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 22:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA931 | Guatemala Shares U.S. Concerns About Covert Uranium [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM KNNP IR GT |
09GUATEMALA932 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST-108 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 22:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA937 | PROTESTERS MARCH ON CITY; DEMAND DIALOGUE WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Approximately 20,000 rural and indigenous protesters marched on Guatemala City on Monday, October 12. The protesters blocked major thoroughfares to demand the resolution of issues, including agrarian reform, mining restrictions, hydroelectric power, and environmental protections, amongst o [...] | 2009-10-16 14:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA940 | Nomination of Alternate U.S. Representative to the Oversight [...] This is an action cable. 2. U.S. Embassy Guatemala nominates Luis Alejandro Pontaza Behrens, Chief Financial Management and Accountant Specialist of USAID Guatemala, as the Alternate U.S. Representative to the Oversight Committee established to monitor implementation of the debt [...] | 2009-09-25 15:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA GT |
09GUATEMALA943 | USG Assistance Positively Impacting Poptun; Playa Grande a [...] (C) Summary: During field visits to Poptun and Playa Grande in northern Guatemala on September 28 and October 5, EmbOffs and official visitors observed the positive impact of U.S. Special Forces training of the Guatemalan Army's Special Forces Brigade and an elite police unit, and the joint forces [...] | 2009-10-21 21:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA947 | VISITING COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT URIBE OFFERS SECURITY POLICY [...] (U) Colombian President Alvaro Uribe highlighted Colombia's progress on security, social welfare, and economic development during his one day visit to Guatemala, October 13. In doing so, he keyed on the importance of security as a fundamental pre-condition for attracting investment, making soc [...] | 2009-10-23 18:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA955 | President Calderon Bolsters Ties with Guatemala in Oct 26-27 [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 26-27 visit to Guatemala, Mexican President Felipe Calderon discussed a number of initiatives with his Guatemalan counterpart, Alvaro Colom, to better control migration and enhance security along their shared border. The two leaders pledged to reinforce joint eff [...] | 2009-10-29 23:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS SNAR SENV ENRG CVIS MX GT |
09GUATEMALA961 | Leftists Moderate Tone and Strategy, but Maintain Radical [...] (U) Summary: President Colom linked Guatemala's violence to extreme social and economic inequality during a two day conference entitled, "Political Change in Latin America: the State, Democracy and Social Policy." Public officials, including President Colom, academics, journalists and fore [...] | 2009-11-04 18:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA967 | GUATEMALA: Blue Lantern Level 2: Pre-License End-Use Check [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, Emboffs researched the bona fides of the arms import company Combat S.A. The research included an on-site inspection of Combat S.A., an interview with the company's legal representative, and records checks of both the company and the representative with [...] | 2009-11-09 15:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KOMC BU GT |
09GUATEMALA969 | Congress Elects New Executive Board; Pre-Election Jockeying Under Way [...] (C) On October 27 Congress elected a new Executive Board. Roberto Alejos, of the governing UNE party, was re-elected as President of Congress. Alejos has been helpful to the Embassy, particularly on rule of law reform issues, and we anticipate two more important rule of law reform measures will soo [...] | 2009-11-09 19:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PINR KDEM SOCI GT |
09GUATEMALA972 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 110 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 15:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA974 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 109 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 15:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA977 | Guatemalan MFA on Honduran Elections [...] (C) On November 10, Guatemalan Director General for Bilateral Affairs Carlos Raul Morales (protect) told Pol/Econ Counselor that FonMin Rodas was consulting with his Salvadoran counterpart on whether and under what conditions to recognize the outcome of the November 29 election in Honduras. M [...] | 2009-11-13 14:30:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR HO OAS GT |
09GUATEMALA979 | A Violent Weekend Underscores the Need for Change [...] (C) Summary: Guatemala's security situation continues to worsen. In five separate attacks in two days, two prison guards and two police officers were killed, with others injured. A recent poll showed security remains Guatemalans' top concern. Under international pressure, Congress is likel [...] | 2009-11-13 19:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET//NOFORN | SNAR PGOV KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA983 | Mixco Security Woes Leave Bus Drivers Dead, Erode Public [...] (C) Summary: Mixco, the largest suburb of Guatemala City, has experienced a sharp rise in violence over the last year, especially in attacks against bus drivers. Post believes much of the violence is perpetrated by organized crime and gangs that kill those unwilling or unable to pay their exto [...] | 2009-11-24 15:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM EAID KJUS PINR SNAR ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA985 | Iran's Nuclear Program: Guatemalan Response [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 22:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR GT |
09GUATEMALA987 | Opposing UNGA Resolutions with Anti-Israel Bias: Guatemalan [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 22:42:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE GT |
09GUATEMALA99 | HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CRITICIZE MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: During a January 22 lunch with the Ambassador, human rights defenders criticized President Colom's decision to replace former Minister of Government Jimenez with Salvador Gandara, whom they accused of complicity in social cleansing killings during his tenure as Mayor of Villa Nuev [...] | 2009-02-04 16:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR KJUS KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA997 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US CANDIDACY FOR WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (U) Emboffs delivered demarche on US candidacy for service on the World Health Organization Executive Board for 2009 (Ref A) to the ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance, Dr. Ludwig Ovalle Cabrera on November 24. Both Ministries agreed to consider t [...] | 2009-11-25 18:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO GT |
09GUATEMLA692 | FROM GUATEMALA, ZELAYA CALLS FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 18:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC GT |
09KAMPALA976 | INFORMATION ON UNFPA COUNTRY PROGRAMS - UGANDA [...] (U) Per reftel request, U.S. Mission Uganda comments on the UNFPA Country Program 2010-14 follow below. --------------------------------------- Host Government Buy-in and Coordination --------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Political support for family planning programs in Ugan [...] | 2009-08-25 09:51:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID GT PHUM SOCI UG UNFPA |
09SANJOSE597 | RESPONSE FROM COSTA RICA: COCESNA THREATENS TO CUT [...] On July 14, we spoke with Jorge Fernandez Chacon, Director General of the Costa Rican Civil Aviation, regarding the dispute between American Airlines (AA) and Corporacion Centroamericana de Servicios de Navegacion Aerea (COCESNA). He clarified and/or reported the following to us: -- Costa R [...] | 2009-07-16 16:27:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA KX HO CS ES GT NU PM |
09SANTIAGO433 | ACTION REQUEST: CHILE REQUESTS USG ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In an April 20 meeting, Jorge Chocair, Director of the Public Prosecutor's International Cooperation and Extradition Division, requested that the USG become more involved in international fora for public prosecutors. He identi [...] | 2009-05-06 20:51:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KSUM IR GT VE CI |
09SANTIAGO945 | CHILEAN OAS TEAM MEMBER ON HONDURAS CRISIS [...] (C) On December 17, the Ambassador met with Enrique Correa, a political consultant and former minister who has been working with the OAS to resolve the political crisis in Honduras. Correa, who had been in Honduras November 3 - December 5, praised the strong relationship A/S Valenzuela has d [...] | 2009-12-17 20:37:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CI HO PA GT |
09SAOPAULO619 | Sao Paulo Opinion Split on Honduras [...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo pundits and politicos are strongly split on Brazilbs role in Honduras. Mainstream academic experts in this generally pro-PSDB state criticized Brazilbs shielding of Zelaya as adventurist, counter-productive and contradictory of the countrybs traditional policy of no [...] | 2009-10-27 16:49:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ES GT HO BR |
09SOFIA612 | BULGARIA: MIXED RESULTS FOR KHAN ASPARUH BLUE [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, on October 12, Post visited foreign intermediate consignee, Khan Asparuh, in connection with subject case. After performing due diligence, post confirmed derogatory information regarding Khan Asparuh within the Bulgarian Ministry of Energy. Khan Asparuh denied [...] | 2009-10-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET | ETTC KOMC GT BU |
09STATE101367 | (U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S SEPARATE [...] (U) September 23, 2009; various times; New York, USA. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with Italian Secretary of State Ezno Scotti, Guatemalan Foreign Minister Haroldo Rodas, and Paraguayan FM Hector Lacognata, Assistant Secretary Shannon described the current state of affairs in H [...] | 2009-09-29 18:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR HO VT IT PA XK GT |
09STATE101373 | (C/NF) ASSESSMENT OF GUATEMALAN MILITARY AND [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE FOLLOWING GUATEMALA'S POLITICAL SITUATION IN LIGHT OF THE HONDURAS POLITICAL CRISIS INVOLVING THE MILITARY-ASSISTED OUSTER OF PRESIDENT ZELAYA AND APPRECIATE POST'S REPORTING ON THE ISSUE. WE ARE INTERESTED IN COLOM'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MILITARY IN LIGHT OF [...] | 2009-09-29 18:32:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR GT |
09STATE104728 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on brokering authorization BAL 118-09 for the brokering of rifles for end-use in Guatemala. Post [...] | 2009-10-07 21:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC KOMC GT BU |
09STATE110433 | WHA: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 22:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AR BH DR GT GY NU XL |
09STATE114986 | MERIDA INITIATIVE - CENTRAL AMERICA - ARRIVAL OF [...] This cable announces the arrival of the Merida Initiative - Central America funded Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Regional Firearms Advisor (RFA),Supervisory Special Agent Mark Jones, in San Salvador, El Salvador. 2. SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the Merida In [...] | 2009-11-06 19:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PBTS KCRM KHLS BH CS ES GT HO NU PM |
09STATE116866 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-SHIPMENT/POST-LICENSE [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-shipment/post-license check on license 050184481 for the export of grenade launchers and related cartridges to Guatemala. Pos [...] | 2009-11-12 20:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
09STATE120755 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license GC-189609 for the re-export of revolvers to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lan [...] | 2009-11-23 22:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
09STATE125664 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050203752 for the export of firearms to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blue L [...] | 2009-12-08 21:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GT |
09STATE30527 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050143296 for the export of rifles to Guatemala. Post is requested to comp [...] | 2009-03-30 21:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GT |
09STATE34956 | RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING SUPPORT OF BLUE [...] I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding performance of political officer Lance Hegerle in supporting the Blue Lantern program during his tenure at Embassy Guatemala. As you know, Blue Lantern is the Department's primary instrument for monitoring the end-use of expor [...] | 2009-04-09 17:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ETTC KOMC GT |
09STATE35040 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050154491 for the export of firearms to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lant [...] | 2009-04-09 19:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
09STATE37293 | EEB A A/S NELSON DISCUSSES BIOFUELS AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian U/S for Energy Andre Amado met with EEB A A/S David Nelson on March 4 to discuss ongoing cooperation on biofuels and cooperation on energy more broadly. Brazil and the U.S. remain enthusiastic about our cooperation on biofuels, particularly in assisting developing cou [...] | 2009-04-15 20:07:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV SG SN ENGR DR ES GB GM GT HO |
09STATE50848 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 1: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050051029 and 050050791 for the export of firearms to Georgia. Post is requested to [...] | 2009-05-18 20:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GG GT |
09STATE52774 | (U) KUDOS ON CANADA AND THE AMERICAS [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED THE RECENT REPORT ON CANADA AND THE AMERICAS. ANALYSTS FOUND PARTICULARLY HELPFUL THE DETAIL ON HOW CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER HARPER'S PURSUIT OF FTAS/PTAS WITH THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES FITS IN HIS OVERALL FOREIGN POLICY (EMULATING THE FORME [...] | 2009-05-22 14:56:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR BH CS ES GT HO NU PM |
09STATE59089 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050140648 for the export of firearms to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blue La [...] | 2009-06-09 13:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
09STATE59768 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050146439 for the export of night vision and helmet visors to Guatemala. P [...] | 2009-06-10 16:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC GT |
09STATE60623 | GUATEMALA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-12 00:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG GT |
09STATE70075 | (C/NF) KUDOS TO U.S. EMBASSY GUATEMALA CITY [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE POST'S REPORTING (REFTEL) ON THE CURRENT POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE IN GUATEMALA SURROUNDING THE ROSENBERG SCANDAL. THIS REPORTING ADDED VALUE TO ANALYSTS' BRIEFING FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL IN MAY WITH UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE SCANDAL, COLOM'S A [...] | 2009-07-07 17:12:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ECON PGOV PREL GT |
09STATE83508 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050183538 for the export of pistols to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lante [...] | 2009-08-11 20:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
09STATE88236 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on licenses 050168405 and 050168509 for the export of pistols to Guatemala. Post is requeste [...] | 2009-08-24 21:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
09USUNNEWYORK1060 | SINGAPORE ON MODERATE NAM MEMBERS AND NPT/NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-21 00:51:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | CI CO GT JM MG PARM PREL SN |
09USUNNEWYORK972 | UNGA: CONTINUED CALLS FOR RETURN OF ZELAYA AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In plenary session on October 28, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) met to discuss the political situation in Central America. The plenary focused on the CICIG (the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala),adopting a resolution, with U.S. co-sponsorship, commending [...] | 2009-11-01 18:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UNGA KCRM KJUS KDEM GT HO |
10BEIJING65 | U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) have a strong and valued partnership with China's Ministry of Health (MOH),Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) and Chinese Academ [...] | 2010-01-12 07:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ |
10BELMOPAN55 | BELIZEAN PUBLIC IN AN UPROAR OVER FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A comment made by Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington following a meeting at the Organization of American States (OAS) has stirred widespread discontent among Belizean nationalists, NGO,s, and political leaders. Elrington was quoted as describing Belize,s border with Guatemala as [...] | 2010-02-02 20:40:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL OAS BH GT |
10GUATEMALA1 | Guatemala Response: Blue Lantern Level 3: [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, EmbOffs conducted an interview with the arms import company Proximidad, S.A. At the time of the interview, and per reftel, Proximidad, S.A. was not able to provide a contract from the Guatemala's National Civil Police (PNC). As a result of the invest [...] | 2010-01-08 16:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
10GUATEMALA132 | Ambassador Hosts Second Round of GOG-Private Sector Dialogue [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 15, the Ambassador hosted the second round of GOG-private sector dialogue. President Colom said that, with CICIG's findings in the Rosenberg murder case exonerating him, new political space had been opened. He was prepared to work with the private sector to addre [...] | 2010-01-15 22:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI GT |
10GUATEMALA134 | Embassy Guatemala Strongly Supports Continuation of the [...] (SBU) Summary: NAS' Aviation Support Program is a critical element in the USG's fight against narcotrafficking and organized crime in Guatemala. It has been extremely successful in supporting law enforcement operations and eradication missions throughout Guatemala. The USG's ability [...] | 2010-01-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS GT |
10GUATEMALA146 | Guatemala Response: Host Government Humanitarian Assistance [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 21:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA GT |
10GUATEMALA148 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 135 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PHUM PREL SNAR GT |
10GUATEMALA15 | DCM RAISES MISSING USDA PROGRAM FUNDS WITH AG MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Agriculture Minister Mario Aldana admitted to DCM January 12 that his ministry had mistakenly overlooked deadlines in the execution of USDA's Food for Progress program funds approximating $4.1 million. He committed to providing Ambassador McFarland a letter and plan of action [...] | 2010-01-15 20:48:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PREL GT |
10GUATEMALA162 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 136 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 16:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA164 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 137 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 16:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA166 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 138 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 16:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA19 | GOG to Recognize Lobo's GOH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 21:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HO GT |
10GUATEMALA198 | Regional Visit of USDA/FAS General Sales Manager/Associate [...] Summary: From December 6-11, USDA/FAS General Sales Manager (GSM)/Associate Administrator John Brewer and Deputy Administrator of the FAS Office of Capacity Building and Development (OCBD) Pat Sheikh visited FAS programs in El Salvador and Guatemala. The visit of the USDA/FAS delegation to [...] | 2010-02-01 22:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV GT ES |
10GUATEMALA204 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST 139 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 22:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PINR APER AFSN GT |
10GUATEMALA212 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR JANUARY 2010 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 3 February 2010 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON, NGA PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...] | 2010-02-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
10GUATEMALA214 | EAC GUATEMALA REVIEWS TERRORISM ISSUES INCLUDING VISAS VIPER [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post's EAC (AMB, DCM, CONS, RSO, AID, NAS, DEA, DHS/ICE, MILGP, DAO, PAS, ADMIN, CLO, ORA, CDC, POL/ECON, DHS/ICE, and Peace Corps) convened January 13. The DCM (EAC chairperson) and Consul General (CG) emphasized the importance of the Visas Viper process, and stressed the r [...] | 2010-02-03 17:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PTER ASEC PINR PREL CASC GT |
10GUATEMALA224 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 141 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 19:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA226 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 142 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 19:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA228 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 140 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 19:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA232 | Guatemala Child Labor Report for TVPRA and TDA [...] (U) Below is a response to Ref A, Tasking 1 (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA)) and Tasking 2 (Trade and Development Act (TDA)). Guatemalan children continue to be the victims of forced and exploitive labor practices in the production of goods and the provision of serv [...] | 2010-02-04 21:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI GT |
10GUATEMALA234 | Guatemala Demarche on Distracted Driving [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to PROVIAL, the Government of Guatemala's (GoG) principle highway patrol authority. The PROVIAL representative stated that Guatemala's current traffic laws do not address the issue of cell phone use or texting while driving. The GoG has compiled some general [...] | 2010-02-04 21:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA GT |
10GUATEMALA236 | Embassy Guatemala: January 2010 Merida Report [...] (U) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for January 2010. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Post conducted a review of Merida funding to date and found that some FY 2008 funds are still stalled in the procureme [...] | 2010-02-04 22:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID GT |
10GUATEMALA242 | Guatemala Demarche on CITES for COP15 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to the Sub-Secretary and Fauna Expert at the National Council for Protected Areas (CONAP). Officials speculated, but could not confirm, that the GoG would support the U.S. proposals on coral, the polar bear, the bobcat and the Asian snake study. Likewise, r [...] | 2010-02-05 19:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP GT |
10GUATEMALA25 | Leading Human Rights Activist Prepares to Take on Police [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting with Pol/Econ Counselor, Guatemala's leading human rights activist, Helen Mack, discussed her plans for her new position overseeing police reform, for which she would seek international assistance. Mack warned the Embassy to be watchful as it administers a $2 [...] | 2010-01-26 16:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC KCRM SNAR GT |
10GUATEMALA268 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 143 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 21:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA27 | Former President Portillo Captured, Refuses Extradition [...] (C) Summary. Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo, indicted in the U.S. on money laundering charges and a fugitive from justice, was captured Jan. 26 as he was about to flee to Belize. The capture was the result of a joint operation involving CICIG, the Attorney General's Office, th [...] | 2010-01-27 00:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ASEC SNAR PREL PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA296 | Conviction of Publisher Raul Figueroa Overturned [...] (U) Summary: On February 5, the Second Court of Penal Appeals annulled a lower court conviction of Guatemalan publisher Raul Figueroa Sarti on charges of copyright infringement. Figueroa's conviction six months earlier by the Seventh Penal Court had generated substantial interest in the Washi [...] | 2010-02-16 16:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT |
10GUATEMALA3 | Guatemala Response: Blue Lantern Level 3 Post-Shipment [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, EmbOffs researched the bona fides of the arms import company Gun Depot. The research included an on-site inspection of Gun Depot, an interview with the company's owner, and records checks of both the company and the owner with the MOD's General Directora [...] | 2010-01-08 16:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
10GUATEMALA318 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 144 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA32 | Embassy Guatemala: December 2009 Merida Report [...] (U) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for December 2009. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Allocation of Merida funding continues to be inconsistent and slow. Post requests Washington's continued ass [...] | 2010-01-06 15:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID GT |
10GUATEMALA320 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 145 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA322 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 146 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA324 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 149 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA326 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 147 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA328 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 148 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA330 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 150 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA332 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 151 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 16:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA336 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 152 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 22:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA350 | GUATEMALA RESPONSE FOR COUNTRY SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 18:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD GT |
10GUATEMALA360 | Guatemala Response to Blue Lantern Level 3: Pre License [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, EmbOffs researched the bona fides of the arms import company ARMSA Guatemala S.A. The research included an on-site inspection of ARMSA, an interview with the company's owner, and record checks of both the company and the owner with the Ministry of [...] | 2010-02-25 20:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GT |
10GUATEMALA38 | VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2009 [...] VISAS VIPER 2. POST: Guatemala City MEETING DATE: 6 January 2010 CHAIR: DCM Todd Robinson COORDINATOR: CG Kay Anske ATTENDEES: Consular, Regional Affairs, Military Group, RSO, DEA, NAS, DAO, DHS/ICE, POL/ECON PREVIOUS SUBMISSIONS: None [...] | 2010-01-06 23:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PREL GT |
10GUATEMALA41 | GUATEMALA: RECENT CRIME EVENTS AND TRENDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: As violent crime continues to be a significant issue for Guatemala, with police struggling to address gang and street crime, and citizens taking the law into their own hands more frequently, 2009 police statistics show an increase from 2008 and 2007 for almost all reported crimina [...] | 2010-02-11 22:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC KCRM GT |
10GUATEMALA45 | 2009 in Review; What to Watch for in 2010 [...] (C) President Colom's tenure during 2009 was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Preparing for a presidential run in 2011, controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom continued to lead the government's efforts to alleviate [...] | 2010-02-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR ASEC EAID GT |
10GUATEMALA47 | Your Meeting with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom [...] (C) Summary: During your February 18 meeting with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom you will have the opportunity to address several key issues including poverty alleviation, general and food security, rule of law, transparency, and taxes. Your meeting comes in the wake of his January exone [...] | 2010-02-17 22:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SOCI EAID GT |
10GUATEMALA49 | Opposition Leader Complains of Smear Campaign [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 17 with rightist opposition leader General Otto Perez Molina. Perez said the First Lady and her associates are preparing a smear campaign to falsely accuse him of human rights abuses during the internal conflict, and are trying to manipulate the judiciary to d [...] | 2010-02-22 17:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM GT |
10GUATEMALA51 | Under Pressure, Guatemalan Congress Voids Nomination of [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 9, the Guatemalan Congress voted to annul the selection of Remberto Leonel Ruiz Barrientos as head of the Institute for Public Criminal Defenders. Though originally chosen by a vote of 96-1 (with 61 abstentions or no-shows),the Commission Against Impunity in Guatemal [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCOR GT |
10GUATEMALA52 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 133 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 17:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA72 | GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST 134 [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 17:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10GUATEMALA82 | Guatemala - Diplomacy and Development Plan for the Global [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Guatemala welcomes the opportunity to continue its engagement with the Government of Guatemala (GoG) and others on food security (Ref A and B). Guatemala is highly vulnerable to food crises and progress on this issue is integral to economic development. At present, the G [...] | 2010-01-13 23:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PGOV GT |
10MEXICO69 | Chiapas: Mexico's Vulnerable Underbelly [...] (SBU) Summary. Both critics and supporters of Chiapan developmental policies agree that the Mexican government (GOM) and the USG should dedicate more attention and resources to the southern border. The poorest state in Mexico, Chiapas is plagued with economic problems that are further com [...] | 2010-01-22 20:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SMIG PHUM EINV ECON GT MX |
10STATE2345 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE: GUATEMALA 1478 (128) [...] (SBU) As of January 6, 2010 the Department of State possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. NAME: Rodrigo AJTZALAM TZEP RANK: PNC Officer DOB: March 15, 1979 POB: Guatemala, Guatemala NAME: Mario Ivan BARRIENTOS DE [...] | 2010-01-11 16:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
10STATE4082 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on license 050207380 for the export of firearms to Guatemala. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern c [...] | 2010-01-14 22:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GT |
10STATE7843 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on licenses 050020587 for the export of riot control grenades to Guatemala. Post is requested to comp [...] | 2010-01-26 21:30:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GT |