Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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03GUATEMALA2065 |
EMBASSY GUATEMALA'S 90-DAY GOAL PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Guatemala's highest priority goals for the next 90 days include ensuring that the national elections (to be held on November 9) are free and fair; that Guatemala ratifies and places in force a bilateral counter-narcotics maritime agreement with the U.S.; and that Guatema [...] |
2003-08-13 22:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PREL GT WHA |
03GUATEMALA2094 |
Vital Voices Meets With Guatemalan Women [...] (U) Summary: Vital Voices Global Partnership held a two-day Women's Leadership Retreat in Guatemala City in July. Present at the conference were approximately 40 women leaders from diverse backgrounds. The Ambassador hosted a reception in honor of the group attended by more than 100 women [...] |
2003-08-18 14:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL GT WHA PDA |
03TEGUCIGALPA1927 |
EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA'S 90-DAY GOAL PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Tegucigalpa's priority goals for the next ninety days include: (a) providing current information on Honduran negotiating strategies on measures related to CAFTA, to the U.S. delegation to the talks in order to support their efforts to narrow the gap in U.S. positions on [...] |
2003-08-14 22:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PREL HO WHA |
04GUATEMALA431 |
SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: Guatemala recently concluded negotiations of the US - Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which includes a strong chapter on IPR. The obligations undertaken in the agreement, along with commitments of the new government, should strengthen Guatemala's weak enforcement of I [...] |
2004-02-23 21:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON WHA |
06MANAGUA937 |
NICARAGUAN CIVIL AVIATION BILL CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF [...] (SBU) Nicaraguan National Assembly (NA) legislators confirm that the NA plans to vote on a civil aviation bill next week. The bill passed on first reading in 2004, but the required second vote on individual articles has languished. Econoff discussed the bill with airline officials and the Nic [...] |
2006-04-28 23:03:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON WHA CEN NU |
06NASSAU302 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE: FOR CONSULAR MANAGEMENT [...] Post welcomes Consular Management Assistance Team (CMAT) and grants country clearance. 2. The team of Carolyn Huggins, Scott Boswell and Janie Friedlein will be met at the airport by the Consular Chief and taken to the Comfort Suites Hotel on Paradise Island where we have confirmed reserva [...] |
2006-02-21 22:26:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CASC AMGT OTRA BF WHA |
07ANKARA2819 |
TURKEY: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on November 21 to MFA Latin America Head of Department Ece Ozturk Cil. Cil assured us that U.S. concerns in Latin America are strongly taken into account in Turkey's Latin America policies, given her department's location in the MFA Americas Directorate and Tur [...] |
2007-11-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE TU WHA |
07BERLIN2116 |
GERMANY'S VIEWS ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points on November 16 to Betina Kern, Deputy Head of the Andean Region Division at the German Foreign Ministry. With respect to the substance of USG concerns about proposed constitutional changes in Venezuela, Kern said that Germany "feels exactly the same way." [...] |
2007-11-26 15:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE GM |
07GUATEMALA355 |
GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAVHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-21 17:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | WHA CEN DRL AN DPM |
07HELSINKI842 |
FINLAND: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-20 10:08:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM WHA EUN VE FI |
07HELSINKI843 |
FINLAND: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Polchief delivered reftel demarche Nov. 19 to Jukka Pietikainen, Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Latin America. Pietikainen said that the UK had initially circulated a draft statement to EU partners condemning the Chavez Regime's proposed constitutional reforms in strong terms an [...] |
2007-11-20 11:04:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM WHA EUN VE FI |
07LJUBLJANA734 |
SLOVENIA SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON VENEZUELA AND LATIN [...] (C) On November 29, EmbOff met with Stefan Salej, Special Envoy for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to share U.S. concerns about the anti-democratic changes in the proposed constitutional reform package in Venezuela and to request that Slovenia join the voices of internationa [...] |
2007-11-30 06:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE SI |
07LUXEMBOURG464 |
LUXEMBOURG: SHARES CONCERNS OVER VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU LU |
07MEXICO5981 |
MEXICO ON VENEZUELA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PACKAGE [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor met with Landy Esquivel, from SRE's Latin American Office, November 28, to convey U.S. concerns as relate to the anti-democratic changes Chavez seeks to make with its constitutional reform package coming up for a vote on December 2 and urge Mexico to join us in [...] |
2007-11-30 18:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM WHA VE MX |
07MONTEVIDEO965 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO URUGUAY: DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C) On November 9, 2007, A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Carlos Barros. He listened attentively and said that "officially" the GoU registered U.S. concerns about the anti-democratic changes in the BRV's constitutional reform package and [...] |
2007-11-09 20:33:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU UY |
07NICOSIA927 |
CYPRUS GENERALLY AGREES WITH USG POSITION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-19 13:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM VE WHA EU CY |
07OSLO1125 |
NORWAY CONCERNED BUT PASSIVE ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, Latin America Section Head Herberth Linder stated that Norway will sign on to any joint declaration that the EU produces on the situation in Venezuela (noting that the UK is putting language together but that they had not yet been approached on it officially), [...] |
2007-11-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE PHUM WHA NO |
07PARIS4523 |
CHAVEZ VISIT TO FRANCE: HOSTAGES SOLE FOCUS OF GOF [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-19 10:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE FR |
07PRAGUE1219 |
CZECHS - PAYING ATTENTION TO DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV VE EUN PHUM WHA |
07QUITO978 |
EMBASSY QUITO WELCOMES D VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Please accept my warmest welcome of your upcoming return to Ecuador. With Ecuador's government having recently passed the 100-day mark, your visit comes at a time of opportunity to advance mutual interests, and also to review some concerns about the direction the government is [...] |
2007-04-30 20:36:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON EAID WHA EC |
07ROME2343 |
ITALY ON VENEZUELAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA South America Office Director Michele Giacomelli November 16. Poloff shared USG concerns about democracy in Venezuela posed by President Chavez's proposed constitutional reforms, and requested that Italy speak out on behalf of democratic rights in V [...] |
2007-11-19 12:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE IT |
07SANJOSE1995 |
DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (U) On November 16, we discussed Ref A concerns with Alejandro Solano Ortiz, Sub-director of the Foreign Policy Directorate of the MFA. 2. (C) Although sympathetic to these concerns, Solano indicated that the GOCR worried about the implications of the constitutional reform now under way in [...] |
2007-11-16 21:44:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE PHUM WHA |
07SANJOSE299 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON'S VISIT TO COSTA RICA [...] SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes CODEL Nelson. The visit comes at a key point in the approval process for the U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). CAFTA is a key element in President Arias's agenda to modernize the country and begin to rebuild its crea [...] |
2007-02-15 17:32:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP OTRA PREL PGOV WHA ECON CS |
07SANSALVADOR2301 |
DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA DELIVERED TO EL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General for Political Affairs Guillermo Melendez told us November 15 that the GOES shared our concerns about anti-democratic reforms in Venezuela and would continue to raise the issue publicly. End Summary. 2. (C) On November 13, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche [...] |
2007-11-20 21:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE EU WHA PHUM ES |
07SANTIAGO1828 |
DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA - CHILE [...] (C) E/Pol Counselor November 13 delivered ref A demarche to Jamie Bascunan, the MFA's desk officer for Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador, stressing that the proposed Venezulan referendum ran contrary to Caracas's obligations under the Inter-American Democratic Charter. As such, it is incumbent [...] |
2007-11-14 20:56:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE EU CI WHA |
07SOFIA1323 |
BULGARIA TO CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-20 13:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU |
07STATE154674 |
DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary. Department requests action addressees demarche host governments, at the highest appropriate level, to: 1) share our concerns about the anti-democratic changes in the proposed constitutional reform package; 2) highlight growing dissension within Venezuela and the increasingly rep [...] |
2007-11-09 16:02:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV VE PHUM WHA EU |
07STOCKHOLM1388 |
SWEDEN ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-16 16:40:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SW VE WHA EU |
08MEXICO151 |
MEXICO ON THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-18 22:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV POL PREL PHUM KDEM WHA MX |
08MEXICO189 |
MEXICO ON THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (U) Action Request. See para. 4. 2. (C) Minister Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia, the General Coordinator of Advisors to the Foreign Minister, was reluctant initially about identifying candidates for PDG projects. He thought it would be more appropriate for potential candidates to volunteer [...] |
2008-01-24 20:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV POL PREL PHUM KDEM WHA MX |
08MEXICO267 |
MEXICO TAKES ON BOARD U.S. VIEWS ON PDG PROGRAMS, [...] Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel A points to Lorena Larios, Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry's (SRE) Office of International Policy on Human Rights, conveying appreciation for GOM interest in the PDG and calling attention to the importance the PDG attached to projects that aim to impro [...] |
2008-01-31 15:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM POL PREL WHA IZ MX |
08MEXICO358 |
MEXICO TO ATTEND PDG MEETING IN PARIS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-08 23:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM POL WHA MX |
08MONTEVIDEO597 |
HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF URUGUAYAN FORCES [...] Rank: Mayor (GC) Name: Gabarrot Gabarrot, Oscar Omar DOB: 8/12/1965 ID: 3.050.962-4 2. Rank: Comisario Inspector Name: Botto Lemos, Martin Jose DOB: 7/08/1960 ID: 2.818.474-9 3. Rank: Comisario Inspector Name: Munoz Pineiro, Hector DOB: 11/09/19 [...] |
2008-10-29 15:42:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ILEA ASEC DS IP WHA |
08NICOSIA126 |
CYPRUS: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Further to Ref A request, post submits our input for USTR's 2008 Special 301 review of country IPR practices. (Note: This report covers mainly the government-controlled area of Cyprus. A separate section is devoted to the area administered by Turkish Cypriots, whe [...] |
2008-02-22 08:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD AF NEA EUR EAP WHA SA CY |
08NICOSIA216 |
CYPRUS: POLICE STEP UP IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) As reported Reftel, police enforcement action against IPR piracy seems to be on the rise. During 2007, the police launched 188 raids on suspected pirates, seizing 188,516 pirated items (mostly of DVDs and CDs), compared to 114 raids and 77,763 seized items in 2006. Thus far, this trend [...] |
2008-04-02 11:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD AF NEA EUR EAP WHA SA CY |
08OSLO302 |
NORWAY: CHANGING DIRECTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent visit of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry underscored the growing GON interest in engagement with Latin America. Much of this interest comes from the "Super Minister" of Development and Environment, Erik Solheim, who has taken the lead in South America as FM J [...] |
2008-06-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM WHA AF NO |
09NICOSIA154 |
CYPRUS: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Further to Ref A request, post submits our input for USTR's 2009 Special 301 review of country IPR practices. (Note: This report covers mainly the government-controlled area of Cyprus. A separate section is devoted to the area administered by Turkish Cypriots, whe [...] |
2009-02-27 14:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD AF NEA EUR EAP WHA SA CY |