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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05PANAMA1496 |
PANAMA-VENEZUELA RELATIONS STUCK ON INTERNAL [...] (C) Panamanian concerns about suspected Venezuelan meddling in Panama's internal politics and domestic headaches due to high oil prices prompted Panamanian Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis and two GOP cabinet officials to meet Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez in Caracas on Jul [...] |
2005-07-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EAIR EPET PM VE OAS IDB POL CHIEF |
| 06KINGSTON1737 |
KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: August 22 - September 1, 2006 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-01 20:03:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV PHUM ELAB IDB KIPR JM |
| 06KINGSTON1805 |
JAMAICA: DEBT AND ANEMIC GROWTH ENCUMBER [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-12 20:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR SOCI IDB IMF JM XL |
| 07ABIDJAN913 |
WORLD BANK, EU LEAD DONORS' POST CONFLICT EFFORTS; [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank, European Union (EU) and the United National Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) held two closely-related meetings in the past 10 days on post-crisis coordination, where participants were unanimous in their frustration at the slow pace of progress. Identification [...] |
2007-08-29 16:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IDB IV PREL |
| 08KINGSTON1086 |
AIR JAMAICA: FUTURE PLANS AND BUYERS [...] (SBU) On December 17 Econoff met with Air Jamaica (AJ) CEO and President Bruce Nobles, who outlined his plan for restructuring the beleaguered airline in a lead up to divestiture. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is still hoping to have a buyer lined up by March 31, although the actual deal may [...] |
2008-12-19 11:32:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ECON ETRD EINV IBRD IDB JM XL |
| 08KINGSTON401 |
JAMAICA: USTDA TO HELP PRIVATIZE AIR JAMAIACA [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has taken another major step to sell the financially distressed national carrier, Air Jamaica. On May 5, it signed an agreement with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) for USD 820,000 in grant funding. The funding will assist with technical service [...] |
2008-05-07 18:19:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ECON ETRD EINV IBRD IDB JM XL |
| 08SANSALVADOR1392 |
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES IDB LOAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. El Salvador's National Assembly approved on December 18 a $500 million Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan, the country's first new international debt since the March 2006 legislative elections. Separately, the IDB approved a $400 million credit line to the Central Bank, [...] |
2008-12-19 21:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PREL IDB ES |
| 08SANTIAGO901 |
CHILEAN RIGHT WING STILL LUKEWARM ON PINERA IN [...] (C) The doctrinaire wing of the center-right Alianza remains undecided as to whether it will give its support in 2009 to the presidential ambition of the opposition coalition's front-running but more moderate Sebastian Pinera. The results of the October 2008 municipal elections, as well as wh [...] |
2008-10-07 21:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IDB PGOV PREL CI |
| 09BOGOTA446 |
COLOMBIA: INVITATION TO THE PRESIDENT FOR IDB [...] On February 10, Post received a copy of an invitation from President Alvaro Uribe to President Obama to attend the closing event of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Heads of State and Government Summit in Medellin on March 31, [...] |
2009-02-12 16:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP OTRA PGOV ECON EAID EFIN IDB CO |
| 09KINGSTON175 |
JAMAICA: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (SOA) [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-10 16:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR CARICOM IBRD IDB CDB |
| 09KINGSTON248 |
JAMAICA: PROMINENT FIGURES ADVOCATE CARIBBEAN AGENDA FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-30 15:14:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL IBRD IDB CDB TRSY |
| 09KINGSTON638 |
JAMAICA: FINANCE MINISTER INTERESTED IN BILATERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-26 19:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EAID IMF IBRD IDB TRSY |
| 09KINGSTON735 |
JAMAICA: IMF TEAM SEES GOJ'S CLARITY OF PURPOSE, BUT TIME IS [...] (C) Trevor Alleyne, Division Chief and head of the a six-person International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation to Jamaica, said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears to have a "clarity of purpose" in regard to current negotiations for a Standby Agreement. Alleyne met with Emboffs on November 5 [...] |
2009-11-06 13:02:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN TRSY IDB SOCI IMF XL JM |
| 09KINGSTON743 |
AIR JAMAICA SALE: DEAL OR NO DEAL? GOJ CAN'T STAY ON MESSAGE [...] (C) Air Jamaica (AJ), the beleaguered national airline, is days away from finding out whether Indigo Partners (operator of Sprit Airlines) will be its new owner. The airline, currently owned by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ), is eight months behind the original deadline for privatization, bu [...] |
2009-11-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM |
| 09KINGSTON747 |
JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in Reftel A. On May 5 during the 2009-2010 National Budget Debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, "We continue to advocate for the revocation of the U.S. embargo against Cuba and the normalization of Cuba's relations withi [...] |
2009-12-02 17:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETTC SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM |
| 09KINGSTON759 |
JAMAICA: ON THE BRINK OF AN IMF DEAL [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears on the verge of pursuing a selective default with local debt holders in order to secure a much needed Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prime Minister Bruce Golding has been adamant in wanting to avoid any blemish on the [...] |
2009-12-14 19:38:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM |
| 09QUITO1061 |
Progress on Finalizing Agreement on the New Quito Airport [...] (SBU) Summary: Although numerous hurdles remain, negotiations between Quiport, the private consortium building the new Quito International Airport, the project lenders (including OPIC and Ex-Im), and the Mayor of Quito led to a release of funds on December 7 for continued construction of [...] |
2009-12-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN ECON PREL IDB EXIM OPIC EC |
| 09QUITO871 |
Constitutional Court Ruling Keeps Airport Negotiations Alive [...] (C) Summary: On October 5 the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court released a ruling designed to "clarify" its July 23 decision that threatened to scuttle the new Quito airport construction project. While not as clear or expansive as hoped by the project lenders, OPIC staffers told econoff on [...] |
2009-10-07 21:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN ECON PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM |
| 09QUITO899 |
Mixed Signals from GOE Complicate New Airport Negotiations [...] (C) Summary: Meetings on October 14 and 15 between project lenders, Quiport, and the Quito Mayor's office resulted in a one-page protocol that, if ratified by all parties, would allow the Mayor's office to comply with a recent Constitutional Court proclamation and avoid pushing the new Quito in [...] |
2009-10-23 22:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EFIN PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM |
| 09QUITO901 |
AMBASSADOR AND MAYOR BARRERA DISCUSS AIRPORT IN FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Mayor of Quito, Augusto Barrera, was eager to discuss the airport renegotiation process in his first meeting with the Ambassador on October 16. After a friendly discussion about potential cultural and education exchange programs, Barrera launched into a detailed and str [...] |
2009-10-26 22:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN PREL ECON BR IDB OPIC EXIM |
| 10ASHGABAT50 |
IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN BUSINESSMAN INFURIATED; [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with Iran Watcher, Golammreza Gieahpour, the General Director of Iran Samen's Ashgabat branch, said that he was "surprised, angry and very, very disappointed" that the UAE-based firm Pars Energy, owned and run by Iranian citizen Ahmad Ramazani, had been awarded the c [...] |
2010-01-14 04:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IDB IR PGOV TX |
| 10KINGSTON194 |
JAMAICA: IMF STANDBY FACILITY APPROVED [...] (SBU) After a series of missed deadlines, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) finally has secured a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). On February 4, the IMF approved a USD 1.27 billion Standby facility for Jamaica, opening the door for a further USD 1 billion in funding from other m [...] |
2010-02-08 15:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI EAIR IDB IBRD IMF JM |
| 10KINGSTON230 |
JAMAICA: WORLD BANK REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES JAMAICAN [...] (SBU) The World Bank will provide the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) with USD 400 million in concessionary loans over the next 27 months of the International Monetary fund (IMF) program, according to World Bank Special Representative to Jamaica Badrul Haque, who met with CDA to discuss development [...] |
2010-02-16 12:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN EINV PREL IDB IBRD IMF JM XL |
| 10QUITO77 |
New Quito Airport's Phoenix-like Rebirth; Action Request on [...] (C) Department assistance requested; please see paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: President Correa met February 4 with the developers/financers of the new Quito International Airport (NQIA), including OPIC and Ex-Im bank officials, and reassured them that they had his full suppo [...] |
2010-02-10 22:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN ECON OPIC EXIM PREL IDB EC |