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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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08BEIJING3500 | SEPTEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE [...] Key points at the September 9 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Vice Premier Wang Qishan will visit the United States next week to discuss bilateral trade issues with U.S. officials as part of the Sino-U.S. Joint Committee on Commerce and Trade (JCCT). -- Vice Foreign Minister Wu Daw [...] | 2008-09-09 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD PARM MNUC CH KN TW IN PK EC |
08BEIJING3654 | CHINA'S RESPONSE TO ECUADOR WAIVER OF VISA INQUIRY [...] (C) Chinese Immigration and Public Security officials evinced a cooperative attitude during a September 19 exchange with Embassy Officers regarding USG concerns about Ecuador's recent waiver of tourist visa requirements for all Chinese nationals. The Chinese shared data showing a five-fold in [...] | 2008-09-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD CH HK EC CO |
08BEIJING3911 | October 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: President Zadari's Visit, [...] Key points at the October 14 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China welcomes Pakistani President Zadari and looks forward to "in-depth discussions" and the signing of several "deals." -- China regains control of half of Heixiazi Island from Russia. -- China will "communicate and c [...] | 2008-10-14 10:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PINR CH KN KS EC CS PK HK MC |
08BEIRUT1393 | LEBANON: GOL, GERMANY PLAN TO EXPAND BORDER [...] (C) On September 18, a UK Embassy contact briefed PolOff on a recent meeting between the UK DCM and PM Siniora, in which Siniora said that the GOL was ready to extend the German led Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) to the east, but that Syria would use its contacts within GOL's security a [...] | 2008-09-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PINR PREL EC LE SY |
08BEIRUT1584 | LEBANON: NEW GOL BORDER PLAN DISAPPOINTS DONORS [...] (C) In an October 31 meeting, PM Siniora told international donors that the GOL planned to create a national border force to operate along Lebanon's border with Syria. He acknowledged that parliamentary approval would be needed to proceed with such a plan. However, Siniora felt this was a m [...] | 2008-11-05 15:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PINR PREL EC LE SY |
08BEIRUT932 | LEBANON: EC HIGHLY CRITICAL OF GERMAN-LED LEBANON [...] (C) On June 25, a UK Embassy contact in Beirut provided emboff with information on European Commission (EC) Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner's planned statements that day to German Foreign Minister Steinmeier concerning the German-led Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) in Lebanon (refs). Waldne [...] | 2008-06-25 17:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PBTS EC GE IS LE SY |
08BOGOTA1001 | URIBE'S 84 PERCENT APPROVAL RATING SPURS [...] (U) A Gallup poll taken March 4-6, shows President Uribe with an all-time high 84 percent approval rating. Only 13 percent disapproved of his performance, the lowest figure since 2002. The poll was taken prior to the Rio Group meeting in Santo Domingo, and pollster Jorge Londono said the Rio [...] | 2008-03-14 16:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER DR EC VZ CO |
08BOGOTA1145 | (C) COLOMBIA'S STRATEGY TO EXPLOIT INFO FROM FARC [...] (C) Defense Minister Santos and Vice Minister of Defense (VMOD) Jaramillo told the Ambassador the GOC plans to selectively leak information from FARC computers connecting Presidents Chavez and Correa and their Governments to the FARC over the next 4-6 weeks, as INTERPOL completes its verificat [...] | 2008-03-27 22:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF PREL PHUM MOPS VZ EC CO |
08BOGOTA1411 | GOC TRIES TO MANAGE RELATIONS WITH ECUADOR [...] (C) GOC officials said the GOC wants to improve relations with Ecuador, but questioned whether the GOE is interested in doing so. Presidential Communications Director Jorge Eastman said President Uribe felt compelled to respond to Correa's April 11 comments calling the GOC operation against FA [...] | 2008-04-16 13:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EC CO |
08BOGOTA1567 | FARC AND GOV LINKED TO CCB AND DESIGNS FOR [...] (U) Colombian media report that evidence found in the computers of FARC Secretariart Raul Reyes suggests that the Bolivarian Continental Coordinator (CCB),a regional grouping of leftist civil society, serves as a platform to spread FARC and Venezuelan violent, expansionist ideology throughou [...] | 2008-04-28 22:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SNAR CO EC BL MX PE |
08BOGOTA1895 | COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR JANUARY-MARCH 2008 [...] (S) During the first quarter of 2008, the Colombian military scored new successes against FARC leadership, killing two FARC Secretariat members - Raul Reyes and Ivan Rios. These successes, as well as the killing of two key FARC commanders in the last quarter of 2007, led to increased desertio [...] | 2008-05-20 20:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PINR MARR PTER VZ EC CO |
08BOGOTA2054 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 1 MEETING WITH [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on June 1 that he appreciated President Bush's efforts to obtain congressional passage of the Colombian Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) at a bi-lateral meeting during the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly meetin [...] | 2008-06-06 14:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL PTER EC CO |
08BOGOTA2057 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde on June 2. Belaunde said the GOP is in the process of implementing the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),and requested a bilateral meeting for President Garcia with President Bush at the upcoming APEC [...] | 2008-06-06 15:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL ECON CI EC VE PE CO |
08BOGOTA2063 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Panamanian Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro June 2. Both the Deputy and Navarro noted the U.S.-Panama relationship had "never been stronger." Navarro said the GOP lost its last helicopter in an accident, and requested expedited USG assistance to [...] | 2008-06-06 17:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL ECON PM EC CO |
08BOGOTA2064 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S JUNE 2 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Uruguayan FM Gonzalo Fernandez June 2. The Deputy and Fernandez noted a "growing bilateral relationship" between the USG and GOU, due in part to recent bilateral economic and science and technology agreements. Fernandez discussed Uruguayan at [...] | 2008-06-06 17:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI EC UY CO |
08BOGOTA2215 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO BARRANQUILLA, JUNE 7, 2008 [...] (U) Ambassador visited Barranquilla, Atlantico Department, on June 7 to receive a major food donation funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and destined for the World Food Program (WFP). Barranquilla Mayor Alejandro Char, Atlantico Governor Eduardo Verano, a [...] | 2008-06-19 22:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCOM KAID EC CO |
08BOGOTA2328 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO META, JUNE 12, 2008 [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on June 12 to the historically conflict-plagued Department of Meta to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives and highlight USG efforts to assist the GOC in consolidating security gains made in territory previously occupied by th [...] | 2008-06-26 20:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCOM KAID EC ECON EPET EAID |
08BOGOTA2641 | COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...] | 2008-07-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO |
08BOGOTA2674 | COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...] | 2008-07-24 21:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO |
08BOGOTA3031 | COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR APRIL - JUNE 2008 [...] (S) In the second quarter of 2008, FARC leader Manuel Maralunda ("Tirofijo") died, notorious FARC commander Nelly Avila Moreno ("Karina") deserted, and the military rescued three American hostages, Ingrid Betancourt and eleven others. These successes further demoralized the morale of FARC ran [...] | 2008-08-18 19:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PINR MARR PTER VZ EC NI CO |
08BOGOTA3521 | (C) GOC SEEKS TO "NORMALIZE" RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bermudez announced that he would meet with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro in mid-October to discuss trade and a full range of bilateral issues. Vice FM Reyes told us the GOC wants to use the meeting to "normalize" relations through existing bi-national forums to addres [...] | 2008-09-19 20:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO VE EC |
08BOGOTA3600 | COLOMBIAN-ECUADORIAN ANTINARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 20:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR CO EC |
08BOGOTA3747 | UNDERSECRETARY GLASSMAN'S OCTOBER 1 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe told Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James Glassman on October 1 that he appreciated President Bush's efforts to obtain congressional passage of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) but voiced concerns over the impact of the [...] | 2008-10-14 13:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CO ECON PREL PTER EC BL VE ETRD |
08BOGOTA687 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO PUTUMAYO HIGHLIGHTS USG [...] (SBU) Ambassador Brownfield visited Villa Garzon, Putumayo on February 8, to inaugurate a major road pavement project and survey a water treatment project funded by USAID. Local officials touted the road as an important step to reducing Putumayo's isolation, improving security, and promoting [...] | 2008-02-25 22:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR KCOM KAID EC CO |
08BOGOTA827 | COLOMBIA RESPONDS CALMLY TO VENEZUELA AND ECUADOR [...] (C) After Venezuela's announcement on March 4 that it would close its border with Colombia, the GOC re-stated that it would not send troops to the Venezuelan or Ecuadorian borders. Ecuadorian President Correa confirmed in a Colombian radio interview that he authorized GOE contacts with the FA [...] | 2008-03-05 01:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS VZ SP FR SZ EC CO |
08BOGOTA839 | MARCH 5 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR [...] (C) Colombia's border with Venezuela remained partially closed on March 5, as the GOV confirmed that its troop deployments on the border were 90 percent complete (reftel). The border with Ecuador remained open. The GOC reiterated that it would not deploy troops to its borders. GOC Deputy Fo [...] | 2008-03-05 23:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PTER MOPS VZ EC SP FR SZ CO |
08BOGOTA903 | MARCH 6 UPDATE: COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR AND [...] (U) Venezuela continued to restrict the import of Colombian goods and people into Venezuela in response to the GOC's March 1 attack against the FARC in Ecuador (reftel). Still, the flow of food and other perishable products continued. Businessmen reported GOV authorities were lifting restrict [...] | 2008-03-06 21:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PTER MOPS ETRD VZ FR SP SZ EC NU |
08BOGOTA919 | MARCH 7 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR, [...] (C) The flow of goods and people into Venezuela along the Colombian border was further restricted on March 7, but passage of food and perishables continued. The Colombia-Ecuador border remained open. The Ambassador reiterated to Acting Foreign Minister Mejia and Defense Minister Santos the USG [...] | 2008-03-08 00:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER VZ SP FR SZ EC CO |
08BOGOTA941 | MARCH 10 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR, [...] (C) Colombia's borders with Venezuela and Ecuador returned to normal March 8-9, following the March 7 Rio Group resolution of the crisis over the GOC's March 1 attack against the FARC in Ecuador. Venezuela agreed to renew diplomatic relations with Colombia; Ecuador said it would consult wit [...] | 2008-03-10 22:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER VZ EC CO |
08BOGOTA996 | MARCH 13 UPDATE: COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR [...] (C) The GOC used a March 10-12 visit to Colombia by OAS SYG Insulza and the OAS Commission examining the March 1 GOC attack against the FARC in Ecuador to provide a "frank and detailed" briefing on the attack. Presidential advisor Jorge Eastman told us Insulza seemed impressed by the GOC's br [...] | 2008-03-13 22:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER OAS VZ SP FR SZ EC |
08BOGOTA998 | AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS MARCH 17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) The Ambassador shared the USG position regarding the March 17 Organization of American States (OAS) Ministerial with FM Araujo on March 13. Araujo said the GOC hopes the upcoming meeting will end tensions between Ecuador and Colombia, and produce agreement on an OAS regional mechanism to [...] | 2008-03-13 23:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV OAS EC CO |
08BRASILIA523 | BRAZIL: SENATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN CONCERNED [...] (S) Summary. Senate Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee Chairman Heraclito Fortes (strictly protect) (Democrats Party, opposition; of Piaui) told Ambassador Sobel on March 28 he is deeply concerned about signs of terrorists in Brazil. He cited a published report (reftel) of a [...] | 2008-04-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PTER PREL FARC BR VE EC CO XR BO |
08BRASILIA526 | IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR, PART 2 [...] (S) Summary: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh-Attar visited Brasilia in mid-March to press Brazil to join an anti-American bloc in South America composed of Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad continues to try to arrange an official visit t [...] | 2008-04-18 18:31:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN BR VE EC CO BL IR XR CH UN |
08BRASILIA6 | A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT SARNEY [...] (C) Summary: Former President and sitting Senator Jose Sarney (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Amapa) told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon on December 14 that President Lula is doing a good job and has maintained the social calm necessary for growth and development. [...] | 2008-01-03 11:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KDEM BR VE GY BL EC CO XM XR FARC |
08BUENOSAIRES174 | ARGENTINA: CODEL ENGEL, FEBRUARY 20-23, 2008 [...] THE AMBASSADOR WARMLY WELCOMES REPRESENTATIVE ELIOT ENGEL AND THE DELEGATION HE WILL LEAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE TRIP IS TO MEET WITH LEADING ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, LEGISLATORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS. 2. CONTROL OFFICER WILL BE POLITICAL OFFICER DAVID ALAR [...] | 2008-02-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AFIN AMGT ASEC AR EC BL |
08BUENOSAIRES568 | ARGENTINA: PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO ON ARGENTNE TIES WITH U.S., VENEZUELA, AND DOMESTIC STRATEGY TO LAUNCH NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND "SOCIAL PACT" INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Planning Minister De Vido called A/S Shannon's visit to Buenos Aires a positive step in rebuilding bilateral relations damaged by the earlier Antonini Wilson "suitcase" scandal. He hopes the postponed visits to the United States by former President Nestor Kirchner and Chief of Cabinet Al [...] | 2008-04-30 17:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV AR VZ BR EC EPET |
08BUENOSAIRES760 | ARGENTINA: CODEL DODD DISCUSSES REGION WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a lunch with ambassadors and private sector employees in honor of Senator Christopher Dodd and Representative Xavier Becerra. The group discussed the region's efforts at integration, pointing to the benefits of closer relations that have developed and the c [...] | 2008-06-03 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR MASS EAID EC |
08CARACAS325 | CHAVEZ AND CORREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidents Hugo Chavez and Rafael Correa held a joint press conference to condemn Colombia's incursion into Ecuador and heap scorn on a wide range of people and issues. Chavez challenged Uribe to face the International Criminal Court alongside him and threatened to nationalize C [...] | 2008-03-07 18:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EC VE |
08DHAKA910 | ECUADOR'S WAIVER OF TOURIST VISA REQUIREMENTS [...] (U) Deputy Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Masudur Rahman, Director of the Americans Wing at Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Rahman pledged to pass the information to relevant agencies in the Government of Bangladesh (GOB). Consular and RSO will also share the details [...] | 2008-08-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD EC BG |
08GENEVA993 | CZECH GENEVA PERMREP ON HUMAN RIGHTS GOALS DURING [...] (C) Summary: During its EU presidency, the Czech Mission will try to hold the EU to hard red lines on Middle East and freedom of expression issues for the Durban Review Conference outcome document. Absent an EU consensus, the Czechs would consider not participating if offensive language re [...] | 2008-11-20 15:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU UNHRC EC |
08GUAYAQUIL174 | NEW MINISTER OF INDUSTRIES COMES FROM CUENCA,S [...] (C) Summary: Xavier Abad replaced Raul Sagasti as Minister of Industry and Competition. Both are businessmen who are not affiliated with Correa,s party, but Abad may be a more effective advocate for the private sector than the low-profile Sagasti. Abad is from the prosperous southern highlan [...] | 2008-07-28 14:27:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EC |
08GUAYAQUIL233 | OPPOSITION TO CONSTITUTION STRUGGLES FOR MESSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. In the final days of the campaign for approval of the draft constitution, the opposition has yet to find a coherent or unified theme. The Catholic Church and disparate evangelical Christian pastors have led the most visible campaign against the new constitution, claiming that [...] | 2008-09-25 21:00:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08GUAYAQUIL234 | GUAYAQUIL BUSINESS LEADERS FRET OVER ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 17, the Ambassador met for the first time with leaders of the Guayaquil business sector to hear views on the investment climate in Guayaquil, Ecuador,s commercial center, and priorities for the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Ecuador. Most participants [...] | 2008-09-26 15:20:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ELAB PGOV EC |
08GUAYAQUIL25 | NEBOT OUTDRAWS CORREA IN COMPETING GUAYAQUIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rafael Correa and Guayaquil Mayor Jaime Nebot recently convoked competing peaceful marches in Ecuador's largest city, which allowed them to measure their respective popularity. Correa's rally was highly successful, drawing a large crowd of demonstrators that the governme [...] | 2008-01-31 20:29:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08GUAYAQUIL296 | ECUADORIAN AIRLINE AEROGAL CONTINUES EXPANSION [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador's fast-growing privately-held airline, Aerogal, began direct flights to Miami on December 7. In little over a decade, Aerogal has leapfrogged other domestic carriers to become Ecuador's second largest carrier. However, the Government of Ecuador has taken aim at Aerog [...] | 2008-12-09 21:53:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | CO EC PA PGOV PREL |
08GUAYAQUIL305 | COASTAL PARTIES PREPARE FOR APRIL 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The announcement that national and local elections will be held in Ecuador on April 26 has spurred Coastal opposition parties to further their preparations to confront President Correa's movement. The Coastal parties are displaying unusual signs of cooperation in trying to craft [...] | 2008-12-19 15:21:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EC |
08GUAYAQUIL38 | GUAYAQUIL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNITE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Guayaquil Mayor Jaime Nebot's successful march in support of the city's autonomy, a group of 50 students representing nearly all of Guayaquil's major universities joined together to produce a proposal that they hope will be included in a paper the mayor plans t [...] | 2008-02-19 15:53:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08GUAYAQUIL43 | FORMER PSC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VITERI PLOTS HER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Social Christian Party (PSC) presidential candidate Cynthia Viteri will reenter the political arena this year through a new center-right movement. Viteri is soliciting funds, talking to potential allies and recruiting candidates in provinces on the coast and in the southe [...] | 2008-02-20 21:52:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08GUAYAQUIL77 | GALAPAGOS NATIONAL PARK DIRECTOR FIRING MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of the Environment Marcela Aguinaga fired Galapagos National Park (GNP) Director Raquel Molina in early March, alleging in the press that Molina was not adequately protecting the park. In reality, the committed but abrasive park director's repeated clashes with Aguinaga [...] | 2008-03-28 12:56:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SENV EIND EC |
08GUAYAQUIL88 | UNCERTAINTY SLOWING INVESTMENT BY GUAYAQUIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the face of continued uncertainty about Ecuador's regulatory environment and long-term policies, Guayaquil's business sector is still holding off on the new investment needed to foster growth and employment. Business leaders expect continued underperformance in 2008, consider [...] | 2008-04-10 21:36:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EC |
08HAVANA316 | COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR ON CUBAN ROLE IN [...] (C) COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR LONDONO TOLD US 15 APRIL THAT CUBA CONTINUES TO PLAY AN UNUSUALLY DISCREET ROLE IN COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR. THE CUBANS HAVE STUCK TO THEIR ALMOST COMPLETE SILENCE ON THE ISSUE. FM PEREZ ROQUE, IN LONDONO'S VIEW ON DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS FROM RAUL CASTRO, TOLD GR [...] | 2008-04-16 14:40:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CU CO EC VN |
08LIMA1732 | NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...] | 2008-10-31 21:55:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KHDP ETRD ENRG EC PE |
08LIMA390 | SUSPECTED "BOLIVARIAN" TERRORISTS DETAINED AT [...] (SBU) Agents of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) Anti-Terrorism Directorate (DIRCOTE) February 29 in the northern region of Tumbes arrested seven alleged members of the "Bolivarian Continental Coordinating Committee" (Coordinadora Nacional Bolivariana -- CNB),including the organization's pr [...] | 2008-03-04 18:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL EC PE |
08LIMA397 | GARCIA SEEKS SOLUTIONS WITH "AGITATED" CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa flew to Lima on March 4th to meet President Alan Garcia on the first stop of a regional tour to drum up support for his country in the aftermath of Colombia's raid on the FARC inside Ecuador. According to a readout from Peru's Foreign Minister, Co [...] | 2008-03-05 21:11:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CO EC PE |
08LONDON1014 | (C) HMG CONSIDERING OPTIONS IN AFTERMATH OF [...] (C) Foreign Office Zimbabwe Section Chief Ben Llewellyn-Jones confirmed to Poloff on April 7 that Prime Minister Brown had urged South African president Thabo Mbeki to use his influence in an effort to bring a positive end to Zimbabwe's political crisis when the two men meet on April 6. Llewe [...] | 2008-04-09 14:41:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EC PGOV PREL SA UK EU UNSC ZI |
08LONDON727 | UK SUPPORTIVE OF WHA PDAS KELLY'S VIEWS ON LATIN [...] (C) Summary. FCO Director of the Americas Chris Wood was supportive of U.S. policy on Latin America, praising progress in Colombia in particular during a visit by WHA PDAS Craig Kelly March 7. Wood agreed Venezuela and Bolivia were worrisome and that Cuba had not changed since Fidel's illne [...] | 2008-03-11 17:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EU UK CO EC BR CU VE BL |
08MADRID895 | MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE AUGUST 11-14 [...] (U) President Zapatero and economic ministers met on August 13 in a special session to discuss the economy and the impact of previous GOS stimulus measures and to propose new measures to address the slowdown. During the meeting, Second Vice President and Minister of Economy Pedro Solbes presen [...] | 2008-08-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EC ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV SP |
08MEXICO768 | MEXICO ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] Acting PolCouns stressed with Minister Jose Antonio Zabulguitia, the Foreign Ministry's Director General of the Office of Regional Organizations and Mechanisms in the Americas, the importance the U.S. attached to using the 3/17 OAS Consultations to focus on the future and better address tr [...] | 2008-03-14 21:39:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV CO EC MX |
08MONTEVIDEO134 | URUGUAYAN REACTIONS TO FARC COMMANDER'S DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOU's balanced response to the killing of FARC secretariat member Raul Reyes by Colombian forces inside Ecuadorian territory was remarkable given the internal and external pressures to side with Ecuador and Venezuela. On March 3, the GOU issued a measured statement calling for [...] | 2008-03-10 16:27:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CO VE EC UY |
08MONTEVIDEO144 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY ON COLOMBIA-ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche jointly to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Carlos Barros and Director for the Americas, Laura Dupuy on March 13 and mentioned that the WHA Front Office was intending to reach out directly to Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez in t [...] | 2008-03-13 20:38:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CO EC VE UY |
08MONTEVIDEO266 | BANCO DEL SUR: MINISTERS AGREE ON DRAFT CHARTER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministers of finance from Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela met in Montevideo on April 25 for the fourth Banco del Sur (Bank of the South) ministerial meeting. Argentina did not participate in the meeting following the resignation of its Minister of Economy [...] | 2008-05-07 20:06:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL AR BL BR PY EC VE UY |
08OTTAWA379 | CANADA ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 14 that Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier planned to attend the March 17 OAS Ministerial meeting in Washington. Lambert noted Canada's [...] | 2008-03-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CO EC CA |
08PANAMA328 | PANAMA: CLOSE TO CENTAM DEAL ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) "I think that we are close to a deal on joint recognition of Kosovo," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on April 25 in response to reftel demarche. Except for Nicaragua, which was unlikely to recognize, and Costa Rica, which already had, Lewis acknowledged that El Salvador, Hond [...] | 2008-04-25 15:20:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU ES CO EC PM |
08PARIS501 | LATIN AMERICA: FRENCH SHARE SENSE OF POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. PDAS Craig Kelly reviewed Latin American priorities with MFA PDAS for Latin America Jean-Marc Laforet and DAS for Central America Jose Gomez on March 6. They concurred with Kelly,s assessment that the democratic governance and regional cooperation were improving across the regi [...] | 2008-03-18 08:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM FR CO EC BR CU |
08QUITO100 | CHANGES PENDING IN ECUADOR,S MINING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25, the GOE announced that approximately 15% of the country,s mining concessions would revert to the State for purported non-payment or late payment of fees. Analysis of remaining concessions will continue and further reversions could be forthcoming. Meanwhile, Ec [...] | 2008-02-01 11:34:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ECON EC |
08QUITO1003 | IN SURPRISE MOVE, CORREA REPLACES MINISTER OF [...] (U) Summary: At a contract-signing ceremony with US-Canadian oil firm Ivanhoe on October 8, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa announced that Minister of Mines and Petroleum Galo Chiriboga had resigned "for personal reasons." Press reports later suggested that Chiriboga had been forced out. [...] | 2008-10-23 19:50:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EMIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO1005 | ECUADOR AVIAN FLU PREPARATIONS AND DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (U) Summary: The GOE has given considerable thought to the risks of avian flu and has programs for prevention and crisis response. GOE representatives expressed interest in attending the Ministerial Conference on October 25-26 in Egypt, but expressed concerns that funding limitations will not [...] | 2008-10-23 22:35:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KFLU EAGR ETRD SOCI TBIO EC |
08QUITO1010 | CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS ON JUDICIAL SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's new constitution makes some improvements in the judicial sector that have the potential to improve the delivery of justice. However, the articles on the judicial sector contain many inconsistencies and gaps, which will have to be resolved by the passage of legislation. [...] | 2008-10-27 14:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EC |
08QUITO1020 | ECUADOR TO FOLLOW COLOMBIA, PERU IN EU BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. At a meeting of the Andean Community (CAN) October 14, members agreed to a final effort to continue jointly negotiating an association agreement with the EU in spite of strongly divergent positions. However, the EU has said it won't agree to Bolivia's request for wholesale exce [...] | 2008-10-28 21:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV EC |
08QUITO1027 | PRESIDENTS CORREA AND GARCIA RENEW BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: A decade of peace between Ecuador and Peru has not met all expectations, but the two governments appear committed to raising the stakes in terms of attention and investment. Presidents Rafael Correa and Alan Garcia and their cabinets met on October 25 in Machala, Ecuador, to mark [...] | 2008-10-31 12:47:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECIN ETRD SMIG EC PE |
08QUITO1035 | CHAVEZ VISIT TO ECUADOR: WILL ACTIONS FOLLOW? [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Venezuelan President Chavez met with President Correa in the town of Puyo in eastern Ecuador to strengthen relations and sign ten bilateral agreements on topics ranging from energy to electronic currency. As usual, it remains unclear how much of the rhetoric will [...] | 2008-11-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN PGOV PREL ECON EC |
08QUITO1042 | GOE'S HEIGHTENED RHETORIC RENEWS TENSIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: The GOE again directed harsh words against the Colombian government in late October. President Correa threatened to restrict Colombian citizens' entries into Ecuador, file another international lawsuit against Colombia, and reiterated that Bogota was to blame for the lack of bila [...] | 2008-11-06 21:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EC PE |
08QUITO1043 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCGOVERN [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes CODEL McGovern to Ecuador on November 8-13. Your visit comes at a time of opportunities, risks, and changes as Ecuador prepares for national and local elections in 2009 following approval of a new constitution. While we do not agree with the Correa government o [...] | 2008-11-07 17:37:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID MARR OVIP EC CO |
08QUITO1045 | ECUADOR RESPONSE: 1ST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered text of the revised Compliance Resolution to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on October 28 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 4. Puma reiterated that the GOE maintains its position of supporting non-proliferation c [...] | 2008-11-10 20:14:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNGA CDG EC |
08QUITO1046 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR'S ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered text of UNSCR 1835 and Ref A and B points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on October 28 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 4. Puma reiterated that the GOE maintains its position of supporting the UN Security Coun [...] | 2008-11-10 20:14:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC PARM KNNP IR EC |
08QUITO1058 | SPANISH REPSOL AGREES TO NEW OIL CONTRACT WITH [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Spanish oil company Repsol reached agreement to sign a new transitory production sharing contract with the Government of Ecuador (GOE),following statements from the Minister of Petroleum that the GOE would terminate its contract for not concluding oil negotiations [...] | 2008-11-13 19:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
08QUITO1062 | ECUADOR DELAYS DEBT PAYMENT BECAUSE OF ALLEGED [...] Summary. (C) Ecuador announced on November 14 that it would delay an international interest payment up to 30 days. It will use that period to investigate assertions of a debt commission report (to be released on November 20) that the debt issuance was tainted by irregularities. President Cor [...] | 2008-11-14 22:33:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EC |
08QUITO1063 | ECUADOR'S ENUNCIATES ZERO TOLERANCE ALONG NORTHERN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Correa administration is enunciating a policy of "zero tolerance" and has issued strong warnings that it will use force against "illegal armed forces" or incursions by Colombian security units along its northern border. The warnings to the FARC have been public and vigor [...] | 2008-11-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PTER EC CO |
08QUITO1064 | ECUADOR ENUNCIATES ZERO TOLERANCE ALONG NORTHERN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Correa administration is enunciating a policy of "zero tolerance" and has issued strong warnings that it will use force against "illegal armed forces" or incursions by Colombian security units along its northern border. The warnings to the FARC have been public and vigor [...] | 2008-11-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PTER EC CO |
08QUITO1066 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolOff delivered non-papers on Iran, Burma and the DPRK (Ref A) to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on November 12 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 14. Puma stated that Ecuador's policy had not changed (Ref B),that Ecuador strong [...] | 2008-11-17 21:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA EC |
08QUITO1067 | GOE INTELLIGENCE COMMISSION RELEASES REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary: A GOE commission to review the Ecuadorian intelligence services, the March 1 attack by Colombian forces in Ecuador, and foreign influences in Ecuador released its findings on October 30. The commission recommended that an Intelligence Secretariat be established under the Preside [...] | 2008-11-18 12:37:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR MARR MASS MOPS EC CO |
08QUITO1081 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS CHRIS MCMULLEN, DAA TULLY [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes DAS McMullen, Deputy Assistant Administrator Tully, and the U.S. delegation of the Bilateral Dialogue on November 24. Your visit comes at a time of opportunities, risks, and changes as Ecuador prepares for national and local elections in 2009 following approval [...] | 2008-11-19 19:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID MASS MOPS SNAR PTER OVIP EC |
08QUITO1086 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE - OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper and oral points to Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 21. Puma stated that as far as she was aware, Ecuador's policy regarding its voting on UNGA resolutions with regards to Israel had not changed. Ecuador voted in favor of al [...] | 2008-11-21 22:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY EC |
08QUITO1090 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: TARIFF CUTS; EFFECT OF OPEC CUTS; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that describes notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Tariff Cuts for 49 Industrial Inputs ------------------------------------ 2. (U) On October 30, Ecuador's Council on Foreign Trade and Investment (Co [...] | 2008-11-25 19:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EFIN ETRD EC |
08QUITO1091 | CONGRESSMAN MCGOVERN VISITS ECUADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman James McGovern traveled in Ecuador from November 13 to 18, to visit sites at issue in the Chevron-Texaco oil pollution case, and Ecuadorian border communities affected by refugees and other aspects of the violence in Colombia. Congressman McGovern met with Government [...] | 2008-11-25 21:42:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP PHUM SNAR PTER MOPS MCAP ENRG EPET EC CO |
08QUITO1100 | ECUADOR IMPLEMENTS TRAVEL DOC REQUIREMENTS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Mission Ecuador has coordinated a joint strategy with our Chinese counterparts for delivering demarches to the GOE on its visa policies, specifically the lack of control over "tourists", and working with Ecuadorian authorities to improve their controls (Ref A). Both the U.S. an [...] | 2008-11-28 21:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC CMGT KCRM KFRD KTIP EC |
08QUITO1109 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - 1ST COMMITTEE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper and oral points to Multilateral Affairs Directorate on November 25, but was unable reach the Directorate's Chief of Staff Marisol Nieto until December 1 (Director General has been traveling). Nieto said that Ecuador strongly supports non-proliferation, arm [...] | 2008-12-02 14:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC UNGA EC |
08QUITO1121 | ECUADOR REPORT ASSERTS MUCH ECUADORIAN DEBT IS [...] (C) Summary. On November 20, President Correa presided over the issuance of a report that was highly critical of Ecuador's debt obligations. Correa stated that Ecuador would not pay "illegal debt" but did not indicate which debt, if any, was illegal. The debt report, which is very polemical [...] | 2008-12-04 21:23:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO1124 | ECUADORIAN RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC DOWNTURN [...] (C) Summary. Falling oil prices will pressure Ecuador's balance of payments and government finances, although it currently enjoys sizeable international reserves and a budget surplus. On November 18, the Government of Ecuador unveiled a package of measures, including tariff increases on over [...] | 2008-12-05 17:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ELAB PGOV EC |
08QUITO1126 | CAN-EU TALKS - ECUADOR WILL NEGOTIATE BILATERALLY [...] (U) Summary. Following the breakup of association agreement talks between the Andean Community (CAN) and the EU, Foreign Minister Salvador announced that Ecuador would negotiate bilaterally with the EU, following Colombia and Peru. President Correa criticized the announcement, but evidently [...] | 2008-12-05 19:36:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV EC |
08QUITO1127 | TRAVEL DOCUMENT REQUIREMENT FOR CHINESE: A [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the GOE signed an MOU with China on November 20 to implement a new travel document policy for Chinese tourists traveling to Ecuador, to be effective on December 1, the policy had not been implemented as of December 5. Until it receives clear instructions from the GOE [...] | 2008-12-05 22:28:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC CMGT KCRM KFRD KTIP EC |
08QUITO1128 | LAUNCH OF U.S.-ECUADOR BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (U) Summary: A U.S. delegation led by WHA DAS Christopher McMullen met with Ecuadorian officials in Quito November 24 to launch the U.S.-Ecuador Bilateral Dialogue, a forum to address issues of interest to both sides and to highlight and build on existing cooperation and positive engagement ( [...] | 2008-12-08 16:45:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EINV ECON KJUS SNAR SMIG EC |
08QUITO1144 | ECUADOR RAISES TARIFFS TO BUFFER BALANCE OF PAYMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 26, the GOE raised tariffs to WTO ceiling limits on 940 consumer goods from non-FTA partners. Foodstuffs, white goods and small appliances, paper products, and others have been increased to an average rate of 29%. It appears the GOE instituted this largely as a bal [...] | 2008-12-15 21:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EC |
08QUITO1145 | NEW FOREIGN MINISTER FANDER FALCONI [...] (C) Summary: Fander Falconi, who previously headed the National Planning and Development Secretariat and plays a prominent role in President Correa,s PAIS political movement, was sworn in as Ecuador,s new Foreign Minister on December 15. In post,s few interactions with him, he has not appea [...] | 2008-12-15 22:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EC |
08QUITO1146 | ECUADOR DEFAULTS ON COMMERCIAL DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 12, President Correa announced that Ecuador would default on one of its commercial bond issuances, and that Ecuador would soon make a restructuring proposal. On December 15, Finance Minister Viteri announced that Ecuador would not make an on-time payment on a sepa [...] | 2008-12-16 21:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO1155 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - UNGA VOTE ON IRAN [...] (C) Embassy delivered Ref A points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on December 16 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on December 18 when she returned from travel. Puma stated that to her knowledge, despite President Correa,s visit to Iran on De [...] | 2008-12-19 17:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV UNGA EC |
08QUITO1156 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - UNESCO DIRECTOR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on December 16 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on December 18 when she returned from travel. Puma stated that the MFA had not yet decided who it would support, and would only [...] | 2008-12-19 17:14:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNESCO EC |
08QUITO1157 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - UN CONDITIONS OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on December 16 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on December 18 when she returned from travel. Puma promised to pass the information to Ecuador's UN delegation. Noting that Ec [...] | 2008-12-19 17:16:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA EC |
08QUITO1161 | EMBASSY QUITO'S MANTA FOL RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) Summary: To coordinate the USG's withdrawal from the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) effectively, Embassy Quito proposes a timeline for specific withdrawal milestones and a detailed list of the Embassy's recommendations on the disposition of FOL assets. The manner in which the USG [...] | 2008-12-19 21:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SNAR EC |
08QUITO1162 | CORREA'S POLEMICAL VISIT TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: President Rafael Correa's December 5-9 visit to Iran, the first by an Ecuadorian president, resulted in 12 agreements and a $40 million line-of-credit. Our assessment is that GOE actions defy the spirit, but not the letter, of UN Security Council sanction resolutions. During the [...] | 2008-12-19 22:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MASS EC IR |
08QUITO1163 | NAS ECUADOR QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES REPORT - OCTOBER-DECEMBER [...] (U) HIGHLIGHTS: -- Ambassador Inaugurates Two Canine Facilities -- NAS Judicial Team Helps Shape New Laws -- Large Maritime and Land Seizures -- New Equipment to Modernize Detection Capabilities -- Coca Plants Eradicated -- NAS Ecuador Desk Officer Visits AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES [...] | 2008-12-22 12:37:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EC |
08QUITO1178 | CHANGE IN ECUADORIAN STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS HITS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 1, Ecuador's trade policy body, COMEXI, issued a resolution changing how certain products can prove compliance with Ecuadorian safety and labeling standards, blocking some U.S. exporters that have not had time to comply. The measure requires product testing in an [...] | 2008-12-22 21:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EC |
08QUITO1179 | ECUADOR: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Embassy submits the narrative in paragraphs 2-7 for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism: 2. (U) Ecuador's greatest counterterrorism and security challenge remained the presence of Colombian narcotics and insurgent/terrorist groups in the northern border region. In order to evade Colom [...] | 2008-12-22 21:24:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL EC CO |
08QUITO1183 | GOE REQUESTS MEETING TO COORDINATE HANDOVER OF [...] (SBU) The Ambassador received an official memorandum from the Minister of Defense, Javier Ponce, on December 23 asking to meet with Embassy officials on January 14, 2009. The stated purpose of the meeting is to review terms of the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) agreement and to establi [...] | 2008-12-24 12:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC |
08QUITO1184 | GOE REQUESTS MEETING TO COORDINATE HANDOVER OF [...] (SBU) The Ambassador received an official memorandum from the Minister of Defense, Javier Ponce, on December 23 asking to meet with Embassy officials on January 14, 2009. The stated purpose of the meeting is to review terms of the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) agreement and to establi [...] | 2008-12-24 12:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC |
08QUITO129 | ECUADORIAN ECONOMIC POLICIES IN 2007: MIX OF [...] (C) Summary. In Correa's first year in office, there was occasionally fiery rhetoric on economic policy, but in practice the GOE implemented a limited number of policy changes, which were mostly pragmatic. U.S. investors shared this experience, where their treatment was more moderate than t [...] | 2008-02-11 18:50:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EC |
08QUITO130 | Ecuadorian Exports Drop to U.S., Largely Due to Shifts in [...] Summary. Ecuadorian exports to the U.S. declined significantly in 2007 relative to 2006. Most of the decline was due to a drop in petroleum sales to the U.S., and to a lesser extent bananas. Some smaller export categories actually saw a jump in sales to the U.S. Global Ecuadorian exports in [...] | 2008-02-11 20:00:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EC |
08QUITO131 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: Petroleum Contracts, Business [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Oil Contract Renegotiations Given 45 Days ----------------------------------------- 2. (U) In his January 26 weekly radio address, President Correa said [...] | 2008-02-11 20:01:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EAGR EMIN EC |
08QUITO134 | Measuring Transformational Diplomacy in Ecuador: Poll Shows [...] Summary: A national poll commissioned by Embassy Quito and conducted in five Ecuadorian cities Jan. 10-14, 2008 shows an improved overall image of the U.S. among Ecuadorian publics, with regional variations that point to opportunities for additional transformational diplomacy (TD) efforts to i [...] | 2008-02-12 19:41:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV EC PREL MARR MASS KPAO |
08QUITO138 | GOE RESPONSE TO DNI MCCONNELL'S TESTIMONY [...] (C) The GOE took issue with Director of National Intelligence McConnell's testimony of February 7 in a diplomatic note dated February 8. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador that President Correa was personally upset when he read press accounts citing the testimony and report, and had i [...] | 2008-02-13 21:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EC |
08QUITO152 | ECUADORIAN ECONOMIC POLICIES IN 2008: LESS [...] (C) Summary. In 2008, the Correa Administration's rhetoric on economic issues should moderate but will not disappear. However, this year the GOE will probably make more substantive changes than it did in 2007, as it actually begins to implement its economic program. Many of the changes wil [...] | 2008-02-19 18:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV EC |
08QUITO158 | CODEL ENGEL'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging, cordial meeting, President Correa received Codel Engel the morning of February 18. Codel members stressed their desire to renew Andean trade preferences and the importance of continued US-Ecuadorian cooperation on counter-narcotics initiatives. Correa highli [...] | 2008-02-20 17:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD PREL SNAR YI EC |
08QUITO161 | ECUADOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary and recommendation. Post concurs with PhRMA recommendation that Ecuador remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2008. Overall protection for IPR goods has not changed significantly over the past year, although the Ecuadorian Intellectual Property Institute (IEPI) has new, mor [...] | 2008-02-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EC |
08QUITO164 | PETROBRAS THREATENED WITH CONTRACT CANCELLATION [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Solicitor General recommended that Petrobras's contract be cancelled for transferring shares of its holding to a Japanese company without government authorization (very similar charges as those that led to the cancellation of Occidental's contract in 2006). The Brazili [...] | 2008-02-21 19:25:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ENRG ECON PREL EC |
08QUITO17 | ECUADOR COMPLETES CABINET RE-SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Correa completed his end of year cabinet reorganization, highlighted by Gustavo Larrea's return to government as Coordinating Minister for Internal and External Security, essentially switching portfolios with Fernando Bustamante, who became Minister of Government. Com [...] | 2008-01-04 21:29:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EFIN EC |
08QUITO190 | ECUADOR DEMARCH RESPONSE: SOMALIA AND PIRACY [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 27. Puma noted that she was aware of the issues regarding piracy and Somalia, but that Ecuador had not yet developed a position on possible courses of action. 2. (SBU) PolOff stress [...] | 2008-02-27 21:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO EC SO |
08QUITO191 | Foreign Investment Flows into Ecuador: 2007 Better than a [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign direct investment in Ecuador totaled $471 million in the first nine months of 2007. This reflects a rebound from 2006, when the net investment flows were reduced by the departure of U.S. and Canadian oil companies. As a result, investment in petroleum and from the U.S [...] | 2008-02-28 13:22:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ECON EC |
08QUITO196 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: Assembly Debates Law of the Sea, Tax [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Assembly Debates Law of the Sea ------------------------------- 2. (U) On February 21 Jaime Barberis, Under Secretary for Sovereignty of the Ministry o [...] | 2008-02-28 19:22:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHSA EFIN EPET PREL EC |
08QUITO197 | SUBJECT: ECUADOR LOOKING TO TERMINATE INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador will attempt to negotiate early termination of its bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with nine small countries, according to the Foreign Ministry's Under Secretary for Trade. In the interim, all of Ecuador's BITs remain in force. In response to the Foreign Minister's [...] | 2008-02-28 19:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON EC |
08QUITO212 | ECUADOR PROSECUTES LANDMARK MONEY LAUNDERING CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18, Ecuador convicted seven associates of Hernan Prada-Cortez, a drug trafficker involved in money laundering. The convictions are the result of an Ecuadorian national police investigation, in concert with DEA, which yielded ten arrests and the seizure of assets in [...] | 2008-03-03 15:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ECON EFIN KTFN EC |
08QUITO215 | ECUADOR REACTION TO COLOMBIAN OPERATION AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Although the Correa administration's reaction to the news of the Colombian military's operation against the FARC in Ecuadorian territory was initially cautious, the GOE's position increasingly hardened after learning that the operation was not a "hot pursuit" scenario but planne [...] | 2008-03-03 23:14:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS EC CO |
08QUITO216 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA ON [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on March 3, President Correa expressed outrage at President Uribe for bombing his country, saying he expected the international community to condemn unprovoked aggression. He said the GOE had no relationship with the FARC, and accepted the Ambassador [...] | 2008-03-03 23:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS EC CO PE BR VE NU |
08QUITO219 | ECUADORIANS SUPPORT CORREA BUT WANT FARC OUT [...] (SBU) Summary. A day after President Correa announced that Ecuador cut diplomatic relations with Colombia, the Constituent Assembly suspended its normal business to discuss the Colombian incursion. The Assembly is expected to adopt a resolution condemning the Colombian incursion. The text i [...] | 2008-03-04 21:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS EC CO |
08QUITO220 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: Oil Contract Renegotiations; Limits on [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Oil Contract Negotiations Inching Forward ----------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On February 26, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines report [...] | 2008-03-05 15:14:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN EINV SENV EC |
08QUITO221 | RESOLUTION ON COLOMBIAN INCURSION PASSED BY [...] (SBU) With a vote of 116 assembly members present, the Constituent Assembly unanimously passed a resolution (Reftel) on March 4 condemning the Colombian incursion on March 1 as violation of national sovereignty and an act of aggression that constitutes a threat to all of Latin America in regi [...] | 2008-03-05 21:06:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS EC CO |
08QUITO223 | ECUADOR: THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY'S THREE MONTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Half way into the Constituent Assembly's six month tenure, the Ecuadorian people have finally obtained a glimpse of what their new constitution might look like. President CorreaQs Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS) political movement prepared a proposal for the structure of [...] | 2008-03-06 17:30:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR SNAR EC |
08QUITO225 | ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RAINS AND FLOODING TOPS $125 MILLION [...] (U) Summary: Following a month of heavy rains in Ecuador, agricultural losses due to extensive flooding now total nearly $91 million. Repairing roads will likely cost more than $35 million. The Ecuadorian and U.S. weather services estimate the rains will continue through at least mid-March, [...] | 2008-03-06 20:10:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN EAID ELTN SENV SOCI EC |
08QUITO226 | CITY ORIENTE CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE; DEPARTURE THE [...] (C) Summary. U.S. oil company City Oriente continues to negotiate with the Government of Ecuador on restructuring its contract following the imposition of a windfall income tax. The most likely option is that City Oriente will terminate its contract and receive compensation from the GOE. Ren [...] | 2008-03-07 18:08:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON EC |
08QUITO228 | ECUADORIAN TROOP MOVEMENTS, FARC CAPTURES, FOL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ecuador's Fourth Division Army Commander Narvaez confirmed on March 4 that he had modestly increased border zone deployments but was operating fairly normally, and that the Division's primary mission was still to pursue the FARC. Five suspected FARC insurgents were captured near [...] | 2008-03-07 22:35:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET | PREL MOPS PTER EC CO MX SP |
08QUITO232 | ECUADOR FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT 2008 [...] The Government of Ecuador is recipient of U.S. assistance monies under the FY2008 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act. The following is a narrative on fiscal transparency in Ecuador, as requested in reftel. The Government of Ecuador publishes budget data, which is reasonably transparent [...] | 2008-03-11 10:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PREL EC |
08QUITO247 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on March 12, President Correa made clear that he wanted to continue working with the United States, including in Ecuador's northern border region. He again vehemently denied an inappropriate relationship with the FARC, saying that would not be in his [...] | 2008-03-12 20:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR EC CO VE |
08QUITO248 | FOR CORREA, DISPUTE WITH COLOMBIA NOT OVER [...] (C) Summary. The GOE plans to re-establish relations with Colombia by the end of March, although XXXXXXXXXXX noted "it will be difficult to restore trust." Correa made his most anti-U.S. statements to date on March 8, criticizing U.S. support for Colombia and U.S. media dominance. On the ot [...] | 2008-03-12 21:17:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM MARR EC CO VE MX |
08QUITO251 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on March 12, President Correa made clear that he wanted to continue working with the United States, including in Ecuador's northern border region. He again vehemently denied an inappropriate relationship with the FARC, saying that would not be in his [...] | 2008-03-13 18:38:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR EC CO VE |
08QUITO259 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: ECUADOR TO PAY OXY VAT AWARD; GOE [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Ecuador Announces Publicly It Will Pay OXY ------------------------------------------ 2. (U) On March 12 the Ecuadorian media reported that Ecuador had [...] | 2008-03-14 18:10:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EINV SENV EC |
08QUITO263 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SANDOVAL [...] (C) Summary: During a positive March 13 meeting with Defense Minister Sandoval, the Ambassador emphasized that we value our relationships with both Colombia and Ecuador and want to continue supporting GOE efforts on the Northern Border. Sandoval recognized how inadequate his resources were [...] | 2008-03-14 19:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR MOPS EC CO |
08QUITO264 | ECUADOR: GOE OFFICIALS URGE COOPERATION WHILE [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings and phone calls, MFA and MOD officials have sought to maintain positive bilateral relations with the U.S. as well as to communicate GOE efforts against the FARC (see also reftels). The GOE also launched a media campaign to deny and counter continued accu [...] | 2008-03-14 21:02:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER PGOV EC CO SP |
08QUITO267 | Natural Disasters Increase Short-Term Inflation [...] Summary. Ecuador's inflation rose in the first two months of 2008 due in large part natural disasters, namely severe flooding and a volcanic eruption. Additionally, rising global inflationary pressure, particularly for food, contributed to Ecuador's inflationary up-tick. However, Ecuador's [...] | 2008-03-18 13:21:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EC |
08QUITO288 | ECUADORIAN CASUALTY IN ATTACK COMPLICATES [...] (C) Summary: The GOC confirmation of an Ecuadorian casualty in the March 1 attack has raised bilateral tensions again between Ecuador and Colombia, and will likely delay any formal re-establishment of diplomatic relations. As the Correa administration continues its hard line with Colombia, [...] | 2008-03-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EC CO |
08QUITO293 | ECUADOR'S OIL CONTRACT RENEGOTATIONS SLOWER THAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite press reports that the GOE is in the final stages of renegotiating oil contracts with international companies, U.S., Spanish, and Chinese companies tell us that negotiations continue, and that agreement on international arbitration is a problem. U.S. company City Orie [...] | 2008-03-26 20:29:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON EC |
08QUITO294 | U.S. COMPANY LEADS SUCCESSFUL WIND ENERGY PROJECT IN [...] (U) Summary: The multilateral Galapagos Wind Energy Project dedicated its wind-turbine project, largely funded by private sector companies, on the Galapagos's San Cristobal island on March 18. Project leader American Electric Power (AEP) says that on windy days, the project provides 80% of Sa [...] | 2008-03-27 12:35:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TRGY SENV UNDP UNEP EINV PGOV TINT EC |
08QUITO297 | SFRC STAFFDEL CARL MEACHAM VISIT TO QUITO [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Carl Meacham, during a visit to Quito on March 19, focused on the March 1 attack on a FARC camp in Ecuador and on Ecuador-Colombia relations. Meacham met separately with officials of the Ministries of F [...] | 2008-03-28 10:22:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR EC CO VE |
08QUITO30 | ECUADOR: ASSEMBLY AND CORREA DECLINE IN POLLS [...] (SBU) Summary: With more than a month's work under its belt and little progress thus far, public opinion polls are showing a sharp decline in the Constituent Assembly's popularity. Though still widely popular, on the eve of his first anniversary in office, President Correa's approval number [...] | 2008-01-09 17:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08QUITO301 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN, IAEA AND UNSCR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points and non-papers for reftels B and C on March 4 and for reftel D on March 10 to the MFA's Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs. Due to extensive travel and other commitments, including an active role in addressing the Ecuador-Colombia crisis at the OAS, MFA [...] | 2008-03-28 20:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM ECON IAEA NSG EC IR |
08QUITO307 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY'S BUSY, SEMI-PRODUCTIVE 4TH [...] (C) Summary: During its fourth month of work, the Constituent Assembly actively engaged in drafting constitutional articles on the judiciary, the electoral function, and fundamental rights, among other topics, but failed to approve a single article. Assembly members spent much of their time d [...] | 2008-04-01 19:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PTER ECON EC CO |
08QUITO312 | ECUADOR TAKES COLOMBIA TO ICJ ON SPRAYING [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador filed suit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague on March 31, seeking a decision by the ICJ that Colombian spraying violated Ecuador's sovereignty and requiring Colombia to refrain from further aerial spraying and pay reparations to Ecuadorians for all [...] | 2008-04-02 18:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PHUM ICJ EC CO |
08QUITO314 | ECUADOR PAYS OXY VAT AWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Ecuador paid Occidental Petroleum $100 million to settle an arbitration ruling that the GOE has to refund Oxy for value-added taxes that Oxy had paid. In addition, the GOE placed $32 million into escrow pending the outcome of a second arbitration case filed by Oxy. End summa [...] | 2008-04-03 11:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET EC |
08QUITO315 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: WORLD CLASS GOLD DEPOSIT, [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Mining Developments ------------------- 2. (U) The press reported for the first time on March 14 that Aurelian Resources (Canada) had discovered the wo [...] | 2008-04-04 11:02:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN ELAB EINV EC |
08QUITO322 | Minister States GOE Will Pay $38 Million in Arrears to [...] (SBU) Summary. The Minister of Electricity publicly announced that the GOE would pay $38 million of the arrears due to U.S. electricity company Machala Power. Machala Power reports that the GOE has said it intends pay all of the $70 million in arrears, but needs to develop a legal mechanism [...] | 2008-04-07 14:14:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG EPET EC |
08QUITO323 | CHEVRON DISPUTES REPORT BY ECUADORIAN [...] (U) Summary: A court-appointed "expert" in a long-running legal case in Ecuador announced on April 1 that Chevron should pay up to $16 billion for alleged environmental damage. Chevron immediately disputed the announcement and charged the expert as unqualified and biased. Chevron continue [...] | 2008-04-07 17:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET EC |
08QUITO324 | CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELIMINATES PETROLEUM FUNDS, GRANTS [...] (U) Summary: The Constituent Assembly approved a law, drafted by the Correa Administration, that closes the petroleum reserve funds and moves that financing on to the regular budget. It stipulates that those resources can only be used for investment, and establishes a broad budget requirement [...] | 2008-04-07 18:58:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PGOV EINV EC |
08QUITO327 | AMBASSADOR RESPONDS TO CORREA'S HARSH CRITICISM OF [...] (SBU) President Rafael Correa, in an April 4 television interview in Loja and again in his April 5 weekly radio address, stated that the GOE would take severe measures to address what he termed Ecuador's intelligence services' failure to provide him complete, timely and accurate information. [...] | 2008-04-08 19:23:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS EC CO |
08QUITO330 | ECUADOR MILITARY MOBILIZES TO NORTHERN BORDER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Despite the break in diplomatic relations with Colombia which has suspended bilateral cooperation with the GOC, the Ecuadorian military has not reduced the intensity of its operations against the FARC near the northern border, which it began in November 2007. To the contrary [...] | 2008-04-09 18:11:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS MCAP MASS PTER PREL EC CO |
08QUITO331 | CORREA REPLACES DEFENSE MINISTER WITH CLOSE AIDE [...] (C) Summary: The GOE announced Minister of Defense (MOD) Wellington Sandoval's resignation April 9, after accusations by President Correa of U.S. infiltration of Ecuador's intelligence agencies. Javier Ponce Cevallos, the Personal Secretary to the President, was sworn in as MOD in the same [...] | 2008-04-09 19:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EC |
08QUITO345 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: GOE-USAID ECONOMIC STRATEGY; PETROBRAS [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Correa Approves USAID economic growth strategy --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) President Correa has agreed to support a sectora [...] | 2008-04-16 11:22:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD EPET EINV EAGR EC |
08QUITO346 | ECUADOR NEGOTIATING NEW MOBILE TELEPHONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Ecuador is seeking approximately $500 million from each of the two largest cellular companies in Ecuador, to renew the companies' concession contracts. On April 5, Telefonica announced that it agreed on an undisclosed price for a 15-year contract extension; [...] | 2008-04-16 17:02:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EINT EC |
08QUITO349 | CONOCO WILL FILE FOR INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION [...] (C) Summary. ConocoPhillips plans to initiate arbitration against Ecuador under the terms of its oil production and exploration contracts. For two production blocks that it shares with the French company Perenco, it appears the underlying grounds for arbitration are the windfall income tax [...] | 2008-04-18 12:47:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ECON EC |
08QUITO35 | UNPARALLELED MAJORITY: THE STRENGTH OF ECUADOR'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite recent declines in public opinion polls (reftel) President Correa's Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS) movement, which dominates Ecuador's Constituent Assembly, remains the strongest political organization that the country has seen since returning to democracy in 197 [...] | 2008-01-10 19:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08QUITO351 | GOVERNMENT OF ECUADOR WHIPSAWS OIL COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of negotiations with international oil companies, the Government of Ecuador has announced that it will suspend negotiations for another six months, in an effort to migrate all agreements to risk-service contracts. This development will likely delay investment in [...] | 2008-04-18 16:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON EC |
08QUITO353 | AMBASSADOR HAS POSITIVE MEETING WITH NEW DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with new Minister of Defense (MOD) Javier Ponce on April 18, their first meeting in his new role as MOD. Atmospherics were positive. Ponce said he favored completing a diplomatic note exchange to provide protections for temporary duty U.S. military personnel [...] | 2008-04-18 19:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS KTIA OVIP EC |
08QUITO357 | FRESH EXCHANGE OF ACCUSATIONS PROLONG TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Correa's rhetoric regarding the Colombian attack during his April 11-12 visit to Mexico set off another round of accusations between the GOE and GOC. This latest stand-off appears to have again polarized Ecuador and Colombia's positions, prompting another visit by OAS [...] | 2008-04-22 16:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC EC CO |
08QUITO358 | GOE REVIEWS MILITARY COOPERATION WITH USG [...] (C) Summary: New Minister of Defense Javier Ponce declared on April 12 that the Defense Ministry will review cooperation with the USG to avoid adverse influence, while Ecuadorian military officials continued to privately communicate the need for continued cooperation. Recent changes in lead [...] | 2008-04-22 16:56:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID PTER PINR MASS SNAR EC |
08QUITO36 | GOE INSTITUTES PRICE CONTROLS ON MILK [...] (SBU) Summary: The Correa administration instituted its first mandatory price controls January 2, in an attempt to lower rising milk prices. Industrial farmers and milk processors say the new prices don't cover their production costs; subsistence farmers support the controls. The measure co [...] | 2008-01-10 19:50:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EC |
08QUITO363 | INSIDE THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY: AN OPPOSITION VIEW [...] (C) Summary: Opposition member Pablo Lucio Paredes shared his observations on the Constituent Assembly's inner workings and likely outcomes. He reported that President Correa will resign to campaign for a new term under the new constitution, and that a small number of Assembly members will [...] | 2008-04-23 19:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON EC |
08QUITO365 | MINING REFORM: SEARCHING FOR A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH [...] (C) Summary: The Constituent Assembly approved a measure cancelling thousands of largely unused mining concessions. Concessions that have been explored but not yet in operation will be frozen for six months until a new mining law is finalized. Small mining concessions and mines that are al [...] | 2008-04-24 14:02:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV ENRG EPET ECON PREL SENV EC |
08QUITO366 | URBAN POLLUTION IN ECUADOR [...] (U) Summary: Like many Andean nations, Ecuador is experiencing problems with pollution. The level of hazardous organic compounds in Quito's air are twice that recommended by the World Health Organization and exceed EPA norms, and studies indicate that Quito residents suffer from an elevated [...] | 2008-04-24 14:27:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON SOCI EC |
08QUITO369 | CLIMATE CHANGE IN ECUADOR [...] (U) Summary: For years Ecuador has been experiencing symptoms of climate change such as glacial melting. This year, erratic weather is also leaving its mark on the country. Studies of the country's glaciers show a retreat of at least 28% in the last ten years. Scientists are concerned bec [...] | 2008-04-24 19:59:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON SMIG SOCI EC |
08QUITO371 | ECUADORIAN VIEW ON PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche on the United States - European Union declaration on Prisoners of Conscience (reftel) and presented draft declaration language to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Human Rights Augusto Saa April 24. Saa said that the Ministry was previously unaw [...] | 2008-04-24 21:55:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN PHUM PREL PGOV EC |
08QUITO374 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: FALLING FDI, REVISED PRICE CONTROLS, [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Investment Outflows Driven by the Petroleum Sector --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (SBU) Net foreign direct investment (FDI) in [...] | 2008-04-25 21:37:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET EAGR EFIN EC |
08QUITO394 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TRAVEL BAN REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref A points on April 30 to Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, who had been previously unavailable due to her travel and participation in the EU-Andean Community negotiations. 2. (C) Puma reiterated the position she communicated in response [...] | 2008-04-30 22:59:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC EC |
08QUITO395 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) See Action Request in Para. 4. 2. (C) In February, although President Correa indicated that Ecuador would recognize Kosovo, Vice Foreign Minister Jose Valencia told the DCM that the GOE wanted to work within a Latin American consensus position and was attempting to consult with region [...] | 2008-04-30 23:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK EC KV YI |
08QUITO396 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on April 30 to Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, who had been previously unavailable due to travel and her participation in the EU-Andean Community negotiations. 2. (C) Puma said that she was unaware of the Israeli Air Force m [...] | 2008-04-30 23:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP DPRK SY IAEA PARM PREL EC |
08QUITO397 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points and U.S. proposed papers to the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Directorate on April 23, 2008. We received a response on April 30 from Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs, who had been previously unavailable due to travel and her partici [...] | 2008-05-05 12:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP MNUC PREL NPT IAEA EC ENRG |
08QUITO402 | ECUADOR: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY PICKS UP THE PACE [...] (SBU) Summary: During the last month, the Constituent Assembly managed to approve its first 17 constitutional articles, as well as a committee report on Colombia-Ecuador tensions and the alleged U.S. role in the March 1 attack. While President Correa,s Proud and Sovereign Fatherland movement [...] | 2008-05-06 16:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB MARR PTER ECON EC |
08QUITO404 | THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM? CORREA'S NEW TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with the third Transport Minister of President Correa's administration, Jorge Marun, on May 5, and was told that President Correa "wants an Open Skies agreement." Marun, a civil engineer by trade who is from the agricultural province of Bolivar, has the air of a [...] | 2008-05-06 21:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRN EAIR SENV EC |
08QUITO415 | ECUADOR APPROVES CONTENTIOUS MOBILE CONCESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: After a week of tense brinksmanship, the Government of Ecuador has come to agreement with America Movil subsidiary and majority market share holder Porta, to renew its mobile phone concession for 15 years. While the company has been silent, the press has speculated it will pay [...] | 2008-05-08 22:30:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EINV EC |
08QUITO416 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - ECUADOR [...] (U) This is a response cable to State 39410 (ref A),detailing the impact of rising food and agricultural commodity prices in Ecuador. 2. Summary: Price increases in food products contributed to 62% of 2007 inflation in Ecuador, due to increasing global prices for commodities and Ecuador [...] | 2008-05-09 16:30:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON PREL EC |
08QUITO427 | ECUADOR PLANS TO REORGANIZE TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from the successful renegotiation of its two private mobile phone concessions, the government of Ecuador is planning the possible reorganization of its telecom sector, including the eventual creation of a telecommunications ministry and consolidation of Ecuador's three s [...] | 2008-05-13 22:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EINV EC |
08QUITO430 | ECUADOR RESPONSE TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) The DCM, together with Spanish Minister Counselor Javier Triana Jimenez and Russian First Secretary Alexander Bochanov, delivered reftel demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Multilateral Affairs Under Secretary Emilio Izquierdo on May 12. The group provid [...] | 2008-05-14 19:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KGIC PARM PREL EC |
08QUITO433 | CORREA ADMINISTRATION COUNTEROFFENSIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: In the lead-up to the May 15 release of the Interpol report on the seized FARC computers, the Correa government is trying to strengthen its position through accusations against Colombia and the United States, a European trip aimed at garnering support for Ecuador's stance, and an angry [...] | 2008-05-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EC CO SP FR BE NU |
08QUITO434 | WHERE IN THE WORLD IS LENIN MORENO? [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Lenin Moreno has failed to carve out a significant policy role during the first 18 months of the Correa administration, and recent ill-health has further limited Moreno's role within the GOE. He remains popular with the public, but does not appear to have aspirat [...] | 2008-05-15 16:56:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET | PGOV EC |
08QUITO439 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: APRIL INFLATION; BANK OF THE SOUTH; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Intervention of Banking Cooperative ----------------------------------- 2. (U) On May 7, the Superintendent of Banks announced that Mutualista Benalcaz [...] | 2008-05-15 19:21:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD EINV EC |
08QUITO442 | CORREA ADOPTS USAID-DESIGNED PROGRAM TO PROMOTE ECUADOR'S [...] (SBU) Summary: At the close of a two hour meeting with President Rafael Correa on May 9, Correa adopted USAID's proposed production and investment promotion program. The program is market-driven, private sector oriented, and designed to improve Ecuador's competitiveness in world markets. At t [...] | 2008-05-16 19:49:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV PREL EC |
08QUITO452 | CARRIERS STILL FIGHTING QUITO AIRPORT FEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Resolution remains elusive in the drawn-out debate over charges paid by international air carriers to the Quito airport concession operator Quiport. Quiport offered to defer all airport fee increases until the new airport opens in 2010, but the airlines disagree with a contrac [...] | 2008-05-22 21:10:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV EFIN EC |
08QUITO459 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: NEW OIL ARBITRATION CASES; IDB LOANS; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Two New Oil Arbitration Cases --------------------------- 2. (U) Ecuadorian press reported that French petroleum company Perenco and its U.S. partner, [...] | 2008-05-27 17:05:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EC |
08QUITO464 | PETROECUADOR PRESIDENT RESIGNS OVER DECLINING [...] (U) Summary: Following harsh words from President Correa about state oil company Petroecuador's inability to meet petroleum production projections, its President Fernando Zurita resigned on May 20. He was replaced by another Navy Admiral, Luis Jaramillo, who will attempt to increase producti [...] | 2008-05-28 20:37:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EINV DOD EC |
08QUITO477 | GUTIERREZ PARTY DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (C) Summary: The Patriotic Society Party, although discredited and diminished, has not lost the fire in its belly or the support of an important segment of the Ecuadorian public. Its leader, former president Lucio Gutierrez, regained his political rights in May. The party is strongly on th [...] | 2008-06-02 19:32:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ECON EC |
08QUITO48 | AGREEMENT WITH ECUADOR ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR [...] (SBU) On January 16, PolChief and MilGroup Commander delivered proposed text of diplomatic note and talking points from Reftel in a meeting with MFA Under Secretary of Sovereignty Affairs Jaime Barberis, MFA Legal Advisor Gonzalo Salvador, and MOD Chief of Ministerial Cabinet COL Galo Cruz. [...] | 2008-01-15 18:40:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL EC |
08QUITO482 | EU-CAN NEGOTIATIONS - NOT DEAD YET [...] (C) Summary: Andean Community members Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru had agreed to continue negotiating an association agreement with the EU as a bloc, but EU representatives report Bolivia is obstructing progress. The EU may now allow countries to opt out of the commercial section of [...] | 2008-06-03 15:40:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EC |
08QUITO488 | SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER VISIT TO QUITO [...] (C) Please accept a warm welcome on your first visit to Ecuador on June 9-12. Your visit comes at a time of opportunities, risks and change as Ecuador carries out political and economic reforms through its Constituent Assembly. It is also a time of significant change in military leadership. [...] | 2008-06-04 23:34:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID MARR OVIP EC CO |
08QUITO489 | ECUADOR: CONFLICTS EMERGE AS CONSTITUTION BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: Recent polling data show negative approval ratings for the Constituent Assembly, which has only two more months to approve approximately 80 percent of the new constitution. The articles approved so far are heavy on principles and lofty ideals, while most of the tough decisions o [...] | 2008-06-05 00:57:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EC |
08QUITO497 | PRESIDENT CORREA'S RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR ON MANTA [...] (C) Acting on interagency instructions contained in Ref A, the Ambassador raised the future of the U.S. Forward Operating Location (FOL) in Manta with President Correa on the margins of a farewell luncheon June 4. She said the USG understands that the GOE does not support renewing the exist [...] | 2008-06-05 21:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EC |
08QUITO498 | FM TELLS CODEL DODD THAT ECUADOR WANTS PEACE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Christopher Dodd and Representative Xavier Becerra visited Ecuador May 30-31 and met with four senior cabinet ministers. Foreign Minister Maria Isabel Salvador described in detail Ecuador's discontent with Colombia's violation of its border on March 1, but stressed that E [...] | 2008-06-05 21:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EC |
08QUITO499 | CORREA FAREWELL LUNCHEON FOR AMBASSADOR [...] (C) President Correa hosted a June 4 farewell luncheon for the Ambassador at Carondelet Palace. Correa's wife and two of their three children participated, as did the Ambassador's family. Relaxed and informal, Correa expressed his thanks to the Ambassador for her friendship for him and for [...] | 2008-06-05 23:23:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EC CO |
08QUITO504 | FINAL AGREEMENT WITH ECUADOR ON STATUS OF FORCES [...] (C) Following the meeting with GOE officials on January 9, 2008, and providing the modified text in draft format as per Refs A and C, Post has engaged the GOE on numerous occasions to stress the importance of completion of the exchange of diplomatic notes. Bureaucratic hurdles, multiple chan [...] | 2008-06-06 21:18:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US EC |
08QUITO505 | Shooting the Messenger: Correa Blasts Central Bank for [...] (U) Summary. President Correa harshly criticized the Central Bank's calculation of economic growth and foreign direct investment, adding that he was bringing an Argentine mission to review the data and threatened to fire Central Bank staff if there are errors. Finance Minister Ortiz subsequen [...] | 2008-06-09 15:13:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN EC |
08QUITO52 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RESOLVING KOSOVO'S [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel points to MFA Under Secretary of Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Emilio Izquierdo SIPDIS Mino and Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma Puma on January 11. Ambassador Izquierdo said that they were not closely following the situation regarding K [...] | 2008-01-16 20:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK YI EC |
08QUITO53 | SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF MEETING WITH ECUADORIAN MOD [...] (C) Please accept my thanks for receiving Dr. Wellington Sandoval, the Ecuadorian Minister of Defense, during the Minister's January 23-26 visit to the U.S. Minister Sandoval's visit comes at a time of opportunities and risks as Ecuador carries out political and economic reforms through its [...] | 2008-01-16 20:49:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO VE |
08QUITO533 | ECUADOR TO OFFER MORE FLEXIBILITY IN PETROLEUM [...] (U) Summary. The GOE has offered to restart contract renegotiations with petroleum companies that it froze in April 2008, with additional flexibilities for firms such as a lower state share of extra revenues and a one-year extension of participation contracts. In exchange, companies would ne [...] | 2008-06-17 14:57:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EINV EC |
08QUITO540 | A NEW ELECTRICITY REFORM LAW IN THE CONSTITUENT [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Constituent Assembly is considering a GOE proposal to reform Ecuador's dysfunctional electricity sector and gain greater control of this "strategic sector," and might pass an electricity mandate soon. The proposal would consolidate public/private generators, distribut [...] | 2008-06-18 20:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV ECON EC |
08QUITO543 | CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REVIEWS CLIMATE CHANGE AND [...] (U) Summary: A delegation from the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology led by Brian Baird (D-WA) visited the Galapagos Islands from June 13-16, 2008. The group met with scientists and officials to learn more about global climate change and invasive species on the Isla [...] | 2008-06-19 22:32:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON SOCI EC |
08QUITO55 | ECUADOR'S NEW TAX REFORM LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuador's Constituent Assembly passed its first law, the Administration's tax reform package, December 28. The Assembly walked back some of the Administration's controversial proposals, eliminating a proposed tax on luxury private schools, and reducing the proposed inheritance [...] | 2008-01-17 13:25:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV EINV EC |
08QUITO553 | ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS' FIRST VISIT TO QUITO AS [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Stavridis made his first visit as SouthCom Commander to Quito June 9-12. Along with the Ambassador, Military Group Commander and Acting DATT, he met with the Ecuadorian Minister of Defense (MOD) Javier Ponce, the Chief of Defense (CHOD) General Fabian Varela and then joi [...] | 2008-06-20 17:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP MASS MARR EC |
08QUITO555 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: NEW OIL ARBITRATION; CENTRAL BANK GETS [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. More on GOE Efforts to Review Macroeconomic Data --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (U) The Central Bank of Ecuador (CB) invited three [...] | 2008-06-20 18:55:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET EFIN EC |
08QUITO557 | GOE RESPONDS TO INCREASING INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Inflation has climbed dramatically in Ecuador in the past six months, largely due to natural disasters and international food and petroleum price increases, but also Ecuador's internal market structure. A Finance Ministry official detailed several GOE programs to fight inflation [...] | 2008-06-23 13:50:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV EC |
08QUITO567 | ECUADOR: ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT QUITS WITH NO WARNING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move, Constituent Assembly President Alberto Acosta (Proud and Sovereign Fatherland Movement or PAIS) resigned from that position June 23. Citing his frustration with a process that he feels has become too rushed, Acosta vowed to remain focused on helping the Asse [...] | 2008-06-24 20:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08QUITO578 | ECUADOR DOES NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) PolOff met on June 27 with Marisol Nieto, MFA Acting Director General of Multilateral Affairs, during which poloff asked about the GOE's decision regarding Kosovo's independence. 2. (C) Nieto said that the GOE's official position is to not recognize Kosovo's independence. No formal [...] | 2008-06-30 14:25:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL UNAUS UNMIK EC |
08QUITO581 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: 60 DAY REPORT ON UNSCR [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points on June 27 to Marisol Nieto, MFA Acting Director General of Multilateral Affairs. 2. (C) Nieto reiterated that the GOE's position on Iran is based on "principles" and that the IAEA should have been given additional time to work with Iran before introdu [...] | 2008-06-30 21:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC EC |
08QUITO582 | ASSEMBLY PICKS UP PACE AS DIVISIONS WITHIN PAIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The new President of the assembly, Fernando Cordero, appears determined to meet the July 26 deadline mandated by the Constituent Assembly statute. From June 24-26 the assembly approved a record 37 articles. Opposition members remain disgruntled because they consider Cordero,s s [...] | 2008-06-30 22:18:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08QUITO588 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: RICE PRICE CONTROLS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Rice Price Controls Supplement an Export Ban -------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On May 31, President Correa extended a September 2007 [...] | 2008-07-03 12:53:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAGR ELAB PGOV EC |
08QUITO601 | RESPONSE TO USITC REQUEST: ECUADOR 2006-2007 ATPA [...] (U) Following is Post's response to the USITC request for information regarding ATPA related investment activity in Ecuador in 2006 and 2007 (ref a). Effect of the ATPA/ATPDEA on Exports ------------------------------------- 2. (U) Under ATPA, U.S. imports from Ecuador were $5.3 billion i [...] | 2008-07-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EC |
08QUITO610 | SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL PRODUCTION IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The expansion of oil palm plantations into Ecuador's primary forests is having severe environmental impacts. Esmeraldas province, where a majority of African oil palm is grown, has a deforestation rate of 4.5%, higher than that of any other province or neighboring country. Th [...] | 2008-07-07 22:08:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EINV ENRG EPET EAGR EAID PGOV EC |
08QUITO616 | GOE SEIZES ISAIAS GROUP PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Summary: GOE financial regulatory authorities seized two major television stations and other properties owned by the Isaias Group on July 8. While some business leaders and members of the political opposition are accusing the government of attempting to suppress freedom of speech, the [...] | 2008-07-08 19:03:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08QUITO617 | FINANCE MINISTER ORTIZ QUITS, REPLACED BY WILMA [...] (U) Summary. Finance Minister Ortiz quit July 7 after refusing to approve the confiscation of assets from the owners of a bank that failed in 1999. President Correa immediately replaced him with Wilma Salgado, an economic professor who had been serving in the Andean Parliament and had been [...] | 2008-07-08 21:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO633 | UPDATE ON SEIZURE OF ISAIAS GROUP PROPERTIES [...] (C) Summary. The Constituent Assembly approved a mandate ratifying the Correa Administration's decision to seize the assets of the Isaias group and blocking any judicial appeal. One former Finance official, who worked on the Filanbank/Isaias case under a previous government, believes that [...] | 2008-07-11 15:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN EC |
08QUITO672 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETINGS WITH CORREA, OTHER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador had farewell meetings with President Correa, VP Moreno, and Government Minister Bustamante; attended a farewell event FM Salvador hosted in her honor; and received a farewell visit from Armed Forces Commander General Varela. She urged the GOE to return to the private sec [...] | 2008-07-21 22:39:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS SNAR MASS ENRG EINV EC |
08QUITO681 | GOE AND CITY ORIENTE AGREE TO CONTRACT TERMINATION [...] (C) Summary: U.S. oil company City Oriente finally reached agreement with the GOE on terminating its petroleum contract in Ecuador. The firm had been negotiating with the GOE for some time, and on July 22 accepted the GOE's offer of $70 million. City Oriente expects to terminate its contrac [...] | 2008-07-24 22:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
08QUITO682 | ECUADOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY FINISHING IN OVERDRIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a marathon session ending in the early hours today (July 24),the Constituent Assembly put the final touches on the new draft constitution that we expect will be approved this evening. Eighty percent of the constitutional articles were rushed through in the month of July. Th [...] | 2008-07-25 00:37:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM EC |
08QUITO683 | NEW REFINERY WITH CHAVEZ A PIE IN THE SKY? [...] (C) Summary: Almost a year after Venezuelan and Ecuadorian state oil companies PDVSA and Petroecuador signed an MOU to jointly build a new refinery on Ecuador's coast, Chavez and Correa met July 15 to finalize agreement on the project. Still no mention has been made of financing for the $6 b [...] | 2008-07-25 12:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EINV PREL EC |
08QUITO691 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: ECUADOR-IRAN TRADE OFFICES; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Ecuador-Iran Trade Offices -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Ecuador is planning to open a trade office in Tehran, while Iran is opening one in Quito [...] | 2008-07-29 21:12:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD EAGR ECON EC |
08QUITO692 | ECUADOR: POST-ASSEMBLY TRANSITION RULES [...] (C) Summary: Along with the rushed approval of over half the draft constitution, the final two weeks of the Constituent Assembly was marked by the approval of transitional rules that give the government's Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS) movement greater control over key institutions. I [...] | 2008-07-30 00:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS EC |
08QUITO694 | ECUADOR GIVES OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION TO TERMINATE [...] (SBU) The Embassy received a faxed copy of a diplomatic note from the Ecuadorian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 29, 2008, at 6:36pm notifying of the GOE's decision to terminate the Agreement of Cooperation on the Manta Forwarding Operating Location (FOL). Minutes before the MFA sent the [...] | 2008-07-30 21:30:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL EC |
08QUITO696 | MFA MEETING ON BILATERAL DIALOGUE WITH ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: USG and Ecuadorian officials met July 18 to discuss potential agenda items for a Bilateral Dialogue between Ecuador and the United States. The Dialogue would address issues of interest to both sides, proposing information exchange, cooperation, and technical assistance in area [...] | 2008-07-30 22:22:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL EC |
08QUITO70 | UNASUR STRUCTURE AND CARTAGENA MEETINGS UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) are planning meetings of their delegates, foreign ministers and heads of state in Cartegena on January 26-28, but as of January 14 no countries had confirmed attendance. The purpose of these meetings is to approve a draft [...] | 2008-01-22 17:04:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AORC EC CO BR XM XR |
08QUITO723 | FIRST TAKE ON ECUADOR'S TERMINATION OF MANTA FOL [...] (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Jose Valencia and Under Secretary of Sovereignty Affairs Jaime Barberis met with Charge and PolCouns on July 29 to formally hand over a diplomatic note canceling the Manta FOL agreement (Ref A). The Charge expressed disappointment over the manner in which [...] | 2008-08-06 12:16:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS EC |
08QUITO724 | RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAKTOUM FOUNDATION ENTREPRENEURS [...] This cable is in response to State 77167 asking Post to identify key host country entrepreneurs under the age of 40 in the Arab and Muslim communities of Ecuador for a potential Arab/Muslim Annual Regional Entrepreneurs Conference (AREC). After consultation with a number of sections and agenc [...] | 2008-08-06 13:46:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL EC |
08QUITO731 | ECUADOR'S LEADING FAMILY BUSINESS GROUPS [...] (U) Summary: This cable identifies Ecuador's leading family business groups, which dominate Ecuador's formal economy and own most of the important companies in the non-petroleum sector. End summary. Overview and observations ------------------------- 2. (SBU) This cable is a snap sho [...] | 2008-08-08 16:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN EIND EAGR PGOV EC |
08QUITO732 | CORREA CLASHES WITH CHURCH ON CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's conservative Catholic Church leadership has emerged as a key opponent of the draft constitution. The Church's Episcopal Conference was quick to voice its disapproval of the articles concerning the right to life, the definition of a family, and freedom of education. It [...] | 2008-08-08 19:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08QUITO75 | ECUADOR: CORREA'S TAKE ON TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY [...] (C) Summary. While Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa espouses many principles of "21st Century Socialism" and occasionally uses the term, he has thus far been moderate in attempting to translate the ideas into concrete reality. Correa has pursued certain socialist ideas in the areas of Lati [...] | 2008-01-23 10:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL EC |
08QUITO754 | Ecuador Buys in (Literally) to USAID Northern Border [...] (U) Summary: Security Minister Larrea confirmed that the GOE will match USAID funding for USAID's Northern Border Municipal Program. Larrea pledged $6 million dollars for Plan Ecuador to match USAID's investment, and will work through USAID's contractor, the International Organization for Mi [...] | 2008-08-15 18:58:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PGOV EC |
08QUITO759 | ECUADOR: NEUTRALITY OF ELECTORAL ARBITER IN [...] (C) Summary: The last minute replacement of opposition representatives of the regional and national electoral tribunals with representatives of the President,s party has called into question the neutrality of the electoral overseers. The legality of the move is hotly debated in Ecuador, as i [...] | 2008-08-18 21:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08QUITO764 | GOE NEGOTIATING OIL CONTRACTS - AGAIN: FIRMS AGREE [...] (U) Summary: President Correa held high level talks with the leaders of international oil companies to restart oil contract negotiations after he had suspended them in April. Chinese, Spanish, and Brazilian oil companies have agreed on the framework for new production contracts and to a tran [...] | 2008-08-19 22:16:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON EC |
08QUITO768 | "WE HAD AN AGREEMENT" -- ECUADOR FRUSTRATED EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Ecuador and other Latin American banana producers had reached an agreement with the European Union which would have reduced EU tariffs on Latin bananas. However, the EU withdrew the offer after WTO Doha Round negotiations reached an impasse, even though the Latins believed tha [...] | 2008-08-21 15:20:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EC |
08QUITO773 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNGA ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 6, and followed up with Puma on August 18. Puma confirmed that President Correa would not attend, and that Foreign Minister Maria Isabel Salvador would represent Ecuador at the UNGA. [...] | 2008-08-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA EC |
08QUITO774 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CUBA AND EU'S HUMAN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points from reftels to MFA Director General of Human Rights Augusto Saa on July 30 and with Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 6. 2. (C) Saa was brief in his response, saying that Ecuador maintains a policy of non-interventionism in the [...] | 2008-08-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL EUN EC CU |
08QUITO775 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points (Refs A and B) to Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 8. Puma said that the GOE had not changed its policy (Refs C and D) that it will not publicly declare a position either for or against Kosovo's independence. However, she added that [...] | 2008-08-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO KPKO UNMIK KV SR EC |
08QUITO776 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on July 14 to the MFA's Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs and followed up with Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 8. Puma said that the GOE was pleased that the India IAEA Safeguards Agreement had been approved, that [...] | 2008-08-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC EC |
08QUITO777 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN AND THE NAM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Ref A points on July 14 to the MFA's Directorate General of Multilateral Affairs and followed up with Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 8. 2. (C) Puma said that the GOE supported the passage of the Statement on Iran's Nuclear Issue adop [...] | 2008-08-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL UR EC |
08QUITO778 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: PSI [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) workshop summary (Ref A) and copy of letter (Ref B) to MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on August 6. Puma had been unaware of the workshop. She expressed gratitude to the USG for organizing it, and asked [...] | 2008-08-22 12:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP EC |
08QUITO783 | ECUADOR AND COLOMBIA AT LEAST BACK TO TALKING [...] (C) Summary: After putting their dialogue in the deep freeze earlier this summer, Ecuador-Colombia relations are now thawing a bit as ministerial level contact resumed with an August 15 meeting between the two foreign ministers on the margins of the presidential inauguration in Paraguay. The [...] | 2008-08-22 22:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AORC MOPS EC CO |
08QUITO784 | DUKE ENERGY WINS ARBITRATION WITH GOE; ECUADOR [...] (C) Summary: An ICSID arbitration panel largely ruled in favor of U.S. electricity company Duke Energy in its case against Ecuador, and ordered an award of roughly $12 million. However, the GOE portrayed the decision to the media as a partial victory by emphasizing that the award was for $5 [...] | 2008-08-25 18:34:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON EC |
08QUITO787 | ECUADOR ON CAN-EU TALKS AND ITS NEIGHBORS' FTAS [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador supported an Andean Community (CAN) waiver so that Peru could implement its free trade agreement with the U.S. after President Correa determined that Ecuador would not impede its neighbors' FTAs. Ecuador is frustrated with Bolivia's intransigence in the CAN, both its opp [...] | 2008-08-25 21:41:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR ECON PREL PGOV EC |
08QUITO790 | ECUADORIAN COMMENTS ON 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DRAFT [...] (SBU) Emboffs met with Emilio Izquierdo, Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, to seek an Ecuadorian reaction to the draft Summit of the Americas declaration, per reftel. Izquierdo said the Government of Ecuador is still reviewing the draft declaration, but said th [...] | 2008-08-26 19:29:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM ECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV EC |
08QUITO791 | ECUADOR RESPONSE TO DESIGNATED IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] (SBU) On August 25, Embassy Quito received notification from the Banco del Austro in Cuenca, Ecuador, that they have a closed account in their systems in the name of PCI CORP, S.A. (per reftel, possible AKA for Parchin Chemical Industries). While the account is closed, we have forwarded the [...] | 2008-08-26 21:56:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KNNP EFIN PARM IR EC |
08QUITO811 | AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH COORDINATING MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador had a one hour courtesy call with Coordinating Minister for Production, Susana Cabeza de Vaca, on August 26, 2008. In their wide-ranging discussion, Cabeza de Vaca shared with the Ambassador her programmatic priorities, challenges, and interesting insights into [...] | 2008-09-03 15:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EAID PREL SENV EC |
08QUITO815 | Ecuador Lowers Interest Rate Ceilings [...] (SBU) Summary. Empowered by a slightly modified year-old banking l 2. (U) EcuadorQs banking law entered into force in July 2007, establis 3. (SBU) In December, the Constitutional Court declared the methodolog 4. (U) Following are the maximum interest rates for different market [...] | 2008-09-03 21:40:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO830 | ECUADOR'S TARGETED CASH TRANSFER AND HOUSING SUBSIDY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOE has two targeted subsidy programs, direct cash transfers and a housing bond, that aim to improve food security, assist in human capital development through child education, and provide financing for housing to low and middle-income families. The Correa Administration d [...] | 2008-09-05 16:26:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV EC |
08QUITO831 | Ecuador Lowers Interest Rate Ceilings [...] (SBU) Summary. Empowered by a slightly modified year-old banking law, the Central Bank has steadily lowered maximum allowable interest rates for the banking sector since January 2008. Ironically, the Constitutional Court struck down a provision of the 2007 banking law that provided transparen [...] | 2008-09-05 16:27:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO833 | REFERENDUM ELECTORAL RULES LEAD TO UNEVEN PLAYING [...] (C) Summary: The spending rules for the upcoming referendum are strict, prohibiting the use of public funds and resources for political campaigns. They establish spending ceilings per political organization and require transparency of campaign funds. The rules appear to be unenforceable, ho [...] | 2008-09-05 22:49:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08QUITO834 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: In her first official meeting with Minister of Government and Police Fernando Bustamante on September 2, the Ambassador stressed the concerns and risks posed by Ecuador's visa free policy, and asked the Minister's assistance in ensuring that the counternarcotics letter of agreem [...] | 2008-09-08 13:33:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS SNAR EC |
08QUITO836 | COORDINATING MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY PAEZ [...] (C) Summary. In his September 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policy Pedro Paez suggested areas to enhance U.S.-Ecuador economic cooperation and asserted that he is a believer in the market and the private sector. Reflecting his leftist orientation, he adde [...] | 2008-09-08 20:47:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL EC |
08QUITO85 | ECUADOR ECON WEEKLY: 2007 Economic Performance; [...] (U) The following is a weekly economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Ecuador's 2007 Economic Performance ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) According to data from Ecuador's Central Bank Ecuador (BCE),GDP grew [...] | 2008-01-29 14:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV EC |
08QUITO851 | SENATOR BOND AND ACTING FM VALENCIA ON COLOMBIA, [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a meeting with Ecuador,s acting Foreign Minister, Senator Bond (R-MO) urged that a mechanism be found to continue counternarcotics flights by USG civilian agencies after the U.S. Forward Operating Location in Manta closes in 2009. He stressed the USG interest in military, [...] | 2008-09-10 15:15:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR PTER MARR PINR ETRD ECON ENRG EC |
08QUITO877 | FOLLOW-UP ON ECUADOR'S ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) PolOff met with MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 5 to confirm which GOE officials would attend UNGA (Ref A). Puma said that President Rafael Correa would not be traveling to the U.S., that he was staying in Ecuador due to events leading up to Ecuador' [...] | 2008-09-11 20:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA EC |
08QUITO878 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 5. Puma reiterated the GOE's non-interventionist mantra, saying that the GOE's position on human rights issues was that they should be handled exclusively by the UN Human Rights Council, [...] | 2008-09-11 20:17:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA EC |
08QUITO879 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - KOSOVO ICG RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 5, emphasizing that Kosovo independence is a political issue, not a legal question, and therefore should be decided by political institutions, not by the courts. 2. (C) Puma quickly a [...] | 2008-09-11 20:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA UN KV EC |
08QUITO880 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) PolOff delivered points from reftels to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 5. Puma reiterated her regular mantra that the GOE was particularly sensitive to issues of sovereignty. She noted that the GOE would not make a public commitment for or against Ru [...] | 2008-09-11 20:25:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KPKO GG RU EC |
08QUITO883 | American Business Committee Sees Both Good and Bad under [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of the U.S. business community in Ecuador provided the Ambassador an overview of the business climate in Ecuador. They reported a mixed picture, with some highlighting the difficult investment climate created by the uncertain direction of economic policy, while [...] | 2008-09-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ELAB PGOV EC |
08QUITO892 | ECUADOR RESPONSE: SECRETARY'S WOMEN LEADERS' [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the Secretary's invitation (Ref B) to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 5. Puma said that Foreign Minister Maria Isabel Salvador is planning to travel to UNGA on September 21 and to return to Quito on September 24, due to events leading [...] | 2008-09-19 20:07:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWMN UNGA EC |
08QUITO896 | CORREA APPOINTS HIS FOURTH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. President Correa fired Finance Minister Wilma Salgado on September 15 and replaced her with Vice Minister Maria Elsa Viteri. Viteri, who is a former classmate of Correa, may be a more capable administrator of the budget process than Salgado and will likely try to avoid controve [...] | 2008-09-22 12:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO897 | PRICE CONTROLS AS A MEASURE TO STOP FOOD INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Correa administration imposed mandatory price controls on nine products on August 28, although it said that all the controls are based on agreements with producers. The GOE continues to intervene in the market to limit food price inflation, but has shown some flexibility i [...] | 2008-09-22 13:12:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EC |
08QUITO90 | ECUADOR: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY FOCUS UNCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: As the Constituent Assembly reaches the two-month mark, members are meeting with various interest groups and holding private committee meetings, but have yet to debate publicly any constitutional language. The Assembly has approved six laws or other documents, including the controver [...] | 2008-01-30 20:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN SNAR KCOR EC |
08QUITO906 | AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Defense (MOD) Javier Ponce on September 17. The discussion was cordial and frank, and Ponce seemed interested in maintaining a positive working relationship. However, Minister Ponce expressed a desire to ensure that bilateral [...] | 2008-09-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS EC |
08QUITO913 | RIGHTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN ECUADOR'S NEW [...] (U) Summary: Ecuador's proposed constitution contains possibly significant changes in the area of environment, generally centralizing management while expanding the basis for conservation and enforcement. Nature, or "Pachamama" (a Quechua-Spanish hybrid word for "earth mother"),is given ex [...] | 2008-09-23 18:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON SOCI PGOV EC |
08QUITO920 | AMBASSADOR HODGES' FIRST TRIP IN ECUADOR HIGHLIGHTS BREADTH [...] (U) Summary: On September 3-4, the Ambassador traveled to the provinces of Tungurahua and Cotopaxi in central Ecuador. Ambassador Hodges delivered her first speech in Ambato, the largest city in Ecuador's central Sierra, and used several other events to showcase the range of USG economic supp [...] | 2008-09-25 15:37:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EC |
08QUITO921 | CAMPAIGN FOR YES VOTE ON CONSTITUTION COMPELLING [...] (C) Summary: Those planning to vote "yes" in the Sunday referendum, led by President Correa and his Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS) movement, encompass many social organizations, leftist political parties, and other Ecuadorians that believe the new constitution will promote justice, equ [...] | 2008-09-25 18:38:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
08QUITO924 | ECUADOR'S TEXTILE SECTOR: SURPRISING SIGNS OF STRENGTH [...] (U) Summary: Ecuador's textile sector has had to deal with the bankruptcy of a large exporter and stagnant investment due to uncertainty over Ecuador's political climate, the renewal of ATPA, and the potential impact of the U.S.-Columbia free trade agreement (FTA). However, exports of some pr [...] | 2008-09-25 22:14:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON KTEX EC |
08QUITO934 | AMBASSSADOR MEETS QUITO MAYOR MONCAYO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a September 11 courtesy call Quito Mayor Paco Moncayo avoided controversial political issues and focused on a review of ongoing municipal projects. End summary. 2. (SBU) Mayor Moncayo warmly welcomed the Ambassador and commented on his good relations with the Embassy ov [...] | 2008-09-29 20:20:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO935 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE MINISTER POVEDA [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Agriculture Minister Walter Poveda on September 15. Also in the meeting were Agriculture Vice Minister Cevallos, Embassy DCM, and Agricultural Attache Gonzalez. Poveda emphasized the need for international cooperation and sought renewal of [...] | 2008-09-29 20:20:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EC |
08QUITO942 | ECUADOR: STRONG MAJORITY APPROVES NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Preliminary results show that almost 64% of Ecuadorians voted in favor of the new constitution in the September 28 referendum, a solid win for President Correa. Although there was criticism of fairness of the campaign (Ref A),the voting process was largely peaceful and free of fr [...] | 2008-09-30 00:03:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EC |
08QUITO943 | AMBASSSADOR MEETS QUITO MAYOR MONCAYO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a September 11 courtesy call Quito Mayor Paco Moncayo avoided controversial political issues and focused on a review of ongoing municipal projects. End summary. 2. (SBU) Mayor Moncayo warmly welcomed the Ambassador and commented on his good relations with the Embassy ov [...] | 2008-09-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EC |
08QUITO956 | ECUADOR HOSTING ANDEAN PRESIDENTIAL MEETING; URIBE [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador will host a meeting of Andean Community presidents on October 14 to try to forge a common Andean position on negotiating a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU). However, if Bolivia blocks consensus (which Ecuador expects),Ecuador will join Colombia and Per [...] | 2008-10-02 22:10:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL EC CO |
08QUITO961 | AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH PETROLEUM AND MINES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Petroleum and Mines Galo Chiriboga on September 18. Chiriboga emphasized ongoing cooperation between Ecuador and the U.S. in the energy sector, and highlighted the importance of private investment. He mentioned that the GOE [...] | 2008-10-03 18:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
08QUITO963 | AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (SBU) In a ceremony that went off script and dropped protocol several times, the Ambassador presented credentials to President Correa on October 2. Correa seemed genuinely welcoming as he received her with smiles and a hug followed by repeated apologies for not having received her earlier. Co [...] | 2008-10-03 20:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MASS ECIN EC |
08QUITO966 | MACHALA POWER MAY BE CLOSE TO AGREEMENT WITH GOE [...] (C) Summary: The GOE has agreed with U.S.-owned electricity generator and natural gas producer Machala Power/EDC that it owes Machala Power $59.8 million in unpaid electricity tariffs. The GOE has asked Machala Power to drop its international arbitration case upon payment. However, a number [...] | 2008-10-06 20:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON EC |
08QUITO973 | BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE - LICENSES 050117804, [...] (SBU) Post confirms completion of a pre-license check on licenses 050117804, 050117818, 050117829 and 050117848 for the export of automatic weapons and grenade launchers to Ecuador. Post also confirms that the end-user, Armada del Ecuador, has legitimately ordered the defense articles listed [...] | 2008-10-07 23:25:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC EC |
08QUITO983 | CANADIAN-US IVANHOE ENERGY SIGNS OIL CONTRACT WITH [...] (U) Summary: Following 11 months of negotiations, on October 8 Ivanhoe Energy signed a contract with the GOE to develop a field of super-heavy oil using its proprietary technology. In a ceremony where he also announced replacement of the Energy Minister (septel),President Correa hailed the [...] | 2008-10-14 20:16:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
08QUITO984 | ECONOMIC PROVISIONS IN THE NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. The economic provisions of the new constitution allow for significant state control over the economy. However, they do not necessarily signal a new economic policy direction for the Correa Administration, as a number of provisions have parallels in the 1998 constitution, and in [...] | 2008-10-14 20:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EPET EMIN EFIN PREL EC |
08QUITO986 | CIVAIR ECUADOR UPDATE: TRAVEL AGENT FEES AND AIRPORT FEES [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel A demarche, Emboffs urged U/S of Aviation Guillermo Bernal not to set minimum travel agent fees, but Bernal favors regulation to protect small travel agents. On a separate aviation matter, foreign carriers reached agreement with the Quito airport concessionaire on a [...] | 2008-10-15 13:31:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EC |
08QUITO99 | ECUADOR: 2007 TRENDS IN COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (SBU) Summary. Under the Correa administration, the GOE has taken a tougher stance on combating narcotrafficking by implementing new policies and programs and by increasing its police and military operations. Ecuador's border regions, especially in the North, remain vulnerable to the transit [...] | 2008-01-31 21:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PTER PREL MOPS EC |
08QUITO995 | ECUADOR'S CUT FLOWER INDUSTRY FACES CHALLENGES [...] (U) Summary: Ecuador's flower sector has boomed with ATPA benefits and has recently been targeted by the GOE as a "productive sector" warranting increased government support. However, climate issues, increased labor and production costs, foreign competition, and uncertainty over ATPA renewal [...] | 2008-10-17 22:11:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EC |
08QUITO996 | ODEBRECHT AND PETROBRAS - ECUADOR MOVES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: President Correa raised the rhetoric level against two big Brazilian companies, and went further with the construction firm Odebrecht, cancelling its projects in Ecuador and its employees' visas. Correa also pressed Petrobras to quickly renegotiate its contract or face expulsio [...] | 2008-10-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL EINV ECON EC BR |
08RIODEJANEIRO280 | BRAZIL, PETROBRAS APPEAR AMBIVALENT ON ECUADOR OIL [...] (U) Jose Sergio Gabrielli, President of Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas company Petrobras, said October 7 that the company would not renegotiate with the Government of Ecuador on its oil production in the country. The statement was made during the inauguration of Petrobras' P-51 platfor [...] | 2008-10-08 17:05:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC EPET EINV PREL EC AR NI AO LY IN TZ PK |
08SANJOSE882 | GOCR FEARS THAT LAX ECUADOR VISA POLICY IS FUELING [...] (C) "Ecuador is causing instability for all America" since it dropped its tourist visa requirements for all nationalities in June, according to Mario Zamora, head of the GOCR General Directorate of Immigration (DGI, Spanish acronym). GOCR Immigration officials that traveled to Ecuador in Octo [...] | 2008-11-12 22:09:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD EC KTIP CS |
08SANJOSE925 | GOCR FEARS THAT LAX ECUADOR VISA POLICY IS FUELING [...] (SBU) This is the unclassified version of San Jose 882, being transmitted at the request of the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center (HSTC). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) GOCR Immigration officials who traveled to Ecuador in October reported that approximately 10,000 Chinese had e [...] | 2008-11-26 17:33:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD EC KTIP CS |
08SANTIAGO221 | CHILE'S SPOKESMAN PREFERS URIBE TO CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Government spokesman Vidal told the Ambassador the GOC considered Uribe an ally, and an alternative to Chavez in South America. This friendship made the current Colombia/Ecuador conflict "complicated" for the GOC given Chile's historical respect for the inviolability of settled [...] | 2008-03-07 20:06:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ECPS CO VE EC CI |
08SANTODOMINGO373 | FM MORALES AND OAS REP ON RIO GROUP, OAS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Morales described the successful outcome of the Rio Group Summit as a "team effort." Responding to Reftel demarche on the OAS Ministerial, Morales cautioned against any action that could scuttle the peace gains that t [...] | 2008-03-13 21:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM CO EC DR |
08SHENYANG122 | MEETING WITH LIAONING ENTRY EXIT BUREAU RE [...] (SBU) On September 5, conoffs met with Liaoning Provincial Entry Exit Administration Bureau (EEB) officials to discuss the issues and information outlined in State 90800. Representing the EEB, which is a subset of the Public Security Division, were Ms. Du Juan, Bureau Chief, and Mr. Liang Qi [...] | 2008-09-05 05:37:00 | Consulate Shenyang | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KFRD PTER ASEC CVIS CH EC |
08STATE25671 | COLOMBIA-ECUADOR DISPUTE: OAS RESOLUTION 930 [...] (C) Summary. The OAS Permanent Council approved Resolution 930 on March 5 regarding the Colombia-Ecuador dispute stemming from the Colombian attack on a FARC camp on the Ecuadorian border on March 1. Resolution 930 reaffirmed the inviolability of national sovereignty, established a commissio [...] | 2008-03-12 12:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CO EC |
08STATE25971 | COLOMBIA-ECUADOR DISPUTE: PREPARING FOR 3/17 OAS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved a consensus resolution on March 5 (OAS Permanent Council Resolution 930) that established an OAS Commission headed by Secretary General Insulza to visit Ecua [...] | 2008-03-12 19:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV CO EC |
08STATE27211 | ANNUAL DECLARATION OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Background/Action Request: Request the Mission deliver the USG interagency-cleared paper in paragraph 3 to Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) Immediate Central Contact (ICC) at earliest opportunity for distribution to all HCOC subs [...] | 2008-03-14 20:33:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EC ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM TSPA AORC |
08STATE41979 | KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE LOBBYING: TARGET COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Ambassadors are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo to host governments at the highest possible level. Department appreciates posts' efforts to date and now seeks to let governments that have previously expressed interest in recognizing Kos [...] | 2008-04-21 21:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV ES CO EC |
08STATE90321 | 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 050117804, 050117818, 050117829 and 050117848 for the export of automatic weapons and grenade l [...] | 2008-08-21 22:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EC ETTC KOMC |
08TEGUCIGALPA1131 | HONDURAS LIKES THE IDEA OF A LATIN AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 21:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | AR BB BR CI EC MX PE PREL UNESCO VC |
08USUNNEWYORK380 | RANGE OF ISSUES RAISED AT UN HOST COUNTRY [...] SUMMARY: At the April 22 Host Country Committee meeting, member states discussed chronic visa delays that negatively affect their representation at official UN meetings, NYC taxing UN Mission staff residences, unauthorized blocking of Ecuadorian Mission diplomats' bank accounts, problems of UN [...] | 2008-04-28 23:38:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP CVIS PREL CU IN MG EC SY |
09ASUNCION185 | CORREA'S PARAGUAY VISIT PRODUCTIVE AND [...] (C) During his March 23-24 visit to Paraguay, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa signed three bilateral accords, unleashed populist rhetoric, bashed the press and "traditional" politicians, offered Paraguay free advice on renegotiating the Itaipu Dam treaty with Brazil, and exchanged medals [...] | 2009-03-26 22:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EC PA |
09BOGOTA2359 | URIBE AUTHORIZES CORDOBA PARTICIPATION, OPENS DOOR [...] (C) President Uribe reversed his previous position and announced on July 8 that Senator Piedad Cordoba was authorized to participate in Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hostage releases, with the stipulation that the FARC's remaining 24 uniformed hostages be released simultaneousl [...] | 2009-07-24 23:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINS BR EC CO VT |
09BOGOTA2917 | (C-AL9-01768) COLOMBIA AWAITS IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C/NF) In response to questions raised in reftel, the GOC argues privately that Ecuador's July 10 decision to impose exchange rate safeguards on Colombian goods was politically motivated. Some have also suggested that Ecuador's move was in response to the Andean Community (CAN) ruling that Ecu [...] | 2009-09-09 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON ETRD CO EC |
09BOGOTA3093 | COLOMBIA-ECUADOR TIES THAWING [...] (C/NF) Colombia and Ecuador announced on September 24 that they had begun the process of re-establishing diplomatic relations, which Ecuador severed in March 2008 after a Colombian military raid against a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp in Ecuadorian territory. The two sides [...] | 2009-09-29 15:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC |
09BOGOTA3269 | JUAN MANUEL SANTOS DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS WITH [...] (C) Former Minister of Defense and pre-candidate for President Juan Manuel Santos told Ambassador October 23 he believes President Alvaro Uribe is leaning toward reelection but may fail to fulfill the legal and electoral steps to achieve it. While promoting the third term for Uribe, Santos is [...] | 2009-10-27 23:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM CO EC VE |
09BOGOTA3585 | Charge Discusses Venezuela, Ecuador and Mercosur with Acting [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Clemencia Forero told the Charge on December 18 that the GOC had sent a letter to UN Security Council members responding to Venezuela's call for a discussion on the alleged international threat posed by Colombia's security problems. The letter was intended to give UN [...] | 2009-12-21 14:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL UNSC MARR ENRG PREF CO VE EC UY |
09BOGOTA3998 | 2009 Colombian Demobilization Rates Down, Yet More [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia's robust Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) policy continues to bear fruit late into 2009 primarily due to several years of sustained security operations. Yet, after high rates in 2007 and 2008, a natural leveling off is evident with demobilization slowi [...] | 2009-12-15 18:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PHUM PREL PTER MOPS PGOV PREF SNAR PM VE PE EC |
09DUBLIN231 | IRELAND'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) According to Emma Leonard of Irish Aid, Ireland has approved Euro 550,000 in emergency funding to assist Pakistan's displaced persons. These funds will be distributed through both NGOs (Concern and Trocaire) and UN entities (UNICEF and OCHA). Additionally, Ireland has provided supplies i [...] | 2009-06-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EC PGOV PHUM PK EI PREF |
09GUAYAQUIL125 | EVANGELICALS CLAIM NEW LAW THREATENS FREEDOM OF [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's growing evangelical movement is concerned that a 2008 presidential decree requiring churches to register with the government and identify their parishioners is a move to squelch the outspoken movement and could have implications for freedom of religion. The decree gro [...] | 2009-05-28 21:02:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EC |
09GUAYAQUIL21 | Lunch with Correa's Mother and Sister - [...] (C) Summary: At a friendly lunch with President Rafael Correa's mother (Norma Delgado) and Sister (Pierina Correa) Correa?s mother expressed great admiration for Secretary Clinton, gratitude for her extended family's opportunities in the United States and recognition that "Rafael" could somet [...] | 2009-01-27 20:03:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09GUAYAQUIL23 | COASTAL YOUTH ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT NEW U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: To celebrate President Barack Obama,s inauguration, Consulate General Guayaquil invited 25 young Ecuadorian leaders to participate in an informal discussion on what his election means for the world. The participants uniformly applauded the fact that the U.S. had elected an Afric [...] | 2009-01-29 21:43:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09GUAYAQUIL231 | REPORT ON ECUADOR'S ENERGY SHORTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to a drought, the Paute hydroelectric power plant, which normally provides 30 to 40% of Ecuador's power, is only meeting about 9% of Ecuador's power demands, causing the country to experience a nationwide power shortage (ref A). The two US-owned power generators in the coun [...] | 2009-11-18 19:31:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EINV EC |
09GUAYAQUIL243 | CORREA'S STATE RUN BANANA COMPANY - A GOOD IDEA OR JUST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 14:36:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT AGR EC CH IR LY |
09GUAYAQUIL52 | ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST: HUTCHISON PORT [...] (C) Summary. Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings, which won the concession to operate the Port of Manta in February 2007, terminated its presence in Ecuador on February 27. The departure capped six weeks of turmoil over the concession?s future, after President Rafael Correa threatened du [...] | 2009-03-06 17:35:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD PGOV ECON EC |
09GUAYAQUIL97 | ECUADORIAN ELECTORAL OBSERVER ORGANIZATION WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the general elections in Ecuador on April 26, 2009, Participacion Ciudadana (PC) has prepared 8400 youth volunteers to serve as election observers. In Guayas province, 1452 volunteer observers and supervisors have been trained and equipped to assist the organi [...] | 2009-04-24 22:58:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM XM EC KDEM |
09HAVANA100 | EU DIPLOMATS DISCUSS CHANGES IN CUBA, THE UNITED [...] (C) Future change agents in Cuba will not come from civil society but from the civil service, argued a group of seasoned European diplomats. During a wide-ranging discussion, eight European colleagues inquired about possible changes to U.S. regulations on travel and remittances, urged the Un [...] | 2009-02-12 21:05:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU EC EU |
09HAVANA145 | MYSTERY OF MURDERED PRIEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The murder on February 14, 2009 of Spanish Priest Eduardo de la Fuente remains an unsolved crime. The official Cuban media has said nothing about the incident, even though murder is a rarity in Cuba. Nevertheless, the murder is a frequent topic of conversation among ordinar [...] | 2009-03-04 13:50:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU EC EU |
09HAVANA88 | REFLECTIONS FROM THE EU ON PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) During a February 10 lunch with six other chiefs of mission, talk of the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of Cuba segued into a discussion of the EU's efforts to promote human rights in Cuba. The EU's decision in June 2008 to change its Common Position on Cuba has led [...] | 2009-02-11 20:14:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU EC |
09HELSINKI228 | FINLAND: 2 MILLION EUROS FOR UN'S MAY APPEAL [...] Charge Michael Butler delivered reftel demarche on assistance for Pakistan's displaced persons to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director General for Development Policy Ritva Koukku-Ronde. Koukku-Ronde noted that Finland has contributed over four million euros in assistance to Pakistan, pri [...] | 2009-06-16 13:02:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EC PGOV PHUM PK FI PREF |
09LAPAZ658 | FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER VISITS BOLIVIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Former President Jimmy Carter, his wife, and members of the Carter Center in Atlanta visited Bolivia April 30-May 3. The former President met (in chronological order) with the Embassy Country Team, Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas, Presiden [...] | 2009-05-05 22:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL VE EC |
09LIMA1350 | PERU RESUMES HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Overcoming past shortcomings and deserved skepticism, Peru recently resumed humanitarian demining (HD) operations in parts of its shared border with Ecuador and at other sites within its territory. Senior GOP officials expressed gratitude for the USG's "crucial" assistance, and [...] | 2009-09-14 22:25:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KHDP MOPS PTER SOCI EC PE |
09LIMA1611 | PERU AND ECUADOR: GOOD VIBES AT 3RD BILAT [...] (C) Summary: Presidents Alan Garcia and Rafael Correa presided jointly over the Third Binational Ministerial that concluded in Piura, Peru on October 22. According to press accounts and our MFA contacts, bilateral discussions were infused with good feelings and helped advance two of Peru's ke [...] | 2009-10-29 23:52:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KHDP EC PE |
09LISBON458 | PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE: NUMBER THREE IN EUROPE [...] According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Portugal has the highest rate of new H1N1 infection in Europe and is third in the total number of cases with 1,833 but has no confirmed fatalities to date. Portugal has a population of 10.7 million. 76 additional case [...] | 2009-08-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO |
09LISBON471 | PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - AUG 27 [...] As of August 23, Portugal has 2,244 H1N1 cases with no confirmed fatalities to date. 411 additional cases were confirmed in the past week. 10 patients remain hospitalized, 2 in intensive care. The average age for Portuguese cases is 22.4 years old and 88 percent are under 40 years old. [...] | 2009-08-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO |
09LISBON481 | PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - SEPT 3 [...] As of 30 August Portugal has 2,614 H1N1 cases with no confirmed fatalities to date. 370 additional cases were confirmed in the last week. 10 patients are hospitalized, 3 of whom are in intensive care. 2. Health Director Francisco George estimates that one million Portuguese will be infe [...] | 2009-09-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO |
09LISBON528 | PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - OCT 7 [...] Between September 21 and September 27 Portugal diagnosed 1,530 new cases with flu symptoms. The majority of the cases (83 percent) were in continental Portugal, 16 percent in the Azores, and 1 percent in Madeira. Twenty-one patients, including six in intensive care, remain hospitalized. To da [...] | 2009-10-08 07:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO |
09LISBON558 | PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - OCT 27 [...] Between October 12 and October 18 Portugal diagnosed 3,044 new cases with flu symptoms. Fifteen patients remain hospitalized, including two in intensive care. Portugal has had four confirmed H1N1 fatalities to date. 2. The third fatality was a 53-year-old male who died from bilateral pneum [...] | 2009-10-28 12:53:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO |
09LISBON579 | PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - NOV 13 [...] Between November 2 and November 8 Portugal diagnosed 14,111 new cases with flu symptoms. One hundred twenty-one patients remain hospitalized, including seventeen in intensive care. Portugal has seven confirmed H1N1 fatalities to date. 2. The three latest fatalities include a 10 year-old bo [...] | 2009-11-13 09:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO |
09LISBON625 | PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - DEC 17 [...] Between December 7 and December 13 Portugal diagnosed 14,518 new cases with flu symptoms. One-hundred and thirty-three patients remain hospitalized, including twenty-five in intensive care. There have been forty-six confirmed H1N1 fatalities to date. The majority of the fatalities were males [...] | 2009-12-17 12:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO |
09MOSCOW2719 | GOR GIVES, GETS LITTLE FROM ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. During the October 27-29 visit to Moscow of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, several bilateral cooperation and trade agreements were signed, but the meetings did not conclude with the GOR granting any substantive arms deals, nor did President Correa recognize the breakaway r [...] | 2009-11-03 12:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS EC |
09NEWDELHI1886 | UNDECIDED INDIA MAY FOLLOW NAM CONSENSUS ON UNESCO [...] (C) MEA's Joint Secretary for UN Economic and Social Division Taranjit Sandhu told PolCouns on September 4 that India had not yet made a commitment to any of the nine candidates running for UNESCO's Director-General post. According to Sandhu, the GOI is waiting for Non-Aligned Movement member [...] | 2009-09-10 10:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AU EC EG PREL UNESCO IN |
09PARISFR1137 | UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE ENTERS THE LAST LAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's Farouk Hosni leads the pack in the race to be UNESCO's next Director-General. He appears to have 20-25 votes of the 30 needed to obtain the endorsement of UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board. Notably, he has recently picked up support from India which, added to Brazil [...] | 2009-08-18 15:26:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNESCO EG AU EC BU LH RS BN |
09PRAGUE318 | CZECHS TO SUPPORT PAKISTAN IDPS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 15:33:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EC PGOV PHUM PK EZ EUN PREF |
09QUITO1 | ANOTHER U.S. ARBITRATION RESOLVED: GOE PAYS DUKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE paid U.S. firm Duke Energy $10.7 million in settlement of an ICSID arbitral award December 16, resolving the company's long standing dispute over improper fines levied against its Ecuadorian subsidiary by the state electricity company. Duke Energy is evaluating whether [...] | 2009-01-05 21:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO100 | CORREA ANGRY OVER CONDITIONS ON VETTED UNIT [...] (C) Summary: During his February 7 weekly radio/TV address, an indignant President Correa, reading from a January 8 letter from the DHS/ICE Attache in Quito, rejected coordinated selection of personnel for an anti-smuggling/contraband unit and announced the Attache's expulsion, apparently un [...] | 2009-02-09 21:33:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SMIG SNAR EC CO |
09QUITO1005 | PRM DAS Robinson Visit to Quito and Ecuador's Northern [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) DAS David Robinson visited Ecuador on November 5-6 to discuss refugee programs and conditions. During meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Government and Police, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R [...] | 2009-11-30 18:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO |
09QUITO1009 | UNASUR Establishes Confidence Building Mechanism [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 27 UNASUR meeting of foreign and defense ministers managed to reach agreement on a resolution establishing a "confidence building mechanism," with provisions designed to improve transparency and information sharing, provide guarantees regarding the use and/or threat [...] | 2009-12-01 22:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AORC EC CO XM XR |
09QUITO1011 | Delivery of Letters on U.S.-Colombia DCA [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered Ref B letters under cover of a diplomatic note to the Foreign Minister's office, as well as the MFA's Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Coordination Office and Directorate General of North America, by e-mail on November 25, and delivered the original on the m [...] | 2009-12-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KTIA AORC US CO EC |
09QUITO1015 | Ecuador's Position Towards the upcoming Copenhagen Climate [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecuadorian Government will continue to support G-77 positions related to climate change at the upcoming COP-15 in Copenhagen. According to Ambassador Federico Meneses, Director General for the Environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ecuador has placed adaptation [...] | 2009-12-02 21:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO1017 | President's Announcement on Afghanistan and Pakistan [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Minister of Defense Javier Ponce on December 1. Ponce expressed interest and asked to be updated as more information became available. The Embassy also delivered reftel points on December 1 to the MFA's Directorate General of North America and [...] | 2009-12-02 22:06:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF PK EC |
09QUITO1023 | ECUADOR ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points on December 2 to the MFA's Acting Director General for Multilateral Affairs, Leon Avila. Avila said he would not be able to respond substantively until he spoke with Director General Lourdes Puma, who was out of the country until December 6, and who had already [...] | 2009-12-03 22:47:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PHUM EC |
09QUITO1026 | ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: ECONOMY CONTRACTS, BALANCE OF [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...] | 2009-10-20 19:37:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC |
09QUITO103 | BACKGROUND TO CORREA'S ATTACKS ON U.S. COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A PAIS provincial leader and former Under Secretary of Government under Minister Gustavo Larrea, Ignacio Chauvin, turned himself in February 4 to face charges of narco-trafficking. Calling himself a revolutionary, Chauvin admitted to meeting deceased FARC member Raul Reyes. [...] | 2009-02-10 23:25:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR SMIG SNAR MOPS EC CO |
09QUITO1033 | Government Commission Report on Colombian Attack and FARC [...] (C) Summary: A government-appointed commission's report revives allegations about the FOL's support (specifically in regard to satellite intelligence) for the 2008 Colombian military attack against a FARC camp in northern Ecuador, as well as allegations of inappropriate U.S. direction of loca [...] | 2009-12-11 18:45:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS EC CO |
09QUITO1035 | GOE REQUEST FOR DEMINING ASSISTANCE PRESENTS UNIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ecuadorian government seeks USG assistance in its humanitarian demining program. After years of inconclusive discussion with the GOE, the MFA's recent requests for USG assistance, combined with extension of the GOE's commitment to the Ottawa Convention, increasingly close pol [...] | 2009-12-15 21:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV MCAP KHDP EC PE |
09QUITO1045 | Government Commission Report on Colombia Raises Criticism [...] (C) SUMMARY: A government-appointed commission on the 2008 Colombian military attack against a FARC camp in northern Ecuador admitted that its report was not exhaustive, but defended it against charges that it provided nothing new and lacked proof for its conclusions. The GOE has stressed th [...] | 2009-12-18 20:18:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS EC CO |
09QUITO1049 | Ecuadorian Navy Proposes Info-Sharing Agreement [...] (C) Summary: Navy Commander Admiral Molestina approached the Embassy on September 1 to propose formalizing information sharing between the Ecuadorian Navy and USG. While Molestina's motivation for signing such an agreement may include protecting his own position and his personnel, other cont [...] | 2009-12-21 20:12:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PINR SNAR MASS MOPS EC |
09QUITO1053 | Ecuador Gradually Solidifies Relationship with Iran's Export [...] (C) The Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) continues to make inroads in Ecuador, according to press reports, although it appears to face resistance at mid-levels in the Ecuadoran government and Central Bank - and even more so in the private sector. In delivering Ref A demarche on EDBI, and [...] | 2009-12-22 19:22:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP |
09QUITO1057 | Power Blackouts Continue in Ecuador [...] (SBU) Having failed to end energy blackouts by Ecuadorian President Correa's arbitrary deadline of December 15, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Resources Esteban Albornoz resigned December 16 and was replaced by Miguel Calahorrano. In the face of continuing energy shortages, President Cor [...] | 2009-12-23 22:12:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO1059 | Ecuador's 2010 Budget: Optimistic Assumptions, large [...] (SBU) Marked by optimistic growth and revenue assumptions, a record-level fiscal deficit, and a conspicuous lack of detail about sources of financing, Ecuador's 2010 budget passed the National Assembly December 22. President Correa's administration submitted the 2009 and 2010 budgets simultaneo [...] | 2009-12-23 23:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EC |
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 |
09QUITO1068 | ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...] | 2009-10-29 14:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC |
09QUITO108 | COMMERCIAL MEDIA IN ECUADOR WORRIED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 20:33:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO EC |
09QUITO1080 | NOBLE ENERGY FEARS DISPUTE WITH GOE [...] (SBU) Summary. Noble Energy, the last U.S. company operating in the oil and gas sector in Ecuador, fears the GoE may soon initiate a process to terminate the contract of one of its subsidiaries, claiming breach of contract. Noble has 100% ownership of a fully-integrated gas-to-power proje [...] | 2009-10-30 18:55:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO1098 | ECUADOR'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ITS [...] SUMMARY: Ecuador intends to use the entire amount of its sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) for fiscal year (FY) 2010, and is able to supply additional sugar if needed. END SUMMARY. 2. On September 25, 2009, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the FY 2010 TRQ for sugar (re [...] | 2009-11-10 21:43:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EC |
09QUITO1100 | NO GOE REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND IICA MEETING [...] In response to reftel demarche request, Post contacted AGROCALIDAD, the Ecuadorian agency in charge of sanitary and phytosanitary matters, to discuss the upcoming Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture meeting in Santiago, Chile on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. In [...] | 2009-11-10 22:36:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ETRD EC |
09QUITO1110 | GOE STRUGGLING IN FACE OF ENERGY CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. Shrinking reservoirs caused by a delay in the start of seasonal rains have reduced output of Ecuador's hydroelectric plants, causing a severe electrical power shortage and prompting the government to ration electricity usage throughout the country. The government is negotiat [...] | 2009-11-13 21:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV EC |
09QUITO112 | GOE REMAINS ON ATTACK AGAINST EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Both President Correa and Minister Carvajal condemned the Embassy's actions with regard to vetted units publicly throughout the week of February 9. The Department's February 9 statement that the USG would work through diplomatic channels to address Correa's concerns and Carvaj [...] | 2009-02-13 22:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PTER KCRM EC |
09QUITO1148 | ATPDEA Still Key to Many Ecuadorian Industries and Jobs [...] (U) Ecuador has benefitted substantially from the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) program since its inception in 1991. ATPA currently provides duty-free access to the U.S. market for approximately 5,600 Ecuadorian products. According to GoE estimates, approximately 350,000 jobs are tied [...] | 2009-11-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL EC AGR FAS EPET EMIN |
09QUITO117 | ANALYSTS OFFER DIVERGENT VIEWS ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The diversity of the Ecuadorian political debate was on display during a breakfast with WHA/AND Director Whitaker. Some analysts saw President Correa staking out the electoral center amidst waning voter interest, while another participant highlighted what he considered successfu [...] | 2009-02-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EC CO IR |
09QUITO120 | LEGISLATIVE HEAD CORDERO OPEN TO U.S. COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In... id: 192653 date: 2/18/2009 17:11 refid: 09QUITO120 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0120/01 0491711 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 181711Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0037 INFO RUEH [...] | 2009-02-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EC |
09QUITO1202 | FLACSO: ONE ACADEMIC INSTITUTION'S IDEAS AND PEOPLE PERMEATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting new government officials, or reading the bios of long-standing ones, we are struck by how many of them come out of one small university, namely FLACSO Ecuador. Many of these individuals have more experience developing academic theories than real world policy. This situ [...] | 2009-12-18 18:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EC |
09QUITO1206 | Letter from Ecuador's President Correa Regarding the U.S. - [...] The Embassy received under cover of a diplomatic note a letter from President Rafael Correa, responding to the Secretary's letter dated November 25, 2009, regarding the U.S. - Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement. The text of the letter follows, and the original will be sent by pouch to WHA/ [...] | 2009-12-18 19:19:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC |
09QUITO121 | A Somber U.S. Business Forum Briefs the Ambassador [...] (C) Summary. On February 13, U.S. companies briefed the Ambassador on the business climate in Ecuador. The tone was somber, as the representative outlined challenges and risks, but also opportunities for their companies, which are representative of many business sectors in Ecuador. Most wer [...] | 2009-02-18 20:41:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV EFIN EPET ECON EC |
09QUITO1218 | ECUADOR: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Embassy submits the narrative in paragraphs 2-9 for the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism: 2. (U) Ecuador's greatest counterterrorism and security challenge remained the presence of Colombian narcotics, criminal and terrorist groups in the northern border region. In order to evade Colom [...] | 2009-12-21 21:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC EFIN PINS PREL AEMR KCRM KHLS EC |
09QUITO122 | GOE DECLARES EMBASSY OFFICER PERSONA NON GRATA [...] (SBU) The Embassy received two diplomatic notes on February 18 related to Embassy officer Mark Sullivan's expulsion. The first, dated February 16 and delivered in hard copy on the morning of February 18, requests that Sullivan depart the country this week. The second, dated February 18 and [...] | 2009-02-18 20:42:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EC |
09QUITO126 | MFA CONVERSATIONS WITH AMBASSADOR ON PNG DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, in February 18 conversations with FM Falconi and Vice Minister Pozo, stressed the harm the expulsion of an Embassy officer would do to our relationship and her regret that she had not had an opportunity to try to address GOE concerns through diplomatic channels. [...] | 2009-02-19 00:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR EC |
09QUITO127 | HEAVY RAINS ISOLATE QUITO FROM ECUADOR'S COAST [...] Heavy rains in February washed out sections of the roads that connect Quito to Ecuador's coast. The three northern-most roads that link the highlands (Sierra) to the coast were all blocked over the weekend of February 14. The main coastal-highland highway that connects Quito to Santo Domingo [...] | 2009-02-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELTN ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO13 | GOE TALKS OF TERMINATING FRENCH, ITALIAN OIL CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Petroleum Minister announced January 8 that the GOE would terminate oil contracts with two European oil companies, Perenco (French) and AGIP (Italian),in order to comply with an OPEC-mandated production cut. Minister Palacios justified terminating the contracts becaus [...] | 2009-01-13 19:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO137 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 30 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma reiterated that the GOE fully supports non-proliferation efforts, especially against non-State actors. Sh [...] | 2009-02-21 00:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN MNUC KNNP GM EC |
09QUITO138 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. PROGRAMS ON [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 30 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma reiterated that the GOE fully supports efforts to combat illicit arms trafficking. PolOff noted that t [...] | 2009-02-21 00:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MCAP EAIR ETTC OAS PE EC |
09QUITO139 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - DURBAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Ref A and B points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on February 18 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 20. Puma thanked PolOff for the information, noted that the topic was important to the GOE, and that the MFA [...] | 2009-02-21 00:46:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC EC |
09QUITO145 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON REBUILDING BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary. Foreign Minister Falconi told the Ambassador on February 26 that Ecuador wanted to move beyond the difficulties created by expelling two U.S. diplomats and continue counternarcotics cooperation. He said that the GOE is developing ideas on how the two countries can continue to [...] | 2009-02-27 17:35:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR EFIN EC |
09QUITO15 | WHITHER CORREA: A SHIFT FURTHER LEFT [...] (C) Summary: President Correa's rhetoric and actions in the last two months have veered off the pattern we witnessed during much of his earlier presidency. A harder left orientation is evidenced by his trips to Iran and Cuba, debt default, and sharp attacks on the U.S. In the past, while c [...] | 2009-01-14 00:18:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN PGOV SNAR MARR EAID EC VE CU IR |
09QUITO151 | ECUADOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary and recommendation. No U.S. industry entities submitted complaints or comments regarding Ecuador for the 2009 Special 301 review. Ecuador has made some progress on IPR during the past year, but enforcement remains a serious problem. The enforcement problem warrants that Ecuado [...] | 2009-03-03 18:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO154 | NEW COORDINATING MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY BORJA [...] (C) Sum... id: 195027 date: 3/3/2009 21:03 refid: 09QUITO154 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0154 0622103 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 032103Z MAR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0110 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 799 [...] | 2009-03-03 21:03:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR ETRD PREL EC |
09QUITO160 | ECUADOR'S NEW VISION FOR RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting, MFA U/S Orbe, speaking on instructions from FM Falconi, set the stage for Ecuador's vision for future relations with the U.S. He then called for a meeting between President Obama and President Correa to set a strategic agenda for future cooperation on the [...] | 2009-03-05 16:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR EINV PGOV ETRD KJUS EC IR |
09QUITO173 | GOE PRESSURES FRENCH, SPANISH OIL COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: In another move to pressure foreign oil companies to sign new contracts, on February 21 the GOE told French Perenco and Spanish Repsol that they had 72 hours to pay monies owed under Ecuador's windfall petroleum revenue sharing law or their oil shipments could be withheld by the [...] | 2009-03-10 19:26:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO175 | DESPITE PROMISES, GOE FAILS TO ACT IN AVIATION TAX DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. On March 3, 2009 EconOff met with Foreign Ministry representatives to discuss the GOE's taxation of U.S. carriers in violation of the U.S.-Ecuadorian aviation agreement. The Embassy has been engaged in discussions with GOE officials about this matter since March 2008. Although [...] | 2009-03-10 20:14:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EC |
09QUITO176 | GOE PEACE OVERTURES, THEN ANTI-U.S. JABS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The past week has seen President Correa veer from an awkward attempt to propose a new relationship with the U.S. to outbursts against the use of polygraphs and insinuations that the U.S. Embassy activities did not square with the Obama administration's policy. He also reiterated [...] | 2009-03-10 22:56:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR KCRM PTER EC |
09QUITO177 | ONE YEAR AFTER BREAK WITH COLOMBIA, GOE REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Correa government ramped up its rhetoric against Colombia in recent weeks, spurred by a desire to defend itself against accusations of narco-politics, the first anniversary of the March 2008 Colombian attack on a FARC camp in Ecuador, and Colombian remarks. The GOE was deli [...] | 2009-03-11 23:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PREF SNAR OAS EC CO |
09QUITO178 | HIGH-LEVEL CHINESE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met privately with Chinese Ambassador Cai Runguo on February 27 to discuss the February 13 visit by Vice Prime Minister Hui Liangyu in Ecuador, as well as the Ecuador-China relationship more generally. Ambassador Cai downplayed the importance of the visit, and was [...] | 2009-03-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV EAID ETRD ENRG SMIG CVIS EC CH |
09QUITO18 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE--INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econoff met with the GOE U/S of Fisheries Guillermo Moran and newly-appointed Director of Projects and International Cooperation Ramon Montano on January 8 and delivered the demarche points from reftel a. The GOE representatives stressed their desire to achieve progress through [...] | 2009-01-14 12:17:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV ETRD EC |
09QUITO185 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW (ECUADOR) [...] (U) Post seeks an Embassy Science Fellow (ESF) to assist USAID, USDA, and ECON with the development of projects for a viable biofuels sector in Ecuador. The ESF will perform studies on the viability of certain crops for use in biofuel production from both agricultural and industrial standpoin [...] | 2009-03-13 20:34:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TSPL AMGT OTRA APER SENV ECON EC |
09QUITO188 | Minister Borja on GOE Response to the Economic Crisis [...] (C) Summary. During a courtesy call with the Ambassador on March 11, Diego Borja, Coordinating Minister for Economic Production, described the broad parameters of how the government will adjust its budget because of falling oil prices. The GOE plans to cut investment spending in half and con [...] | 2009-03-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL EC |
09QUITO196 | ANOTHER U.S. OIL COMPANY LEAVES ECUADOR [...] (U) On March 12, as planned, Spanish oil company Repsol signed a new oil contract with the Government of Ecuador (details of the agreement can be found in reftel A). The same day, it bought out U.S. minority partner Murphy Oil's share of the petroleum consortium. On March 13, Murphy announce [...] | 2009-03-18 21:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO202 | ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKOFF CONTENTIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: T... id: 198604 date: 3/24/2009 17:31 refid: 09QUITO202 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 08QUITO616 header: VZCZCXYZ0007 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0202/01 0831731 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 241731Z MAR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 018 [...] | 2009-03-24 17:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO204 | ECUADOR'S MFA PITCHES YASUNI ITT CONSERVATION PROJECT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 5, 2009 the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry presented a revised proposal to forego development of oil fields in the environmentally sensitive Yasuni Park in exchange for international compensation. The new initiative focuses on compensation based on carbon credits rather [...] | 2009-03-24 19:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PREL SENV ECON EC |
09QUITO206 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Bilateral Affairs Director General for Europe Pablo Villagomez on March 23, 2009. Villagomez reiterated the position previously expressed by the MFA's Director General of Multilateral Affairs (Ref B),that the GOE was sensitive to issues of sovereignt [...] | 2009-03-24 22:04:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KPKO GG RS EC |
09QUITO207 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - HCOC ANNUAL [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on March 19. Puma said that the GOE had submitted its Annual Declaration during the week of March 2. She noted that the GOE submitted a simplified "nil form" as Ecuador does not have a space launch [...] | 2009-03-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA EC |
09QUITO208 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In light of recent bilateral tensions over the expulsion of two U.S. diplomats (Ref B),Post did not deliver the demarche on Kosovo until March 23, when PolOff conveyed Ref A points to MFA Bilateral Affairs Director General for Europe Pablo Villagomez. Villagomez reiterated the GOE's pos [...] | 2009-03-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ UN KV EC |
09QUITO216 | SLOW-ROLLING THE GOE REQUEST TO PURCHASE F-16S [...] (C) Summary: The Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) Commander signed an official memorandum on November 25, 2008 requesting a quote from the U.S. on the cost of purchasing 24 F-16 C/D Block 50 Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) aircraft, with the intention of replacing its outdated fighter fleet. Post delayed [...] | 2009-03-27 19:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS EC |
09QUITO22 | U.S. MACHALA POWER REACHES AGREEMENT WITH GOE ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. electricity generator Machala Power signed an agreement with the GOE December 19 to drop its arbitration claim in exchange for payment of approximately $70 million to cover past due GOE debts (payment and termination of the arbitration claim are still pending). The company [...] | 2009-01-15 16:59:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO220 | GOE Policy for a Vulnerable Economy: Buying Time and [...] (C) Summary. The Ecuadorian economy, which is dollarized and heavily dependent on oil exports, is under considerable stress because of falling oil prices and the global economic crisis. Oil prices have risen in March, providing some relief. If oil prices remain at current levels or rise, th [...] | 2009-03-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EPET EC |
09QUITO223 | ECUADOR FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT 2009 [...] The Government of Ecuador is a recipient of U.S. assistance monies under the FY2009 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act. The following is a narrative on fiscal transparency in Ecuador, as requested in reftel. 2. The Government of Ecuador publishes budget data, which is reasonably trans [...] | 2009-03-30 21:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PREL EC |
09QUITO225 | PRESIDENT CORREA REJECTS CRITICISM FROM INTERAMERICAN PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At its midyear meeting in Paraguay March 13-16, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) criticized President Rafael Correa and his government's attitudes and actions toward the Ecuadorian media. On March 17, Correa responded to the IAPA's declarations by rejecting its legitim [...] | 2009-03-31 20:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO EC |
09QUITO227 | COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE 2008 COLOMBIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Correa government established a new commission to investigate the events surrounding the March 1, 2008 Colombian bombing of a FARC camp in northern Ecuador, as well as allegations of GOE ties to the FARC. The commission, whose members were chosen by Correa, will receive its [...] | 2009-04-01 14:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS SNAR KCRM EC CO |
09QUITO23 | ECUADORIAN TRADE WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Following his participation in President Correa's trip to Iran in December, an Ecuadorian business leader explained to Emboff how potential commerce with Iran could work. To disguise trade with Iran, goods would be routed through Singapore and payments through Dubai. Funds from [...] | 2009-01-15 17:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN IR EC |
09QUITO233 | POLICE UNIT INVESTIGATED WHILE CHAUVIN CASE INCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecuador's "narco-politics" scandal is playing out in perverse ways. The good guys ) key personnel of a specialized police unit that was responsible for most of the GOE's success against narco-traffickers ) are under investigation by the GOE for returning USG computers and fear [...] | 2009-04-02 22:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PTER PREL PGOV KCRM EC CO |
09QUITO244 | ECUADOR'S GOALS AT THE 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOE's focus for the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas has included seeking a one-on-one meeting between the presidents. One issue that Ecuador would want to stress during the Summit is the financial crisis. Other issues are currently being defined by the Foreign Minister's [...] | 2009-04-06 23:57:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KSUM EC CU |
09QUITO246 | GOE EXPLAINS HIGH LEVEL TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: FM Falconi and Government Minister Jalkh on April 6 expressed concern to the Ambassador about an Embassy official's meeting with unsavory characters, and said that President Correa had asked a delegation to go to Washington to express GOE concern. The Ambassador made clear that [...] | 2009-04-07 20:03:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR PINR MARR KCOR EC CO |
09QUITO253 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6. Puma said that the GOE had received the USG's diplomatic note, and views the USG's change in policy toward the Human Rights Council as a positive move. However, she noted that the GOE wa [...] | 2009-04-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EC |
09QUITO254 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6 on the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 launch. Puma said that the GOE would follow UNSC guidance on this issue and was aware of the split decision in the UNSC. She sai [...] | 2009-04-13 17:34:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EC KN JA |
09QUITO255 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ECUADOR ON U.S. [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6. Puma said that the GOE had its own candidate, Ambassador Luis Moreno, for another OAS body, the Juridical Committee and that the GOE was seeking an exchange of votes. There are four candi [...] | 2009-04-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EC PHUM AORC OAS IAHRC |
09QUITO256 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER VITERI [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador made an introductory call on Finance Minister Elsa Viteri on April 8. Viteri justified Ecuador's debt default and planned restructuring, supported Ecuador's balance of payment safeguard trade measures and mentioned the possibility of further measures, and expresse [...] | 2009-04-14 16:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO257 | DESPITE DELAYS, QUITO HOPES TO COMPLETE ROAD TO NEW AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from Quito's municipal government told EconOff on March 31 that, despite delays, they still hoped to complete a road to Quito's new airport in time for the airport's scheduled inauguration on August 10, 2010. The representatives detailed progress in securing lan [...] | 2009-04-14 21:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BTIO EAIR EAID EINV ECIN EC MARR MCAP |
09QUITO269 | ECUADOR BLUE LANTERN - END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) Embassy attempted to carry out a post-shipment check on license 050118116 for the export of inertial measurement units (IMUs) to Ecuador. However, the IMUs, a component to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) sold to the Ecuadorian military by Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI),have no [...] | 2009-04-17 19:32:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC EC IS |
09QUITO271 | ECUADOR BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 050128842 [...] (SBU) Embassy confirms notification of the Ecuadorian military of the denial of license application 050128842 for the export of spare parts of MK 46 Mod 2 torpedoes. The Embassy spoke initially with the Head of Ecuadorian Navy Logistics, Captain Pablo Gordillo, in January and followed up wit [...] | 2009-04-17 22:31:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC EC |
09QUITO277 | Ecuador Proposes to Repurchase Bonds with 70 Percent [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Ecuador announced that it provided a bond repurchasing proposal to bondholders on April 20. The GOE said that it will repurchase defaulted bonds at a 70 percent discount, but provided few details as to how it will manage the process. End summary. 2. (U) Ac [...] | 2009-04-21 22:01:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EC |
09QUITO283 | COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SB... id: 203768 date: 4/23/2009 13:38 refid: 09QUITO283 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0283/01 1131338 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 231338Z APR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0283 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY [...] | 2009-04-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPLS OAS EC |
09QUITO289 | Scenesetter for President Carter: U.S. Engagement in Ecuador [...] Embassy Quito warmly welcomes former President Carter to Ecuador on April 27-29. Your visit comes at a time of change, as Ecuador prepares to install new national and local officials elected on April 26 and restructures its government institutions under the 2008 constitution. The Embassy's o [...] | 2009-04-23 21:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS SNAR PTER EAID OVIP MOPS EC |
09QUITO296 | COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SBU) Summary: With three days remaining before the April 26 elections, President Correa sits comfortably ahead of all other candidates, with polls showing him with enough votes for a first-round win. Recently arrived international election observation teams have reported concern with how the [...] | 2009-04-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPLS OAS EC |
09QUITO297 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT CARTER: U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] Embassy Quito warmly welcomes former President Carter to Ecuador on April 27-29. Your visit comes at a time of change, as Ecuador prepares to install new national and local officials elected on April 26 and restructures its government institutions under the 2008 constitution. The Embassy,s [...] | 2009-04-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS SNAR PTER EAID OVIP MOPS EC |
09QUITO298 | COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SB... id: 204247 date: 4/27/2009 12:09 refid: 09QUITO298 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0002 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0298/01 1171209 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 271209Z APR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0304 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY B [...] | 2009-04-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPLS OAS EC |
09QUITO299 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT CARTER: U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] Embassy Quito warmly welcomes former President Carter to Ecuador on April 27-29. Your visit comes at a time of change, as Ecuador prepares to install new national and local officials elected on April 26 and restructures its government institutions under the 2008 constitution. The Embassy,s [...] | 2009-04-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS SNAR PTER EAID OVIP MOPS EC |
09QUITO300 | CORREA VICTORY GIVES HIM BLANK CHECK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Correa received the Ecuadorian people's vote of confidence on April 26 in a generally problem-free election, winning the presidency in the first round with 52% of the valid votes. This election, only 27 months into Correa's term, was required under Ecuador's new constitution. [...] | 2009-04-27 19:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPLS OAS EC |
09QUITO307 | ECUADOR'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO H1N1 FLU [...] (SBU) In response to global outbreaks of H1N1 influenza, the GOE has declared a national "State of Exception." The GOE response is continuing to take shape, but as of today, it has implemented the following measures: --The GOE banned imports of pork and pork products from the United States [...] | 2009-04-30 22:50:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC |
09QUITO308 | NOT SO CALM AFTER THE STORM - ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contrary to initial reports that Ecuador's April 26 election went smoothly, cases of violence and fraud in a few provinces are coming to light in the days following the elections. Although these incidents are unlikely to alter the outcome in the Presidential race, general disc [...] | 2009-04-30 23:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OAS EC |
09QUITO322 | COMBATTING ECUADOR'S INCREASING REFUGEE POPULATION [...] SUMMARY: This cable summarizes a review of the World Food Program's (WFP) assistance to Colombian refugees (defined in this cable as persons of concern) in northern Ecuador. The review was conducted by Barry Burnett, USAID/DCHA/FFP, over the period April 6 - April 10, 2009 and included field [...] | 2009-05-06 15:58:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG EC |
09QUITO329 | GUTIERREZ PARTY ON ELECTION FRAUD [...] (C) Gilmar Gutierrez, a Patriotic Society Party (PSP) National Assembly candidate and the brother of former president and 2009 presidential runner-up Lucio Gutierrez, met with DCM and PolCouns on May 6, at Gutierrez' request. He showed us election documents indicating a variety of different t [...] | 2009-05-07 20:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO33 | GOE REQUESTS TIMELINE ON MANTA FOL [...] (C) Summary: Embassy and GOE officials met January 14 to discuss planning for the USG's withdrawal from the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL). The GOE representatives were cordial and expressed an interest in joint coordination of the turnover of the FOL. The GOE noted that the Ecuador [...] | 2009-01-20 18:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC |
09QUITO330 | ECUADOR'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 PORK TRADE BAN DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel demarche asking host countries to remove trade bans on pork due to H1N1 fears. On May 6, the DCM, accompanied by USDA/FAS, USDA/APHIS, and Econ representatives, met with Agriculture Minister Poveda to deliver the demarche points. The head of Agrocalidad (E [...] | 2009-05-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO332 | GOE PAYS U.S. ELECTRICITY FIRM MACHALA POWER, RESOLVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE paid $60 million in March and April 2009 in settlement of an investment dispute with U.S. electricity company Machala Power, following an agreement between the two parties in December 2008. Machala Power has withdrawn its international arbitration claim and continues t [...] | 2009-05-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EINV EC |
09QUITO344 | FM FALCONI ON POSITIVE TACK IN MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 7 meeting with the Ambassador, FM Falconi offered to assist in reaching agreements on USG cooperation with specialized Ecuadorian police units, seeking tax exemptions for vehicles the U.S. Forward Operating Location will donate to local charities, and concluding a bilat [...] | 2009-05-12 17:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MARR ETRD SCUL UNESCO EC |
09QUITO345 | ECUADOR ELIMINATES PORK TRADE BAN RELATED TO H1N1 [...] (SBU) Ecuador lifted its ban on U.S. pork products that was issued because of concerns about the H1N1 virus (reftel c). The GOE issued a new resolution on May 7 that reversed its previous ban on imports of pork and pork products, live swine, and genetic material from the U.S. and Mexico. Now [...] | 2009-05-12 17:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO347 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on May 12. Puma said that the GOE would continue to support Ambassador Yukiya Amano and had already confirmed its intention to vote for Amano to the Japanese government. HODGES [...] | 2009-05-12 23:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP IAEA EC |
09QUITO348 | ECUADOR CENTRAL BANK POSTS ROBUST GROWTH DATA [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Ecuadorian Central Bank data, Ecuador's economy grew 6.5 percent in 2008. This strong growth was driven by heavy public spending. The economy contracted slightly in the fourth quarter due to pressure from the global financial crisis. End summary. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-05-14 20:19:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO351 | ECUADOR ECON UPDATE: BOND REPURCHASE; FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Reactions to Government Repurchase Proposal ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) On May 1, a group reportedly representing bondholders [...] | 2009-05-15 16:23:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EC |
09QUITO36 | ECUADOR'S 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] In response to State 123907, Embassy Quito reports the following update for its 2009 Investment Climate Statement. This update has also been sent to EB/IFD/OIA (J. Nathaniel Hatcher) by email. Openness to Foreign Investment Ecuador can be a difficult place in which to do business, althoug [...] | 2009-01-20 21:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR EC |
09QUITO37 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IMPORT RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) On January 16, the DCM delivered reftel demarche to Susana Cabeza de Vaca, Coordinating Minister for Production and head of COMEXI, Ecuador's trade policy council, and to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary for Bilateral Relations Carlos Jativa. Cabeza de Vaca said that she had b [...] | 2009-01-21 21:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO373 | AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INDUSTRIES AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador made an introductory call on Industries and Productivity Minister Xavier Abad on May 13. The Minister discussed the Ministry's infrastructure development plans and focused on ways to advance the bilateral commercial relationship, including a possible trade coopera [...] | 2009-05-21 16:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO374 | ECUADOR COMMEMMORATES WORLD IP DAY WITH IP AWARENESS [...] (U) In celebration of World Intellectual Property Day (April 26),the Embassy collaborated on several events in Ecuador. Economic, Public Affairs, and Foreign Commercial Service staff obtained promotional materials from WIPO and helped organize and support an IPR awareness roundtable held by t [...] | 2009-05-21 17:00:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR ETRD EC |
09QUITO375 | ECUADOR - RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) The Embassy provides the following information on the relationship between the Cuban government and Ecuador in response to reftel. 2. (C) Ecuador has not worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba, nor has it undertaken governmental action to condemn human [...] | 2009-05-21 17:34:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU EC |
09QUITO387 | ECUADOR BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 050147882 [...] (SBU) Embassy confirms completion of a post-license check on license 050147882 for the export of ballistic plates for body armor listed in reftel to Ecuador. The Embassy spoke with the Head of Ecuadorian Navy Logistics, Captain Pablo Gordillo, who confirmed that the Ecuadorian Marines had or [...] | 2009-05-27 22:08:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC EC |
09QUITO389 | EMBASSY MEETS WITH GOE DELEGATION ON MANTA FOL [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and GOE officials met on May 15 to discuss plans for the USG's withdrawal from the Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL),to deliver a briefing and tour of the FOL's operations, and to deliver floor plans and drawings of the FOL's buildings and facilities. This was a [...] | 2009-05-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS EC |
09QUITO390 | ECUADOR CONSIDERING NEW "TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT" PROPOSAL [...] (U) Please see action request in para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Several GOE officials have made statements suggesting the GOE will seek a new type of commercial agreement with the United States. This "trade agreement for development" would evidently include political dialogue and cooperation (a [...] | 2009-05-28 21:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO391 | LEGISLATORS VISIT U.S. FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION [...] (C) Summary: Five Ecuadorian legislators, determined to dig up dirt against the U.S. Forward Operating Location (FOL) before it closes, visited the city of Manta on May 21-22 to meet with "aggrieved" local citizens. On May 22, the delegation visited the Eloy Alfaro Air Base and FOL. Ecuador [...] | 2009-05-29 12:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MARR EC CO |
09QUITO396 | ECUADOR - RECOMMENDATION FOR JULIA TAFT REFUGEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Quito recommends Asylum Access-Ecuador as a 2009 recipient of the Julia Taft Fund for Refugees. Asylum Access' mission in Ecuador is to assist refugees in realizing their rights to employment, education, and security within their first country of refuge. The Taft assi [...] | 2009-05-29 20:53:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV EC |
09QUITO400 | ECUADORIAN GOVERNMENT SPLIT ON CAN-EU TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador's trade talks with the European Union have stalled. The GOE says it needs modifications so the agreement will comply with its new constitution, but trade officials say the Cabinet is split on supporting an agreement and is waiting for the President to make a decision. E [...] | 2009-06-01 21:33:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO401 | Ecuador Unlikely to Participate in Kosovo World Bank Vote [...] (SBU) On May 29, EconCouns discussed Ref A points, urging Ecuador to vote in the June 3 vote on Kosovo's membership in the World Bank, with Ambassador Lourdes Puma, Director General for Multilateral Affairs in the Foreign Ministry. Puma said that participating in the vote would be implicit re [...] | 2009-06-01 21:39:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EC KV |
09QUITO404 | ECUADORIAN RESPONSE TO IDENTIFYING AIR ASSETS FOR [...] (C) In reponse to reftel, post spoke with the Ecuadorian Under Secretary of National Defense, General Jorge Pena. He said that the Ecuadorian military does have Mi-17 helicopters and they would like to help. However, they are in the process of refurbishing the helicopters they own and they ar [...] | 2009-06-02 16:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PARM EC PK |
09QUITO407 | ECUADORIAN NGOS RESIST GOE MOVES TOWARD GREATER CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE has taken steps in the past year to expand its regulation of NGOs in Ecuador. It also attempted to close a prominent environmental NGO in March 2009, in a move many believed was politically motivated. The NGO community is attempting to organize in response to these me [...] | 2009-06-02 21:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SENV PHUM EAID ECON EC |
09QUITO408 | Ecuador Requires Banks to Repatriate Some Offshore Assets [...] (C) S... id: 209795 date: 6/2/2009 21:39 refid: 09QUITO408 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0019 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0408/01 1532139 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 022139Z JUN 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0426 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY [...] | 2009-06-02 21:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EC |
09QUITO420 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: WORRISOME SIGNS AS ECUADOR PREPARES FOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 2, EconOff met with representatives from the Embassy of Japan, the European Commission, and the GOE U/S of Fisheries, Guillermo Moran, to deliver the demarche points in reftel A. As in our previous meeting with Moran (reftel B),he stressed that the GOE wanted the June 8 [...] | 2009-06-06 16:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS ETRD SENV XK XM EC |
09QUITO423 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK [...] (SBU) On June 5, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ambassador Lourdes Puma, Director General for Multilateral Affairs in the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry. The Embassy sent the MFA a hard copy of the points on May 19, but we have been unable to have a meeting until now due to travel by our GOE [...] | 2009-06-08 20:14:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN EC |
09QUITO433 | ECUADOR ANNOUNCES IT WILL JOIN ALBA [...] (U) Summary: President Correa announced June 5 that Ecuador would join ALBA, confirming a June 3 statement by Venezuelan President Chavez on the issue. Correa claimed membership would provide Ecuador a "common front" before organizations unfavorable towards Latin America, such as the World Ba [...] | 2009-06-10 20:41:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL EC |
09QUITO439 | EMBASSY QUITO ACE AWARD NOMINATION [...] Embassy Quito is pleased to nominate General Motors of Ecuador S.A. for the Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). General Motors of Ecuador has maintained a strong commercial performance in an exceptionally difficult global auto market. In terms of the Award for Corporat [...] | 2009-06-12 13:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV AMGT EC |
09QUITO449 | PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CALL TO PRESIDENT CORREA ADDS TO PRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Initial Ecuadorian government and media reaction to President Obama's June 10 phone call to President Correa focused on President Obama's message of congratulation for Correa's reelection and his desire to deepen U.S.-Ecuador relations, but did not include extensive comments on his [...] | 2009-06-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO EC |
09QUITO455 | ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT MAKES ACCUSATIONS ABOUT U.S. TELECOMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the May 30 presentation of his weekly radio address, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa sharply criticized U.S. telecommunications companies ATT, MCI, and Sprint, accusing them of "swindling" Ecuador out of millions of dollars of long-distance fees. ATT maintains that the ac [...] | 2009-06-15 18:56:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EINT ETRD EC |
09QUITO460 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - INTERNATIONAL PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL EC |
09QUITO461 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds too [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC |
09QUITO462 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S CANDIDATE FOR UN'S [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds to [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC |
09QUITO464 | ICSID - ECUADOR TO WITHDRAW FROM WORLD BANK'S ARBITRATION [...] (U) Summary: On May 30, President Correa stated that Ecuador would withdraw from the World Bank's investment dispute arbitration forum (ICSID) because it violated Ecuador's new constitution, which only permits the use of regional arbitral forums. Current ICSID cases would still be honored. [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL EC |
09QUITO467 | CITIZEN PARTICIPATION/SOCIAL CONTROL COUNCIL AN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador had a friendly June 10 meeting with the Citizen Participation and Social Control Council, part of a new branch of government. The Council explained its role in promoting citizen participation, investigating corruption complaints, and appointing other g [...] | 2009-06-16 20:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KDEM EC |
09QUITO475 | ELECTION FATIGUE IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly two months after the April 26 nationwide elections, official results for the National Assembly and local races still have not been announced, possibly complicating the government's plans for an August 10 presidential inauguration ceremony. On the heels of this process, [...] | 2009-06-18 14:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO482 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY EC |
09QUITO485 | EMBASSY-SPONSORED CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SPEAKER [...] Summary: With the goal of highlighting the positive impact of the U.S. business community in Ecuador, Embassy Quito used its 2009 I-bucks funding to bring to Ecuador Celina Pagani-Tousignant, an expert on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR),the week of May 18-22. Pagani-Tousignant gave pol [...] | 2009-06-19 13:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EINT ETRD EC |
09QUITO506 | INVITATION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 14:35:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC |
09QUITO507 | INVITATION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 14:35:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC |
09QUITO509 | ECUADOR MODIFIES BALANCE OF PAYMENTS SAFEGUARD MEASURES [...] (U) Summary: On June 23, the GOE announced modifications to its import measures implemented in January in response to what it termed a balance of payments (BOP) crisis. Based on recent commitments in WTO BOP Committee meetings, the GOE announced that it was transitioning most of its "safegua [...] | 2009-06-24 23:27:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO510 | ECUADOR ANNOUNCES BOND BUYBACK "A SUCCESS" [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 11, Ecuador's Minister of Finance presented the results of the GOE's bond repurchase, which resulted in the repurchase of 91% of the country's 2010 and 2030 Global bonds at a 65-70% discount. Although President Correa called the repurchase a success, some critics questi [...] | 2009-06-25 13:16:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO513 | LATEST ROUNDS OF ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the GOE talked in Washington about expanding bilateral cooperation, the Correa government and its fellow travelers here in Ecuador continued to bash the U.S. Unsubstantiated allegations over the last few weeks included that the U.S. Forward Operating Location (FOL) caused [...] | 2009-06-25 23:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SNAR PHUM OAS EC |
09QUITO515 | CORREA REPLACES PETROLEUM MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On June 8, President Correa replaced his Minister of Petroleum and Mines in a surprise appointment. New Minister Germanico Pinto is a former Constitutional Assembly member with a teaching background and little experience in the sector, but is strongly aligned with Correa's ideol [...] | 2009-06-26 17:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO521 | GOE DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry sent the Embassy a diplomatic note on June 4 which states Ecuador's adherence to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, refers to related provisions in Ecuador's October 2008 constitution, and calls for resumption of the Six Party [...] | 2009-06-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EC KN IR |
09QUITO525 | UNREALIZED POTENTIAL IN ECUADOR'S MINING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecuadorian government hopes to restart mining investment in Ecuador with a new law that increases the state share of revenues and control over the sector. Changes include reinstating royalties and tightening environmental controls, among others. The four major foreign fir [...] | 2009-06-29 19:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN EINV EC |
09QUITO543 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 17:16:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUS MTCRE KN EC |
09QUITO549 | PRESIDENT'S BROTHER INVOLVED IN PUBLIC CONTRACTING [...] (U) Summary: An Ecuadorian newspaper story on June 14 denounced President Correa's brother Fabricio for alleged corruption in public contracting, claiming he received $80 million worth of government contracts through shell companies based in Panama and other suspicious business dealings. Pre [...] | 2009-07-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO555 | ELECTION RESULTS AT LAST OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The official proclamation of election results on July 1 will allow President Correa's inauguration for his second term to take place on August 10, as he wanted. Due to the number of challenges and appeals, the public waited 66 days to learn the official outcome. Correa's movem [...] | 2009-07-06 23:01:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EC |
09QUITO559 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IMPLEMENTING UNSCR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and Treasury Advisory to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Leon Aviles on June 30. Aviles said that the GOE agreed with the UN resolutions and will work to implement them. He did have concerns about possible DPRK attempts at counterfeiting USG curr [...] | 2009-07-07 19:57:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP EC |
09QUITO563 | POST SUGGESTIONS FOR DELEGATION TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 14:17:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EC |
09QUITO566 | ECUADOR ECON NEWS: ECUADOR JOINS ALBA, BANKS REQUIRED TO [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Ecuador joins ALBA ------------------ 2. (SBU) On June 24, an extraordinary Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) was held in [...] | 2009-07-08 19:32:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO57 | GAS-AND-GO LOOKS LIKE A GO [...] (C) Summary: At a wide-ranging lunch for the Ambassador on January 26, a warm and friendly President Correa gave a firm green light for discussion and development of a gas-and-go model for anti-narcotics cooperation with the U.S., following the shutdown of the Manta Forward Operating Location [...] | 2009-01-27 12:33:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SNAR ETRD EC |
09QUITO570 | FM FALCONI WITH AMBASSADOR ON BILATERAL DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary: GOE officials laid out their thinking on the Bilateral Dialogue, including a new, so far poorly defined, security pillar, in a July 8 meeting with the Ambassador. The Ambassador emphasized the USG desire to move forward as soon as possible. She raised U.S. interest in a gas-an [...] | 2009-07-09 23:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR EAID SENV MARR CVIS EC |
09QUITO571 | EMBASSY SUGGESTIONS FOR DELEGATION TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 16:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO572 | Visas Donkey - Corruption 212(f) Visa Revocation: Jaime [...] (U) This cable replaces Quito 561, which was cancelled. Please disregard the earlier cable. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Quito is seeking a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Presidential Proclamation 7750, suspending the entry into the United State [...] | 2009-07-10 16:49:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET | CVIS KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL NU EC |
09QUITO579 | ECUADOR WITHDRAWS FROM WORLD BANK'S ICSID [...] (U) Following President Correa's earlier statements that Ecuador would withdraw from the World Bank's International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)(reftel),on July 2 Correa issued a decree declaring that the country was terminating its agreement with ICSID. The decree [...] | 2009-07-13 14:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO59 | LENDERS RECEIVE ASSURANCES THAT QUITO AIRPORT PROJECT WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December 2008, representatives of key lenders (including OPIC and Exim Bank) for the new Quito airport received assurances from the GOE's Ministry of Industries, and Quito's Mayor, that Ecuador's new constitution would not adversely affect the project. The lenders' represent [...] | 2009-01-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAIR EINV ECIN EC |
09QUITO597 | FOUR AH1N1 DEATHS REPORTED IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) The GOE Ministry of Health (MOH) reported that four Ecuadorian citizens have died from AH1N1 influenza in the past week. The cases occurred in Chimborazo, Azuay, Tungurahua, and Pichincha provinces of Ecuador. Two of the cases involved patients who received treatment in rural private c [...] | 2009-07-16 13:36:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC |
09QUITO60 | ECUADOR ISSUES BALANCE OF PAYMENTS SAFEGUARD MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 22, the GOE implemented balance of payment (BOP) safeguard measures on 627 products (almost all consumer goods) for one year, using a mix of ad valorem tariffs and specific tariffs that exceed its WTO bindings, and quotas. The measure will also apply to Ecuador's FT [...] | 2009-01-27 20:02:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO602 | GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS STRUGGLE TO ACCOMMODATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Four of the five branches of government set forth in the October 2008 constitution currently exist only in interim form, with the result that power has shifted to the one branch that enjoys continuity, the Executive. The first phase of the constitutionally mandated transformatio [...] | 2009-07-17 16:20:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EC |
09QUITO604 | GOE SURPRISES EMBASSY WITH PROPOSAL FOR NEW AVIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOE officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) surprised the Ambassador with a proposal for a new aviation agreement on July 14. The Ambassador promised to share the proposal with Washington aviation colleagues. She cautioned that the USG still favors Open Skies agreem [...] | 2009-07-17 17:00:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EC |
09QUITO609 | ECUADOR: REFUGEE CONDITIONS IMPROVING, BUT [...] (U) Ecuador hosts the largest refugee population in the Western Hemisphere with 25,000 registered refugees and another 135,000 Colombians living in a refugee-like situation. Colombian refugees have poured into Ecuador as a result of Colombia's conflict for the past nine years. The Colombia-E [...] | 2009-07-20 21:34:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO |
09QUITO616 | GOE DOESN'T APPEAR AT LAST COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: On July 17, 2009, the Forward Operating Location (FOL) in Manta held a ceremony to commemorate ten successful years of cooperation in counterdrug operations at the FOL. Although many Ecuadorian government officials had been invited to the ceremony, the GOE chose not to send any [...] | 2009-07-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR EC |
09QUITO644 | ECUADOR SEIZED FRENCH OIL COMPANY'S FIELDS ON THREAT TO HALT [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador seized French oil company Perenco's oil fields after the company threatened to halt output amid a tax dispute and oil embargo. Perenco's senior executive and spokesman for Latin America confirmed the assets expropriation, and said that Perenco would file another case with t [...] | 2009-07-27 14:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO645 | ECUADOR NEWS: CABINET CHANGES; TAX REFORM; SAFEGUARDS ON [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. Cabinet Changes --------------- 2. (U) On July 15, 2009, President Correa designated Ramon Espinel as the new Minister of Agriculture, replacing Walt [...] | 2009-07-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO652 | Reflections on Ecuador's Underperforming Economy [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador has not fully realized the economic benefits of its considerable natural resources and capable work force, in large part because of several long-term factors that create an unpredictable and at times difficult business environment. These constraints include a lack of con [...] | 2009-07-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EPET EMIN ETRD EAGR EC |
09QUITO655 | GOE INTERVENTIONS RE H1N1 [...] (SBU) As of July 29, the GOE reports 17 fatalities from AH1N1 flu in Ecuador, with a total of 534 confirmed cases. However, as many influenza cases go unreported, the real number of AH1N1 cases is probably much higher. 2. (SBU) On July 23, in a widely broadcast interview with the popular [...] | 2009-07-29 21:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC |
09QUITO657 | CONFUSING SIGNALS ABOUT ECUADOR'S YASUNI ITT CONSERVATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 24, the ... id: 218811 date: 7/30/2009 12:24 refid: 09QUITO657 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 09QUITO204 header: VZCZCXYZ0013 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0657/01 2111224 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 301224Z JUL 09 ZDK FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WAS [...] | 2009-07-30 12:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL SENV ECON EC |
09QUITO69 | COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] In response to the Department of State and Department of Labor request (reftel),post submits the following comment on the Department of Labor's draft list of goods that may be produced with forced labor or child labor in Ecuador. Please note Post's recommendation in paragraph 5. 2. The [...] | 2009-01-29 15:53:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP EC |
09QUITO695 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA's Directorate of Bilateral Affairs for Europe on July 13 and followed up with MFA Bilateral Affairs Director General for Europe Pablo Villagomez on July 31, 2009. Villagomez said that he had already received a read-out from the Ecuadorian Embas [...] | 2009-08-06 21:27:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EC RS |
09QUITO70 | QUITO'S NEW AIRPORT MAKES PROGRESS BUT FACES BIG [...] (SBU) Summary: The construction of Quito's new airport has made significant progress. The project is large and complex, however, dealing with an unpredictable political environment, sensitive community relations, and environmental challenges. The builders have made several recent missteps th [...] | 2009-01-29 19:28:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR EAID EINV ECIN EC MARR MCAP |
09QUITO703 | ECUADOR'S UNASUR AGENDA: AN ANTI-AMERICAN TONE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the 200th anniversary of its so-called "First Call for Independence" on August 10, Ecuador will assume the rotating presidency of UNASUR on the same day that President Correa is inaugurated. The MFA announced the GOE's objectives and planned projects for UNASUR on August 3, w [...] | 2009-08-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ECIN MARR EC CO XM XR |
09QUITO704 | FM FALCONI ON ECUADOR-COLOMBIA RELATIONS, US BASE [...] (C) At Foreign Minister Fander Falconi's request, the Ambassador met with Falconi the morning of August 5 to discuss Ecuador-Colombia relations. Also in the meeting for the Foreign Ministry were Under Secretary for Bilateral Affairs, Jorge Orbe, and North American Affairs officer Cristina Cam [...] | 2009-08-07 15:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SNAR EC CO |
09QUITO707 | SCENESETTER FOR INAUGURATION DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Quito warmly welcomes the delegation headed by Senator Bob Graham for the inauguration of President Correa on August 10, held on the 200th anniversary of Ecuador's first call for independence. While we do not agree with the Correa government on every issue, we have enjoyed stron [...] | 2009-08-07 18:05:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID MARR OVIP EC CO |
09QUITO708 | ECUADORIAN MILITARY REQUESTS MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Ecuadorian government seeks USG assistance in destroying at least 33 MANPADS and almost 1 million individual missiles, firearms, bombs and other expired munitions under the auspices of the U.S. Small Arms/Light Weapons Destruction Program. After years of inconclusive discuss [...] | 2009-08-07 21:49:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP PARM PREL PTER KHDP EC CO |
09QUITO715 | UNASUR SUMMIT: NO CONSENSUS ON U.S.-COLOMBIAN DCA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several presidents from the region condemned the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement at the ceremony where President Bachelet transferred the rotating presidency of UNASUR to President Correa (reftel). Presidents Chavez and Correa claimed that U.S. military presence at C [...] | 2009-08-12 16:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ECIN MARR EC CO XM XR |
09QUITO716 | CORREA'S INAUGURATION FOR 2ND PRESIDENTIAL TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: President Correa's August 10 inauguration day schedule was packed, combining swearing-in events with the transfer of the rotating presidency of UNASUR (septel). The political speeches during the day were heavily ideological and meant to ratify the goals of Correa's "citizens' r [...] | 2009-08-12 20:46:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PTER OVIP KNUC EC CO CU VE NI |
09QUITO735 | ECUADOR ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UNGA [...] (SBU) PolOff spoke with MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on August 14 to determine which GOE officials would attend UNGA (reftel). Puma said that President Rafael Correa would not be traveling to the U.S., that Foreign Minister Fander Falconi would represent Ecuador at [...] | 2009-08-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA EC |
09QUITO736 | ECUADOR SECURITY MINISTER EXPLAINS "PERCEPTIONS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his visit to attend President Correa's August 10 inauguration ceremony, DAS Christopher McMullen met with Security Minister Miguel Carvajal and MFA Under Secretary Jorge Orbe regarding the ongoing negotiation of a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement. McMullen prov [...] | 2009-08-17 16:15:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP MOPS EC CO XM XR |
09QUITO740 | ECUADOR H1N1 UPDATE: GOE WARNS FOREIGN MISSIONS OF POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The H1N1 influenza virus continues its gradual expansion in Ecuador, with Ecuadoran press reporting August 14 that several GoE employees close to President Correa have recently become infected. These include one of Correa's closest Ministers and the chief of his security detail. [...] | 2009-08-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC |
09QUITO791 | BROADCAST TAPE OF CORREA HAS TELEAMAZONAS FEELING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his latest weekly address on August 29, President Correa lashed out against the independent television station, Teleamazonas, and what he called "a sewer with antennas" and demanded its immediate closure following its airing of a clandestine recording. The 2008 audio rec [...] | 2009-09-01 17:17:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO EC |
09QUITO795 | GOE RESPONSE TO CHEVRON TAPES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOE has responded in a fractured way to Chevron's release on August 31 of tapes alleging a $3 million bribery scheme involving the presiding judge in its pending environmental case in Ecuador. The only official GOE response so far has been a statement released by the Preside [...] | 2009-09-02 12:40:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PREL EINV EC |
09QUITO801 | CORREA,S STEADY VERBAL ASSAULT ON MEDIA CREATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Upon being sworn in for his second presidential term on August 10, Rafael Correa showed no sign of letting up his verbal assault against the privately-owned media. On the contrary, Correa proclaimed the press to be his "greatest adversary" over the last 31 months of his first t [...] | 2009-09-02 21:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO EC |
09QUITO812 | RECALL 09 QUITO 812 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 20:24:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EINV EFIN ENRG EC |
09QUITO814 | ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: CORREA ANNOUNCES NEW ECONOMIC [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...] | 2009-09-04 20:26:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC |
09QUITO815 | QUITO MAYOR STRUGGLES TO LAND NEW AIRPORT DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's recent Constitutional Court ruling that all airport fees are government property threatens to derail Quito's new airport. If implemented, the project lenders, including OPIC and Ex-Im Bank, have indicated they will halt construction funding and seek international arbitrat [...] | 2009-09-11 22:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO816 | ECUADOR'S CENTRAL BANK TO USE INTERNATIONAL RESERVES TO [...] (SBU) In an attempt to boost internal demand, President Correa announced August 27 a plan to repatriate US$1.6 billion in international reserves to fund domestic investments. During a September 1 meeting with EconOffs, the General Manager of Ecuador's Central Bank (BCE),Karina Saenz, confirme [...] | 2009-09-04 20:32:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EC |
09QUITO817 | QUITO MAYOR STRUGGLES TO LAND NEW AIRPORT DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's recent Constitutional Court ruling that all airport fees are government property threatens to derail Quito's new airport. If implemented, the project lenders, including OPIC and Ex-Im Bank, have indicated they will halt construction funding and seek international arbitrat [...] | 2009-09-11 23:26:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EFIN PREL EC |
09QUITO818 | Proposal for Foreign Assistance Agreement to Explore Host [...] (U) Action Request for USAID/LAC in paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Government of Ecuador (GOE) has proposed a "transition clause" in USAID/Ecuador's Assistance Agreement to signal our concurrence with exploring host country contracting (HCC) in the near future. DAA/LAC Landau has [...] | 2009-09-04 21:35:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EC |
09QUITO820 | ECUADOR SELLS FUTURE OIL PRODUCTION TO PETROCHINA TO [...] (SBU) The Government of Ecuador (GoE) is increasingly looking to China as a source of financing to help alleviate fiscal pressures. The prime example of this is Ecuadorian state-run oil firm PetroEcuador's recent agreement to sell future oil production to China's state-owned oil company PetroCh [...] | 2009-09-04 21:42:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EINV EFIN ENRG EC |
09QUITO822 | REQUEST STATE REVIEW OF POST-VETTED ECUADORIANS [...] The Embassy has conducted record checks in accordance with established internal standard operating procedures and possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations committed by this individual as of this date. The Embassy requests Departmental review in accordance with Leahy v [...] | 2009-09-08 14:27:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MASS EC |
09QUITO828 | RECALL 09 QUITO 828 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 15:21:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MASS EC |
09QUITO829 | FOL Turnover Complete, but National Assembly Continues to [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Air Force turned the Forward Operating Location (FOL) facilities over to the Ecuadorian Air Force on September 18, concluding ten years constructing and utilizing the FOL for counternarcotics surveillance flights. GOE senior officials celebrated what FM Falconi called [...] | 2009-09-19 00:08:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EC |
09QUITO831 | Ecuador Positive on USG Priorities for UNGA [...] (C) PolOff communicated USG goals and priorities per Ref A to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 11. Puma said that the GOE agreed with many of the USG's priorities at this year's UNGA. She added that the USG's tone of re-engagement and multilateral coopera [...] | 2009-09-21 14:40:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EC |
09QUITO835 | Ecuador Positive on USG Priorities for UNGA [...] (C) PolOff communicated USG goals and priorities per Ref A to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 11. Puma said that the GOE agreed with many of the USG's priorities at this year's UNGA. She added that the USG's tone of re-engagement and multilateral coopera [...] | 2009-09-21 22:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EC |
09QUITO837 | Ecuador Likely to Lift Colombian Safeguards as Agreed; May [...] (U) This cable is in response to questions posed in ref A regarding Ecuadoran safeguards on imports of Colombian products. Summary ------- 2. (C) Officially the GoE denies its safeguard actions against Colombian products were politically motivated, although a Ministry of Industries a [...] | 2009-09-22 18:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON ETRD EC CO |
09QUITO84 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW SPINY LOBSTER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 21:46:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ECON SENV EC |
09QUITO841 | Defending the "Citizen's Revolution:" Correa's neighborhood [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa touched off a storm of debate after using his August 10 inauguration speech to the people to propose the formation of "Committees for the Defense of the Revolution" (CDRs). Opposition commentators accused Correa and his party of creating state- [...] | 2009-09-22 22:47:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI EC |
09QUITO849 | INDIGENOUS PROTESTS FIZZLE IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Confederation of Indigenous People of Ecuador (CONAIE) called for a strike and road closures beginning September 27 in protest of the Government of Ecuador's proposed Law on Water and other laws, old and new, dealing with natural resources. The protests were supposed to beg [...] | 2009-09-28 22:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO860 | Chevron Tapes Backlash [...] (SBU) Several Ecuadorian legal bodies have launched investigations into aspects of the allegations of corruption made by Chevron with the August 31 release of clandestinely recorded videotapes implicating the presiding judge in its multi-billion dollar environmental lawsuit, as well as people [...] | 2009-09-10 22:24:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET EC |
09QUITO861 | CORREA DECLARES "STATE OF EXCEPTION" IN THREE CITIES TO [...] (SBU) On September 30, 2009, President Rafael Correa signed Presidential Decree #82, putting into effect a state of exception for the cities of Quito, Guayaquil, and Manta. The state of exception allows for the Ecuadorian Armed Forces to collaborate and support the Ecuadorian National Police [...] | 2009-10-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EC PGOV KCRM |
09QUITO863 | Ecuador on Iran's Nuclear Facility and U.S. Missile Defense [...] (C) Embassy delivered Ref A points on the existence of a covert uranium enrichment facility in Iran to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on September 25 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on October 1. Puma stated that while Ecuador did not participa [...] | 2009-10-05 19:45:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MNUC IAEA KNNP EC IR |
09QUITO865 | Ecuador: Demarche on Major List Determination for Bolivia [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA South America Bilateral Affairs Directorate on September 14 and followed up with South America Affairs Acting Director General Gonzalo Gonzales on October 1. Gonzales said he was familiar with the report last year and welcomed the USG's commitment [...] | 2009-10-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR EC BL |
09QUITO869 | Ecuador on P5+1 and Iran [...] (C) Embassy called MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on October 5 to schedule a meeting with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma to deliver Ref A points. Ambassador Puma reiterated Ecuador's position on Iran and nuclear proliferation: Ecuador respected UNSC resolutions, suppo [...] | 2009-10-07 20:36:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IAEA KNNP EC IR |
09QUITO873 | Correa and Indigenous Leaders Talk, Agree to More Dialogue [...] (SBU) Summary. After a week of protests and the death of one indigenous protestor, President Rafael Correa and over 100 indigenous leaders sat down in Quito for a highly contentious discussion resulting in a six-point agreement to talk more often and about specific issues. The agreement calls [...] | 2009-10-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO875 | Mixed Ecuadoran reactions to USG concerns over planned deals [...] (C) Embassy delivered Ref A demarche on Ecuador's dealings with the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI),a USG-designated entity, to the Central Bank (CBE),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Superintendent of Banks, and Financial Intelligence Unit. The CBE's General Manager expressed concer [...] | 2009-10-08 22:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP |
09QUITO877 | Correa and Indigenous Leaders Talk, Agree to More Dialogue [...] (SBU) Summary. After a week of protests and the death of one indigenous protestor, President Rafael Correa and over 100 indigenous leaders sat down in Quito for a highly contentious discussion resulting in a six-point agreement to talk more often and about specific issues. The agreement calls [...] | 2009-10-13 16:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO883 | Refugees Programs in Ecuador Risk Benefitting the FARC [...] (S/NF) This is an action request. See para. 9. 2. (S/NF) Summary and Comment: Embassy Quito and the Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) request guidance on how to respond to information that suspected FARC members have manipulated Ecuador's Enhanced Registration Program implemented [...] | 2009-10-15 20:44:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO |
09QUITO885 | Engaging Civilian Leadership to Improve Mil to Mil Relations [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy is receiving mixed signals regarding the Ecuadorian military's willingness to continue historically strong cooperation. Likely causes are: instructions by civilian leadership to lessen dependency on the U.S.; a lack of information and communication within the Ecuador [...] | 2009-10-15 20:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PARM PTER KHDP EC CO |
09QUITO887 | U/S Orbe on Ecuador-Colombia, Gas-and-Go, and Bilateral [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Under Secretary Orbe stressed that Ecuador remained committed to improving relations with Colombia, but said the process had moved faster than the GOE had expected. He seemed frustrated with the setback caused by an Ecuadorian ju [...] | 2009-10-16 22:53:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR SNAR ECIN EC CO |
09QUITO893 | Presidential Decree on Compulsory Licensing Expected Soon [...] (SBU) Summary. President Correa appears set to issue within days a presidential decree to pave the way for compulsory licensing of patented pharmaceutical products. Local representatives of international pharmaceutical companies point out that a presidential decree is not legally required f [...] | 2009-10-21 22:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EIND EC |
09QUITO897 | Ecuador Blue Lantern - Post-Shipment Check on License [...] (SBU) Embassy officials spoke with Ecuadorian Army Lieutenant Luna, Commander of the Ecuadorian Army's Fourth Division Reconnaissance Unit, who confirmed that the 35 Bushmaster Patrolman's carbines and 35 M203 grenade launchers were received by the Ecuadorian Joint Command in May 2009. Luna a [...] | 2009-10-22 20:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC EC |
09QUITO905 | Ecuador's Plans to Terminate All Bilateral Investment [...] (C) The Government of Ecuador is preparing to terminate existing Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with seventeen countries, including the United States, with the goal of replacing them with investment agreements that do not/not include national treatment, allow only local or regional disput [...] | 2009-10-27 22:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EC PREL ETRD EINV |
09QUITO913 | Demarche Delivered: U.S. Candidate for the Civil Service [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director General for Multilateral Policy and International Organizations Lourdes Puma on October 29th. DG Puma said that while all four proposed candidates were excellent, and Ecuador generally agreed with U.S. policy in [...] | 2009-10-29 22:08:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KUNR EC |
09QUITO915 | Demarche Delivered: UN Third Committee Priorities [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director General for Multilateral Policy and International Organizations Lourdes Puma on 29 October. DG Puma said Ecuador agreed with the U.S. position that no action motions were not helpful and said the Ecuad [...] | 2009-10-29 22:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EC PHUM |
09QUITO928 | Ecuador's Agriculture Minister to Attend UNGA Food Security [...] This cable is in response to action request in reftel. 2. On September 14, reftel invitation to the UNGA Food Security event and draft statement were delivered to Ecuador's Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries Ramon Leonardo Espinel with a copy to Ambassador Lourdes Puma, Dire [...] | 2009-09-24 13:36:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA EC |
09QUITO930 | GoE TAX REFORMS SEEK TO BOOST REVENUE, LIMIT DOLLAR OUTFLOWS [...] (U) On August 26th the GOE proposed to Congress a tax reform bill, aimed at achieving a more equitable distribution of income, combating tax evasion, and reducing the trade deficit. Private sector representatives say they will have difficulty absorbing the additional costs resulting from the n [...] | 2009-09-24 17:39:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV EC |
09QUITO933 | Government Appointed Commissioner Warns of Narco-Democracy [...] (C) Summary: Francisco Huerta, head of a government-appointed commission investigating the March 2008 Colombian bombing of a FARC camp in Ecuador, warned during October media interviews that Ecuador was becoming a "narco-democracy." A member of Huerta's commission told us on November 4 that [...] | 2009-11-05 21:59:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PGOV MARR EC CO |
09QUITO935 | Embassies Quito and Bogota Seek to Improve Cross-Border [...] (C) SUMMARY: An interagency group from Embassy Quito traveled to Bogota on September 24-25 to explore possibilities to improve regional USG coordination as well as opportunities to improve communication and cooperation between the governments of Ecuador and Colombia. The visit yielded a list [...] | 2009-11-05 23:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS SNAR PTER ASEC EC CO |
09QUITO937 | Ecuador: Yasuni-ITT Initiative Still Searching for its First [...] (C) Despite Ecuadorean President Correa's frequent claims to be raising funding among European nations for Ecuador's Yasuni-ITT rainforest/oil conservation initiative (Ref A),the reality is that the Europeans are so far skeptical. During an October 27 conference at Chatham House in London, Pr [...] | 2009-11-06 19:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL SENV ECON EC GM UK SP |
09QUITO938 | ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: CHEVRON FILES FOR ABRITRATION, PLAN [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...] | 2009-09-28 14:16:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC |
09QUITO943 | Ecuador Minister states that the GoE will not do business [...] (C ) Summary: Ecuador's Coordinating Minister for Economic Policy, Diego Borja, assured EconCouns November 4 that the GoE will not maintain commercial relations with the Export Development Bank of Iran, a USG-designated entity. Borja asked EconCouns if the USG could provide background informa [...] | 2009-11-09 20:51:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP |
09QUITO945 | Ecuador unable to decide on support for U.S. Candidacy to [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche October 6 to Juan Carlos Apunte, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Relations Division. Despite regular follow-on calls, as of November 10 Ecuador is either unable or unwilling to share its position on the candidacy of the United States for [...] | 2009-11-10 21:45:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK EC |
09QUITO947 | Ecuador - Information on Security Dialogue [...] (SBU) Embassy Quito responds to the questions in Ref A, as follows: 2. (SBU) Does the United States currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Answer. The U.S. and Ecuador have a Bilateral Dialogue mechanism to discuss a range of issues of bilateral inte [...] | 2009-11-10 22:18:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS EC |
09QUITO949 | National Assembly President Cordero's Meeting with [...] (C) Summary: National Assembly President Cordero indicated he shared some of the Ambassador's concern about the GOE's decision to terminate the BIT and promised to discuss it with President Correa. He disowned the report by the former head of the International Relations Commission alleging th [...] | 2009-11-12 23:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV MARR PHUM EAID EC |
09QUITO951 | CORREA AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: ATTACKS FROM THE LEFT? [...] (... id: 234456 date: 11/13/2009 0:05 refid: 09QUITO951 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 09QUITO877 header: INFO LOG-00 AF-00 AID-00 AMAD-00 CIAE-00 INL-00 DODE-00 ANHR-00 DS-00 EAP-00 DHSE-00 OIGO-00 VCI-00 H-00 TEDE-00 IN [...] | 2009-11-13 00:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EC |
09QUITO963 | GOE Defensive on Benefits of Correa's Trip to UK and Russia [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rafael Correa's visits to the UK and Russia on October 26-30 have elicited media carping on the large delegation, Correa's statement about considering recognition of Ossetia and Abkhazia, and what were seen as meager outcomes. Correa's backers and the MFA defended the [...] | 2009-11-17 21:36:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR KPKO KHDP EC RS GG UK |
09QUITO965 | Demarche on Country Specific Resolutions at UNGA - Ecuador [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16, upon her return from travel. Puma said that she believed that Ecuador would continue its previous practice of voting against any no-action motions, but said that she was unaware of how [...] | 2009-11-17 21:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA EC IR |
09QUITO967 | ECUADOR ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16, following a previous Embassy demarche (Ref B). Puma said that Ecuador was aware that 11 countries were competing for the ten positions on the International Maritime Organization Council [...] | 2009-11-17 22:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL IMO EWWT PHSA UK EC |
09QUITO969 | Ecuador on U.S. Candidacy for IDLO [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16. Puma said that Ecuador was not heavily involved in the International Development Law Organization (IDLO),and was still reviewing possible candidacies for the Director General positi [...] | 2009-11-17 22:06:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO EC |
09QUITO971 | Ecuador on U.S. Candidacy for WHO Executive Board [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16. Puma said that Ecuador understood the importance of the USG's leadership and contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Puma sai [...] | 2009-11-17 22:16:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO EC |
09QUITO973 | GOE "EXPLAINS" TERMINATION OF INVESTMENT TREATIES... [...] (SBU) Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Falconi explained the reasoning behind the GoE's decision to terminate 13 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) during a November 12 meeting with Embassy representatives of the affected countries. Falconi reiterated the GoE's claim that Ecuador's 2008 Constitu [...] | 2009-11-17 22:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO98 | ECUADOR MODIFIES TRADE MEASURES [...] (U) Summary: On January 27 and January 30, the GOE modified its balance of payment (BOP) safeguard measures and standards conformity procedures, in response to importer concerns. The safeguard measures will not be applied to products in transit before the measure went into effect on January [...] | 2009-02-06 21:39:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO981 | LIBERTAD ACT: ECUADOR-CUBA RELATIONS [...] (U) The Embassy provides the following information on the relationship between the Cuban government and Ecuador in response to Ref A. 2. (C) Ecuador has not worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba, nor has it undertaken governmental action to condemn huma [...] | 2009-11-19 22:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ETTC ETRD PREL CU EC |
09QUITO983 | ECUADOR CONFIRMS IT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE HONDURAN ELECTION RESULTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 22:34:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EC HO PGOV PREL XK XM |
09QUITO985 | Ecuador Demarche Response - Opposing Anti-Israel UNGA [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points on November 19, but has not been able to obtain a substantive response. However, based on previous demarches (Refs B and C),and with Ecuador's deepening relations with Iran, Post believes that the GOE is not likely to change its previous practice of voting in [...] | 2009-11-23 22:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL EC IS LE SY |
09QUITO998 | CORREA PROMOTES LOCAL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (SBU) Summary. The head of Ecuador's Intellectual Property Institute (IEPI) denies the GoE intends to annul all pharmaceutical patents, as public statements by President Correa on September 26 suggested. However, the government is undertaking a review of p [...] | 2009-10-13 20:16:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EIND EC |
09QUITO999 | PRM DAS Robinson Visit to Quito and Ecuador's Northern [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) DAS David Robinson visited Ecuador on November 5-6 to discuss refugee programs and conditions. During meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Government and Police, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R [...] | 2009-11-25 23:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO |
09SARAJEVO1148 | BOSNIA: OPIC ACTION REQUEST - PROCREDIT HOLDINGS [...] Per Reftel action request, post did not uncover information on Procredit Holdings, and its subsidiary in Bosnia, Procredit Bank BiH, that would prevent OPIC from extending its subordinated loan to ProCredit Holdings. The local branch, managed by a staff of European expatriates, has a previou [...] | 2009-10-02 04:34:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV MX EC NU RO BK |
09SARAJEVO1149 | BOSNIA: OPIC ACTION REQUEST - PROCREDIT HOLDINGS [...] Per Reftel action request, post did not uncover information on Procredit Holdings, and its subsidiary in Bosnia, Procredit Bank BiH, that would prevent OPIC from extending its subordinated loan to ProCredit Holdings. The local branch, managed by a staff of European expatriates, has a previou [...] | 2009-10-02 04:34:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV MX EC NU RO BK |
09STATE126206 | U.S. RESPONSE TO EU DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT FOR [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers endorsed a draft proposal for a "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" (http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/0 8/st17/st17175. en08.p [...] | 2009-12-09 22:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CDG EC ESA EUN FR GM IT JA KACT KS KTIA MCAP |
09STATE13944 | ECUADOR: MANTA FORWARD OPERATING LOCATION [...] (U) The following points respond to Embassy Quito's request (reftel) for a timeline for the withdrawal from the Manta Forward Operating Location, as well as other information. Post may share these points with GOE counterparts. 2. (U) TALKING POINTS: MANTA FOL WITHDRAWAL ------------------ [...] | 2009-02-13 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS SNAR EC |
09STATE18528 | A/S SHANNON,S FEBRUARY 19 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE [...] (U) Classified by: Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon for E.O. 12958, Reasons 1.4 (b) AND (d). 2. (U) February 19, 2009, 10:00a.m. ) 1:00p.m. 3. (U) Participants: United States A/S Thomas Shannon DAS Christopher McMullen WHA/BSC Director Milt Drucker WHA/BSC Deputy Director Bruc [...] | 2009-02-27 16:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AR BL CO EC OTRA OVIP PA PBTS PREL TD VZ |
09STATE18632 | A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ECUADORIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) A/S Shannon met Ecuadorian Ambassador Luis Gallegos for a discussion of President Correa's February 7 call to expel DHS Attache Armando Astorga from Embassy Quito. Gallegos was focused on finding a diplomatic solution to the matter. He attempted to explain Correa's sharp response to a let [...] | 2009-02-27 18:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR EC |
09STATE2007 | U.S. COMMENTS ON EU COUNCIL'S DRAFT "CODE OF [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3 below. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers endorsed a draft proposal for a "Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities" (http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/0 8/st17/st17175. en08.pdf). [...] | 2009-01-08 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CDG EC ESA EUN EZ FR KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PREL TSPA |
09STATE24590 | 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 license 050147882 for the export of ballistic plates to Ecuador. Post is requested to comp [...] | 2009-03-16 14:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC EC |
09STATE27822 | ANNUAL DECLARATION OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Background/Action Request: Request the Mission deliver the USG interagency-cleared "Annual Declaration of the U.S. under the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation" in paragraph 3 to HCOC Immediate Cent [...] | 2009-03-23 21:22:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EC ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM TSPA AORC |
09STATE29851 | 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 Embassy's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050118116 for the export of inertial measurement units (IMUs) to Ecuador. Embassy is request [...] | 2009-03-27 17:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC EC |
09STATE35745 | A/S SHANNON'S MEETINGS WITH ECUADORIAN OFFICIALS [...] Summary. (S/NF) On April 1, A/S Shannon met Ecuadorian Justice Minister Jalkh, Vice Foreign Minister Pozo, and other GOE officials to discuss GOE accusations that an embassy official had taken actions to destabilize the government of Ecuador. Making clear the GOE's desire to work with the USG [...] | 2009-04-10 19:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PINR SNAR EC |
09STATE40697 | (S/NF) ECUADOR MILITARY AND SECURITY TOPICS [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL EFFORTS TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO ECUADORIAN SECURITY ISSUES. REPORTING HAS TIME AND AGAIN PROVED TO BE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR UNDERSTANDING IMPORTANT SECURITY ISSUES, SUCH AS PRESIDENT CORREA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MILITARY AND SECURITY FORC [...] | 2009-04-23 14:48:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR MCAP PGOV PREL EC |
09STATE47202 | ECUADOR: "GAS AND GO" NON PAPER AND DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Reftels A and B noted GOE willingness to consider a "Gas and Go" civilian counter-narcotics air interdiction program in the Eastern Pacific, in the wake of the pending U.S. withdrawal from Manta Forward Operating Location (FOL) later this year. This cable provides Embassy Quito with a non [...] | 2009-05-08 18:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SNAR EC |
09STATE60618 | ECUADOR -- 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 00:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EC |
09STATE62057 | 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 050144338 for the export of carbines and grenade launchers to Ecuador. Post is requested to c [...] | 2009-06-16 15:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC EC |
09STATE64008 | ECUADOR: CLEARED TO PROVIDE PRICE QUOTE REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 20:25:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL EC |
09STATE81473 | BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON DENIED LICENSE APPLICATION [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-8. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance regarding follow-up to the denial of license application 050128842. 3. (U) Reason for request: license application 050128842, a [...] | 2009-08-05 14:56:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | BB EC ETTC KOMC SP UK |
09STATE868 | BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE APPLICATION [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in contacting appropriate GOE officials regarding a proposed export of torpedo parts to the Ecuador Navy (DDTC license 050128842). Post is req [...] | 2009-01-06 15:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EC ETTC KOMC |
09STATE92995 | (C/NF) ECUADOR'S IMPORT RESTRICTIONS [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS INTEND TO WRITE AN ASSESSMENT ADDRESSING THE COLOMBIA-ECUADOR DISPUTE OVER ECUADOR'S NEW TARIFFS ON COLOMBIAN GOODS. AS EMBASSY IS AWARE, THE COMMUNITY OF ANDEAN NATIONS (CAN) SECRETARIAT APPROVED ECUADOR'S TARIFFS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, AND IN PRESS IT APPEARS THA [...] | 2009-09-08 14:43:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR ECON ETRD CO EC |
09STATE98748 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE: GROWING TIES WITH THE EXPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S/NF) The United States has information that Ecuador is coordinating with Iran to open a branch of Iran's Export Development Bank of Iran (EBDI) in Ecuador, and that Iran [...] | 2009-09-23 15:40:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL EFIN MNUC PARM KNNP IR EC |
09VIENNA687 | A Definite "Maybe" from Austria on Pakistan's IDPs [...] Post delivered ref A demarche June 8 to the MFA Head of Humanitarian Aid, Gerhard Weinberger, and to the MFA Political Director, Stefan Lehne. Weinberger said that the GOA working level had been considering a contribution for Pakistan's IDPs, but it would be several weeks before a decision was [...] | 2009-06-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM PREF EC PK AU |
09WELLINGTON229 | DATA COLLECTION OF NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS RE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-23 04:27:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AR AS BC BL BR CI EC FJ ID NZ PA PE PGOV PREL SF |
09YAOUNDE36 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN CAMEROON ARGUES FOR [...] (SBU) European Commission Ambassadors based in Cameroon decided in a January 13 meeting to seek a freeze of support to the recently created, seriously flawed Electoral Commission ELECAM (reftels). According to Claude Bochu, Political Advisor to the European Commission in Cameroon, the Europ [...] | 2009-01-14 16:14:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CM EC PGOV PHUM PREL |
10BOGOTA235 | THAW WITH ECUADOR EVIDENT AT HAITI SUMMIT [...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia (GOC) continued its leadership in the Haiti relief effort at a February 9 UNASUR (Union of South American Countries) meeting in Quito, Ecuador. At the summit, President Uribe expressed his support for the summit's reconstruction initiatives, including reducing [...] | 2010-02-12 17:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC EAID HA |
10BUENOSAIRES107 | Argentina Fires Financial Action Task Force Representative [...] (C) Summary: The GOA fired its Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Coordinator over the weekend, reportedly in response to Ecuadorian criticism of Argentina's vote to blacklist Ecuador at the recent Abu Dhabi Plenary. Argentina is under the gun itself in an ongoing peer assessment that seems l [...] | 2010-02-24 19:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EC AR |
10GUAYAQUIL13 | GUAYAQUIL PROTESTS AGAINST CORREA REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 11, several hundred thousand lin... id: 248733 date: 2/12/2010 20:01 refid: 10GUAYAQUIL13 origin: Consulate Guayaquil classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHGL #0013/01 0432001 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 122001Z FEB 10 FM AMCONSUL GUAYAQ [...] | 2010-02-12 20:01:00 | Consulate Guayaquil | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
10LISBON35 | PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - JAN 21 [...] (SBU) The Portuguese Health Ministry has been slow to reach its goal of vaccinating 3 million Portuguese against the H1N1 virus, primarily due to lack of public confidence in the vaccine and media speculation surrounding the deaths of four newborn infants. While many adults, including health c [...] | 2010-01-21 12:59:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO |
10LISBON48 | (CORRECTED COPY ADDED SIGNATURE) PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - [...] (SBU) The Portuguese Health Ministry has been slow to reach its goal of vaccinating 3 million Portuguese against the H1N1 virus, primarily due to lack of public confidence in the vaccine and media speculation surrounding the deaths of four newborn infants. While many adults, including health c [...] | 2010-02-01 10:00:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO |
10QUITO100 | Fiscal Transparency in Ecuador [...] (U) Post provides the following information on the transparency of the government of Ecuador's budget, keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) Is the central government expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 SFOAA? Yes. In 2009, overall USG assistance to Ecuador amounted to [...] | 2010-01-27 19:56:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID EAID ECON EFIN PREL EC |
10QUITO101 | Ecuador's Push for Conditions-Free Foreign Assistance has [...] (C) Events over the last year demonstrate that the Correa government is intent on exerting as much control as possible over assistance flows and projects in Ecuador, although so far not to the extent of losing assistance Ecuador needs. The GoE's hyper-nationalistic philosophy has economic nati [...] | 2010-02-24 20:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN PREL SNAR MARR EC |
10QUITO102 | Ecuador Economic News, December 2009 - January 2010 [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that were not reported by individual cables during the December 2009-January 2010 timeframe. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and sho [...] | 2010-01-27 20:17:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN EINV USTR EC |
10QUITO103 | Ecuador Rejects FATF Decision to Place it on High-Risk List [...] (C) The Ecuadorian government has reacted vehemently against the February 18 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement that Ecuador has not committed sufficiently to addressing strategic deficiencies in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance regime. President Correa and sen [...] | 2010-02-25 23:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EC |
10QUITO11 | NO REAL THREAT TO CORREA ON THE HORIZON [...] (C) Summary: Workers, students, teachers, and indigenous groups have announced protests against the government during January 2010, as is often the case for this time of year. At the same time, President Rafael Correa has alleged a military-led attempt to destabilize the government, the Minist [...] | 2010-01-15 18:08:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB MARR EC |
10QUITO126 | Sporting Goods Sales of Nike and Avia Products in Ecuador [...] (SBU) Summary. Less than a week after an information technology delegation met with GoE officials to encourage them to dismantle balance of payments safeguards that have been in place since January 2009 (septel),representatives of Nike and a local sporting goods retailer met with the Emba [...] | 2010-02-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON USTR WTRO EC |
10QUITO130 | GOE BACKS OFF PROPOSED 50 PERCENT INCREASE IN MINIMUM WAGE [...] (SBU) Ecuador's President Correa has publicly championed the idea of a "dignified wage" since taking office in 2007, and this concept is enshrined in the country's 2008 Constitution. Last year, Correa frequently called for an almost 50% increase in the minimum wage to reach his definition of [...] | 2010-02-02 17:13:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB EINV EC |
10QUITO154 | Ecuador Economic News February 1 - February 8, 2010 [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the Internet. ----------- [...] | 2010-02-08 22:48:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN SENV EC |
10QUITO160 | UNASUR Stresses South-South Assistance to Haiti [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a UNASUR summit meeting in Quito on February 9, presidents and other representatives from member countries approved a $100 million UNASUR fund for Haiti and requested a $200 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank that would be repaid by UNASUR member states. [...] | 2010-02-09 23:49:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN MARR EC HA CO XR |
10QUITO162 | GOE EXTENDS BOP SAFEGUARDS BY SIX MONTHS, ELIMINATES [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy has confirmed that Ecuador's Foreign Trade and Investment Council (COMEXI) has developed a definitive schedule to eliminate the balance of payments (BoP) safeguards within six months. The safeguards were supposed to be eliminated by their one year anniversary on Jan [...] | 2010-02-10 18:44:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO USTR EC |
10QUITO176 | Child Labor and Forced Labor in Ecuador for DOL Reporting [...] The following is Embassy Quito's response to the request for child labor and forced labor information for DOL congressional reporting requirements (Ref A). ---------------------------- TASKING 1/TVPRA ---------------------------- 2. Q. Action request for tasking 1/TVPRA: Posts liste [...] | 2010-02-11 22:00:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI EC |
10QUITO188 | Ecuador: S/GWI Project Proposals [...] Embassy Quito submits the following two proposals for consideration by the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues small grant initiative. Both proposals were submitted by respected local organizations with the capacity to achieve the stated goals and meet USG requirements for accountabil [...] | 2010-02-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID EC |
10QUITO190 | Ecuador Economic News February 8 - 12, 2010 [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the Internet. -------- [...] | 2010-02-18 19:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EPET EC |
10QUITO25 | Celebration of Correa's Three Years in Power [...] (C) Summary: President Correa's PAIS movement celebrated on January 16 the third anniversary of the government of the "Citizens' Revolution." The festive event gathered over 80,000 people who cheered President Correa (although some attendees were reportedly coerced). While listing his governm [...] | 2010-01-20 21:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MARR SENV PHUM PREL EC |
10QUITO27 | TFAH01: Ecuador on assistance for Haiti [...] (U) Poloff delivered points (refs A-C) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Coordination and Planning Galo Yepez, and Acting Director General for North American Affairs Fernando Chavez. Both officials expressed their support for current U.S. assistance efforts and the need for mil [...] | 2010-01-20 21:34:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM MARR UN HA EC |
10QUITO31 | Corrected: TFAH01: Ecuador on assistance for Haiti [...] (U) Poloff delivered points (refs A-C) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Coordination and Planning Galo Yepez, and Acting Director General for North American Affairs Fernando Chavez. Both officials expressed their support for current U.S. assistance efforts and the need for mil [...] | 2010-01-21 19:05:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM MARR UN HA EC |
10QUITO33 | New Foreign Minister Patino from Left Side of Correa's [...] (C) Summary: On January 21, President Rafael Correa named Ricardo Patino as Ecuador's foreign minister, applauding Patino's loyalty to Correa's political project and great ideological consistency. A political fixer in Correa's small inner circle, Patino has had very limited contact with the [...] | 2010-01-21 23:21:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN PTER EC VE |
10QUITO35 | TFAH01: Ecuador's President intends to visit Haiti on [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Coordination and Planning Galo Yepez informed Poloff and DAO representative that Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa intends to visit Haiti on January 28. Yepez emphasized repeatedly that Correa would visit Port-au-Prince in his capacity as P [...] | 2010-01-22 20:12:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID UN HA EC |
10QUITO37 | China cautiously seeks to expand commercial interests in [...] (C) China's Ambassador to Ecuador, Cai Runguo, told Ambassador January 15 that the PRC is moving forward with negotiations with the GoE on financing various commercial projects, but that Ecuadorian President Correa's criticisms of China's tough negotiating position had caused some concern in B [...] | 2010-01-26 22:21:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SENV ENRG EC CH |
10QUITO45 | GOE Expectations for Secretary Meeting with Correa as UNASUR [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary's January 15 letter to President Correa in his capacity as interim leader of UNASUR was portrayed by the Ecuadorian press and GOE as the Secretary agreeing to meet with UNASUR on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement. Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's comme [...] | 2010-01-27 23:14:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KTIA EC CO XR |
10QUITO53 | Ecuador Rebuffs International Companies on Balance of [...] (C) Three of the most recognizable companies in the world, Apple, RIM (Blackberry),and Nokia, concluded a three-day visit to Ecuador in January with the impression that they have limited to no ability to influence GoE trade and investment decisions. In attempting to convince GoE officials to [...] | 2010-02-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN COM USTR ECPS PREL EC |
10QUITO54 | Embassy Quito Request for Funding of Biotech Proposal [...] Summary. In response to reftel, Embassy Quito is requesting funding for a biotech proposal as part of the Department of State's 2010 Biotech Outreach Program. The project is focused on informing a key group of journalists who, by providing accurate information on biotech issues, have the [...] | 2010-01-15 22:33:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO EC |
10QUITO56 | Delivery of Response Letter to UNASUR Invitation [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered Ref A letter under cover of a diplomatic note to the Foreign Ministry, and a copy to the President's office, on January 15. CHRITTON [...] | 2010-01-19 20:58:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR OPDC US EC |
10QUITO61 | Ecuador agrees to support U.S. CITES shark proposal and [...] (Summary) Ecuador's head delegate to the March CITES COP-15 in Doha, Qatar, told the Embassy January 29 that the GoE will support both U.S. CITES proposals on sharks and sent a letter confirming Ecuador's support. In discussions January 27 the Vice-Minister of the Environment told emboff [...] | 2010-02-04 17:16:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA AORC UNEP EC |
10QUITO65 | Ecuador Calls UNASUR Presidential Meeting on Haiti [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Correa visited Haiti in his capacity as UNASUR interim president on January 29. Correa has since called for an emergency meeting of UNASUR presidents on Haiti on February 9 in Quito, which may include Haitian President Preval. Meanwhile, UNASUR vice defense ministers [...] | 2010-02-05 00:13:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MARR EFIN SNAR EC HA CO XR |
10QUITO75 | GOE REVIEWS INITIAL COMPULSORY LICENSE PETITIONS [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador's Intellectual Property Institute (IEPI) has received two compulsory license petitions under procedures issued on January 15. The procedures provide the detailed follow-up to Presidential Decree 118, issued in October 2009 (refs A and B),which established access to m [...] | 2010-02-10 21:50:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD KIPR EINV EC |
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 |
10QUITO79 | FURTHER DELAYS ON AGREEMENT FOR MILITARY COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM and embassy officers met with MFA Under Secretary for Bilateral Affairs Leonardo Arizaga on February 10 to seek clarification on the reasons for the delay in the GOE's signing of a diplomatic note on status of forces for military exercises and cooperation. Arizaga explain [...] | 2010-02-11 22:40:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KTIA MASS MOPS EC US |
10QUITO87 | Ecuador's Minister of Non-Renewable Natural Resources [...] (C) Summary. During a February 2 courtesy call with Ambassador, Minister for Non-Renewable Natural Resources Germanico Pinto reiterated the GoE's intention to focus on partnerships with foreign state-owned companies for exploration and development within the mining and petroleum sectors, but [...] | 2010-02-17 14:25:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EMIN SENV ETRD EFIN USTR EC |
10QUITO9 | DISORGANIZED LABOR: LOTS OF TALK, LITTLE COLLECTIVE ACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Union leaders are calling for strikes beginning on January 15, ostensibly to protest the "insufficient" rise in the minimum wage, which will go from 218 dollars to 240 dollars in 2010. However, worker protests are unlikely to amount to much, since organized labor in Ecuador is [...] | 2010-01-14 17:57:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB PHUM EC |
10QUITO93 | Ecuador Response - Discouraging Recognition of Abkhazia and [...] (C) PolCouns raised recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia (Ref A) with MFA Multilateral Affairs Under Secretary Arturo Cabrera on February 11, noting that by chance an embassy poloff had met Abkhazia Vice Foreign Minister at a conference in Quito in December 2009. Cabrera said that the MF [...] | 2010-02-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PNAT PREL GG RS EC XG |
10QUITO95 | Ecuador Response - Reinforcing MINUSTAH [...] (C) PolCouns raised Ecuador's role in MINUSTAH with MFA Multilateral Affairs Under Secretary Arturo Cabrera on February 11. Cabrera said that Ecuador was planning to increase its financial and personnel support of MINUSTAH. He told us that he personally would like to see the Ecuadorian person [...] | 2010-02-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI MCAP MARR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO EC HA |
10QUITO96 | GoE Response to Demarche on Balance of Payments Safeguard [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to ref A demarche on balance of payments (BoP) safeguards, GoE officials assured Emboffs the government will publish by February 6 a schedule for the progressive reduction of the safeguards, leading to their total elimination in six months. Our interlocutors ar [...] | 2010-01-27 15:26:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO USTR EC |
10SANTODOMINGO41 | Ecuadoran President Correa's Comments on Honduras and Haiti [...] Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa, in a press conference following a 1/30/10 meeting with President Leonel Fernandez, declared that Ecuador would not recognize the Porfirio Lobo government in Honduras, agreed with his Dominican counterpart that the Inter-American Democractic Charter should be [...] | 2010-02-02 20:51:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID EC DR HA |
10STATE16421 | MEETING OF THE FOOD AID COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Food Aid Committee held an "extraordinary meeting" in London February 15-16 to continue discussions on the future of the 1999 Food Aid Convention. Members discussed their vision of a convention as well as its key objectives, the convention's place in the global food security [...] | 2010-02-23 16:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EC ETRD |
92ZAGREB1028 | ZAGREB UPDATE: JUNE 23, 1992 [...] THE OSIJEK MAYOR THREATENED TO RESIGN IF THE MILITARY DOES NOT POLICE UP LAWLESS ELEMENTS WITHIN ITS RANKS. THE MOD AGAIN DENIED THAT CROATIAN UNITS ARE FIGHTING IN BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA. VP MESIC CALLED ON HDZ CROATS IN B-H TO COOPERATE WITH ALL POLITICAL UNCLASSIFIED [...] | 1992-06-22 14:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PHUM MOPS EC HR |
92ZAGREB1036 | ZAGREB UPDATE: JUNE 24, 1992 [...] THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT HAS APPEALED FOR FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION TO HELP STEM THE TIDE OF CONTINUED SERB/JNA AGGRESSION. STATE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN RAMLJAK DISCUSSED UNPROFOR DEVELOPMENTS WITH FORCE COMMANDER GENERAL NAMBIAR. EC REPRESENTATIVE UNCLASSIFIED [...] | 1992-06-24 14:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM MOPS EC HR |